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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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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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Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spot
The Indian Express
Earlier in the second edition of the Grand Chess Tour — the Sinquefield Cup in United States, the Russian had emerged victorious. Pairings round 6: Anish Giri (Ned, 3.5) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 23); Alexander Grischuk (Rus, 3.5) beat V Anand ...
Anand loses to Grischuk, slips to ninth spotThe Hindu

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Anand loses to Grischuk, slips to ninth spot
The Hindu
Grischuk capitalised on Anand's mistake in the endgame and scored his second victory against the five-time world champion in as many tournaments. Earlier in the second edition of the Grand Chess Tour — the Sinquefield Cup in United States, the Russian ...

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Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spot  The Indian Express

Viswanathan Anand continued his roller-coaster ride in the London Chess Classic as he went down to Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk in the sixth ...

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spot  Zee News

London: Viswanathan Anand continued his roller-coaster ride in the London Chess Classic as he went down to Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk in the ...

Viswanathan Anand loses to Alexander Grischuk, slips to ninth spot  Economic Times

Viswanathan Anand continued his roller-coaster ride in the London Chess Classic as he went down to Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk.

London Rd7: Three decisive games!  Chessbase News

Three decisive games! The moment we saw that there was no Berlin played on any of the boards we knew that this round was going to be different. Carlsen ...

Washington Times
Things slow to heat up as top chess GMs battle in London
Washington Times
The London event is the third and final leg of the new Grand Chess Tour. Topalov won the first leg in the Norway Chess tournament in June, and Armenia's Levon Aronian took the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis two months later. The best overall performer in ...

LCC R04: Nakamura is World No. 2  Chessbase News

Once again we witnessed only a single decisive result, but almost every one of the five games was a hard fought battle. Nakamura beat Anand, whose ...