2016 Champions Showdown

Spectators watch and play at World Chess Championship in New York
Reuters
"One of my biggest regrets in life is not going to the last World Chess Championship here in New York in 1995," Villeneuve said of the year when Russian great Garry Kasparov successfully defended his title against Viswanathan Anand of India at the ...
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Magnus Carlsen: The making of a geniusTelegraph.co.uk
Irish Times -Film Journal -Entertainment.ie
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Nothing between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in world title match
The Guardian
India's Vishy Anand won the elite quadrangular in St Louis, where Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov won the most brilliant game. His bishop sacrifice 13 Qg3? was unsound, but the US champion went wrong at moves 18 (Bc6!), 19 (Qc5!) and 23 (Bf7!). As played ...
Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match levelWashington Times

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A Confused Magnus Carlsen Escapes With A Draw At The World Chess Championship
FiveThirtyEight
“Gonna be a draw,” a grandmaster texted me as the setting sun cast a red tinge on the East River off lower Manhattan. It was around 5 p.m. on Thursday, and my attention was split between the light filtering through the masts of the tall ships at the ...
Political undertones still lurk at World Chess ChampionshipsIrish Times
Sergey Karjakin Testing Carlsen's PatienceHigh on Sports (blog)
An action-packed draw in World title matchThe Hindu
Russia Beyond the Headlines
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Political undertones still lurk at World Chess Championships
Irish Times
Karjakin, 26, earned the right to challenge for the title in March by making it through the Candidates Tournament in Moscow, where he defeated a series of higher-ranked opponents, among them Brooklyn's Fabiano Caruana. He was born in Ukraine, where he ...
Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match levelWashington Times

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Political undertones still lurk at World Chess Championships
Irish Times
It marks the first time New York has played host to a world title match since 1995, when Garry Kasparov retained his title against Viswanathan Anand on the 107th-floor observatory deck in the south tower of the World Trade Center. For the past week ...
Sergey Karjakin Testing Carlsen's PatienceHigh on Sports (blog)
An action-packed draw in World title matchThe Hindu
Can Russia regain its place at the top of world chess?Russia Beyond the Headlines

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Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis win
Hindustan Times
Viswanathan Anand is having a solid 2016. The five-time world chess champion came third in the Candidates tournament, won the Leon Chess Masters Rapid tournament in June and finished joint third in the Tal Memorial. On Monday, the 47-year-old won ...

Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis win
Hindustan Times
The five-time world chess champion came third in the Candidates tournament, won the Leon Chess Masters Rapid tournament in June and finished joint third in the Tal Memorial. On Monday, the 47-year-old won the Champions Showdown tournament in St Louis ...

Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis win
Hindustan Times
On Monday, the 47-year-old won the Champions Showdown tournament in St Louis, holding off the challenge of Americans Hikaru Nakamura (US) and Fabiano Caruana and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. “Winning in St. Louis was wonderful. I was focused on ...

Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis win
Hindustan Times
On Monday, the 47-year-old won the Champions Showdown tournament in St Louis, holding off the challenge of Americans Hikaru Nakamura (US) and Fabiano Caruana and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. “Winning in St. Louis was wonderful. I was focused on ...

Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis win
Hindustan Times
On Monday, the 47-year-old won the Champions Showdown tournament in St Louis, holding off the challenge of Americans Hikaru Nakamura (US) and Fabiano Caruana and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. “Winning in St. Louis was wonderful. I was focused on ...

World Chess Championship: political intrigue lurks as battle reaches midway
The Guardian
Karjakin, 26, earned the right to challenge for the title in March by making it through the Candidates Tournament in Moscow, where he defeated a series of higher-ranked opponents, among them Brooklyn's Fabiano Caruana. He was born in Ukraine, where he ...
Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match levelWashington Times

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Where the All India Chess Federation falls short
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand was once asked about the role played by the All India Chess Federation in developing him as a world-class player. As is his wont, Anand smiled and said, “AICF has never interfered with my chess!” The five-time World champion aptly ...

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Kam's Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Nov. 18
The Skanner
Featuring commentary by Gary Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand. Manchester by the Sea (R for sexuality and pervasive profanity) Character-driven drama about a janitor (Casey Affleck) who becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew (Lucas Hedges) ...

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Ken Regan '81: Double Check
Princeton Alumni Weekly
In 2006, Veselin Topalov, a finalist in the world championship, claimed his opponent, Vladimir Kramnik, was consulting a chess computer program during bathroom trips. At the time, there was no statistical method to identify computer assistance in chess ...

Pestaño: Major events in the world and in sports
Sun.Star
It seems that astronomy and chess have a relationship as world champions Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Alekhine, Anatoly Karpov and Fide president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov are also interested in astronomy and have asteroids named after them. There are ...

On-song Viswanathan Anand relishes show at Champions Showdown
Times of India
CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand didn't put a foot wrong at the recently-concluded Champions Showdown that had in fray four of the world's leading players - Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Veselin Topalov - along with the 46-year-old. Juggling formats ...
Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis winHindustan Times

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On-song Viswanathan Anand relishes show at Champions Showdown
Times of India
CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand didn't put a foot wrong at the recently-concluded Champions Showdown that had in fray four of the world's leading players - Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Veselin Topalov - along with the 46-year-old. Juggling formats ...

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