2016 Champions Showdown

Chess rewind 2017: Viswanathan Anand’s year to forget, but other Indian shine - Hindustan Times

Anand - Wed, 12/27/2017 - 2:00am
Chess rewind 2017: Viswanathan Anand’s year to forget, but other Indian shine  Hindustan Times

With Viswanathan Anand's best behind him, as witnessed by his results in 2017, Indian chess seeks stars to carry his legacy forward.

Viswanathan Anand stuns World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in World Rapid Chess Championship - Scroll.in

Anand - Wed, 12/27/2017 - 2:00am
Viswanathan Anand stuns World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in World Rapid Chess Championship  Scroll.in

India Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand stunned World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the ongoing World Rapid and Blitz Championship on Wednesday. Anand and ...

Juuni Taisen Stage Adaption is Coming! Visual Released of Ryo Kitamura as the Rat - MANGA.TOKYO

Nakamura - Wed, 12/27/2017 - 1:52am

MANGA.TOKYO

Juuni Taisen Stage Adaption is Coming! Visual Released of Ryo Kitamura as the Rat
MANGA.TOKYO
It has been announced that Hikaru Nakamura (illustration) and NisiOisiN (author)'s Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War will get a stage play adaption. Juuni Taisen is a great war where 12 warriors carrying the names of the 12 zodiac signs fight in a battle royal ...

Chess rewind 2017: Viswanathan Anand's year to forget, but Indian players shine - Hindustan Times

Anand - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 11:03pm

Hindustan Times

Chess rewind 2017: Viswanathan Anand's year to forget, but Indian players shine
Hindustan Times
In the last 28 years, Viswanathan Anand has been a towering figure in world chess. The five-time world champion continued to give players half his age a run for their money. The fact that Anand has never slipped out of the top 10 since 1991 is a ...

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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Faces Nakamura For Chess.com Speed Chess Championship - Chess.com

Caruana - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 8:15pm

Chess.com

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Faces Nakamura For Chess.com Speed Chess Championship
Chess.com
To reach the final, Nakamura defeated the highest-rated chess player in the United States, Fabiano Caruana, and the 2016 world championship challenger, Russia's Sergey Karjakin. Carlsen, who will defend his over-the-board chess championship next year ...

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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Faces Nakamura For Chess.com Speed Chess Championship - Chess.com

Nakamura - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 8:15pm

Chess.com

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Faces Nakamura For Chess.com Speed Chess Championship
Chess.com
Magnus Carlsen, the reigning world chess champion, will play the four-time American champion Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the $50,000 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, the strongest online chess event ever held. Carlsen, from Norway, will try to ...

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"JUNI TAISEN" Stage Play Rings Up the Curtain on the Zodiac War - Crunchyroll News

Nakamura - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 3:57pm

Crunchyroll News

"JUNI TAISEN" Stage Play Rings Up the Curtain on the Zodiac War
Crunchyroll News
The original JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR novel is written by Nisio Isin and features illustrations by Hikaru Nakamura. An English language version of the book is published by Viz Media, who describe the story as follows: Twelve warriors enter a death match ...

Saudi Arabia Blocks Israel's Chess Team From World Championships - New York Times

Nakamura - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 3:01pm

New York Times

Saudi Arabia Blocks Israel's Chess Team From World Championships
New York Times
Israel has been left out of the World Chess Championships, which kicked off Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after its players were unable to obtain the visas they needed to attend. In a statement posted online on Tuesday, Fatimah S. Baeshen, a ...
New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in RiyadhPune Mirror

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World rapid chess championship: Anand in second place - Sportstarlive

Anand - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 10:32am

World rapid chess championship: Anand in second place
Sportstarlive
Three Russians – Alexander Grischuk, Vladimir Fedoseev and Peter Svidler – and an Armenian, Tigran Petrosian are in the lead, on three points. P.K. Ajith Kumar. RIYADH. 26 December, 2017 22:02 IST. Action from day one of the World rapid chess ...

Mamedyarov Reaches Peak Rating At Nutcracker - Chess.com

Caruana - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 6:14am

Chess.com

Mamedyarov Reaches Peak Rating At Nutcracker
Chess.com
This year the Kings not only had the three seasoned GMs Boris Gelfand, Alexei Shirov and Sergei Rublevsky, but also a World Championship Candidate: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. It was the latter who stole the show in the classical segment, scoring 3.5/4 and ...

