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Is Donald Trump Playing 3-D Chess?
Chess.com
Curiously, Chess.com's reporting of the passing of IM Cristina Foisor came in a past "In Other News" column, which also discussed GM Fabiano Caruana making the same Forbes list for "Games." Who's the secret chess player working at that magazine anyway ...

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 ...

Grand Chess Tour's Final Leg Takes Off In London
Chess.com
The London Chess Classic took off today with five draws. It's the final leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour where Magnus Carlsen is currently leading the standings. The 2017 Grand Chess Tour resumes in London with its final leg, the London Chess Classic ...

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Carlsen åpnet med remis i London: - Litt skuffet
Dagbladet.no
Sjakkverdensmester Magnus Carlsen hadde overtaket lenge, men måtte nøye seg med remis mot Fabiano Caruana i fredagens åpningsparti i London Classic. 1. desember 2017 kl. 23.08 Del på Facebook. Carlsen var i føringen store deler av partiet mot Caruana i ...

Carlsen åpnet med remis i London
Aftenposten
Magnus Carlsen måtte tåle remis i den første kampen i London Chess Classic fredag. FOTO: NTB scanpix. Magnus Carlsen hadde overtaket lenge, men måtte nøye seg med remis mot Fabiano Caruana i fredagens åpningsparti i London Classic. Carlsen var i ...

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London confirmed as venue for Magnus Carlsen's world title defence in 2018
The Guardian
London to host Magnus Carlsen's world chess championship defense in 2018. The Norwegian grandmaster will make the third defense of his world chess championship next year in London, organizers announced on Wednesday. Read more. The actual venue has yet ...

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 ...

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
PhosAgro Supports World Chess Championships for the Third TimePR Newswire (press release)
Levon Aronian to play at the 9th London Chess ClassicPanorama.am
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)
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FIDE: Levon Aronian moves up to second position | NEWS.am Sport ...
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has published the FIDE rating list for December …

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FIDE: Levon Aronian moves up to second position
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has published the FIDE rating list for December. Armenian chess leader Levon Aronian's rating has risen to 2805. Levon Aronian moved up to the second position in FIDE Rating List. Magnus Carlsen continues to leаd the ...
PhosAgro Supports World Chess Championships for the Third TimePR Newswire (press release)
Levon Aronian to play at the 9th London Chess ClassicPanorama.am

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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 ...
PhosAgro Supports World Chess Championships for the Third TimePR Newswire (press release)

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PhosAgro Supports World Chess Championships for the Third Time
GuruFocus.com
... including the Russian runner-up at the World Championships, Sergey Karjakin and fellow Russian chess player Vladimir Kramnik; the finalists from the 2017 World Cup, Armenian Levon Aronian and Chinese Ding Liren; Americans Fabiano Caruana and Wesley ...

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London Classic
Spectator.co.uk
... Magnus Carlsen, his predecessor Viswanathan Anand, and Sergei Karjakin, who challenged Carlsen for the title last year. The remaining contestants are as follows: Lev Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, ...

London to host Magnus Carlsen's world chess championship defense in 2018
The Guardian
The field of eight potential challengers includes: Russia's Sergey Karjakin, who qualified automatically as the loser of last year's championship; Armenia's Levon Aronian and China's Ding Liren, who qualified through this year's Chess World Cup ...
Norwegian pin-up Magnus Carlsen to defend world chess crown in ...Telegraph.co.uk
London to host Magnus Carlsen's 2018 world chess championship ...Washington Times

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Norwegian pin-up Magnus Carlsen to defend world chess crown in London
Telegraph.co.uk
Two American stars, Fabiano Caruana and the in-form Wesley So, are the favourites to face Carlsen, along with his 2016 challenger Sergey Karjakin. They are among eight of the world's top grandmasters who will duke it out in a 14-round double round ...
London to host Magnus Carlsen's 2018 world chess championship defenseWashington Times

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Chess candidates lineup set; Norway gets another world champ
Washington Times
Both Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So qualified on the basis of their high ratings. Aronian, Mamedyarov and Grischuk will also be joined by Russian GMs Sergey Karjakin, Carlsen's 2016 challenger and Vladimir Kramnik and China's Ding Liren. The host city ...

Two Americans Are One Win From The World Chess Championship
FiveThirtyEight
and two American grandmasters have qualified: Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So. The winner will go on to play for the World Chess Championship, the game's pinnacle title, and the probability that it will be either Caruana or So is about 30 percent.

FIDE Grand Prix: Armenia's Aronian snatches one more victory
PanARMENIAN.Net
The field for the 2018 FIDE Candidates Tournament is now complete as Mamedyarov and Grischuk join Sergey Karjakin (world championship match 2016), Aronian, Ding Liren (World Cup 2017), Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So (average rating) and Vladimir ...

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FIDE Grand Prix: Armenia's Aronian snatches one more victory
PanARMENIAN.Net
The field for the 2018 FIDE Candidates Tournament is now complete as Mamedyarov and Grischuk join Sergey Karjakin (world championship match 2016), Aronian, Ding Liren (World Cup 2017), Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So (average rating) and Vladimir ...