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Sahak Hovhannisyan receives individual training ahead of Youth Olympics - Mediamax.am

London Chess Classic News - July 12, 2018 - 2:00am
Sahak Hovhannisyan receives individual training ahead of Youth Olympics  Mediamax.am

Armenia will be represented by only one wrestler in Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics, Sahak Hovhannisyan (60kg). The games are to take place on October ...

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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 - 2:00am
14th World Champion Kramnik, Giri Favorites As Top Chess Returns In Dortmund  Chess.com

Top classical chess returns this Saturday with the start of the Dortmund super tournament. "Mr. Dortmund," Vladimir Kramnik, is again the top seed, but Anish Giri ...

So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 9, 2018 - 9:26am

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So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes
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The players were the world's youngest grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Leuven Grand Chess Tour winner Wesley So, and both a rising star and an experienced grandmaster from Spain: Jaime Santos and Paco Vallejo. As always, the ...
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters titlechess24

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Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24

Sinquefield Cup News - July 9, 2018 - 4:30am

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Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title
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The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in the final. Paco was the dominant force in the rapid games, but So demonstrated his defensive gifts again ...

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Wesley So prevails in Leon - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So prevails in Leon  Chessbase News

7/9/2018 – In a very tense match, Wesley So defeated Paco Vallejo in the blitz tiebreak rounds despite the fact that the Spaniard obtained better positions in ...

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HRD Ministry grants Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore - All India Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
HRD Ministry grants Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore  All India Radio

Human Resource Development Ministry granted Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore.

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Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24

London Chess Classic News - July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title  chess24

The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in th...

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So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes - Chess.com

London Chess Classic News - July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes  Chess.com

Wesley So retained his Leon Masters title after beating Paco Vallejo in the final. This was despite Friday, when the American was close to getting eliminated by ...

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So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes  Chess.com

Wesley So retained his Leon Masters title after beating Paco Vallejo in the final. This was despite Friday, when the American was close to getting eliminated by ...

Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title  chess24

The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in th...

Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24

Sinquefield Cup News - July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title  chess24

The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in th...

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Leon Masters 2: Vallejo has two lives - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - July 8, 2018 - 2:00am
Leon Masters 2: Vallejo has two lives  chess24

Spanish no. 1 Francisco Vallejo mounted a comeback against Jaime Santos to win the second semifinal of the 2018 Leon Masters and earn a match again...

Football legend Ronaldo to join Match of Legends in Armenia - PanARMENIAN.Net

London Chess Classic News - July 7, 2018 - 2:00am
Football legend Ronaldo to join Match of Legends in Armenia  PanARMENIAN.Net

The match of the legends of world football will be held in the Armenian capital on July 8 at the Republican Stadium.

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So beats Pragg by the slimmest margin in Leon - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - July 7, 2018 - 2:00am
So beats Pragg by the slimmest margin in Leon  Chessbase News

The second youngest grandmaster in history, R. Praggnanandhaa came close to beating the second highest rated rapid player in the world Wesley So in the first ...

Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter - The Guardian

Sinquefield Cup News - July 6, 2018 - 10:28am

The Guardian

Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter
The Guardian
Carlsen's next two events are both elite grandmaster tournaments, at Biel in Switzerland starting 22 July where his rivals include two GMs from the world top 10, and at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis on 16-29 August, which will feature the final ...

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Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus? - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 6, 2018 - 2:00am
Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus?  Chess.com

The coming world championship match is going to be Magnus Carlsen's biggest challenge since he won his crown. As I mentioned in my recent article, it is the ...

Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus? - Chess.com

Sinquefield Cup News - July 6, 2018 - 2:00am
Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus?  Chess.com

The coming world championship match is going to be Magnus Carlsen's biggest challenge since he won his crown. As I mentioned in my recent article, it is the ...

Categories: News, Sinquefield Cup

Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter - The Guardian

Sinquefield Cup News - July 6, 2018 - 2:00am
Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter  The Guardian

The world champion has carefully chosen which events to attend before his meeting with Fabiano Caruana in November.

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Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus? - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - July 6, 2018 - 2:00am
Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus?  Chess.com

The coming world championship match is going to be Magnus Carlsen's biggest challenge since he won his crown. As I mentioned in my recent article, it is the ...

Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 3 - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - July 5, 2018 - 2:00am
Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 3  chess24

In Season 20, Episode 3 of Jan's Opening Clinic, Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson once again sets out to cure the chess opening ailments of chess24 Premi...

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