Chess Universe is designed to be accessible.
Chess Universe is designed to be accessible.
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The Grand Masters at Kings of Games raise money for Chess Universe

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Kings of Games, a startup that two chess Grand Masters created, has raised a funding round for its Chess Universe game.

The Ljubljana, Slovenia-based company is taking advantage of a popular movement that has made chess cool again. The chess Grand Masters and entrepreneurs Duško Pavasović  (the CEO) and Luka Lenic (the chief operating officer) started the company last year with the goal of making chess accessible for everyone.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.