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Face Masks Decreases Quality Of Chess Moves But Mostly Among Elite

Face Masks Decreases Quality Of Chess Moves But Mostly Among Elite

Wearing a face mask during a game of chess decreases the quality of chess players’ decisions, an effect that is relatively short and mostly hurts strong players. This is the conclusion of a study about the effect of masks on cognitive performance by behavioral and development economist GM David Smerdon. For his study, published in …

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Carlsen, Erigaisi To Meet Again As Aimchess Rapid Moves To Knockout

Carlsen, Erigaisi To Meet Again As Aimchess Rapid Moves To Knockout

The quarterfinals of the Aimchess Rapid tournament will see another clash between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Arjun Erigaisi, who also played each other in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup last month. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda finished in first place in the preliminaries, ahead of GM Gukesh D. With a packed field around …

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