Grand Chess Tour News

The most important chess tournament in US history is underway in St. Louis  Business Insider

America is not exactly a chess-mad country, but it's about to host a chess tournament that could redefine the landscape of competitive chess for a generation.

STLtoday.com
Celebrated chess grandmaster makes his move -- to St. Louis
STLtoday.com
The annual tournament, which begins on Sunday, is now part of the Grand Chess Tour, and includes stints in Norway and London. Caruana's commanding 2014 victory helped propel him to the No. 2 spot in the world behind Norway's Magnus Carlsen and set ...
World's Most Elite Grandmasters Compete at 2015 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis ...Broadway World

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World's Most Elite Grandmasters Compete at 2015 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis ...
Broadway World
The Sinquefield Cup is the second stop on the inaugural Grand Chess Tour and brings together the most elite players to compete for a total prize of over $1 million. The Tour held its first event during Norway Chess 2015 in June and will conclude with ...

Celebrated chess grandmaster makes his move – to St. Louis  STLtoday.com

Fabiano Caruana transfers to U.S. team from Italian one, in search of historic win for American chess.

Sportskeeda
Grand Chess Tour 2015: Preview of the Sinquefield Cup
Sportskeeda
Politics aside, Grand Chess Tour, announced in April this year, consists of three major annual chess tournaments: Norway Chess, Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic. The idea behind the tour as stated on their official website appears to have a ...
On Chess: St. Louis goes international – again – with Sinquefield CupSt. Louis Public Radio
Song of the Day – Sinquefield Cupfox2now.com

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Grand Chess Tour 2015: Preview of the Sinquefield Cup  Sportskeeda

St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: St. Louis goes international – again – with Sinquefield Cup
St. Louis Public Radio
Starting next week, St. Louis will not only be the capital of chess in America – it will hold the attention of the entire world. At that time, the inaugural Grand Chess Tour will start its second leg: the Sinquefield Cup, now in its third year. Last ...

Arka News Agency
Levon Aronian to compete for Sinquefield Cup
Arka News Agency
YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. Levon Aronian, the best Armenian grandmaster, will take part in Sinquefield Cup chess tournament to be held in St. Louise from August 21 to September 3, chesspro.ru reports. Sinquefield Cup is a part of Grand Chess Tour.

World's Most Elite Grandmasters To Compete At 2015 Sinquefield Cup In Saint ...
Broadway World
The Sinquefield Cup is the second stop on the inaugural Grand Chess Tour and brings together the most elite players to compete for a total prize of over $1 million. The Tour held its first event during Norway Chess 2015 in June and will conclude with ...

World's Most Elite Grandmasters To Compete At 2015 Sinquefield Cup In Saint Louis
PR Newswire (press release)
The Sinquefield Cup is the second stop on the inaugural Grand Chess Tour and brings together the most elite players to compete for a total prize of over $1 million. The Tour held its first event during Norway Chess 2015 in June and will conclude with ...

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Grand Chess Tour Aug. 22-Sept. 3 In CWE
West End Word
The Grand Chess Tour will be making a stop in St. Louis Aug. 22 through Sept. 3 for the third annual Sinquefield Cup. The event will take place at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, 4657 Maryland Ave., in the Central West End.

Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen tops strongest-ever London Chess Classic line-up - Telegraph ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The elite-level tournament, held at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, west London, will be the final leg of the new grand slam-style Grand Chess Tour which was announced in April. Topalov sprung a surprise to win the first leg in Norway, ...

Magnus Carlsen tops strongest-ever London Chess Classic line-up  Telegraph.co.uk

Ten of the world's best chess players will compete in a tournament hailed as the strongest ever held on British soil, it was revealed today. World champion ...

Shahade Speaks of the Relationship between Chess and Poker
Tight Poker
She told Scimia that she is having a good time at the WSOP although “it has been a little bit rushed” as she had to rush to St. Louis to provide the commentary for the Grand Chess Tour's first event. She said that she loves being at the WSOP and wishes ...

CardsChat.com
Exclusive Interview: Jennifer Shahade Talks to CardsChat About Life as a Poker ...
CardsChat.com
It's been a little bit rushed, because I left in the middle to go back to St. Louis and cover the first event of the Grand Chess Tour, which was really fun. I love being here, there's just so much to do! I wish that I could clone myself at the World ...

Norway chess
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Grand Chess Tour was organized earlier this year -- it consists of a series of three super chess tournaments that include Norway Chess 2015, the Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA) and the London Chess Classic, with a million-dollar guaranteed ...

Sportstar
Graf's new role
Sportstar
The inaugural Grand Chess Tour, featuring big stars and big prize money, got off to a spectacular, though completely unexpected, start in Norway in June. The expectations were that local lad Magnus Carlsen, World champion and the strongest player of ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen's ratings crash
Telegraph.co.uk
Calamity for Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess tournament. The Grand Chess Tour winner will claim the $75,000 first prize from a $150,000 bonus pool, which is in addition to the $1,050,000 (£670,000) in prize money at stake in the three events.

Magnus Carlsen's ratings crash  Telegraph.co.uk

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen's rating tumbles more than 20 points after his disasterous Norway Chess tournament.

Only 11 countries have produced men's world chess champions
Stabroek News
At the 2015 Norway Grand Chess Tour which ended on Friday in Stavanger, and which is dubbed the strongest tournament of the year, there were three world champions among the ten participants. In addition, eight of the participants are ranked within the ...

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