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Wesley So claims 5th draw, stays at joint second in London Chess Classic - Rappler

Fri, 12/08/2017 - 5:09am

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Wesley So claims 5th draw, stays at joint second in London Chess Classic
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YOUR MOVE. Filipino-born US chess player Wesley So tangles with reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in the 5th round of the ongoing London Chess Classic. Photo by Lennart Ootes on the London Chess Classic FB site. MANILA, Philippines – Wesley ...

Fabiano Caruana climbs chess rankings after London Classic draw epidemic - The Guardian

Fri, 12/08/2017 - 2:00am
Fabiano Caruana climbs chess rankings after London Classic draw epidemic  The Guardian

The US No1 rose to second in the world behind Magnus Carlsen with wins in round four and five and Caruana now looks set to do well in the 2018 candidates.

London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand falters at crunch moments against Fabiano Caruana; Magnus ... - Firstpost

Thu, 12/07/2017 - 7:39am

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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand falters at crunch moments against Fabiano Caruana; Magnus ...
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Wednesday was the second consecutive day which ended with four draws and one win. And yet again, it was the Italian-American Grand Master Fabiano Caruana who took upon himself the charge of producing a decisive game while all his other colleagues ...
Caruana draws first bloodThe Hindu
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London Classic: Caruana wins again - Chessbase News

Thu, 12/07/2017 - 2:00am
London Classic: Caruana wins again  Chessbase News

Round five promised a lot more than what it yielded, but the audience won't have left feeling the players did not deliver. Magnus Carlsen played a masterful ...

Lucky So escapes with draw vs Carlsen in London Chess Classics - Philippine Star

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 10:36pm

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Lucky So escapes with draw vs Carlsen in London Chess Classics
Philippine Star
So took advantage of a Carlsen blunder late to escape with a 68-move draw and stay in a big, seven-man group at second spot behind leader Fabiano Caruana of the United States after five rounds of the London Chess Classics Wednesday night. The top ...

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win - Firstpost

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 7:39pm

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London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win
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The star-studded line-up of players at the London Chess Classic had taken off in a rather sluggish manner. Three rounds past, 15 games into the fray, there wasn't a single decisive game. All players drew, all players led. Of course, it's not that the ...
So still finding form in London Chess Classic | Sports, News, The ...Philippine Star
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London Chess Classic: Caruana draws first blood - Sportstarlive

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 12:34pm

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London Chess Classic: Caruana draws first blood
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Black did well to convert his one-pawn advantage to victory in a rook-and-minor-piece ending. Viswanathan Anand and World No. 2 Levon Aronian of Armenia decided to peace sign after 31 moves in a Spanish Game. The results (fourth round): Viswanathan ...
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So still finding form in London Chess Classic - Philippine Star

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 12:08am

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So still finding form in London Chess Classic
Philippine Star
After drawing his first three games, So split the point again against Englishman Michael Adams in 31 moves of a Reti duel to slid half a point behind new leader Fabiano Caruana of the United States after rounds Tuesday night (Wednesday). Going all out ...
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Caruana Breaks The Spell, Beats Karjakin In London - Chess.com

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 6:27pm

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Caruana Breaks The Spell, Beats Karjakin In London
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Ian Nepomniachtchi, Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana waiting to start their game. The latter was the last to laugh. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Caruana's win was partly based on (double) opening preparation. "I prepared it yesterday; I ...

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London calling -- a rich legacy for the 2018 chess championship ... - Washington Times

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 11:16am

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London calling -- a rich legacy for the 2018 chess championship ...
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The 2018 world championship match will return to a city that is no stranger to hosting the game's ultimate event. FIDE and match sponsor World Chess made it official last week, announcing that Norwegian world champ Magnus Carlsen will defend his title ...
London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus ...Firstpost
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Anand holds Carlsen - The Hindu - The Hindu

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 11:09am

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Anand holds Carlsen - The Hindu
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It was another day of draws at the London Chess Classic. All the five games were drawn in the third round of the last event of the Grand Chess Tour. So, 15 games have failed to produce a decisive resu.
London calling -- a rich legacy for the 2018 chess championship ...Washington Times
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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen; tournament yet to witness first decisive game - Firstpost

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 10:20am

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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen; tournament yet to witness first decisive game
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Fifteen games have been played so far at the London Chess Classic. And believe it or not, each and every one of those games ended peacefully. To quote from a tweet by one of the participants, Fabiano Caruana, they're thinking of renaming it the 'Anish ...

The much awaited Anand-Carlsen clash in London Chess Classic round three ends in draw - Scroll.in

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 5:11am

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The much awaited Anand-Carlsen clash in London Chess Classic round three ends in draw
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The much awaited clash between India's Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen at the London Chess Classic ended in a draw on Monday. After three rounds so far, the tournament has witnessed 100% draws. The game was a Catalan, with the world champion ...

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London Chess Classic: Peace maintains - Panorama.am

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 1:41am

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London Chess Classic: Peace maintains
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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

Mon, 12/04/2017 - 11:42am

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London Classic opens with draws
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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 ...
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All games drawn in London Chess Classic - Sportstarlive - Sportstarlive

Mon, 12/04/2017 - 11:21am

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All games drawn in London Chess Classic - Sportstarlive
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For the second day in a row, all the games ended in a draw at the London Chess Classic in London. Not even the unusually early rest day, after the opening round, could rejuvenate the super grandmasters enough to draw first blood in any of the five boards.
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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand fails to carve out a win despite best efforts against Mickey Adams - Firstpost

Mon, 12/04/2017 - 10:51am

London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand fails to carve out a win despite best efforts against Mickey Adams
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Levon Aronian, who was playing with the black pieces against Fabiano Caruana also had no problem drawing his game against his American opponent. Essaying the closed Ruy Lopez once again, Aronian was able to generate play on the queenside after some ...

London Chess Classic round two leaves all grandmasters winless - PanARMENIAN.Net

Mon, 12/04/2017 - 1:29am

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London Chess Classic round two leaves all grandmasters winless
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PanARMENIAN.Net - All the games of the second round of London Chess Classic ended in draws as all the ten grandmasters were unable to score victories. The flagship event is a strong invitational tournament for some of the world's top grandmasters ...
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Aronian shares points with Caruana in London Chess Classic - Mediamax.am

Mon, 12/04/2017 - 12:26am

Aronian shares points with Caruana in London Chess Classic
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London Chess Classic resumed after a day-off and the second round registered the same results as the first one, as all pairings drew their games. Levon Aronian (Armenia, playing black) shared points with Fabiano Caruana (USA). All players now have 1 ...

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