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Chess.com
So Grabs The Lead At U.S. Chess Champs
Chess.com
Is Wesley So the strongest player in the world? Every day he makes his case a little more compelling though he would never say such a thing out loud. To recap: he hasn't lost a classical game since July 07, 2016. He's won the Sinquefield Cup, the ...

Chess.com
So Grabs The Lead At U.S. Chess Champs
Chess.com
Is Wesley So the strongest player in the world? Every day he makes his case a little more compelling though he would never say such a thing out loud. To recap: he hasn't lost a classical game since July 07, 2016. He's won the Sinquefield Cup, the ...

Inaugural Grand Chess Tour Unveiled In Saint Louis  USChessChamps.com

Malcolm Pein running for FIDE President  Chessbase News

FIDE is in turmoil, the officers in Athens have apparently staged a coup attempt to oust the current President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. But what happens if they ...

Chess.com
5 Tie In St. Louis But Defending Champ Not Among Them
Chess.com
There are no longer easy title defenses in St. Louis. GM Gata Kamsky used to win U.S. Championship titles in bunches earlier this decade, but those days are over. Even the Sinquefield Cup, also held in St. Louis, has produced four different winners in ...

EBONY.com
Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley Explains the Real Win
EBONY.com
So I'll be doing that, and the next week I'll be a part of the Grand Chess Tour that goes around the world to bring the top players on the planet, including world champion Magnus Carlsen and these three players as well to battle for the Grand Chess ...

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Black Moves First: Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley Explains the Real Win  EBONY.com

For years, Maurice Ashley has been the African-American most associated with the game of chess, but he puts emphasis on the game as a teacher of life skills.

London Chess Classic Pairings Published, Grand Chess Tour Resumes Friday  Chess.com

London Chess Classic Pairings Published, Grand Chess Tour Resumes Friday  Chess.com

Sinquefield Cup Contenders: Hikaru Nakamura  USChessChamps.com

Webster University Wins 5th Straight President's Cup  Chess.com

Top-rated Webster University has won its fifth consecutive President's Cup title, beating out the three other invited teams from Texas Tech, St. Louis University, ...

Chess.com
Howell 'Victorious Veteran' At Winter Chess Classic
Chess.com
With the U.S. Championship, the Sinquefield Cup and the new rapid & blitz event of the Grand Chess Tour, the city of St. Louis was already a majestic host of super strong tournaments. Now, it's taking its nickname "the U.S. capital of chess" to the ...

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Chess.com
Howell 'Victorious Veteran' At Winter Chess Classic
Chess.com
With the U.S. Championship, the Sinquefield Cup and the new rapid & blitz event of the Grand Chess Tour, the city of St. Louis was already a majestic host of super strong tournaments. Now, it's taking its nickname "the U.S. capital of chess" to the ...

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Famous chess player arrested in Bulgaria  Chessbase News

He gained fame a few years ago, by playing in GM tournaments and crushing players many categories above him with flawless tactical play. Then Borislav ...

The Hindu
Vishy Anand inaugurates chess academy at KCT
The Hindu
“It has been a three-month break, quite a long one, and I am quite prepared for the tournaments ahead in Zurich (April), Grand Chess Tour and the non tour events in Lyon and Norway in June. But the World Cup in September is something that is important ...

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Maurice Ashley on One on 1  Chessbase News

'It's hard to name something that Maurice Ashley hasn't done in the world of chess. He's played, coached, taught, created tournaments, done play-by-play for ...

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ग्रांड चेस टूर में हिस्सा लेंगे पूर्व विश्व चैंपियन विश्वनाथन आनंद
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नई दिल्ली: शतरंज के बादशाह विश्वनाथन आनंद इस साल होने वाले ग्रांड चेस टूर में भाग लेंगे जहा पांच विश्व कप खेले जाने है. इन्होंने 2016 में मिश्रित प्रदर्शन किया था, और यह एक बार शतरंज में ...
इस साल ग्रैंड चेस टूर और विश्व कप में हिस्सा लेंगे विश्वनाथन आनंदSanjeevni Today

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The Hindu
Carlsen is No. 1 but the others are closing in, says Viswanathan Anand
The Hindu
I will play the Grand Chess Tour; that is one circuit. The other is the World championship cycle in which I will play the World Cup in September. If I qualify in the World Cup, then I have to get ready for the Candidates tournament, and the Grand tour ...

The Hindu
Carlsen is No. 1 but the others are closing in, says Viswanathan Anand
The Hindu
I will play the Grand Chess Tour; that is one circuit. The other is the World championship cycle in which I will play the World Cup in September. If I qualify in the World Cup, then I have to get ready for the Candidates tournament, and the Grand tour ...

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Caruana, Nakamura, So To Compete In US Champs
Chess.com
... Fabiano Caruana (2817), and Hikaru Nakamura (2793). Caruana is the reigning champion. Two years ago Nakamura won, with Caruana being absent and So playing his first championship. After winning both the 2016 Grand Chess Tour and the Tata Steel ...