2016 Champions Showdown

Champions League: Mesut Ozil, Jerome Boateng banter over upcoming Bayern-Arsenal clash
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Anish Giri has the strong Dutch grandmaster Erwin l'Ami with him and Fabiano Caruana depends on former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. However, Nakamura is accompanied by the little known Kris Littlejohn. Littljohn is rated around 2100 ...

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Champions League: Mesut Ozil, Jerome Boateng banter over upcoming Bayern-Arsenal clash
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After a fine victory in the second round of the London Chess Classic against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand was up against Hikaru Nakamura in the third round. Anand has had a pretty bad track record against Hikaru and their score was 7-1 in ...

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WBBL: Harmanpreet Kaur's all-round show guides Sydney Thunders to an easy win
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American Hikaru Nakamura continued to be in top gear after a first round debacle and grinded down Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in what was again the only decisive game of the day. During the only decisive game of the third round, Nakamura had beaten ...

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WBBL: Harmanpreet Kaur's all-round show guides Sydney Thunders to an easy win
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Anish Giri has the strong Dutch grandmaster Erwin l'Ami with him and Fabiano Caruana depends on former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. However, Nakamura is accompanied by the little known Kris Littlejohn. Littljohn is rated around 2100 ...

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WBBL: Harmanpreet Kaur's all-round show guides Sydney Thunders to an easy win
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After a fine victory in the second round of the London Chess Classic against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand was up against Hikaru Nakamura in the third round. Anand has had a pretty bad track record against Hikaru and their score was 7-1 in ...

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Nakamura spoils Anand's birthday party
The Hindu
Hikaru Nakamura spoilt Viswanathan Anand's birthday party by handing out a 43-move defeat in the third round of the London Chess Classic here on Sunday. In the only decisive game of the day when Anand turned 47. He missed out on a few opportunities ...

Nakamura spoils Anand's birthday party
The Hindu
The results: Fourth round: Hikaru Nakamura (US, 1.5) bt Viswanathan Anand (1.5); Levon Aronian (Arm, 2) drew with Wesley So (US, 2.5); Fabiano Caruana (US, 2) drew with Vladimir Kramnik (2); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 1) drew with Veselin Topalov ...

Anand beats Vachier-Lagrave, jumps to joint second
The Hindu
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand came up with an inspired performance to beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the second round of London Chess Classic here on Sunday. After an easy draw as black against Fabiano Caruana of United ...

Anand loses to Nakamura in London Classic
India Today
It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic chess tournament in London today. This tournament has not been nice for the ...
London Chess Classic: Anand draws with AdamsSportstarlive
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand still has hope; looks to upstage leader Wesley SoFirstpost
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Anand loses to Nakamura in London Classic
India Today
Results Round 3: Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 1.5) beat V Anand ((Ind, 1.5); Levon Aronian (Arm, 2) drew with Wesley So (Usa, 2.5); Michael Adams (Eng, 0.5) drew with Anish Giri (Ned, 1.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 1) drew with Veselin Topalov (Bul, 0.5); ...
Anand shares second spotThe Hindu
Viswanathan Anand beats Vachier-Lagrave, jumps to joint second in London Chess ClassicThe Indian Express
Viswanathan Anand draws with Caruana in London Chess ClassicTimes of India
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Aronian-Caruana ends in draw | ARMENPRESS Armenian News ...
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After this round, Aronian is ranked 3rd with 2.5 points.
London Chess Classic: Aronian places second after third draw in R4 ...PanARMENIAN.Net

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Advani wins World Billiards Championships title
Chandigarh Tribune
It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of the United States in the third round of the London Chess Classic tournament here today. Wesley So escaped with a draw against Levon ...

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London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand loses to Hikaru Nakamura in third round
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Results Round 3: Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 1.5) beat V Anand ((Ind, 1.5); Levon Aronian (Arm, 2) drew with Wesley So (Usa, 2.5); Michael Adams (Eng, 0.5) drew with Anish Giri (Ned, 1.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 1) drew with Veselin Topalov (Bul, 0.5); ...
Anand shares second spotThe Hindu
Viswanathan Anand beats Vachier-Lagrave, jumps to joint second in London Chess ClassicThe Indian Express
Viswanathan Anand draws with Caruana in London Chess ClassicTimes of India
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London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand loses to Hikaru Nakamura in third round
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London: It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic tournament on Monday. This tournament has not been nice for the ...
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand Draws With Fabiano CaruanaNews18
Viswanathan Anand beats Vachier-Lagrave, jumps to joint second in London Chess ClassicThe Indian Express
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London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand loses to Hikaru Nakamura in third round
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London: It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic tournament on Monday. This tournament has not been nice for the ...
Viswanathan Anand loses to USA's Hikaru Nakamura at London Chess meetScroll.in
Nakamura spoils Anand's birthday partySportstarlive
Anand shares second spotThe Hindu
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Junior Hockey World Cup: India maintain unbeaten run after fighting win over South Africa
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London: It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic tournament on Monday. This tournament has not been nice for the ...

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Junior Hockey World Cup: India maintain unbeaten run after fighting win over South Africa
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Aronian, Russian Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana of United States share the second spot now on two points each while Anand, Nakamura and Anish Giri of Holland share the fifth spot on 1.5 points, a half point ahead of French Grandmaster Maxime ...

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Junior Hockey World Cup: India maintain unbeaten run after fighting win over South Africa
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Michael Adams of England and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria share the ninth spot having a half point each. After three decisive games each in round one and two, the day witnessed just one game providing the decisive result. Anand went for the Ragozin in ...

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