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Viswanathan Anand Joint Eighth After Another Bad Day in St. Louis
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Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand had another bad outing, drawing seven and losing two games, to remain on joint 8th place after the end of nine rounds of blitz in the St. Louis Rapid and blitz chess tournament here. PTI. Updated:August 18, 2017, ...
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Win-less Anand stays with Kasparov
The Hindu
... Perez (white); R6: drew with Garry Kasparov (black); R5: lost to Levon Aronian (black); R4: drew with Liem Le Quang Liem (white); R3: drew with Hikaru Nakamura (black); R2: drew with Fabiano Caruana (white); R1: drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi (black).
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Win-less Anand stays with Kasparov
The Hindu
... Perez (white); R6: drew with Garry Kasparov (black); R5: lost to Levon Aronian (black); R4: drew with Liem Le Quang Liem (white); R3: drew with Hikaru Nakamura (black); R2: drew with Fabiano Caruana (white); R1: drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi (black).
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Aronyan keeps succeeding in Saint Louis
Public Radio of Armenia
Levon Aronyan remains at the top after the 9th round of blitz and rapid games in Saint Louis. The Armenian Grandmaster has 18.5 points now. US representative Hikaru Nakamura follows Aronyan with 16.5 points. Sergey Karyakin has 16 points.

Aronyan keeps succeeding in Saint Louis
Public Radio of Armenia
Levon Aronyan remains at the top after the 9th round of blitz and rapid games in Saint Louis. The Armenian Grandmaster has 18.5 points now. US representative Hikaru Nakamura follows Aronyan with 16.5 points. Sergey Karyakin has 16 points. Facebook ...

Armenia's Levon Aronian still leads Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
PanARMENIAN.Net
In the first nine round robin games, Armenia's Levon Aronian lost to Fabiano Caruana alone, defeated Lê Quang Liêm, Garry Kasparov, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Viswanathan Anand and Ian Nepomniachtchi, and drew with Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey ...

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Armenia's Levon Aronian still leads Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
PanARMENIAN.Net
In the first nine round robin games, Armenia's Levon Aronian lost to Fabiano Caruana alone, defeated Lê Quang Liêm, Garry Kasparov, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Viswanathan Anand and Ian Nepomniachtchi, and drew with Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey ...

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Viswanathan Anand's poor form continues in the blitz format, languishes at joint-8th in St Louis
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Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand's troubles at Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz continued well into Thursday, with the first nine round robin games in blitz being played on the day. Anand, who played white in his opening round robin game against Russian ...
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St Louis Rapid Chess: Viswanathan Anand finishes joint eighth
Daily News & Analysis
After raising visions of a good finish, luck did not favour Grandmaster Anand much on the final day as he was first held to a draw by Le Quang Leim of Vietnam in the seventh round and then shared points with Fabiano Caruana of United States in the ...
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Winner of Saint Louis Rapid Levon Aronian now leads Blitz competition
Mediamax.am
... Ian Nepomniachtchi, Garry Kasparov and Leinier Dominguez. The Armenian grandmaster drew with Hikaru Nakamura, David Navara and Sergey Karjakin. He only lost to Fabiano Caruana. Aronian won 18,5 points and is currently leading the tournament.

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Winner of Saint Louis Rapid Levon Aronian now leads Blitz competition
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... Ian Nepomniachtchi, Garry Kasparov and Leinier Dominguez. The Armenian grandmaster drew with Hikaru Nakamura, David Navara and Sergey Karjakin. He only lost to Fabiano Caruana. Aronian won 18,5 points and is currently leading the tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand finishes joint eighth in St Louis Rapid Chess tournament
India Today
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a disappointing final round loss against Sergey Karjakin of Russia to finish joint eighth in the St Louis Rapid Chess tournament here today. After raising visions of a good finish, luck did not favour ...
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Kasparov notches first win in brief return to chess
The Hindu
Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov finally claimed his first victory on Wednesday during his much-watched comeback tournament in Missouri following 12 years of retirement – but also conceded two more defeats. After dominating the global chessboard ...
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Anand and Kasparov bring up the rear
The Hindu
Having brought up the rear in the 10-player event, Anand and Kasparov will be keen to gain ground when the action shifts to 18-round blitz. During the third day of the rapid leg, Anand easily drew with Vietnam's Le Quang Liem and Fabiano Caruana but ...
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Anand and Kasparov bring up the rear
The Hindu
The results: Ninth round: Sergey Karjakin (Rus) bt Viswanathan Anand; Leinier Dominguez Perez (Cub) lost to Levon Aronian (Arm); Fabiano Caruana (USA) bt Garry Kasparov (Rus); Hikaru Nakamura (USA) bt Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus); Le Quang Liem ...
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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand, hampered by fatigue, finishes disappointing joint 8th
Firstpost
Anand's day was almost forgettable, as he started off with two draws against the Quang Liam Le and Fabiano Caruana, before losing an one-sided game to World Championship challenger Sergey Karjakin in the ninth and final round of the Rapid event.
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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand, hampered by fatigue, finishes disappointing joint 8th
Firstpost
Viswanathan Anand scored two draws and suffered a defeat from his three games on the last day of the Rapid section at Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz, while Garry Kasparov scored a win and two losses, with both the world champions finishing in a tie for ...
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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand suffers crushing defeat in final round, finishes joint eighth
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St Louis: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a disappointing final round loss against Sergey Karjakin of Russia to finish joint eighth in the St Louis Rapid Chess tournament here on Thursday. File image of India's Viswanathan Anand.
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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand suffers crushing defeat in final round, finishes joint eighth
Firstpost
Levon Aronian (Arm, 12); 2-3: Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura (both USA) 11 each; 4. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 8); 5. Lenier Dominguez (Cub, 9); 6-7. Sergey Karjakin (Rus), Le Qunag Leim (Vie) 8 each; 8-10: Garry Kasparov (Rus), V Anand (Ind), David ...
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Viswanathan Anand finishes joint eighth in St Louis Rapid
The Indian Express
After raising visions of a good finish, luck did not favour Grandmaster Anand much on the final day as he was first held to a draw by Le Quang Leim of Vietnam in the seventh round and then shared points with Fabiano Caruana of United States in the ...
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