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Grand Chess Tour gets smaller  ChessBase

Best of 2015: Best Endgame  Chessbase News

1/4/2016 – The year 2015 is over now, so we thought it's time to let you vote for the highlights of the past year. Today we want you to vote for the best endgame of ...

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
He bought his first house, and then he played in the London Chess Classic, the third and last event in the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. Going into the final, Carlsen looked very much out of contention for the overall Grand Tour title, languishing in fourth ...

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The Boston Globe
He bought his first house, and then he played in the London Chess Classic, the third and last event in the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. Going into the final, Carlsen looked very much out of contention for the overall Grand Tour title, languishing in fourth ...

Bulgaria's chess grandmaster Veselin Topalov lost seven positions in the FIDE ...
Focus News
In early December, the Bulgarian was second in the rankings, but after the poor performance at the final tournament of the Grand Chess Tour 2015 in London ranked ninth. Leader in the ranking is the world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, followed by ...

Best of 2015: Best Game  Chessbase News

The year 2015 is over now, so we thought it's time to let you vote for the highlights of the past year. Today we want you to vote for the best game of the year 2015.

ChessBase Christmas Puzzles 2015 (7)  Chessbase News

In 1999, in the very first installment, we gave you a proof game problem as a Christmas puzzle, one that has occupied generations of chess players.

Best of 2015: Best player  Chessbase News

The year 2015 is almost over, so we thought it's time to let you vote for your highlights of this year. To begin with, we want you to vote for the best male player of ...

AL.com
Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
AL.com
r07-05.jpg Former world chess champion Vishy Anand faced France's number one Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave at the London Chess Classic. The rough and tumble game was eventually won by the Vachier-Lagrave after Anand missed a promising ...

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AL.com
Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
AL.com
Anand and Vachier-Lagrave had reached this position earlier in the year at the Sinquefield Cup (the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour). There Anand played the immediate 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd3 14.

AL.com
Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament
AL.com
Anand and Vachier-Lagrave had reached this position earlier in the year at the Sinquefield Cup (the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour). There Anand played the immediate 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd3 14.

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament - al.com  AL.com

Qatar 2015 round 7: Two rounds to go, three leaders!  Chessbase News

12/28/2015 – After a draw with Anish Giri in round seven Magnus Carlsen is no longer the sole leader at the Qatar Masters. He is joined by Shakhriyar ...

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament  AL.com

Wrapping up Alabama's busy chess year, the Eighth Annual Magic City Classic tournament featured a day of exciting chess and fierce competition for top prizes.

Top prizes at the Magic City Classic chess tournament  AL.com

Wrapping up Alabama's busy chess year, the Eighth Annual Magic City Classic tournament featured a day of exciting chess and fierce competition for top prizes.

ArmeniaNow.com
Sports in 2015: Soccer setback, chess hopes, Baku Games participation
ArmeniaNow.com
During the year Aronian won a prestigious tournament in St. Louis, USA, (taking third in the Grand Chess Tour overall) and led Team Armenia to silver medals in the European team chess championship that ended in Reykjavik, Iceland. The most ...

Peninsula On-line
Carlsen draws with So, keeps lead
Inquirer.net
Carlsen won once over So in the Sinquefield Cup in four meetings this year with the other matches in Tata Steel Chess and Gashimov Memorial also ending in draws. Carlsen and Anish Giri of the Netherlands, also in second spot, will tangle in the seventh ...
So attracts with Carlsen, stays at joint secondThe Times (subscription)

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So attracts with prime seed Carlsen to remain within the hunt
The Times (subscription)
... edge in a double-edged minor piece play but Carlsen held his own to scrape out the draw. It was a solid effort for So, who somehow redeemed himself after losing to Carlsen in their last meeting in the Sinquefield Cup in the United States early in ...

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So weapons for chess lead vs Carlsen
The Times (subscription)
It will be a rematch between Carlsen and So since the former destroyed the latter in the Sinquefield Cup in the United States early in the year. Carlsen ended up finishing second in that same tournament won by Armenian GM Levon Aronian while So wound ...

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The Indian Panorama
Anand back in business after crushing Topalov in London
The Indian Panorama
... World Champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back from his fourth round loss and beat his former world championship challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the fifth round of London Chess Classic, the concluding edition of the Grand Chess Tour.