Sinquefield Cup News

Chess.com
5 Tie In St. Louis But Defending Champ Not Among Them
Chess.com
There are no longer easy title defenses in St. Louis. GM Gata Kamsky used to win U.S. Championship titles in bunches earlier this decade, but those days are over. Even the Sinquefield Cup, also held in St. Louis, has produced four different winners in ...

Sinquefield Cup Contenders: Hikaru Nakamura  USChessChamps.com

Chess.com
Howell 'Victorious Veteran' At Winter Chess Classic
Chess.com
With the U.S. Championship, the Sinquefield Cup and the new rapid & blitz event of the Grand Chess Tour, the city of St. Louis was already a majestic host of super strong tournaments. Now, it's taking its nickname "the U.S. capital of chess" to the ...

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Famous chess player arrested in Bulgaria  Chessbase News

He gained fame a few years ago, by playing in GM tournaments and crushing players many categories above him with flawless tactical play. Then Borislav ...

Maurice Ashley on One on 1  Chessbase News

'It's hard to name something that Maurice Ashley hasn't done in the world of chess. He's played, coached, taught, created tournaments, done play-by-play for ...

A brand new way of analyzing - Assisted Analysis!  Chessbase News

ChessBase 14 has introduced a brand new way of analyzing chess positions with the help of the latest feature called Assisted Analysis. In this article we will be ...

KBIA
On Chess: Creating a path for future elite players through quarterly tournaments
KBIA
In this column, we usually talk about some of the most prestigious events in the entire world: The U.S. Chess Championship, rhe Sinquefield Cup, the Olympiad, the Candidates, the Women's World Championship. However, very rarely do we talk about the ...

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St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Creating a path for future elite players through quarterly tournaments
St. Louis Public Radio
In this column, we usually talk about some of the most prestigious events in the entire world: The U.S. Chess Championship, rhe Sinquefield Cup, the Olympiad, the Candidates, the Women's World Championship. However, very rarely do we talk about the ...

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Women's World Ch.: Muzychuk and Zhongyi in the final!  Chessbase News

What an amazing semifinal it was for all involved and watching. After a very close affair in game one, which she won, Anna Muzychuk won her second game ...

STLtoday.com
Editorial: Short takes on human athletes, car-racing doldrums and anti-privacy conspirators
STLtoday.com
... Stix elementary schools. The goal is to help kids learn strategy, focus and patience, the Post-Dispatch's Christine Byers reports. Who knows? In the not-too-distant future, one of them might be competing for the Grand Chess Tour's coveted ...

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Sharjah GP Rd1: MVL, Adams, and Rapport draw first blood  Chessbase News

It promised to bring levels of excitement and dynamism, and the new format did not disappoint. Three games ended in decisive results, with one hardly a ...

Chess.com
World's Top 10 To Play At Norway Chess
Chess.com
A more recent event that should be mentioned is the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. With Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian and Hikaru Nakamura it was by rating the strongest in the history of chess, ...

World's Top 10 To Play At Norway Chess  Chess.com

This week the organizers of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament announced a most spectacular field for the 2017 edition. The current world's top 10 will be ...

On Chess: How to earn a chess title  St. Louis Public Radio

Many readers may be familiar with such titles as Grandmaster (GM) and International Master (IM), but what do they mean? Why are they important? How does an ...

On Chess: How to earn a chess title  St. Louis Public Radio

Many readers may be familiar with such titles as Grandmaster (GM) and International Master (IM), but what do they mean? Why are they important? How does an ...

The Boston Globe
Chess ntes
The Boston Globe
Former world champion and the world's top-ranked player Veselin Topalov is now 41 and, perhaps, on the down side of a fine career, with his chess very spotty these days. He finished in a tie for 2 nd last summer at the Sinquefield Cup but then finished ...

My favourite chess book  Chessbase News

What's your favourite book of chess? This question is asked many a time, and every chess player has a book that is close to his heart. Usually it's a book that one ...

So stretches unbeaten streak to 60 games - Manila Standard
The Standard
After staying unscathed in 56 games and winning the 13-round 2017 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in The Netherlands last week, So resumed his ...

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St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Undefeated Wesley So, a world champion contender
St. Louis Public Radio
So's incredible run started after his tournament in Bilbao, Spain last July. The fastest improving player lost his last game in Bilbao but, surprisingly, So has not lost a single game since. He tied for third in Bilbao, then he won the Sinquefield Cup ...
Grand Chess Tour Levon Aronian to replace Vladimir KramnikBig News Network.com
Levon Aronian to participate in Grand Chess Tour - Panorama.amPanorama.am

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St. Louis Public Radio
Undefeated Wesley So: A world champion contender
KBIA
Just last weekend, Wesley So won one of the most prestigious chess events, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament held in the Netherlands. So faced a difficult challenge, with World Champion Magnus Carlsen and World Championship challenger Sergey ...
Grand Chess Tour: Levon Aronian to replace Vladimir KramnikBig News Network.com
Levon Aronian to participate in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am

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