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Levon Aronian to participate in Stavanger Chess Tournament on June 5 - Mediamax.am

Mon, 05/22/2017 - 3:10am

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Levon Aronian to participate in Stavanger Chess Tournament on June 5
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... (Norway), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Wesley So (USA), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Anish Giri (The Netherlands).

Levon Aronian to participate in Norway Chess 2017 - PanARMENIAN.Net

Mon, 05/22/2017 - 2:40am

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Levon Aronian to participate in Norway Chess 2017
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Also taking part in the event are world champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Wesley So (U.S.), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Fabiano Caruana (U.S.), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.), Viswanathan Anand (India), Anish Giri (the ...
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Wesley So ready to challenge - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Mon, 05/15/2017 - 10:26am

Wesley So ready to challenge
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Filipino chess community got really excited last week. Tyler Cowen for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University interviewed Garry Kasparov on a variety of topics which included his match with Deep Blue (the IBM Computer) 20 years ago, the ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 05/13/2017 - 2:02pm

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The world's top professional chess league, the German Bundesliga, has ended its 2016-17 season with Baden-Baden once again on top. This is the team's 11th title in the past 12 years. The only blemish in this amazing stretch was last year, when the ...

Hou Yifan Sole Winner In Moscow GP Round 1 - Chess.com

Fri, 05/12/2017 - 5:23pm

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Hou Yifan Sole Winner In Moscow GP Round 1
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Under a Facebook post by GM Emil Sutovsky today GM Fabiano Caruana commented: "Wasn't even aware they had started playing." Organizer Agon did very little to promote the event in advance, but neither did some of the major chess websites, whose ...

CHESS#1251 - Business Standard

Fri, 05/12/2017 - 2:17pm

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CHESS#1251
Business Standard
The only comparable team event in terms of quality would be the German Bundesliga. That's a round robin of 15 matches, held across a seven month period with bursts of a few rounds at a time played at different times, in different locales. The ...

Perfect season: Baden-Baden rolls through powerful German chess league - Washington Times

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 11:07am

Washington Times

Perfect season: Baden-Baden rolls through powerful German chess league
Washington Times
In one sense it's not a shocker, as Baden-Baden recruited such superstars as U.S. GM Fabiano Caruana, Armenian GM Levon Aronian and former world champ Viswanathan Anand of India for some critical matches. But the workhorse alongside the team's ...

How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 9:05am

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How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance
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Several high-level professional chess players have moved to St. Louis because of the club as well, including Wesley So (U.S. champ and currently ranked second in the world), Fabiano Caruana (ranked 4th in the world and a member of the Forbes Under 30), ...

How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 9:05am

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How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance
Forbes
Several high-level professional chess players have moved to St. Louis because of the club as well, including Wesley So (U.S. champ and currently ranked second in the world), Fabiano Caruana (ranked 4th in the world and a member of the Forbes Under 30), ...

Liberty Science Center honors 'Hidden Figures' trailblazer as 'Genius' - NJ.com

Sat, 05/06/2017 - 10:27am

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Liberty Science Center honors 'Hidden Figures' trailblazer as 'Genius'
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... mathematician and an offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens -- introduced Johnson's award alongside David Blaine, Liberty Science Center's magician-in-residence. (At least year's gala, Urschel squared off against chess champion Fabiano Caruana.).

Carlsen At Milken Institute: 'I Don't Presume To Know Much At All' - Chess.com

Thu, 05/04/2017 - 5:53pm

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Carlsen At Milken Institute: 'I Don't Presume To Know Much At All'
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"There's a U.S. player, Fabiano Caruana. He's very interesting to play. First of all, because he's so strong. But also, there's no bullshit in his play. He doesn't care if he's playing me or any[one]. He goes about with his strategy and always poses me ...

So takes third place - The Standard

Tue, 05/02/2017 - 9:49am

So takes third place
The Standard
Kramnik inched closer to So with 2809.9, followed by Fabiano Caruana with 2807.3. In other games, Sergey Karjakin drew with Teimour Radjabov in 42 moves of a Queen's Gambit Declined to finished with a share of fifth to seventh positions with 4.5 points.

Mamedyarov Maintains Firm Lead In Shamkir - Chess.com

Fri, 04/28/2017 - 6:46pm

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Mamedyarov Maintains Firm Lead In Shamkir
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Last year he won a tiebreak vs Fabiano Caruana to emerge as the winner of the third edition. This year, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov seems to be cruising to sole victory, although many things can happen in the final three rounds. In today's game Mamedyarov ...

Grenke Chess Classic - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Wed, 04/26/2017 - 10:31am

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Grenke Chess Classic
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GM Levon Aronian won the 4th Grenke Chess Classic in Germany ahead of the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen. This was a pretty short tournament, so when the Armenian GM raced to 4 straight wins starting round 3 he had already clinched the ...
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For America's busy chess stars, no rest for the weary - Washington Times

Tue, 04/25/2017 - 1:36pm

Washington Times

For America's busy chess stars, no rest for the weary
Washington Times
Case in point: Having just butted heads in the recent U.S. national championship in St. Louis, the American “top three” — GMs Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So — were all back in action last week, with mixed results. Caruana finished a ...

Levon Aronian improves three positions on FIDE List - Panorama.am

Mon, 04/24/2017 - 2:32am

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Levon Aronian improves three positions on FIDE List
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To remind, in the last round of the tournament Aronian had black against Fabiano Caruana of the United States. That game seemed to be heading toward a peaceful resolution, when Caruana blundered a piece. But then Aronian began making mistakes and ...

Aronian Misses Fifth Win In A Row - Chess.com

Sat, 04/22/2017 - 7:20pm

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Aronian Misses Fifth Win In A Row
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Having won the Grenke Chess Classic already, Levon Aronian missed an excellent chance to finish with another win today, vs Fabiano Caruana. Eventually all games in the final round ended in draws. "He was just a tad too confident," Carlsen today said ...
Levon Aronian snatches early victory at Grenke Chess ClassicPanARMENIAN.Net
Armenian chess Grandmaster ensures clear first for himself at GRENKE Chess Classicvestnik kavkaza

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Lange Denken führt zu nichts - Berührt, geführt - F.A.Z.-Blogs - FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Sat, 04/22/2017 - 5:26pm

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Lange Denken führt zu nichts - Berührt, geführt - F.A.Z.-Blogs
FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Züge, über die länger als zwanzig Minuten nachgedacht wird, stellen sich später oft als Fehler heraus, hat der englische Großmeister John Nunn einmal festg.

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Armenian chess Grandmaster ensures clear first for himself at GRENKE Chess Classic - vestnik kavkaza

Sat, 04/22/2017 - 6:41am

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Armenian chess Grandmaster ensures clear first for himself at GRENKE Chess Classic
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Armenian chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian won his game against Hou Yifan at Round 6 of GRENKE Chess Classic. Thus, with a fourth win in a row, Aronian became unreachable for his opponents ahead of the final round of the tournament, becoming the ...
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Levon Aronian snatches early victory at Grenke Chess Classic - PanARMENIAN.Net

Sat, 04/22/2017 - 4:39am

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Levon Aronian snatches early victory at Grenke Chess Classic
PanARMENIAN.Net
This took the Armenian's tally to 5.0/6, a full 1.5 points ahead, providing him an early victory in the German-hosted tournament. His potential rivals Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and Fabiano Caruana (U.S.) drew their respective games on Friday, April 21.

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