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The Wait Is Kaspar-over  Chess.com

It has been 4539 days since GM Garry Kasparov played a rated chess game. Internet and St. Louis Chess Club audiences, neither of whom even existed a ...

‘Chess god’ Garry Kasparov returns to compete 12 years later  The Indian Express

Garry Kasparov utterly dominated the sport from 1985 to 2000. Since his withdrawal from a tournament in Linares, Spain in March 2005, the Russian's absence ...

Chess legend Kasparov returns to board 12 years after retirement  Daily Sabah

In a move electrifying the world of chess, former world champion Garry Kasparov is coming out of a 12-year retirement Monday to take on a new generation of...

‘Chess god’ Garry Kasparov returns to compete 12 years later  The Indian Express

Garry Kasparov utterly dominated the sport from 1985 to 2000. Since his withdrawal from a tournament in Linares, Spain in March 2005, the Russian's absence ...

'Chess god' Kasparov returns to compete 12 years later  The Times of Israel

Fans flock to St. Louis to watch former world champion come out of retirement to challenge a new generation of players.

‘Chess god’ Garry Kasparov returns to compete 12 years later  Hindustan Times

Garry Kasparov dominated the sport of chess from 1985 to 2000, and is coming out of retirement after a gap of 12 years.

Indian 12-year-old prodigy crosses 2500  Chessbase News

On 10th of August, R. Praggnanandhaa turned 12 years old, and crossed 2500 FIDE Elo. He has an opportunity to go after Sergey Karjakin's record as the ...

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Grand Chess Tour's Sinquefield Cup (www.GrandcChessTour.org) continues with Maxime Vachier Lagrave holding a slim half-point lead with 4.5/6. Right behind are world champion Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, and Vishy Anand all with 4/6.
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Lagrave rises
Philippine Star
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his final round game, and the 2017 Sinquefield Cup Friday in St. Louis (Missouri), USA, finishing a half point clear of Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen, for his first grand chess tour title. The 27-year-old Frenchman made an ...

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The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand ties for second spot in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand settled for a draw with an otherwise struggling defending champion Wesley So and shared the second spot behind eventual champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament here on Friday. Lagrave ...
Anand finishes second in Sinquefield CupESPN
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Telegraph.co.uk
Chess treated with 'contempt', says game's English supremo
Telegraph.co.uk
Government bodies treat the ancient pursuit of chess with "contempt" and have no intention of recognising it as a sport, the game's supremo in England has said. Dominic Lawson, the eminent journalist and author, said the battle to get chess on an equal ...

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Sinquefield Cup: Lagrave takes title; Anand ties for second
Sportstarlive
Viswanathan Anand settled for a draw with an otherwise struggling defending champion Wesley So and shared the second spot behind eventual champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament here on Friday. Lagrave ...
Anand draws with Wesley So; finishes joint second at Sinquefield CupTimes of India
Wesley So ends Sinquefield Cup tied for last placeRappler
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Times of India
Anand draws with Wesley So; finishes joint second at Sinquefield Cup
Times of India
ST. LOUIS (USA): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand finished joint second after playing out a draw with Wesley So of United States in the Sinquefield Cup, which concluded here. Finishing with a tally of 5.5 points out of a possible nine, Anand ...
Viswanathan Anand ties for second spot in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournamentThe Hindu
Wesley So ends Sinquefield Cup tied for last placeRappler
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Times of India
Anand draws with Wesley So; finishes joint second at Sinquefield Cup
Times of India
ST. LOUIS (USA): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand finished joint second after playing out a draw with Wesley So of United States in the Sinquefield Cup, which concluded here. Finishing with a tally of 5.5 points out of a possible nine, Anand ...
Sinquefield Cup: Lagrave takes title; Anand ties for secondSportstarlive
Wesley So ends Sinquefield Cup tied for last placeRappler
One more round of Sinquefield cup leftPublic Radio of Armenia
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Hetq Online
Aronian in 4th Place at Grand Chess Tour 2017
Hetq Online
Armenia's Levon Aronian is in fourth place in the Grand Chess Tour 2017 after the Paris, Your Next Move, and Sinquefield Cup tournaments. The 2017 Grand Chess Tour is a series of five chess tournaments held throughout the year and across the globe.

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Hetq Online
Aronian in 4th Place at Grand Chess Tour 2017
Hetq Online
Armenia's Levon Aronian is in fourth place in the Grand Chess Tour 2017 after the Paris, Your Next Move, and Sinquefield Cup tournaments. The 2017 Grand Chess Tour is a series of five chess tournaments held throughout the year and across the globe.

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Rappler
Wesley So ends Sinquefield Cup tied for last place
Rappler
BEATEN. Wesley So takes 4 losses at the tournament in St Louis. File photo by Koen Suyk/AFP. MANILA, Philippines – After entering the year riding a 67-game no loss streak and winning at the 2017 Tata Steel tournament in the Netherlands, Wesley So has ...
Viswanathan Anand ties for second spot in the Sinquefield Cup ...The Hindu
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Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand pays the price for inaccurate play as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins title
Firstpost
As Viswanathan Anand sat down to have a chat with commentator Maurice Ashley after drawing his game in the last round against Wesley So, he could easily justify the way his opponent had conducted the game. Preferring a solid variation against the Nimzo ...

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Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand pays the price for inaccurate play as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins title
Firstpost
As Viswanathan Anand sat down to have a chat with commentator Maurice Ashley after drawing his game in the last round against Wesley So, he could easily justify the way his opponent had conducted the game. Preferring a solid variation against the Nimzo ...

PanARMENIAN.Net
Sinquefield Cup: Aronian loses to Carlsen, shares 4th-5th spots
PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian yielded the leader's position at the final round of the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis as he lost to Norway's Magnus Carlsen. The Armenian thus shares the fourth and fifth spots with Sergey Karjakin of Russia, with France ...
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