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Լևոն Արոնյանը կմասնակցի Grand Chess Tour մրցաշարին
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Լևոն Արոնյանը կմասնակցի Grand Chess Tour մրցաշարին. 11:44, 2 Փետրվար, 2017. ԵՐԵՎԱՆ, 2 ՓԵՏՐՎԱՐԻ, ԱՐՄԵՆՊՐԵՍ: Հայաստանի շախմատի հավաքականի անդամ Լևոն Արոնյանը կմասնակցի Grand Chess Tour մրցաշարին:.

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Армянский гроссмейстер Левон Аронян сыграет в серии Grand Chess Tour
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Владимир Крамник вынужден отказаться от участия в Grand Chess Tour этого года из-за загруженности календаря. Как передает chess-news.ru, место россиянина займет армянский гроссмейстер Левон Аронян. Таким образом, окончательно ...

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ABS-CBN News
Wesley So, the Filipinos' loss is the Americans' gain
ABS-CBN News
So hasn't lost in 56 matches, a stretch that includes winning the Grand Chess Tour and the Taal Steel tournament, two competitions that helped him shoot up the International Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings. In December, So was part of the US team that ...

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A very big win by Wesley So
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Wesley has won the three strongest tournaments in the world during the past six months -- the Sinquefield Cup in August, the London Chess Classic in December, and now Tata Steel -- and has not lost any of his last 56 games. He is currently ranked #2 in ...

A very big win by Wesley So
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Wesley has won the three strongest tournaments in the world during the past six months -- the Sinquefield Cup in August, the London Chess Classic in December, and now Tata Steel -- and has not lost any of his last 56 games. He is currently ranked #2 in ...

Chess.com
Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines
Chess.com
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So, the world number one and two in the live ratings, will be playing the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. Vladimir Kramnik could not play in all events and therefore had to decline. In a press release on Tuesday the Grand Chess Tour ...

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Chess.com
Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines
Chess.com
These nine players will all compete in the 2017 Sinquefield Cup (31 July-12 August) and the 2017 London Classic (29 November-12 December) where they will be joined by one wildcard in each tournament. This year there will be three rapid events instead ...

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The Forest of Dean Review
Chess Club checkmates its opponents
The Forest of Dean Review
•Chepstow's St Mary's Primary School's Chess Club team with their trophy won at the London Chess Classic. A CHESS club at St Mary's Primary School, Chepstow, 'checkmated' its opponents at a London tournament. Fourteen members of the Chess Club ...

Chess Club checkmates its opponents | theforestreview.co.uk  Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review

Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So, the world number one and two in the live ratings, will be playing the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. Vladimir Kramnik could not play ...

Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines  Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So, the world number one and two in the live ratings, will be playing the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. Vladimir Kramnik could not play ...

Wesley So pushes unbeaten streak to 56 with Tata Steel chess win
Washington Times
Since a loss to Carlsen at Bilbao last summer, So has not dropped a game against world-class competition in six months, while helping the U.S. to its first Olympiad gold in four decades in Baku and taking first in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, the ...

Washington Times
Wesley So pushes unbeaten streak to 56 with Tata Steel chess win
Washington Times
... last summer, So has not dropped a game against world-class competition in six months, while helping the U.S. to its first Olympiad gold in four decades in Baku and taking first in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, the London Chess Classic and now Tata.
Rules star-studded Tata with final round win Wesley ranks world No. 2Philippine Star
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand styleManila Bulletin

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Washington Times
Wesley So pushes unbeaten streak to 56 with Tata Steel chess win
Washington Times
Since a loss to Carlsen at Bilbao last summer, So has not dropped a game against world-class competition in six months, while helping the U.S. to its first Olympiad gold in four decades in Baku and taking first in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, the ...
Rules star-studded Tata with final round win Wesley ranks world No. 2Philippine Star
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand styleManila Bulletin

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Philippine Star
Rules star-studded Tata with final round win Wesley ranks world No. 2
Philippine Star
So also won the Sinquefield Cup in August last year, took the Olympic team gold and the individual gold in last year's Olympiad and topped the London Chess Classic. His final round victory over Nepomniachtchi also stretched his unbeaten streak to 56 ...
Wesley wins Dutch tourney in grand style » Manila Bulletin SportsManila Bulletin

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Free Press Series
School's chess club scoops second place in national competition
Free Press Series
MEMBERS of a Chepstow primary school chess club came second after visiting the London Chess Classic last month. The chess conference, which takes place every year, was at the Hilton Olympia Hotel in December and saw children from far and wide ...

PhilBoxing.com
WESLEY SO WINS WORLD'S STRONGEST CHESS TOURNAMENT
PhilBoxing.com
He won the Sinquefield Cup in August 2016, then Olympic Team Gold for USA and Individual Board-3 Gold in Baku, then the London Chess Classic (LCC) + 1st Place overall in the Grand Chess Tour 2016 to make him the best player of the year 2016 and ...
So wins Tata Steel chess crown, climbs to no. 2 in world rankingsThe Standard
So hangs on; Wei closes inInquirer.net

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Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
11 people killed in Georgia following severe weather
Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
Last year, So won a couple of big tournaments - the Sinquefield Cup in August and the London Chess Classic in December. Carlsen settled for second with eight points on four points, eight draws and one loss for +6,500 consolation purse.

Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
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Mundo Agua y Saneamiento
Pentala Harikrishna finishes ninth at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament Last year, So won a couple of big tournaments - the Sinquefield Cup in August and the London Chess Classic in December. Carlsen settled for second with eight points on four points, ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnetonka chess player ranked No. 2 in world after latest super tournament win
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Carlsen, who finished in the second place, had skipped the last two super tournaments So won — the London Chess Classic in December, and the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis in August. “Winning this tournament is huge, with the world champion in it ...
So wins Tata Steel chess crown, climbs to no. 2 in world rankingsThe Standard
Wesley rules Tata Steel Masters ChessThe Manila Times
Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel Chess TournamentRappler
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