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World Chess Championship underway with $1 million tournament purse

World Chess Championship underway with $1 million tournament purse

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Norwegian top-ranked grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin face off in a best-of-12 match that could last through the end of November.

The competition, staged in New York this year, requires both mental and physical stamina as each game could last as long as six hours.

The prize purse of $1.1 million will be divided 60-40 between the young grandmasters, both in their mid-20s.

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Sept. 27 Photo Brief: Rare rhinos brutally dehorned in India, the two Mona Lisas, a man who could fit in a shoe and Netanyahu’s graphic of a bomb

Sept. 27 Photo Brief: Rare rhinos brutally dehorned in India, the two Mona Lisas, a man who could fit in a shoe and Netanyahu’s graphic of a bomb

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Rare rhinos brutally dehorned in India, the two Mona Lisas, a man who could fit in a shoe, Netanyahu’s graphic of a bomb and more in today’s daily brief.
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