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So sustains Bilbao Chess Masters title defense - The Manila Times

Fri, 07/22/2016 - 6:51am

So sustains Bilbao Chess Masters title defense
The Manila Times
World champion GM Magnus Carlsen stayed on top with 13 points while GM Hikaru Nakamura remained in second with 10 points. Carlsen drew his eighth-round match with GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia while Nakamura also split the point with Wei in the ...

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So draws Japanese in Bilbao Chess Masters - The Manila Times

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 8:32am

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So draws Japanese in Bilbao Chess Masters
The Manila Times
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So kept his fourth-place position after scoring a seventh-round draw with GM Hikaru Nakamura of US in the 9th Bilbao Chess Masters Final being held in Bilbao, Spain. The defending champion So now has six points to ...
Pestaño: An incredible and unprecedented performanceSun.Star

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On Chess: Junior Closed Championship had unexpected excitement - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 12:19am

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On Chess: Junior Closed Championship had unexpected excitement
St. Louis Public Radio
Earlier in the year, Xiong impressed the international chess community by finishing sixth in the U.S. Championship, holding his own against world-class players such as GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana. Nonetheless, it was not the young ...

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With breakthrough chess win, Hikaru Nakamura ends the Magnus Carlsen jinx - Washington Times

Wed, 07/20/2016 - 12:36pm

With breakthrough chess win, Hikaru Nakamura ends the Magnus Carlsen jinx
Washington Times
It may not be 100 percent politically correct these days, but one of my old chess books talked about certain players having “hung an Indian sign on” — established an overwhelming dominance over — a rival. Morphy, in his short career, often simply ...

So in three-way tie at fourth in Bilbao Chess - The Manila Times

Wed, 07/20/2016 - 8:23am

So in three-way tie at fourth in Bilbao Chess
The Manila Times
Reigning world champion GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway holds in the solo lead with 11 points while GM Hikaru Nakamura of US occupies the second spot with eight points and GM Wei Yi of China stays in third with seven points. So opened the tournament ...

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Carlsen med remis - VG

Tue, 07/19/2016 - 4:00pm

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Carlsen med remis
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Carlsen med remis mot Nakamura. <p>REMIS: Magnus Carlsen (t.h.) i et tidligere møte med Hikaru. REMIS: Magnus Carlsen (t.h.) i et tidligere møte med Hikaru Nakamura under London Classic. Foto:, Ole Kristian Strøm ...
Carlsen-manager om konkurrenten: - Han er litt stor i kjeftenAftenposten
Ingen Nakamura-revansj for CarlsenFramtid i Nord
Carlsen med remis mot NakamuraABC Nyheter
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Carlsen med remis mot Nakamura - ABC Nyheter

Tue, 07/19/2016 - 12:19pm

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Carlsen med remis mot Nakamura
ABC Nyheter
Verdensmester Magnus Carlsen klarte ikke revansjere tapet mot Hikaru Nakamura i 1. runde av turneringen i Bilbao. Etter 32 trekk endte det med remis i 6. runde tirsdag. Magnus Carlsen spilte remis mot Hikaru Nakamura. Foto: Carina Johansen / NTB ...
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Ingen Nakamura-revansj for CarlsenFramtid i Nord
Carlsen-manager om konkurrenten: - Han er litt stor i kjeftenAftenposten
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Carlsen-manager om konkurrenten: - Han er litt stor i kjeften - Aftenposten

Tue, 07/19/2016 - 9:39am

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Carlsen-manager om konkurrenten: - Han er litt stor i kjeften
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REMIS ER BRA: Magnus Carlsens manager tror han vil være godt fornøyd med remis, da nordmannen er tre poeng foran rivalen Hikaru Nakamura. Tirsdag kan Magnus Carlsen få revansje for sitt aller første tap mot Hikaru Nakamura. Etter 30 partier uten tap ...

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Chess (#1209) - Business Standard

Fri, 07/15/2016 - 1:34pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1209)
Business Standard
This was Hikaru Nakamura's first ever classical win against Carlsen, and the American Grandmaster must have broken through a psychological barrier when he forced resignation, in a nervy game that featured very sharp play and unsafe kings.

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Luke McShane and Justin Tan share first place at Kings Place Chess Festival - The Guardian

Fri, 07/15/2016 - 9:04am

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Luke McShane and Justin Tan share first place at Kings Place Chess Festival
The Guardian
It was a unique moment for Hikaru Nakamura of the US, who had previously been Carlsen's best customer at classical chess. This was their 31st game, after Carlsen previously scored +12=18. Bilbao continues this weekend and can be viewed live and free ...

