Grand Chess Tour in the News

Washington Times-Reporter
The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour
Washington Times-Reporter
Eight of the top grandmasters on the planet have committed to a three-tournament circuit, christened the "Grand Chess Tour." Total prize money? $1,050,000 – a fairly huge sum for top-level chess. Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was on hand ...

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Business Insider
The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour
Business Insider
Eight of the top grandmasters on the planet have committed to a three-tournament circuit, christened the "Grand Chess Tour." Total prize money? $1,050,000 – a fairly huge sum for top-level chess. Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was on hand ...
Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess TourInquirer.net
Grand Chess Tour announcedTelegraph.co.uk
Aronian to play in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am
Purple Pawn
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Inquirer.net
Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess Tour
Inquirer.net
Called the Grand Chess Tour, the circuit will feature the Norway Chess set in Stanger June 15-26, the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, August 21 to September 3 and the London Chess Classic, December 3-14. The world's top chess players, including world ...
Grand Chess Tour announcedTelegraph.co.uk
Aronian to play in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am
The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tourMcDonough Voice

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Telegraph.co.uk
Grand Chess Tour announced
Telegraph.co.uk
A new collaboration between the London Chess Classic, Norway Chess and the Sinquefield Cup was announced at at St Louis, Missouri, on Friday, with the advent of the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. The three tournaments have already signed up eight of the ...
Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess TourInquirer.net
Aronian to play in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am
Million Dollar Chess SeriesPurple Pawn

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Telegraph.co.uk
Bridge being recognised as a sport is on the cards
Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour. "However, in 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognised that bridge and chess should be recognised as mind sports. "The fact that the IOC recognised that bridge and Chess were ...

The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour  Business Insider

The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour  Business Insider

If you had any doubt that chess has gone big time in the era of current World Champion Magnus Carlsen, you won't anymore.

Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour  Telegraph.co.uk

A new $1 million "gold standard" Grand Chess Tour featuring 10 of the world's top professional players has been announced. World champion Magnus Carlsen ...

St. Louis Public Radio
New world-wide chess tour announced in St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
The Grand Chess Tour will unify the Sinquefield Cup, Norway Chess and the London Chess Classic in one circuit. The three tournaments will include players at the highest level of play. Kasparov inspired the tour and hopes it will increase chess's ...

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Inaugural Grand Chess Tour Unveiled In Saint Louis
Virtual Press Office (press release)
The Grand Chess Tour is an affiliation between the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (Sinquefield Cup), Tower AS (Norway Chess) and Chess Promotions Ltd. (London Chess Classic), combining the organizational efforts of three elite events ...

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Шахматисты Карлсен, Ананд и Грищук войдут в число участников Grand ...
Р-Спорт
... Магнус Карлсен, вице-чемпион индиец Вишванатан Ананд и двукратный чемпион мира по блицу, пятый номер рейтинга FIDE россиянин Александр Грищук станут участниками новой серии турниров Grand Chess Tour, сообщает chess24.com.

Norway Chess blir tidenes sterkeste sjakkturnering
Aftenposten
Norway Chess-styret kunne også fornøyd fortelle at turneringen er en del av nystartede Grand Chess Tour. - I tillegg til Norway Chess er Sinquefield Cup i Saint Louis USA og London Chess Classic med på i touren. Vår mal skal brukes også i de to andre ...

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Lager sjakkens «Champions League» - og den sendes på TV 2
TV 2
NY SUPERTURNERING: Magnus Carlsen og Anish Giri er bare to av de ni forhåndskvaliserte spillerne i Grand Chess Tour, der verdens ni høyest rangerte sjakkspillere gjør opp om sammenlagtseieren. I tillegg vil én spiller få et wildcard til hver av de tre ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour
Telegraph.co.uk
A new $1 million "gold standard" Grand Chess Tour featuring 10 of the world's top professional players has been announced. World champion Magnus Carlsen tops the bill alongside Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri and the US pair Wesley So and Hikaru ...
Inaugural Grand Chess Tour Unveiled In Saint LouisVirtual Press Office (press release)

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New world-wide chess tour announced in St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

A new multi-national chess competition aims to draw attention to the sport. “Hopefully we are witnessing now the creation of the network that will greatly.

New world-wide chess tour announced in St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

A new multi-national chess competition aims to draw attention to the sport. “Hopefully we are witnessing now the creation of the network that will greatly.

Yu Yangyi wins Qatar Masters Open 2014  Chessbase News

He started as the 13th seed, rated 2705, but went on to beat two Top Ten players, both in great form, to take clear first. Chinese GM Yu Yanyi has gained 25 Elo ...

Chess news from chess24  chess24

Chess included in Baku Games 2015 program  AzerNews

Chess has been included into the program of the inaugural European Games, which will be held in Baku in summer 2015, Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Minister ...

Cristina Hlusak, ThetaHealing: Enjoy the simple things, the Romanian traditions; the best things in life are free  Romania-Insider.com

Cristina Hlusak has worked and lived in Las Vegas, Macau, Hong Kong and Venice, but after a life and career dedicated to engineering, she re-discovered ...