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Chess legend Kasparov back from retirement for US tournament - Times Now

Nakamura - Thu, 07/06/2017 - 3:05am

Times Now

Chess legend Kasparov back from retirement for US tournament
Times Now
1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway will also play at the tournament, as will Hikaru Nakamura, ranked second in the world. "Ready to see if I remember how to move the pieces! Will I be able to announce my re-retirement afterward if not?!," Kasparov himself ...

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Chess legend Garry Kasparov to come out of retirement, play Viswanathan Anand - ESPN

Champions Showdown - Thu, 07/06/2017 - 2:46am

ESPN

Chess legend Garry Kasparov to come out of retirement, play Viswanathan Anand
ESPN
Twelve years after announcing his retirement, multiple-time world champion and one of chess' greatest luminaries Garry Kasparov is ready to get back to the board. Kasparov, 54, will be competing in the St Louis rapid and blitz competition this August ...

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Chess legend Garry Kasparov to come out of retirement, play Viswanathan Anand - ESPN

Anand - Thu, 07/06/2017 - 2:46am

ESPN

Chess legend Garry Kasparov to come out of retirement, play Viswanathan Anand
ESPN
There will also be an interesting face-off between Viswanathan Anand and Kasparov, as the round-robin tournament will have them face each other three times across nine rapid games and 18 blitz games. Of the 78 games they've played against each other, ...
Former world champion Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement after 12 yearsFirstpost
Chess legend Garry Kasparov to come out of retirement for US tournamentHindustan Times
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The king is back: Chess legend Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement - Telegraph.co.uk

Caruana - Thu, 07/06/2017 - 1:36am

Telegraph.co.uk

The king is back: Chess legend Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement
Telegraph.co.uk
While Kasparov will not face the current world's best, his former protégé Magnus Carlsen, he will take on Carlsen's Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin and two top Americans, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Kasparov has had outings in minor ...

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The king is back: Chess legend Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement - Telegraph.co.uk

Nakamura - Thu, 07/06/2017 - 1:36am

Telegraph.co.uk

The king is back: Chess legend Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement
Telegraph.co.uk
While Kasparov will not face the current world's best, his former protégé Magnus Carlsen, he will take on Carlsen's Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin and two top Americans, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Kasparov has had outings in minor ...

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Chess.com Pic Inspires Reddit Photoshop Battle - Chess.com

Champions Showdown - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 3:40pm

Chess.com

Chess.com Pic Inspires Reddit Photoshop Battle
Chess.com
A Chess.com photo by our photographer Maria Emelianova became the inspiration for a Reddit Photoshop Battle, and was subsequently picked up by other media. Some pretty funny spoofs are out there. kora_kej's creation in the Reddit Photoshop battle: ...

Yo Gotti Gets Key To Memphis & Official "Yo Gotti Day" - HipHopDX

Nakamura - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 10:23am

HipHopDX

Yo Gotti Gets Key To Memphis & Official "Yo Gotti Day"
HipHopDX
Other past recipients of the key to Memphis include Master P and U.S. Chess Champion Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. Although Miami rapper Rick Ross doesn't hail from Memphis or call the city home, he also received the key to Memphis back in 2014, ...

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World Team Chess Championship - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Caruana - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 10:08am

World Team Chess Championship
BusinessWorld Online Edition
As I reported to you last Tuesday China repeated as World Team Champion by winning the biennial competition this year held in Khanty-Mansysk. China's intention was dead serious as they fielded their “A” Team, their top four highest rated players Ding ...

World Team Chess Championship - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Nakamura - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 10:08am

World Team Chess Championship
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Hikaru Nakamura was originally born in Osaka but he arrived in the USA at the age of two and learned chess at five -- he is really the product of US chess. The “buying nerds” part refers to Fabiano Caruana (who was representing Italy before he returned ...

