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Viswanathan Anand: 'Wesley So is the guy everyone is keeping an eye on'
Sportstarlive
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 (World Chess) Candidates tournament, and ...

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Hindustan Times
Viswanathan Anand confident of bouncing back in 2017 after mixed 2016
Hindustan Times
Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand is confident of bouncing back after a mixed 2016 and says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which includes five tournaments and the World Cup, this year. Speaking at the inauguration of a ...

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Financial Express
Chess champion Viswanathan Anand confident of bouncing back after mixed 2016
Financial Express
Confident of bouncing back after enduring a mixed 2016, former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which includes five tournaments and the World Cup, this year. Speaking at the inauguration of a ...

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Times of India
Anand confident of bouncing back after mixed 2016
Times of India
CHENNAI: Confident of bouncing back after enduring a mixed 2016, former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which includes five tournaments and the World Cup, this year. Speaking at the ...

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Viswanathan Anand confident of bouncing back in 2017 after mixed 2016  Hindustan Times

Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand is confident of bouncing back after a mixed 2016 and says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which ...

Azerisport.com
Шахрияра Мамедъярова в Париже ждет Магнус Карлсен
Azerisport.com
Азербайджанский шахматист Шахрияр Мамедъяров приглашен в престижный коммерческий турнир «Grand Chess Tour» по быстрым шахматам и блицу, который пройдет в Париже. Организаторы назвали имя нашего гроссмейстера в числе ...

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Pestaño: Will Wesley really shine this year? | SunStar
Sun.Star
After that, his next elite events are the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour starting June 18-26 in Paris and the second leg in Leuven, Belgium from June 27-July 3. Both of these events are in Rapid and Blitz formats. Both Paris and Leuven will have a ...

Camden New Journal newspapers website
Inquest hears of missed chances to help nine-year-old who died from asthma attack
Camden New Journal newspapers website
A memorial chess tournament was held in April last year and December's “Super Rapidplay” at the London Chess Classic 2016 was also held in memory of Michael. Newspaper columnist Dominic Lawson, the president of the English Chess Federation, ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Doctors missed 11 chances to treat chess champion before he died of chronic asthma, inquest hears
Telegraph.co.uk
... been competing in the Mindsports Olympiad, an international multi-disciplined competition which includes chess. A memorial chess tournament was held for Michael in April last year and December's Super Rapidplay at the London Chess Classic 2016 was ...

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Doctors missed 11 chances to treat chess champion before he died of chronic asthma, inquest hears  The Telegraph

Doctors missed 11 opportunities to treat a nine-year-old chess champion in the months before he died of chronic asthma, an inquest heard. Michael Uriely, who ...

Grand Chess Tour 2017 + US Championships  Chessbase News

In June we will see Carlsen, So, Caruana, Kramnik, Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura, Anand, Karjakin, Aronan, Mamedyarov and Giri – the numbers 1-11, all of them ...

Rook and knight in harmony  Chessbase News

Most chessplayers know that the endgame king, rook and bishop vs king and rook is a theoretical draw but difficult to defend. However, they often think that the ...

Sportarena.com
Иванчук сыграет на представительном турнире в Левене
Sportarena.com
Перед этим, 21-25 июня в Париже пройдет еще один крупный турнир серии Grand Chess Tour – в столице Франции сыграют Магнус Карлсен, Никару Накамура, Уэсли Со, Максим Вашье-Лаграв, Сергей Карякин, Фабиано Каруана, Александр ...

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Լևոն Արոնյանը կմասնակցի Grand Chess Tour-ի Բելգիայի մրցաշարին. 16:33, 13 Մարտ, 2017. ԵՐԵՎԱՆ, 13 ՄԱՐՏԻ, ԱՐԵՆՊՐԵՍ: Շախմատի Հայաստանի տղամարդկանց հավաքականի անդամ Լևոն Արոնյանը կմասնակցի Grand Chess Tour-ի ...

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Chess.com
Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards
Chess.com
The organizers of the Grand Chess Tour stated that wildcards have been selected on two criteria: the players URS™ standings (the GCT's own "universal rating system), "as well as recent exceptional performances." Both Paris and Leuven will have a prize ...

Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards  Chess.com

Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards  Chess.com

Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards  Chess.com

Mahindra Scorpio TOISA 2017 Nominees: Chess
Times of India
In 2016, Anand won the Champions Showdown in St Louis, an exhibition tournament featuring three other grandmasters, and the Leon Chess Rapid Masters tournament to go with solid performances in the Tal Memorial and London Chess Classic.

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The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The St. Louis Chess and Educational Center never seems to rest. Along with its numerous educational programs, relentless support of top-flight chess through the Grand Chess Tour and the US Championships, support of chess in the Boy Scouts, and the ...