2016 Champions Showdown

Jallikattu: Viswanathan Anand, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Join Chorus In Support Of The Bull-Taming Sport
Huffington Post India
Hardcore supporters of Tamil Nadu's bull taming sport Jallikattu have been gathering momentum and support over the last few days, ever since the Supreme Court rejected a plea urging it to pass judgement on the sport. Now, supporters of Jallikattu, a ...
Viswanathan Anand supports jallikattu, says it is a part of tradition and livelihoodDaily News & Analysis
Jallikattu is a cultural symbol, respect it: Viswanathan AnandTimes of India
Jallikattu stir keeps up pressure; TN CM stays put in Delhi, consults legal expertsDeccan Chronicle
New Kerala -The Hindu -NDTV
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PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
KBIA
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
KBIA
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
St. Louis Public Radio
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
St. Louis Public Radio
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

Jallikattu is a cultural symbol, respect it: Viswanathan Anand
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand today came out in support of the bull-taming sport of jallikattu, saying it should be respected since its a Tamil cultural symbol. "I'm all for animal rights, but here that is not the point ...
Jallikattu is a cultural symbol, respect it: Chess master Viswanathan AnandinUth.com
Jallikattu LIVE: Viswanathan Anand says it's a cultural symbol, Ramadoss wants ordinance to lift banHindustan Times
For Jallikattu, Rajinikanth May Join Top Tamil Actors In Silent Protest TomorrowNDTV
Zee News -Behindwoods (press release)
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Jallikattu is a cultural symbol, respect it: Chess master Viswanathan Anand
inUth.com
Amid the protests raging over the ban of the controversial bull taming sport, Jallikattu, Indian Chess master Viswanathan Anand have come out to support Jallikattu saying that it was a cultural symbol and we should respect it. Hailing the protests ...
Jallikattu LIVE: Viswanathan Anand says it's a cultural symbol, Ramadoss wants ordinance to lift banHindustan Times
For Jallikattu, Rajinikanth May Join Top Tamil Actors In Silent Protest TomorrowNDTV
Indian sports fraternity comes out in support of JallikattuSportskeeda
Behindwoods (press release)
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Jallikattu protest Live: Chess champion Viswanathan Anand extends his support, calls it a 'cultural symbol'
Financial Express
Jallikattu protest Live: Chess champion Viswanathan Anand extends his support, calls it a 'cultural symbol'. As the protests over Jallikattu ban gained momentum today, the state government spoke to protestors and assured its support to hold the bull ...

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Foreign tourists increasingly head to Kagawa, Okayama
Asahi Shimbun
Foreign tourists increasingly head to Kagawa, Okayama. By HIKARU NAKAMURA/ Staff Writer. January 19, 2017 at 10:00 JST. Share 0; Tweet list. Print. Photo/Illutration Tourists visit a site of the Setouchi Triennale contemporary art festival on Megijima ...

Chess Champions and Their Queens
Huffington Post
When Magnus Carlsen sacrificed his Queen against the Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin last month in New York, it won him not only the world title match, but it was the most brilliant final move of any world chess championship in history. It will be ...

Wesley shares No.2 with four players
The Manila Times
... Eljanov meets Adhiban, Aronian faces Nepomniatchtchi, Carlsen takes on Wei, Giri tackles Andreikin, Rapport fights Wojtaszek, and Harikrishna battles Karjakin. So is looking to surpass his fourth-place finish last year behind Carlsen, GM Fabiano ...

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Four Tied for the Lead of Tata Steel Chess Tournament
New York Times (blog)
No one can seem to wrest control of the top section of the Tata Steel tournament in the Netherlands. For several rounds, the lead teetered back and forth between Viswanathan Anand of India, the world champion, and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States.

Nakamura Wins Again and Seizes Lead of Tata Steel Chess Tournament
New York Times (blog)
In an exceptional performance that combined spirited attack and defense, Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia on Friday in Round 11 of the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands. Nakamura's co-leader after Round 10 (and 8 and 6 ...

Gibraltar Chess Tournament Has Become a Major Draw
New York Times (blog)
23; Fabiano Caruana of Italy, No. 25; Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, No. No. 40; Viktor Bologan of Moldova, No. 44; Krishnan Sasikiran of India, No. 45; and Alexander Onischuk of the United States, No. 46. In all, there are 53 grandmasters. In ...

Move of the year, chess tournament life
AL.com
American grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So moved up to number 2 and 4 in the world. Closer to home, Alabama's Rochelle Wu won the World Cadet Girls Under 10 Championship and is ranked number one in the world for Girls Under 12.

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
And please let's not forget the always-interesting Richard Rapport and Wei Yi, the world's two best junior players. It's a strange field in that Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik, and Viswanathan Anand are not playing; perhaps they ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The 79th Tata Steel Chess Tournament is underway in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. This year's masters group offers a particularly interesting lineup, with ...

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
And please let's not forget the always-interesting Richard Rapport and Wei Yi, the world's two best junior players. It's a strange field in that Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik, and Viswanathan Anand are not playing; perhaps they ...

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