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Carlsen gikk på historisk smell mot erkefienden: Tapte mot Nakamura for første ... - Dagbladet.no

Wed, 07/13/2016 - 2:08pm

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Carlsen gikk på historisk smell mot erkefienden: Tapte mot Nakamura for første ...
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BILBAO (Dagbladet): For første gang i karrieren har Magnus Carlsen (25) tapt et langsjakkparti mot Hikaru Nakamura (28). Prestisjenederlaget fant sted under åpningen av den uhyre sterke seksmannsturneringen Bilbao Masters i kveld. Carlsen ankom ...
Carlsen med sjokktap mot erkerivalenNRK
Amerikansk erkerival hadde forsøkt 30 ganger - så brøt han Magnus Carlsen ...Aftenposten
Magnus Carlsen tapte for erkerivalen for første gangVG
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Carlsen med sjokktap mot erkerivalen - NRK

Wed, 07/13/2016 - 1:45pm

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Carlsen med sjokktap mot erkerivalen
NRK
Carlsen med sjokktap mot erkerivalen. Etter 12 seire og 18 remiser, klarte Hikaru Nakamura å vinne over Magnus Carlsen. Magnus Carlsen. GIKK PÅ EN SMELL: Magnus Carlsen har, inntil i dag, hatt en utrolig statistikk mot stormesteren Hikaru Nakamura.
Magnus Carlsen tapte for erkerivalen for første gangVG
Kalte Carlsen ond trollmann. I dag overrasket nordmannens erkefiende på nytt ...Dagbladet.no
Amerikansk erkerival hadde forsøkt 30 ganger - så brøt Magnus han Carlsen ...Aftenposten

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Bilbao: Nakamura beats Carlsen - Chessbase News

Wed, 07/13/2016 - 2:00am
Bilbao: Nakamura beats Carlsen  Chessbase News

The first round of the Masters in Bilbao started with a bang. For the first time in his career Hikaru Nakamura won against Magnus Carlsen in a game with ...

Pestaño: Prelude to the world championship - Sun.Star

Thu, 07/07/2016 - 9:58am

Pestaño: Prelude to the world championship
Sun.Star
Aside from Carlsen, Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin, Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura have been invited by the organizers. The surprise sixth player is 16-year-old Chinese teenager, Wei Yei, though still far from the most select elite, he is considered by ...

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Wonderful Wesley - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Mon, 07/04/2016 - 10:25am

Wonderful Wesley
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Magnus Carlsen won the YourNextMove Grand Chess Tour in Leuven with 3 rounds to play. That was no big surprise -- what was not expected was that Hikaru Nakamura, the highest rated player in online blitz in history, would finish so low. Also considered ...

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Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour - Huffington Post

Sat, 07/02/2016 - 9:16pm

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Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour
Huffington Post
Hikaru Nakamura and Carlsen are considered the world's top two speed chess players. When they were younger, they played an all-night friendly blitz marathon in Moscow. They compete for good money now. In the first GCT event in Paris, Nakamura edged ...

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Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour - Huffington Post

Sat, 07/02/2016 - 8:02pm

Huffington Post

Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour
Huffington Post
Hikaru Nakamura and Carlsen are considered the world's top two speed chess players. When they were younger, they played an all-night friendly blitz marathon in Moscow. They compete for good money now. In the first GCT event in Paris, Nakamura edged ...

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World champion Magnus Carlsen shines across the board at speed chess - The Guardian

Fri, 07/01/2016 - 10:55am

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World champion Magnus Carlsen shines across the board at speed chess
The Guardian
Carlsen was second to America's Hikaru Nakamura in the $150,000 Paris Grand Tour blitz, then he won at Brussels. He has also been playing online speed games in an elite knockout organised by the chess.com website. Seven of the eight players were ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 06/25/2016 - 3:01pm

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Hikaru Nakamura (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 0–0 7.Qc2 Re8 8.Bd2 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.cxd5 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Nxd5?? 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bxb4; 1-0, 17). This seemed to wake him up, as on the next day, in an amazing performance, ...
Chess (#1206)Business Standard

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Chess (#1206) - Business Standard

Fri, 06/24/2016 - 1:34pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1206)
Business Standard
Magnus Carlsen started the Leuven (Belgium) leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) badly. He magically returned to form to finally win with a lot to spare. The first day saw Viswanthan Anand taking a narrow lead in the Rapid section (25 minutes plus 10 ...

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