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The New Indian Express
Yet another comeback by evergreen Viswanathan Anand
The New Indian Express
Last year he had achieved a similar feat when he won the World Rapid crown ahead of Magnus Carlsen in Riyadh after his disastrous outing at the London Chess Classic. There was no inkling of what was in store when Anand ended the first day of blitz with ...

Carlsen-Caruana 5: Magnus can't match his idol  chess24

The first five games of the 2018 World Chess Championship match in London have now been drawn, after Magnus Carlsen turned out to be well-prepare...

Anand: "Switching to a main line Sicilian is getting harder"  Chessbase News

Magnus Carlsen noted in the post-game press conference that "obviously 6.b4 wasn't new to me" and former World Champion VISWANATHAN ANAND agrees ...

Carlsen-Caruana 5: Magnus can't match his idol  chess24

The first five games of the 2018 World Chess Championship match in London have now been drawn, after Magnus Carlsen turned out to be well-prepare...

World Chess Championship Game 6: Caruana Misses 'Impossible' Win  Chess.com

It has been 16878 days since an American has won a game in an undisputed world championship match (Spassky vs Fischer, game 21, Aug. 31, 1972).

Telegraph.co.uk
Chess contest offers free tickets to women, amid 'long hard struggle' to address gender gap
Telegraph.co.uk
While men pay £60 to be allowed to compete in the London Chess Classic, women and under-25s are granted free admission. Malcolm Pein, the organiser of the competition and Telegraph chess columnist, said he was "looking forward" to when he no longer ...

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SportsBettingDime.com (blog)
Magnus Carlsen Still Favored in World Chess Championships
SportsBettingDime.com (blog)
But Caruana isn't without his own accolades. His performance at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup is the stuff of legend, and the highest rated single performance in chess history. He also won an absolutely stacked Candidates Tournament to get here, and no one ...

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On Chess: In world championship chess, winning comes down to the smartest guy  St. Louis Public Radio

What does smart look like? The World Chess Championship has always been about who is the smartest. And if you look back on our champions, there's a ...

Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand  The Sentinel Assam

*Content* with the way his classical game has shaped up in recent times, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is not sweating over.

On Chess: In world championship chess, winning comes down to the smartest guy  St. Louis Public Radio

What does smart look like? The World Chess Championship has always been about who is the smartest. And if you look back on our champions, there's a ...

Vishy! MVL! Abdumalik!  chess24

Vishy Anand didn't win a game in the rapid section of Tata Steel Chess India, then started with 2 draws and a loss in blitz. His local fans in Ko...

On Chess: In world championship chess, winning comes down to the smartest guy  St. Louis Public Radio

What does smart look like? The World Chess Championship has always been about who is the smartest. And if you look back on our champions, there's a ...

World Chess Championship Game 5: Caruana's Surprise Gambit Doesn't Break Impasse  Chess.com

With four opening draws, the first week of the 2018 world chess championship was about to be labeled the "calm b4 the storm" after an early thunderclap today.

Chess contest offers free tickets to women, amid 'long hard struggle' to address gender gap  The Telegraph

A London chess competition is offering free tickets to women players, in a "long hard struggle" to close the gender gap.

Magnus Carlsen Still Favored in World Chess Championships  SportsBettingDime.com

Magnus Carlsen is still favored to beat Fabiano Caruana in the 2018 FIDE World Chess Championships, but could the challenger score an upset?

Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand  The Sentinel Assam

*Content* with the way his classical game has shaped up in recent times, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is not sweating over.

The Sentinel Assam
Happy with the way my classical game has stabilized: Viswanathan Anand
The Sentinel Assam
In the classical format, Anand has been in good touch, remaining undefeated in the Sinquefield Cup and finishing sixth in the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament. In Kolkata to take part in the Tata Steel Chess India 2018 meet, the 48-year old ...

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NewsBytes
World Chess Championship: Carlsen-Caruana draw fourth match amid video controversy
NewsBytes
... 2018 and became the first American since Bobby Fischer to do so and qualify for the World Chess Championship. His current FIDE rating is an unbelievable 2,832. Further, he was the joint winner of the 6th Sinquefield Cup along with Carlsen and Aronian.
World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana remain deadlocked after three full-blooded roundsFirstpost

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Chess.com
Carlsen-Caruana 4: Prep, lies and videotape
chess24
Magnus Carlsen switched to 1.c4 for Game 4 of the 2018 World Chess Championship in London, but when he rejected a pawn break on move 15 the game fizzled out into a 34-move draw. The main interest was off the board, since a hastily removed video by ...
World Chess Championship Game 4: Draw Again Despite Release Of Caruana's Training NotesChess.com
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Viswanathan Anand unhappy with constant zigzagging of chess formats  The Sentinel Assam

Kolkata: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is not happy with the constant zigzagging of formats, saying that he finds it 'unhelpful'.