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Another close-to-perfect score in day two gave Magnus Carlsen a plus two lead in the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan with three more rapid rounds to go.

Three rounds of Rapid were played on Wednesday at the Pullman Hotel in Abidjan to kick off the first leg of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. World Champion ...

The race is to the swift at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz. One day into the rapid section of the tournament, Magnus Carlsen and Wei Yi share the lead in the ...

Magnus Carlsen continued right where he'd left off in Baden-Baden by defeating rivals Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the first two rounds of the Côte ...

The $1.75 million 2019 Grand Chess Tour starts today in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's largest city. World Champion Magnus Carlsen will begin the first...

Magnus Carlsen is the first world champion in the history of chess to officially play in a tournament in the African continent. The Norwegian star is ready to begin ...

6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial Shamkir, Azerbaijan March 30-April 10, 2019. Final Standings (All Grandmasters). 1. Magnus Carlsen NOR 2845, 7.0/9. 2-3.

The fifth edition of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) promises to be bigger, better and more international than ever. The tour has been expanded to eight.

6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial Shamkir, Azerbaijan March 30-April 10, 2019. Final Top Standings (all participants are GMs). 1 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2845, 7.0/9.

The Sicilian Najdorf is one of the most popular openings in chess! But what do you do if you wish to enter the Najdorf universe for the first time? What would be ...

FIDE has increased the length of the next world championship match from 12 to 14 classical games, and now recommends a prize fund of two million euros.

4/25/2019 – After winning in Shamkir, Carlsen's live rating was up to 2861, his best since June 2015. After five rounds in Grenke, that's exactly where he remains ...

Ding Liren, Anish Giri and Yu Yangyi are back in Shenzhen, as the trio has participated in all three editions of the six-player double round robin. Pentala ...

Viswanathan Anand had to make do with the fourth spot in the recently concluded Shamkir Chess Open held in Azerbaijan as he played out a draw former world ...

1. Carlsen caps stunning Shamkir by beating Grischuk  chess24
2. Viswanathan Anand draws with Veselin Topalov, finishes joint fourth  The Indian Express
3. Shamkir Chess: Anand finishes fourth, champion Carlsen signs off with a win  Scroll.in
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