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Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic - Pune Mirror - Pune Mirror

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 3:13pm

Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic - Pune Mirror
Pune Mirror
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand used a cracker of a Novelty to hold Wesley So of United States to an easy draw as black in the fifth round of London ...

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London Chess Classic: Round-4: Hikaru Nakamura's back to back victory - exstreamal (blog)

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 2:37pm

London Chess Classic: Round-4: Hikaru Nakamura's back to back victory
exstreamal (blog)
He won a wild and propelled game with Black against Bulgarian player Veselin Topalov. After a sloppy start, for the second day in a row Hikaru won the only game of the round. Just like round three, he again had the queen for rook-plus-minor, this time ...

Pestaño: Unusual tournaments this December - Sun.Star

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 8:38am

Pestaño: Unusual tournaments this December
Sun.Star
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2804) and Michael Adams (2748) are tied for eighth to ninth places with 2/5 and the cellar dweller is Veselin Topalov (2760) with 0/5. At the start of the year, Wesley's main target was to reach a rating of 2800 before yearend ...

Viswanathan Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic - The Indian Express

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 6:30am

The Indian Express

Viswanathan Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic
The Indian Express
After a rather busy two days, the next three rounds have produced an identical one decisive game and the winner in the fifth round was local favourite Michael Adams, who outwitted Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. In other games yesterday, Vladimir Kramnik ...
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand settles for draw with Michael AdamsFirstpost
Anand draws with So WesleyThe Hindu
Chess: Viswanathan Anand loses to Nakamura in London ClassicIndia.com
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London Chess Classic, Rd. 6: Simply Fantastic - Chessbase News

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 2:00am
London Chess Classic, Rd. 6: Simply Fantastic  Chessbase News

Michal Krasenkow's commentary will also be in the next ChessBase Magazine #176, together with all the games of the London Chess Classic, a lot of them ...

Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic - The New Indian Express

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 12:26am

The New Indian Express

Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic
The New Indian Express
After a rather busy two days, the next three rounds have produced an identical one decisive game and the winner in the fifth round was local favourite Michael Adams, who outwitted Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. In other games yesterday, Vladimir Kramnik ...
Chess: Viswanathan Anand loses to Nakamura in London ClassicIndia.com
Anand draws with So WesleyThe Hindu
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in LondonThe Indian Express
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Chess: Viswanathan Anand loses to Nakamura in London Classic - India.com

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 12:01am

India.com

Chess: Viswanathan Anand loses to Nakamura in London Classic
India.com
Michael Adams of England and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria share the ninth spot having a half point each. After three decisive games each in round one and two, the day witnessed just one game providing the decisive result. Anand went for the Ragozin in ...
Anand draws with So WesleyThe Hindu
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in LondonThe Indian Express
Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess ClassicBusiness Standard
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Anand draws with So Wesley - The Hindu

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 12:26pm

Firstpost

Anand draws with So Wesley
The Hindu
For the third round in succession, only one game produced a decisive result, with Michael Adams beating Veselin Topalov in 33 moves, in the clash of the tailenders. Meanwhile, in the FIDE Open, Aravindh Chithambaram stayed in the lead with 5.5 points, ...
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in LondonThe Indian Express
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand played a stunning 'novelty' in easy draw against Wesley SoFirstpost
Round 5 of London Chess Classic brings four draws and one winPanARMENIAN.Net
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Wesley joins 2800 club - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 8:58am

Wesley joins 2800 club
BusinessWorld Online Edition
These are (numbers given opposite their name refers to the highest rating they have attained): (1) Magnus Carlsen NOR 2889, (2) Garry Kasparov RUS 2857, (3) Fabiano Caruana USA 2851, (4) Levon Aronian ARM 2836, (5) Veselin Topalov BUL 2827, ...

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India vs England, 5th Test: After Cyclone Vardah, groundsmen use burning coal to dry match strip - Firstpost

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 7:02am

Firstpost

India vs England, 5th Test: After Cyclone Vardah, groundsmen use burning coal to dry match strip
Firstpost
In other games of the day, Kramnik displayed fantastic fighting spirit to draw his game against Nakamura. Michael Adams beat Veselin Topalov with a beautiful positional pawn sacrifice. The other two games Maxime Vachier-Lagrave versus Fabiano Caruana ...

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Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in London - The Indian Express

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 5:29am

The Hindu

Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in London
The Indian Express
American Hikaru Nakamura continued to be in top gear after a first round debacle and grinded down Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in what was again the only decisive game of the day. During the only decisive game of the third round, Nakamura had beaten ...
Anand loses to Nakamura in London ClassicThe Hindu
London Chess Classic | Anand plays out a draw with Wesley SoSportsCafe

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London Chess Classic: Great escapes from Michael Adams, Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Telegraph.co.uk

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 4:16am

Telegraph.co.uk

London Chess Classic: Great escapes from Michael Adams, Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Telegraph.co.uk
Escapology was the theme of the fourth round at the London Chess Classic as Michael Adams, Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave survived difficult positions against Vishy Anand, Wesley So and Vladimir Kramnik respectively. Had So converted an ...

Anand and Adams play out a draw - The Hindu

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 3:59am

Anand and Adams play out a draw
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand drew with Michael Adams to reach two points after four rounds of the London Chess Classic here on Monday. In the day's only decisive battle, Hikaru Nakamura defeated Veselin Topalov and moved to the joint second spot. So Wesley ...

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand settles for draw with Michael Adams - Firstpost

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 2:03am

Firstpost

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand settles for draw with Michael Adams
Firstpost
American Hikaru Nakamura continued to be in top gear after a first round debacle and grinded down Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in what was again the only decisive game of the day. During the only decisive game of the third round, Nakamura had beaten ...
Anand draws with So WesleyThe Hindu
Chess: Viswanathan Anand loses to Nakamura in London ClassicIndia.com
Round 5 of London Chess Classic brings four draws and one win ...PanARMENIAN.Net
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On Chess: At times, there is a need for speed - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: At times, there is a need for speed  St. Louis Public Radio

I don't mean to go rogue, but one of the more controversial topics in the chess world currently is the amount of time a chess game should take. There are.

On Chess: At times, there is a need for speed - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: At times, there is a need for speed  St. Louis Public Radio

I don't mean to go rogue, but one of the more controversial topics in the chess world currently is the amount of time a chess game should take. There are.

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