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Shamkir Chess 9: Carlsen completes his hat-trick - chess24

Sat, 04/28/2018 - 2:00am

Shamkir Chess 9: Carlsen completes his hat-trick chess24

It wasn't the stuff of legend, but a 20-minute draw against Ding Liren was all Magnus Carlsen needed to wrap up his third Shamkir Chess title on ...

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Shamkir Round 8: Carlsen or Ding - Chessbase News

Sat, 04/28/2018 - 2:00am

Shamkir Round 8: Carlsen or Ding Chessbase News

In today's penultimate round of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, the dam has finally burst: Four of the five games were decided. Magnus Carlsen finally has a ...

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CHESS#1300 - Business Standard

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:42pm

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CHESS#1300
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The Shamkir Super GM started with three rounds of straight draws. The deadlock was broken in Round IV when Veselin Topalov beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Decisive games continue to be few and far between, though there has been at least one in every ...

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Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title - Chess.com

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:29pm

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Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title
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The first to go down today was Veselin Topalov, who thus lost two games in a row after he topped the standings for many days. He wasn't a shade of his former self against Radek Wojtaszek, whose choice to play the Ruy Lopez instead of another Sicilian ...

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes - The Guardian

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:14pm

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes
The Guardian
Norway's world champion began with three blacks in the first four rounds, then made his move in the second half of the tournament where, in an ending of queen and pawn against Veselin Topalov's rook and pawn, his winning idea to break the black ...

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Topalov on top of strong 5th Vugar Gashimov Memorial - Panay News (press release)

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:46am

Topalov on top of strong 5th Vugar Gashimov Memorial
Panay News (press release)
The players are world champion Magnus Carlsen (2843), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2814), Ding Liren (2778), Sergey Karjakin (2778), Anish Giri (2777), Veselin Topalov (2749), Teimour Radjabov (2748), Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2744), David Navara (2745), and Rauf ...

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Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title - Chess.com

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am

Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title Chess.com

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CHESS#1300 - Business Standard

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am

CHESS#1300 Business Standard

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Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title - Chess.com

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am

Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title Chess.com

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Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title - Chess.com

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am

Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title Chess.com

Just two players can still win the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir: Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen. Both won in the penultimate round, and will face each other in ...

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Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title - Chess.com

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am

Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title Chess.com

Just two players can still win the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir: Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen. Both won in the penultimate round, and will face each other in ...

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Shamkir Round 7: Carlsen in charge - Chessbase News

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am

Shamkir Round 7: Carlsen in charge Chessbase News

Veselin Topalov has yielded the lead to Magnus Carlsen at the Vugar Gashimov Memorial. In their head-to-head encounter, Topalov gave up his queen for rook ...

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes - The Guardian

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am

Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes The Guardian

Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, and his challenger, Fabiano Caruana, are putting in impressive displays at Shamkir and the US championship ...

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Carlsen Beats Topalov, Leads Shamkir Chess - Chess.com

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 2:43pm

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Carlsen Beats Topalov, Leads Shamkir Chess
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Magnus Carlsen defeated tournament leader Veselin Topalov today, and thus took over the lead at the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir. Ding Liren moved to plus on after beating a suffering David Navara. Round seven was crunchtime for Magnus Carlsen, who had ...

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Magnus Carlsen brøt forbannelsen – slo turneringslederen for første gang på ... - Aftenposten

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 1:17pm

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Magnus Carlsen brøt forbannelsen – slo turneringslederen for første gang på ...
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Magnus Carlsen beseiret Veselin Topalov for første gang på seks år og avløste bulgareren som leder av storturneringen Shamkir Chess i Aserbajdsjan. Det var den norske verdensmesterens annen seier i turneringen. De fem øvrige partiene har endt med ...
Carlsen tok ledelsen i AserbajdsjanDagbladet.no

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Carlsen tok ledelsen i Aserbajdsjan - Dagbladet.no

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 11:31am

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Carlsen tok ledelsen i Aserbajdsjan
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Det var den norske verdensmesterens annen seier i turneringen. De fem øvrige partiene har endt med remis, og totalt er Carlsen nå ubeseiret i sine 30 siste partier. Carlsen hadde en engelsk åpning med c4, Sc3 mot Topalov i det som ble et langvarig ...
Magnus Carlsen slo Topalov og tok ledelsen i AserbajdsjanKlassekampen

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