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Sinquefield Cup Contenders: Hikaru Nakamura  USChessChamps.com

Webster University Wins 5th Straight President's Cup  Chess.com

Top-rated Webster University has won its fifth consecutive President's Cup title, beating out the three other invited teams from Texas Tech, St. Louis University, ...

Chess.com
Howell 'Victorious Veteran' At Winter Chess Classic
Chess.com
With the U.S. Championship, the Sinquefield Cup and the new rapid & blitz event of the Grand Chess Tour, the city of St. Louis was already a majestic host of super strong tournaments. Now, it's taking its nickname "the U.S. capital of chess" to the ...

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Chess.com
Howell 'Victorious Veteran' At Winter Chess Classic
Chess.com
With the U.S. Championship, the Sinquefield Cup and the new rapid & blitz event of the Grand Chess Tour, the city of St. Louis was already a majestic host of super strong tournaments. Now, it's taking its nickname "the U.S. capital of chess" to the ...

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Famous chess player arrested in Bulgaria  Chessbase News

He gained fame a few years ago, by playing in GM tournaments and crushing players many categories above him with flawless tactical play. Then Borislav ...

The Hindu
Vishy Anand inaugurates chess academy at KCT
The Hindu
“It has been a three-month break, quite a long one, and I am quite prepared for the tournaments ahead in Zurich (April), Grand Chess Tour and the non tour events in Lyon and Norway in June. But the World Cup in September is something that is important ...

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Maurice Ashley on One on 1  Chessbase News

'It's hard to name something that Maurice Ashley hasn't done in the world of chess. He's played, coached, taught, created tournaments, done play-by-play for ...

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ग्रांड चेस टूर में हिस्सा लेंगे पूर्व विश्व चैंपियन विश्वनाथन आनंद
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नई दिल्ली: शतरंज के बादशाह विश्वनाथन आनंद इस साल होने वाले ग्रांड चेस टूर में भाग लेंगे जहा पांच विश्व कप खेले जाने है. इन्होंने 2016 में मिश्रित प्रदर्शन किया था, और यह एक बार शतरंज में ...
इस साल ग्रैंड चेस टूर और विश्व कप में हिस्सा लेंगे विश्वनाथन आनंदSanjeevni Today

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The Hindu
Carlsen is No. 1 but the others are closing in, says Viswanathan Anand
The Hindu
I will play the Grand Chess Tour; that is one circuit. The other is the World championship cycle in which I will play the World Cup in September. If I qualify in the World Cup, then I have to get ready for the Candidates tournament, and the Grand tour ...

The Hindu
Carlsen is No. 1 but the others are closing in, says Viswanathan Anand
The Hindu
I will play the Grand Chess Tour; that is one circuit. The other is the World championship cycle in which I will play the World Cup in September. If I qualify in the World Cup, then I have to get ready for the Candidates tournament, and the Grand tour ...

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Chess.com
Caruana, Nakamura, So To Compete In US Champs
Chess.com
... Fabiano Caruana (2817), and Hikaru Nakamura (2793). Caruana is the reigning champion. Two years ago Nakamura won, with Caruana being absent and So playing his first championship. After winning both the 2016 Grand Chess Tour and the Tata Steel ...

Viswanathan Anand: 'Wesley So is the guy everyone is keeping an eye on'
Sportstarlive
I will play the Grand Chess Tour—that is one circuit. The other is the World championship cycle in which I will play the World Cup in September. If I qualify in the World Cup, then I have to get ready for the (World Chess) Candidates tournament, and ...

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Hindustan Times
Viswanathan Anand confident of bouncing back in 2017 after mixed 2016
Hindustan Times
Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand is confident of bouncing back after a mixed 2016 and says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which includes five tournaments and the World Cup, this year. Speaking at the inauguration of a ...

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Financial Express
Chess champion Viswanathan Anand confident of bouncing back after mixed 2016
Financial Express
Confident of bouncing back after enduring a mixed 2016, former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which includes five tournaments and the World Cup, this year. Speaking at the inauguration of a ...

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Times of India
Anand confident of bouncing back after mixed 2016
Times of India
CHENNAI: Confident of bouncing back after enduring a mixed 2016, former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which includes five tournaments and the World Cup, this year. Speaking at the ...

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Viswanathan Anand confident of bouncing back in 2017 after mixed 2016  Hindustan Times

Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand is confident of bouncing back after a mixed 2016 and says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which ...

Azerisport.com
Шахрияра Мамедъярова в Париже ждет Магнус Карлсен
Azerisport.com
Азербайджанский шахматист Шахрияр Мамедъяров приглашен в престижный коммерческий турнир «Grand Chess Tour» по быстрым шахматам и блицу, который пройдет в Париже. Организаторы назвали имя нашего гроссмейстера в числе ...

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Pestaño: Will Wesley really shine this year? | SunStar
Sun.Star
After that, his next elite events are the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour starting June 18-26 in Paris and the second leg in Leuven, Belgium from June 27-July 3. Both of these events are in Rapid and Blitz formats. Both Paris and Leuven will have a ...

Camden New Journal newspapers website
Inquest hears of missed chances to help nine-year-old who died from asthma attack
Camden New Journal newspapers website
A memorial chess tournament was held in April last year and December's “Super Rapidplay” at the London Chess Classic 2016 was also held in memory of Michael. Newspaper columnist Dominic Lawson, the president of the English Chess Federation, ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Doctors missed 11 chances to treat chess champion before he died of chronic asthma, inquest hears
Telegraph.co.uk
... been competing in the Mindsports Olympiad, an international multi-disciplined competition which includes chess. A memorial chess tournament was held for Michael in April last year and December's Super Rapidplay at the London Chess Classic 2016 was ...

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