2016 Champions Showdown

FIDE Criticized For Hosting World Rapid, Blitz In Saudi Arabia - Chess.com

Nakamura - Sat, 11/11/2017 - 2:00am
FIDE Criticized For Hosting World Rapid, Blitz In Saudi Arabia  Chess.com

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has received strong criticism for its decision to host this year's World Rapid & Blitz Championships in Saudi Arabia. "The fact ...

Carlsen Wins His Day One As Caruana, So Make Their Move - Chess.com

Champions Showdown - Sat, 11/11/2017 - 2:00am
Carlsen Wins His Day One As Caruana, So Make Their Move  Chess.com

Just when it seemed all the matches would be runaways before the final day of the 2017 Champions Showdown, a trio of trailers reinvigorated their battles.

Ding Liren Game of the Year? - Chessbase News

Champions Showdown - Sat, 11/11/2017 - 2:00am
Ding Liren Game of the Year?  Chessbase News

Ding Liren, the Chinese number one and participant in the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin, enjoys the reputation of being a solid positional player.

Carlsen Wins His Day One As Caruana, So Make Their Move - Chess.com

Topalov - Sat, 11/11/2017 - 2:00am
Carlsen Wins His Day One As Caruana, So Make Their Move  Chess.com

Just when it seemed all the matches would be runaways before the final day of the 2017 Champions Showdown, a trio of trailers reinvigorated their battles.

It is euphoria as chess players meet one of the greatest - The Hindu

Anand - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:57pm

The Hindu

It is euphoria as chess players meet one of the greatest
The Hindu
After having waited with bated breath, the audience erupted in euphoria the moment chess great Viswanathan Anand made his way into the hall at the Pavendar Bharathidasan College of Engineering and Technology on Thursday. Chess enthusiasts ...

Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day - Chess.com

Topalov - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:42pm

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Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day
Chess.com
GM Hikaru Nakamura keeps essaying varying iterations of the Vienna and Najdorf against GM Veselin Topalov. GMs Leinier Dominguez and Wesley So began the day with their fifth-straight Berlin before finally varying in the day's second game. GM Fabiano ...

Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day - Chess.com

Champions Showdown - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:42pm

Chess.com

Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day
Chess.com
It was supposed to be a rapid and blitz match, but it's turning into a theme match. Good reflexes don't hurt either. The 2017 Champions Showdown doesn't actual require specific openings to be played over the quartet of 30-game matches, but so far the ...

Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day - Chess.com

Caruana - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:42pm

Chess.com

Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day
Chess.com
GM Fabiano Caruana keeps accepting GM Alexander Grischuk's Queen's Gambit, with White invariably replying with the sharp 3. e4 line. Amid of all the repetitious openings, it's the endings that captivated the audience today. While time scramble ...

Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day - Chess.com

Nakamura - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:42pm

Chess.com

Milliseconds Sacred In Showdown's 2nd Day
Chess.com
GM Hikaru Nakamura keeps essaying varying iterations of the Vienna and Najdorf against GM Veselin Topalov. GMs Leinier Dominguez and Wesley So began the day with their fifth-straight Berlin before finally varying in the day's second game. GM Fabiano ...

Leinier y Nakamura: los más rápidos en San Luis - Granma Internacional

Nakamura - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 10:29pm

CubaDebate

Leinier y Nakamura: los más rápidos en San Luis
Granma Internacional
Junto a Leinier, el otro invicto de la justa es el estadounidense Hikaru Nakamura, quien doblegó 4-2 al búlgaro Veselin Topalov, tras superarlo en la fecha anterior 2,5-1,5. En el tercer duelo, el ruso Alexander Grischuk tomó ligera ventaja sobre el ...
Leinier Domínguez supera a oponente Wesley So en Champions ShowdownCubaDebate
Leinier Domínguez vuelve a derrotar a Wesley So en segunda jornada del Showdown de ajedrezCiberCuba
Vence Leinier a Wesley So en las partidas rápidas del Champions ShowdownRadio Rebelde

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No Increment, No Problem For Nakamura, Dominguez - Chess.com

Topalov - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 9:13pm

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No Increment, No Problem For Nakamura, Dominguez
Chess.com
GM Hikaru Nakamura pressed a better position and a two-minute-to-one-minute clock advantage to squeeze a winning pin from GM Veselin Topalov. Those finishes mean that Nakamura and Dominguez enter tomorrow's G/20 games both with a five-point lead. Not ...

