All in all a nice gadget for a very low price, but it may be worth to get something of higher quality for more money, so you get to enjoy it longer.

Engine] Fixed an issue where audio wouldn't properly initialize, leaving the game silent - or crashing. Extract the game to a different location, like a new folder on your Desktop, and try running it from there. In October 2008, David Christian of Iowa City got in a fight with Michael Steward while playing a game of chess at the rooming house where they both lived. He was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. Christian choked Steward to death. (source: KCRG News, Oct 13, 2009)

Chess match

In 2013, a Chinese player murdered his best friend and then killed himself so they could play chess in the afterlife. This game was made by PUNKCAKE Délicieux, a small team making and releasing a new game every month through Patreon and itch.io! On Sep 25, 2001, five chess players died in a vehicle crash in India on their way to a chess tournament.

Bugfix] Fixed the little pause at the end of each line of the story texts for languages that use non-latin characters. Hess, who will commentate along with Leko, GM Jan Gustafsson, and GM Daniel Naroditsky, agreed and called the event extremely exciting. In December 2008, a man was so upset in losing a chess match, that he threw his opponent out the window. It happened in Gloazov, Russian Republic of Udmurtia. 43-year-old Aleksey Valentikhin lost several games to a 60-year-old pensioner neighbor. He got so mad that Aleksey threw his opponent from his second floor window. The pensioner broke several bones and later died. Valentikham was sentenced to 6 years in prison. (source: Susan Polgar blog, April 24, 2009) In February 2009, a man killed a friend with a sword after a chess game in Alameda, California. An argument broke out during their game, and the two started wrestling. Joseph Groom retreated to his bedroom and returned with a sword, which he used to stab Kelly Kjersem once. Kjersem later died. (sources: Oakland Tribune, Feb 5, 2009; Mercury News, Feb 4, 2009)

Keeping up the pressure

Hess noted one player in particular that fans should keep an eye on, the Armenian GM Haik Martiosyan, who has shot up to World number-33 after a strong performance in the European Club Cup.

I'm really excited to watch her compete on the international stage," Hess said about his compatriot. In April, 2013, six members of the Melbourne Chess Club in Australia were returning from a chess tournament in Canberra when their car rolled off the freeway. Two of the chess players died. International Master James Morris (1994- ) was seriously injured in that accident. The FIDE Grand Swiss is also a chance for some younger players and outsiders to face the very best. Chesskid ambassador IM Alice Lee finished third in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship last week, but she will now face much tougher opposition.

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In June, 2015, GM Walter Browne died in his sleep after finishing playing in the 50th National Open in Las Vegas. On May 7, 1995, International Master Nikolai Kopilov died while giving a simultaneous chess exhibition in Voronezh. He was 76. We've had reports of graphical issues with Intel Integrated Graphics, sometimes there are artefacts like green stripes on the screen, or the game refuses to launch at all. If you have a graphics card, try launching the game using that card rather than integrated graphics. Otherwise, please try updating your Intel Graphics driver. Then there was the Bundesliga in Germany this weekend, where favorites such as Abdusattorov, Keymer, Rapport, and Duda all were in action. Leko, who came straight from Qatar as a coach himself, reveals an inside story about just that. Can the young Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov win a spot in the Candidates? Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. In 1915, Ajeeb, a chess automaton was set up at Coney Island by James Smith and Emma Haddera. One player lost to it and was so angry he took out a gun and shot at the torso of the automaton. It killed its hidden operator, Sam Gonotsky, which was covered up. In another incident with Ajeeb, a Westerner emptied his six-shooter into the automaton, hitting the operator in the shoulder (source: New York Times, January 1929)

It's quite a big deal with two spots considering there are only 50 entrants," Hess says. "I am OK with it too, since there are so many improving talents that might be underrated." Five players have already qualified for the Women's Candidates, which is also taking place in Toronto, Canada, next year: In 1853, a young man from Bordeaux died while playing chess in a café in Paris. (source: New York Times, Feb 4, 1853)FIX] It's now possible to throw a piece while moving with Royal Loafers even if you don't have any ammo LANG] Fixed a few issues in the Ukrainian, Korean, Chinese and Spanish translations. Thank you very much to players who submitted corrections! Former World Championship Challenger GM Peter Leko, who will be providing commentary for the event on Chess.com, says he is particularly excited about the classical format with 11 rounds (instead of the usual nine) and just one rest day, after round six.