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Tari World Junior Champion; Praggnanandhaa Earns 1st GM Norm  Chess.com

Since Saturday Norway doesn't have one, but two world chess champions. Magnus Carlsen and other (Norwegian) fans saw GM Aryan Tari winning the World ...

London Chess Classic 2017 | chess24.com  Chess24

Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office holds meetings in St Petersburg  AZERTAC News

Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade has met with Vice-Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Govorunov.

Carlsen In Speed Chess Final After Beating Grischuk  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen is the first player to reach the final of the 2017 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship. On Tuesday the world champion beat Alexander ...

Lokomotiv Baku make successful start to CEV Challenge Cup  AZERTAC News

The Azerbaijan men's volleyball club Lokomotiv Baku have defeated Cypriot Apoel Nicosia 3-0 in their opening game of the CEV Challenge Cup. The return ...

The New Indian Express
Technological advances changed chess: Viswanathan Anand
The New Indian Express
HYDERABAD: There is not a hint of disappointment in Viswanathan Anand's voice. Last month, the wildcard for the Candidates meet was handed to Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik, ruling Anand out of the reckoning for next year's World Championship.

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The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand is Edify Education's brand ambassador
The Hindu
On his plans for the future, Anand said he'd participate in the London Chess Classic, the World Rapid Championship and the Tata Steel Tournament in the Netherlands. Quite open to the fast changing realities of modern chess, he said higher ranked ...

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Viswanathan Anand is Edify Education’s brand ambassador  The Hindu

My son is six-and-a-half-years old and I'm not pushing him into anything,” said Viswanathan Anand at DRS International School on Tuesday afternoon, where he ...

Chess.com
Bloody Sunday Produces Six Winners, Aronian As Sole Leader
Chess.com
Who is GM Simon Williams seconding? In today's round four of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, six of the nine players of the white pieces played h4, many with aggressive intentions. Despite that being the Ginger GM's ...

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Chess.com
Bloody Sunday Produces Six Winners, Aronian As Sole Leader
Chess.com
Who is GM Simon Williams seconding? In today's round four of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, six of the nine players of the white pieces played h4, many with aggressive intentions. Despite that being the Ginger GM's ...

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Tania Sachdev: the female Grandmaster making moves in the 'man's game' of chess  The Telegraph

There's a YouTube video of Tania Sachdev aged seven, from a programme called The World This Week on India's NDTV.

Tania Sachdev: the female Grandmaster making moves in the 'man's game' of chess  The Telegraph

There's a YouTube video of Tania Sachdev aged seven, from a programme called The World This Week on India's NDTV.

Telegraph.co.uk
Tania Sachdev: the female Grandmaster making moves in the 'man's game' of chess
Telegraph.co.uk
The event features prize money of £228,000 and will bring the year's Grand Chess Tour to a conclusion. Among those playing will be the prodigiously talented Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, who became a Grandmaster aged 13 and World Champion in 2013 at ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Tania Sachdev: the female Grandmaster making moves in the 'man's game' of chess
Telegraph.co.uk
There's a YouTube video of Tania Sachdev aged seven, from a programme called The World This Week on India's NDTV. She's at the well-apportioned family home in Delhi, recently returned from winning her first international chess tournament in London.

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Wall Street Journal
Max Deutsch vs. chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. Video: George Downs/WSJ
Wall Street Journal
Magnus was late. They had panicked earlier that afternoon when he was one minute behind schedule, because Magnus always has somewhere else to be. In a few weeks he'll fly to London for the final stage of the Grand Chess Tour as the heavy favorite to ...

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A Chess Novice Challenged Magnus Carlsen. He Had One Month to Train.  The Wall Street Journal

Max Deutsch, a speed learner who conquered back-flips, Hebrew and perfect pitch, is testing the limits of self-improvement. Next up: the world's greatest chess ...

Tania Sachdev's Twelfth Knight  Chessbase News

Simultaneous events, the battle of one player against many, are fun, fascinating and exciting. Sometimes they are even charming. Carl Portman reports about ...

FIDE Grand Prix in Palma: A promising start  Chessbase News

The final stage of the FIDE Grand Prix has started in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and at stake are the final two spots in the next Candidates. Both Teimour ...

СПОРТ - ЭКСПРЕСС
"Металлург" выиграл у рижского "Динамо", Кошечкин впервые в сезоне отстоял на ноль
СПОРТ - ЭКСПРЕСС
Каспаров. Мушкетер 12 лет спустяЭтап Grand Chess Tour в Сент-Луисе подарил любителям шахмат во всем мире потрясающее зрелище. Валерий Карпин: "Черчесов поменял нападающих на полунападающих"Бывший главный тренер ...

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Wesley wins 2017 Champions Showdown
The Manila Times
The Cavite City pride will be competing next in the 2017 London Chess Classic—the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour—to be held from December 1 to 11 at the Olympia Conference Center in England. Besides So, the other participants in the nine-round ...