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Paris Grand Chess Tour Day 2: So Takes The Lead - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 21, 2018 - 2:00am
Paris Grand Chess Tour Day 2: So Takes The Lead  Chess.com

Wesley So has a slim lead going into the final day of rapid at the Paris Grand Chess Tour. On Thursday the Leuven winner scored 2.5/3, and is chased by Levon ...

GCT Paris: So steps up the scoreboard - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 21, 2018 - 2:00am
GCT Paris: So steps up the scoreboard  Chessbase News

After the second day of the GCT rapid tournament in Paris, as in Leuven last week, Wesley So has taken the lead again. Today, the US Grandmaster won two ...

GCT Paris: Three lead after three rounds - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 21, 2018 - 2:00am
GCT Paris: Three lead after three rounds  Chessbase News

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour has begun, with three rapid chess rounds played in Paris today. After the first third of the rapid round-robin, ...

Paris GCT, Day 1: Caruana's woes continue - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - June 20, 2018 - 9:10pm

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Paris GCT, Day 1: Caruana's woes continue
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Three players finished the first day of rapid chess on +1 at the Paris stage of the Grand Chess Tour. Anand, Aronian and So opened up a small gap, but nothing is even close to being decided in the 27-round tournament. In such a uniform field, it is ...
Anand, So, Aronian Lead Paris Grand Chess Tour Day 1Chess.com
Aronian leads in 2018 Paris GCT rapidMediamax.am

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Three-way Tie As Grand Chess Tour Resumes In Paris - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 20, 2018 - 4:42pm

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Three-way Tie As Grand Chess Tour Resumes In Paris
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The second leg of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour took off today in Paris. After three rounds of rapid, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian and Wesley So are on plus one. The Paris Grand Chess Tour is again sponsored by Vivendi, owner of Canal+. It is in their ...

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Anand, So, Aronian Lead Paris Grand Chess Tour Day 1 - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 20, 2018 - 2:00am
Anand, So, Aronian Lead Paris Grand Chess Tour Day 1  Chess.com

The second leg of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour took off today in Paris. After three rounds of rapid, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian and Wesley So are on ...

KCF Young Stars "working with Garry" - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 20, 2018 - 2:00am
KCF Young Stars "working with Garry"  Chessbase News

The Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) and Saint Louis Chess Club have been running the very successful Young Stars – Team USA program for the past six ...

"FIDE should be encouraging chess, not discouraging it" - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 19, 2018 - 2:00am
"FIDE should be encouraging chess, not discouraging it"  Chessbase News

Nigel Short is in a four-way race for President of FIDE, to be decided in an election in Batumi at the Chess Olympiad on October 3rd. Until a few days ago, it was ...

FIDE's African Gambit - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 19, 2018 - 2:00am
FIDE's African Gambit  Chess.com

October 3 will not only see the elections for a new FIDE president, but also that of the leadership of the chess continents Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.

"FIDE should be encouraging chess, not discouraging it" - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 19, 2018 - 2:00am
"FIDE should be encouraging chess, not discouraging it"  Chessbase News

Nigel Short is in a four-way race for President of FIDE, to be decided in an election in Batumi at the Chess Olympiad on October 3rd. Until a few days ago, it was ...

Grand Chess Tour Leuven 2018 - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 19, 2018 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour Leuven 2018  Chessbase News

6/19/2018 – Nigel Short is in a four-way race for President of FIDE, to be decided in an election in Batumi at the Chess Olympiad on October 3rd. Until a few days ...

Wesley So tops Grand Chess Tour opening leg in Belgium - ABS-CBN News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 18, 2018 - 2:25am

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Wesley So tops Grand Chess Tour opening leg in Belgium
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Karjakin, who got 10 in the rapid, and Vachiere-Lagrave, who tallied 11 in rapid and 10.5 in blitz, amassed 21.5 points each in the $150,000 tournament serving as the first leg of the $1.2 million country-hopping Grand Chess Tour. So, born in Cavite ...

Studies of Isenegger - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 18, 2018 - 2:00am
Studies of Isenegger  Chessbase News

Samuel Isenegger was a Swiss chess composer who worked as an editor of the "Schweizerische Schachzeitung" (the Swiss Chess Newspaper). Udo Nouvertne ...

Contrasting fortunes for Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna - Times of India

Grand Chess Tour News - June 18, 2018 - 2:00am
Contrasting fortunes for Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna  Times of India

Chess News: India's top two Grandmasters experienced contrasting fortunes this week. While India No. 1 Viswanathan Anand finished eighth in the first leg of ...

Svidler and Harikrishna win rapid matches - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - June 18, 2018 - 2:00am
Svidler and Harikrishna win rapid matches  chess24

For a couple of weeks, at least, rapid chess has taken over the world! While most of the top players were in Leuven for the opening stage of the ...

Wesley So tops Grand Chess Tour opening leg in Belgium - ABS-CBN News

Grand Chess Tour News - June 18, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So tops Grand Chess Tour opening leg in Belgium  ABS-CBN News

Wesley So survived a mediocre showing in the blitz event to rule the Your Next Move tournament in Leuven, Belgium, on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Leuven Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand's improved show helps him finish fifth; Wesley So wins tournament - Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour News - June 17, 2018 - 9:58am

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Leuven Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand's improved show helps him finish fifth; Wesley So wins tournament
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On the final day of the blitz event, Viswanathan Anand continued to improve his leaderboard standing by adding another 4.5 points to his tally to finish with a score of 9.5/18. If Anand's performance in the 'Blitz' leg is to be considered, he did not ...

Wesley So Wins Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - June 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So Wins Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

Wesley So won the $37500 first prize at the Your Next Move tournament in Leuven, Belgium. He was the only player to score 22/27 after a thrilling final round in ...

Leuven Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand's improved show helps him finish fifth; Wesley So wins tournament - Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour News - June 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Leuven Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand's improved show helps him finish fifth; Wesley So wins tournament  Firstpost

On the final day of the blitz event, Viswanathan Anand continued to improve his leaderboard standing by adding another 4.5 points to his tally to finish with a ...

Leuven Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand's improved show helps him finish fifth; Wesley So wins tournament - Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour News - June 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Leuven Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand's improved show helps him finish fifth; Wesley So wins tournament  Firstpost

On the final day of the blitz event, Viswanathan Anand continued to improve his leaderboard standing by adding another 4.5 points to his tally to finish with a ...

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