2016 Champions Showdown

Viswanathan Anand no longer in World Championship - Times of India

Anand - Tue, 10/31/2017 - 2:00am
Viswanathan Anand no longer in World Championship  Times of India

KOLKATA: Viswanathan Anand's slim hopes of remaining in the World Championship cycle evaporated after organizing committee on Monday ignored the ...

Viswanathan Anand no longer in World Championship - Times of India

Anand - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 11:58pm

Times of India

Viswanathan Anand no longer in World Championship
Times of India
KOLKATA: Viswanathan Anand's slim hopes of remaining in the World Championship cycle evaporated after organizing committee on Monday ignored the Indian Grandmaster and granted the wild card to Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik for the ensuing ...

Viswanathan Anand no longer in World Championship - Times of India

Caruana - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 11:58pm

Times of India

Viswanathan Anand no longer in World Championship
Times of India
Russian GM Sergey Karjakin qualified as the last World Championship's challenger. Levon Aronian of Armenia who won the World Cup in Tbilisi and Chinese GM Ding Liren, who finished second, also made the grade. US GMs Fabiano Caruana and Wesley ...

New York Man Makes $400 a Day Hustling Chess - Casino.Org News

Nakamura - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 8:39pm

Casino.Org News

New York Man Makes $400 a Day Hustling Chess
Casino.Org News
Osayaba says his highest-profile victim was Maria De Rosa, girlfriend of American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and a strong player in her own right. The match took place while the 2016 World Chess Championship was being held at South Street Seaport, ...

Kramnik Gets Candidates' Wild Card - Chess.com

Caruana - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 7:27am

Chess.com

Kramnik Gets Candidates' Wild Card
Chess.com
He was losing the race for qualifying to the 2018 Candidates' tournament by rating to Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So... but he seemed fairly relaxed about it. Had he already heard about his wild card behind the scenes? According to Ilya Merenzon of ...

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National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament - AL.com

Champions Showdown - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 7:06am

AL.com

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament
AL.com
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host a series of four matches, the Champions Showdown, November 9 -14. In this novel event, the three top American players and current World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, will face their opponents ...

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament - AL.com

Topalov - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 7:06am

AL.com

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament
AL.com
Alexander Grishchuk (Russia); Hikaru Nakamura (USA) vs. former World Champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria); and reigning U.S. Chess Champion Wesley So (USA) vs. Leinier Dominguez (Cuba). These matches will be held November 9th through 12th.

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament - AL.com

Caruana - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 7:06am

AL.com

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament
AL.com
The match-ups include Fabiano Caruana (USA) vs. Alexander Grishchuk (Russia); Hikaru Nakamura (USA) vs. former World Champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria); and reigning U.S. Chess Champion Wesley So (USA) vs. Leinier Dominguez (Cuba).

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament - AL.com

Nakamura - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 7:06am

AL.com

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament
AL.com
Alexander Grishchuk (Russia); Hikaru Nakamura (USA) vs. former World Champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria); and reigning U.S. Chess Champion Wesley So (USA) vs. Leinier Dominguez (Cuba). These matches will be held November 9th through 12th.

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament - AL.com

Champions Showdown - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 2:00am
National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament  AL.com

In conjunction with National Chess Day, held on October 14, Alabama's annual National Chess Day Scholastic Tournament has become a tradition on the state's ...

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament - AL.com

Champions Showdown - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 2:00am
National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament  AL.com

In conjunction with National Chess Day, held on October 14, Alabama's annual National Chess Day Scholastic Tournament has become a tradition on the state's ...

National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament - AL.com

Topalov - Mon, 10/30/2017 - 2:00am
National Chess Day, unique scholastic chess tournament  AL.com

In conjunction with National Chess Day, held on October 14, Alabama's annual National Chess Day Scholastic Tournament has become a tradition on the state's ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Caruana - Sun, 10/29/2017 - 7:23pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
This writer's favorite chess team league is off and running. The 2017/18 Schach Bundesliga season recently began. The league once again features the odds-on favorite, defending champ, and winner of 12 of the last 13 years, OSG Baden-Baden. This year's ...

'Ridiculous': Viswanathan Anand hits back at those gunning for his retirement - Scroll.in

Anand - Sun, 10/29/2017 - 6:32am

Scroll.in

'Ridiculous': Viswanathan Anand hits back at those gunning for his retirement
Scroll.in
Viswanathan Anand is not a man of many words, but in a freewheeling interview with Chess.com, the Indian great spoke about his celebrity status, how the constant question of retirement drives him crazy and how he stays focused despite all that. Talking ...

This chess hustler makes $400 a day - New York Post

Nakamura - Sat, 10/28/2017 - 7:23pm

New York Post

This chess hustler makes $400 a day
New York Post
His highest-profile opponent was American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura's girlfriend, Maria De Rosa, who is also a highly ranked champion in Italy. “Nakamura was acting like a jerk, so I asked her to play instead,” Osayaba said. They played informally at ...

This NYC chess hustler makes $400 a day - New York Post

Nakamura - Sat, 10/28/2017 - 6:56pm

New York Post

This NYC chess hustler makes $400 a day
New York Post
“I beat the beak off him. I was hitting him with moves I teach my beginners — like the Queen's Gambit,” he said. His highest-profile opponent was Japanese grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura's girlfriend, Maria De Rosa, who is also a highly ranked champion in ...

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