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Telegraph.co.uk
FIDE chief out in the cold: Why Kirsan won't be knocking at the door of the US ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Nd5 was Caruana-Carlsen, Norway Chess, 2015, and Black lost. This looks like an improvement) 16.c4 c5 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.Nf4 Bc2 (Black might have tried 18...Be4 19.Kf1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nd4 21.Kg2 Be7 22.Bxd4 cxd4) 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.e6 f6 (20...Nxe6 21.

Telegraph.co.uk
FIDE chief out in the cold: Why Kirsan won't be knocking at the door of the US ...
Telegraph.co.uk
FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was celebrating the 20th anniversary of his appointment as head of the game's governing body when news came that the US government had cited him for business dealings with the Syria regime of President Bashar ...

FIDE chief out in the cold: Why Kirsan won't be knocking at the door of the US Treasury  Telegraph.co.uk

Football-mad, mobbed by girls and easily bored: Meet Magnus Carlsen, the world's greatest chess player  Telegraph.co.uk

A heavy mist is descending as I approach what I hope is the right house, a modernist eyrie surrounded by young pines on a hillside above Oslo. I'm about to ask ...

Vishy Anand: in pursuit of excellence (2)  Chessbase News

Louis Philippe, a premier Indian men's apparel brand, has a show hosted by an Indian tennis legend, Vijay Amritraj. In it famous personalities discuss their ...

Football-mad, mobbed by girls and easily bored: Meet Magnus Carlsen, the world ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Before that he will be playing in the London Chess Classic, which begins on December 4. 'On a clear day you can see down to the fjords,' Henrik says as he emerges from the garage, wiping his hands on his jeans. 'But you'll have to take my word for that.

London Chess Classic 2015 | chess24.com  Chess24

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: 2015 Thanksgiving Open is a feast for top players and amateurs alike
St. Louis Public Radio
This event is yet another in the Chess Club's continued commitment to not only providing the highest level of chess (see The 2015 Sinquefield Cup) but equally impressive opportunities for amateurs like you and me. With advances in technology, watching ...

On Chess: 2015 Thanksgiving Open is a feast for top players and amateurs alike  St. Louis Public Radio

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis' premier open event of the season is this weekend, Nov. 27-29. The 2015 Thanksgiving Open will ...

On Chess: 2015 Thanksgiving Open is a feast for top players and amateurs alike  St. Louis Public Radio

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis' premier open event of the season is this weekend, Nov. 27-29. The 2015 Thanksgiving Open will ...

Grandmaster crash: the inside story of how English chess pawned its future  The Guardian

On Chess: Showdown in St. Louis featured unexpected twists
St. Louis Public Radio
Now retired from competition, Seirawan is a published chess author and journalist, as well as the star commentator for such elite events as the U.S. Championships and the Sinquefield Cup. On Chess is provided by the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic ...

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On Chess: Showdown in St. Louis featured unexpected twists  St. Louis Public Radio

Whenever the two best players in any discipline square off against one another, it is an occasion to be savored. American chess fans were especially eager.

Eksperter slår alarm etter nytt sjokkresultat
Dagbladet.no
(Dagbladet): Etter Magnus Carlsens sjokktap for sveitsiske Yannick Pelletier under Lag-EM i går, slår norske sjakkeksperter alarm. Carlsens liverating viser at han ikke har prestert svakere på fire år, noe som gjør at førsteplassen på verdensrankingen ...

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VG
I London Chess Classic avgjøres sammenlagtvinneren. Etter en mislykket Norway Chess-turnering, gjorde annenplassen i Sinquefield Cup at Carlsen fortsatt kan ta seieren totalt. PS: Onsdag er det hviledag i lag-EM. Torsdag møter Norge og Magnus Carlsen ...

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Chess great Kasparov urges West to move against Putin  STLtoday.com

Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess champion, neither likes nor trusts Russian President Vladimir Putin. That's obvious from the subtitle of his book. He sees ...

Pestaño: Wesley So scores biggest win of career
Sun.Star
The lessons from the Sinquefield Cup are bearing fruit. With the win Wesley So now joined the ranks of former Bilbao Chess Masters champions, including the current world champion Magnus Carlsen, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik and ...

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Living life the Jobi way (2/2)  Chessbase News

Did you enjoy the first part of our interview with the top Georgian player Baadur Jobava, he laid out a plan for ambitious players to become better. In part two he ...

Wesley So wins Bilbao Masters
The Hindu
Anand finished with five draws and a lone loss in the four-player double round-robin tournament and for the second time in a row, the Indian ace ended a Classical tournament win-less after he drew seven and lost two at the Sinquefield Cup earlier this ...

Rappler
E.coli outbreak prompts Chipotle to close 43 US restaurants
Rappler
After quitting school and leaving the Philippines to play for the United States, So's rising reputation and world rank of 7th took a big hit at the Sinquefield Cup where he finished last, but bounced back at Bilbao. So's next tournament is next month ...

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