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Viewfinder: Magnus Carlsen Wins the World Chess Championship Again

Defending world champion Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian, plays opponent American Fabiano Caruana in the final game of the World Chess Championship on November 28th, 2018, in London, England.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Elite Chess Players Live Longer Lives

Grandmasters take their time getting to the ultimate endgame.

Tom Jacobs

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Economics

Clicker Games, Capitalism, and the End of Work

Compelling without being any fun, the mindless minimalism of clicker games provides a futuristic look at the present.

Glenn Dixon

Environment

The Artificial Intelligence That Solved Go

Nineteen years after Deep Blue won a chess match against a grand master, a Google team has created an A.I. that's able to win against professional players of the ancient Chinese strategy game of Go.

Francie Diep