2016 Champions Showdown
Magnus Carlsen beats V Anand, leads elite blitz meet - Times of India
Times of India
Magnus Carlsen beats V Anand, leads elite blitz meet
Times of India
PUNE: Magnus Carlsen defeated five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in the blitz format of Your Next Move tournament in Belgium on Saturday. Carlsen leads the 18-round event at halfway stage with 7.5 points from nine games. Vladimir Kramnik is ...
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Times of India
PUNE: Magnus Carlsen defeated five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in the blitz format of Your Next Move tournament in Belgium on Saturday. Carlsen leads the 18-round event at halfway stage with 7.5 points from nine games. Vladimir Kramnik is ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
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The Boston Globe
Missing from Leuven are Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Laurent Bacrot, Sergey Karjakin, and Hikaru Nakamura. An interesting point about the time control is the adoption of the Bronstein control, which delays clock starting after each move, ...
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Missing from Leuven are Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Laurent Bacrot, Sergey Karjakin, and Hikaru Nakamura. An interesting point about the time control is the adoption of the Bronstein control, which delays clock starting after each move, ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
There are five new players, Vasily Ivanchuk, Baadur Jobava, Vladimir Kramnik, Anand Viswanathan, and Ian Nepomniachtchi, fresh from the FIDE team event in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. Missing from Leuven are Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, ...
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There are five new players, Vasily Ivanchuk, Baadur Jobava, Vladimir Kramnik, Anand Viswanathan, and Ian Nepomniachtchi, fresh from the FIDE team event in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. Missing from Leuven are Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Paris GCT Grand Chess Tour event ended in very exciting fashion with a playoff rapid match between world champion Magnus Carlsen and a local hero, Frenchman Maxime Vachier Lagrave, MVL for short. Carlsen won 1.5-.5. Though a fine triumph by ...
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The Boston Globe
The Paris GCT Grand Chess Tour event ended in very exciting fashion with a playoff rapid match between world champion Magnus Carlsen and a local hero, Frenchman Maxime Vachier Lagrave, MVL for short. Carlsen won 1.5-.5. Though a fine triumph by ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Carlsen came out of the rapid event undefeated, with a point lead over Russian Alexander Grischuk and two points over American Hikaru Nakamura. All looked good, but then came the blitz event and things changed. In 18 blitz games, Carlsen finished in ...
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Carlsen came out of the rapid event undefeated, with a point lead over Russian Alexander Grischuk and two points over American Hikaru Nakamura. All looked good, but then came the blitz event and things changed. In 18 blitz games, Carlsen finished in ...
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Viswanathan Anand — The Evergreen - The Hindu
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand — The Evergreen
The Hindu
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand's tenure among the world's top-10 enters its 27th year on Saturday. For the unintiated, the four-digit rating in chess denotes the playing strength of an individual. These numbeers — both ratings and world ...
The Hindu
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand's tenure among the world's top-10 enters its 27th year on Saturday. For the unintiated, the four-digit rating in chess denotes the playing strength of an individual. These numbeers — both ratings and world ...
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CHESS#1258 - Business Standard (press release) (registration) (blog)
Business Standard (press release) (registration) (blog)
CHESS#1258
Business Standard (press release) (registration) (blog)
In the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Magnus Carlsen stumbled in sight of a win, and Maxime Vachier Lagrave caught up. But Carlsen won a tie-break. He had stormed the Rapid section with 7/9, useful since the rapid games count as double. Carlsen ...
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In the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Magnus Carlsen stumbled in sight of a win, and Maxime Vachier Lagrave caught up. But Carlsen won a tie-break. He had stormed the Rapid section with 7/9, useful since the rapid games count as double. Carlsen ...
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So Leads By 2 Points Before Leuven Blitz - chess.com
So Leads By 2 Points Before Leuven Blitz chess.com
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Viswanathan Anand among the elite for 26 years…and counting! - The Hindu
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand among the elite for 26 years…and counting!
The Hindu
In this cerebral discipline, the playing strength of an individual is reflected in a four-digit rating — the higher, the better. Come July 1, and one of the country's greatest sportspersons Viswanathan Anand, 47, commences his 27th year in the world's ...
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The Hindu
In this cerebral discipline, the playing strength of an individual is reflected in a four-digit rating — the higher, the better. Come July 1, and one of the country's greatest sportspersons Viswanathan Anand, 47, commences his 27th year in the world's ...
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On Chess: World Champion Magnus Carlsen wins 1st leg of Grand Chess Tour - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: World Champion Magnus Carlsen wins 1st leg of Grand Chess Tour
St. Louis Public Radio
As it was last year, the United States is represented by Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour winner. Nakamura, who won in Paris last year, finished in third place, after an unfortunate loss towards the end. Caruana ...
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St. Louis Public Radio
As it was last year, the United States is represented by Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour winner. Nakamura, who won in Paris last year, finished in third place, after an unfortunate loss towards the end. Caruana ...
