Sinquefield Cup News

Magnus Carlsen plays it safe in fizzling Game 11 draw with Fabiano Caruana - The Guardian

November 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Magnus Carlsen plays it safe in fizzling Game 11 draw with Fabiano Caruana  The Guardian

Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana played to an 11th straight draw in their world title match on Saturday, setting up a high-stakes Game 12 on Monday.

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Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana play to quiet Game 11 draw – as it happened - The Guardian

November 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana play to quiet Game 11 draw – as it happened  The Guardian

As it happened: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana played to a simple 55-move draw in Game 11 of their world championship match in London.

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Sicilian à la Shirov - Chessbase News

November 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Sicilian à la Shirov  Chessbase News

The diagram shows a typically sharp scenario with opposite castled kings and the constellation knight f5 vs. knight c4. Your move for White, please!

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Women's World Championship LIVE - Chessbase News

November 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Women's World Championship LIVE  Chessbase News

The Women's World Championship 2018 knockout in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia runs through November 23rd. The format is a 64-player knockout. Round 6, the ...

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A passed pawn is still a pawn - Chessbase News

November 20, 2018 - 2:00am
A passed pawn is still a pawn  Chessbase News

A passed pawn on the seventh can be very strong. But sometimes the pawn cannot queen and remains just a pawn.

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'They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!' Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster's Move—to the US - Wall Street Journal

November 19, 2018 - 3:22pm

Wall Street Journal

'They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!' Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster's Move—to the US
Wall Street Journal
St. Louis was given a tournament on the prestigious Grand Chess Tour, called the Sinquefield Cup. In 2014, Mr. So announced his transfer from the Philippines. Around the same time, Italy was trying to convince Mr. Caruana to stay—but they could only ...

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‘They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!’ Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster’s Move—to the U.S. - Wall Street Journal

November 19, 2018 - 2:00am
‘They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!’ Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster’s Move—to the U.S.  Wall Street Journal

Fabiano Caruana—currently competing against Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship—stirred up controversy by switching from representing Italy ...

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‘They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!’ Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster’s Move—to the U.S. - The Wall Street Journal

November 19, 2018 - 2:00am
‘They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!’ Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster’s Move—to the U.S.  The Wall Street Journal

Fabiano Caruana—currently competing against Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship—stirred up controversy by switching from representing Italy ...

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Passion Play: The team that's bringing Devdas gloriously alive on stage - Free Press Journal

November 18, 2018 - 2:00am
Passion Play: The team that's bringing Devdas gloriously alive on stage  Free Press Journal

"This is a love story and who doesn't love a love story?" quips Ashvin Gidwani, AGP World, who is bringing the classic Devdas on stage in all its grandeur.

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Indians no more seen as snake charmers: Anand - Telegraph India

November 18, 2018 - 2:00am
Indians no more seen as snake charmers: Anand  Telegraph India

Indians are so much more international…hordes travel overseas and students in massive numbers study overseas.

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Carlsen-Caruana 6: Fabi close in 80-move thriller - chess24

November 17, 2018 - 3:32am

chess24

Carlsen-Caruana 6: Fabi close in 80-move thriller
chess24
Qe2 Qe7, had been seen in So-Caruana in the final round of this year's Sinquefield Cup. Magnus here opted not for Wesley's 6.Nc3 but 6.Nf4, that had given Alexander Motylev victory over Evgeny Miroshnichenko just 11 days earlier in the Winter Chess ...

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Carlsen-Caruana 6: Fabi close in 80-move thriller - chess24

November 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen-Caruana 6: Fabi close in 80-move thriller  chess24

Fabiano Caruana outplayed Magnus Carlsen from a seemingly dead position in Game 6 to come within a whisker of scoring the first full point of the...

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Anand: "Switching to a main line Sicilian is getting harder" - Chessbase News

November 16, 2018 - 2:00am
Anand: "Switching to a main line Sicilian is getting harder"  Chessbase News

Magnus Carlsen noted in the post-game press conference that "obviously 6.b4 wasn't new to me" and former World Champion VISWANATHAN ANAND agrees ...

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Magnus Carlsen Still Favored in World Chess Championships - SportsBettingDime.com (blog)

November 15, 2018 - 11:00am

SportsBettingDime.com (blog)

Magnus Carlsen Still Favored in World Chess Championships
SportsBettingDime.com (blog)
But Caruana isn't without his own accolades. His performance at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup is the stuff of legend, and the highest rated single performance in chess history. He also won an absolutely stacked Candidates Tournament to get here, and no one ...

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On Chess: In world championship chess, winning comes down to the smartest guy - St. Louis Public Radio

November 15, 2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: In world championship chess, winning comes down to the smartest guy  St. Louis Public Radio

What does smart look like? The World Chess Championship has always been about who is the smartest. And if you look back on our champions, there's a ...

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Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand - The Sentinel Assam

November 15, 2018 - 2:00am
Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand  The Sentinel Assam

*Content* with the way his classical game has shaped up in recent times, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is not sweating over.

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On Chess: In world championship chess, winning comes down to the smartest guy - St. Louis Public Radio

November 15, 2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: In world championship chess, winning comes down to the smartest guy  St. Louis Public Radio

What does smart look like? The World Chess Championship has always been about who is the smartest. And if you look back on our champions, there's a ...

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Magnus Carlsen Still Favored in World Chess Championships - SportsBettingDime.com

November 15, 2018 - 2:00am
Magnus Carlsen Still Favored in World Chess Championships  SportsBettingDime.com

Magnus Carlsen is still favored to beat Fabiano Caruana in the 2018 FIDE World Chess Championships, but could the challenger score an upset?

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Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand - The Sentinel Assam

November 15, 2018 - 2:00am
Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand  The Sentinel Assam

*Content* with the way his classical game has shaped up in recent times, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is not sweating over.

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Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand - The Sentinel Assam

November 15, 2018 - 1:33am

The Sentinel Assam

Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand
The Sentinel Assam
In the classical format, Anand has been in good touch, remaining undefeated in the Sinquefield Cup and finishing sixth in the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament. In Kolkata to take part in the Tata Steel Chess India 2018 meet, the 48-year old ...

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