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Magnus Carlsen quips 'they are indeed buying nerds' as US snaps up Fabiano Caruana  Telegraph.co.uk

World champion Magnus Carlsen says 'So they are indeed buying nerds!' as Fabiano Caruana signs for the US.

Fabiano Caruana to Join the U.S. Chess Federation
PR Newswire (press release)
Caruana hopes to compete in his first tournament as a United States player on the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour at the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Grand Chess Tour is a circuit of international events for the world's best players.

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Telegraph.co.uk
See, girls can play chess! Six-year-old punches the air after beating ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour. Since taking up chess Lykke-Merlot has made remarkable progress, beating many of Norway's best 12 to 13 year-olds. (YouTube / Stormester Stormester). Her mother, May-Brit Park Helliesen, said ...

See, girls can play chess! Six-year-old punches the air after beating Norwegian chess champ  Telegraph.co.uk

Lykke-Merlot Helliesen, who only took up the game six months ago, humiliates seven-time Norwegian champion Simen Agdestein, 47.

Pestaño: Wesley out of super grand tour
Sun.Star
EIGHT of the top grandmasters on the planet have committed to join a three-tournament circuit, christened the “Grand Chess Tour.” The total prize money is $1,050,000 – a fairly huge sum even for top-level chess. Former world chess hampion Garry ...

A new gold standard in chess?
Malay Mail Online
MAY 7 — In the chess world, the beginning of the month is always about the latest FIDE (World Chess Federation) rating list but this time round, the buzz is about the recently-announced US$1 million (RM3.59 million) Grand Chess Tour. This is to be an ...

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What is Grand Chess Tour all about
IBNLive
In a bid to give Chess a boost as a game and make it a popular sport, former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov has roped in nine of the top grandmasters to a three-tournament circuit called the Grand Chess Tour. The tour will be divided in three legs ...

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What is Grand Chess Tour all about
IBNLive
Players will earn Tour points based on their final standing in each event. Players with the most Tour Points at the end of the Grand Chess Tour earn extra prize money for their overall performance across all three events. Drawing of lots will be ...

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Garry Kasparov ropes in top GMs for 'Grand Chess Tour'  The Indian Express

Garry Kasparov ropes in top GMs for 'Grand Chess Tour'  The Indian Express

Garry Kasparov ropes in top GMs for ‘Grand Chess Tour’  The Indian Express

The world's top eight chess players have committed to a three-tournament circuit, called the “Grand Chess Tour” with a total prize money of $1,050,000.

The Indian Express
Kasparov ropes in top GMs for 'Grand Chess Tour'
The Indian Express
The world's top eight chess players have committed to a three-tournament circuit, called the “Grand Chess Tour” with a total prize money of $1,050,000. At an announcement made at the end of April at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of St. Louis ...

Chess gets a $1 million Grand Chess Tour
Economic Times
According to the organisers, "Each of the three 2015 Grand Chess Tour events will award individual prize funds of $300,000, with competitors also tallying points toward a tour prize fund of $150,000; the overall tour champion will receive an additional ...

Chess gets a $1 million Grand Chess Tour
Economic Times
According to the organisers, "Each of the three 2015 Grand Chess Tour events will award individual prize funds of $300,000, with competitors also tallying points toward a tour prize fund of $150,000; the overall tour champion will receive an additional ...

Chess (#1146)
Business Standard
There was also the announcement of a new "Grand Chess Tour" circuit with three super tournaments in Norway, St. Louis and London. Nine top GMs - Carlsen, Anand, Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, ...

Malay Mail Online
On Chess: Super-tournament Sinquefield Cup to become part of prestigious ...
St. Louis Public Radio
The answer came last week at an internationally viewed press conference in the Central West End, announcing the newly formed Grand Chess Tour -- and a new gold standard for elite chess competition. In 2015, the Sinquefield Cup will join forces with two ...
Sometimes, it is not even about the gameMalay Mail Online

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Malay Mail Online
Sometimes, it is not even about the game
Malay Mail Online
Significant but not a big secret—and so not quite overshadowing either Shamkir or the St Louis Match—was the announcement made at the Chess Club and Scholastic Centre of St Louis the day before of the coming Grand Chess Tour with Carlsen and seven ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen echoes Kasparov in his pomp
Telegraph.co.uk
England number one Michael Adams scored a nice win in the eighth round. Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand clash at Gashimov Memorial · Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour. With 6..e6 Giri heads for a Scheveningen rather than 6...e5 ...

On Chess: Super-tournament Sinquefield Cup to become part of prestigious international tour  St. Louis Public Radio

Magnus Carlsen echoes Kasparov in his pomp  Telegraph.co.uk

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen dominates in Shamkir to end with 7/9 while English number 1 Michael Adams defeats Anish Giri.