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Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - June 26, 2018 - 2:00am
Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup  chess24

The last clash between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana before their World Championship match now looks set to take place this August in the Si...

Grand Chess Tour Paris: Hikaru Nakamura wins title on dramatic final day; Viswanathan Anand finishes sixth - Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour News - June 26, 2018 - 1:58am

Grand Chess Tour Paris: Hikaru Nakamura wins title on dramatic final day; Viswanathan Anand finishes sixth
Firstpost
The battles moved to the blitz time control on the fourth day of the Grand Chess Tour in Paris. Instead of 20 minutes with a ten-second delay, the players now had only five minutes and a three-second delay to make their moves. And after eighteen ...

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Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz - BusinessWorld Online (press release)

Grand Chess Tour News - June 25, 2018 - 8:14am

BusinessWorld Online (press release)

Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz
BusinessWorld Online (press release)
The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is a circuit of chess tournaments where the world Top 10 players compete for multiple prize pools. This started in 2015 and, as expected, world champion Magnus Carlsen became Tour Champion. In 2016, in a big shock heard ...

Nakamura Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
Nakamura Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

Hikaru Nakamura won the $37500 first prize at the Paris Grand Chess Tour after a dramatic day with more blunders than ever. Sergey Karjakin collapsed a few ...

GCT Paris: Nakamura by a nose - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
GCT Paris: Nakamura by a nose  Chessbase News

Sergey Karjakin seemed unstoppable after Saturday's first nine rounds of blitz, however, Nakamura finally emerged as the winner of the Paris Grand Chess Tour ...

Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz - BusinessWorld Online

Grand Chess Tour News - June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz  BusinessWorld Online

The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is a circuit of chess tournaments where the world Top 10 players compete for multiple prize pools. This started in 2015 and, ...

"I don't see Nigel as a great leadership candidate" - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
"I don't see Nigel as a great leadership candidate"  Chessbase News

IM Malcolm Pein, now a candidate for FIDE Deputy President, took time out from a full schedule for a chat with Macauley Peteron in Leuven at the end of the ...

Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - June 25, 2018 - 1:24am

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Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour
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Hikaru Nakamura overtook Sergey Karjakin on the final day of blitz to take home the winner's trophy from the Paris Grand Chess Tour. The American displayed his great skills at accelerated time controls as he only lost one game in both sections. Wesley ...
Aronian finishes 4th in 2018 Paris GCTMediamax.am

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Nakamura Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Nakamura Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

Hikaru Nakamura won the $37500 first prize at the Paris Grand Chess Tour after a dramatic day with more blunders than ever. Sergey Karjakin collapsed a few ...

Grand Chess Tour Paris LIVE - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour Paris LIVE  Chessbase News

Wesley So won the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2018, the combined rapid chess and blitz tournament in Leuven. The tour continues with an equivalent ...

Grand Chess Tour Paris LIVE - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour Paris LIVE  Chessbase News

Wesley So won the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2018, the combined rapid chess and blitz tournament in Leuven. The tour continues with an equivalent ...

Nakamura Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Nakamura Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

Hikaru Nakamura won the $37500 first prize at the Paris Grand Chess Tour after a dramatic day with more blunders than ever. Sergey Karjakin collapsed a few ...

Paris Grand Chess Tour Blitz: Karjakin Takes Over - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 23, 2018 - 4:56pm

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Paris Grand Chess Tour Blitz: Karjakin Takes Over
Chess.com
With one day of blitz to go at the Paris Grand Chess Tour, Sergey Karjakin is one point ahead of Hikaru Nakamura. Wesley So, who lost two games today, is half a point further down. Today the Paris tournament switched to the blitz time control of five ...
Grand Chess Tour Paris: Wesley So leads after ninth round ...Firstpost
Chess: Hot streak continues, as Wesley So rules Paris rapid competitionABS-CBN News
Chess notes - The Boston GlobeThe Boston Globe
Philippine Star
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Grand Chess Tour News - June 23, 2018 - 12:40pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The “Your Next Move” Grand Chess Tour event in Leuven, Belgium, had a very exciting finish. Wesley So held a two-point lead after six rounds of rapids, which he expanded to three points after nine rounds. Now it was time for 18 rounds of blitz. All ...
Grand Chess Tour Paris: Wesley So leads after ninth round, Viswanathan Anand retains shared fourth placeFirstpost
Chess: Hot streak continues, as Wesley So rules Paris rapid competitionABS-CBN News
So world No. 2 in rapid chessPhilippine Star

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Grand Chess Tour Paris: Wesley So leads after ninth round, Viswanathan Anand retains shared fourth place - Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour News - June 23, 2018 - 7:16am

Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour Paris: Wesley So leads after ninth round, Viswanathan Anand retains shared fourth place
Firstpost
On the final day of Rapid chess at the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand scored only one point to finish tied for the fourth place. In his three games of the day, Anand scored two draws and lost a game to Hikaru Nakamura in the ...

GCT Paris: So takes slim margin to blitz - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 23, 2018 - 2:00am
GCT Paris: So takes slim margin to blitz  Chessbase News

Another single round-robin of rapid chess was completed in Paris over the past three days. This weekend the French capital hosts a double-round blitz ...

Ivory Coast to host major African tournament - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Ivory Coast to host major African tournament  Chessbase News

An unprecedented rapid & blitz invitational tournament is being organised in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Ten players from ten different African countries will participate ...

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