Grand Chess Tour in the News

Hetq Online
Wesley drops to no. 8 in world rankings
The Standard
FILIPINO grandmaster Wesley So admitted that he did not play his best games in the 5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Grand Chess Tour in Saint Louis, Missouri. So said this after he finished with one win, four draws and four losses to settle for last place with ...
Aronian in 4th Place at Grand Chess Tour 2017Hetq Online

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The Wait Is Kaspar-over  Chess.com

It has been 4539 days since GM Garry Kasparov played a rated chess game. Internet and St. Louis Chess Club audiences, neither of whom even existed a ...

‘Chess god’ Garry Kasparov returns to compete 12 years later  The Indian Express

Garry Kasparov utterly dominated the sport from 1985 to 2000. Since his withdrawal from a tournament in Linares, Spain in March 2005, the Russian's absence ...

Hetq Online
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Grand Chess Tour's Sinquefield Cup (www.GrandcChessTour.org) continues with Maxime Vachier Lagrave holding a slim half-point lead with 4.5/6. Right behind are world champion Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, and Vishy Anand all with 4/6.
Lagrave risesPhilippine Star
Aronian in 4th Place at Grand Chess Tour 2017Hetq Online

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Lagrave rises
Philippine Star
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his final round game, and the 2017 Sinquefield Cup Friday in St. Louis (Missouri), USA, finishing a half point clear of Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen, for his first grand chess tour title. The 27-year-old Frenchman made an ...

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Hetq Online
Aronian in 4th Place at Grand Chess Tour 2017
Hetq Online
Armenia's Levon Aronian is in fourth place in the Grand Chess Tour 2017 after the Paris, Your Next Move, and Sinquefield Cup tournaments. The 2017 Grand Chess Tour is a series of five chess tournaments held throughout the year and across the globe.

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Hetq Online
Aronian in 4th Place at Grand Chess Tour 2017
Hetq Online
Armenia's Levon Aronian is in fourth place in the Grand Chess Tour 2017 after the Paris, Your Next Move, and Sinquefield Cup tournaments. The 2017 Grand Chess Tour is a series of five chess tournaments held throughout the year and across the globe.

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Azerbaijan`s Rasulov wins 25th Troya International Open Chess Tournament  AZERTAC News

Azerbaijani Vugar Rasulov has claimed a gold medal at the 25th Troya International Open Chess Tournament held in Canakkale, Turkey. Georgian Davit ...

Sinquefield Cup: MVL WINS!  Chessbase News

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins the Sinquefield Cup, the first classical event of the 2017 the Grand Chess Tour. He settled the matter without consideration for ...

Чемпионат.com
Француз Вашье-Лаграв одержал победу на этапе Grand Chess Tour в Сент-Луисе
Чемпионат.com
В Сент-Луисе сыграны партии заключительного тура этапа Grand Chess Tour. Победителем этапа стал французский гроссмейстер Максим Вашье-Лаграв, который в сегодняшнем противостоянии белыми фигурами одержал победу над ...
Вашье-Лаграв выиграл этапа Grand Chess Tour в Сент-Луисе, Карякин - 5-йСПОРТ - ЭКСПРЕСС
Француз Вашье-Лаграв стал победителем этапа Grand Chess Tour в Сент-ЛуисеРИА Новости
Карякин воспользовался тем, что американец дрогнулМосковский Комсомолец
Рамблер Новости -SPORT.RU
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India TV
Viswanathan Anand draws with Vachier-Lagrave to remain in joint lead
India TV
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Maxime Vachier- Lagrave of France to remain in joint lead after the end of the eighth and penultimate round of Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour. Anand played his last ...

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Times of India
Anand draws with Vachier-Lagrave; remains in joint lead at Sinquefield Cup
Times of India
ST. LOUIS (USA): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to remain in joint lead after the end of the eighth and penultimate round of Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour.

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Anand draws with Vachier-Lagrave; remains in joint lead
Outlook India
St. Louis (USA), Aug 11 Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Maxime Vachier- Lagrave of France to remain in joint lead after the end of the eighth and penultimate round of Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour.

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An Endgame lesson and personalities at the Charleroi Open 2017  Chessbase News

In the first part of the Charleroi Open 2017 we focused on the tournament, on the games and on the winners of the tournament. In the second part we will shift our ...

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: The return of the king | St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
It was the fall of 1995, and I was on the top floor of the World Trade Center. I watched on a TV monitor as two players concentrated intensely on a.

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KBIA
On Chess: The return of the king
KBIA
A big announcement is made in early July: Garry Kasparov will come out of retirement and receive a wildcard to play in the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz, one of the stops on the Grand Chess Tour. This will pit the former world champion against nine of ...

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All India Radio
Chess: Anand jumps to joint top position in Sinquefield Cup
All India Radio
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand has jumped to the joint top position in the Sinquefield Cup, which is a part of the Grand Chess tour. In the seventh round of the competition at St Louis in the United States, Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi ...

The Indian Express
Viswanathan Anand beats Ian Nepomniachtchi to jump to joint lead in Sinquefield Cup
The Indian Express
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in the seventh round to jump to the joint top position in the Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour at St Louis. The second straight victory with white pieces ...
Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand becomes joint leader after impressive win over Ian NepomniachtchiFirstpost

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Times of India
Anand beats Nepomniachtchi to jump to joint lead at Sinquefield ...
Times of India
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in the seventh round to jump to the joint top position in the Sinquefield ...
Sinquefield Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand becomes joint leader ...Firstpost
GM So salvages draw against GM CaruanaThe Standard

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So suffers third defeat in Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So absorbed his third loss to drop to No.3 after six rounds of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour – Sinquefield Cup on Thursday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in the US. The 23-year old Cavite City pride ...

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