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Carlsen, Mamedyarov Top Seeds In Shamkir - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 16, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen, Mamedyarov Top Seeds In Shamkir  Chess.com

If you experienced some chess withdrawal symptoms in the days after Grenke, we have good news. This week two top events start: the Gashimov Memorial in ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Grand Chess Tour News - April 15, 2018 - 3:13pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The St. Louis Chess Club (www.SaintLouisChessClub.org) is a major sponsor of invitational tournaments. Besides the US Championships and the Sinquefield Cup, part of the Grand Chess Tour, the club holds seasonal invitationals on a regular basis. Last ...

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Wesley So Teaches Chess - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 15, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So Teaches Chess  Chess.com

In an old article, I expressed the opinion that some games played by really strong grandmasters shouldn't be studied by inexperienced players. Therefore I ...

Garry Kasparov's 55th birthday - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - April 13, 2018 - 2:00am
Garry Kasparov's 55th birthday  Chessbase News

The 13th of April is "Kasparov-day". Today, 55 years ago, arguably the best player in chess history was born and since then has shaped the history of chess like ...

GM Solozhenkin Suspended For Making Cheating Accusations; Fellow GMs Protest - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 13, 2018 - 2:00am
GM Solozhenkin Suspended For Making Cheating Accusations; Fellow GMs Protest  Chess.com

The FIDE ethics commission has suspended GM Evgeniy Solozhenkin for making unsubstantiated allegations of cheating, published in different articles on the ...

Makropoulos To Run For FIDE President - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 11, 2018 - 9:15am

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Makropoulos To Run For FIDE President
Chess.com
[Pein, who is also a board member of the Grand Chess Tour, played an active role in the agreement between FIDE and the chess federation in Saudi Arabia to get the 2017 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship to Riyadh. - PD]. Will there be a place for ...

Makropoulos To Run For FIDE President - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 11, 2018 - 2:00am
Makropoulos To Run For FIDE President  Chess.com

Earlier this week, FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos announced his candidacy for FIDE president. For the October 2018 elections he will most likely ...

Kis fricska a sakkvilágbajnoknak a kihívó sikere - Origo

Grand Chess Tour News - April 10, 2018 - 6:28am

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Kis fricska a sakkvilágbajnoknak a kihívó sikere
Origo
Az amerikai Fabiano Caruana újabb nagy sikert ért el. A 25 éves sakkozót a berlini világbajnok-jelölti döntő megnyerése után Baden-Badenben is tornagyőztesként ünnepelték. Az 5. GRENKE Chess Classic viadalon a világbajnoki kihívó a norvég világbajnok ...

Berührt, geführt - FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Grand Chess Tour News - April 10, 2018 - 4:02am

FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Berührt, geführt
FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
An der Grand Chess Tour nimmt er heuer nicht teil, so dass man ihn wohl bei der Schacholympiade erwarten darf. Auf Caruanas Terminkalender stehen ab kommenden Dienstag die US-Meisterschaften in St. Louis, wo er selbst seit drei Jahren wohnt. Darauf ...

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Armenia hopes to receive visa-liberalization action plan from EU soon – official - Panorama.am

Grand Chess Tour News - April 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Armenia hopes to receive visa-liberalization action plan from EU soon – official  Panorama.am

Armenia hopes the European Union will soon provide the country with the action plan for launching the visa-liberalization dialogue, acting Deputy Foreign ...

Vlastimil Hort: Memories of Bobby Fischer (3) - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - April 8, 2018 - 2:00am
Vlastimil Hort: Memories of Bobby Fischer (3)  Chessbase News

75 years ago, March 9, 1943, Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago. He was genius and madman. In 1972 he became World Champion after winning a ...

Karjakin, Kramnik At Charity Event: Reflections On The Candidates - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 3, 2018 - 2:00am
Karjakin, Kramnik At Charity Event: Reflections On The Candidates  Chess.com

Last Saturday Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Kramnik were in Nice, France to participate in a one-day charity event that supported the Red Cross. Chess.com ...

13-Year-Old Keymer Wins Grenke Open Ahead Of 49 GMs - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 2, 2018 - 6:04pm

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13-Year-Old Keymer Wins Grenke Open Ahead Of 49 GMs
Chess.com
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave today joined Nikita Vitiugov in the lead at the Grenke Chess Classic in Karlsruhe. The Frenchman beat Hou Yifan with the black pieces. The big news was 13-year-old IM Vincent Keymer of Germany winning the super strong Grenke Open ...

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Rykteflom om at USA vil kuppe Magnus Carlsens VM-kamp. Nå slår sjakktopp tilbake. - Adresseavisen

Grand Chess Tour News - April 2, 2018 - 8:47am

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Rykteflom om at USA vil kuppe Magnus Carlsens VM-kamp. Nå slår sjakktopp tilbake.
Adresseavisen
Foto: Lennart Ootes, Grand Chess Tour. Overfor CBS uttalte den amerikanske stormesteren og Sinquefield-støttespilleren Yasser Seirawan at St. Louis kunne tilbudt en «betydelig større» premiepott enn 1 million dollar – som er den fastsatte premiepotten ...

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Rykteflom om at USA vil kuppe Magnus Carlsens VM-kamp. Nå slår sjakktopp tilbake. - Sunnmørsposten

Grand Chess Tour News - April 2, 2018 - 8:37am

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Rykteflom om at USA vil kuppe Magnus Carlsens VM-kamp. Nå slår sjakktopp tilbake.
Sunnmørsposten
Foto: Lennart Ootes, Grand Chess Tour. Overfor CBS uttalte den amerikanske stormesteren og Sinquefield-støttespilleren Yasser Seirawan at St. Louis kunne tilbudt en «betydelig større» premiepott enn 1 million dollar – som er den fastsatte premiepotten ...

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Рейтинговый шанс Мамедъярова - Azerisport.com

Grand Chess Tour News - April 2, 2018 - 7:34am

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Рейтинговый шанс Мамедъярова
Azerisport.com
К тому же, соревновательный график у него в ближайшие месяцы будет довольно насыщенный – Мемориал Вугара Гашимова в Шамкире, турнир в Ставангере, а также выступление в серии «Grand Chess Tour». Учитывая, что на предстоящих стартах также сыграет множество ведущих шахматистов, то азербайджанский ...

Magnus' next moves - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - March 30, 2018 - 2:00am
Magnus' next moves  Chessbase News

World Champion Magnus Carlsen has a busy Spring planned. He leads the field of the Grenke Chess Classic again this year from March 31st to April 9th.

Karjakin, Kramnik To Participate In Charity Blitz - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - March 30, 2018 - 2:00am
Karjakin, Kramnik To Participate In Charity Blitz  Chess.com

Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Kramnik, both participants in the recently concluded FIDE Candidates' Tournament, are in Nice, France to participate in a one-day ...

Caruana: 'I Think My Chances Are About 50-50' - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - March 30, 2018 - 2:00am
Caruana: 'I Think My Chances Are About 50-50'  Chess.com

"If I come well prepared, and I assume he will come well prepared as well, then it's going to be very close." Interviewed by Chess.com the day after winning the ...

First American since Fischer to play for title of chess champion - AOL

Grand Chess Tour News - March 28, 2018 - 7:05am

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First American since Fischer to play for title of chess champion
AOL
Fabiano Caruana, the Miami-born 25-year-old, will become the first American to play for the undisputed world chess title since the 1970s. Caruana won the right to challenge current champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, by defeating his opponents in a ...

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