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MLK Day chess tournament top prizes, Aronian's brilliancy - AL.com

Sun, 01/29/2017 - 7:31am

AL.com

MLK Day chess tournament top prizes, Aronian's brilliancy
AL.com
In the Masters Section, 255 players from around the world are playing, including American champion and world number two Fabiano Caruana, former U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura, world number 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France, and World Rapid ...

Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites - Sun.Star

Thu, 01/26/2017 - 9:28am

Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites
Sun.Star
The top 10 players are Fabiano Caruana - 2827 [USA], Maxime Vachier-Lagrave- 2796 (France), Hikaru Nakamura - 2785 (USA), Vassily Ivanchuk - 2752 (Ukraine), Michael Adams - 2751 (England), Peter Svidler - 2748 (Russia), Veselin Topalov - 2739 ...

Wesley So is Player of the Year - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Mon, 01/23/2017 - 9:47am

Wesley So is Player of the Year
BusinessWorld Online Edition
... Grand Tour events in Paris and Leuven catapulted him to the top place in the 2016 Grand Chess Tour ahead of chess legends Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and other elite players like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, etc.

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture - KBIA

Thu, 01/19/2017 - 6:01am

KBIA

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
KBIA
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 01/19/2017 - 5:33am

St. Louis Public Radio

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
St. Louis Public Radio
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

Foreign tourists increasingly head to Kagawa, Okayama - Asahi Shimbun

Wed, 01/18/2017 - 7:04pm

Asahi Shimbun

Foreign tourists increasingly head to Kagawa, Okayama
Asahi Shimbun
Foreign tourists increasingly head to Kagawa, Okayama. By HIKARU NAKAMURA/ Staff Writer. January 19, 2017 at 10:00 JST. Share 0; Tweet list. Print. Photo/Illutration Tourists visit a site of the Setouchi Triennale contemporary art festival on Megijima ...

Four Tied for the Lead of Tata Steel Chess Tournament - New York Times (blog)

Mon, 01/16/2017 - 10:47pm

Four Tied for the Lead of Tata Steel Chess Tournament
New York Times (blog)
No one can seem to wrest control of the top section of the Tata Steel tournament in the Netherlands. For several rounds, the lead teetered back and forth between Viswanathan Anand of India, the world champion, and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States.

Nakamura Wins Again and Seizes Lead of Tata Steel Chess Tournament - New York Times (blog)

Mon, 01/16/2017 - 3:21am

Nakamura Wins Again and Seizes Lead of Tata Steel Chess Tournament
New York Times (blog)
In an exceptional performance that combined spirited attack and defense, Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia on Friday in Round 11 of the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands. Nakamura's co-leader after Round 10 (and 8 and 6 ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe

Sat, 01/14/2017 - 3:24pm

Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The 79th Tata Steel Chess Tournament is underway in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. This year's masters group offers a particularly interesting lineup, with ...

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Absence of rivals means Magnus Carlsen can aim for supremacy at Wijk - The Guardian

Fri, 01/13/2017 - 4:13pm

The Guardian

Absence of rivals means Magnus Carlsen can aim for supremacy at Wijk
The Guardian
Carlsen has a good opportunity because three of his major rivals, the world No2, Fabiano Caruana, and the dangerous Hikaru Nakamura from the US as well as France's world No5, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, have all preferred to play at Tradewise Gibraltar, ...

With One Round to Go, Nakamura Holds Lead at Tata Steel - New York Times (blog)

Thu, 01/12/2017 - 6:58pm

With One Round to Go, Nakamura Holds Lead at Tata Steel
New York Times (blog)
With an easy draw against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the penultimate round, Hikaru Nakamura of the United States preserved his lead in the elite section of the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands. Nakamura has 8.5 points. Wang Hao of ...

Nakamura Wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament - New York Times (blog)

Thu, 01/12/2017 - 6:58pm

New York Times (blog)

Nakamura Wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament
New York Times (blog)
Hikaru Nakamura of the United States emerged as the winner of the elite section of the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands after a spate of draws in the final round on Sunday. Nakamura finished with 9 points, a half point ahead of ...

Nakamura and Anand Again Separate Themselves From the Pack at Tata Steel - New York Times (blog)

Thu, 01/12/2017 - 2:11pm

Nakamura and Anand Again Separate Themselves From the Pack at Tata Steel
New York Times (blog)
After a great day of fighting chess in Round 10 of the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands, Viswanathan Anand of India, the world champion, and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States are once again tied for the lead in the top section. Anand ...

Betting on Chess - New York Times (blog)

Thu, 01/12/2017 - 11:15am

Betting on Chess
New York Times (blog)
Levon Aronian of Armenia, who is tied for third, a half-point behind Anand and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States, is the next betting favorite (13 to 10; wager $10 and if he is first, win $13), while Nakamura has the next longest odds (5 to 2). That ...

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PH's Nouri presses on in Delhi International Chess Championship - The Manila Times

Wed, 01/11/2017 - 9:29am

PH's Nouri presses on in Delhi International Chess Championship
The Manila Times
Also in the Top 10 are No. 5 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France (2796), No. 6 GM Viswanathan Anand of India (2786), No. 7 GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia and GM Hikaru Nakamura of US (2785 each), No. 9 GM Levon Aronian of Armenia (2780), and No.

Pro Chess League - Purple Pawn

Wed, 01/11/2017 - 7:33am

Pro Chess League
Purple Pawn
Today sees the first games of a new Pro Chess League with competitions online by some of the top-rated players in the world, including grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

World Blitz Championship - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Mon, 01/09/2017 - 9:34am

World Blitz Championship
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Daniil Dubov RUS 2724, Hikaru Nakamura USA 2842, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2761, 14.5/21 6. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2823, 14.0/21 7-12. Leinier Dominguez Perez CUB 2783, Anton Korobov UKR 2666, Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2754, Viswanathan ...

Ex-Patriots Propelling US Chess Federation to the Top - http://www.anewdomain.net/

Sun, 01/08/2017 - 8:51pm

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Ex-Patriots Propelling US Chess Federation to the Top
http://www.anewdomain.net/
1 U.S. GM, 27-year-old Hikaru Nakamura. With a peak rating of 2802, yet another one of the highest ratings ever scored, Nakamura is at this time ranked as the No. 4 player in the world, and was once ranked No. 2. Nakumara is American-born and has been ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 01/07/2017 - 3:41pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Karjakin and Carlsen showed very good form throughout the 21-round event, dominating it till the end. Karjakin lost only one game, to Hikaru Nakamura, and even managed to beat Carlsen in their head-to-head. Carlsen played solid, for blitz that is ...

Chess 2016: Top 7 showdowns; Team USA, Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen ... - exstreamal (blog)

Sun, 01/01/2017 - 1:38pm

Chess 2016: Top 7 showdowns; Team USA, Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen ...
exstreamal (blog)
It consisted of six-player double round-robin with American Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Anish Giri (DU), Sergey Karjakin (RUS), and Wei Yi (CHN). Magnus Carlsen won the 2016 Bilbao Masters with no scuffle. Moreover ...

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