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Best of 2015: Best Game - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - January 1, 2016 - 2:00am
Best of 2015: Best Game  Chessbase News

The year 2015 is over now, so we thought it's time to let you vote for the highlights of the past year. Today we want you to vote for the best game of the year 2015.

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ChessBase Christmas Puzzles 2015 (7) - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - December 31, 2015 - 2:00am
ChessBase Christmas Puzzles 2015 (7)  Chessbase News

In 1999, in the very first installment, we gave you a proof game problem as a Christmas puzzle, one that has occupied generations of chess players.

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Best of 2015: Best player - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - December 29, 2015 - 2:00am
Best of 2015: Best player  Chessbase News

The year 2015 is almost over, so we thought it's time to let you vote for your highlights of this year. To begin with, we want you to vote for the best male player of ...

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Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament - AL.com

London Chess Classic News - December 28, 2015 - 9:17am

AL.com

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
AL.com
r07-05.jpg Former world chess champion Vishy Anand faced France's number one Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave at the London Chess Classic. The rough and tumble game was eventually won by the Vachier-Lagrave after Anand missed a promising ...

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Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament - AL.com

Grand Chess Tour News - December 28, 2015 - 9:17am

AL.com

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
AL.com
Anand and Vachier-Lagrave had reached this position earlier in the year at the Sinquefield Cup (the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour). There Anand played the immediate 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd3 14.

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament - AL.com

Sinquefield Cup News - December 28, 2015 - 9:17am

AL.com

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
AL.com
Anand and Vachier-Lagrave had reached this position earlier in the year at the Sinquefield Cup (the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour). There Anand played the immediate 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd3 14.

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Qatar 2015 round 7: Two rounds to go, three leaders! - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - December 28, 2015 - 2:00am
Qatar 2015 round 7: Two rounds to go, three leaders!  Chessbase News

12/28/2015 – After a draw with Anish Giri in round seven Magnus Carlsen is no longer the sole leader at the Qatar Masters. He is joined by Shakhriyar ...

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Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament - AL.com

Sinquefield Cup News - December 28, 2015 - 2:00am
Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament  AL.com

Wrapping up Alabama's busy chess year, the Eighth Annual Magic City Classic tournament featured a day of exciting chess and fierce competition for top prizes.

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Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament - AL.com

Sinquefield Cup News - December 28, 2015 - 2:00am
Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament  AL.com

Wrapping up Alabama's busy chess year, the Eighth Annual Magic City Classic tournament featured a day of exciting chess and fierce competition for top prizes.

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Sports in 2015: Soccer setback, chess hopes, Baku Games participation - ArmeniaNow.com

Grand Chess Tour News - December 28, 2015 - 12:52am

ArmeniaNow.com

Sports in 2015: Soccer setback, chess hopes, Baku Games participation
ArmeniaNow.com
During the year Aronian won a prestigious tournament in St. Louis, USA, (taking third in the Grand Chess Tour overall) and led Team Armenia to silver medals in the European team chess championship that ended in Reykjavik, Iceland. The most ...

Carlsen draws with So, keeps lead - Inquirer.net

Sinquefield Cup News - December 27, 2015 - 10:20am

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Carlsen draws with So, keeps lead
Inquirer.net
Carlsen won once over So in the Sinquefield Cup in four meetings this year with the other matches in Tata Steel Chess and Gashimov Memorial also ending in draws. Carlsen and Anish Giri of the Netherlands, also in second spot, will tangle in the seventh ...
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So attracts with prime seed Carlsen to remain within the hunt - The Times (subscription)

Sinquefield Cup News - December 27, 2015 - 6:16am

So attracts with prime seed Carlsen to remain within the hunt
The Times (subscription)
... edge in a double-edged minor piece play but Carlsen held his own to scrape out the draw. It was a solid effort for So, who somehow redeemed himself after losing to Carlsen in their last meeting in the Sinquefield Cup in the United States early in ...

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So weapons for chess lead vs Carlsen - The Times (subscription)

Sinquefield Cup News - December 26, 2015 - 2:01pm

So weapons for chess lead vs Carlsen
The Times (subscription)
It will be a rematch between Carlsen and So since the former destroyed the latter in the Sinquefield Cup in the United States early in the year. Carlsen ended up finishing second in that same tournament won by Armenian GM Levon Aronian while So wound ...

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Anand back in business after crushing Topalov in London - The Indian Panorama

Grand Chess Tour News - December 24, 2015 - 1:07pm

The Indian Panorama

Anand back in business after crushing Topalov in London
The Indian Panorama
... World Champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back from his fourth round loss and beat his former world championship challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the fifth round of London Chess Classic, the concluding edition of the Grand Chess Tour.

On Chess: Your Move Chess program stimulates minds of youth - St. Louis Public Radio

London Chess Classic News - December 23, 2015 - 2:00am
On Chess: Your Move Chess program stimulates minds of youth  St. Louis Public Radio

The intense concentration of Erica, a fifth-grader at Walnut Grove Elementary School in Ferguson, was apparent as she played chess against one of the best.

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Why chess masters have the advantage in business - City A.M.

London Chess Classic News - December 23, 2015 - 2:00am
Why chess masters have the advantage in business  City A.M.

This month saw a host of entrepreneurs and business people line up to bid for the chance to play chess alongside some of the world's greatest chess.

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Qatar R03: Chess and football in Doha - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - December 23, 2015 - 2:00am
Qatar R03: Chess and football in Doha  Chessbase News

After three rounds at the Qatar Masters we are down to just two leaders – Anish Giri and Li Chao. They are followed by a pack of 14 players on 2.5/3, including ...

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London Chess Classic - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Grand Chess Tour News - December 21, 2015 - 9:33am

London Chess Classic
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Three big organizers came together early this year to put together “a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players -- the product of this collaboration was the Grand Chess Tour ...

London Chess Classic - BusinessWorld Online Edition

London Chess Classic News - December 21, 2015 - 9:33am

London Chess Classic
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Three big organizers came together early this year to put together “a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players -- the product of this collaboration was the Grand Chess Tour ...

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