No Increment, No Problem For Nakamura, Dominguez - Chess.com

Champions Showdown - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 9:13pm

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No Increment, No Problem For Nakamura, Dominguez
Chess.com
Photo: Mike Klein/Chess.com. GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Wesley So each had about 15 seconds remaining when So simply hung a knight fork. GM Hikaru Nakamura pressed a better position and a two-minute-to-one-minute clock advantage to squeeze a winning ...

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Leinier Domínguez supera a oponente Wesley So en Champions Showdown - CubaDebate

Topalov - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 8:10pm

CubaDebate

Leinier Domínguez supera a oponente Wesley So en Champions Showdown
CubaDebate
... Wesley So (2788) e Hikaru Nakamura (2774), el chino Liren Ding (2774), el ruso Alexander Grischuk (2785) y el búlgaro Veselin Topalov (2749). El torneo consiste en una serie de cuatro matches, en el que Domínguez enfrentará a So, Caruana a Grischuk ...
Leinier Domínguez abre delante en el match contra Wesley So en torneo Showdown de ajedrezCiberCuba

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Cubano Domínguez aventaja a estadounidense So en Champions Showdown - CubaSÍ

Topalov - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 7:21pm

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Cubano Domínguez aventaja a estadounidense So en Champions Showdown
CubaSÍ
Completan el grupo de ocho atletas participantes en esta liza el campeón mundial noruego Magnus Carlsen (2837), los estadounidenses Fabiano Caruana (2794), Wesley So (2788) e Hikaru Nakamura (2774), el chino Liren Ding (2774), el ruso Alexander ...
Leinier cedió en Champions ShowdownACN DIGITAL (Comunicado de prensa)
Wesley So domina en las blitz a Leinier y vence de manera generalRadio Rebelde
Leinier y Nakamura: los más rápidos en San LuisGranma Internacional
Radio Ángulo -CiberCuba -Trabajadores de Cuba
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Cubano Domínguez aventaja a estadounidense So en Champions Showdown - CubaSÍ

Topalov - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 7:21pm

Radio Rebelde

Cubano Domínguez aventaja a estadounidense So en Champions Showdown
CubaSÍ
... Wesley So (2788) e Hikaru Nakamura (2774), el chino Liren Ding (2774), el ruso Alexander Grischuk (2785) y el búlgaro Veselin Topalov (2749). El torneo consiste en una serie de cuatro matches, en el que Domínguez enfrentará a So, Caruana a Grischuk ...
Remontada contrarrelojTrabajadores de Cuba
Wesley So derrota a Leinier Domínguez en tercera jornada del Showdown de ajedrezCiberCuba
Imbatible Lenier Domínguez en el Champions Showdown de EE.UU.Radio Ángulo
Granma Internacional -Radio Nuevitas -Radio Rebelde
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Olympic hockey legends, former rivals welcome baby - OlympicTalk (blog)

Champions Showdown - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 4:44pm

OlympicTalk (blog)

Olympic hockey legends, former rivals welcome baby
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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Leinier Domínguez abre delante en el match contra Wesley So en torneo Showdown de ajedrez - CiberCuba

Topalov - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 1:43pm

CiberCuba

Leinier Domínguez abre delante en el match contra Wesley So en torneo Showdown de ajedrez
CiberCuba
Por su parte, el búlgaro Veselin Topalov también salió delante 2,5 a 1,5 frente al norteamericano Hikaru Nakamura. El italio-estadounidense Fabiano Caruana y el ruso Alexander Grischuk tienen 2 puntos cada uno. El match entre el noruego Magnus ...

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Carlsen-manager om VM i Saudi-Arabia: – Planen er at han skal spille - VG

Nakamura - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 9:50am

VG

Carlsen-manager om VM i Saudi-Arabia: – Planen er at han skal spille
VG
I går publiserte den japanske sjakkstjernen Hikaru Nakamura følgende på Twitter: «Det å arrangere en sjakkturnering i et land der grunnleggende menneskerettigheter ikke er verdsatt er horribelt. Sjakk er et spill der alle typer mennesker kan komme ...
Kritiske til sjakk-VM i Saudi-Arabia: – GrusomtNRK

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The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Week, November 10-15 - Riverfront Times (blog)

Caruana - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 8:27am

Riverfront Times (blog)

The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Week, November 10-15
Riverfront Times (blog)
Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Ray Robson and Sam Shankland, who all played for the 2016 American team, will attend the opening reception, which takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, November 10, at the World Chess Hall ...

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