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On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - February 4, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess  St. Louis Public Radio

Photograph of Nona Gaprindashvili in Gisela Gresser's Photo Album from the 1961 Vrnjačka Banja, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia), Women's Candidates ...

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Levon Aronian: Armenia's 'David Beckham of chess' - CNN

Sinquefield Cup News - February 1, 2016 - 2:00am
Levon Aronian: Armenia's 'David Beckham of chess'  CNN

Levon Aronian: Armenian chess champion is described as the 'David Beckham of chess' -- what can the world learn from his success?

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Iranian Championship: Youngster beats GM for lead - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - January 27, 2016 - 2:00am
Iranian Championship: Youngster beats GM for lead  Chessbase News

In the previous report, a couple of youngsters were in the lead together with the top-seed GM Maghami, well over 100 Elo above the pack. One would have ...

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On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - January 21, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set  St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis, as the chess capital of America, is duty-bound to host the most important national event of the year: the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's.

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On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - January 21, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set  St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis, as the chess capital of America, is duty-bound to host the most important national event of the year: the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's.

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Chess (#1183) - Business Standard

Sinquefield Cup News - January 15, 2016 - 12:32pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1183)
Business Standard
The most fantastic streak in recent memory was Fabiano Caruana's seven at Sinquefield Cup, 2014. That was truly remarkable since it came against the world's best. Another great run sealed Veselin Topalov's bid for the world title at San Luis Rey ...

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On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - January 7, 2016 - 5:44am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015
St. Louis Public Radio
The Sinquefield Cup, which began at the end of August and ended a few days into September, was not only a great tournament but one of the events in the newly created Grand Chess Tour. The Grand Chess Tour consists of three Super Grandmaster events: ...

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On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - January 7, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015  St. Louis Public Radio

Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...

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On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - January 7, 2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015  St. Louis Public Radio

Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...

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Best of 2015: Best Endgame - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - January 4, 2016 - 2:00am
Best of 2015: Best Endgame  Chessbase News

1/4/2016 – The year 2015 is over now, so we thought it's time to let you vote for the highlights of the past year. Today we want you to vote for the best endgame of ...

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Best of 2015: Best Game - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - January 1, 2016 - 2:00am
Best of 2015: Best Game  Chessbase News

The year 2015 is over now, so we thought it's time to let you vote for the highlights of the past year. Today we want you to vote for the best game of the year 2015.

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Best of 2015: Best player - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - December 29, 2015 - 2:00am
Best of 2015: Best player  Chessbase News

The year 2015 is almost over, so we thought it's time to let you vote for your highlights of this year. To begin with, we want you to vote for the best male player of ...

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

Sinquefield Cup News - December 28, 2015 - 9:17am

AL.com

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
AL.com
Anand and Vachier-Lagrave had reached this position earlier in the year at the Sinquefield Cup (the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour). There Anand played the immediate 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd3 14.

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

Sinquefield Cup News - December 28, 2015 - 2:00am
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.

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

Sinquefield Cup News - December 28, 2015 - 2:00am
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.

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Carlsen draws with So, keeps lead - Inquirer.net

Sinquefield Cup News - December 27, 2015 - 10:20am

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 ...
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So attracts with prime seed Carlsen to remain within the hunt - The Times (subscription)

Sinquefield Cup News - December 27, 2015 - 6:16am

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)

Sinquefield Cup News - December 26, 2015 - 2:01pm

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

Sinquefield Cup News - December 23, 2015 - 2:00am
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 ...

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London Chess Classic - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Sinquefield Cup News - December 21, 2015 - 9:33am

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 ...

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