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Mamedyarov Beats Carlsen, Wins Biel With Round To Spare  Chess.com

Carlsen Finishes 2nd Behind Mamedyarov In Biel  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen finished in clear second place at the Biel Chess Festival after profiting from an endgame blunder by Nico Georgiadis today. Shakhriyar ...

Azerbaijan's Mammadyarov wins Biel tournament ahead of time trial  Trend News Agency

Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov won the chess tournament in the Swiss city of Biel ahead of schedule.

The Agony and the Ecstasy  Chessbase News

Among other things this issue includes games from the World Championship Candidates, Grenke and Gashimov Memorial Tournaments. 2295 games (several ...

The Guardian
Chess: Magnus Carlsen serene while Fabiano Caruana faces hectic period
The Guardian
Next month Caruana will play another 27 speed games at St Louis, followed by the classical Sinquefield Cup where Carlsen also participates. Then comes the 190-nation Olympiad at Batumi, Georgia (23 September – 7 October) where Caruana has the ...

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen serene while Fabiano Caruana faces hectic period  The Guardian

The Norwegian world champion got off to a strong start in Biel while his challenger has a schedule packed with rapid and blitz. Leonard Barden. Fri 27 Jul 2018 ...

St. Louis Business Journal
Photos: See 3 new exhibits at World Chess Hall of Fame
St. Louis Business Journal
In addition to its current exhibits, the World Chess Hall of Fame and the Saint Louis Chess Club will host the 2018 Sinquefield Cup beginning Aug. 17. The international event will feature 10 of the strongest chess players in the world. They'll be ...

Aftenposten
Magnus Carlsen-intervju ble tema: – Han så ut som en vridd oppvaskklut
Aftenposten
Magnus Carlsen (27) er i strålende form fire måneder før VM-kampen mot Fabiano Caruana. Nordmannen har startet forrykende i den sveitsiske storturneringen Biel Chess. Etter tre runder står han med to seire og én remis. – Det er noe av det mest ...

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Magnus Carlsen-intervju ble tema: – Han så ut som en vridd oppvaskklut
Aftenbladet.no
Nordmannen har startet forrykende i den sveitsiske storturneringen Biel Chess. Etter tre runder står han med to seire og én remis. – Det er noe av det mest interessante han har prestert - rent sjakkfaglig. Det har vært veldig variert sjakk i alle tre ...

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Photos: See 3 new exhibits at World Chess Hall of Fame  St. Louis Business Journal

The World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis has three new chess-focused exhibitions created by artists around the world currently on display.

Photos: See 3 new exhibits at World Chess Hall of Fame  St. Louis Business Journal

The World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis has on display three new exhibitions created by artists around the world. The exhibits include: Painted Pieces: Art ...

2018 US Junior and US Girls' Junior Chess Champions Crowned in Saint Louis
Longview News-Journal
Next month, the Saint Louis Chess Club with host two more elite tournaments, the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup. Each will feature the top 10 players in the world, including defending World Champion Magnus Carlsen in his last match ...

2018 US Junior and US Girls' Junior Chess Champions Crowned in Saint Louis
PR Newswire (press release)
Next month, the Saint Louis Chess Club with host two more elite tournaments, the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup. Each will feature the top 10 players in the world, including defending World Champion Magnus Carlsen in his last match ...

Chess.com
Carlsen Steals Show With Queen Sacrifice As Biel Begins
Chess.com
Svidler had played it nine times before as Black, including earlier this month in Jerusalem, and the last time against MVL was last year at the Sinquefield Cup. "I am much happier about what I did today than about what I did in St. Louis when we played ...

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Carlsen Steals Show With Queen Sacrifice As Biel Begins  Chess.com

In the first round of the Biel Chess Festival, Magnus Carlsen stole the show with a long-term positional queen sacrifice vs David Navara. The other winner was ...

chess24
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title
chess24
The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in the final. Paco was the dominant force in the rapid games, but So demonstrated his defensive gifts again ...

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Wesley So prevails in Leon  Chessbase News

7/9/2018 – In a very tense match, Wesley So defeated Paco Vallejo in the blitz tiebreak rounds despite the fact that the Spaniard obtained better positions in ...

HRD Ministry grants Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore  All India Radio

Human Resource Development Ministry granted Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore.

Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title  chess24

The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in th...

The Guardian
Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter
The Guardian
Carlsen's next two events are both elite grandmaster tournaments, at Biel in Switzerland starting 22 July where his rivals include two GMs from the world top 10, and at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis on 16-29 August, which will feature the final ...