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On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week - St. Louis Public Radio

June 7, 2018 - 5:52am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week
St. Louis Public Radio
At the end of the Sinquefield Cup, the top four players with the most points accumulated across the four events will proceed to the finals in London, where they will compete in a series of matches for additional prizes and the title of the 2018 Grand ...

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On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week - KBIA

June 7, 2018 - 5:50am

KBIA

On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week
KBIA
At the end of the Sinquefield Cup, the top four players with the most points accumulated across the four events will proceed to the finals in London, where they will compete in a series of matches for additional prizes and the title of the 2018 Grand ...

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On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week - St. Louis Public Radio

June 7, 2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week  St. Louis Public Radio

The fourth annual Grand Chess Tour is right around the corner — this time with a new format. Instead of the London Chess Classic being just a stop of the.

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Caruana Wins Altibox Norway Chess 2018 - Chess.com

June 7, 2018 - 2:00am
Caruana Wins Altibox Norway Chess 2018  Chess.com

Fabiano Caruana won the €75000 first prize at the Altibox Norway Chess tournament after beating Wesley So and seeing his main rivals draw their games.

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On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week - St. Louis Public Radio

June 7, 2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: Grand Chess Tour introduces new format and elite players to start competition next week  St. Louis Public Radio

The fourth annual Grand Chess Tour is right around the corner — this time with a new format. Instead of the London Chess Classic being just a stop of the.

Categories: News, Sinquefield Cup

So stays at 2nd in Norway chessfest - manilastandard.net

June 6, 2018 - 2:00am
So stays at 2nd in Norway chessfest  manilastandard.net

Wesley So played Shakriyar Mamedyarov to a draw in 26 moves Tuesday in the seventh round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament. The draw was So's fifth ...

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For Carlsen, Caruana, familiarity breeds respect - Washington Times

June 5, 2018 - 10:57am

Washington Times

For Carlsen, Caruana, familiarity breeds respect
Washington Times
Bg5 line he played at Caruana at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup, which Black won in 34 moves. After 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 b5!? (a new move in this position and a fateful one, as White gets a passed a-pawn that Black never manages to corral) 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 ...

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For Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, familiarity breeds respect - Washington Times

June 5, 2018 - 2:00am
For Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, familiarity breeds respect  Washington Times

Time was when chess world championship matches included a lengthy getting-to-know-you phase. When Emanuel Lasker challenged William Steinitz for the ...

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For Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, familiarity breeds respect - Washington Times

June 5, 2018 - 2:00am
For Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, familiarity breeds respect  Washington Times

Time was when chess world championship matches included a lengthy getting-to-know-you phase. When Emanuel Lasker challenged William Steinitz for the ...

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Norway Chess 6: So beats Carlsen for the 1st time - chess24

June 4, 2018 - 3:06am

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Norway Chess 6: So beats Carlsen for the 1st time
chess24
Some of his losses have been painful, such as the 26-move defeat in Bilbao 2016 or the 29-move defeat in the 2017 Sinquefield Cup. In Norway Chess this year, with Magnus flying right from the start and having briefly crossed 2850 again, it didn't seem ...

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Norway Chess 6: So beats Carlsen for the 1st time - chess24

June 4, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess 6: So beats Carlsen for the 1st time  chess24

Wesley So has beaten Magnus Carlsen for the first time at a classical time control to blow Altibox Norway Chess 2018 wide open going into the fin...

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Carlsen a sziklából is vizet fakasztott az év legjelentősebb sakkversenyén - Origo

June 2, 2018 - 3:40am

Origo

Carlsen a sziklából is vizet fakasztott az év legjelentősebb sakkversenyén
Origo
Sinquefield Cup tornán az utolsó fordulóban legyőzte a háromszoros olimpiai bajnokot és letaszította a dobogóról, Londonban is nyert. Második világos partijában Carlsen a spanyol megnyitás antiberlini változatában a 14. lépésben újítással lepte meg ...

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Norway Chess 3: Magnus beats Lev to cross 2850 - chess24

May 30, 2018 - 6:13pm

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Norway Chess 3: Magnus beats Lev to cross 2850
chess24
Yes, after his Candidates meltdown Levon Aronian went into the tournament outside the Top 10, though the last time Magnus had joked about that it hadn't gone so well. Before the 2015 Sinquefield Cup they'd had a training session together (and how can ...

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Norway Chess 3: Magnus beats Lev to cross 2850 - chess24

May 30, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess 3: Magnus beats Lev to cross 2850  chess24

Magnus Carlsen beat Levon Aronian in what Peter Svidler called “a tremendously impressive game” to take a full point lead after just three rounds of the 2018 ...

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ChessBase Magazine 184 - Chessbase News

May 28, 2018 - 9:59am
ChessBase Magazine 184  Chessbase News

The ChessBase Magazine is the most comprehensive and most sophisticated chess magazine there is. World class players analyze their brilliancies and ...

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Carlsen Beats Caruana In Altibox Norway Chess Round 1 - Chess.com

May 28, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen Beats Caruana In Altibox Norway Chess Round 1  Chess.com

As the only winner of the round, Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana on day one of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger, Norway.

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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 Preview - chess24

May 27, 2018 - 4:35am

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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 Preview
chess24
This year he finished second in Gibraltar after losing a playoff to Aronian and failed to set the world on fire in the GRENKE Chess Classic, but of course he remains a potential winner in Norway. His last big statement was winning the 2017 Sinquefield Cup.

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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 Preview - chess24

May 27, 2018 - 2:00am
Altibox Norway Chess 2018 Preview  chess24

Magnus Carlsen tops the field as the 6th edition of Altibox Norway Chess begins today in Stavanger with the traditional blitz opener. The World C...

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Wesley So Wins Norway Chess Opening Blitz - Chess.com

May 27, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So Wins Norway Chess Opening Blitz  Chess.com

Wesley So won the Altibox Norway Chess opening blitz tournament on Sunday in Stavanger. "Totally unexpected, I suppose," the American GM said. "Everyone ...

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