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Speed Chess Championship: Can MVL Ride Nakamura's Red Bull? - Chess.com

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 2:00am
Speed Chess Championship: Can MVL Ride Nakamura's Red Bull?  Chess.com

It's "only" a quarterfinal, but it's a matchup worthy of much more. On Thursday, October 11 at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Central Europe) Hikaru ...

How To Watch Wesley So vs Vidit Gujrathi Speed Chess Tuesday - Chess.com

Mon, 10/08/2018 - 4:13pm

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How To Watch Wesley So vs Vidit Gujrathi Speed Chess Tuesday
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The next match of the Speed Chess Championship quarterfinals is Tuesday as Wesley So ( @gmwso) faces Vidit Gujrathi( @viditchess). The match winner will play the Polish prodigy Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the Speed Chess final four. So is definitely the ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 10/06/2018 - 2:03pm

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Chess notes
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But the big disappointment was on board 3, where the struggling Hikaru Nakamura lost a dreary game. Sigh! This loss certainly puts a question to whether the men can repeat, but all is not lost with two rounds to go. In the 10th round, they will face ...

Quadruple Olympiad gold for China: 16 conclusions - chess24

Sat, 10/06/2018 - 7:50am

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Quadruple Olympiad gold for China: 16 conclusions
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Hikaru Nakamura, meanwhile, found himself in the unfamiliar role of being the weak link. He won the first game against a 2300-player, before a sequence of six draws in a row. Those did little harm to the team, but the run ended with a match-losing ...

Chess Olympiad: China Wins Double Gold - Chess.com

Fri, 10/05/2018 - 1:15pm

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Chess Olympiad: China Wins Double Gold
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Hikaru Nakamura, sitting on only an even score and uncharacteristically benched in the penultimate round, was inserted back into the lineup. And he had white. USA Team Captain John Donaldson said that re-inserting him was an "easy choice." Nakamura ...
Chess: China secure both Olympiad titles while England men finish fifthThe Guardian

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Chess: China secure both Olympiad titles while England men finish fourth - The Guardian

Fri, 10/05/2018 - 11:04am

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Chess: China secure both Olympiad titles while England men finish fourth
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They had problems, though, due to the poor form of their third board Hikaru Nakamura, who scored only 50%. The US led with three rounds to go, but were set back by a ninth-round loss to Poland where Nakamura chose the risky Scandinavian Defence 1 e4 ...

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Batumi 2018, 10: China-USA showdown - chess24

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 4:51pm

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Batumi 2018, 10: China-USA showdown
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The other two teams in with a chance of catching played each other, with the USA taking the dramatic decision to bench the misfiring Hikaru Nakamura against Armenia. In terms of rating, replacing Hikaru with Ray Robson was fine, given his opponent ...
Chess Olympiad: China Ends Polish Run, Plays US For GoldChess.com

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Chess Olympiad: China Ends Polish Run, Plays USA For Gold - Chess.com

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 4:24pm

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Chess Olympiad: China Ends Polish Run, Plays USA For Gold
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In the five matches below the top boards, there was a total of 16 draws out of 20 games, with Vietnam-Germany seeing only draws. Team USA, playing without Hikaru Nakamura for the first time, recovered from yesterday's loss with a narrow win vs Armenia.

PH woodpushers inch closer to Top 20 finishes in Chess Olympiad - Sports Interactive Network Philippines

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 9:23am

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PH woodpushers inch closer to Top 20 finishes in Chess Olympiad
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GM Kacper Piorun (2612) shocked GM Hikaru Nakamura after 60 moves of Scandinavian Defense on board two. Continue reading below ↓. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek, and GM Jacek Tomczak posted draws on board one, two and four ...
PH Men's Team topples Zambia to climb to 20th place at the 43rd Chess Olympiad as the Women's squad beats Sokor ...PhilBoxing.com

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Batumi 2018, 9: Nakamura loses as Poland beat USA - chess24

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 5:07am

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Batumi 2018, 9: Nakamura loses as Poland beat USA
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Kacper Piorun was the hero as he beat Hikaru Nakamura while his Polish teammates hung on to hand the USA their first defeat at an Olympiad in four years. That result blows the race for gold medals wide open, with China (who beat Azerbaijan), Armenia ...
Chess Olympiad: Poland Continues Remarkable Run, Beats USAChess.com

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Chess Olympiad: Poland Continues Remarkable Run, Beats USA - Chess.com

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 4:00am

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Chess Olympiad: Poland Continues Remarkable Run, Beats USA
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In round nine, up stepped Kacper Piorun, who didn't need his five-time world puzzle solving championship credentials to beat Hikaru Nakamura. Instead, he bided his time and kept calm after being surprised with the Scandinavian, until the American ...

