Grand Chess Tour in the News

India.com
Vishwanathan Anand aims to qualify for Candidates Chess
India.com
“My plan is to first look at tournaments and participate in grand chess tour that will take me to Brussels, St. Louis, London and other big cities. “I would definitely like to qualify for the next Candidates Chess which is roughly scheduled in March ...

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Η Αυγή
Παίξτε γρήγορα, όχι βιαστικά
Η Αυγή
Φέτος οι αγώνες ράπιντ και μπλιτς γνώρισαν τη μεγάλη αναβάθμιση με το να συμπεριληφθούν σε ένα πολύ σπουδαίο γεγονός, στο Grand Chess Tour. Τα δύο από τα τέσσερα τουρνουά αυτής της σειράς είναι μειωμένου χρόνου σκέψης, κάτι μάλλον αδιανόητο ...

Ding Liren wins match against Wesley So  Chessbase News

Ding Liren, China's number one and currently number nine on the FIDE Elo-list from 1st May, wants to establish himself firmly among the world's best. To gain ...

Hari gains valuable experience from Norway meet
Times of India
Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna gained some valuable experience from playing the Norway Chess meet that concluded recently. Last year Norway Chess was part of the Grand Chess Tour. But this year the organizers from Norway have parted ways ...

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Carlsen supreme in Norway
BusinessWorld Online Edition
There were some mutterings that this was done to get back at the organizers for un-inviting Karjakin to the 2015 Norway super tournament -- the Norway event had become part of the Grand Chess Tour circuit in 2015. Karjakin had not qualified for the ...

Azerbaijani chess players to vie for medals in Sweden  AzerNews

Azerbaijani chess players will compete in the Hasselbacken Open tournament, which kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday, Azertac reports.

Garry Kasparov still has the magic!  Chessbase News

It was exciting nine rounds of blitz chess. Day one ended with Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So taking the lead with 5.0/9. While the duo played well, the player ...

Carlsen wins Norway Chess  Chessbase News

After seven rounds Magnus Carlsen looked almost certain to win the Altibox Norway Chess tournament. But then he lost against Levon Aronian in round eight, ...

Pestaño: Only a few black players excel in chess
Sun.Star
So will also play in the Grand Chess Tour, a series of tournaments in Paris, Brussels, St. Louis and London featuring nine players — all ranked in the top 15 in the world — plus a wild card entry from each country. The tour carries a total prize fund ...

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Pestaño: Only a few black players excel in chess
Sun.Star
So will also play in the Grand Chess Tour, a series of tournaments in Paris, Brussels, St. Louis and London featuring nine players — all ranked in the top 15 in the world — plus a wild card entry from each country. The tour carries a total prize fund ...

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Not losing wasn't enough for local grandmaster to win U.S. championship  Minneapolis Star Tribune

ST. LOUIS — Against the strongest field ever assembled for the U.S. Chess Championship, Grandmaster Wesley So of Minnetonka didn't lose a single game ...

Philippine Star
So comes up short in title quest
Philippine Star
So will have a chance to make up for it as he is scheduled to play Chinese GM Ding Liren in a duel from May 1-9 in China, the Grand Chess Tour (rapid and blitz) from June 8-14 in Paris France and the same tournament (rapid and blitz) from June 15-21 in ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Not losing wasn't enough for local grandmaster to win US championship
Minneapolis Star Tribune
So will also play in the Grand Chess Tour, a series of tournaments in Paris, Brussels, St. Louis and London featuring nine players — all ranked in the top 15 in the world — plus a wildcard entry from each country. The tour carries a total prize fund ...

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Altibox Norway Chess is the next super tournament on the world's chess event schedule (www.NorwayChess.no). It runs April 18 to 30 in Stavanger, Norway. It was once a part of the Grand Chess Tour, but its organizers and the tour parted ways last year.

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Altibox Norway Chess is the next super tournament on the world's chess event schedule (www.NorwayChess.no). It runs April 18 to 30 in Stavanger, Norway. It was once a part of the Grand Chess Tour, but its organizers and the tour parted ways last year.

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Levon Aronian to participate in Grand Chess Tour 2016
PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.Net - The organizers of the Grand Chess Tour 2016 unveiled Friday, April 8 the list of participants of the tournament. Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Fabiano Caruana (U.S.), Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.), Anish Giri (the ...

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Чемпионат.com
Крамник сыграет в Grand Chess Tour — 2016
Чемпионат.com
14-й чемпион мира по шахматам российский гроссмейстер Владимир Крамник примет участие в серии турниров Grand Chess Tour — 2016, сообщает Chess Base. Соревнования пройдут в Париже (7-13 июня) и Брюсселе-Лёвене (15-21 июня), ...

Р-Спорт
Крамник будет представлять Россию в серии шахматных турниров Grand Chess Tour-2016
Р-Спорт
МОСКВА, 8 апр - Р-Спорт. Гроссмейстер Владимир Крамник представит Россию в серии шахматных турниров Grand Chess Tour-2016, сообщается на официальном сайте соревнований. В рамках серии пройдут супертурниры: по быстрым ...

Hans-Juergen Zahorka: It was grave mistake that EU didn't take Azerbaijan's war talk seriously  Panorama.am

“On the heads and shoulders of innocent civilians, and also of soldiers, there was an attack by a full-authoritarian state”, – commenting on Azerbaijan's recent ...

Candidates R10: Caruana wins, joins lead  Chessbase News

Specifically Fabiano Caruana ripped open his kingside with a piece sacrifice to beat Viswanathan Anand and catch Sergey Karjakin, who drew against Anish ...