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Harikrishna begins campaign with hard-fought draw - Press Trust of India

Grand Chess Tour News - January 14, 2017 - 11:11am

Harikrishna begins campaign with hard-fought draw
Press Trust of India
Grand Chess Tour winner So Weseley (United States), Sergey Karjakin (Russia) and Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri, all ranked in the top 10, are other prominent stars. The 14 Grand Masters, all with ELOs over 2650, will take on each other in a round robin format ...

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Tata Steel Masters: Harikrishna begins campaign with hard-fought draw - Times of India

Grand Chess Tour News - January 14, 2017 - 10:26am

Tata Steel Masters: Harikrishna begins campaign with hard-fought draw
Times of India
Grand Chess Tour winner So Weseley (United States), Sergey Karjakin (Russia) and Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri, all ranked in the top 10, are other prominent stars. The 14 Grand Masters, all with ELOs over 2650, will take on each other in a round robin format ...

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So good for 2016 Player of the Year - Inquirer.net

Grand Chess Tour News - January 12, 2017 - 11:17am

Inquirer.net

So good for 2016 Player of the Year
Inquirer.net
Super Grandmaster Wesley So performed so well in 2016, he handily emerged Player of the Year. The Philippine-born So, now representing the United States, earned the nod of online voters in a poll conducted by chessbase.com, besting reigning world ...

So good for 2016 Player of the Year - Inquirer.net

Sinquefield Cup News - January 12, 2017 - 11:17am

Inquirer.net

So good for 2016 Player of the Year
Inquirer.net
Super Grandmaster Wesley So performed so well in 2016, he handily emerged Player of the Year. The Philippine-born So, now representing the United States, earned the nod of online voters in a poll conducted by chessbase.com, besting reigning world ...

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Pestaño: Tata Steel starts tomorrow - Sun.Star

Grand Chess Tour News - January 12, 2017 - 9:25am

Pestaño: Tata Steel starts tomorrow
Sun.Star
BEFORE the advent of the Grand Chess Tour, the Tata Steel was traditionally one of the strongest tournaments when it started in 1937. It was called the Hoogovens tournament until 1999 before Dutch sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel ...

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017 - St. Louis Public Radio

Grand Chess Tour News - January 11, 2017 - 10:54pm

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017
St. Louis Public Radio
Similar to the Grand Slam of tennis, the Grand Chess Tour is a high-stakes tournament series featuring the world's best players. Over the course of five tournaments in Paris; Leuven, Belgium; St. Louis and London, $1.2 million will be given out in prizes.

Hikaru Nakamura to Norway - Norway Chess

Norway Chess 2015 News - January 11, 2017 - 2:00am
Hikaru Nakamura to Norway  Norway Chess
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On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017 - St. Louis Public Radio

Grand Chess Tour News - January 11, 2017 - 2:00am
On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017  St. Louis Public Radio

Last year was a historic one year for chess. Magnus Carlsen defended his World Championship title in a tense showdown against Russian challenger, Sergey.

Best of 2016: the results of your voting - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - January 11, 2017 - 2:00am
Best of 2016: the results of your voting  Chessbase News

We asked, you voted: who was player of the year 2016, who was female player of 2016, what game was the best of 2016 and what move? And which endgame ...

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Best of 2016: the results of your voting - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - January 11, 2017 - 2:00am
Best of 2016: the results of your voting  Chessbase News

We asked, you voted: who was player of the year 2016, who was female player of 2016, what game was the best of 2016 and what move? And which endgame ...

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017 - St. Louis Public Radio

Grand Chess Tour News - January 11, 2017 - 2:00am
On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017  St. Louis Public Radio

Last year was a historic one year for chess. Magnus Carlsen defended his World Championship title in a tense showdown against Russian challenger, Sergey.

Performance in 2016 was steady, will look to build on: Anand - Times of India

Grand Chess Tour News - January 9, 2017 - 6:55am

Performance in 2016 was steady, will look to build on: Anand
Times of India
I hope to be playing the grand chess tour and the World Cup as well," said Anand. Queried on the takeaways from the World Rapid Tournament, Anand said, "Well slightly disappointing end to the year for me. It was a very tough tournament because the main ...

Perils of being a prodigy - Ahmedabad Mirror

London Chess Classic News - January 8, 2017 - 2:00am
Perils of being a prodigy  Ahmedabad Mirror

Chess wunderkind R Praggnanandhaa has a fighting chance of becoming the youngest GM ever, provided he is not waylaid by expectations.

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Chess with Sam Collins - Sunday Business Post

Grand Chess Tour News - January 7, 2017 - 7:08pm

Chess with Sam Collins
Sunday Business Post
The final event of the Grand Chess Tour 2016, the London Classic, took place in December. Both the tournament and the GCT were convincingly won by US GM Wesley So, but a game between two of his compatriots was the most striking of the tournament.

Карякин, Крамник, Непомнящий сыграют в Grand Chess Tour 2017 - Чемпионат.com

Grand Chess Tour News - January 6, 2017 - 4:41am

Чемпионат.com

Карякин, Крамник, Непомнящий сыграют в Grand Chess Tour 2017
Чемпионат.com
Организаторы серии турниров Grand Chess Tour 2017 предоставили «уайлд кард» россиянам Яну Непомнящему, Сергею Карякину и индийцу Вишванатану Ананду, сообщает официальный сайт серии. По итогам прошлогоднего розыгрыша и ...

It's the brain - Inquirer.net

Grand Chess Tour News - January 5, 2017 - 2:00am
It's the brain  Inquirer.net

Filipino Wesley So won the 2016 Grand Chess Tour, making the Philippines proud. But no, he didn't exactly make the Philippines proud; he made the United ...

Grand Chess Tour makes new moves - Chessbase News

London Chess Classic News - January 5, 2017 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour makes new moves  Chessbase News

In a recent press release the Grand Chess Tour announced two things: a new rating system, called Universal Rating System, or URS™, that combines the ...

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Grand Chess Tour makes new moves - Chessbase News

Sinquefield Cup News - January 5, 2017 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour makes new moves  Chessbase News

In a recent press release the Grand Chess Tour announced two things: a new rating system, called Universal Rating System, or URS™, that combines the ...

Categories: News, Sinquefield Cup

Grand Chess Tour makes new moves - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - January 5, 2017 - 2:00am
Grand Chess Tour makes new moves  Chessbase News

In a recent press release the Grand Chess Tour announced two things: a new rating system, called Universal Rating System, or URS™, that combines the ...

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