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Chess.com announced today that it is partnering with CrunchLabs on the CrunchLabs Masters tour, the next leg of its Champions Chess Tour (CCT), which will run from July 17-24. As part of the CrunchLabs Masters, chess pros will compete for a $300,000 prize pool, with winners also having a chance to compete in the CCT finals. Some of the competitors include Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So and Maxime Vachier Lagrave.

As part of the event, CrunchLabs and Chess.com are also unveiling a bot based on the formers head nerd, YouTuber Mark Rober. The RoberBot is designed to help burgeoning chess players improve their game, according to CrunchLabs. Fans can play against RoberBot while also receiving personalized quotes from Rober. CrunchLabs is also offering a limited-time discount to Chess.com fans who sign up for its subscription boxes.

Rober said in a statement, Its been awesome working with Erik and the Chess.com team and seeing how these Chess Masters dominate the game. The CrunchLabs formula is meant to get people stoked about science while having tons of fun. Similarly, Chess.com brings even more engagement and excitement to the game of chess and allows people to have a good time while learning more about the intricate sport. We cant wait to see who comes out on top at The CrunchLabs Masters.

Erik Allebest, CEO of Chess.com, said of the collaboration, Im a huge fan of both Mark Rober and CrunchLabs, my son and I have spent many years assembling science projects in a box and it has been incredibly bonding. Ive been to the CrunchLabs offices and seen the passion driving their team and the ingenuity they bring to their projects, which we then get to enjoy at home. Were thrilled to be collaborating with the CrunchLabs team.

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Be Someone works around the country to help kids in underserved communities get and stay on the right path, away from a life of violence and crime.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Life is kind of like a game of chess.

The lesson is make good moves," Orrin Checkmate Hudson, a former state trooper and Air Force veteran, said. "If you make good moves you make good results.

Hudson is the Founder and CEO of Be Someone, a nonprofit based out of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Be Someone works around the country to help kids in underserved communities get and stay on the right path, away from a life of violence and crime.

You can make one move in life and not recover. You pull a gun on someone, you cant recover from that, Hudson said. So, you have to think things through. Is this true? Is this honest or is this the best move I can make?

He is doing it all with a board game, building confidence, self-esteem, problem-solving skills and discipline.

Hudson's passion to help comes from the setbacks he has personally experienced. With the right support and a board game of chess, he learned to make every move matter.

Its about what can I do to change a mindset, the skillset, the toolset, Hudson said. Giving kids the tools they need so they can outthink the competition and finish on top.

Hudson knows firsthand the power of having the right support and mentors around.

I didnt know any better. I was a gang member in my teens, following the followers. My teacher said Im going to teach you how to think for yourself, Hudson said. Im going to teach you how to make good decisions.

Hudson is spreading his method, as CMPD is working to combat a crime trend in Charlotte following aseries of deadly shootingsin a span of 48 hours. The agency is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Its a trend Hudson said he wants to see turn around.

For Hudson, its about meeting kids where they are and connecting them with the resources they need and building them up.

I tell them, 'Im you. I was just like you and making bad choices. I was doing things that were crazy,' Hudson said. And a teacher taught me how to think for myself and make sure what I do is a product of my own conclusion."

Hudson said it's important to help young people find a purpose so they can use their most powerful weapons, their minds, and grow to be positive members of society.

The key is involvement, Hudson said. Coming up with positive programs and teaching children that there is a better way.

To curb this rise in gun violence, he said communities need all hands on deck: the parents, the kids, the police, businesses, and essentially the community as a whole working together. Young people need support, love and someone to pour into them, setting them up for a checkmate in life.

Hudson will be in Charlotte through the weekend at thePower Networking Conference at the Charlotte Convention Center.

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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives.

Theres nothing like a good chess match to heat up a Cold War.

On July 11, 1972, the World Chess Championship opened as grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union began play in Reykjavik, Iceland.

