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Ivory gates on The Spectator | This year's Grand Chess Tour kicked off in the Ivory Coast with a significant innovation, the first ever tournament in Africa…

Ideas and strategies in Grandmaster games can be quite instructive. IM Merijn van Delft presents games like these every Wednesday. On this week's show: ...

Magnus Carlsen had no trouble securing a win at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, as he had the tournament in his pocket with two rounds to spare.

Magnus Carlsen lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave for a second day in a row in Abidjan, but that couldn't stop him winning the opening event of the 2...

Magnus Carlsen had no trouble securing a win at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, as he had the tournament in his pocket with two rounds to spare.

After scoring five wins on the final day of action at the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Abidjan, Magnus Carlsen won yet another event, this time by a margin ...

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took over the blitz no. 1 spot and became the first player to beat Magnus Carlsen in an official game since Alexander Zubo...

Magnus Carlsen is still first in the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz after one day of blitz. However, not everything went according to the script for the World Champion, ...

Magnus Carlsen is still first in the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz after one day of blitz. However, not everything went according to the script for the world champion, ...

Despite confessing at the end of the day that his play was below his expectations, Magnus Carlsen still leads the Côte d'Ivoire leg of the Grand Chess Tour by ...

Scoring another 2.5/3 on the final rapid day, Magnus Carlsen goes into the blitz with a three-point lead at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Magnus Carlsen described his play as “better, but not perfect yet” as for a third day in a row he scored 2.5/3, crossing 2900 on the rapid rating...

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave closed the rapid segment of the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz with three victories over Veselin Topalov, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Bassem ...

Magnus Carlsen finished all three days of rapid chess in Abidjan with the same result — two wins and a draw. Now he goes into the blitz section with a ...

If players stop committing suicide against him that would be one way to stop him”, commented Fabiano Caruana, after Magnus Carlsen punished a Ma...

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

World Champion Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader of the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid tournament after scoring two wins and a draw for a second day in a row. Hikaru ...