Year in Review 2017: Abhijeet Gupta's Commonwealth hat-trick to Harika's podium finish in Iran, a look at key chess ... - Firstpost

Caruana - Mon, 12/25/2017 - 12:54am

Firstpost

Year in Review 2017: Abhijeet Gupta's Commonwealth hat-trick to Harika's podium finish in Iran, a look at key chess ...
Firstpost
In the last two decades, Indian chess has seen a meteoric rise. Gone are the days when Viswanathan Anand was the only chess player India could boast of. The number of Grandmasters (GMs) in the country has more than quadrupled since Anand won the world ...

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Year in Review 2017: Abhijeet Gupta's Commonwealth hat-trick to Harika's podium finish in Iran, a look at key chess ... - Firstpost

Nakamura - Mon, 12/25/2017 - 12:54am

Firstpost

Year in Review 2017: Abhijeet Gupta's Commonwealth hat-trick to Harika's podium finish in Iran, a look at key chess ...
Firstpost
In the last two decades, Indian chess has seen a meteoric rise. Gone are the days when Viswanathan Anand was the only chess player India could boast of. The number of Grandmasters (GMs) in the country has more than quadrupled since Anand won the world ...

Morozevich on trying things other than chess - chess24

Champions Showdown - Sun, 12/24/2017 - 2:00am
Morozevich on trying things other than chess  chess24

Alexander Morozevich is still only 40, but in recent years has been missing from the very highest level of chess. In a new interview he reveals th...

New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh - Pune Mirror

Nakamura - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 3:00pm

Pune Mirror

New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh
Pune Mirror
Top Israeli GM Boris Gelfand has decided not take part and so has Hikaru Nakamura of USA and women world blitz title holder Anna Muzychuk. The Anand camp refused to go into controversy. “Anand is focussing on chess and not on the controversy,” Anand's ...

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New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh - Mumbai Mirror

Nakamura - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 2:37pm

Mumbai Mirror

New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh
Mumbai Mirror
Top Israeli GM Boris Gelfand has decided not take part and so has Hikaru Nakamura of USA and women world blitz title holder Anna Muzychuk. The Anand camp refused to go into controversy. “Anand is focussing on chess and not on the controversy,” Anand's ...

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New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh - Ahmedabad Mirror

Anand - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 2:37pm

Ahmedabad Mirror

New furore in chess world, this time over rapid-blitz meet in Riyadh
Ahmedabad Mirror
The world of chess seems to be continuously embroiled in controversy. After the recent outrage over the logo for next year's world championship, which many called 'pawnographic', a new dispute has surfaced on the black-and-white horizon. This time it ...

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3-Year Contract FIDE, Saudi Arabia 'Potentially Illegal' - Chess.com

Nakamura - Fri, 12/22/2017 - 4:11pm

Chess.com

3-Year Contract FIDE, Saudi Arabia 'Potentially Illegal'
Chess.com
However, FIDE's Israel Gelfer doubts the legality of the three-year contract when players from Iran, Israel and Qatar will not obtain visas. On November 9, FIDE announced that Saudi Arabia will be hosting the 2017 World Rapid and Blitz Championships ...
Chess: lucrative world speed events to open in Saudi Arabia amid controversyThe Guardian

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Chess: lucrative world speed events to open in Saudi Arabia amid controversy - The Guardian

Nakamura - Fri, 12/22/2017 - 11:36am

The Guardian

Chess: lucrative world speed events to open in Saudi Arabia amid controversy
The Guardian
Chess: lucrative world speed events to open in Saudi Arabia amid controversy. Magnus Carlsen is among those scheduled to appear at the event in Riyadh which has been dogged by issues surrounding visas for Israeli participants and the dress code for ...

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FIDE's 3-Year Contract With Saudi Arabia Potentially Void - Chess.com

Nakamura - Fri, 12/22/2017 - 2:00am
FIDE's 3-Year Contract With Saudi Arabia Potentially Void  Chess.com

The agreement between FIDE and Saudi Arabia to host the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Riyadh was signed not only for 2017 but also for 2018 and ...

On Chess: How the landscape changed, a look to the 2018 Candidates Tournament - KRCU

Caruana - Thu, 12/21/2017 - 3:58am

KRCU

On Chess: How the landscape changed, a look to the 2018 Candidates Tournament
KRCU
The last super tournament of 2017 ended with American grand master Fabiano Caruana edging out Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in a tiebreak to claim victory at the London Chess Classic, ahead of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. This is a significant victory ...

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