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Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Represents Croatia at Comeback Tournament in America
Croatia Week (press release) (blog)
Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has come out of professional retirement for a one-off tournament in America – playing under the Russian and Croatian flag. Kasparov (54) was given a wild card to compete in the Rapid and Blitz tournament ...
Kasparov notches first win in brief return to chess - IN SCHOOL ...The Hindu

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Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Represents Croatia at Comeback Tournament in America
Croatia Week (press release) (blog)
Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has come out of professional retirement for a one-off tournament in America – playing under the Russian and Croatian flag. Kasparov (54) was given a wild card to compete in the Rapid and Blitz tournament ...

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand's poor run continues, ends hopes of podium finish
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St. Louis: 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. File image of ...
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Winless Anand stays with Kasparov
The Hindu
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). Standings (after nine rounds each of rapid and blitz): 1. Aronian (18.5), 2. Nakamura (16 ...
Garry Kasparov Returns, Briefly, to ChessThe New Yorker
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Winless Anand stays with Kasparov
The Hindu
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). Standings (after nine rounds each of rapid and blitz): 1. Aronian (18.5), 2. Nakamura (16 ...
On 2nd Try, Aronian Gets St. Louis WinChess.com
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Garry Kasparov Returns, Briefly, to Chess
The New Yorker
(“Garry has said that he hasn't been doing anything different than before retiring,” the American Hikaru Nakamura told Chess.com prior to their first game together. “We all know that's not true.”) Karjakin countered with several offbeat moves of his ...

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Garry Kasparov Returns, Briefly, to Chess
The New Yorker
In the final round of the day, Kasparov played Fabiano Caruana, a former U.S. champion currently ranked third in the world. In person, Caruana is Kasparov's inverse—twenty-five years old, quiet and birdlike. But as a player, he shares several ...
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On Second Try, Aronian Gets St. Louis Win After All
Chess.com
Aronian's final tally: 24.0/36 (equaling the winning score in the Paris Grant Chess Tour event) to best Karjakin's and GM Hikaru Nakamura's second place total of 21.5/36. For his part, Kasparov also recovered to string together some wins today. After ...
Win-less Anand stays with KasparovThe Hindu
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Magnus Carlsen holds off Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to keep world No1 spot
The Guardian
At one stage in the elite tournament in St Louis Carlsen's edge had diminished to under 10 points, a slim margin which could have disappeared in a single game, but his second-place finish, coupled with failures by his US rivals Fabiano Caruana and ...

Viswanathan Anand joint eighth after another bad day in St. Louis
The Indian Express
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. Having garnered just seven ...
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Viswanathan Anand stays joint eighth in St Louis blitz tournament
Hindustan Times
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 in St.Louis. Having garnered just ...
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Viswanathan Anand Joint Eighth After Another Bad Day in St. Louis
News18
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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