2016 Champions Showdown

World Chess Championship: Two-time champion Magnus Carlsen faces challenge of Russia’s Sergey Karjakin - The Indian Express

Topalov - Fri, 11/11/2016 - 2:00am
World Chess Championship: Two-time champion Magnus Carlsen faces challenge of Russia’s Sergey Karjakin  The Indian Express

Two-time defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway will face Russian World No.9 Sergey Karjakin in a 12-game World Chess Championship in New York.

En pugna, los astros de la nueva generación - Excélsior

Topalov - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 11:59pm

En pugna, los astros de la nueva generación
Excélsior
... lucha de altísimo nivel en la que compitieron Viswanathan Anand, los estadunidenses Fabiano Caruana e Hikaru Nakamura, el holandés Anish Giri, el siete veces campeón de la URSS, Peter Svídler, el búlgaro Veselin Topalov y el armenio Levon Aronian ...

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Fisher and the 'K's: a history of modern chess - DAWN.com

Anand - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 7:40pm

DAWN.com

Fisher and the 'K's: a history of modern chess
DAWN.com
PARIS: US chess champion Bobby Fischer and the two 'K's — Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov — have co-written the modern history of the game, with a chapter devoted to East-West confrontation. In the 1970s and 80s, the un-telegenic, cerebral game ...

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Karjakin challenges Carlsen for world chess crown - The Hindu

Caruana - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 6:34pm

Karjakin challenges Carlsen for world chess crown
The Hindu
The Russian qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow. He admitted that world number one Carlsen – who has dominated chess since taking the ...

Can Sergey Karjakin trump Magnus Carlsen? - The Hindu

Anand - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 6:34pm

Can Sergey Karjakin trump Magnus Carlsen?
The Hindu
Carlsen mounted his first challenge in 2013, in Chennai, where he defeated local hero Viswanathan Anand. It was a masterly display by Carlsen against a rival who had won the World title five times but was older by 21 years. A year later, in Sochi ...

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World Chess Championship: Two-time champion Magnus Carlsen faces challenge of Russia's Sergey Karjakin - The Indian Express

Topalov - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 1:20pm

The Indian Express

World Chess Championship: Two-time champion Magnus Carlsen faces challenge of Russia's Sergey Karjakin
The Indian Express
Russia, and its erstwhile incarnation Soviet Union, has been the most dominant country in the sport for a very long time, but have not had a world champion since 2006, when Vladimir Kramnik defeated Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in Elista (Russia ...

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Can Karjakin trump Carlsen? - The Hindu

Anand - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 1:00pm

U.S. News & World Report

Can Karjakin trump Carlsen?
The Hindu
Carlsen mounted his first challenge in 2013, in Chennai, where he defeated local hero Viswanathan Anand. It was a masterly display by Carlsen against a rival who had won the World title five times but was older by 21 years. A year later, in Sochi ...
World Chess Championship: Two-time champion Magnus Carlsen faces challenge of Russia's Sergey KarjakinThe Indian Express
Chess World Championship: Magnus Carlsen faces new challenge in Sergey KarjakinHindustan Times
Norwegian grandmaster adds sex appeal to chessThe Sun Daily
Malay Mail Online -The New Indian Express
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Chess World Championship: Magnus Carlsen faces new challenge in Sergey Karjakin - Hindustan Times

Caruana - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 11:24am

Hindustan Times

Chess World Championship: Magnus Carlsen faces new challenge in Sergey Karjakin
Hindustan Times
Karjakin earned the right to challenge Carlsen by winning the World Chess Candidates Tournament in March this year – finishing ahead of Fabiano Caruana of the United States and India's Anand. The chess world is eagerly waiting to see whether Karjakin ...
Chess star Karyakin: symbol of geopolitical dividesYahoo Sports
Russian challenges Norway's Carlsen for world chess crownBangkok Post
Pestaño: Men's world championship startsSun.Star
Malay Mail Online
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Bobby Fischer and the 'K's: a history of modern chess - Yahoo Finance

Anand - Thu, 11/10/2016 - 8:29am

Yahoo Finance

Bobby Fischer and the 'K's: a history of modern chess
Yahoo Finance
Viswanathan Anand of India is still playing, and the current number one is a brilliant Norwegian, Magnus Carlsen. At the highest levels, chess has remained a male activity for the most part, with one exception being Hungarian Judit Polgar, born in 1976 ...

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World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown - PR Newswire (press release)

Champions Showdown - Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:02am

World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown
PR Newswire (press release)
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) is hosting the Champion's Showdown, a series of matches between four of the world's top-rated chess players, Nov. 10-14, 2016. The competition features No. 3-rated Grandmaster Fabiano ...

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World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown - PR Newswire (press release)

Topalov - Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:02am

World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown
PR Newswire (press release)
13-rated GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. The tournament will showcase three different styles of chess - classical, rapid and blitz games – and the players will be competing for $150,000 total in prizes. For more information or to stream exhibition ...

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World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown - PR Newswire (press release)

Caruana - Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:02am

World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown
PR Newswire (press release)
3-rated Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana of the U.S., No. 7-rated GM Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S., No. 8-rated GM Viswanathan Anand of India, and No. 13-rated GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. The tournament will showcase three different styles of chess ...

World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown - PR Newswire (press release)

Nakamura - Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:02am

World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown
PR Newswire (press release)
7-rated GM Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S., No. 8-rated GM Viswanathan Anand of India, and No. 13-rated GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. The tournament will showcase three different styles of chess - classical, rapid and blitz games – and the players will ...

Remembering Mihail Tal - Chessbase News

Champions Showdown - Wed, 11/09/2016 - 2:00am
Remembering Mihail Tal  Chessbase News

Today, 9th November 2016, Mihail Tal would have celebrated his 80th birthday. Tal is one of the most popular World Champions though he reigned only for one ...

GM Harikrishna's way ahead - The Hindu

Caruana - Tue, 11/08/2016 - 6:38pm

GM Harikrishna's way ahead
The Hindu
As per the FIDE list only four players — World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen (2,853), GM Fabiano Caruana (2,823), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2,811) and Vladimir Kramnik (2,810) — are in the 2,800 ELO points club. “Once Harikrishna breaks into the 2800 ...

Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Play in Tournament of Champs in St. Louis - India West

Topalov - Tue, 11/08/2016 - 6:24pm

India West

Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Play in Tournament of Champs in St. Louis
India West
Some of the world's best chess players will be in St. Louis, Mo., from Nov. 10 through Nov. 14 as part of the tournament of champions. Among the participants are Viswanathan Anand (second from right) of India, as well as Veselin Topalov, of Bulgaria ...

Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Play in Tournament of Champs in St. Louis - India West

Anand - Tue, 11/08/2016 - 6:24pm

India West

Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Play in Tournament of Champs in St. Louis
India West
Some of the world's best chess players will be in St. Louis, Mo., from Nov. 10 through Nov. 14 as part of the tournament of champions. Among the participants are Viswanathan Anand (second from right) of India, as well as Veselin Topalov, of Bulgaria ...

Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Play in Tournament of Champs in St. Louis - India West

Caruana - Tue, 11/08/2016 - 6:24pm

India West

Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Play in Tournament of Champs in St. Louis
India West
14 as part of the tournament of champions. Among the participants are Viswanathan Anand (second from right) of India, as well as Veselin Topalov, of Bulgaria, and Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura (left to right) of the U.S. (uschesschamps.com photo).

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