Team members said they improve as chess players by embracing humility, dedication and the joy of the game.

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UPDATE: Thursday, August 7, 2025 OpenAI O3 beat XAI Grok 4 in the final to win the tournament. Yesterday, Hikaru Nakamura says XAI Grok 4 is by far and away the best chess playing general LLM. Grok is ...

19-year-old teen Chess sensation Divya Deshmukh was visibly in tears and hugged her mother after creating history by winning the Women's Chess World Cup 2025 on Monday. The teenage prodigy broke down ...