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London Chess Classic: Draw rules the day
Sportstarlive
Aronian, however, offered a draw in that lost position and his rival, who was under time pressure, agreed. The Catalan game lasted 33 moves. The Catalan was also the opening chosen by World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and his predecessor ...
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Anand holds Carlsen
The Hindu
... and his rival, who was under time pressure, agreed. The Catalan game lasted 33 moves. The Catalan was also the opening chosen by World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Viswanathan Anand. Theirs was a much quieter game, which also finished in ...
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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen; tournament yet to witness first decisive game
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The games Hikaru Nakamura versus Wesley So and Caruana versus Ian Nepomniachtchi also ended peacefully in 31 moves apiece. Nakamura had an extra pawn out of an English Opening against So but mass exchanges led the game into a position with heavy pieces ...

The much awaited Anand-Carlsen clash in London Chess Classic round three ends in draw
Scroll.in
After three rounds so far, the tournament has witnessed 100% draws. The game was a Catalan, with the world champion sacrificing a pawn. Despite the advantage, the Indian couldn't outmanoeuvre Carlsen as they agreed a draw after 31 moves. As many as ...

London Chess Classic: Peace maintains
Panorama.am
After three rounds, it has been 100% draws at London Chess Classic, the concluding leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour, the National Olympic Committee said. The following five pairs drew their games at round three held on Monday – Levon Aronian-Sergey ...

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London Classic opens with draws
The Hindu
The London Chess Classic, the last event of the Grand Chess Tour, got off to a quiet start on Friday night. Though the five games were drawn, not all were unexciting encounters. The game between Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura provided pretty ...
All games drawn in London Chess ClassicSportstarlive

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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand fails to carve out a win despite best efforts against Mickey Adams
Firstpost
Another day came to a close in London with all games drawn. But despite its seemingly peaceful outset, it was far from being a tepid affair. Quite a few of the players made an earnest effort to complicate matters and push for victory and produced ...

London Chess Classic: Aronian to face Karjakin in round three
Panorama.am
Round two of the London Chess Classic, the concluding leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour, also ended with five draws, the National Olympic Committee said. After two rounds, Ian Nepomniachtchi comes the first in the tournament, with Armenian chess ...

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Sicilian Dragon Sparkles Up Peaceful 2nd Round In London
Chess.com
After two days the fans are still awaiting the first decisive game at the London Chess Classic. However, among the five draws in Sunday's second round was a sharp and highly entertaining Sicilian Dragon between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru ...

'Juuni Taisen' Season 2 Release Date: 'Zodiac War' Anime Sequel Based On 'Juni Taisen Tai Juni Taisen' Novel?
The Inquisitr
Written by author NisiOisin and illustrated by artist Hikaru Nakamura, the new book is entitled Juni Taisen Tai Juni Taisen (Zodiac War Versus Zodiac War). According to Comic Natalie, the Japanese release date for the second Juuni Taisen novel is ...

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Palma Grand Prix ended in more of a whimper than a bang. True, both Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Teimour Radjabov recovered enough to have real chances of making the candidates tournament with last-round wins, but neither did. Radjabov didn't seem to ...

London Chess Classic: Anand draws with Nakamura
Sportstarlive
All the five games played on Day 1 were drawn. The tournament, which is the last event of the Grand Chess Tour, will resume on Sunday after a day's rest. P.K. Ajith Kumar. 03 December, 2017 00:28 IST. Hikaru Nakamura drew with Viswanathan Anand in the ...
Grandmasters sign up to participate in controversial tournamentRFI
London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand starts off with a draw after Hikaru Nakamura's overambitious playFirstpost
Master Phụng to compete at London Chess ClassicViet Nam News
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Grandmasters sign up to participate in controversial tournament
RFI
Hikaru Nakamura, the American World number 3 joined in by saying that “to organize a chess tournament in a country where basic human rights aren't valued is horrible. “Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in ...

London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand starts off with a ...
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The London Chess Classic kicked off at the Google headquarters in London on Saturday. The tournament is a ten player single round-robin in which players receive 100 minutes for the first forty moves and another 60 for the rest of the game with a 30 ...
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Master Phụng to compete at London Chess Classic - Sports ...Viet Nam News

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Master Phụng to compete at London Chess Classic
Viet Nam News
HÀ NỘI — Asian champion Võ Thị Kim Phụng will participate in the London Chess Classic, which began yesterday at the DeepMind Google headquarters. The tournament, which has attracted 10 leading men's Grandmasters, such as world No.1 Magnus Carlsen of ...

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Grand Chess Tour's Final Leg Takes Off In London
Chess.com
The other teams were Levon Aronian & Justin Baptie, Garry Kasparov and Terry Chapman, David Norwood and Ali Mortazavi, Hikaru Nakamura and Lee Green, Magnus Carlsen and Chris Flowers, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Gilles Betthaeuser and the winners, Ian ...

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PH garners 23 medals in Asean Age-Group Chess
The Manila Times
Meanwhile, Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So will be seeing action in the Grand Chess Tour – London Chess Classic beginning today in London, England. He will be up against nine other rated chess players including world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway ...

London Chess Classic promises quality fare
Sportstarlive
The London Chess Classic, which opens at DeepMind Google HQ on Friday, features World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the World No. 2 Levo Aronian from Armenia, and five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand, besides several other big names. The ...

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'Juuni Taisen' Episode 10 Spoilers: Ox and Tiger to Face Off in Promised Duel; Is Rabbit Really Gone?
Christian Post
Juuni Taisen Official SiteKey visual art for the Japanese anime series, "Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War," based on the light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura. A promise is a promise, and Ox intends to keep the one he made ...

On Chess: Final stop on Grand Chess Tour to produce new champion
St. Louis Public Radio
On the non-chess front, he followed up his World Cup victory by marrying his longtime girlfriend, Arianne Caoili. Once again, he established himself as the second highest rated player in the world, a spot he comfortably occupied for many years. The ...
Armenia's Levon Aronian retains 2nd place in FIDE rankingPublic Radio of Armenia
Levon Aronian to play at the 9th London Chess ClassicPanorama.am
FIDE: Levon Aronian moves up to second positionInformation-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)

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