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Chess: Kasparov suffers first loss in comeback event  Channel NewsAsia

Grandmaster chess player Garry Kasparov contemplates a move as he plays grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the opening round of the Grand Chess ...

Chess: Kasparov suffers first loss in comeback event  New Straits Times Online

ST. LOUIS: Chess legend Garry Kasparov on Tuesday suffered the first loss of his brief but highly anticipated comeback to the game, succumbing to fellow ...

Garry Kasparov suffers first loss in comeback chess event  Hindustan Times

Garry Kasparov suffered the first loss of his brief but highly anticipated comeback to the game, succumbing to fellow Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi and bringing ...

The New Indian Express
Vintage Anand turns back clock in Sinquefield slugfest
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand turned back the clock to finish joint second in the Sinquefield Cup, which concluded in St Louis, USA, on Friday. French No 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played the tournament of his life to win the third leg of Grand Chess Tour ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand, hampered by fatigue, finishes disappointing joint 8thFirstpost
Chess: Kasparov to donate winnings to AfricaNew Vision
Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup ChampionMarkets Insider
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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
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"It feels amazing to get this win since this leg of the Grand Chess Tour is one of the strongest events in the history of chess," said the new Sinquefield Cup champion Maxime Vachier-Lagraveas. "It's also special to be the first French grandmaster to ...
Vintage Anand turns back clock in Sinquefield slugfestThe New Indian Express

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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
Markets Insider
... prize fund of $300,000 and represents the third of five stops on the 2017 GCT – a circuit of international chess events featuring the world's elite chess talent, created in partnership between the CCSCSL and Chess Promotions, Ltd. (London Chess ...

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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
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15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine intense days of competition against the most elite chess players in the world, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the champion of the Sinquefield Cup and ...
Vintage Anand turns back clock in Sinquefield slugfestThe New Indian Express

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New Straits Times Online
Chess: Kasparov suffers first loss in comeback event
New Straits Times Online
Grandmaster chess player Garry Kasparov concentrates on his next move during a match against grandmaster Levon Aronian in day two of the Grand Chess Tour at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis on August 15, 2017. Kasparov and other ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand has disastrous Day 1; Garry Kasparov impresses on returnFirstpost
Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive returnTHE BUSINESS TIMES
Viswanathan Anand starts badly in St. Louis RapidThe Indian Express
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Washington Times
Maxime Maximus: Vachier-Lagrave captures strong Sinquefield Cup
Washington Times
With the best result of his career, French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave topped a world-class field to win the 5th Sinquefield Cup, with an undefeated score of 6-3 at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center. A half-point back in the 10-grandmaster ...

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Washington Times
Maxime Maximus: Vachier-Lagrave captures strong Sinquefield Cup
Washington Times
With the best result of his career, French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave topped a world-class field to win the 5th Sinquefield Cup, with an undefeated score of 6-3 at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center. A half-point back in the 10-grandmaster ...
Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup ChampionPR Newswire (press release)

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand has disastrous Day 1; Garry Kasparov impresses on return
Firstpost
Viswanathan Anand flattered to deceive and scored just a solitary draw from three games on the first day of the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament of the Grand Chess Tour. Garry Kasparov showed surprising alacrity for a player who hasn't ...
Viswanathan Anand starts badly in St. Louis RapidIndia TV
St. Louis Rapid and Blitz C'ship: Lacklustre day for AnandSportstarlive
Levon Aronian starts St. Louis Rapid with victoryPanARMENIAN.Net
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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
PR Newswire (press release)
"It feels amazing to get this win since this leg of the Grand Chess Tour is one of the strongest events in the history of chess," said the new Sinquefield Cup champion Maxime Vachier-Lagraveas. "It's also special to be the first French grandmaster to ...

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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
PR Newswire (press release)
... prize fund of $300,000 and represents the third of five stops on the 2017 GCT – a circuit of international chess events featuring the world's elite chess talent, created in partnership between the CCSCSL and Chess Promotions, Ltd. (London Chess ...

and more »

Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
PR Newswire (press release)
15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine intense days of competition against the most elite chess players in the world, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the champion of the Sinquefield Cup and ...
Maxime Maximus — Vachier-Lagrave bests elite field at SinquefieldWashington Times

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The Indian Express
Viswanathan Anand starts badly in St. Louis Rapid
The Indian Express
the tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour. Having done brilliantly for a joint second place in the just-concluded Sinquefield Cup at the same venue, Anand needed a change of guard for the faster version of the game. The Indian ace was pegged back ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand, hampered by fatigue, finishes disappointing joint 8thFirstpost
Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive returnJordan Times
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Viswanathan Anand starts badly in St. Louis Rapid
India TV
... GETTY IMAGES Viswanathan Anand during a qualifier round. Former world champion Viswanathan Anand failed to change gears and suffered two losses on the opening day of St. Louis Rapid and Blitz chess tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour.
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St. Louis Rapid and Blitz C'ship: Lacklustre day for AnandSportstarlive
Levon Aronian starts St. Louis Rapid with victoryPanARMENIAN.Net
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The Times of Israel
Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return
The Times of Israel
Grandmaster chess player Garry Kasparov, left, makes the first move as he plays grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the opening round of the Grand Chess Tour at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis, August 14, 2017. (AFP/BILL ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 yearsFirstpost
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Maxime Maximus — Vachier-Lagrave bests elite field at Sinquefield
Washington Times
With the best result of his career, French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave topped a world-class field to win the 5th Sinquefield Cup, with an undefeated score of 6-3 at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center. A half-point back in the 10-grandmaster ...

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Hindustan Times
Chess legend Garry Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return
Hindustan Times
Grandmaster Garry Kasparov contemplates a move against GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the opening round of the Grand Chess Tour at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis on Monday.(AFP). Twelve years after trading chess for politics, ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All Eyes on Garry Kasparov ReturnPrensa Latina
Kasparov to play with Karjakin in first round of St. Louis chess tournamentTASS
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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Aronian wins two games, loses one
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The ten GMs taking part in Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, the fourth stop on the Grand Chess Tour 2017, have played three rounds in Rapid event. Armenian GM Levon Aronian claimed two wins, and suffered one defeat, collecting a total of 4 points.
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Liêm second in US chess eventViet Nam News
Levon Aronian starts St. Louis Rapid with victoryPanARMENIAN.Net

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