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On Chess: World Champion Magnus Carlsen wins 1st leg of Grand Chess Tour - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: World Champion Magnus Carlsen wins 1st leg of Grand Chess Tour
St. Louis Public Radio
As it was last year, the United States is represented by Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour winner. Nakamura, who won in Paris last year, finished in third place, after an unfortunate loss towards the end. Caruana ...
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St. Louis Public Radio
As it was last year, the United States is represented by Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour winner. Nakamura, who won in Paris last year, finished in third place, after an unfortunate loss towards the end. Caruana ...
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Grand Chess Tour Resumes On Wednesday In Leuven - Chess.com
Chess.com
Grand Chess Tour Resumes On Wednesday In Leuven
Chess.com
The Grand Chess Tour resumes on Wednesday with an identical tournament to the one in Paris. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Vassily ...
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Chess.com
The Grand Chess Tour resumes on Wednesday with an identical tournament to the one in Paris. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Vassily ...
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5th Norway Chess 2017 - BusinessWorld Online Edition
5th Norway Chess 2017
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Hikaru Nakamura USA 2785, Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2808, 5.0/9 4-6. Fabiano Caruana USA 2808, Wesley So USA 2812, Anish Giri NED 2771, 4.5/9 7-9. Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 2796, Viswanathan Anand IND 2786, Magnus Carlsen NOR 2832, 4.0/9
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Hikaru Nakamura USA 2785, Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2808, 5.0/9 4-6. Fabiano Caruana USA 2808, Wesley So USA 2812, Anish Giri NED 2771, 4.5/9 7-9. Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 2796, Viswanathan Anand IND 2786, Magnus Carlsen NOR 2832, 4.0/9
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So finishes 7th in Paris Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times
So finishes 7th in Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
The 23-year-old Cavite City pride defeated GM Fabiano Caruana of US in the first round and GM Etienne Bacrot of France in the second round then agreed to a draw with GM Alexander Grischuk of Russia in the third round, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of ...
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The Manila Times
The 23-year-old Cavite City pride defeated GM Fabiano Caruana of US in the first round and GM Etienne Bacrot of France in the second round then agreed to a draw with GM Alexander Grischuk of Russia in the third round, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of ...
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So finishes 7th in Paris Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times
So finishes 7th in Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
... Grischuk of Russia in the third round, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the fifth, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the sixth, GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the seventh and 2016 champion GM Hikaru Nakamura of US in the eighth.
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... Grischuk of Russia in the third round, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the fifth, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the sixth, GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the seventh and 2016 champion GM Hikaru Nakamura of US in the eighth.
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So finishes 7th in Paris Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times
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So finishes 7th in Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
... Grischuk of Russia in the third round, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the fifth, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the sixth, GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the seventh and 2016 champion GM Hikaru Nakamura of US in the eighth.
Magnus Carlsen puts recent poor form behind him at Grand Tour elite rapidsThe Guardian
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The Manila Times
... Grischuk of Russia in the third round, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the fifth, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the sixth, GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the seventh and 2016 champion GM Hikaru Nakamura of US in the eighth.
Magnus Carlsen puts recent poor form behind him at Grand Tour elite rapidsThe Guardian
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Carlsen Still On Top In Paris, Nakamura Close Behind - Chess.com
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Grand Chess Tour - Paris: Hikaru Nakamura closes in on lead - Chessbase News
Grand Chess Tour - Paris: Hikaru Nakamura closes in on lead Chessbase News
Day four, the first of the blitz phase, looked like it would be a runaway express by Magnus Carlsen as he charged with 4/4, but a distraction leading to a loss on ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
... sacrifice-filled win over the slumping world champion, Magnus Carlsen. In second place (on tie-break) was Hikaru Nakamura, who had a shot at tying for first but his last-round loss to compatriot Fabiano Caruana (who ended up in fourth) ended that ...
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... sacrifice-filled win over the slumping world champion, Magnus Carlsen. In second place (on tie-break) was Hikaru Nakamura, who had a shot at tying for first but his last-round loss to compatriot Fabiano Caruana (who ended up in fourth) ended that ...
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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
His three-win, no-loss performance (5.5/9) was highlighted by several excellent games, none better than his sacrifice-filled win over the slumping world champion, Magnus Carlsen. In second place (on tie-break) was Hikaru Nakamura, who had a shot at ...
Magnus Carlsen puts recent poor form behind him at Grand Tour elite rapidsThe Guardian
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The Boston Globe
His three-win, no-loss performance (5.5/9) was highlighted by several excellent games, none better than his sacrifice-filled win over the slumping world champion, Magnus Carlsen. In second place (on tie-break) was Hikaru Nakamura, who had a shot at ...
Magnus Carlsen puts recent poor form behind him at Grand Tour elite rapidsThe Guardian
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