2016 Champions Showdown

Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand draws against Levon Aronian; Magnus Carlsen suffers shock loss
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Viswanathan Anand's resourcefulness carried the day against Armenian Levon Aronian's inspired play, but Maxime Vachier-Lagrave sprang the biggest shock of the tournament by defeating world champion Magnus Carlsen in the fourth round of the ...
Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield CupThe Indian Express
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Carlsen Falters In Winning Position, Loses To MVL
Chess.com
This swing reintroduces questions about Carlsen's status as the world number-one. He has a 10-point edge over Fabiano Caruana who is leading in Sinquefield, but there is a real possibility that continued tribulations could allow Caruana to overtake ...
Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield CupEconomic Times
Anand draws with SvidlerThe Hindu
So holds Nakamura to a drawTempo
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Carlsen Falters In Winning Position, Loses To MVL
Chess.com
For 45 moves today, Magnus Carlsen played a model "Carlsen" game in the Sinquefield Cup. Getting little from the opening, he created complex positional problems and was rewarded with subtle errors from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. However, as the ...
Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield CupThe Indian Express
Anand draws with SvidlerThe Hindu
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Anand held by Svidler in Sinquefield Cup
The Hindu
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out another draw with Peter Svidler of Russia in the second round of the Sinquefield Cup here. Playing black for the first time in the tournament, Anand was up against an English opening that got ...

Anand draws with Svidler
The Hindu
The results (second round): Peter Svidler (Rus, 0.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand (1); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 1.5) bt Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 1); Levon Aronian (Arm, 1) lost to Fabiano Caruana (USA, 1.5); Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 1) drew with Maxime ...

Anand draws with Svidler
The Hindu
The results (second round): Peter Svidler (Rus, 0.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand (1); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 1.5) bt Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 1); Levon Aronian (Arm, 1) lost to Fabiano Caruana (USA, 1.5); Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 1) drew with Maxime ...

Anand held by Svidler in Sinquefield Cup
The Hindu
This was just one more than Anand's previous round draw with Hikaru Nakamura of United States. Yet again it turned out to be an exciting day with three decisive games for the second day running, only the winners were different than the first round.

So holds Nakamura to a draw » Manila Bulletin Sports
Manila Bulletin
Grandmaster Wesley So drew with GM Hikaru Nakamura of the United States to remain at joint fourth place after three rounds in the 2017 GCT Sinquefield Cup ...
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Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
Though Carlsen has recently been doing very well at blitz and rapid events, he has been struggling in classical time control tournaments — he hasn't won one in over a year. Besides Carlsen the field includes: Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley ...

Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
Though Carlsen has recently been doing very well at blitz and rapid events, he has been struggling in classical time control tournaments — he hasn't won one in over a year. Besides Carlsen the field includes: Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley ...

Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield Cup
The Indian Express
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France had Russian Peter Svidler on the ropes but missed out on his chances, while Wesley So of United States could not force matters with his extra pawn against compatriot Hikaru Nakamura. The other American, Fabiano ...
So holds Nakamura to a drawManila Bulletin
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Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield Cup
The Indian Express
The Norwegian equalised easily and then in his typical ways exerted pressure in the rook and minor piece endgame. Viswanathan Anand even lost a pawn on the 40th move but the game was always within the boundaries of a draw. The peace was signed ...
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Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand draws first round game against Hikaru Nakamura of United States
Yahoo India News
Viswanathan Anand began with a cautious start when he drew his first round game against American GM Hikaru Nakamura in the first round of the Sinquefield Cup at Saint Louis, United States. With well-fought games all around, three decisive games and ...
Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand draws against Levon Aronian; Magnus Carlsen suffers shock lossFirstpost
Sinquefield Cup: Anand thumps CaruanaThe Hindu
Viswanathan Anand draws with Armenia's Levon Aronian in Sinquefield ChessIndia TV
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Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield Cup
Economic Times
Results (Round 3): Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 1.5) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 2); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 2) drew with Peter Svidler (Rus, 1); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 2) drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 0.5); Wesley So (Usa, 1.5) drew with ...
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Hikaru Nakamura in Sinquefield openerYahoo India News

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Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield Cup
Economic Times
Results (Round 3): Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 1.5) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 2); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 2) drew with Peter Svidler (Rus, 1); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 2) drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 0.5); Wesley So (Usa, 1.5) drew with ...
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Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen to draw in Sinquefield Cup
Economic Times
... Anand (Ind, 1.5) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 2); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 2) drew with Peter Svidler (Rus, 1); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 2) drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 0.5); Wesley So (Usa, 1.5) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 1.5 ...

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Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand earns tough draw against World Champion Magnus Carlsen
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Viswanathan Anand faced a tough challenge when he made a simple oversight and lost a pawn on the 40th move, but still defended precisely to force a draw in a rook endgame after a five-and-a-half-hour defence against reigning World Champion and ...

Levon Aronian plays a draw in Sinquefield Cup Round 3 ...
PanARMENIAN.Net
Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian, both of whom suffered tough losses in the previous round, played a quick draw at the Round 3.
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Anand draws with Svidler
The Hindu
The results (second round): Peter Svidler (Rus, 0.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand (1); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 1.5) bt Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 1); Levon Aronian (Arm, 1) lost to Fabiano Caruana (USA, 1.5); Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 1) drew with Maxime ...
Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand impresses despite draw with Peter Svider in second roundFirstpost
Levon Aronian loses Sinquefield Cup round 2PanARMENIAN.Net

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So outwits Russian foe
Tempo
Reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, American Fabiano Caruana, and Vachier-Lagrave share the top spot with identical 1.5 points. Carlsen bested Karjakin in 42 moves of a King's Indian Attack, Caruana outplayed Armenia's Levon Aronian ...

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