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Youri Djorkaeff supports football camp for refugee children in Athens - PanARMENIAN.Net

London Chess Classic News - July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Youri Djorkaeff supports football camp for refugee children in Athens  PanARMENIAN.Net

The summer football program supported by legendary player Youri Djorkaeff targets unaccompanied children, aged 12-17.

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Biel R1: Carlsen squeezes, Mamedyarov demolishes - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Biel R1: Carlsen squeezes, Mamedyarov demolishes  chess24

Two very different wins left Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Magnus Carlsen as co-leaders of the 2018 Accentus Biel GM Tournament after the first round. ...

Biel R2: Vintage Magnus wins again - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Biel R2: Vintage Magnus wins again  chess24

It was a great day of chess in Biel. All three games included noteworthy highlights and two of them finished with decisive results. Magnus Carlsen ...

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Nepomniachtchi Crushes Meier To Win 1st Dortmund Title - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 22, 2018 - 2:00am
Nepomniachtchi Crushes Meier To Win 1st Dortmund Title  Chess.com

It was three times a charm for Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won his first Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund at the third attempt. He secured victory quickly ...

Is All Fair In Chess? - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 22, 2018 - 2:00am
Is All Fair In Chess?  Chess.com

A well-known saying states that all is fair in love and war. Our beloved game is actually both love and war. While it is pretty obvious that chess is a war on 64 ...

Carlsen Tops Biel Field, Starting Tomorrow - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 21, 2018 - 4:37am

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Carlsen Tops Biel Field, Starting Tomorrow
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The Grand Chess Tour doesn't fit Magnus Carlsen's schedule this year, which gives him the opportunity to play some other tournaments. Those include the European Club Cup in the fall, and the Biel Chess Festival in the summer. Carlsen played in Biel six ...

Carlsen Tops Biel Field, Starting Sunday - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 21, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen Tops Biel Field, Starting Sunday  Chess.com

For the first time in six years, Magnus Carlsen is playing in Biel again. He tops the field and will compete with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ...

Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 21, 2018 - 2:00am
Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik  chess24

Ian Nepomniachtchi was announced on Friday as part of the Russian Olympiad team alongside Vladimir Kramnik, but after their Round 5 game in Dortmund ...

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Carlsen Tops Biel Field, Starting Sunday - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 21, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen Tops Biel Field, Starting Sunday  Chess.com

For the first time in six years, Magnus Carlsen is playing in Biel again. He tops the field and will compete with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ...

Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 21, 2018 - 12:45am

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Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik
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Ian Nepomniachtchi was announced on Friday as part of the Russian Olympiad team alongside Vladimir Kramnik, but after their Round 5 game in Dortmund there may be some arguments over board order! Nepo was surprised by Kramnik in the opening, but ...

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New video series and recommendation system - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - July 20, 2018 - 2:00am
New video series and recommendation system  chess24

Jan Gustafsson's latest video series, “A repertoire against 1.Nf3, 1.c4 and 1.g3,” has just been released. Although a standalone series, it could also be thought of ...

Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 5 - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - July 19, 2018 - 2:00am
Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 5  chess24

Though we all tune into Jan's Opening Clinic for the words of chess opening wisdom of Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson, in part 5 of the 20th edition the...

Dortmund 2018, 3: Duda strikes again as Giri loses - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - July 18, 2018 - 3:04am

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Dortmund 2018, 3: Duda strikes again as Giri loses
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Nf3 Nf6!? a relatively rare line of the Sicilian only championed at the very top level recently by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who played it in the recent Grand Chess Tour events and in Tata Steel earlier this year. Giri immediately sank into a six-minute ...

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Don't Park Your Car Below Giant Chess Sets, And Other News - Chess.com

London Chess Classic News - July 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Don't Park Your Car Below Giant Chess Sets, And Other News  Chess.com

It's a good thing the World Chess Hall of Fame keeps its giant chess set on the ground floor. Sure, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and IM Danny Rensch still do ...

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Dortmund 2018, 2: Duda takes the lead - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 16, 2018 - 2:00am
Dortmund 2018, 2: Duda takes the lead  chess24

20-year-old Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu with the black pieces to take the sole lead after Round 2 of the Sparkassen Chess Meet...

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Dortmund 2018, 1: "Chess is ugly and a draw" - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 15, 2018 - 2:00am
Dortmund 2018, 1: "Chess is ugly and a draw"  chess24

Ian Nepomniachtchi almost celebrated his 28th birthday in style by beating Anish Giri in Round 1 of the 2018 Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund...

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Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 13, 2018 - 2:34pm

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Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title
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He's previously won the Russian Championship, the Tal Memorial and came incredibly close to winning last year's London Chess Classic before losing to Fabiano Caruana in a playoff. He also has a Dortmund history, first appearing as a 17-year-old in 2008 ...

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FIDE Ethics Commission Bans Ilyumzhinov - Chess.com

London Chess Classic News - July 13, 2018 - 2:00am
FIDE Ethics Commission Bans Ilyumzhinov  Chess.com

The FIDE ethics commission has sanctioned Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for violating the FIDE code of ethics. The FIDE president, who was banned from "holding any ...

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Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 13, 2018 - 2:00am
Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title  chess24

The 46th Sparkassen Chess Meeting starts in Dortmund, Germany on Saturday, with world no. 5 Vladimir Kramnik looking to add to his haul of ten Dor...

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14th World Champion Kramnik, Giri Favorites As Top Chess Returns In Dortmund - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 12, 2018 - 10:10am

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14th World Champion Kramnik, Giri Favorites As Top Chess Returns In Dortmund
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Giri's last over-the-board tournament, the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour in Leuven, didn't go so great. He does enter Dortmund with a positive feeling (and an extra $1,000 in his pocket) because on Tuesday he won the Speed Chess Championship open ...

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