Grand Chess Tour in the News

The Times of Israel
Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return
The Times of Israel
Grandmaster chess player Garry Kasparov, left, makes the first move as he plays grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the opening round of the Grand Chess Tour at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis, August 14, 2017. (AFP/BILL ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 yearsFirstpost
Kasparov to play with Karjakin in first round of St. Louis chess tournamentTASS
The Clash of the Titans: Kasparov vs AnandNewsBytes
Times of India -The Indian Express
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Hindustan Times
Chess legend Garry Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return
Hindustan Times
Grandmaster Garry Kasparov contemplates a move against GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the opening round of the Grand Chess Tour at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis on Monday.(AFP). Twelve years after trading chess for politics, ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All Eyes on Garry Kasparov ReturnPrensa Latina
Kasparov to play with Karjakin in first round of St. Louis chess tournamentTASS
The Clash of the Titans: Kasparov vs AnandNewsBytes
Times of India -The Indian Express
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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Aronian wins two games, loses one
Panorama.am
The ten GMs taking part in Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, the fourth stop on the Grand Chess Tour 2017, have played three rounds in Rapid event. Armenian GM Levon Aronian claimed two wins, and suffered one defeat, collecting a total of 4 points.
Rapid & Blitz chess tournament with USD 150k. prize fund kicks off in St. LouisMediamax.am
Liêm second in US chess eventViet Nam News
Levon Aronian starts St. Louis Rapid with victoryPanARMENIAN.Net

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Mediamax.am
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Aronian wins two games, loses one
Panorama.am
The ten GMs taking part in Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, the fourth stop on the Grand Chess Tour 2017, have played three rounds in Rapid event. Armenian GM Levon Aronian claimed two wins, and suffered one defeat, collecting a total of 4 points.
Rapid & Blitz chess tournament with USD 150k. prize fund kicks off ...Mediamax.am

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Viet Nam News
Liêm tops US chess event
Viet Nam News
Liêm will compete against Lenier Dominguez of Cuba (2803), Ivan Nepomniachtchi of Russia (2819) and Levon Aronian of Armenia (2799) in the next three matches. The tournament, which is part of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) system, has a prize money of ...

Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return  The Times of Israel

ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — Twelve years after trading chess for politics, Garry Kasparov proved Monday that time hadn't dulled his edge as he battled to ...

Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return  New Straits Times Online

ST. LOUIS: Twelve years after trading chess for politics, Garry Kasparov proved Monday that time hadn't dulled his edge as he battled to a draw with a fellow ...

Chess legend Garry Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return  Hindustan Times

Twelve years after trading chess for politics, Garry Kasparov proved on Monday that time hadn't dulled his edge as he battled to a draw three times with a fellow ...

The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament
Markets Insider
The Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament is the third of five stops on the Grand Chess Tour. Other stops on the tour include Paris (GCT), Belgium (Your Next Move), London (Chess Classic), and St. Louis (Rapid & Blitz). The total prize money available in ...

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Broadway World
The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament
Broadway World
The Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament is the third of five stops on the Grand Chess Tour. Other stops on the tour include Paris (GCT), Belgium (Your Next Move), London (Chess Classic), and St. Louis (Rapid & Blitz). The total prize money available in ...

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The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament is the third of five stops on the Grand Chess Tour. Other stops on the tour include Paris (GCT), Belgium (Your Next Move), London (Chess Classic), and St. Louis (Rapid & Blitz). The total prize money available in ...

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Firstpost
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 years
Firstpost
The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz event started off at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Sunday evening as a relaxed and jovial affair, despite being next leg of the Grand Chess Tour with equal weightage of Grand Prix points. It will ...
The Clash of the Titans: Kasparov vs AnandNewsBytes
Kasparov to play with Karjakin in first round of St. Louis chess tournamentTASS
World awaits return of Anand-Kasparov clashTimes of India

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Rapid & Blitz chess tournament with USD 150k. prize fund kicks off in St. Louis
Mediamax.am
Participants of Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of Grand Chess Tour took part in a draw after signing autographs. 10 grandmasters including Levon Aronian will compete for championship on August 14-19. They will hold 1 round of rapid and 2 rounds of blitz ...

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Kasparov to play with Karjakin in first round of St. Louis chess tournament  TASS

MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. Garry Kasparov and Sergey Karjakin will play a game in the first round of the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, according to ...

The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament  Markets Insider

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The House of Staunton is proud to announce their newest masterpiece, a commemorative chess set ...

Goodbye Sinquefield Cup, hello Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz  Chessbase News

Closing the books on the Sinquefield Cup with video from the closing ceremony, and turning to the next major event right on its heels, the Saint Louis Rapid and ...

Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return  The Nation

ST. LOUIS - Twelve years after trading chess for politics, Garry Kasparov proved Monday that time hadn't dulled his edge as he battled to a draw with a fellow ...

Kasparov to play with Karjakin in first round of St. Louis chess tournament
TASS
In early July, Kasparov announced the resumption of his career and plans to take part in the Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour. President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov later informed TASS that the issue of Kasparov's return ...

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Hetq Online
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
He kept playing, but fans are always looking for signs of trouble and trouble they found this summer when Anand finished 8 th and then last in the Grand Chess Tour events in Paris and Leuven, Belgium. In an interview with Maurice Ashley at one of the ...
Aronian in 4th Place at Grand Chess Tour 2017Hetq Online

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Times of India
World awaits return of Anand-Kasparov clash
Times of India
The six regular Grand Chess Tour participants in this five-day meet from August 14-18 are Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana. Kasparov, who became world champion at the ...

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