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VanEck, Pudgy Penguins and Anichess – Top NFT News Today – 18 January

18.1.2024
Source: pudgypenguins / Twitter Today in NFT news: VanEck becomes an NFT Paris conference partner, Pudgy Penguins are up over 170% in a month, and the NFT-based chess strategy and spell game Anichess launches for all players. Since yesterday, the non-fungible token (NFT) sales volume is down just...

Together with Chess.com, Animoca Brands debuts ‘Anichess’ in phases

18.1.2024
Animoca Brands has launched the first stage of Anichess, a free-to-play chess video game. The initiative was created by Animoca Brands, Chess.com, and five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. Anichess will expose chess aficionados to a highly unusual version of the traditional game at...

Chinese Chess Champ Stripped Of Title After Taking A Dump In A Bathtub

28.12.2023
When you accomplish something big, like winning a major tournament, how do you celebrate? Maybe you jump around in excitement, salty rivulets streaming down your face in a rush of emotions. Maybe you pop a bottle of champagne and spray it around like an NFL player after the Super Bowl. Or,...

“Immortal” chess app discontinues play-to-earn after cheating

18.12.2023
Immortal, the play-to-earn chess app, has been discontinued due to heavy cheating encounters. The platform has closed the curtain on its financialized crypto features. Till now, the app has been rewarding users with CMT (CheckMate) token rewards for playing. The free online chess platform even...

YouTubers Put Anal Bead Chess Conspiracy To The Test

14.11.2023
The chess world was rocked by a cheating scandal last September after former world champion Magnus Carlsen insinuated that an opponent, grandmaster Hans Niemann, had used foul play to beat him at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. Now, some British YouTubers have put the most outlandish...

Fortnite Blows Up Again After Original Map Returns

3.11.2023
Just over a month after Epic Games cut nearly 900 employees, players have come roaring back to Fortnite to play its new nostalgia trip through the battle royale’s original map. Player count trackers like Fortnite.gg estimate the hit free-to-play game peaked at over 5 million concurrent players...

Destiny 2 Offers Players $45 Credit After Banning Them By Mistake

11.10.2023
Destiny 2 has been cracking down on cheating in recent years, and the sci-fi shooter is now riddled with players who claim they were banned by mistake. However, it seems at least some of them may have been telling the truth: Bungie recently contacted a few players to apologize for banning them...

Chess World's 'Anal Bead' Cheating Saga Quietly Comes To An End

29.8.2023
It felt like this day might never come, but former world champion Magnus Carlsen and grandmaster Hans Niemann have finally put the cheating scandal that rocked the chess world last year, including meme-filled speculation about anal beads, to bed. Read more

Brazilian Chess Competition to Hand Winners NFTs

10.5.2023
The organizers of a new Brazilian chess tournament say they will reward winners with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Per the Brazilian media outlet Livecoins, the event will be “nationwide” and has been organized by a fintech firm named Inkluziva. The event will open to students “in the national...

Chess Champ's Mouse Slip Costs Him Final Match And $30K Top Prize

7.4.2023
On April 6, 5-Time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen lost in a dramatic and surprising way: His mouse slipped and he moved his queen to the wrong spot, instantly costing him the match. Not only did this knock him out of the tournament and cost him a chance at the sizable $30,000 top prize,...

The World Of Chess Is Having Its Own 'Me Too' Moment

22.2.2023
Disturbing accusations of “grooming” and sexual abuse have recently rocked the world of professional chess. Grandmaster Alejandro Ramírez is reportedly currently under investigation by two major chess organizations, as detailed in reports from fellow chess grandmaster and advocate for women’s...

AI Enters Chess Battle, Cheats, Still Loses Badly

17.2.2023
A Reddit user recently pit the chess engine Stockfish, which has won the Top Chess Engine Championship eight times, against the notorious AI-powered conversation bot ChatGPT in a dismal chess match. While Stockfish, as it has been created to do, was able to hold its own, ChatGPT sadly succumbed...

The World's Biggest Chess Site Is Popping Off So Much, Fans Can't Play

24.1.2023
The halcyon days (if there ever were any) of the covid pandemic can still be felt today with the resurging popularity of online chess. However, the world’s largest chess website has become a victim of the king’s game’s success because its servers are struggling to meet the game’s online...

International Chess Federation to develop Web 3 products on Avalanche

26.12.2022
The international chess governing body, FIDE, plans to create a number of Web 3.0 products on the decentralized Avalanche platform. With more than 500 million players worldwide, chess is a sport of competition. Among the many competitions put on by FIDE are the World Chess Championship and Chess...

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