Grand Chess Tour News

78th Tata Steel tournament begins on Friday  Chessbase News

It is called the "Wimbledon of Chess" and takes place in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. The Tata Steel event attracts the very best chess players in the world – this year ...

Azerbaijani Izzet wins Australian Chess Championships  AzerNews

Azerbaijani chess player Kenan Izzet has become the winner of the 2016 Australian Chess Championships.

What makes the London Chess Classic special?  Chessbase News

How do you make a chess festival special? How do you bring together all the resources, spark the interest of the entire chess community, ignite in thousands a ...

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015
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 ...

Fester Platz im Kreis der Weltklasse
Derwesten.de
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave hat beim Treffen der Schach-Weltklasse in London den zweiten Platz erreicht. Der Franzose, der in der Bundesliga für den SV Nord spielt, belegte damit den vierten Platz in der Gesamtwertung der hoch dotierten Grand Chess Tour.

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Norway Chess trekker seg ut av sjakkens mesterliga
Aftenbladet.no
Norway Chess ble i 2015 en del av Grand Chess Tour, men den norske sjakkturneringen velger å satse videre alene allerede etter ett år. Oppdatert: 06.jan. 2016 12:20. Publisert: 06.jan. 2016 12:20. Norway Chess skriver i en pressemelding at økonomiske ...
Norway Chess bryterVG
Norway Chess bryter ut av «sjakkens Champions League»TV 2

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Norway Chess bryter
VG
For Magnus har ikke dette noen stor praktisk betydning, sier Carlsens manager Espen Agdestein til VG. I debutåret 2015 besto touren av Norway Chess, Sinquefield Cup og London Chess Classic. Storturneringen i Norge blir ikke en del av Grand Chess Tour ...
Norway Chess bryter ut av «sjakkens Champions League»TV 2
Norway Chess trekker seg ut av sjakkens mesterligaAftenposten

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Grand Chess Tour gets smaller  ChessBase

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
He bought his first house, and then he played in the London Chess Classic, the third and last event in the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. Going into the final, Carlsen looked very much out of contention for the overall Grand Tour title, languishing in fourth ...

Bulgaria's chess grandmaster Veselin Topalov lost seven positions in the FIDE ...
Focus News
In early December, the Bulgarian was second in the rankings, but after the poor performance at the final tournament of the Grand Chess Tour 2015 in London ranked ninth. Leader in the ranking is the world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, followed by ...

AL.com
Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
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.

ArmeniaNow.com
Sports in 2015: Soccer setback, chess hopes, Baku Games participation
ArmeniaNow.com
During the year Aronian won a prestigious tournament in St. Louis, USA, (taking third in the Grand Chess Tour overall) and led Team Armenia to silver medals in the European team chess championship that ended in Reykjavik, Iceland. The most ...

The Indian Panorama
Anand back in business after crushing Topalov in London
The Indian Panorama
... World Champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back from his fourth round loss and beat his former world championship challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the fifth round of London Chess Classic, the concluding edition of the Grand Chess Tour.

London Chess Classic
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Three big organizers came together early this year to put together “a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players -- the product of this collaboration was the Grand Chess Tour ...

Huffington: Carlsen Wins Grand Chess Tour  ChessBase

2015 Ukrainian Ch: Comebacks and Cinderella  Chessbase News

12/19/2015 – It was a tight race to the end for the Ukrainian Championships, with nothing decided in either the Men's or Women's event until the very last round.

Huffington Post
Carlsen wins Grand Chess Tour
Huffington Post
The world chess champion Magnus Carlsen won the Chess Grand Tour, a three tournaments bonanza played in Norway, the USA and England, and involving the world's best players. It was loosely based on the $1,2 million 1988-1989 Chess World Cup, ...

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St. Louis Public Radio
64: All's well
Marianas Variety
Magnus's tournament victory also allowed him to win the Grand Chess Tour, three points ahead of Giri. The Grand Chess Tour is “an annual circuit of chess tournaments where players compete for multiple prize pools. The three tournaments featured in the ...
Pestaño: One big tournament after anotherSun.Star
On Chess: And after all that, Magnus Carlsen is still the bestSt. Louis Public Radio

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St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: And after all that, Magnus Carlsen is still the best
St. Louis Public Radio
Going into the year before the first Grand Chess Tour stop in Norway, the elite had distanced themselves quite a bit from the rest of the pack. There was a marked difference in rating between those in the top-10 and those below; a significant gap of 30 ...

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