Candidates Tournament Contenders: Fabiano Caruana - Sports Rediscovered
Sports Rediscovered
Sports Rediscovered
Fabiano Caruana is a calculating machine and has always been highly precise during his games. In recent times he seems to have improved his endgame even more. He has proven his credentials when he dominated the 2014 Sinquefield Cup, and if he ...
On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
The event offers scouts a unique experience as they have the chance to learn chess fundamentals in the same setting as the U.S. Championships and the prestigious Sinquefield Cup, with the World Chess Hall of Fame across the street. Luke, a Tenderfoot ...
On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess - St. Louis Public Radio
On Feb. 27, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis again hosted a Boy Scout chess merit badge workshop. Since launching the merit badge in.
Maurice Ashley: trash talk chess in NYC park - Chessbase News
In Washington Square Park, to be precise, where masters set up chess boards and clocks to play people at $5 a game. Traditionally the master trash talks the ...
Chess (#1187) - Business Standard
Business Standard
Business Standard
Aronian has come out of a slump with a resounding win at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis. Shirov is a question mark. The Latvian GM is always dangerous given his tactical gifts and his fearlessness. But he's long since ceased to be a force at the top ...
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Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events - Chessbase News
Last year it was three events, in Norway, Saint Louis and London. This year Norway drops out and is replaced by two rapid+blitz events, in Paris and Brussels.
Viswanathan Anand's Fresh Start In World Championship Preparation - Sports Rediscovered
The former world no. 1 Viswanathan Anand seems to have started from scratch in order to prepare himself en-route the World Chess Championship.
On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess - St. Louis Public Radio
Photograph of Nona Gaprindashvili in Gisela Gresser's Photo Album from the 1961 Vrnjačka Banja, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia), Women's Candidates ...
Levon Aronian: Armenia's 'David Beckham of chess' - CNN
Levon Aronian: Armenian chess champion is described as the 'David Beckham of chess' -- what can the world learn from his success?
Iranian Championship: Youngster beats GM for lead - Chessbase News
In the previous report, a couple of youngsters were in the lead together with the top-seed GM Maghami, well over 100 Elo above the pack. One would have ...
On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, as the chess capital of America, is duty-bound to host the most important national event of the year: the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's.
On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, as the chess capital of America, is duty-bound to host the most important national event of the year: the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's.
Chess (#1183) - Business Standard
Business Standard
Business Standard
The most fantastic streak in recent memory was Fabiano Caruana's seven at Sinquefield Cup, 2014. That was truly remarkable since it came against the world's best. Another great run sealed Veselin Topalov's bid for the world title at San Luis Rey ...
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
The Sinquefield Cup, which began at the end of August and ended a few days into September, was not only a great tournament but one of the events in the newly created Grand Chess Tour. The Grand Chess Tour consists of three Super Grandmaster events: ...
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio
Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio
Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...
Best of 2015: Best Endgame - Chessbase News
1/4/2016 – The year 2015 is over now, so we thought it's time to let you vote for the highlights of the past year. Today we want you to vote for the best endgame of ...
Best of 2015: Best Game - Chessbase News
The year 2015 is over now, so we thought it's time to let you vote for the highlights of the past year. Today we want you to vote for the best game of the year 2015.
Best of 2015: Best player - Chessbase News
The year 2015 is almost over, so we thought it's time to let you vote for your highlights of this year. To begin with, we want you to vote for the best male player of ...
Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament - AL.com
AL.com
AL.com
Anand and Vachier-Lagrave had reached this position earlier in the year at the Sinquefield Cup (the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour). There Anand played the immediate 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd3 14.