Grand Chess Tour in the News

Anand draws with Caruana in Sinquefield opener
Business Standard
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Fabiano Caruana of United States in the first round of Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, that got underway here. Up against a French defense from the Italian turned ...

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Chess notes  The Boston Globe

The big local news comes all the way from Indianapolis, where Lexington High senior and soon- to-be Ohio State Buckeye Mika Brattain has just won the 2016 ...

The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Chess Olympiad (www.BakuChessOlympiad.com) takes place Sept. 1 to 9 in Baku, Azberjian. Advertisement. The Sinquefeld Cup, the next stop on the 2016 Grand Chess Tour (www.GrandChessTour.org), started play at the St. Louis Chess Club on Aug.

Anand to face Caruana in Sinquefield opener
The Hindu
As part of the Grand chess tour (GCT), the Sinquefield Cup offers a prize pool of $300000 out of which $75000 is reserved for the winner. There is an additional $150000 prize fund for the overall top two winners of GCT. In-form Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ...

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Times of India
Anand to face Caruana in Sinquefield opener
Times of India
As part of the Grand chess tour (GCT), the Sinquefield Cup offers a prize pool of USD 300000 (Rs. 20 million Approx.) out of which USD 75000 is reserved for the winner. There is an additional USD 150000 prize fund for the overall top two winners of GCT.

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Anand to face Caruana in Sinquefield opener
Business Standard
As part of the Grand chess tour (GCT), the Sinquefield Cup offers a prize pool of USD 300000 (Rs. 20 million Approx.) out of which USD 75000 is reserved for the winner. There is an additional USD 150000 prize fund for the overall top two winners of GCT.

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Sinquefield Cup brings the best in chess to the Midwest
St. Louis Public Radio
As athletes from all over the world are headed to Rio for the summer Olympics, the best chess players in the world will gather in the chess capital of the U.S. to battle it out over 64 squares. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will ...

On Chess: Sinquefield Cup brings the best in chess to the Midwest  St. Louis Public Radio

As athletes from all over the world are headed to Rio for the summer Olympics, the best chess players in the world will gather in the chess capital of the.

On Chess: Sinquefield Cup brings the best in chess to the Midwest  St. Louis Public Radio

As athletes from all over the world are headed to Rio for the summer Olympics, the best chess players in the world will gather in the chess capital of the.

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Levon Aronian to participate in Sinquefield Cup 2016
Armenpress.am
Sinquefield Cup is a part of Grand Chess Tour cycle, which consists of 4 tournaments. The Sinquefield Cup is the third of four stops on the 2016 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) – a circuit of international chess events featuring the world's elite chess talent ...

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Levon Aronian to participate in Sinquefield Cup 2016
Armenpress.am
Sinquefield Cup is a part of Grand Chess Tour cycle, which consists of 4 tournaments. The Sinquefield Cup is the third of four stops on the 2016 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) – a circuit of international chess events featuring the world's elite chess talent ...

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2016 Sinquefield Cup Spotlights International Chess Competition in ...
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ST. LOUIS, July 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- It is the summer of sports – but Rio is not the only international competition gaining attention in August. The world's top ...
Wesley braces for 2016 Sinquefield Cup | The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times

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2016 Sinquefield Cup Spotlights International Chess Competition in Saint Louis
PR Newswire (press release)
The Sinquefield Cup is the third of four stops on the 2016 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) - a circuit of international chess events featuring the world's elite chess talent, created in partnership between the CCSCSL, Chess Promotions, Ltd. (London Chess ...

Wesley braces for 2016 Sinquefield Cup
The Manila Times
A total prize fund of $300,000 is at stake in the nine-round tournament with the champion getting $75,000, runner-up pocketing $50,000 and the third-placer receiving $40,000. The tournament is the third leg of the four-phase Grand Chess Tour. The first ...

Vladimir Kramnik withdraws from Sinquefield Cup  Chessbase News

The 2016 Sinquefield Cup, one of the strongest tournaments of the year, will start in about a week, on 5th August, in St. Louis. Unfortunately Vladimir Kramnik ...

Viswanathan Anand: No retirement moves yet
The Hindu
For five-time World chess champion Viswanathan Anand, life is beautiful. His warmth and simplicity have remained evergreen. Before flying to St. Louis for a tournament held as part of the Grand Chess Tour, Anand spoke to The Hindu on Tuesday. Excerpts.

Carlsen tops; So joint third
Philippine Star
Carlsen earlier topped Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands, the Norway Chess Classic and the Grand Chess Tour in Belgium. Biting the dust in second spot was American Hikaru Nakamura, who had 11 points. Half-a-point behind at 10 apiece were Chinese ...

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Hari may lead Anand-less India in Chess Olympiad
Times of India
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand is again set to skip the Chess Olympiad which is scheduled to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from September 1. Although the Indian team for the tournament is yet to be announced but Anand is reported to be ...

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Pestaño: An incredible and unprecedented performance
Sun.Star
He had a good performance in Tata Steel, the Grand Chess Tour and Biel. The other day he secured first place in Dortmund's Sparkassen Chess Meeting with a draw in the final round and solidified a 12.8 rating point gain in this tournament alone.

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Belgian referees to control FK Shkendija vs FC Neftchi match  AZERTAC News

Belgian referee Erik Lambrechts will be in charge of a return match between Macedonian FK Shkendija and Azerbaijan`s FC Neftchi as part of the UEFA Europa ...