Grand Chess Tour News

Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess Tour  Inquirer.net

LAS VEGAS -- Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France was added April 26 as ninth and last player in the super chess circuit starting June 15, which ...

Washington Times-Reporter
The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour
Washington Times-Reporter
Eight of the top grandmasters on the planet have committed to a three-tournament circuit, christened the "Grand Chess Tour." Total prize money? $1,050,000 – a fairly huge sum for top-level chess. Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was on hand ...

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Business Insider
The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour
Business Insider
Eight of the top grandmasters on the planet have committed to a three-tournament circuit, christened the "Grand Chess Tour." Total prize money? $1,050,000 – a fairly huge sum for top-level chess. Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was on hand ...
Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess TourInquirer.net
Grand Chess Tour announcedTelegraph.co.uk
Aronian to play in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am
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Inquirer.net
Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess Tour
Inquirer.net
Called the Grand Chess Tour, the circuit will feature the Norway Chess set in Stanger June 15-26, the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, August 21 to September 3 and the London Chess Classic, December 3-14. The world's top chess players, including world ...
Grand Chess Tour announcedTelegraph.co.uk
Aronian to play in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am
The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tourMcDonough Voice

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Telegraph.co.uk
Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess Tour
Inquirer.net
Called the Grand Chess Tour, the circuit will feature the Norway Chess set in Stanger June 15-26, the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, August 21 to September 3 and the London Chess Classic, December 3-14. The world's top chess players, including world ...
Grand Chess Tour announcedTelegraph.co.uk
Aronian to play in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am
Million Dollar Chess SeriesPurple Pawn

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Telegraph.co.uk
Grand Chess Tour announced
Telegraph.co.uk
A new collaboration between the London Chess Classic, Norway Chess and the Sinquefield Cup was announced at at St Louis, Missouri, on Friday, with the advent of the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. The three tournaments have already signed up eight of the ...
Wesley So out of $1M-plus Grand Chess TourInquirer.net
Aronian to play in Grand Chess TourPanorama.am
Million Dollar Chess SeriesPurple Pawn

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Telegraph.co.uk
Bridge being recognised as a sport is on the cards
Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour. "However, in 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognised that bridge and chess should be recognised as mind sports. "The fact that the IOC recognised that bridge and Chess were ...

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Aronian to play in Grand Chess Tour
Panorama.am
At the press conference in St. Louis, 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov officially announced about the upcoming Grand Chess Tour which will consist of three traditional tournaments: Stavanger (June 15-26, 2015), St. Louis (August 21-September 3 ...
Million Dollar Chess SeriesPurple Pawn

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The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour  Business Insider

The world's top chess players have just formed a new $1 million professional tour  Business Insider

If you had any doubt that chess has gone big time in the era of current World Champion Magnus Carlsen, you won't anymore.

Million Dollar Chess Series
Purple Pawn
Three major Chess events are teaming up in a new tournament series with a total prize fund of just over a million dollars. The Grand Chess Tour will consist of Norway Chess in June, the Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis) in August, and the London Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour  Telegraph.co.uk

A new $1 million "gold standard" Grand Chess Tour featuring 10 of the world's top professional players has been announced. World champion Magnus Carlsen ...

Tungvektere til Norway Chess: Se hvem som kommer
Rogalands Avis
Tre byer er valgt ut til å være med i Grand Chess Tour, som skal være stedet verdenseliten samles. Den første turneringen er årets Norway Chess 15. til 26. juni. Den andre turneringen er Sinquefield Cup i St. Louis, USA, 21. august til 3. september ...
Norway Chess blir tidenes sterkeste sjakkturneringAftenposten

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St. Louis Public Radio
New world-wide chess tour announced in St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
The Grand Chess Tour will unify the Sinquefield Cup, Norway Chess and the London Chess Classic in one circuit. The three tournaments will include players at the highest level of play. Kasparov inspired the tour and hopes it will increase chess's ...

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Inaugural Grand Chess Tour Unveiled In Saint Louis
Virtual Press Office (press release)
The Grand Chess Tour is an affiliation between the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (Sinquefield Cup), Tower AS (Norway Chess) and Chess Promotions Ltd. (London Chess Classic), combining the organizational efforts of three elite events ...

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Шахматисты Карлсен, Ананд и Грищук войдут в число участников Grand ...
Р-Спорт
... Магнус Карлсен, вице-чемпион индиец Вишванатан Ананд и двукратный чемпион мира по блицу, пятый номер рейтинга FIDE россиянин Александр Грищук станут участниками новой серии турниров Grand Chess Tour, сообщает chess24.com.

Norway Chess blir tidenes sterkeste sjakkturnering
Aftenposten
Norway Chess-styret kunne også fornøyd fortelle at turneringen er en del av nystartede Grand Chess Tour. - I tillegg til Norway Chess er Sinquefield Cup i Saint Louis USA og London Chess Classic med på i touren. Vår mal skal brukes også i de to andre ...

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Lager sjakkens «Champions League» - og den sendes på TV 2
TV 2
NY SUPERTURNERING: Magnus Carlsen og Anish Giri er bare to av de ni forhåndskvaliserte spillerne i Grand Chess Tour, der verdens ni høyest rangerte sjakkspillere gjør opp om sammenlagtseieren. I tillegg vil én spiller få et wildcard til hver av de tre ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen tops bill for new $1m Grand Chess Tour
Telegraph.co.uk
A new $1 million "gold standard" Grand Chess Tour featuring 10 of the world's top professional players has been announced. World champion Magnus Carlsen tops the bill alongside Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri and the US pair Wesley So and Hikaru ...
Inaugural Grand Chess Tour Unveiled In Saint LouisVirtual Press Office (press release)

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New world-wide chess tour announced in St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

A new multi-national chess competition aims to draw attention to the sport. “Hopefully we are witnessing now the creation of the network that will greatly.