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Carlsen: “I hope Caruana is feeling the pressure!” - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - September 19, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen: “I hope Caruana is feeling the pressure!”  chess24

With less than two months to go before the 2018 World Championship match begins in London, Magnus Carlsen spoke to Norwegian media at his training camp ...

13 Chess Stories You May Have Missed - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 18, 2018 - 2:00am
13 Chess Stories You May Have Missed  Chess.com

The last six weeks were full of top-level events like the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, the Sinquefield Cup, the World Junior Championship, and many Speed Chess ...

Maghsoodloo crushes World Junior Championship - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - September 18, 2018 - 2:00am
Maghsoodloo crushes World Junior Championship  chess24

Just after his 18th birthday Parham Maghsoodloo from Iran announced his arrival on the world stage by bulldozing his way to the World Junior Championship ...

Arianne Caoili to bike through Cilicia to support Armenian children - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - September 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Arianne Caoili to bike through Cilicia to support Armenian children  Chessbase News

While Levon Aronian is fighting the chess elite in arduous events, his wife Arianne Caoili is engaged in various entrepreneurial and philanthropic initiatives in ...

Maghsoodloo Wins World Junior Title With Stunning Performance - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Maghsoodloo Wins World Junior Title With Stunning Performance  Chess.com

Stunning the chess world with a 9.5/10 score before losing in the last round, Iranian GM Parham Maghsoodloo won the World Junior Championship in Gebze, ...

Jan's Opening Clinic 22 - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - September 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Jan's Opening Clinic 22  chess24

German no. 2 Jan Gustafsson will be coaching the Dutch men's team at the upcoming Olympiad, but you don't need to be Anish Giri to get some opening...

What Is The Worst Chess Move? - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 17, 2018 - 2:00am
What Is The Worst Chess Move?  Chess.com

Chess openings have been analyzed for centuries and yet even today it is still not easy to identify the best and worst first moves. According to Fischer, 1.e4 is ...

What Is The Worst Chess Move? - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 17, 2018 - 1:22am

Chess.com

What Is The Worst Chess Move?
Chess.com
Chess openings have been analyzed for centuries and yet even today it is still not easy to identify the best and worst first moves. According to Fischer, 1.e4 is "best by test." From the other side, when the famous theoretician GM Ernst Gruenfeld was ...

Viswanathan Anand not worried about own form ahead of Chess Olympiad - Times of India

Grand Chess Tour News - September 16, 2018 - 2:00am
Viswanathan Anand not worried about own form ahead of Chess Olympiad  Times of India

Chess News: "Generally, these days my form wobbles a lot more. I have noticed though that most players suffer from the same phenomenon. No one is able to ...

Viswanathan Anand not worried about own form ahead of Chess Olympiad - Times of India

Grand Chess Tour News - September 15, 2018 - 9:38am

Times of India

Viswanathan Anand not worried about own form ahead of Chess Olympiad
Times of India
He finished the Grand Chess Tour 2018 - a combination of blitz, rapid and classical time-control tournaments comprising four major events - in last place, with only 15 points. His last tournament victory came in March at the Tal Memorial rapid ...
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Anand not worried about own form ahead of Chess Olympiad - Times of India

Grand Chess Tour News - September 15, 2018 - 9:38am

Times of India

Anand not worried about own form ahead of Chess Olympiad
Times of India
He finished the Grand Chess Tour 2018 - a combination of blitz, rapid and classical time-control tournaments comprising four major events - in last place, with only 15 points. His last tournament victory came in March at the Tal Memorial rapid ...

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Chess960 Showdown 4: Svidler the nearly man - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - September 15, 2018 - 2:00am
Chess960 Showdown 4: Svidler the nearly man  chess24

On a final day with little intrigue in most of the matches, Peter Svidler came closest – both to beating Hikaru Nakamura, and to getting the chess960 position ...

2018 Chess Calendar - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - September 15, 2018 - 2:00am
2018 Chess Calendar  chess24

We're going to be spoiled for chess in 2018, with the Candidates Tournament in March deciding Magnus Carlsen's challenger for a match in November...

Strong 3rd Day For Vachier-Lagrave In St. Louis - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 13, 2018 - 2:00am
Strong 3rd Day For Vachier-Lagrave In St. Louis  Chess.com

During the first two days of the Champions Showdown in St. Louis, Sam Shankland did quite well, but on Thursday Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated him three ...

Makropoulos Takes Dvorkovich To FIDE, IOC Ethics Commissions - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 13, 2018 - 2:00am
Makropoulos Takes Dvorkovich To FIDE, IOC Ethics Commissions  Chess.com

With the October 3 FIDE presidential elections approaching, the battle between the three candidates is fierce. Today the team of Georgios Makropoulos ...

Diving Chess in London - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - September 12, 2018 - 2:00am
Diving Chess in London  Chessbase News

There is another "World Championship" in London this year — the fourth edition of the "Diving Chess" World Championship took place on August 27th at the ...

Chess960 Showdown 1: So and MVL shine - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - September 12, 2018 - 2:00am
Chess960 Showdown 1: So and MVL shine  chess24

Garry Kasparov traded wins with Veselin Topalov as the 2018 edition of the Champions Showdown got underway in St. Louis. Two of the four games we...

Topalov Leads Kasparov In Chess960 Match After Day 2 - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 12, 2018 - 2:00am
Topalov Leads Kasparov In Chess960 Match After Day 2  Chess.com

The Champions Showdown Chess960 matches are underway in St. Louis, with the fan focus being on the clash between the legendary Garry Kasparov and ...

Report: Peruvian Player Disqualified After Accusing Team Captain Of Sexual Harassment - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - September 11, 2018 - 2:00am
Report: Peruvian Player Disqualified After Accusing Team Captain Of Sexual Harassment  Chess.com

A Peruvian chess player was removed from the national Olympic team after she accused the team captain of sexual harassment, according to a report by the ...

"Oh Capablanca" | chess24.com - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - September 10, 2018 - 2:00am
"Oh Capablanca" | chess24.com  chess24

Juga, a Chilean songwriter, recently presented a song that reflects her emotions during a chess game. Every chess player that has ever competed will find at ...

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