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2017 European Championship
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I would be remiss if I did not point out that the Spanish GM David Anton won an excellent game against former world champion Veselin Topalov with 15...Bb7 16.Qe2 Rb8 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nf1 Re8 20.Ne3 Bf6 21.Bd2 Bc8 22.Ba5 Qe7 23.

Viswanathan Anand draws with Wesley So, remains on last spot
The Indian Express
The Indian ace will have to pull his socks if he has to make an impact in the remaining four rounds of this strongest tournament of the year. After a nerve-wracking fourth round, life was back to normalcy in Norway as all the five games ended in draws ...
Norway Chess 2017 Round 5: Viswanathan Anand splits the point ...Firstpost
Anand, Carlsen lose - SPORT - The HinduThe Hindu
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net

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Altibox Norway Chess: Winless Viswanathan Anand on last spot after sharing spoils with Wesley So in game 5
Firstpost
Stavanger: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand's hunt for an elusive victory continued as he played out a draw with American Wesley So in the fifth round of the Altibox Norway chess tournament on Monday. File picture of Viswanathan Anand.
Anand, Carlsen loseThe Hindu
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net

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Altibox Norway Chess: Winless Viswanathan Anand on last spot after sharing spoils with Wesley So in game 5
Firstpost
Vladimir Kramnik of Russia had some advantage against Hikaru Nakamura of United States while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France signed peace with Aronian. In the other game of the day, Fabiano Caruana of United States shared the point with Sergey ...
Norway Chess R5: Silence After The Storm - Chess.comChess.com
Anand, Carlsen lose - SPORT - The HinduThe Hindu
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net
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Altibox Norway Chess: Winless Viswanathan Anand on last spot after sharing spoils with Wesley So in game 5
Firstpost
Vladimir Kramnik of Russia had some advantage against Hikaru Nakamura of United States while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France signed peace with Aronian. In the other game of the day, Fabiano Caruana of United States shared the point with Sergey ...
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net
Anand loses to Giri in Altibox chess - Daily ExcelsiorDaily Excelsior
Anand, Carlsen lose - SPORT - The HinduThe Hindu

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Norway Chess: Anand draws with Wesley So, remains on last spot
Sportstarlive
In the other game of the day, Fabiano Caruana of United States shared the point with Sergey Karjakin of Russia. With just four rounds remaining, Nakamura leads the pack with 3.5 points. He is followed by Aronian and Kramnik who have three points each.
Norway Chess 2017 Round 5: Viswanathan Anand splits the point against Wesley So; all games end in a drawFirstpost
Anand loses to Giri in Altibox chessDaily Excelsior
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net
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Norway Chess 2017 Round 5: Viswanathan Anand splits the point against Wesley So; all games end in a draw
Firstpost
While Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin fought hard to force a win against Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana respectively, Levon Aronian unleashed the razor sharp Marshall Gambit against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. On the other hand, both ...
Viswanathan Anand draws with Wesley So, remains on last spotThe Indian Express
Anand, Carlsen lose - SPORT - The HinduThe Hindu
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net
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Norway Chess 2017 Round 5: Viswanathan Anand splits the point against Wesley So; all games end in a draw
Firstpost
After some sensational games in round 4, players at the Altibox Norway Chess 2017 seemed to have wanted to take things slower. All five games of the fifth round were drawn. While Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin fought hard to force a win against ...
Anand, Carlsen loseThe Hindu
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net

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Norway Chess 2017 Round 5: Viswanathan Anand splits the point against Wesley So; all games end in a draw
Firstpost
While Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin fought hard to force a win against Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana respectively, Levon Aronian unleashed the razor sharp Marshall Gambit against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. On the other hand, both ...
Anand loses to Giri in Altibox chessDaily Excelsior
Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsPanARMENIAN.Net
Anand, Carlsen loseThe Hindu

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Norway Chess R5: Silence After The Storm
Chess.com
The storm of spectacular chess that swept through Stavanger was short-lived. Round five of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament saw five draws, which means Hikaru Nakamura retained his half-point lead with four rounds to go. Holding the draw vs Kramnik, ...

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Viswanathan Anand loses to Giri in Altibox chess
The Hindu
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered his second defeat in the Altibox Norway chess tournament after losing to Anish Giri of Holland in the fourth round, here. After losing to Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the second round, Anand got ...
Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand's position grim after 2nd loss, but can't count him out yetFirstpost
Viswanathan Anand loses to Anish Giri in Altibox Norway chessThe Indian Awaaz
Interview: "Viswanathan Anand made us believe that we can be the world's best," says India #2 GM P. HarikrishnaSportskeeda

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Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand's position grim after 2nd loss, but can't count him out yet
Firstpost
What a day it was in Stavanger! The rest day before round four seemed to have done some magic on the Altibox Norway Chess participants. Three out of the five games concluded with a decisive result. Unfortunately, the Indian superstar, Viswanathan Anand ...
Viswanathan Anand loses to Anish Giri in Altibox Norway chessThe Indian Awaaz
Interview: "Viswanathan Anand made us believe that we can be the world's best," says India #2 GM P. HarikrishnaSportskeeda

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Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand's position grim after 2nd loss, but can't count him out yet
Firstpost
Two other wins of the round were scored by Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian. Playing against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura chose the 6.Bd3 variation to counter Vachier-Lagrave's Sicilian Najdorf. It was in itself a bold move by Nakamura to go for ...
Norway assembles top GMsPhilippine Star
Viswanathan Anand loses to Anish Giri in Altibox Norway chessThe Indian Awaaz

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Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen suffer defeats in Norway chess tournament
Hindustan Times
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered his second defeat in the Altibox Norway chess tournament, losing to Anish Giri of Holland in the fourth round here. After losing to Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the second round, Anand got double ...
Interview: "Viswanathan Anand made us believe that we can be the world's best," says India #2 GM P. HarikrishnaSportskeeda

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Viswanathan Anand goes down to Anand Giri in the Altibox Norway Chess tournament
Scroll.in
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered his second defeat in the Altibox Norway chess tournament, losing to Anish Giri of Holland in the fourth round at Stavanger, Norway, reported PTI. After losing to Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the ...
Interview: "Viswanathan Anand made us believe that we can be the world's best," says India #2 GM P. HarikrishnaSportskeeda

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US chess champ is No. 2 in the world
Lewiston Sun Journal
4 in the world) and Hikaru Nakamura (No. 9), So has helped make one hell of an American chess era while still not American just yet. He did all this while waking sometimes in his adoptive home here and getting going on his eight hours of chess study ...

US chess champ is No. 2 in the world
Lewiston Sun Journal
With fellow bright lights Fabiano Caruana (No. 4 in the world) and Hikaru Nakamura (No. 9), So has helped make one hell of an American chess era while still not American just yet. He did all this while waking sometimes in his adoptive home here and ...

Anand holds Karjakin
The Hindu
The results (third round): Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 1.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand (1); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 1.5) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 2) drew with Wesley So (USA, 1.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 1.5) drew with ...

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Anand holds Karjakin
The Hindu
... drew with Viswanathan Anand (1); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 1.5) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 2) drew with Wesley So (USA, 1.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 1.5) drew with Fabiano Caruana (USA, 1.5); Levon Aronian (Arm, ...

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