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Armenia's Levon Aronian retains 2nd place in FIDE ranking - Public Radio of Armenia

Thu, 11/30/2017 - 6:10am

Armenia's Levon Aronian retains 2nd place in FIDE ranking
Public Radio of Armenia
Armenia's leading grandmaster Levon Aronian has retained the 2nd place in FIDE's December ranking of top 100 players. Reigning champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) sits atop the list. Levon Aronian will participate in the Levon Aronian will perform in the ...

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London Classic - Spectator.co.uk

Wed, 11/29/2017 - 10:08pm

Spectator.co.uk

London Classic
Spectator.co.uk
The London Classic gets underway this weekend in Olympia. The line-up is formidable, including the world champion Magnus Carlsen, his predecessor Viswanathan Anand, and Sergei Karjakin, who challenged Carlsen for the title last year. The remaining ...

Martin Methodist Redhawks Outlast Knights In PKs - Victory Sports Network

Mon, 11/27/2017 - 4:36pm

Martin Methodist Redhawks Outlast Knights In PKs
Victory Sports Network
Hikaru Nakamura and Millene Cabral – the two that scored goals in regulation for the RedHawks – converted the second and third penalties, respectively, to put the RedHawks ahead 3-1 after three full rounds. Marian converted their fourth round attempt, ...

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Martin Methodist Redhawks Outlast Knights In PKs - Victory Sports Network

Mon, 11/27/2017 - 4:34pm

Martin Methodist Redhawks Outlast Knights In PKs
Victory Sports Network
Hikaru Nakamura and Millene Cabral – the two that scored goals in regulation for the RedHawks – converted the second and third penalties, respectively, to put the RedHawks ahead 3-1 after three full rounds. Marian converted their fourth round attempt, ...

Martin Methodist Redhawks Outlast Knights In PKs - Victory Sports Network

Mon, 11/27/2017 - 4:34pm

Martin Methodist Redhawks Outlast Knights In PKs
Victory Sports Network
Hikaru Nakamura and Millene Cabral – the two that scored goals in regulation for the RedHawks – converted the second and third penalties, respectively, to put the RedHawks ahead 3-1 after three full rounds. Marian converted their fourth round attempt, ...

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FIDE Grand Prix: Armenia's Aronian snatches one more victory - PanARMENIAN.Net

Mon, 11/27/2017 - 12:49am

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FIDE Grand Prix: Armenia's Aronian snatches one more victory
PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian of Armenia held Hikaru Nakamura in the last round in Palma de Mallorca to share the first place with Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia. As a result, Aronian and Jakovenko won the Palma leg of the Grand Prix Series, both ...

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FIDE Grand Prix: Armenia's Aronian snatches one more victory - PanARMENIAN.Net

Mon, 11/27/2017 - 12:49am

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FIDE Grand Prix: Armenia's Aronian snatches one more victory
PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian of Armenia held Hikaru Nakamura in the last round in Palma de Mallorca to share the first place with Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia. As a result, Aronian and Jakovenko won the Palma leg of the Grand Prix Series, both ...

Mallorca Grand Prix: Dmitry Jakovenko clinches title; P Harikrishna's decent run ends with draw - Firstpost

Sun, 11/26/2017 - 12:04pm

Firstpost

Mallorca Grand Prix: Dmitry Jakovenko clinches title; P Harikrishna's decent run ends with draw
Firstpost
The final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix series in Mallorca concluded in the most astounding manner one could have imagined. Levon Aronian had been the sole leader of the tournament since the fourth round, but a draw against Hikaru Nakamura cost him high ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe

Sat, 11/25/2017 - 12:58pm

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The fourth and final FIDE Grand Prix event has started in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It's an 18-player, nine-round Swiss. At stake are the final two spots in the ...
Armenia's Aronian tops the tables ahead of the final round at FIDE ...Panorama.am

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Armenia's Aronian tops the tables ahead of the final round at FIDE Grand Prix 2017 - Panorama.am

Sat, 11/25/2017 - 5:56am

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Armenia's Aronian tops the tables ahead of the final round at FIDE Grand Prix 2017
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In the final round Aronian will face Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S.. To note, The FIDE Grand Prix 2017 is a series of four chess tournaments that form part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2018. The top two finishers will ...

