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Riga GP: R1, Tiebreaks: All the way to Armageddon - chess24

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 2:00am
Riga GP: R1, Tiebreaks: All the way to Armageddon  chess24

Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler and Hikaru Nakamura are all out of the Riga FIDE Grand Prix after chess followed the Wimbledon final and...

Riga Grand Prix: Round 1 Goes To Armageddon - Chess.com

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 2:00am
Riga Grand Prix: Round 1 Goes To Armageddon  Chess.com

Two matches in the Riga Grand Prix's first round went all the way to the Armageddon game to force a decision. Only Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar ...

GM Igors Rausis allegedly caught cheating - chess24

Fri, 07/12/2019 - 2:00am
GM Igors Rausis allegedly caught cheating  chess24

58-year-old Grandmaster Igors Rausis is reported to have been caught red-handed using a mobile phone to cheat in a toilet during the Strasbourg O...

GM Igors Rausis Under Cheating Investigation - Chess.com

Fri, 07/12/2019 - 2:00am
GM Igors Rausis Under Cheating Investigation  Chess.com

GM Igors Rausis is under investigation for cheating after he was caught with his phone during a game at the Strasbourg Open. The 58-year-old Latvian-Czech ...

Fressinet's Top 5 Croatia GCT Novelties - chess24

Thu, 07/11/2019 - 2:00am
Fressinet's Top 5 Croatia GCT Novelties  chess24

Two-time French Champion and Magnus Carlsen coach Laurent Fressinet shows us his Top 5 novelties from the recently finished Croatia Grand Chess Tour in ...

Firouzja Beats Sevian To Reach Junior Speed Chess Semifinals - Chess.com

Thu, 07/11/2019 - 2:00am
Firouzja Beats Sevian To Reach Junior Speed Chess Semifinals  Chess.com

Alireza Firouzja defeated Sam Sevian by a score of 17-10 Tuesday, including a dominant 7.5-2.5 performance in the 1|1 portion to advance to the semifinals of ...

Wei Yi Too Strong For Van Foreest, Reaches Junior Speed Chess Semis - Chess.com

Thu, 07/11/2019 - 2:00am
Wei Yi Too Strong For Van Foreest, Reaches Junior Speed Chess Semis  Chess.com

Wei Yi was clearly too much to handle for Jorden van Foreest in Wednesday's Junior Speed Chess Championship quarterfinal match. The Chinese GM won ...

Daniel Quizon blitz king - Philippine Star

Wed, 07/10/2019 - 2:00am
Daniel Quizon blitz king  Philippine Star

Garry Kasparov – No Chess Monopoly in Hypocrisy - chess24

Wed, 07/10/2019 - 2:00am
Garry Kasparov – No Chess Monopoly in Hypocrisy  chess24

In this exclusive opinion piece Garry Kasparov gives his verdict on Magnus Carlsen's campaign to get the Norwegian Chess Federation to accept almos...

Junior Speed Chess Championship Takes Off Thursday With Van Foreest-Tari - Chess.com

Tue, 07/09/2019 - 2:00am
Junior Speed Chess Championship Takes Off Thursday With Van Foreest-Tari  Chess.com

The inaugural Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship starts Thursday, with the first matchup in the round of 16 between GM Jorden van Foreest ...

Carlsen Surges To The Top In Norway Chess Round 3 - Chess.com

Tue, 07/09/2019 - 2:00am
Carlsen Surges To The Top In Norway Chess Round 3  Chess.com

In a round with four decisive standard games, Magnus Carlsen made his win vs. Alexander Grischuk look easy as he took over the lead at the 2019 Altibox ...

Junior Speed Chess Championship: Wei Yi vs. Van Foreest - Chess.com

Tue, 07/09/2019 - 2:00am
Junior Speed Chess Championship: Wei Yi vs. Van Foreest  Chess.com

On Wednesday, Wei Yi of China plays Jorden van Foreest of the Netherlands in the second match of the quarterfinals of the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess ...

Carlsen conquers Croatia: 7 conclusions - chess24

Mon, 07/08/2019 - 2:00am
Carlsen conquers Croatia: 7 conclusions  chess24

Magnus Carlsen's simply “insane” (Giri) year continued as he beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final round to win the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour by a ...

Carlsen Wins Croatia Grand Chess Tour, Back To 2882 Rating As 'Different Player' - Chess.com

Mon, 07/08/2019 - 2:00am
Carlsen Wins Croatia Grand Chess Tour, Back To 2882 Rating As 'Different Player'  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on Sunday to reach 8/11 and win the Croatia Grand Chess Tour. Even his direct rivals were full of praise.

Croatia GCT 10: Nothing to see here - chess24

Sat, 07/06/2019 - 2:00am
Croatia GCT 10: Nothing to see here  chess24

Magnus Carlsen still leads Wesley So by half a point going into the final round of the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour after their head-to-head cla...

Croatia GCT 9: Aronian stops Carlsen… just! - chess24

Sat, 07/06/2019 - 2:00am
Croatia GCT 9: Aronian stops Carlsen… just!  chess24

Levon Aronian found some brilliant defensive resources to avoid becoming Magnus Carlsen's fourth victim in a row after another paradoxical openin...

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