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MVL's “horror-show” win | Paris Winners & Losers - chess24

Fri, 08/02/2019 - 2:00am
MVL's “horror-show” win | Paris Winners & Losers  chess24

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has won the Paris Grand Chess Tour, $37500 and the maximum possible 13 Grand Chess Tour points for a victory without tiebr...

Paris GCT Day 4: MVL's lead grows despite "bad day" - chess24

Thu, 08/01/2019 - 2:00am
Paris GCT Day 4: MVL's lead grows despite "bad day"  chess24

As bad days at the office go, this one was pretty good for Maxime Vachier-Lagrave! Despite losing four games, including a gut-wrenching loss to h...

Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Struggles, Still Leads - Chess.com

Thu, 08/01/2019 - 2:00am
Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Struggles, Still Leads  Chess.com

Local hero Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is two points ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk with nine blitz rounds to go at the Paris Grand Chess ...

Jan's Opening Clinic 24: Part 1 - chess24

Thu, 08/01/2019 - 2:00am
Jan's Opening Clinic 24: Part 1  chess24

Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson gets straight down to tackling the chess opening questions that were posed by chess24 premium members earlier this week. In this ...

Paris GCT Day 3: MVL wins rapid, Grischuk on fire - chess24

Tue, 07/30/2019 - 2:00am
Paris GCT Day 3: MVL wins rapid, Grischuk on fire  chess24

Alexander Grischuk said it felt like his “best game ever” as he crushed Fabiano Caruana with Black in the final rapid round of the Paris Grand Ch...

Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Maintains Lead - Chess.com

Tue, 07/30/2019 - 2:00am
Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Maintains Lead  Chess.com

After the third and last day of rapid chess, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is still the leader at the Paris Grand Chess Tour. The tournament resumes with blitz on ...

The Weekly Show: The British Championship begins - Chessbase News

Tue, 07/30/2019 - 2:00am
The Weekly Show: The British Championship begins  Chessbase News

The British Championship is in its early rounds in Torquay, England, and IM Lawrence Trent looks at some of the highlights thus far. Free for a limited time, ...

Paris GCT Rapid Day 2: MVL takes over - chess24

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 2:00am
Paris GCT Rapid Day 2: MVL takes over  chess24

French no. 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the sole leader of the Paris Grand Chess Tour after beating Anish Giri and crucially Fabiano Caruana on Day 2 of the ...

Jan's Opening Clinic 24 - chess24

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 2:00am
Jan's Opening Clinic 24  chess24

Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson is back to answer the chess opening questions of chess24 premium members. If you need some general tips on how to appr...

Junior Speed Chess Semifinal: Wei Yi vs. Firouzja - Chess.com

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 2:00am
Junior Speed Chess Semifinal: Wei Yi vs. Firouzja  Chess.com

On Sunday Wei Yi of China plays Alireza Firouzja of Iran in the second semifinal of the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship, sponsored by ChessKid.

Wei Yi Beats Firouzja; Will Face Xiong In Junior Speed Chess Final - Chess.com

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 2:00am
Wei Yi Beats Firouzja; Will Face Xiong In Junior Speed Chess Final  Chess.com

Wei Yi will be Jeffery Xiong's opponent in the final of the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship. The Chinese GM beat Alireza Firouzja 14.5-11.5 in ...

Paris GCT, Rapid Day 1: Anand & Caruana lead - chess24

Sun, 07/28/2019 - 2:00am
Paris GCT, Rapid Day 1: Anand & Caruana lead  chess24

Fabiano Caruana convincingly beat Hikaru Nakamura in the first round of Day 1 of the Paris Grand Chess Tour to take over the world no. 2 spot on the rapid ...

Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Takes Over - Chess.com

Sun, 07/28/2019 - 2:00am
Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Takes Over  Chess.com

Thanks to an excellent second day on which he scored 2.5/3, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the new leader in the rapid segment of the Paris Grand Chess Tour.

GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier-Lagrave wins! - Chessbase News

Sat, 07/27/2019 - 7:05am
GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier-Lagrave wins!  Chessbase News

Day four of the Paris Grand Chess Tour finished with Vachier-Lagrave still in the lead, two points ahead of Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi, with the ...

The Paris Grand Chess Tour starts today - chess24

Sat, 07/27/2019 - 2:00am
The Paris Grand Chess Tour starts today  chess24

Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the rapid world numbers 2 and 3, meet in Round 1 as the Paris Rapid and Blitz starts today with three rounds...

Paris Rapid & Blitz: Anand, Caruana Lead After Day 1 - Chess.com

Sat, 07/27/2019 - 2:00am
Paris Rapid & Blitz: Anand, Caruana Lead After Day 1  Chess.com

On Saturday the Grand Chess Tour resumed in Paris, France, with the annual rapid and blitz tournament. After three rounds of rapid, Vishy Anand and Fabiano ...

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