Maxim Matlakov Wins European Championship - Chess.com
Three players topped the devilishly strong European Individual Championships which took place May 31 through June 10 in Minsk, Belarus. GMs Maxim ...
Grandmaster Wesley So targets No.1 spot in world chess ranking - Digital Journal
Digital Journal
Digital Journal
After defeating Alexander Onischuk last April to bag the 2017 US Chess Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, Filipino grand master Wesley So now aims for the top slot in the world chess ranking.
Grandmaster Wesley So targets No.1 spot in world chess ranking - Digital Journal
After defeating Alexander Onischuk last April to bag the 2017 US Chess Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, Filipino grand master Wesley So now aims for the ...
Strongest Tournament Of 2017 Starts Tomorrow - Chess.com
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Chess.com
2014 saw two tournaments with an average Elo above 2800: the Zurich Chess Challenge (2801) and the Sinquefield Cup (2802). The feat of AVRO 1938, which had the world's eight best players, still hasn't been bested. But what a great field it is, this year.
Strongest Tournament Of 2017 Starts Monday - Chess.com
On Monday the fifth edition of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament takes off in Stavanger, Norway. As Magnus Carlsen himself tweeted this week, it's going to ...
Charity Chess: Using Chess to Help Others - Chessbase News
When fifteen grandmasters pledge their support to a chess tournament, chess players pay attention. The first Charity Chess Championship promised a ...
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Next up is the “Your Next Move” on June 28 to July 2, a 10-player round robin rapids event and 18-round blitz event in Leuven, Belgium. The field includes Carlsen, along with former world champs Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. The Sinquefield Cup ...
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is up to its great chess promoting tricks again with the sponsorship of the 2017 Spring Classic .
Det som USA og Spania aldri har klart, skulle skje i Norge. Men nå ... - Bergens Tidende
Bergens Tidende
Bergens Tidende
Om drøyt to uker starter den femte utgaven av sjakkturneringen Norway Chess i Stavanger. 14. februar kunne arrangøren stolt annonsere hvilke ti spillere som ...
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Det som USA og Spania aldri har klart, skulle skje i Norge. Men nå ødelegger ... - Aftenposten
Aftenposten
Aftenposten
Selv ikke de berømte Linares-turneringene i Spania fra 1978 til 2010 eller nåtidens storturneringer som Sinquefield Cup i USA har klart å samle verdens ti beste spillere tidligere. Dermed var det liten tvil om at Norway Chess-listen som ble publisert i ...
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How chess saved a village - Chessbase News
In a country as vast as India, peppered with villages all over, economic prosperity is often the difference between folding in on itself or survival. Many villages ...
How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
Part of what has brought prestige to the club is that it's the host of several large chess tournaments, including the United States Chess Championship, the Sinquefield Cup (part of the Grand Chess Tour) and more. The events are large and broadcast over ...
How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
Part of what has brought prestige to the club is that it's the host of several large chess tournaments, including the United States Chess Championship, the Sinquefield Cup (part of the Grand Chess Tour) and more. The events are large and broadcast over ...
How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes
How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes Now
The St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center has a pretty humble beginning. After retiring and moving back to his Missouri home, financier (and Forbes ...
What to do against the French? Sergei Tiviakov recommends 3.Nd2! - Chessbase News
Sergei Tiviakov knows how to win against the French: by playing 3.Nd2! The renowned author and grandmaster regularly plays this move which has brought him ...
Meet Kasparov, Reimeet A Legend, Run U.S. Chess - Chess.com
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Chess.com
GM Garry Kasparov having some fun amongst his fellow grandmasters after the 2015 Sinquefield Cup. While he's long argued that IBM had many advantages in the match, the book will also discuss how computers have advanced human understanding of ...
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Topalov Wins A Brilliancy In Shamkir - Chess.com
Pavel Eljanov won his second game in a row to start The Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir in clear first place after two rounds, but the main story of the day was ...
US Champion Wesley So - BusinessWorld Online Edition
BusinessWorld Online Edition
August 2016 -- 4th Sinquefield Cup (ELO average of 2778, category 22), solo first with two wins (over Topalov and Nakamura) and seven draws. Tied for second half a point behind him were Anand, Aronian, Caruana and Topalov. Performance rating of 2857.
On Chess: Professional players through the eyes of a grandmaster, coach and spectator - St. Louis Public Radio
From March 27 until mid-April, I had the chance to be grandmaster in residence at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Being at the “mecca”