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Aronian’s first opponent in London Chess Classic to be Michael Adams  ARMENPRESS

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Aronian's first opponent in London Chess Classic to be Michael Adams
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Armenia's chess grandmaster Levon Aronian's starting game at the London Chess Classic will be against Michael Adams. The first round of the London Chess Classic includes Nakamura-So, Lagrave-Giri, ...

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Aronian's first opponent in London Chess Classic to be Michael Adams
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Armenia's chess grandmaster Levon Aronian's starting game at the London Chess Classic will be against Michael Adams. The first round of the London Chess Classic includes Nakamura-So, Lagrave-Giri, ...

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Aronian’s first opponent in London Chess Classic to be Michael Adams  Armenpress

8th London Chess Classic preview | chess24.com  Chess24

Aronian's first opponent in London Chess Classic to be Michael ...  ARMENPRESS

Ponomariov: "Carlsen has stopped making progress"  Chessbase News

Post mortem: before the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin we asked experts for predictions and prognoses. Now we ...

Firstpost
Premier League: Middlesbrough's Gaston Ramirez punishes former club Hull City
Firstpost
The London Chess Classic is here and the first round began with a lot of excitement. Three out of the five games ended in decisive results. Viswanathan Anand played really well and made a draw with the black pieces against world number two Fabiano ...

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Premier League: Middlesbrough's Gaston Ramirez punishes former club Hull City
Firstpost
Ever since Caruana scored 7.0/7 at the Sinquefield Cup 2014, he has been seen as the biggest competitor to Magnus Carlsen for the World Champion's title. Caruana has been a difficult opponent for Anand to face. The last time that the Italian-American ...

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Kensington Chelsea & Westminster Today
Mikhail's tale and the Queen's trail
Kensington Chelsea & Westminster Today
The London Classic, 9th – 18th December, Olympia, London, draws to an end The Grand Chess Tour, and the pairings including Michael Adams who plays Levon Aronian in round one, will feature what may be the game of the tournament to decide the whole, ...

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The New Indian Express
Kasparov-esque Carlsen continues to rewrite rules in march to greatness
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Three world titles in four years show without a doubt Magnus Carlsen's dominance in the world of chess. The Norwegian was pushed to the limit by Sergey Karjakin, but the World No 1 came into his own in the quicker games to retain his crown.

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Former IRS officer Praveen Mahajan becomes first woman president of AITA
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The London Chess Classic is here and the first round began with a lot of excitement. Three out of the five games ended in decisive results. Viswanathan Anand played really well and made a draw with the black pieces against world number two Fabiano ...

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Former IRS officer Praveen Mahajan becomes first woman president ...
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Senior bureaucrat Praveen Mahajan on Thursday became the first woman President of the All India Tennis Association (AITA), replacing veteran administrator ...

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Bloomberg
Magnus Carlsen may be the man to push the barriers for global game of chess
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But mention of Praggnanandhaa (a headline writer's nightmare if he ever does become world champion) brings us on to the downside for chess. He will be in London next week for the London Chess Classic, the biggest and best annual tournament in the UK, ...
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Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis win  Hindustan Times

Formula One: Lewis Hamilton congratulates Nico Rosberg on 'well-deserved' title
Firstpost
The London Chess Classic is here and the first round began with a lot of excitement. Three out of the five games ended in decisive results. Viswanathan Anand played really well and made a draw with the black pieces against world number two Fabiano ...

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Formula One: Lewis Hamilton congratulates Nico Rosberg on 'well-deserved' title
Firstpost
Ever since Caruana scored 7.0/7 at the Sinquefield Cup 2014, he has been seen as the biggest competitor to Magnus Carlsen for the World Champion's title. Caruana has been a difficult opponent for Anand to face. The last time that the Italian-American ...

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London Chess Classic 2016 | chess24.com  chess24.com

Bloomberg
World Chess Has A Big Problem
Bloomberg
"We're offering an alternative, a cycle of tournaments with stability, where everyone knows when they will happen, where, and what they will be paid," said Malcolm Pein, a British grandmaster who organizes the tour's London Chess Classic. VIP viewing area.

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Bloomberg
World Chess Has A Big Problem
Bloomberg
Chess boosters are looking for ways to circumvent the FIDE problem. St. Louis millionaire Rex Sinquefield has teamed up with Kasparov and British grandmaster Short to create the Grand Chess Tour, a series of annual tournaments in the U.S., Britain ...

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