2016 Champions Showdown

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result - KBIA

Caruana - Thu, 06/22/2017 - 5:41am

KBIA

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result
KBIA
This year's edition held June 6 -16, had 10 players, including the “Big 3” American players: St. Louis resident Fabiano Caruana; 2017 PRO Chess League Champion with the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and reigning U.S. Champion Wesley So; and several time ...

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result - KBIA

Nakamura - Thu, 06/22/2017 - 5:41am

KBIA

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result
KBIA
... had 10 players, including the “Big 3” American players: St. Louis resident Fabiano Caruana; 2017 PRO Chess League Champion with the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and reigning U.S. Champion Wesley So; and several time U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura ...

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result - St. Louis Public Radio

Nakamura - Thu, 06/22/2017 - 5:02am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result
St. Louis Public Radio
But, the 2016 U.S. Champion had a huge impact on the event by beating fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the last round which was Nakamura's only defeat in the event and Caruana's only win. This made Aronian the clear winner. Normally, at the very top ...

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result - St. Louis Public Radio

Caruana - Thu, 06/22/2017 - 5:02am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Super-GM event has surprising result
St. Louis Public Radio
This year's edition held June 6 -16, had 10 players, including the “Big 3” American players: St. Louis resident Fabiano Caruana; 2017 PRO Chess League Champion with the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and reigning U.S. Champion Wesley So; and several time ...

So grabs share of lead in Paris chess tiff - Philippine Star

Nakamura - Thu, 06/22/2017 - 12:37am

Philippine Star

So grabs share of lead in Paris chess tiff
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So jump-started his title defense by scoring 2.5 points and sharing the lead with Magnus Carlsen after three rounds of Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Rapid, the kickoff event of the Tour in Paris, France Wednesday night. So downed ...

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So grabs share of lead in Paris chess tiff - Philippine Star

Topalov - Thu, 06/22/2017 - 12:37am

Philippine Star

So grabs share of lead in Paris chess tiff
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So jump-started his title defense by scoring 2.5 points and sharing the lead with Magnus Carlsen after three rounds of Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Rapid, the kickoff event of the Tour in Paris, France Wednesday night. So downed ...

So grabs share of lead in Paris chess tiff - Philippine Star

Caruana - Thu, 06/22/2017 - 12:37am

Philippine Star

So grabs share of lead in Paris chess tiff
Philippine Star
So downed fellow United States chesser Fabiano Caruana in the opening round, outlasted Frenchman Etienne Bacrot in the second and then blew a won game to settle for a marathon 82-move draw with Russian Alexander Grischuk in the third. The split ...

Carlsen slo tilbake med to seiere etter skuffelsen i Norway Chess - Dagbladet.no

Topalov - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 11:23am

Dagbladet.no

Carlsen slo tilbake med to seiere etter skuffelsen i Norway Chess
Dagbladet.no
Han ser ut til å slå raskt tilbake etter den skuffende innsatsen i Norway Chess. I likhet med amerikanske Wesley So har Carlsen 2,5 poeng, mens Hikaru Nakamura og Veselin Topalov har 2 poeng. Fabiano Caruana tapte alle sine tre partier onsdag og er ...

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Hold that afterthought: Armenia's Levon Aronian wins year's strongest chess tourney - Washington Times

Caruana - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 10:56am

Washington Times

Hold that afterthought: Armenia's Levon Aronian wins year's strongest chess tourney
Washington Times
GM Wesley So ran the table with nine disappointing draws, but GMs Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura continued their rivalry with an entertaining last-round battle in which some Caruana home cooking cost Nakamura a chance to tie for first.

Hold that afterthought: Armenia's Levon Aronian wins year's strongest chess tourney - Washington Times

Nakamura - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 10:56am

Washington Times

Hold that afterthought: Armenia's Levon Aronian wins year's strongest chess tourney
Washington Times
GM Wesley So ran the table with nine disappointing draws, but GMs Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura continued their rivalry with an entertaining last-round battle in which some Caruana home cooking cost Nakamura a chance to tie for first.

Playing like an accountant? - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Caruana - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 10:24am

Playing like an accountant?
BusinessWorld Online Edition
In round 5 of this Norway tournament there was the game Sergey Karjakin vs Fabiano Caruana which ended in a draw. Caruana got an inferior endgame right from the opening but managed to hold it. The online commentator Nigel Short said that Caruana's ...

Wesley braces for Paris Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times

Topalov - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 9:05am

Wesley braces for Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
He is also scheduled to face GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the fourth 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, defending champion GM ...

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Wesley braces for Paris Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times

Caruana - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 9:05am

Wesley braces for Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So will begin his campaign versus GM Fabiano Caruana in the opening round of the prestigious 2017 Paris Grand Chess Tour starting today at the Canal Factory Les Studios de Boulogne in Paris, France. The tournament is a rapid ...

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Wesley braces for Paris Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times

Nakamura - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 9:05am

Wesley braces for Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
... Vachier-Lagrave of France in the fifth, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the sixth, GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the seventh, defending champion GM Hikaru Nakamura of US in the eighth and GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the final round.

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Levon Aronian to participate at 2017 Gran Chess Tour second event - Panorama.am

Nakamura - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 6:35am

Panorama.am

Levon Aronian to participate at 2017 Gran Chess Tour second event
Panorama.am
As the National Olympic Committee of Armenia reports, this year's tournament features Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, and Levon ...

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Declararon a Potrero de los Funes como la capital nacional del ajedrez - Los Andes (Argentina)

Topalov - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 5:33am

Los Andes (Argentina)

Declararon a Potrero de los Funes como la capital nacional del ajedrez
Los Andes (Argentina)
En 2005, Potrero de los Funes, ubicada a casi 20 kilómetros de la capital provincial y a unos 800 kilómetros de Buenos Aires, había sido sede del Mundial de Ajedrez, cuando se coronó el búlgaro Veselin Topalov en el auditorio de la Caja de los Trebejos.

Веселин Топалов стартира на силен турнир в Париж - Gong.bg

Topalov - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 2:08am

Gong.bg

Веселин Топалов стартира на силен турнир в Париж
Gong.bg
Гросмайстор Веселин Топалов започва участието си в Гранд Чес Тур в Париж от 21 до 25 юни. Това е първият етап от веригата турнири Гранд Чес Тур 2017. Участници в сериите са 10 топ гросмайстори, един от които е българският водещ ...

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Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand draws with Magnus Carlsen to finish 8th - Firstpost

Caruana - Wed, 06/21/2017 - 2:00am
Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand draws with Magnus Carlsen to finish 8th  Firstpost

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with current world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and finished tied sixth after the end of ...

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