2016 Champions Showdown

Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match level - Washington Times

Nakamura - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 3:47am

Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match level
Washington Times
While the early-round sparring was going on in New York, some ex-champs — Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and India's Viswanthan Anand — and (perhaps) future champs — American stars Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana — have been mixing it up a ...

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Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis - ESPN

Champions Showdown - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:22am

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis
ESPN
Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other grandmasters -- Hikaru Nakamura came second, Fabiano Caruana (US) third and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) ...

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis - ESPN

Anand - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:22am

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis
ESPN
Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other grandmasters -- Hikaru Nakamura came second, Fabiano Caruana (US) third and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) ...

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis - ESPN

Caruana - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:22am

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis
ESPN
Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other grandmasters -- Hikaru Nakamura came second, Fabiano Caruana (US) third and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) ...

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis - ESPN

Nakamura - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:22am

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis
ESPN
Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other grandmasters -- Hikaru Nakamura came second, Fabiano Caruana (US) third and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) ...

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis - ESPN

Topalov - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:00am
Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis  ESPN

Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other ...

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis - ESPN

Champions Showdown - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:00am
Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis  ESPN

Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other ...

New York 2016: Dramatic near-win in game three - Chessbase News

Champions Showdown - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 2:00am
New York 2016: Dramatic near-win in game three  Chessbase News

The world championship has finally started. After a cautious first two games, with the two fighters circling each other, studying each other's moves and essentially ...

Clear Tax founder Archit Gupta had bunked school to watch Viswanathan Anand play chess! - Economic Times

Anand - Tue, 11/15/2016 - 1:38am

Clear Tax founder Archit Gupta had bunked school to watch Viswanathan Anand play chess!
Economic Times
Less than a month ago, Bengaluru-based startup, Clear Tax's founder Archit Gupta had a fanboy moment. He found himself face to face with childhood hero, chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. The meeting brought back memories for Gupta, who ...

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Campeonato del Mundo de Ajedrez: Segundas tablas entre Karjakin y Carlsen - CubaDebate

Topalov - Mon, 11/14/2016 - 7:10pm

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Campeonato del Mundo de Ajedrez: Segundas tablas entre Karjakin y Carlsen
CubaDebate
Karjakin, en la jugada seis, se apartó de la continuación más habitual y eligió una línea considerada más tranquila. En el movimiento 12, el campeón del mundo realizó una mejora en comparación con una partida que disputó con el búlgaro Veselin Topalov ...
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Chess champions compete in St. Louis - KMOV.com

Champions Showdown - Mon, 11/14/2016 - 5:13pm

KMOV.com

Chess champions compete in St. Louis
KMOV.com
The 2016 Champions Showdown is wrapping up at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. In the tournament, two former world champions and two former US champions have been facing off for a $150,000 prize. Each year, the club hosts major ...

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Can Russia regain its place at the top of world chess? - Russia Beyond the Headlines

Anand - Mon, 11/14/2016 - 8:36am

Can Russia regain its place at the top of world chess?
Russia Beyond the Headlines
For the first time in nearly 10 years, Russia has a chance to reclaim its world supremacy in chess. Since Vladimir Kramnik ceded the world champion title to India's Viswanathan Anand in 2008, FIDE championship finals have not featured any Russian players.

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Can Russia regain its place at the top of world chess? - Russia Beyond the Headlines

Anand - Mon, 11/14/2016 - 8:36am

Can Russia regain its place at the top of world chess?
Russia Beyond the Headlines
Since Vladimir Kramnik ceded the world champion title to India's Viswanathan Anand in 2008, FIDE championship finals have not featured any Russian players. This year, this unfortunate trend was broken by 26-year-old grandmaster Sergey Karjakin.

Learning to solve from a World Champion - Chessbase News

Champions Showdown - Mon, 11/14/2016 - 2:00am
Learning to solve from a World Champion  Chessbase News

The first edition of John Nunn's book Solving in Style was published in 1985 by George Allen & Unwin and became an instant hit amongst those interested in ...

Draws And Politics At The World Chess Championship - FiveThirtyEight

Anand - Sun, 11/13/2016 - 9:44am

FiveThirtyEight

Draws And Politics At The World Chess Championship
FiveThirtyEight
The last time the World Chess Championship was held in New York City, titleholder Garry Kasparov met challenger Viswanathan Anand on the 107th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center. They played their first game on Sept. 11, 1995. That ...
World Chess C'ship: Quiet draw in game twoSportstarlive
Cerebral boxingMumbai Mirror
Chess Cold War? Magnus Carlsen v Sergey KarjakinRT
The Sun Daily -The Hindu -The Indian Express
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World Chess C'ship: Quiet draw in game two - Sportstarlive

Anand - Sun, 11/13/2016 - 8:12am

Sportstarlive

World Chess C'ship: Quiet draw in game two
Sportstarlive
Interestingly, Carlsen avoided the Berlin Defence, which was the theme of a majority of his games in his first two World title matches, both against India's Viswanathan Anand, in 2013 and 2014. There weren't a lot of fireworks on the board once again.
Cerebral boxingMumbai Mirror
Chess Cold War? Magnus Carlsen v Sergey KarjakinRT
Can Karjakin trump Carlsen?The Hindu
The Indian Express -Livemint -Hindustan Times
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