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WASHINGTON , May 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using and dispose of the Mei Xiang/MXYY Magnetic Chess Game because the loose, hazardous magnets pose a risk of serious injury or death if ingested by children.

CPSC testing determined the magnets do not comply with the requirements of the mandatory federal regulation for magnet toys because they contain one or more magnets that fit within CPSC's small parts cylinder, and the magnets are stronger than permitted.

When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract to each other, or to another metal object, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning and death.

CPSC estimates 2,400 magnet ingestions were treated in hospital emergency departments from 2017 through 2021. CPSC is aware of eight deaths since 2005 involving the ingestion of hazardous magnets, including two outside of the United States .

CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Mei Xiang/MXYY, but the firm has not agreed to recall the Magnetic Game or offer a remedy to consumers.

The games were sold in a blue box with the words "Magnetic" and "Magnetic Chess Intellectual Strategy Game" on the front of the box. The game includes about 20 loose black magnets, a blue foam "game board", a yellow string, and a clear plastic drawstring storage bag with a cartoon of a bear and the words "Popular Broun" on the front of the bag and the words "Especially for You" on the back of the bag. CPSC identified this violation as a result of import surveillance. Based upon its review of similar products, CPSC believes the magnet games were sold online at http://www.amazon.com for about $12 .

CPSC urges consumers to stop using the magnet chess games immediately, take them away from children, and dispose of them.

Report any incidents involving injury or product defect toCPSC at http://www.SaferProducts.gov .

Individual Commissioners may have statements related to this topic. Please visit http://www.cpsc.gov/commissioners to search for statements related to this or other topics.

About the U.S. CPSC The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.

Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.

For lifesaving information: - Visit CPSC.gov . - Sign up to receive our e-mail alerts . - Follow us on Facebook , Instagram @USCPSC and Twitter @USCPSC . - Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on http://www.SaferProducts.gov . - Call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054). - Contact a media specialist .

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1. Candidates Chess 2024 Highlights: Vidit Gujrathi beats Nakamura; Gukesh vs Pragg ends in draw  The Indian Express
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Press release by the World Chess Hall of Fame

The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF), the leading chess cultural center in the country, opened Clash for the Crown: Celebrating Chess Champions, an all-new exhibition on April 11, 2024, which is being held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary celebration of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

Clash for the Crown: Celebrating Chess Champions explores the histories of the World Chess Championship and Womens World Chess Championship through a display of artifacts from the collection of the WCHOF, FIDE and loans from world chess champions including Worlds No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and private lenders.

Clash for the Crown is a powerful exhibition set to thrill and delight chess enthusiasts as they experience a century of history-defining moments and milestones across the beloved sport of chess, said Emily Allred, Curator of the WCHOF. We are incredibly grateful to have such rich artifacts to include in this first-of-its-kind exhibition.

The exhibition begins with the 1886 World Chess Championship, held in New York City, Saint Louis, Mo. and New Orleans, La., and won by Wilhelm Steinitz and goes all the way to the present world chess champion, GM Ding Liren.

It also tracks the history of the Womens World Chess Championship from its first winner, the legendary Vera Menchik who was the first Women's World Champion, to Ju Wenjun, the reigning womens world chess champion. This exhibition is being held in connection with the 100th anniversary of the founding of FIDE.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary, FIDE has planned various celebrations, including festivals, historical exhibitions, the FIDE 100-year Jubilee Book, global tournaments, an online chess museum featuring rare photos, special publications, iconic event posters and more. The Chess Torch relay, marking FIDEs first century, has already visited Asia and Africa and is set to reach the Americas soon.

I am thankful to the WCHOF and Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield and Rex Sinquefield for organizing this exhibition and taking part in marking the centenary of the birth of FIDE, said Arkady Dvorkovich, President of FIDE. We hope this exhibition inspires a deeper appreciation for the history of this great sport and its organization. It stands as a bridge between the past and the future, offering a window into the games rich heritage and FIDEs profound role in the chess world.

Displays in the exhibition include an area where visitors can view videos of many of the past world champions and womens world champions, and interactive stations where people can learn about past champions. Programming will include lectures about the history of the World Chess Championship, collaborations with FIDE celebrating their golden anniversary and possible collaborations with current and past champions. Other Clash for the Crown highlights will include:

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Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Deputy Chair of the FIDE Management Board and Willy Iclicki, Chair of the FIDE Historical Committee, visited the exhibition and were really impressed with the various chess artifacts on display.

The exhibition will be on view April 11-January 12, 2025.

For more information, please visit worldchesshof.org.

The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to building awareness of the cultural and artistic significance of chess. It opened on September 9, 2011, in the Central West End after moving from previous locations in New York, Washington, D.C., and Miami. Housed in a historic 15,900 square-foot residence-turned-business in Saint Louis' Central West End neighborhood, the WCHOF features World Chess Hall of Fame inductees, United States Chess Hall of Fame inductees selected by the U.S. Chess Trust, artifacts from the permanent collection and exhibitions highlighting the great players, historic games and rich cultural history of chess. The WCHOF partners with the Saint Louis Chess Club to provide innovative programming and outreach to local, national and international audiences. For more information, visit worldchesshof.org and on social: Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube channels.

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The National Amusements nightmare continued apace this week with more bad news for Shari Redstone. Earlier this month, we learned that Shari had decided to all but ignore Apollos $26 billion bid for all of Paramount Global in favor of David Ellison, KKR, and RedBird Capitals cockamamie bid to buy National Amusements Inc., the Redstone family holding company that controls Paramount, for more than $2 billiona premium of at least 160 percent above the $760 million that her economic stake is valued at these daysand then to have Paramount buy Ellisons Hollywood company, Skydance, for $5 billion. Thats crazy.

