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Fighting Chess Helps Underdog Clinch US Championship Victory and a Past Victor Take Back US Women's ... - Markets Insider

Tue, 05/01/2018 - 4:40pm

Fighting Chess Helps Underdog Clinch US Championship Victory and a Past Victor Take Back US Women's ...
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ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With large prize funds and fierce competition, the 2018 U.S. & U.S. Women's Chess Championships showcased the nation's best at the Saint Louis Chess Club from April 18-30. The 2018 U.S. Chess Champion, Sam ...

Fighting Chess Helps Underdog Clinch US Championship Victory and a Past Victor Take Back US Women's ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Tue, 05/01/2018 - 12:30pm

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Fighting Chess Helps Underdog Clinch US Championship Victory and a Past Victor Take Back US Women's ...
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ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With large prize funds and fierce competition, the 2018 U.S. & U.S. Women's Chess Championships showcased the nation's best at the Saint Louis Chess Club from April 18-30. The 2018 U.S. Chess Champion, Sam ...
Shankland surprises, Paikidze repeats at US chess championshipsWashington Times

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Shankland surprises, Paikidze repeats at US chess championships - Washington Times

Tue, 05/01/2018 - 12:20pm

Washington Times

Shankland surprises, Paikidze repeats at US chess championships
Washington Times
He's been overshadowed by the U.S. “Big Three” and can hear the footsteps of a rising generation of American grandmasters eager to claim their place in the pecking order. But at the just-concluded U.S. Championship tournament held at the Chess Club and ...

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Turnee la zi: Shamkir Chess și Campionatul SUA - Dilema veche

Tue, 05/01/2018 - 2:29am

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Turnee la zi: Shamkir Chess și Campionatul SUA
Dilema veche
De remarcat că în turneu au jucat și Wesley So (campionul de anul trecut) și Hikaru Nakamura, ceilalți componenți de bază ai echipei americane care a luat titlul olimpic la Baku, în 2016. Ca o comparație, în acest turneu au fost 39 de remize din 66 de ...

Sam Shankland, US chess champion - Blasting News

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 10:28am

Sam Shankland, US chess champion
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Hikaru Nakamura, blitz god and one of the highest earning players of all time, has not been in form this year. He failed to qualify for the Candidates and finished dead even in a tie for fourth place here. At no point in this tournament did he have ...

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US Champs 8-9: Shankland & Wang shock leaders - chess24

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 8:09am

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US Champs 8-9: Shankland & Wang shock leaders
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Sam Shankland is leading the 2018 US Chess Championship by half a point with just two rounds to go, and if anything it could have been better. He was close to pulling off a shock win over Hikaru Nakamura in Round 8, while in Round 9 Nakamura missed a ...

Wesley slides to no. 8 in world chess - The Standard

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 7:35am

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Wesley slides to no. 8 in world chess
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A 30-move draw with Hikaru Nakamura in their Nimzo Indian Defense game allowed him to settle for third spot with 6.5 points. So, who won the crown last year, earned $25,000 from his stint. He now has an ELO rating of 2778.2. GM Samuel Shankland claimed ...
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Shankland hangs on to solo lead - The Standard

Sun, 04/29/2018 - 7:25am

Shankland hangs on to solo lead
The Standard
WITH a round left, Grandmaster Samuel Shankland stayed in the solo lead after repulsing Alexander Onischuk last Saturday in the 2018 United States Chess Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. Shankland found the winning line on the 29th move and forced ...

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US Championships Go 'Back To The Future' In Round 10 - Chess.com

Sat, 04/28/2018 - 8:54pm

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US Championships Go 'Back To The Future' In Round 10
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The other three winners in round 10 curiously came from players without a win yet: GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Jeffery Xiong, and Awonder Liang. Nakamura. GM Hikaru Nakamura beat GM Varuzhan Akobian's French. The opening is having a terrible tournament ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 04/28/2018 - 1:05pm

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Another pre-tournament favorite, Hikaru Nakamura, finds himself in a very surprising situation, a two-way tie for fifth, having managed to just draw all his games. This has to be disappointing for a world top 10 player, though one gets the feeling that ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 04/28/2018 - 1:05pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Another pre-tournament favorite, Hikaru Nakamura, finds himself in a very surprising situation, a two-way tie for fifth, having managed to just draw all his games. This has to be disappointing for a world top 10 player, though one gets the feeling that ...

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Shankland Wrests Back Sole Lead; Paikidze Can't Catch Wang At US Championships - Chess.com

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:31pm

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Shankland Wrests Back Sole Lead; Paikidze Can't Catch Wang At US Championships
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Veal shank is a delicacy in many fine restaurants, but Shankland is still the chef's special at the 2018 U.S. Championships. GM Sam Shankland (6.5/9), playing in his 10th national championship, won again today in the lone decisive game to retake his ...

CHESS#1300 - Business Standard

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:42pm

Business Standard

CHESS#1300
Business Standard
In the 12-player RR, Sam Shankland and Fabiano Caruana share the lead (5.5 each) after eight rounds. Wesley So (5) is in third place. The third Super GM, Hikaru Nakamura (3.5), has a minus score. Zvaid Izoria (4) has the distinction of beating Caruana ...

Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes - The Guardian

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:14pm

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes
The Guardian
Caruana's elite GM colleague Hikaru Nakamura thought this game was ominous for the world title series in November: “It bodes poorly for the match because Magnus is very good at drawing out long games. That's one of the big weaknesses Fabiano is going ...

PRO Chess League All Stars and MVPs Announced - Chess.com

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:24am

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PRO Chess League All Stars and MVPs Announced
Chess.com
Though Awonder Liang's performance eventually dropped below the 2700 high that he achieved for much of the season, he still bested both Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana on route to a score of 28/44 and a performance of 2654, nearly 100 points higher ...

Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes - The Guardian

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:00am
Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the hunt for more prizes  The Guardian

Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, and his challenger, Fabiano Caruana, are putting in impressive displays at Shamkir and the US championship ...

Caruana, Shankland Lead US Championship - Chess.com

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 10:12pm

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Caruana, Shankland Lead US Championship
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GM Hikaru Nakamura, who lives in Sunrise, Florida, just participated in a local race. | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club. Shankland said he's now very much rooting for Nakamura, since he's still yet to play Caruana (tomorrow, as Black) or So ...

2018 US Championship: Shankland seizes solo leadership - Panay News (press release)

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 11:34am

2018 US Championship: Shankland seizes solo leadership
Panay News (press release)
The rest of the round's matches were drawn. Hikaru Nakamura remained winless and marched to his sixth straight draw this time against Jeffery Xiong; Yaroslav Zherebukh and Alexander Lenderman halved the point in 30 moves of a Queen's Gambit, while ...

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So, Shankland play to a draw in US chess - The Standard

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 10:10am

So, Shankland play to a draw in US chess
The Standard
... National Age Group Chess Championships in Iba, Zambales. Philippine Sports Commission and Province of Zambales sponsor the tourney organized by National Chess Federation of the Philippines. So is now in solo second with 4.5 points, while Akobian ...
2018 US Championship: Shankland seizes solo leadershipPanay News (press release)

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So, Shankland play to a draw in US chess - The Standard

Thu, 04/26/2018 - 10:10am

So, Shankland play to a draw in US chess
The Standard
... National Age Group Chess Championships in Iba, Zambales. Philippine Sports Commission and Province of Zambales sponsor the tourney organized by National Chess Federation of the Philippines. So is now in solo second with 4.5 points, while Akobian ...

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