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Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup - chess24

June 26, 2018 - 9:35am

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Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup
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The last clash between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana before their World Championship match now looks set to take place this August in the Sinquefield Cup, after Magnus accepted an invitation to be the wild card for the Grand Chess Tour's only ...

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Kasparov's 1st Bughouse Game: Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

June 26, 2018 - 2:00am
Kasparov's 1st Bughouse Game: Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

On Monday, the Paris Grand Chess Tour participants had a "pro-biz" event, and were joined by Garry Kasparov. It was also announced that Magnus Carlsen will ...

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Kasparov's 1st Bughouse Game: Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

June 26, 2018 - 2:00am
Kasparov's 1st Bughouse Game: Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

On Monday, the Paris Grand Chess Tour participants had a "pro-biz" event, and were joined by Garry Kasparov. It was also announced that Magnus Carlsen will ...

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Chess: Why Wesley So thinks Marvel should make 'superhero feature' about top players - ABS-CBN News

June 26, 2018 - 2:00am
Chess: Why Wesley So thinks Marvel should make 'superhero feature' about top players  ABS-CBN News

Wesley So tried to catch up but eventually settled for third place in the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour early Monday. The pride of Bacoor, Cavite, won his first ...

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Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup - chess24

June 26, 2018 - 2:00am
Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup  chess24

The last clash between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana before their World Championship match now looks set to take place this August in the Si...

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Kasparov's 1st Bughouse Game: Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

June 26, 2018 - 2:00am
Kasparov's 1st Bughouse Game: Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

On Monday, the Paris Grand Chess Tour participants had a "pro-biz" event, and were joined by Garry Kasparov. It was also announced that Magnus Carlsen will ...

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Chess: Why Wesley So thinks Marvel should make 'superhero feature' about top players - ABS-CBN News

June 26, 2018 - 1:06am

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Chess: Why Wesley So thinks Marvel should make 'superhero feature' about top players
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The players will take a break before the GCT, which stakes a total pot of $1.2 million, resumes with the third leg set in Saint Louis, Missouri, from August 10 to 16, followed immediately by the Sinquefield Cup, where play shifts to classical chess ...

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Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz - BusinessWorld Online (press release)

June 25, 2018 - 8:14am

BusinessWorld Online (press release)

Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz
BusinessWorld Online (press release)
In 2016, in a big shock heard around the world, the Filipino-American GM Wesley So became Tour Champion by winning both of the last two legs, the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic. In 2017 it was back to Magnus Carlsen as the Tour ...

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Caruana suffers slump in form ahead of Carlsen world title match - Financial Times

June 25, 2018 - 5:47am

Financial Times

Caruana suffers slump in form ahead of Carlsen world title match
Financial Times
The 27-year-old is a Real Madrid fan so could take pleasure both in Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick and Caruana's discomfort. Caruana still has a heavy programme before London: more rapid and blitz at St Louis, the Sinquefield Cup in that city, and ...

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Can you find checkmate in three moves against any defence? - Financial Times

June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
Can you find checkmate in three moves against any defence?  Financial Times

Caruana suffers slump in form ahead of Carlsen world title match — plus puzzle 2270.

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June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
Azerbaijan Army - 100! - VIDEO  News.Az

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Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz - BusinessWorld Online

June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz  BusinessWorld Online

The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is a circuit of chess tournaments where the world Top 10 players compete for multiple prize pools. This started in 2015 and, ...

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Can you find checkmate in three moves against any defence? - Financial Times

June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
Can you find checkmate in three moves against any defence?  Financial Times

Caruana suffers slump in form ahead of Carlsen world title match — plus puzzle 2270.

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"I don't see Nigel as a great leadership candidate" - Chessbase News

June 25, 2018 - 2:00am
"I don't see Nigel as a great leadership candidate"  Chessbase News

IM Malcolm Pein, now a candidate for FIDE Deputy President, took time out from a full schedule for a chat with Macauley Peteron in Leuven at the end of the ...

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Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour | chess24.com - chess24

June 25, 2018 - 1:24am

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Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour | chess24.com
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Hikaru Nakamura overtook Sergey Karjakin on the final day of blitz to take home the winner's trophy from the Paris Grand Chess Tour. The American d...

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Nakamura wins Paris GCT - chess24

June 24, 2018 - 5:22pm

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Nakamura wins Paris GCT
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... could go to almost anyone else (except, perhaps, Caruana, who has another huge commitment in November). Everything will be decided in Saint Louis, where the players will meet on August 10th both for another rapid & blitz event and the Sinquefield Cup.

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Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour - chess24

June 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour  chess24

Hikaru Nakamura overtook Sergey Karjakin on the final day of blitz to take home the winner's trophy from the Paris Grand Chess Tour. The American d...

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Grand Chess Tour Paris LIVE - Chessbase News

June 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour Paris LIVE  Chessbase News

Wesley So won the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2018, the combined rapid chess and blitz tournament in Leuven. The tour continues with an equivalent ...

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Chess: Wesley So grabs lead in Paris, vaults to world No. 2 in rapid ... - ABS-CBN News

June 22, 2018 - 10:20am

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Chess: Wesley So grabs lead in Paris, vaults to world No. 2 in rapid ...
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With 2 wins and a draw on Thursday, the Cavite-born player who now represents Team USA zoomed from world No. 14 to No. 2.
Chess: Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana on contrasting form in ...The Guardian

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Chess: Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana on contrasting form in Grand Tour - The Guardian

June 22, 2018 - 8:42am

The Guardian

Chess: Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana on contrasting form in Grand Tour
The Guardian
Some are already saying that Caruana, who has a heavy programme ahead with the St Louis rapid/blitz and the Sinquefield Cup in August plus top board for the US gold medal team at the 190-nation Olympiad in October, ought to withdraw from the Tour and ...

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