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Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 7 - chess24

August 2, 2018 - 2:00am
Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 7  chess24

In the season finale of Jan's Opening Clinic 20, Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson wraps things up by answering all the remaining questions from chess24 P...

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Carlsen-Caruana World Chess Championship Venue Set - Chess.com

August 2, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen-Caruana World Chess Championship Venue Set  Chess.com

The venue for the November world chess championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will be The College in Holborn, London.

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The Albin: "One of the most underrated openings, gambits-wise" - Chessbase News

August 2, 2018 - 2:00am
The Albin: "One of the most underrated openings, gambits-wise"  Chessbase News

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 — have you ever used this defence, which acts as a very big nuisance in the white position? In his latest Fritztrainer Lawrence Trent ...

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MVL Gets 1st Win In Biel As Georgiadis Misses Double Attacks - Chess.com

July 27, 2018 - 2:00am
MVL Gets 1st Win In Biel As Georgiadis Misses Double Attacks  Chess.com

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his first game at the Biel Chess Festival. The French GM was about to convert a pawn-up endgame when his opponent Nico ...

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Aronian Smashes Caruana In Speed Chess Rout - Chess.com

July 25, 2018 - 2:00am
Aronian Smashes Caruana In Speed Chess Rout  Chess.com

GM Fabiano Caruana had a good first 10 minutes of the opening match of the 2018 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship season, then had a completely ...

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Margarita Gasparyan reaches second round of Nanchang tennis tournament - PanARMENIAN.Net

July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Margarita Gasparyan reaches second round of Nanchang tennis tournament  PanARMENIAN.Net

In the next round, Gasparyan will face the winner of the match between Zhang Shuai of China and Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

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Caruana vs Aronian Kicks Off 2018 Speed Chess Championship - Chess.com

July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Caruana vs Aronian Kicks Off 2018 Speed Chess Championship  Chess.com

Get your brackets ready! The 2018 season of the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship begins tomorrow with a blockbuster of an opening-round match.

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Youri Djorkaeff supports football camp for refugee children in Athens - PanARMENIAN.Net

July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Youri Djorkaeff supports football camp for refugee children in Athens  PanARMENIAN.Net

The summer football program supported by legendary player Youri Djorkaeff targets unaccompanied children, aged 12-17.

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Biel R2: Vintage Magnus wins again - chess24

July 23, 2018 - 2:00am
Biel R2: Vintage Magnus wins again  chess24

It was a great day of chess in Biel. All three games included noteworthy highlights and two of them finished with decisive results. Magnus Carlsen ...

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Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik - chess24

July 21, 2018 - 2:00am
Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik  chess24

Ian Nepomniachtchi was announced on Friday as part of the Russian Olympiad team alongside Vladimir Kramnik, but after their Round 5 game in Dortmund ...

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Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik - chess24

July 21, 2018 - 12:45am

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Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik
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Ian Nepomniachtchi was announced on Friday as part of the Russian Olympiad team alongside Vladimir Kramnik, but after their Round 5 game in Dortmund there may be some arguments over board order! Nepo was surprised by Kramnik in the opening, but ...

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Don't Park Your Car Below Giant Chess Sets, And Other News - Chess.com

July 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Don't Park Your Car Below Giant Chess Sets, And Other News  Chess.com

It's a good thing the World Chess Hall of Fame keeps its giant chess set on the ground floor. Sure, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and IM Danny Rensch still do ...

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Dortmund 2018, 2: Duda takes the lead - chess24

July 16, 2018 - 2:00am
Dortmund 2018, 2: Duda takes the lead  chess24

20-year-old Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu with the black pieces to take the sole lead after Round 2 of the Sparkassen Chess Meet...

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Dortmund 2018, 1: "Chess is ugly and a draw" - chess24

July 15, 2018 - 2:00am
Dortmund 2018, 1: "Chess is ugly and a draw"  chess24

Ian Nepomniachtchi almost celebrated his 28th birthday in style by beating Anish Giri in Round 1 of the 2018 Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund...

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Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title - chess24

July 13, 2018 - 2:34pm

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Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title
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He's previously won the Russian Championship, the Tal Memorial and came incredibly close to winning last year's London Chess Classic before losing to Fabiano Caruana in a playoff. He also has a Dortmund history, first appearing as a 17-year-old in 2008 ...

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FIDE Ethics Commission Bans Ilyumzhinov - Chess.com

July 13, 2018 - 2:00am
FIDE Ethics Commission Bans Ilyumzhinov  Chess.com

The FIDE ethics commission has sanctioned Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for violating the FIDE code of ethics. The FIDE president, who was banned from "holding any ...

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Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title - chess24

July 13, 2018 - 2:00am
Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title  chess24

The 46th Sparkassen Chess Meeting starts in Dortmund, Germany on Saturday, with world no. 5 Vladimir Kramnik looking to add to his haul of ten Dor...

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Sahak Hovhannisyan receives individual training ahead of Youth Olympics - Mediamax.am

July 12, 2018 - 2:00am
Sahak Hovhannisyan receives individual training ahead of Youth Olympics  Mediamax.am

Armenia will be represented by only one wrestler in Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics, Sahak Hovhannisyan (60kg). The games are to take place on October ...

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Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24

July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title  chess24

The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in th...

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So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes - Chess.com

July 9, 2018 - 2:00am
So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes  Chess.com

Wesley So retained his Leon Masters title after beating Paco Vallejo in the final. This was despite Friday, when the American was close to getting eliminated by ...

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