2016 Champions Showdown

Viswanathan Anand heaps praise on 11-year-old prodigy R Praggnanandhaa - Deccan Chronicle

Anand - Tue, 01/03/2017 - 9:13am

Deccan Chronicle

Viswanathan Anand heaps praise on 11-year-old prodigy R Praggnanandhaa
Deccan Chronicle
Mumbai: Ace chess player Viswanathan Anand heaped praise on young Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Praggnanandhaa, who hails from Chennai, became the youngest International Master (IM) at the age of 10, ...

Viswanathan Anand says he had a satisfactory year in 2016 and aims to build on it - Firstpost

Anand - Tue, 01/03/2017 - 9:08am

Firstpost

Viswanathan Anand says he had a satisfactory year in 2016 and aims to build on it
Firstpost
Mumbai: India chess ace Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday said his performance in 2016 was steady and will look to build on it in the present year. "This year (2016) my performance in tournaments has been basically very steady. I have recovered almost all ...

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

Anand - Tue, 01/03/2017 - 8:52am

Times of India

Performance in 2016 was steady, will look to build on: Viswanathan Anand
Times of India
MUMBAI: India chess ace Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday said his performance in 2016 was steady and will look to build on it in the present year. "This year (2016) my performance in tournaments has been basically very steady. I have recovered almost all ...

Bulgaria's Chess Grandmaster Topalov Drops Out of Top 20 - Novinite.com

Topalov - Mon, 01/02/2017 - 2:00am
Bulgaria's Chess Grandmaster Topalov Drops Out of Top 20  Novinite.com

Renowned Bulgarian chess player Veselin Topalov has slumped below the world's best 20 players for the first time for more than 16 years. Global federation ...

Bulgaria's Chess Grandmaster Topalov Drops Out of Top 20 - Novinite.com

Topalov - Mon, 01/02/2017 - 1:15am

Novinite.com

Bulgaria's Chess Grandmaster Topalov Drops Out of Top 20
Novinite.com
Renowned Bulgarian chess player Veselin Topalov has slumped below the world's best 20 players for the first time for more than 16 years. Global federation FIDE's fresh ranking indicates he is now positioned on the 21st spot, five spots below the ...

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Bulgaria's Chess Grandmaster Topalov Drops Out of Top 20 - Novinite.com

Topalov - Mon, 01/02/2017 - 1:15am

Novinite.com

Bulgaria's Chess Grandmaster Topalov Drops Out of Top 20
Novinite.com
Renowned Bulgarian chess player Veselin Topalov has slumped below the world's best 20 players for the first time for more than 16 years. Global federation FIDE's fresh ranking indicates he is now positioned on the 21st spot, five spots below the ...

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Chess 2016: Top 7 showdowns; Team USA, Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen ... - exstreamal (blog)

Nakamura - Sun, 01/01/2017 - 1:38pm

Chess 2016: Top 7 showdowns; Team USA, Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen ...
exstreamal (blog)
It consisted of six-player double round-robin with American Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Anish Giri (DU), Sergey Karjakin (RUS), and Wei Yi (CHN). Magnus Carlsen won the 2016 Bilbao Masters with no scuffle. Moreover ...

Karjakin wins - The Hindu

Nakamura - Sat, 12/31/2016 - 8:38am

Karjakin wins
The Hindu
The standings: 1-2. Sergey Karjakin (Rus) and Magnus Carlsen (Nor), 16.5/21; 3-5. Daniil Dubov (Rus), Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Alexander Grischuk (Rus) 14.5; 6. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 14; 7-12. Lienier Dominguez (Cub), Anton Korobov (Ukr), ...

Leinier Dominguez the Best of Latin America in Lightning Chess - Prensa Latina

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 3:22pm

Leinier Dominguez the Best of Latin America in Lightning Chess
Prensa Latina
30 de diciembre de 2016, 16:12Doha, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Grand Master Leinier Dominguez was the best player of Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Fast and Ligthning Chess Championship in Doha (Qatar), concluding in the 7th place ...