Historic Sinquefield Cup Brings Top World Chess Talent to Saint Louis; Legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Caruana - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 8:10am

Historic Sinquefield Cup Brings Top World Chess Talent to Saint Louis; Legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov ...
PR Newswire (press release)
5 ranked player and fan favorite, American GM Fabiano Caruana, who will be in the hunt for the trophy as well. The third and final American player participating in the 2017 Sinquefield Cup is GM Hikaru Nakamura, ranked No. 7. Once again, the U.S. is ...

Historic Sinquefield Cup Brings Top World Chess Talent to Saint Louis; Legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Nakamura - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 8:10am

Historic Sinquefield Cup Brings Top World Chess Talent to Saint Louis; Legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The third and final American player participating in the 2017 Sinquefield Cup is GM Hikaru Nakamura, ranked No. 7. Once again, the U.S. is the only country with three players ranked in the top ten globally. History to Be Made: Garry Kasparov Will ...

A supercharged chess battery! - Sportstarlive

Topalov - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 6:28am

Sportstarlive

A supercharged chess battery!
Sportstarlive
Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov was the third player to reach 2800 in January 2006, six months before Anand followed suit. It is also Anand's never-say-die mindset that saw him persist with hard work and attain the targets. If Anand was 36 years, three ...

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Combined martial arts team end US Open with 68 medals - Jamaica Observer

Champions Showdown - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 2:00am
Combined martial arts team end US Open with 68 medals  Jamaica Observer

JAMAICA combined martial arts team heavyweight Richard Stone closed out Jamaica's medal c...

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg? - Firstpost

Anand - Tue, 07/04/2017 - 9:19pm

Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?
Firstpost
After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at plans of retirement. Talking to grandmaster Maurice Ashley about his topsy-turvy play ...

Deportes - EL LITORAL

Topalov - Tue, 07/04/2017 - 3:37pm

Deportes
EL LITORAL
En 2005, la localidad ubicada a unos 20 kilómetros de la capital de la provincia de San Luis, había sido sede del Mundial de Ajedrez, cuando se coronó el búlgaro Veselin Topalov, en el auditorio Caja de los Trebejos. Pertenece al departamento Juan ...

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Campionatul Germaniei de şah câştigat de un mare maestru român - Monitorul de Botosani

Topalov - Mon, 07/03/2017 - 11:01pm

Campionatul Germaniei de şah câştigat de un mare maestru român
Monitorul de Botosani
Pentru jocul sau foarte agresiv şi foarte creativ a primit, din parte presei internaţionale, supranumele de „Mihail Tal al zilelor noastre”. Recunoaşterea internaţională a valorii sale a permis chiar organizarea unui meci împotriva bulgarului Veselin ...

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Marele maestru Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, noul campion al Germaniei la sah! - Sport Total FM

Topalov - Mon, 07/03/2017 - 2:17am

Sport Total FM

Marele maestru Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, noul campion al Germaniei la sah!
Sport Total FM
Recunoasterea internationala a valorii sale a permis chiar organizarea unui meci impotriva bulgarului Veselin Topalov, care detinea titlul de campion mondial. AGERPRES. Etichetat cu: campion al Germaniei, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, sah. Postat în ALTE ...

Marele maestru Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, noul campion al Germaniei la sah! - Sport Total FM

Topalov - Mon, 07/03/2017 - 2:17am

Sport Total FM

Marele maestru Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, noul campion al Germaniei la sah!
Sport Total FM
Pentru jocul sau foarte agresiv si foarte creativ a primit, din parte presei internationale, supranumele de ”Mihail Tal al zilelor noastre”. Recunoasterea internationala a valorii sale a permis chiar organizarea unui meci impotriva bulgarului Veselin ...

Marele maestru Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu a câștigat campionatul de șah al Germaniei - Libertatea

Topalov - Mon, 07/03/2017 - 1:26am

Libertatea

Marele maestru Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu a câștigat campionatul de șah al Germaniei
Libertatea
Recunoașterea internațională a valorii sale a permis chiar organizarea unui meci împotriva bulgarului Veselin Topalov, care deținea titlul de campion mondial. Cele mai noi articole. Cele mai noi articole. Marele maestru Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu a ...

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