To evaluate the Ellison madness, the Paramount board, which Shari controls, first appointed a special committee, which then hired Cravath, the law firm, and Centerview Partners, the excellent boutique advisory firm run by my longtime friend Blair Effron. The special committee then handed Ellison and his partners a 30-day exclusive period to see if a definitive agreement could be worked out, while appearing to let the Apollo offer fade to black. But this decision seemed motivated purely by Sharis self-interestas if she didnt give a shit about her aggrieved shareholders and simply wanted a clean break from all of her business woes not only Paramounts decline but also her N.A.I. burden.

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For the best performance, chess and wine don't mix... This game is a cautionary tale!

However, if one's goal is to have fun while meeting a friend, it's perfectly fine. As usual, it depends on context!

Last week I posted a video of a game of casual chess over-the-board at one of the local bars in Newtown, Sydney Australia. I only included the first game in that video as I'd accidentally knocked my micro-tripod off alignment between games so the recording wasn't useable. However, my mate (dr_magneto) and I played two games of 15+10 rapid on the Chessnut Air board, and this is the second game. I had the Black pieces, and this is the story of how alcohol can muddle your calculations in chess!

My mate is a man of culture, so led with the Queen's Pawn Opening (1. d4). I'd recently been doing some research on my book on the Budapest Gambit, so rather than my usual Englund Gambit, I responded with (1... Nf6), the Indian Game, which potentially leads to the Budapest Gambit. However, White responded with (2. Nc3) rather than (2. c4). Undeterred, I decided to play a (2... e5) anyway! Apparently, this is known as the "Maddigan Gambit, and I was hoping for a Budapest-like line with dxe5 and then Ng4. However, this isn't a promising line according to the Lichess community database with White having a clear win advantage (53%) vs Black (44%).

White declined the gambit by advancing their d-pawn (3. d5) and I immediately provoked again with (3... c6). Again, they declined the capture, playing (5. e4) to consolidate the centre, and so I developed (5... Bc5) and White then decided to pin my knight to the queen (5. Bg5).

By this point, I'd had a couple of glasses of very nice pinot noir and made a very silly blunder. Being tipsy, I had it in my mind that I had an unpinning tactic available, and simply launched it without a sanity check! First, the bishop sacrifice-capture the f2-pawn with check, drawing White's king onto the f-file (5... Bxf2+?? 6. Kxf2). And then, unpin the knight with check (6... Ng4+)... and I realised my mistake too late! The diagonal was open so the g4 square was defended by White's queen (7. Qxg4)! Rather than a brilliancy, I had a double-blunder! Whoops!

Now, a sensible person might resign from the position. On analysis, Stockfish gives the evaluation at better than [+6] for White! However, I decided to play on and treat this simply as a handicap and a challenge! I've written this before, but there is a certain intellectual pleasure trying to come back from a completely losing position! When there are still a lot of pieces on the board, it's often possible to equalise in beginner-intermediate games. When there are few pieces, it is sometimes still possible to draw.

I must admit that the realisation of my double-blunder did sober me up! I noted the tactical resources that I had - which wasn't very much! Firstly, White's king cannot castle and is exposed on the f-file and the dark squares. Secondly, I had a potential discovered attack on White's queen by my light square bishop. As for some immediate threats, White's bishop and queen on the kingside felt very threatening, especially with the lack of defensive pieces on that side.

And with that threat, I found a rather lovely and flamboyant manoeuvre, (8... Qb6+ 9. Ke1 Qe3+ 10. Nge2 Qh6), rotating the queen flying across the board, making use of two checks, to provide the extra defence needed on the kingside. After castling short, I felt that my king was safe for now.

I noticed in the game that my mate wasn't sure how to progress, which gave me an advantage. Strategically, White has a simple approach. As they have a massive piece advantage (7 vs 5 pieces) a good plan is to force piece trades, especially the queens, and simplify the game towards a winning endgame. However, they seemed to have an aversion to losing material, and common bias, and were looking for winning attacks rather than forcing confrontations.

White advanced their knight to attack the queenside and (13. Nc7?!) directly attacked my a8-rook. However, I uncorked (13... d5), revealing the attack on White's queen. White opted to rotate their knight (14. Ne6?!), which pinned it to the queen. However, this set up a second attacker on g7, which gives White an opportunity to force a queen trade.

I found my own counterattack with (14... Nb4), which looks increasingly threatening the more you calculate. There was the obvious Nxc2+, an absolute fork of White's king and rook. However, if White moved their king to the wrong square, a second knight move might result in a royal fork! White responded to the threat with a passive rook move (15. Rc1?!). However, I found a way to increase the pressure with by pushing the d-pawn to d4, with the threat of d3!

White cracked under pressure and moved their rook a second time to cover the d-file (16. Rd1??), but this was a blunder! Remember the weak dark squares around White's king? My queen on h6 still covered the dark squares and White NEEDED to trade off my queen the turn before as there was now a checkmate-in-two. After (16... Nxc2+), Black's king had only one legal move (17. Kf2), and then (17. Qe3#) mate! GG!

The big takeaway from this game is to play on after a mistake in the opening! It is often possible to not only equalise but gain the advantage!

Game: https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/3a5B3dbrFQ

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