On Chess: Millionaire Chess offers high gloss and high risk - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
One might wonder what the purpose of having such a tournament is. And even though some tournaments are simply hosted thanks to sponsorship and people that truly love the game (such as the Sinquefield Cup, sponsored by Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield), ...
- Magnus Carlsen - Financial Times
Financial Times
Financial Times
Yet recently, he finished eighth in the Norway Chess Tournament and second in the high-profile Sinquefield Cup. “I am not sure that I am improving but I am learning and that is the key bit,” he says. “I feel I am not a young player any more . . . and ...
On Chess: Millionaire Chess offers high gloss and high risk - St. Louis Public Radio
Part of any good chess player's repertoire includes gambits, sacrifices and risks. Specific player's style of play makes them take this path more often.
Interview: Being nerdy is good, says chess world champion Magnus Carlsen - Financial Times
Things do not get off to the best start when I walk into the Hotel Bristol in Oslo to meet Magnus Carlsen. The chess world champion, and the highest-rated human ...
Interview: Being nerdy is good, says chess world champion Magnus Carlsen - Financial Times
Things do not get off to the best start when I walk into the Hotel Bristol in Oslo to meet Magnus Carlsen. The chess world champion, and the highest-rated human ...
On Chess: Millionaire Chess offers high gloss and high risk - St. Louis Public Radio
Part of any good chess player's repertoire includes gambits, sacrifices and risks. Specific player's style of play makes them take this path more often.
Jacques Reber is new Nestlé PH chairman and CEO - The Manila Times
Nestlé Philippines Inc. (NPI) said it has appointed Jacques Reber as chairman and chief executive officer, effective Aug 1, 2015. Reber, who is from Switzerland, ...
On Chess: World Cup works its way from 128 players to two - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
Even their ongoing conflict with Armenia was put aside for this sport: For the first time in many, many years Armenians were invited to Azerbaijan, including the winner of the Sinquefield Cup, Levon Aronian. After being eliminated this year in Baku ...
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Can chess find a new audience with game show payouts and reality TV? - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Wesley So had a confession to make. The grandmaster from Minnetonka had violated virtually every opening principle in the game just to win a pawn. He'd left ...
On Chess: St. Louis players raise money for ALS research - St. Louis Public Radio
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis held its annual ALS Benefit Tournament last weekend to commemorate the life of Waldo Odak, ...
Wesley So eliminated from Chess World Cup - Rappler
Wesley So was eliminated in the fourth round by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as he slides to a world number 12 rating.
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Levon Aronian won the 2015 Sinquefield Cup; Carlsen finding himself tied for second place. After Topalov won the Norway tournament, he opined that a number of young players are able to beat Carlsen, but this prophecy remains to be fulfilled. Winners ...
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Rugby World Cup? Pah! The world cup of chess is far more exciting - Telegraph.co.uk
Five thousand miles away from the rugby, another world cup is taking place - and it's full of blood and thunder, says Leon Watson.
Opinion: Garry Kasparov shows that modernity is not passé - Montreal Gazette
The skills Garry Kasparov learned from chess were decision-making, risk-taking, achieving under pressure and responding to new challenges: skills transferable ...
On Chess: New partnership brings after-school chess to the Ferguson-Florissant School District - St. Louis Public Radio
This past Tuesday morning, Walnut Grove Elementary School of Ferguson, hosted the official launch of a new after-school chess instruction pilot program.
Alabama chess champion Scott Varagona and National Chess Day action - AL.com
The next round is about to begin. The competitors file into their tournament room. They check the pairings as to who they will play. Some are anxious and some ...
Eight interesting match-ups from round two - Chessbase News
The first round of the World Cup 2015 is over. The field has been narrowed down from 128 players to 64. But there are still 32 games to follow, which is quite a ...
Grandmaster Levon Aronian Named Sinquefield Cup Champion - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
Bouncing back after a disappointing showing at Norway Chess 2015, Aronian won three games and drew six games at the Sinquefield Cup. Playing before more than one million viewers online, Aronian forced a draw against Veselin Topalov in the final round ...
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On Chess: Saint Louis University makes its opening move in collegiate chess - St. Louis Public Radio
While the chess world was focused on the Sinquefield Cup, the Saint Louis Chess Club was already planning its next move. The year's strongest tournament,
Sinquefield Cup - BusinessWorld Online Edition
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Levon Aronian won his first big tournament for 2015 by taking over the 3rd Sinquefield Cup, a tremendous Category 22 event with eight of the Top 10 players of the world. Only Kramnik and Ding Liren were not participating, and this was because when the ...
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