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Chess is not a game of perfect. If every move were impeccable, every game would end in a draw. Very often, it's what the player does after he screws up that determines the outcome.

Chess is not a game of perfect. If every move were impeccable, every game would end in a draw. Very often, it's what the player does after he screws up that determines the outcome.

Kids reigned supreme this weekend as the New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center was converted into a playground of fun and exploration for the 10th anniversary of Kidsfest.

Players sit face to face in deep concentration, contemplating their next moves before the piece is selected and glides across the chess board to settle in its chosen space.

Hikaru Nakamura scored a crucial victory over Fabiano Caruana in round 8 of the Candidates Tournament. After getting a small edge in the middlegame, Naka slowly improved his position until getting a seemingly insurmountable advantage. Caruana tried to swindle his way to a draw, but was unable to escape in the end. Much earlier in the day, Richard Rapport had obtained a crashing victory over Jan-Krzysztof Duda. | Photo: FIDE / Stev Bonhage

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Mon Mar 04 2002 at 16:17:19 There is, not surprisingly, no general consensus among critics as to what is the worst blunder ever made in a game of chess. After all, bad players make terrible moves every day and it is nothing special, so obviously a blunder must be worse the better the player is who makes it. And even Garry Kasparov might make a terrible move in a game of blitz chess over coffee with a friend, and slap his forehead, and reset the pieces in a hurry - so obviously, the more importa...