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Carlsen Steals Show With Queen Sacrifice As Biel Begins - Chess.com

July 23, 2018 - 2:55am

Chess.com

Carlsen Steals Show With Queen Sacrifice As Biel Begins
Chess.com
Svidler had played it nine times before as Black, including earlier this month in Jerusalem, and the last time against MVL was last year at the Sinquefield Cup. "I am much happier about what I did today than about what I did in St. Louis when we played ...

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Carlsen Steals Show With Queen Sacrifice As Biel Begins - Chess.com

July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen Steals Show With Queen Sacrifice As Biel Begins  Chess.com

In the first round of the Biel Chess Festival, Magnus Carlsen stole the show with a long-term positional queen sacrifice vs David Navara. The other winner was ...

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Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24

July 9, 2018 - 4:30am

chess24

Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title
chess24
The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in the final. Paco was the dominant force in the rapid games, but So demonstrated his defensive gifts again ...

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Wesley So prevails in Leon - Chessbase News

July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So prevails in Leon  Chessbase News

7/9/2018 – In a very tense match, Wesley So defeated Paco Vallejo in the blitz tiebreak rounds despite the fact that the Spaniard obtained better positions in ...

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HRD Ministry grants Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore - All India Radio

July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
HRD Ministry grants Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore  All India Radio

Human Resource Development Ministry granted Institution of eminence status to IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore.

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Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24

July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title  chess24

The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in th...

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter - The Guardian

July 6, 2018 - 10:28am

The Guardian

Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter
The Guardian
Carlsen's next two events are both elite grandmaster tournaments, at Biel in Switzerland starting 22 July where his rivals include two GMs from the world top 10, and at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis on 16-29 August, which will feature the final ...

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Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus? - Chess.com

July 6, 2018 - 2:00am
Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus?  Chess.com

The coming world championship match is going to be Magnus Carlsen's biggest challenge since he won his crown. As I mentioned in my recent article, it is the ...

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter - The Guardian

July 6, 2018 - 2:00am
Chess: Magnus Carlsen sets out plans for lead-up to world title encounter  The Guardian

The world champion has carefully chosen which events to attend before his meeting with Fabiano Caruana in November.

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The Art Of Time Management - Chess.com

July 5, 2018 - 2:00am
The Art Of Time Management  Chess.com

"We work 25 hours a day." "But there's only 24 hours in a day!" "We just wake up an hour earlier." —Eternal Call, a Soviet TV series (1973-83) Our society's ...

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MP govt launches outstanding power bill waiver scheme 'Sambal' - All India Radio

July 4, 2018 - 2:00am
MP govt launches outstanding power bill waiver scheme 'Sambal'  All India Radio

In Madhya Pradesh, the government has launched an outstanding power bill waiver scheme and subsidised power scheme 'Sambal' for labourers and poor ...

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Paris Rapid/Blitz - BusinessWorld Online

July 2, 2018 - 3:55am

BusinessWorld Online

Paris Rapid/Blitz
BusinessWorld Online
10-15, Sinquefield Cup Aug. 17-28, and London Classic in December 2018) are concluded these GCT points are summed up and the top three finishers share in the $150,000 Grand Tour Pot (first place $75,000, second place $50,000 and third place ...

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Govt forms panel to upgrade norms for computation of economic data - All India Radio

July 2, 2018 - 2:00am
Govt forms panel to upgrade norms for computation of economic data  All India Radio

The government has set up a 13-member committee to upgrade the norms for computation of economic data at states and districts level in the backdrop of plans ...

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Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus? - Chess.com

July 1, 2018 - 2:04am

Chess.com

Will Fabiano Caruana Beat King Magnus?
Chess.com
The potential disadvantage that I described can really motivate the challenger, and if there is a guy who can bring big surprises, it is definitely Caruana! Who could forget Fabiano's famous seven straight wins in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup, including a ...

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Magnus' Kingdom, confidence and Caruana - Chessbase News

June 29, 2018 - 2:00am
Magnus' Kingdom, confidence and Caruana  Chessbase News

Magnus Carlsen weighs in on "peak performance" in a video published by Inc.com, and Play Magnus has launched a new app aimed at children five to nine ...

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On Chess: Two Americans dominate to lead the Grand Chess Tour standings - KBIA

June 28, 2018 - 5:55am

KBIA

On Chess: Two Americans dominate to lead the Grand Chess Tour standings
KBIA
10-16, followed by the only classical event of the 2018 GCT, the Sinquefield Cup from Aug. 17-28. World champion Magnus Carlsen has confirmed his participation as the wildcard in the Sinquefield Cup. Not only will his participation make the event even ...

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On Chess: Two Americans dominate to lead the Grand Chess Tour standings - St. Louis Public Radio

June 28, 2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: Two Americans dominate to lead the Grand Chess Tour standings  St. Louis Public Radio

The first two events of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) took place in Leuven from June 12-16 and Paris from June 20-24. After 10 grueling days full of.

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Abu Dhabi: 'The land of the Gazelle' - Chessbase News

June 28, 2018 - 2:00am
Abu Dhabi: 'The land of the Gazelle'  Chessbase News

The Abu Dhabi Chess Festival is just around the corner and its premier event, the Masters' Tournament, features an exciting list of players. Some of the bigwigs ...

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On Chess: Two Americans dominate to lead the Grand Chess Tour standings - St. Louis Public Radio

June 28, 2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: Two Americans dominate to lead the Grand Chess Tour standings  St. Louis Public Radio

The first two events of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) took place in Leuven from June 12-16 and Paris from June 20-24. After 10 grueling days full of.

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Magnus Carlsens dristige valg overrasker ekspert - Aftenposten

June 27, 2018 - 3:45am

Aftenposten

Magnus Carlsens dristige valg overrasker ekspert
Aftenposten
Sist gang de møttes, i Norway Chess, vant Carlsen. Det blir imidlertid ikke stående som VM-generalprøven. Mandag kveld ble det nemlig bekreftet at Carlsen stiller i Sinquefield Cup i St. Louis, USA (17.-28. august). Der står også Caruana på deltagerlisten.

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