CNBC Sports
World Chess Show
In this episode we ask whether the growth of the game online and the shorter formats threaten the classical format. We review the all-Chinese Women’s World Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi as well as meeting two young women flying the flag for India in Vaishali R and Divya Deshmukh. We head to Spain to find out how a chess board is made, and our match analysis comes from a TATA Steel classic between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Jorden van Foreest
CNBC Sports airs on CNBC UK at 2:30 PM, Sunday 11 May.
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