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Norway Chess New Format: Armageddon After Each Draw - Chess.com

London Chess Classic News - October 11, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess New Format: Armageddon After Each Draw  Chess.com

At the 2019 Altibox Norway Chess tournament, players who draw their game will play an Armageddon game right after, forcing a decisive result. The organizers ...

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Norway Chess New Format: Armageddon After Each Draw - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - October 11, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess New Format: Armageddon After Each Draw  Chess.com

At the 2019 Altibox Norway Chess tournament, players who draw their game will play an Armageddon game right after, forcing a decisive result. The organizers ...

Norway Chess Armageddon gambit - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - October 11, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess Armageddon gambit  Chessbase News

The organisers of the 2019 Altibox Norway Chess tournament have unveiled a new format aimed at reducing the rate of draws. It's either "innovative" or "bizarre" ...

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On Chess: American Open team takes silver among the world's best at the Batumi Chess Olympiad - St. Louis Public Radio

Sinquefield Cup News - October 11, 2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: American Open team takes silver among the world's best at the Batumi Chess Olympiad  St. Louis Public Radio

The United States made history with its victory in the 2016 Chess Olympiad held in Baku, Azerbaijan, its first success in the biannual team event in 40.

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Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format - chess24

Sinquefield Cup News - October 10, 2018 - 10:35am

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Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format
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Each encounter in Altibox Norway Chess next year will produce a winner, as one of the world's top supertournaments has decided to trial an idea long championed by the likes of Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Sergey Shipov. In each match-up a FIDE-rated ...

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Carlsen: "This time it's the real deal" - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - October 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen: "This time it's the real deal"  Chessbase News

World Champion Magnus Carlsen returned to Hamburg yesterday evening with the fourth "Play Live Challenge", a clock simultaneous against twelve amateur, ...

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan "fully focused" on Armenia national team - PanARMENIAN.Net

London Chess Classic News - October 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Henrikh Mkhitaryan "fully focused" on Armenia national team  PanARMENIAN.Net

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is focused on the national team's upcoming fixtures against Gibraltar and Macedonia in the UEFA ...

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Trump administration cancels two more international treaties - Panorama.am

London Chess Classic News - October 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Trump administration cancels two more international treaties  Panorama.am

By Harut Sassounian. Publisher, The California Courier I wrote an article in September criticizing the Trump administration's dismissal of the International ...

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Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format - chess24

Sinquefield Cup News - October 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format  chess24

Each encounter in Altibox Norway Chess next year will produce a winner, as one of the world's top supertournaments has decided to trial an idea l...

Categories: News, Sinquefield Cup

Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - October 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format  chess24

Each encounter in Altibox Norway Chess next year will produce a winner, as one of the world's top supertournaments has decided to trial an idea l...

Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format - chess24

London Chess Classic News - October 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format  chess24

Each encounter in Altibox Norway Chess next year will produce a winner, as one of the world's top supertournaments has decided to trial an idea l...

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Carlsen: "This time it's the real deal" - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - October 10, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen: "This time it's the real deal"  Chessbase News

World Champion Magnus Carlsen returned to Hamburg yesterday evening with the fourth "Play Live Challenge", a clock simultaneous against twelve amateur, ...

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Carlsen beats Trent Alexander-Arnold & co. 13:0 - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - October 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen beats Trent Alexander-Arnold & co. 13:0  chess24

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen had a long day on Monday. First he was in Manchester, England, where Kaspersky Lab sponsored an exhibition ga...

Carlsen beats Trent Alexander-Arnold & co. 13:0 - chess24

London Chess Classic News - October 9, 2018 - 2:00am
Carlsen beats Trent Alexander-Arnold & co. 13:0  chess24

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen had a long day on Monday. First he was in Manchester, England, where Kaspersky Lab sponsored an exhibition ga...

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World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen vs Caruana - Chess.com

Sinquefield Cup News - October 8, 2018 - 7:13am
World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen vs Caruana  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana in game three of the rapid playoff to clinch the 2018 world chess championship. After 12 draws in the classical ...

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World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen-Caruana - Chess.com

Sinquefield Cup News - October 8, 2018 - 7:13am

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World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen-Caruana
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We've had the Candidates and the Olympiad, but the biggest event of 2018 is yet to come. In 32 days, the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will start in London. Let's start early and provide you with all the ...

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2 More Chess Players Turning To Politics - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - October 8, 2018 - 2:00am
2 More Chess Players Turning To Politics  Chess.com

Several chess players have already turned to careers on the political chess board (Nigel Short and Julio Granda only last week!), and at least two more are ...

Armenia football team has a new chief coach - PanARMENIAN.Net

London Chess Classic News - October 8, 2018 - 2:00am
Armenia football team has a new chief coach  PanARMENIAN.Net

Armen Gyulbudaghyants has been confirmed as head coach of the Armenian national football team, the Football Federation said.

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2 More Chess Players Turning To Politics - Chess.com

London Chess Classic News - October 8, 2018 - 2:00am
2 More Chess Players Turning To Politics  Chess.com

Several chess players have already turned to careers on the political chess board (Nigel Short and Julio Granda only last week!), and at least two more are ...

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Chess Olympiad: Celebrating The Winners - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - October 6, 2018 - 2:00am
Chess Olympiad: Celebrating The Winners  Chess.com

In the evening of the final round, the closing ceremony of the Batumi Olympiad was held in the Batumi State Musical Center. Here's a pictorial report. With the ...

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