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Playoffs To Decide 2018 Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

December 10, 2017 - 2:00am
Playoffs To Decide 2018 Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

The 2018 Grand Chess Tour will be decided in a four-player playoff final to be held at the London Chess Classic. This was announced at a press meeting today ...

New format for Grand Chess Tour 2018 - Chessbase News

December 10, 2017 - 2:00am
New format for Grand Chess Tour 2018  Chessbase News

The organisers of the Grand Chess Tour announced changes to the format for 2018, including a new format for next year's London Chess Classic. The traditional ...

Playoffs To Decide 2018 Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

December 10, 2017 - 2:00am
Playoffs To Decide 2018 Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

The 2018 Grand Chess Tour will be decided in a four-player playoff final to be held at the London Chess Classic. This was announced at a press meeting today ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

December 9, 2017 - 12:29pm

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The fifth and final Grand Chess Tour (www.GrandChessTour.org) event, the 9th London Chess Classic, is well underway. The field includes the world champion, Magnus Carlsen; Americans Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, and Hikaru Nakamura; candidate Levon ...
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Caruana one point ahead - The Hindu

December 9, 2017 - 8:39am

Caruana one point ahead
The Hindu
Fabiano Caruana has taken early advantage of the flurry of draws at the London Chess Classic. The American, who scored two back-to-back wins, was in sole lead as the tournament entered its second rest day. He has 3.5 points, one ahead of his nearest ...

London Classic: Nakamura misses win against Carlsen - Chessbase News

December 9, 2017 - 2:00am
London Classic: Nakamura misses win against Carlsen  Chessbase News

What a fun round it was. Round six may not have had many wins, but it was not short of excitement. The big game was between Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus ...

Another Escape Gets Carlsen First Win In London - Chess.com

December 9, 2017 - 2:00am
Another Escape Gets Carlsen First Win In London  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen was again on the verge of losing at the London Chess Classic today, again came back into the game and this time even won, vs. Michael ...

Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive - Chess.com

December 8, 2017 - 8:01pm

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Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive
Chess.com
Hikaru Nakamura had Magnus Carlsen on the ropes today, but failed to deliver. The only winner in round six of the London Chess Classic was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who beat Michael Adams. Nakamura not winning his game was bad news for Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ...

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London Chess Classic: Caruana one point ahead - Sportstarlive

December 8, 2017 - 11:27am

London Chess Classic: Caruana one point ahead
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But with six rounds remaining, there is plenty of chess left in the last stop of the Grand Chess Tour. Caruana's wins have come over Sergey Karjakin and five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand, both of whom thus are on two points. He had beaten the ...

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London chess classic: Caruana one point ahead - The Hindu

December 8, 2017 - 10:58am

London chess classic: Caruana one point ahead
The Hindu
Fabiano Caruana has taken early advantage of the flurry of draws at the London Chess Classic. The American, who scored two back-to-back wins, was in sole lead as the tournament entered its second rest day. He has 3.5 points, one ahead of his nearest ...

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Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive - Chess.com

December 8, 2017 - 2:00am
Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive  Chess.com

Hikaru Nakamura had Magnus Carlsen on the ropes today, but failed to deliver. The only winner in round six of the London Chess Classic was Ian ...

AlphaZero Chess: Reactions From Top GMs, Stockfish Author - Chess.com

December 8, 2017 - 2:00am
AlphaZero Chess: Reactions From Top GMs, Stockfish Author  Chess.com

The news about AlphaZero beating Stockfish 64-36 without a single loss after just four hours of self-training has shocked the chess world. Chess.com has early ...

Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive - Chess.com

December 8, 2017 - 2:00am
Carlsen Escapes vs Nakamura, Keeps Grand Chess Tour Hope Alive  Chess.com

Hikaru Nakamura had Magnus Carlsen on the ropes today, but failed to deliver. The only winner in round six of the London Chess Classic was Ian ...

So shares No.2 in Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times

December 7, 2017 - 6:38am

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So shares No.2 in Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
Defending champion Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So scored 2.5 points after five rounds to share the second spot with six other players in the prestigious 2017 Grand Chess Tour – London Classic being held at the Olympia Conference Center in London, England ...
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London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win - Firstpost

December 7, 2017 - 2:00am
London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win  Firstpost

In the game between Viswanathan Anand and Aronian, the latter sort of found a way to get into the realms of his favourite Marshall Gambit despite Anand's ...

London Classic: Caruana wins again - Chessbase News

December 7, 2017 - 2:00am
London Classic: Caruana wins again  Chessbase News

Round five promised a lot more than what it yielded, but the audience won't have left feeling the players did not deliver. Magnus Carlsen played a masterful ...

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win - Firstpost

December 6, 2017 - 7:39pm

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London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win
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Vachier-Lagrave's game against world champion Magnus Carlsen was the most significant encounter of the round as the former is trailing the latter on the overall Grand Chess Tour Standings for the top prize. Vachier-Lagrave was also able to get a better ...

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London Chess Classic: Caruana draws first blood - Sportstarlive

December 6, 2017 - 12:34pm

London Chess Classic: Caruana draws first blood
Sportstarlive
07 December, 2017 00:11 IST. Fabiano Caruana (left) beat Sergey Karjakin to emerge as sole leader. Finally, there was blood on the board. Fabiano Caruana of the United States broke the deadlock in the London Chess Classic with a victory over Sergey ...

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