Carlsen 'furious' after new loss - Views and News from Norway

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 12:23pm

Carlsen 'furious' after new loss
Views and News from Norway
From there on he won against Hikaru Nakamura of the US and Alexander Grischuk of Russia (who was the defending blitz chess champion), only to lose once again (for the second time this week) to Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, against whom Carlsen also ...

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Sergey Karjakin upstages Magnus Carlsen to win Blitz crown; Anand finishes 10th - Hindustan Times

Anand - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 11:58am

Hindustan Times

Sergey Karjakin upstages Magnus Carlsen to win Blitz crown; Anand finishes 10th
Hindustan Times
India's Viswanathan Anand finished 10th overall, after recording three wins in the last four rounds – the lone defeat coming against his old nemesis Carlsen in the 20th and penultimate round. Anand thus finished the tournament in a six-way tie at 13 ...
World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships: Anand not as dangerous as before, but still a medal contenderFirstpost
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World Blitz: Karjakin, Muzychuk triumphSportstarlive
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Sergey Karjakin upstages Magnus Carlsen to win Blitz crown; Anand finishes 10th - Hindustan Times

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 11:58am

Hindustan Times

Sergey Karjakin upstages Magnus Carlsen to win Blitz crown; Anand finishes 10th
Hindustan Times
However, Karjakin was in his elements as he finished with 13 wins, seven draws against a lone defeat to Hikaru Nakamura of USA. Carlsen won 14 games and drew five but lost two games – one of them to Karjakin and other to Vassily Ivanchuk, crowned as ...
World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships: Anand not as ...Firstpost
Russia's Karjakin wins World Blitz chess title — RT Sport - RT.comRT
World Blitz: Karjakin, Muzychuk triumph - SportstarliveSportstarlive
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Russia's Karjakin wins World Blitz chess title - RT

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 11:39am

RT

Russia's Karjakin wins World Blitz chess title
RT
A similar tie-break settled the third place, among the three contenders with 14.5 points each. Russian Daniil Dubov placed third, ahead of American Hikaru Nakamura and 2015 champion Alexander Grischuk. Blitz chess limits the time each player has to ...
Sergey Karjakin upstages Magnus Carlsen to win Blitz crown; Anand finishes 10thHindustan Times
World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships: Anand not as dangerous as before, but still a medal contenderFirstpost
World Blitz: Karjakin, Muzychuk triumphSportstarlive
Views and News from Norway -Gulf Times
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Harika in joint third position; Anand in 14th spot - The Hindu

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 10:57am

Sportstarlive

Harika in joint third position; Anand in 14th spot
The Hindu
... Dubov (Rus), Alexander Morozevich (Rus), Marin Bosiocic (Cro) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 8.5; 7-12: A.R. Saleh Salim (UAE), Leinier Dominguez (Cub), Yu Yangyi (Chn), Baadur Jobava (Geo), Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) 8 ...
World Blitz: Harika and Humpy in sixth positionSportstarlive

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World Blitz: Harika and Humpy in sixth position - Sportstarlive

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 10:13am

Sportstarlive

World Blitz: Harika and Humpy in sixth position
Sportstarlive
Daniil Dubov (Rus), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Alexander Grischuk (Rus) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 11.5; 7-11. A.R. Saleh Salim (UAE), Alexander Morozevich (Rus), Anton Korobov (Ukr), Baadur Jobava (Geo) and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) 11. Women: ...

World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships: Anand not as dangerous as before, but still a medal contender - Firstpost

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 9:48am

World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships: Anand not as dangerous as before, but still a medal contender
Firstpost
At the World Blitz 2016, there were certain players who were clear-cut favourites to perform well – Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Ian Nepomniachtchi. All of them are less than 30-years-old and have a blitz ...

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India will tour South Africa for four-Test series in late 2017, says CSA - Firstpost

Nakamura - Fri, 12/30/2016 - 4:17am

Firstpost

India will tour South Africa for four-Test series in late 2017, says CSA
Firstpost
At the World Blitz 2016, there were certain players who were clear-cut favourites to perform well – Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Ian Nepomniachtchi. All of them are less than 30-years-old and have a blitz ...

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