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Caruana one point ahead
The Hindu
Fabiano Caruana has taken early advantage of the flurry of draws at the London Chess Classic. The American, who scored two back-to-back wins, was in sole lead as the tournament entered its second rest day. He has 3.5 points, one ahead of his nearest ...

Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive  Chess.com

London Classic: Nakamura misses win against Carlsen  Chessbase News

What a fun round it was. Round six may not have had many wins, but it was not short of excitement. The big game was between Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus ...

Another Escape Gets Carlsen First Win In London  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen was again on the verge of losing at the London Chess Classic today, again came back into the game and this time even won, vs. Michael ...

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Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive
Chess.com
Hikaru Nakamura had Magnus Carlsen on the ropes today, but failed to deliver. The only winner in round six of the London Chess Classic was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who beat Michael Adams. Nakamura not winning his game was bad news for Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ...

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London Chess Classic: Caruana one point ahead
Sportstarlive
But with six rounds remaining, there is plenty of chess left in the last stop of the Grand Chess Tour. Caruana's wins have come over Sergey Karjakin and five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand, both of whom thus are on two points. He had beaten the ...

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London chess classic: Caruana one point ahead
The Hindu
Fabiano Caruana has taken early advantage of the flurry of draws at the London Chess Classic. The American, who scored two back-to-back wins, was in sole lead as the tournament entered its second rest day. He has 3.5 points, one ahead of his nearest ...

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Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive  Chess.com

Hikaru Nakamura had Magnus Carlsen on the ropes today, but failed to deliver. The only winner in round six of the London Chess Classic was Ian ...

AlphaZero Chess: Reactions From Top GMs, Stockfish Author  Chess.com

The news about AlphaZero beating Stockfish 64-36 without a single loss after just four hours of self-training has shocked the chess world. Chess.com has early ...

Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive  Chess.com

Hikaru Nakamura had Magnus Carlsen on the ropes today, but failed to deliver. The only winner in round six of the London Chess Classic was Ian ...

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So shares No.2 in Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
Defending champion Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So scored 2.5 points after five rounds to share the second spot with six other players in the prestigious 2017 Grand Chess Tour – London Classic being held at the Olympia Conference Center in London, England ...
London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon ...Firstpost

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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win  Firstpost

In the game between Viswanathan Anand and Aronian, the latter sort of found a way to get into the realms of his favourite Marshall Gambit despite Anand's ...

London Classic: Caruana wins again  Chessbase News

Round five promised a lot more than what it yielded, but the audience won't have left feeling the players did not deliver. Magnus Carlsen played a masterful ...

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London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win
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Vachier-Lagrave's game against world champion Magnus Carlsen was the most significant encounter of the round as the former is trailing the latter on the overall Grand Chess Tour Standings for the top prize. Vachier-Lagrave was also able to get a better ...

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London Chess Classic: Caruana draws first blood
Sportstarlive
07 December, 2017 00:11 IST. Fabiano Caruana (left) beat Sergey Karjakin to emerge as sole leader. Finally, there was blood on the board. Fabiano Caruana of the United States broke the deadlock in the London Chess Classic with a victory over Sergey ...

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DeepMind's AlphaZero crushes chess  chess24

20 years after DeepBlue defeated Garry Kasparov in a match, chess players have awoken to a new revolution. The AlphaZero algorithm developed by Google ...

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London Chess Classic: Draw rules the day
Sportstarlive
All the five games were draws in the third round of the last event of the Grand Chess Tour. So, 15 games have failed to produce a decisive result in this tournament featuring some of the biggest names in the name. Round three, however, nearly had one ...
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Anand holds Carlsen
The Hindu
It was another day of draws at the London Chess Classic. All the five games were drawn in the third round of the last event of the Grand Chess Tour. So, 15 games have failed to produce a decisive result in this tournament featuring some of the biggest ...
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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Magnus Carlsen; tournament yet to witness first decisive game
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who is chasing Carlsen for the top prize in the overall Grand Chess Tour series, found some neat ways in the opening to keep the position dynamic in his game against Michael Adams. Quite characteristically, Adams went for a ...
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Caruana Breaks Spell, Beats Karjakin In London  Chess.com

After the first 19 games had ended in a draw, Fabiano Caruana broke the spell and beat Sergey Karjakin at the end of the fourth round of the London Chess ...