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The latest chess & board stories, in short, with a link to the original source.
9z Globant win Chess.com's first Chess Club Showdown over Liquid
Esports organisation 9z Globant win the first Chess.com Chess Club Showdown, beating Team Liquid 53.5-45.5, as Magnus Carlsen loses to a club player.
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Ataraxos AI beats the world's top Stratego player by record margin
Researchers from MIT, CMU, NYU and Stanford report in Nature that their AI Ataraxos beat the strongest Stratego player 15-1-4 using far less training data.
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Uzbekistan and China win gold at the 2026 Chess Olympiad
Hosts Uzbekistan win the open section of the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand on 20 match points, while China take gold in the women's event.
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Asmodee's co-op hit Take Time passes 325,000 copies printed
Libellud's cooperative puzzle game Take Time has passed 325,000 copies printed in under a year, with Asmodee planning two to three global print runs a year.
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Asmodee buys the Welcome To… board game range from Blue Cocker
Asmodee acquires the Welcome To… flip-and-write game range from French publisher Blue Cocker Games, a series with over 3 million plays on Board Game Arena.
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