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The strange allure of chess

The World This Week

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It's psychological warfare - one brain against another. Not so easy when there are more game scenarios than atoms in the universe. Emma Vardy -- a chess-player since childhood -- on why chess continues to fascinate, in the week when Saudi Arabia controversially hosted a world chess championship. Photo: Chess players at the King Salman world rapid and blitz championships in Saudi Arabia . Credit: ALLSPORT/Getty

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