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Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Members of the World Chess Hall of Fame in Missouri built the largest chess piece in the world: a king standing at 20 feet tall. Guinness World Records said the massive wooden sculpture, erected this year in St. Louis to celebrate the ...

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Saturday, July 28, 2018 - 13:08

U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame and Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Part II  World Chess Hall of Fame | Saturday, July 28, 2018 - 01:26

Marcel Dzama: The End Game | World Chess Hall of Fame  World Chess Hall of Fame | Saturday, July 28, 2018 - 01:24

OUT OF THE BOX: Artists Play Chess | World Chess Hall of Fame  World Chess Hall of Fame | Saturday, July 28, 2018 - 01:24

Bill Smith: Beyond the Humanities | World Chess Hall of Fame  World Chess Hall of Fame | Saturday, July 28, 2018 - 01:24


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5 Fascinating Facts About International Chess Champion Lyudmila Rudenko
Inverse
The World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri curates profiles for notable players throughout history, including Rudenko. It lists her 1950 spar with Mona May Karff in Moscow as her most important game. There's even an animation illustrating the ...
Google Doodle Celebrates Chess Grandmaster Lyudmila Rudenko's on What Would Have Been Her 114th BirthdayTIME
Google honors the female chess player who sparked 40 years of Soviet dominanceQuartz
Lyudmila Rudenko: Five things you didn't know about the ...The Independent
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Friday, July 27, 2018 - 16:49


Quartz

Google Doodle Celebrates Chess Grandmaster Lyudmila Rudenko's on What Would Have Been Her 114th Birthday
TIME
Rudenko was inducted to the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2015. Google said despite her groundbreaking accomplishments in chess, she considered organizing the evacuation of children during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II as her greatest feat.
Google honors the female chess player who sparked 40 years of Soviet dominanceQuartz
Lyudmila Rudenko: Five things you didn't know about the inspirational Soviet chess championThe Independent
Google Honors Lyudmila Rudenko, A Legendary Chess PlayerRefinery29
Atlanta Journal Constitution -9to5Google -Google
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Friday, July 27, 2018 - 10:00


Quartz

Google honors the female chess player who sparked 40 years of Soviet dominance
Quartz
She died in 1986, when she was 81. In 2015, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. Her life has important lessons. “It is important to learn from history,” Polgar noted, “to find ways to make things better for female players of future ...
Lyudmila Rudenko: Who was the Soviet chess champion and why was she influential?The Independent
5 Fascinating Facts About International Chess Champion Lyudmila RudenkoInverse
Google Honors Lyudmila Rudenko, A Legendary Chess PlayerRefinery29
TIME -9to5Google -Billboard -Google
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Friday, July 27, 2018 - 05:44

Lyudmila Rudenko: 5 Fascinating Facts About the International Chess Master  Inverse

The scope and impact of Lyudmila Rudenko's chess legacy can be summed up by a few of her many titles: first female International Master, second women's ...

Friday, July 27, 2018 - 02:00

Lyudmila Rudenko: 5 Fascinating Facts About the International Chess Master  Inverse

The scope and impact of Lyudmila Rudenko's chess legacy can be summed up by a few of her many titles: first female International Master, second women's ...

Friday, July 27, 2018 - 02:00

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