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'Juuni Taisen' Episode 9 Spoilers: Dragon Makes His Move; Is Rabbit About to Meet His End? - Christian Post

Sat, 11/25/2017 - 4:14am

Christian Post

'Juuni Taisen' Episode 9 Spoilers: Dragon Makes His Move; Is Rabbit About to Meet His End?
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. Dragon is about to make his move, and things are not looking ...

Radjabov Continues Furious Comeback, Still In Candidates' Hunt With MVL - Chess.com

Fri, 11/24/2017 - 5:03pm

Chess.com

Radjabov Continues Furious Comeback, Still In Candidates' Hunt With MVL
Chess.com
The door to the Candidates' is suddenly "ajar" for "Raja." But then, it's been a backward kind of tournament anyway. After winning a game early on at the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, GM Teimour Radjabov then drifted ...

FIDE Grand Prix: Aronian leads with 5 points - Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)

Fri, 11/24/2017 - 1:58pm

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)

FIDE Grand Prix: Aronian leads with 5 points
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)
Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Peter Svidler (Russia), Dean Liren (China), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Li Chao (China), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Pentala Harikrishna (India), Pavel Eljanov ...

Mallorca Grand Prix: P Harikrishna clings on to 2nd spot; Teimur Radjabov's Candidates qualification seems suspect - Firstpost

Thu, 11/23/2017 - 8:40pm

Firstpost

Mallorca Grand Prix: P Harikrishna clings on to 2nd spot; Teimur Radjabov's Candidates qualification seems suspect
Firstpost
After three consecutive draws, India's Pentala Harikrishna finally struck a blow against the local star, Francisco Vallejo Pons, in round four of the Mallorca Grand Prix. However, it was Levon Aronian's fabulous win against Anish Giri that grabbed all ...

Armenia's Levon Aronian draws round 6, still leads FIDE Grand Prix - PanARMENIAN.Net

Thu, 11/23/2017 - 1:46am

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Armenia's Levon Aronian draws round 6, still leads FIDE Grand Prix
PanARMENIAN.Net
Ng5: “While I was playing fast I was doing the right moves, than I thought for 25 minutes, got carried away and blundered 21...Rae8.” The Armenian grandmaster will face Rapport Richard of Hungary in round 7. Aronian is currently the only player to have ...

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Round Six: Levon Aronian Misses Chances, but Keeps Leading - World Chess

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 5:21pm

World Chess

Round Six: Levon Aronian Misses Chances, but Keeps Leading
World Chess
Richard Rapport and Evgeny Tomashevsky defeated Alexander Riazantsev and Teimour Rajabov accordingly to join the group of six players with plus one, including Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Peter Svidler, Dmitry Jakovenko ...

Round Six: Levon Aronian Misses Chances, but Keeps Leading - World Chess

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 5:21pm

World Chess

Round Six: Levon Aronian Misses Chances, but Keeps Leading
World Chess
Richard Rapport and Evgeny Tomashevsky defeated Alexander Riazantsev and Teimour Rajabov accordingly to join the group of six players with plus one, including Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Peter Svidler, Dmitry Jakovenko ...

FIDE Grand Prix: Aronian leads with 4 points - Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 2:32pm

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)

FIDE Grand Prix: Aronian leads with 4 points
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)
Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Peter Svidler (Russia), Dean Liren (China), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Li Chao (China), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Pentala Harikrishna (India), Pavel Eljanov ...

Naked Chess, Snoop Dogg, And Best Chess Ad Ever - Chess.com

Tue, 11/21/2017 - 3:50pm

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Naked Chess, Snoop Dogg, And Best Chess Ad Ever
Chess.com
In this month's "In Other News" mashup, we ask if you would play naked chess? Rapper Snoop Dogg asks why the world isn't woke to a girls chess team? And make sure to read until the end for a remembrance of a national championship chess player who ...

Round Five: Peaceful Day After the Storm - World Chess

Tue, 11/21/2017 - 6:25am

World Chess

Round Five: Peaceful Day After the Storm
World Chess
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave didn't achieve much with white pieces against Hikaru Nakamura and after 13 moves the players agreed for a draw. Teimour Rajabov tried to find a playable position and delay a draw. He used, for instance, Reversed King's Indian ...

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