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Dr. Lerna Ekmekcioglu to present on “Survivors into Minorities: Armenians in Post-Genocide Turkey ”
MassisPost
FRESNO — Dr. Lerna Ekmekcioglu, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give a presentation on “Survivors into Minorities: Armenians in Post-Genocide Turkey” at 7:30PM on Monday, April 18, in ...

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Armenia's Harutyun Merdinyan Wins Gold in Gymnastics World Cup
MassisPost
DOHA, QATAR — Armenia's gymnastics team member Harutyun Merdinyan has won a gold medal in the 9th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup underway in Doha, Qatar.. Merdinyan dominated the Pommel horse, hit his 6.7 difficulty routine for the ...

Schach - Sergej Karjakin fordert Magnus Carlsen heraus
Süddeutsche.de
Die Stellung im Duell gegen Fabiano Caruana sah auf den ersten Blick recht ausgeglichen aus, doch dann fand der 26-Jährige einen wunderbaren Zug: Er opferte einen seiner Türme, womit seine Dame zu vielfältigen Drohungen gegen den gegnerischen ...
Fabiano Caruana und Sergey Karjakin vor Endspielsportal.de
Schachweltmeisterschaft: Sergei Karjakin gewinnt KandidatenturnierZEIT ONLINE
WM-Kandidatenturnier: Showdown am SchachbrettFAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Sputnik Deutschland -SPIEGEL ONLINE -t-online.de
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Schach - Sergej Karjakin beweist seine feinen Rechenqualitäten gegen Fabiano ...
Süddeutsche.de
Die Stellung im Duell gegen Fabiano Caruana sah auf den ersten Blick recht ausgeglichen aus, doch dann fand der 26-Jährige einen wunderbaren Zug: Er opferte einen seiner Türme, womit seine Dame zu vielfältigen Drohungen gegen den gegnerischen ...
Sergej Karjakin gewinnt das Schach-Kandidatenturnier nach Sieg über Fabiano ...SPIEGEL ONLINE
WM-Kandidatenturnier: Showdown am SchachbrettFAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Fabiano Caruana und Sergey Karjakin vor Endspielsportal.de
ZEIT ONLINE -spox.com -FOCUS Online
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Sergej Karjakin gewinnt das Schach-Kandidatenturnier nach Sieg über Fabiano ...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
Im direkten Duell gegen seinen Verfolger Fabiano Caruana hat sich Sergej Karjakin den Sieg beim Kandidatenturnier gesichert. In einer packenden Partie nutzte er einen Fehler seines offensiven Gegners. Sergej Karjakin hat das Schach-Kandidatenturnier ...
Schach - Sergej Karjakin beweist seine feinen Rechenqualitäten gegen Fabiano ...Süddeutsche.de
WM-Kandidatenturnier: Showdown am SchachbrettFAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Fabiano Caruana und Sergey Karjakin vor Endspielsportal.de
ZEIT ONLINE -spox.com -FOCUS Online
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Russian Karjakin wins right to challenge for world chess championship
Washington Times
Defeating American star Fabiano Caruana with the help of a brilliant rook sacrifice, Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has won the FIDE chess candidates tournament in Moscow and will face reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in a title match this ...
Russian chess prodigy wins thrilling Moscow cliffhanger to challenge for world title in NYCRT
Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions TournamentThe Moscow Times (registration)

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Russian chess prodigy wins thrilling Moscow cliffhanger to challenge for world title in NYC
RT
Other players in the tournament were Russia's Peter Svidler, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Hikaru Nakamura of the US, Levon Aronian of Armenia and Anish Giri of the Netherlands. As the winner, Karjakin qualifies to play a 12-game head-to-head match ...
Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions TournamentThe Moscow Times (registration)

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Аронян играет заключительную партию турнира претендентов с Накамурой (LIVE)
АМИ "Новости-Армения" (пресс-релиз)
... Победитель турнира в ноябре в Нью-Йорке проведет матч с чемпионом мира норвежцем Магнусом Карлсеном.--0--. Privacy. Powered by ChessBomb · Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) - Aronian, Levon (ARM). ½-½. FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016 round ...

Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
From March 10 to 30, Moscow's historic Central Telegraph building has hosted the FIDE Candidates Tournament — a double round-robin tournament over 14 games. The grandmasters are competing for the right to play against Carlsen in November, a match ...
DAVID R. SANDS: Sergey Karjakin blitzes Fabiano Caruana to earn shot against Magnus CarlsenWashington Times

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Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
From March 10 to 30, Moscow's historic Central Telegraph building has hosted the FIDE Candidates Tournament — a double round-robin tournament over 14 games. The grandmasters are competing for the right to play against Carlsen in November, a match ...

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Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
The eight participants in the Candidates tournament are all ranked among the top 17: Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Anish Giri of the Netherlands, Viswanathan Anand of India, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana of the United States, Sergei Karjakin and ...

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Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
The eight participants in the Candidates tournament are all ranked among the top 17: Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Anish Giri of the Netherlands, Viswanathan Anand of India, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana of the United States, Sergei Karjakin and ...

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Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
From March 10 to 30, Moscow's historic Central Telegraph building has hosted the FIDE Candidates Tournament — a double round-robin tournament over 14 games. The grandmasters are competing for the right to play against Carlsen in November, a match ...

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Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
From March 10 to 30, Moscow's historic Central Telegraph building has hosted the FIDE Candidates Tournament — a double round-robin tournament over 14 games. The grandmasters are competing for the right to play against Carlsen in November, a match ...

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Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
Going into the final round on Monday, Sergei Karjakin of Russia and Fabiano Caruana of the United States lead the field and are set to play each other. If the game ends in a draw, the winner is determined by a series of tiebreakers that take into ...

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Russian, US Chess Grandmasters Face-Off In World Champions Tournament
The Moscow Times (registration)
The eight participants in the Candidates tournament are all ranked among the top 17: Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Anish Giri of the Netherlands, Viswanathan Anand of India, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana of the United States, Sergei Karjakin and ...

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
He does have two great wins over Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand, with no defeats and can look forward to the final four games with confidence. Caruana's win over Anand seems to be very much a victory of his preparation. With his new coach, Rustam ...

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The candidates tournament has been an exciting, if uneven, event, with many missed opportunities and dogged defensive efforts. Though Fabiano Caruana finds himself in a tie for first after 10 games, it has hardly been a smooth run. He let Sergey ...

Tough ask for Anand
The Hindu
In the remaining two rounds, third-placed Anand (6.5 points) will have to strike rich and hope that the two joint leaders — Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin (seven points each) do not perform as well. Interestingly, the two young contenders are due ...