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Chess Olympiad: Poland Continues Remarkable Run, Beats USA - Chess.com

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 2:00am
Chess Olympiad: Poland Continues Remarkable Run, Beats USA  Chess.com

No matter the partner, Poland keeps polkaing. Other nations can't keep up. Poland, the surprise of the 43rd Olympiad, took down number-one seed and ...

Batumi 2018, 9: Nakamura loses as Poland beat USA - chess24

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 2:00am
Batumi 2018, 9: Nakamura loses as Poland beat USA  chess24

Kacper Piorun was the hero as he beat Hikaru Nakamura while his Polish teammates hung on to hand the USA their first defeat at an Olympiad in fou...

PH Men's Team topples Zambia to climb to 20th place at the 43rd Chess Olympiad as the Women's squad beats Sokor ... - PhilBoxing.com

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 11:48pm

PH Men's Team topples Zambia to climb to 20th place at the 43rd Chess Olympiad as the Women's squad beats Sokor ...
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Grandmaster Kacper Piorun (2612) upset Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura (2763) after 60 moves of Scandinavian defense on board three. Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739), Grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtaszek, (2727) and Grandmaster Jacek Tomczak ...

PH men's chessers rise as women's tumble in 8th round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad - PhilBoxing.com

Tue, 10/02/2018 - 11:03pm

PH men's chessers rise as women's tumble in 8th round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad
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World Championships challenger Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana (2827) and Grandmaster Samuel Shankland (2722) delivered the crucial wins for the United States ob boards one and four while Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura (2763) claiming draw on ...

Chess Olympiad: US Grabs Sole Lead In Round 8 - Chess.com

Tue, 10/02/2018 - 4:19pm

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Chess Olympiad: US Grabs Sole Lead In Round 8
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Hikaru Nakamura's draw was his sixth in the tournament, after an easy win in the first round. Although the other two boards were better, it wasn't clear yet if they would win. A 2-2, or even a loss, was definitely possible. "At some point I felt this ...

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Charles Aznavour: I am always happy when Armenians win - Mediamax.am

Tue, 10/02/2018 - 3:44am

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Charles Aznavour: I am always happy when Armenians win
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89-year-old Charles Aznavour attended Zurich Chess Challenge in 2014 and made the first move in the game between Levon Aronian and Hikaru Nakamura. Aronian won that game and wrote on his Twitter page: “I dedicate this game to legendary Charles ...

PH women's chessers bow to Georgia as Mendoza and Galas fall; men's team beats Albania - PhilBoxing.com

Mon, 10/01/2018 - 11:52pm

PH women's chessers bow to Georgia as Mendoza and Galas fall; men's team beats Albania
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World Championships challenger Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana (2827) and Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura (2763) claiming draws on board one and three, respectively. Thus, the defending champion United States leads the way in the mens's division with ...

Chess Olympiad: US Joins Poland, Azerbaijan In Lead - Chess.com

Mon, 10/01/2018 - 4:11pm

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Chess Olympiad: US Joins Poland, Azerbaijan In Lead
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While Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura both held as black, actually all five team members had duties at the playing hall today. Ray Robson was required to attend and submit to drug testing. Robson's first sample wasn't testable, so he said he had to ...

Chess Olympiad: 2 Leaders Becomes 3 As US Catches Up - Chess.com

Mon, 10/01/2018 - 4:04pm

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Chess Olympiad: 2 Leaders Becomes 3 As US Catches Up
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While Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura both held as black, actually all five team members had duties at the playing hall today. Ray Robson was required to attend and submit to drug testing. Robson's first sample wasn't testable, so he said he had to ...

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