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London Chess Classic: Anand Suffers First Defeat
Sports Rediscovered
Vishy Anand has been going through a rough patch in his career since the Sinquefield Cup. He had disappointing results even at the World Championship and the Blitz. He started steady in London with consecutive draw results against the likes of World ...
London Chess Classic: Giri Beats Topalov With Tremendous TacticsPrensa Latina
Anand takes on Englishman Adams in London Classic openerBusiness Standard

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Business Insider
The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London
Business Insider
I spoke to Kasparov around the time of the Sinquefield Cup — named for retired financier Rex Sinquefield, who is almost singlehandedly transforming St. Louis into a global mecca for chess — and he seemed delighted at how the Tour was coming together.

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Telegraph.co.uk
Chess world plunged into crisis as FIDE president 'withdraws' to fight Syria ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The GCT is a new year-old grand slam-style tournament launched in April 2015 taking in three of the top existing events on the chess calendar, the Sinquefield Cup, Norway Chess and the London Chess Classic. What's the prize money? Each tournament will ...

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IBNLive
London Chess Classic: Giri Beats Topalov With Tremendous Tactics
Prensa Latina
Imagen de muestra 06 de diciembre de 2015, 10:12London,Dic 6 (Prensa Latina) Anish Giri grabbed an early lead at the London Chess Classic as the only winner of the first round. The Dutch star tricked Veselin Topalov. The Grand Chess Tour resumed on ...
Anand takes on Englishman Adams in London Classic openerBusiness Standard

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The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London  Business Insider

Ray Morris-Hill The London Chess Classic is underway in England and will continue until Dec. 13. This is one of the chess world's premier events, usually ...

NDTVSports.com
Viswanathan Anand Takes on Michael Adams in London Chess Classic Opener
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Viswanathan Anand, with 12 points, can win the London Chess Classic if he wins outright and his main rivals are off-form. After finishing second in the first edition in Norway, Anand had slumped to ninth spot in the Sinquefield Cup where the Indian ace ...

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Zee News
Viswanathan Anand takes on Englishman Michael Adams in London Classic opener
Zee News
Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria leads the tour standings on 17 points while Levon Aronian of Armenia follows him closely a full point behind thanks to a big win at the Sinquefield Cup in the United States. American Hikaru Nakamura and reigning world ...

ChessBase Account: Live database (part one)  Chessbase News

With the introduction of the ChessBase Account *service*, granting a wide range of new options to Premium subscribers, not only were new web apps made ...

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Final stage of the Chess Grand Tour is ready to start
St. Louis Public Radio
The first two events, Norway Chess, Stavanger (Norway) as well as the Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis) were held earlier this year. The Grand Chess Tour features a total prize fund of more than $1 million contested by a core group of nine elite players ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
London Chess Classic 2015: Who are the world's best chess players?
Telegraph.co.uk
Many who had lost in the first round in both Stavanger and St. Louis wouldn't still be in contention, but Carlsen came back strongly in the Sinquefield Cup, eventually claiming second to keep his Tour chances very much alive. Tickets were quickly ...

London Chess Classic 2015: Who are the world's best chess players?  Telegraph.co.uk

As this year's London Chess Classic, gets under way here are the 10 stars battling it out in the strongest chess tournament ever held on British shores.

Telegraph.co.uk
London Chess Classic 2015: Michael Adams faces tough start
Telegraph.co.uk
The GCT is a new year-old grand slam-style tournament launched in April 2015 taking in three of the top existing events on the chess calendar, the Sinquefield Cup, Norway Chess and the London Chess Classic. What's the prize money? Each tournament will ...

Telegraph.co.uk
London's festival of chess: Game's role in society debated by academics
Telegraph.co.uk
He's had a bit of a slump in 2015 and is all out of sorts having had some disasterous results at the other Grand Chess Tour events on his home turf and at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis. So who's the wildcard? The ever-popular English number one ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
FIDE chief out in the cold: Why Kirsan won't be knocking at the door of the US ...
Telegraph.co.uk
FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was celebrating the 20th anniversary of his appointment as head of the game's governing body when news came that the US government had cited him for business dealings with the Syria regime of President Bashar ...

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: 2015 Thanksgiving Open is a feast for top players and amateurs alike
St. Louis Public Radio
This event is yet another in the Chess Club's continued commitment to not only providing the highest level of chess (see The 2015 Sinquefield Cup) but equally impressive opportunities for amateurs like you and me. With advances in technology, watching ...

On Chess: 2015 Thanksgiving Open is a feast for top players and amateurs alike  St. Louis Public Radio

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis' premier open event of the season is this weekend, Nov. 27-29. The 2015 Thanksgiving Open will ...

On Chess: 2015 Thanksgiving Open is a feast for top players and amateurs alike  St. Louis Public Radio

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis' premier open event of the season is this weekend, Nov. 27-29. The 2015 Thanksgiving Open will ...

On Chess: Showdown in St. Louis featured unexpected twists
St. Louis Public Radio
Now retired from competition, Seirawan is a published chess author and journalist, as well as the star commentator for such elite events as the U.S. Championships and the Sinquefield Cup. On Chess is provided by the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic ...

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On Chess: Showdown in St. Louis featured unexpected twists  St. Louis Public Radio

Whenever the two best players in any discipline square off against one another, it is an occasion to be savored. American chess fans were especially eager.

Chess great Kasparov urges West to move against Putin  STLtoday.com

Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess champion, neither likes nor trusts Russian President Vladimir Putin. That's obvious from the subtitle of his book. He sees ...