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American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Wins 2017 London Chess Classic
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LONDON, Dec. 18, 2017 — After nine rounds of competition spanning 10 days, American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana was named the winner of the final leg of the prestigious Grand Chess Tour (GCT), the 2017 London Chess Classic. The contest went down to ...

American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Wins 2017 London Chess Classic
PR Newswire (press release)
LONDON, Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine rounds of competition spanning 10 days, American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana was named the winner of the final leg of the prestigious Grand Chess Tour (GCT), the 2017 London Chess Classic. The contest ...

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Stabroek News
Around the world in chess
Stabroek News
The 1997 match was the first defeat of a reigning world chess champion by a computer under tournament conditions. American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana emerged winner of the London Chess Classic by registering a playoff blitz victory against Ian ...

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Business Standard
Fabiano Caruana won the London Classic and Magnus Carlsen won the overall Grand Chess Tour. Only Maxime Vachier-Lagrave could have caught Carlsen and MVL had to take clear first. Caruana tied with Ian Nepomniachtchi (both 6 /9). MVL, Carlsen and Wesley ...

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On Chess: Grandmaster Caruana wins 2017 London Chess Classic
KBIA
The last leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour, the London Chess Classic, produced not one, but two winners. For the first time, the winner of the London tournament wasn't also the overall tour winner. After a dramatic last round, St. Louis resident Fabiano ...
Caruana emerges on topThe Hindu

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On Chess: Grandmaster Caruana wins 2017 London Chess Classic ...
St. Louis Public Radio
The last leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour, the London Chess Classic, produced not one, but two winners. For the first time, the winner of the London tournament wasn't also the overall tour winner. After a dramatic last round, St. Louis resident Fabiano ...
Caruana emerges on topThe Hindu

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On Chess: Grandmaster Caruana wins 2017 London Chess Classic  St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Grandmaster Caruana wins 2017 London Chess Classic  St. Louis Public Radio

The last leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour, the London Chess Classic, produced not one, but two winners. For the first time, the winner of the London.

Nepomniachtchi on London, Carlsen & AlphaZero  chess24

After a tough year Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi scored a triumph in the London Chess Classic, finishing tied for first and sharing the prize money with Fabiano ...

On Chess: Grandmaster Caruana wins 2017 London Chess Classic  St. Louis Public Radio

The last leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour, the London Chess Classic, produced not one, but two winners. For the first time, the winner of the London.

Wesley finishes 5th in London Chess Classic
The Manila Times
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So wound up fifth overall in the prestigious 2017 Grand Chess Tour – London Classic held at the Olympia Conference Center in London, England. The 24-year old Cavite City pride scored five points on eight draws and one ...

Monmouthshire Beacon
Chepstow's chess champions
Monmouthshire Beacon
The pupils played their matches on the same stage where the final round of the Grand Chess Tour was being held and even had it broadcast on the internet which was quite the experience according to Harrison. He said: “It's really nerve-wracking and its ...

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So trounces Anand, ties for fourth
Inquirer.net
Wesley So downed former world champion Viswanathan Anand of India Monday night to finish in the upper half of the London Chess Classic won by Fabiano Caruana. Counting his eight straight draws earlier, So finished with 5.0 points in a tie with world ...
Levon Aronian finishes third in Grand Chess TourMediamax.am
Grand Chess Tour: Armenia's Aronian places 3rdInformation-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog)
Wesley So beats former world champ Anand, finishes co-3rd in London Chess ClassicRappler
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Inquirer.net
So trounces Anand, ties for fourth
Inquirer.net
Wesley So downed former world champion Viswanathan Anand of India Monday night to finish in the upper half of the London Chess Classic won by Fabiano Caruana. Counting his eight straight draws earlier, So finished with 5.0 points in a tie with world ...

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London Classic: Caruana emerges on top
The Hindu
Fabiano Caruana was the first to break the monotony of draws at the London Chess Classic. The American won the last game too, though it was in the blitz format, to become the champion at the last stop of the Grand Chess Tour. The tour, however, was won ...
So trounces Anand, ties for fourthInquirer.net
London Chess Classic: Fabiano Caruana wins title after play-offs; Viswanathan Anand loses to Wesley So in final roundFirstpost
Levon Aronian finishes third in Grand Chess TourMediamax.am
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am (press release) (blog) -Rappler -Panorama.am
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DEL16 photo advisory 1600 hrs
The New Indian Express
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Caruana Tops London; Carlsen Wins Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

Fabiano Caruana won the London Chess Classic after beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in a playoff. Both players had finished on 6/9. Magnus Carlsen, who beat ...

Wesley So beats former world champ Anand, finishes co-3rd in London Chess Classic  Rappler

(UPDATED) Wesley So collected draws in all his previous matches before pulling off his win over Anand in the $300000 chess classic.

Levon Aronian finishes third in Grand Chess Tour  Mediamax.am

The Grand Chess Tour ended with completion of London Chess Classis, and Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian finished third by overall results. Aronian lost ...

Caruana wins London Classic, but Carlsen takes the Tour  Chessbase News

Ian Nepomniachtchi made a quick draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in under 30 minutes giving him a share of first place. But he had to wait nearly six hours to ...