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Candidates Tournament Contenders: Fabiano Caruana - Sports Rediscovered

Sinquefield Cup News - March 8, 2016 - 1:02am

Sports Rediscovered

Candidates Tournament Contenders: Fabiano Caruana
Sports Rediscovered
Fabiano Caruana is a calculating machine and has always been highly precise during his games. In recent times he seems to have improved his endgame even more. He has proven his credentials when he dominated the 2014 Sinquefield Cup, and if he ...

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On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - March 3, 2016 - 5:32am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess
St. Louis Public Radio
The event offers scouts a unique experience as they have the chance to learn chess fundamentals in the same setting as the U.S. Championships and the prestigious Sinquefield Cup, with the World Chess Hall of Fame across the street. Luke, a Tenderfoot ...

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On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - March 3, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess  St. Louis Public Radio

On Feb. 27, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis again hosted a Boy Scout chess merit badge workshop. Since launching the merit badge in.

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Dzagnidze stumbles, Zhao advances - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - February 22, 2016 - 2:00am
Dzagnidze stumbles, Zhao advances  Chessbase News

With four decisive games round 9 was again combative. And it saw remarkable changes at the top: Nana Dzagnidze lost with Black against Pia Cramling and ...

Maurice Ashley: trash talk chess in NYC park - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - February 18, 2016 - 2:00am
Maurice Ashley: trash talk chess in NYC park  Chessbase News

In Washington Square Park, to be precise, where masters set up chess boards and clocks to play people at $5 a game. Traditionally the master trash talks the ...

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Chess (#1187) - Business Standard

Sinquefield Cup News - February 12, 2016 - 12:51pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1187)
Business Standard
Aronian has come out of a slump with a resounding win at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis. Shirov is a question mark. The Latvian GM is always dangerous given his tactical gifts and his fearlessness. But he's long since ceased to be a force at the top ...

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Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - February 11, 2016 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events  Chessbase News

Last year it was three events, in Norway, Saint Louis and London. This year Norway drops out and is replaced by two rapid+blitz events, in Paris and Brussels.

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Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - February 11, 2016 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events  Chessbase News

Last year it was three events, in Norway, Saint Louis and London. This year Norway drops out and is replaced by two rapid+blitz events, in Paris and Brussels.

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Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - February 11, 2016 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events  Chessbase News

Last year it was three events, in Norway, Saint Louis and London. This year Norway drops out and is replaced by two rapid+blitz events, in Paris and Brussels.

The Dance of Chess Kings - Huffington Post

London Chess Classic News - February 9, 2016 - 2:00am
The Dance of Chess Kings  Huffington Post

Watching his rival Fabiano Caruana losing in the last round of the Tata Steel Chess tournament, the world chess champion Magnus Carlsen had to wait a few ...

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Viswanathan Anand's Fresh Start In World Championship Preparation - Sports Rediscovered

Sinquefield Cup News - February 7, 2016 - 2:00am
Viswanathan Anand's Fresh Start In World Championship Preparation  Sports Rediscovered

The former world no. 1 Viswanathan Anand seems to have started from scratch in order to prepare himself en-route the World Chess Championship.

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On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess - St. Louis Public Radio

London Chess Classic News - February 4, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess  St. Louis Public Radio

Georgia has always held a special place in the chess world. Its women have been especially strong, having once held the Women's World Chess Champion ...

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Looking back: Qatar Masters 2015 – a class of its own - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - February 4, 2016 - 2:00am
Looking back: Qatar Masters 2015 – a class of its own  Chessbase News

What happens when you organize a tournament that has 132 players, 77 of them grandmasters? What happens when 17 players above 2700 are trying their ...

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On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - February 4, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess  St. Louis Public Radio

Photograph of Nona Gaprindashvili in Gisela Gresser's Photo Album from the 1961 Vrnjačka Banja, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia), Women's Candidates ...

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Levon Aronian: Armenia's 'David Beckham of chess' - CNN

Sinquefield Cup News - February 1, 2016 - 2:00am
Levon Aronian: Armenia's 'David Beckham of chess'  CNN

Levon Aronian: Armenian chess champion is described as the 'David Beckham of chess' -- what can the world learn from his success?

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Tata Steel 2016 - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Grand Chess Tour News - January 27, 2016 - 9:07am

Tata Steel 2016
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The obvious choice would be World Champion Magnus Carlsen. He has already won this tournament four times and seems to be in great shape, having ended 2015 with victories in the London Chess Classic, the Grand Chess Tour and the Qatar Masters.

Tata Steel 2016 - BusinessWorld Online Edition

London Chess Classic News - January 27, 2016 - 9:07am

Tata Steel 2016
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The obvious choice would be World Champion Magnus Carlsen. He has already won this tournament four times and seems to be in great shape, having ended 2015 with victories in the London Chess Classic, the Grand Chess Tour and the Qatar Masters.

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Iranian Championship: Youngster beats GM for lead - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - January 27, 2016 - 2:00am
Iranian Championship: Youngster beats GM for lead  Chessbase News

In the previous report, a couple of youngsters were in the lead together with the top-seed GM Maghami, well over 100 Elo above the pack. One would have ...

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