It must be said, Fischer, from Brooklyn, New York, was a hard man to like. A true prodigy, he was arrogant and standoffish. News reports of the day labeled him as a tough and aggressive opponent, but he was prone to throw tantrums, be petulant and belittle others.

His match with the classical Spassky became an image of the Cold War, fought on a chess board in Iceland, of all places. Non-chess fans began following the games, and news organizations reported on it. One can only imagine what the frenzied following would be today in this social media world.

Fischer lost the first match and forfeited the second, as he complained about everything and everyone.

But then the American caught fire, and over the next 30 days built a significant lead.

And newspapers of the day followed the contest. Americans loved his antics. It was called the Match of the Century.

On Sept. 1, Spassky resigned the match just as Game 21 was to resume. He actually conceded by phone, perhaps fed up with the Americans antics.

Fischer won $250,000. He is still the only American to win the World Chess Championship. Russian-born players had dominated the sport for decades.

After a challenging life where the chess prodigy seemed often at odds with the world, and maybe himself, over a variety of issues, Fischer died in early 2008 at age 64. He died in Reykjavik, site of his famous triumph.

Fischers victory was widely seen as a symbolic triumph for democracy over Communism, and it turned the new champion into an unlikely American hero. He was invited to the White House by President Richard M. Nixon, interviewed on television, hounded by journalists, wooed unsuccessfully by commercial interests. Sales of chess sets skyrocketed; so did fees for chess lessons, as scores of poverty-stricken chess players benefited from the cachet that Fischer had conferred on them, his Associated Press obituary read.

Here are a selection of stories from the Deseret News archives:

Defiant Spassky vows to send Bobby Fischer back into obscurity

U.S.s only world champion found lost again

Chess master Bobby Fischer is dead at 64

Bobby Fischer lives on at Sundance Film Festival

Icelandic court allows exhumation of Bobby Fischer

Is Bobby Fischer fishing for trouble?

`Bobby Fischer celebrates the wonder of a sane genius

Most consider Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen and Fischer as the greatest chess players of all time.

Im sure there is a computer somewhere that would disagree.

The most recent world chess drama involves Carlsen, rival Hans Niemann and cheating allegations. But it might be a fork/double attack. Maybe a decoy/deflection?

World chess champion resigned from match after first move. Heres what happened

Chess cheating scandal whats in the 72-page report?

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Zagreb (Croatia), Jul 15: Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh secured the seventh spot at the Superunited Rapid and Blitz tournament, emerging as the best performer among the Indian participants.

The top-seeded Fabiano Caruana from the United States clinched the title with a commanding performance, reinforcing his stature in the chess world.

Gukesh concluded the event with a total of 14 points. Fellow Indian player Vidit Gujrathi finished ninth, accumulating 11 points. Caruana's victory in the tournament followed his recent triumph at the Superbet Classic, marking a period of remarkable success for the American grandmaster.

Caruana's dominance was evident as he amassed a record 27 points over nine rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz chess. This performance matched the record set by Norway's World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in 2019. Caruana's nearest competitors trailed by four points, underlining his superiority throughout the event. His efforts earned him a substantial $40,000 prize and propelled him to the top of the Grand Chess Tour standings.

The second spot was shared by Alireza Firouzja of France, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, and Wesley So of the USA, each scoring 23 points. Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi followed in fifth place with 18.5 points, ahead of American Levon Aronian, who finished with 17 points.

Gukesh's performance will be scrutinized by his team as they prepare for the World Championship match against China's Ding Liren in November. In the rapid section, Gukesh scored nine points from a possible 18, with three wins, three draws, and three losses. However, he struggled in the blitz section, managing only five points from 18 games.

Vidit Gujrathi showed better form in the blitz segment, scoring seven points, but he faced challenges in the rapid games, securing just one win and two draws.

