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Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament  AL.com

Wrapping up Alabama's busy chess year, the Eighth Annual Magic City Classic tournament featured a day of exciting chess and fierce competition for top prizes.

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament  AL.com

Wrapping up Alabama's busy chess year, the Eighth Annual Magic City Classic tournament featured a day of exciting chess and fierce competition for top prizes.

Peninsula On-line
Carlsen draws with So, keeps lead
Inquirer.net
Carlsen won once over So in the Sinquefield Cup in four meetings this year with the other matches in Tata Steel Chess and Gashimov Memorial also ending in draws. Carlsen and Anish Giri of the Netherlands, also in second spot, will tangle in the seventh ...
So attracts with Carlsen, stays at joint secondThe Times (subscription)

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So attracts with prime seed Carlsen to remain within the hunt
The Times (subscription)
... edge in a double-edged minor piece play but Carlsen held his own to scrape out the draw. It was a solid effort for So, who somehow redeemed himself after losing to Carlsen in their last meeting in the Sinquefield Cup in the United States early in ...

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So weapons for chess lead vs Carlsen
The Times (subscription)
It will be a rematch between Carlsen and So since the former destroyed the latter in the Sinquefield Cup in the United States early in the year. Carlsen ended up finishing second in that same tournament won by Armenian GM Levon Aronian while So wound ...

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Qatar R03: Chess and football in Doha  Chessbase News

After three rounds at the Qatar Masters we are down to just two leaders – Anish Giri and Li Chao. They are followed by a pack of 14 players on 2.5/3, including ...

London Chess Classic
BusinessWorld Online Edition
... highest level of organization for the world's best players -- the product of this collaboration was the Grand Chess Tour” comprising of three legs: Norway Chess in June, Sinquefield Cup (this is in St. Louis, USA) and the London Chess Classic in ...

Huffington Post
Carlsen wins Grand Chess Tour
Huffington Post
He recovered at the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis in September, sharing second place. He needed to finish first in London in December for an overall victory in the Tour. But Carlsen began the London Classic slowly, drawing the first six games, fast ...

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A Magnuficent Sunday at the LCC 2015 (2)  Chessbase News

After the regular games at the London Chess Classic 2015 three players, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had tied for the top spot.

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: And after all that, Magnus Carlsen is still the best
St. Louis Public Radio
A pack of suitors followed them half a point behind: Levon Aronian, the winner of the Sinquefield Cup, Alexander Grischuk who is always a strong player in any situation, and World Champion Carlsen. As fate would have it, these players mainly played ...

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On Chess: And after all that, Magnus Carlsen is still the best  St. Louis Public Radio

It's been a strange year at the top of the chess standings. Going into the year before the first Grand Chess Tour stop in Norway, the elite had distanced.

A Magnuficent Sunday at the LCC 2015 (1)  Chessbase News

Okay, it is not in the OED, the word does describe the super Sunday at the London Chess Classic 2015. Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave went into the ...

On Chess: And after all that, Magnus Carlsen is still the best  St. Louis Public Radio

It's been a strange year at the top of the chess standings. Going into the year before the first Grand Chess Tour stop in Norway, the elite had distanced.

Washington Times
DAVID R. SANDS: With victory in London, Magnus Carlsen wins chess Grand Tour
Washington Times
... the series of three tournaments for the world's top players that included June's Norway Chess Tournament (won by Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov) and the 2015 Sinquefield Cup in August-September, in which Carlsen finished in a tie for second behind GM ...
Grand Chess Tour: Armenian GM Aronian takes third placeArmeniaNow.com

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Washington Times
DAVID R. SANDS: With victory in London, Magnus Carlsen wins chess Grand Tour
Washington Times
... the series of three tournaments for the world's top players that included June's Norway Chess Tournament (won by Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov) and the 2015 Sinquefield Cup in August-September, in which Carlsen finished in a tie for second behind GM ...
Another loss, and Anand fails to arrest declineChandigarh Tribune
Grand Chess Tour: Armenian GM Aronian takes third placeArmeniaNow.com
Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spotThe Indian Express
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The New Indian Express
Persisting Agony for Anand, Carlsen Bags Another Title
The New Indian Express
The Tour also saw the resurgence of Aronian, who finished third on the Tour, besides triumphing in the Sinquefield Cup. Two poor results meant Anand ending up in overall eighth in the three-leg event. The Indian started the Tour on a rousing note ...

ArmeniaNow.com
Grand Chess Tour: Armenian GM Aronian takes third place
ArmeniaNow.com
Overall, as a result of three Grand Chess Tour tournaments that also included Norway Chess (in Stavanger) and Sinquefield Cup (in Saint Louis, USA) Aronian placed third. Carlsen is recognized as the winner of the Grand Chess Tour 2015. news in photo.

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ArmeniaNow.com
Grand Chess Tour: Armenian GM Aronian takes third place
ArmeniaNow.com
Overall, as a result of three Grand Chess Tour tournaments that also included Norway Chess (in Stavanger) and Sinquefield Cup (in Saint Louis, USA) Aronian placed third. Carlsen is recognized as the winner of the Grand Chess Tour 2015. news in photo.

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Grand Chess Tour: Armenian GM Aronian takes third place - Chess  ArmeniaNow.com

Top Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian finished fourth in the 2015 London Chess Classic super tournament that ended on Sunday and was the final leg in ...

Chandigarh Tribune
Another loss, and Anand fails to arrest decline
Chandigarh Tribune
Earlier, in the Sinquefield Cup, held in August-September, Anand eighth among 10 players, with merely 3.5 points of possible 9. Aronian won that tournament with 6 points. Anand failed to win a single game in that tournament, suffering two defeats in ...
Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spotThe Indian Express
Anand loses to Grischuk, slips to ninth spotThe Hindu

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