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Levon Aronian again draws in London Chess Classic  Armenpress.am

Ding Liren wins match against Wesley So  Chessbase News

Ding Liren, China's number one and currently number nine on the FIDE Elo-list from 1st May, wants to establish himself firmly among the world's best. To gain ...

Levon Aronian again draws in London Chess Classic  ARMENPRESS

Levon Aronian again draws in London Chess Classic  Armenpress.am

Levon Aronian wins 4th place in “London Chess Classic”  Armenpress.am

Hari gains valuable experience from Norway meet
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Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna gained some valuable experience from playing the Norway Chess meet that concluded recently. Last year Norway Chess was part of the Grand Chess Tour. But this year the organizers from Norway have parted ways ...

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Magnus Carlsen's dramatic Norway Chess loss analysed  Telegraph.co.uk

Levon Aronian blew the Altibox Norway Chess tournament wide open as he defeated the world champion Magnus Carlsen in the eighth and penultimate round.

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Magnus Carlsen's dramatic Norway Chess loss analysed
Telegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen's dramatic Norway Chess loss analysed. World chess champion Magnus Carlsen at the London Chess Classic Credit: Julian Andrews. Malcolm Pein, Chess Correspondent. 5 May 2016 • 10:34am. Levon Aronian blew the Altibox Norway ...

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Levon Aronian gains first victory in “London Chess Classic”  ARMENPRESS

Carlsen supreme in Norway
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There were some mutterings that this was done to get back at the organizers for un-inviting Karjakin to the 2015 Norway super tournament -- the Norway event had become part of the Grand Chess Tour circuit in 2015. Karjakin had not qualified for the ...

Why Magnus Carlsen's Norway Chess win over Vladimir Kramnik was significant  Telegraph.co.uk

Magnus Carlsen's seventh round victory over Vladimir Kramnik at the Altibox Norway tournament was highly significant, both for the standings, as it extended his ...

Azerbaijani chess players to vie for medals in Sweden  AzerNews

Azerbaijani chess players will compete in the Hasselbacken Open tournament, which kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday, Azertac reports.

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Carlsen vant Norway Chess for første gang: – Utrolig deilig!
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Bare i Norway Chess 2015 og i Sinquefield Cup på høsten i fjor har han blitt slått. Filmanmeldelse: «Magnus» – gripende om det ubegripelige. Stavanger-triumfen var Magnus Carlsens fjerde turneringsseier på rad. Han tront øverst i både i London, i Qatar ...

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Carlsen vant Norway Chess for første gang: – Utrolig deilig!
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Bare i Norway Chess 2015 og i Sinquefield Cup på høsten i fjor har han blitt slått. Filmanmeldelse: «Magnus» – gripende om det ubegripelige. Stavanger-triumfen var Magnus Carlsens fjerde turneringsseier på rad. Han tront øverst i både i London, i Qatar ...

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Carlsen vant Norway Chess for første gang: – Utrolig deilig!
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Bare i Norway Chess 2015 og i Sinquefield Cup på høsten i fjor har han blitt slått. Filmanmeldelse: «Magnus» – gripende om det ubegripelige. Stavanger-triumfen var Magnus Carlsens fjerde turneringsseier på rad. Han tront øverst i både i London, i Qatar ...

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Garry Kasparov still has the magic!  Chessbase News

It was exciting nine rounds of blitz chess. Day one ended with Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So taking the lead with 5.0/9. While the duo played well, the player ...

Carlsen wins Norway Chess  Chessbase News

After seven rounds Magnus Carlsen looked almost certain to win the Altibox Norway Chess tournament. But then he lost against Levon Aronian in round eight, ...

Magnus Carlsen's Berlin Wall stands firm against MVL at Norway Chess  Telegraph.co.uk

The Berlin Wall was Magnus Carlsen's preferred method of neutralising the attacking prowess of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the sixth round of Altibox Norway ...

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Magnus Carlsen's Berlin Wall stands firm against MVL at Norway Chess
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The chasing pack expanded further when Pentyla Harikrishna inflicted a rare defeat on Anish Giri, whose attacking intentions against the French Defence came to nought. Giri was left with weaknesses on the queenside and a key pawn dropped off in the ...

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A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest
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For eight years running, the U.S. Chess Championship has been held at the club, as has the Sinquefield Cup, an international tournament whose online broadcast had 1.5 million viewers last year. Congress declared St. Louis the nation's “chess capital ...