Caruana's victory in Zagreb has significant implications for the Grand Chess Tour standings. With Indian sensation Praggnanandhaa absent from this tournament, Caruana now leads the table with 22.5 points. Firouzja is in second place with 17.58 points, while Praggnanandhaa has slipped to third with 16.25 points. The final two events in Saint Louis, USA, scheduled for August, will be crucial for determining the ultimate standings.

1. Fabiano Caruana (USA) - 27 points 2-4. Alireza Firouzja (FRA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), Wesley So (USA) - 23 points each 5. Ian Nepomniachtchi (FID) - 18.5 points 6. Levon Aronian (USA) - 17 points 7. D Gukesh (IND) - 14 points 8. Anish Giri (NED) - 13.5 points 9. Vidit Gujrathi (IND) - 11 points 10. Ivan Saric (CRO) - 10 points

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Dried blood could be seen on a chess table next to a coffee cup inside Tompkins Sq. Park where two people were shot on the morning of July 12.

One victim, a 74 year-old man was administered CPR on the scene but perished and was pronounced dead shortly after he was raced to Bellevue Hospital. A second victim, a 44 year old male, staggered out of the park and into a deli on Avenue A near the corner of E. 8th St. He too was rushed to Bellevue Hospital and was listed in stable condition.

Said one poster on the blog EV Grieve, I live on the corerm of 7th and A. I heard the gunshots and immediately looked out my window. I saw the 44 year old victim running across A with blood all over his shirt.

A sad day in the EV, he continued. I hope they find the shooter.

Another poster who went by Sarah on the site said, Jesus Christ. This is awful. Sympathies to the victims and their families.

Police told Straus News that no arrests have been made.

Ron Luvov, a retired guidance counselor who lives in Stuyvesant Town told Our Town he was going to head to the park to do some bird watching and grab lunch when he got the alert about the shooting on the Citizens app.

Theres definitely more crime happening lately, he said. Its back to the 80s.

Another young woman the scene said, I used to live around here and come back all the time. While she said crime seems to have spiked recently, she said long time denizens of the neighborhood tell me it was a lot worse years ago.

The chess tables have been a source of problems in the park in recent years. Police said a person of interest was seen in the park wearing gloves, a mask and a hoodie shortly before the shooting at 9:45 a.m. He fled East on E. 7th St. after the shooting. Police were said to be searching for crime scene footage of the shooting.

At least five shots rang out, according to one posting on the blog EV Grieve.

Luvov said there seems to be a growing spate of violent crime in the area lately, although he noted that a recent fatal stabbing a few blocks north two weeks earlier resulted in a clean up drive by law enforcement. The finally cleaned up E. 14th St, Luvov said.

Eric Adams and local city council leaders had called for a crackdown on vagrants who were congregating along the south side of East. 14th between Ave. A and First Ave. after the triple stabbing

The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on E. 14th St. runs a weekly flea market in the court yard between the church and the now shuttered elementary school, but the licensed vendors inside also seemed to attract a raft of unlicensed vendors to the sidewalk outside in recent years. Locals tabbed the unlicensed vendorswho set up blankets on block and sold everything from canned food, housewares and electronicsthe thieves market.

In the stabbing death on June 30, police arrested a homeless man, Alejandro Piedra, 30, and charged him with murdering 38 -year-old Clemson Coxfield, who had attempted to come the aid of a woman who was also stabbed by a deranged Piedra. According to one report in the New York Times, Piedra had some stolen items that he was attempting to exchange for drugs on the block. But when he was turned down, he went on a violent rampage.

Inside Tompkins Sq. Park, there were was several shootings in March only five days apart. In one incident, two innocent bystanders were wounded in a March 16th shooting. In another shooting incident five days later, no one was injured. Police arrested Waldemar Alverio, 33, on attempted murder, assault, and reckless endangerment charges for the two shootings that occurred on March 16 and March 21.

No arrests had been made in the July 12 shooting at presstime but police said the investigation is continuing.

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