Grand Chess Tour in the News

Kasparov’s return to chess ‘not a sensation’, chess legend Karpov says  TASS

On Wednesday, Kasparov, 54, announced that he would resume his career to play in the Grand Chess Tour.

On Chess: Young defending champions face off against the favorites  St. Louis Public Radio

One of the most contested tournaments, The U.S. Junior Championships, begins this week. The event will take place at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center.

Telegraph.co.uk
The king is back: Chess legend Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement
Telegraph.co.uk
The event is part of the prestigious Grand Chess Tour, a "grand slam" set of tournaments that is bankrolled by UK billionaire Rex Sinquefield and seen as a rival to the events organised by Fide, the official world governing body. Kasparov, whose ...
Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Is Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In St. Louis TournamentForbes
Chess champ Kasparov to come out of retirement for St. Louis tournamentSt. Louis Business Journal
Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement for inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz EventThe Indian Express
TASS -Firstpost -India.com
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Chess.com
BREAKING: Kasparov To Play St. Louis Rapid, Blitz
Chess.com
Kasparov at the Paris Grand Chess Tour Pro-Am day two weeks ago. | Photo: Maria Emelianova. The Grand Chess Tour organizers today announced that one of the wildcards for the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz next month is...Garry Kasparov. Kasparov, now ...

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Forbes
Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Is Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In St. Louis Tournament
Forbes
Ten players will compete for a total purse of $150,000 in the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Competition, part of the international Grand Chess Tour circuit which features some of the best players in the world. It takes place immediately following another ...
Chess champ Kasparov to come out of retirement for St. Louis tournamentSt. Louis Business Journal
The king is back: Chess legend Garry Kasparov comes out of retirementTelegraph.co.uk
Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement for inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz EventThe Indian Express
TASS -Firstpost -India.com
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Forbes
Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Is Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In St. Louis Tournament
Forbes
Ten players will compete for a total purse of $150,000 in the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Competition, part of the international Grand Chess Tour circuit which features some of the best players in the world. It takes place immediately following another ...

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Chess.com
Chess.com Pic Inspires Epic Reddit Photoshop Battle
Chess.com
For his victory at the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour in Leuven, Belgium Magnus Carlsen received a silver plate with a reflection as strong as a mirror. Chess.com photographer spent several minutes and took dozens of photos, until she snapped what she ...

World Team Chess Championship
BusinessWorld Online Edition
... with their so-called “nerds” in place the US chess team won the 2016 Baku Olympiad, but for the World Team Championship their top 3 (meaning Wesley, Caruana and Nakamura) were not available due to scheduling conflicts with the Grand Chess Tour.

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Historic Sinquefield Cup Brings Top World Chess Talent to Saint Louis; Legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Legendary World Champion and 13th World Champion in chess history, Garry Kasparov, is coming out of retirement to participate in the inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Event - the fourth stop on the 2017 Grand Chess Tour - held at the Chess Club and ...

Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Is Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In St. Louis Tournament  Forbes

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in events Leuven leg?  Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?  Firstpost

After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at ...

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?  Firstpost

After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at ...

Kasparov To Play St. Louis Rapid, Blitz  Chess.com

In 2005, Garry Kasparov retired from competitive chess. Since then, he only played exhibition games and simuls. But now he'll be back. For real. Kasparov at the ...

Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Is Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In St. Louis Tournament  Forbes Now

After 12 years, chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov is returning to the boards to play in a tournament in St. Louis, Missouri.

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?  Firstpost

After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at ...

Garry Kasparov returns to competition!  Chessbase News

This is neither prank nor clever wording: Garry Kasparov will be playing in the official St. Louis leg of the Grand Chess Tour from August 14-19, 2017. Please ...

Firstpost
Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?
Firstpost
After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at plans of retirement. Talking to grandmaster Maurice Ashley about his topsy-turvy play ...

"No point playing chess like this," Viswanathan Anand hints at retirement  Sportskeeda

At the Leuven leg of the Grand Chess tour, India's number one chess player Viswanathan Anand may have finally dropped a hint of his inevitable retirement.

Study of the Month: Rocking rooks  Chessbase News

In his new article, Siegfried Hornecker shows how rooks can be the rock stars of the chessboard. We look at the inofficial "Study of the Year 2015" by Serbian ...