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Nigel Short: 'shrill' feminists have turned me into the pantomine villain of chess  Telegraph.co.uk

Nigel Short, one of Britain's greatest chess players, has attacked the "tyrannical feminist lobby" that has turned him into the game's "misogynist pantomine villain" ...

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Nigel Short: 'shrill' feminists have turned me into the pantomine villain of chess
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Grand Chess Tour begins with Norway Chess Tournament. "It's not a matter of gender, it's a matter of being smart," the grandmaster added. But Short, a highly-respected player who famously challenged Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov for the world ...

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The Hindu
Sports: At a glance
The Hindu
After three draws in the first four rounds of the tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, Anand's hunt for the victory ended in a delightful manner as the Indian ace crushed Carlsen in all departments of the game to move up to 2.5 points out of a ...

- Utlandet ser på Norge med misunnelse og beundring
iTromsø
Norway Chess er nemlig den første turneringen i Grand Chess Tour, sjakksirkuset legenden Garry Kasparov står bak. I tillegg til Norway Chess består turnéen av turneringer i St. Louis, USA og London. Men hvordan har det seg at lille Norge har blitt ...

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Firstpost
Norway Chess Tournament: Vishwanathan Anand Defeats World Champion ...
Huffington Post India
After three draws in the first four rounds of the tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, Anand's hunt for the victory ended in a delightful manner as the Indian ace crushed Carlsen in all departments of the game to move up to 2.5 points out of a ...
Norway Chess 2015: Anand plays out easy draw with Nakamura, stays joint third ...Firstpost
Calamity for Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess tournamentTelegraph.co.uk

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Viswanathan Anand crushes Magnus Carlsen in Norway  The Indian Express

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen to jump to the joint third spot after the end of the fourth round ...

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Viswanathan Anand held by Grischuk in Norway Chess tournament
Economic Times
STAVANGER: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand's hunt for the elusive victory continued as he was again held to a draw by Alexander Grischuk of Russia in the third round of Norway Chess tournament, a part of the Grand Chess tour. With his third ...
Calamity for Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess tournamentTelegraph.co.uk
Anand settles for second consecutive draw in Norway chess tournamentFirstpost

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Calamity for Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess tournament
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Grand Chess Tour begins with Norway Chess Tournament. All the other games were drawn, so Carlsen is the only player yet to get off the mark. This is Carlsen's worst start in five years. At Bilbao in 2010 he started with two losses, and last year at ...

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Calamity for Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess tournament  Telegraph.co.uk

A worse possible start would be hard to imagine for Magnus Carlsen, who subsided to 0/2 at Norway Chess after a crushing defeat at the hands of Fabiano ...

TV 2
– Magnus fortjener en unnskyldning
TV 2
På vegne av Grand Chess Tour og administrerende dommer vil jeg personlig be om unnskyldning til spillerne for mangelfull informasjon med hensyn til tidskontroll, skriver sjakkpresident Jøran Aulin-Jansson i pressemeldingen. – Beklagelsen går ut på at ...
Forsvarer Carlsen etter skandalen: – Det er veldig forståeligNRK
Giri fyrte løs mot Carlsen på første forsøkDagbladet.no
Magnus Carlsen starter mandag jakten på sin første seier i Norway Chess.Aftenbladet.no

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Sporten.com
Norway Chess beklager overfor Carlsen etter skandaleparti
Dagbladet.no
På vegne av Grand Chess Tour og arrangøren, såvel som personlig, ønsker jeg å unnskylde overfor spillerne når det gjelder den mangelfulle informasjonen rundt tidskontrollen, skriver arrangør og sjakkpresident Jøran Aulin-Jansson. - Selv om ...
Arrangøren med offisiell beklagelse til CarlsenNRK
– Magnus fortjener en unnskyldningTV 2
Arrangøren beklager overfor CarlsenVG
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Arrangøren med offisiell beklagelse til Carlsen
NRK
On behalf of the Grand Chess Tour and the Chief arbiter, as well as personally, I would like to apologize to the players for the insufficient information with regards to the time control. Allthough the information was on the www.grandchesstour.com and ...
– Magnus fortjener en unnskyldningTV 2
Giri fyrte løs mot Carlsen på første forsøkDagbladet.no
Magnus Carlsen starter mandag jakten på sin første seier i Norway Chess.Aftenbladet.no

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Firstpost
Anand settles for second consecutive draw in Norway chess tournament
Firstpost
Stavanger (Norway): Former world champion Viswanathan Anand pushed yet again but could not break the solid defences of Anish Giri of Holland and had to settle for a second straight draw in the Norway chess tournament, a part of the Grand Chess tour.

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NDTVSports.com
Viswanathan Anand Draws With Anish Giri in Norway Chess Tournament
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Stavanger, Norway: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand pushed yet again but could not break the solid defences of Anish Giri of Holland and had to settle for a second straight draw in the Norway chess tournament, a part of the Grand Chess tour.

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Telegraph.co.uk
Time's up Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess
Telegraph.co.uk
A disaster befell Magnus Carlsen on his home turf in the first round of Norway Chess 2015 at Stavanger, the opening event of the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. The world champion lost on time in a winning position against Veselin Topalov. Carlsen summed it up ...

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Time's up for Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess  Telegraph.co.uk

A disaster befell Magnus Carlsen on his home turf in the first round of Norway Chess 2015 at Stavanger, the opening event of the 2015 Grand Chess Tour.

Khaleej Times
Anand takes fifth spot in blitz event
Khaleej Times
Former world champion Anand will now play against Caruana in the Norway Chess tournament, part of the Grand Chess tour that started here. Comments. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus ...

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Grand Chess Tour begins with Norway Chess Tournament
Telegraph.co.uk
The Grand Chess Tour began on Monday with a Blitz tournament that will presage the start of the third edition of the Norway Chess Tournament. Norway Chess is being staged at several venues in and around Stavanger including a medieval monastery.
Anand finishes fifth in blitz event of Norway Chess tournamentHindu Business Line

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Chess at the Olympics?
Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour. In reply, Tracey Crouch, the new Minister for Sport, would do no more than confirm the position of Sport England, which does not recognise the concept of mind sports, and referred Mr Blackman to ...

Hindu Business Line
Anand finishes fifth in blitz event of Norway Chess tournament
Hindu Business Line
Former world champion Anand will now play against Caruana in the Norway Chess tournament, part of the Grand Chess tour that started here. Anand's white games are lined up against Caruana, Alexander Grischuk of Russia, Hikaru Nakamura of United ...
Anand Looks to Break Norse CodeThe New Indian Express

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