Grand Chess Tour in the News

Washington Times
Things slow to heat up as top chess GMs battle in London
Washington Times
The London event is the third and final leg of the new Grand Chess Tour. Topalov won the first leg in the Norway Chess tournament in June, and Armenia's Levon Aronian took the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis two months later. The best overall performer in ...

The Indian Express
Viswanathan Anand crushes Veselin Topalov in Rd 5 of London Chess Classic
The Indian Express
Topalov is on just one point and his chances of lifting the Grand Chess Tour trophy have almost ended. Anand went for the variation Vachier-Lagrave had chosen against Topalov successfully just a couple of days back. Realising that the Bulgarian was a ...
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in London Classic Chess openerZee News
Anand back is business after crushing Topalov in LondonDeccan Herald
London Chess Classic: Anand draws against Carlsen in third roundFirstpost

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On Chess: Halftime report from the 2015 London Chess Classic  St. Louis Public Radio

The 2015 London Chess Classic had its first, and only, rest day Wednesday, Dec. 9, just past the halfway point. Thus far, five rounds are complete and.

Zee News
Viswanathan Anand misses chances before surviving against Magnus Carlsen
The Indian Express
A leader at the start of this final edition of the first Grand Chess Tour, Topalov needs a miracle to hold on to his top spot in the tour now. The other three games of the ten-player round-robin tournament ended in draws but not without action. Dutch ...
Viswanathan Anand misses his chances before surviving against Magnus CarlsenDaily News & Analysis
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in London Classic Chess openerZee News

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NDTVSports.com
Viswanathan Anand Draws vs Magnus Carlsen at London Chess Classic
NDTVSports.com
A leader at the start of this final edition of the first Grand Chess Tour, Topalov needs a miracle to hold on to his top spot in the tour now. The other three games of the ten-player round-robin tournament ended in draws but not without action. Dutch ...
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in London Classic Chess openerZee News

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Jamie's Mate 2015-Dec-08
Marianas Variety
IT'S the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour, the rival to the FIDE Grand Prix set up, the London Chess Classic is the final elite event of the year. Let's take a look at some of the round 2 games which all ended in draws for this week, All players are ...

Firstpost
London Chess Classic: Anand draws against Carlsen in third round
Firstpost
Topalov with just a half point from his two outings, is currently at the bottom of the tables and stands to lose out on a share of the USD 150,000 prize purse, reserved for the top three finishers of the Grand Chess tour. For Anand it was another tense ...
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in London Classic Chess openerZee News
Anand-Carlsen game ends in drawThe Hindu
London Chess Classic: Giri Beats Topalov With Tremendous TacticsPrensa Latina

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The Quint
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The Quint
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand came out unscathed with his first black game and got an easy draw against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the second round of the London Chess Classic, the final leg of the Grand Chess tour. With his second draw ...

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Business Insider
The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London
Business Insider
The Grand Chess Tour, meanwhile, was organized in part by former World Champ Garry Kasparov, and of course we all know how he feels about Putin. He also ran for President of FIDE in 2014 and was beaten out by incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

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Telegraph.co.uk
Chess world plunged into crisis as FIDE president 'withdraws' to fight Syria ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Garry Kasparov at the launch of the Grand Chess Tour. What is the tour? The GCT is a new year-old grand slam-style tournament launched in April 2015 taking in three of the top existing events on the chess calendar, the Sinquefield Cup, Norway Chess and ...

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The Indian Express
Viswanathan Anand draws with Levon Aronian in second round of London Classic
The Indian Express
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand came out unscathed with his first black game and got an easy draw against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the second round of the London Chess Classic, the final leg of the Grand Chess tour. With his second draw ...

LCC R03: The solid Berlin and the volatile Najdorf!  Chessbase News

What a round! All five games began with 1.e4. Four players replied 1…e5 – two Berlins, one Anti Berlin and one Anti Marshall, and these four games ended in a ...

Чемпионат.com
Грищук сыграл вничью с Топаловым на шахматном турнире Grand Chess Tour в Лондоне
Чемпионат.com
Российский гроссмейстер Александр Грищук разошёлся миром с болгарином Веселином Топаловым во втором туре шахматного турнира Grand Chess Tour, который проходит в Лондоне. Партия между Грищуком, игравшим чёрными фигурами, ...
Грищук сыграл вничью с Накамурой на шахматном турнире Grand Chess Tour в ЛондонеMail.Ru
Юбилей Чемпиона мираМосковский комсомолец

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Р-Спорт
Грищук сыграл вничью с Топаловым на шахматном турнире Grand Chess Tour в Лондоне
Р-Спорт
МОСКВА, 5 дек - Р-Спорт. Россиянин Александр Грищук разошелся миром с болгарином Веселином Топаловым во втором туре шахматного турнира Grand Chess Tour, который проходит в Лондоне. Партия между Грищуком, игравшим черными ...
Юбилей Чемпиона мираМосковский комсомолец

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HERE. NOW
Cautious Anand plays it safe
HERE. NOW
London, Dec 5: Viswanathan Anand's failure to find the winning formula continued to haunt him Friday as he failed to press hard with his white pieces and had to settle for a draw with Michael Adams of England in the first round of the London Chess ...

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HERE. NOW
Double crown for Orissa colts
HERE. NOW
Having done badly in the second edition of the Grand Chess tour following a couple of early defeats, Anand took a safer approach and it was a cautious start by the Indian ace to set the pace in the tournament. The day in fact produced as many as four ...

HERE. NOW
Rai plays with Himmat
HERE. NOW
Having done badly in the second edition of the Grand Chess tour following a couple of early defeats, Anand took a safer approach and it was a cautious start by the Indian ace to set the pace in the tournament. The day in fact produced as many as four ...

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Zee News
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in London Classic Chess opener
Zee News
Having done badly in the second edition of the Grand Chess tour following a couple of early defeats, Anand took the safer approach and it was a cautious start by the Indian ace to set the pace in the tournament. The day in fact produced as many as four ...
Anand takes on Englishman Adams in London Classic openerBusiness Standard

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Telegraph.co.uk
On the black-and-white battlefield with the world's greatest female chess player
Telegraph.co.uk
Sadly, she won't see any women playing at the 7th London Chess Classic - the climax of the international 2015 Grand Chess Tour - which began at Olympia on Friday and culminates next Sunday. Every contender is male and Polgar remains the only woman ...

On the black-and-white battlefield with the world’s greatest female chess player  Telegraph.co.uk

Chess has long been a sport plagued by charges of sexism. Earlier this year, British Grandmaster Nigel Short drew blood on the black-and-white battlefield by ...