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Timur Gareyev breaks blindfold record - Chessbase News
Timur Gareyev breaks blindfold record Chessbase News
On December 3, at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas Timur Gareyev made an attempt to break the world record in blindfold simultaneous play. Without ...
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Suspicious item creates delays at Newark Airport - NJ.com
Suspicious item creates delays at Newark Airport
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Hikaru Nakamura, a professional chess player at the airport, said on Twitter there was a large Transportation Security Administration and police presence. Another passenger, Bruce Wilkinson, said the lines for security check stretched to the curb while ...
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Hikaru Nakamura, a professional chess player at the airport, said on Twitter there was a large Transportation Security Administration and police presence. Another passenger, Bruce Wilkinson, said the lines for security check stretched to the curb while ...
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One Last Dispatch From The Land Of Chess Kings And Billionaires - FiveThirtyEight
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One Last Dispatch From The Land Of Chess Kings And Billionaires
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Left: Neil deGrasse Tyson, a celebrated astrophysicist, and Fabiano Caruana, the No. 2 ranked chess player in the world, chatted about baseball. Right: Peter Thiel showed up for the decisive tiebreaker round and had a grandmaster at his side to explain ...
Magnus Carlsen retains title despite Sergey Karjakin's stubborn resistanceThe Guardian
Magnus Carlsen clinches third consecutive World Chess Championship: Here's how he did itFirstpost
Magnus Carlsen Wins Chess Championship With SpeedNew York Magazine
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Left: Neil deGrasse Tyson, a celebrated astrophysicist, and Fabiano Caruana, the No. 2 ranked chess player in the world, chatted about baseball. Right: Peter Thiel showed up for the decisive tiebreaker round and had a grandmaster at his side to explain ...
Magnus Carlsen retains title despite Sergey Karjakin's stubborn resistanceThe Guardian
Magnus Carlsen clinches third consecutive World Chess Championship: Here's how he did itFirstpost
Magnus Carlsen Wins Chess Championship With SpeedNew York Magazine
Huffington Post
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Magnus Carlsen retains title despite Sergey Karjakin's stubborn resistance - The Guardian
The Guardian
Magnus Carlsen retains title despite Sergey Karjakin's stubborn resistance
The Guardian
At present Fabiano Caruana, the US champion and world No2, is the favourite to qualify and other elite grandmasters from the US, France and the Netherlands are also serious contenders, along with Karjakin and the ex-champion Vlad Kramnik from Russia.
Magnus Carlsen clinches third consecutive World Chess Championship: Here's how he did itFirstpost
In a Marathon of Tiebreakers, Magnus Carlsen Wins World Chess ChampionshipNew York Magazine
Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Successfully Defends His Title In Thrilling FinaleHuffington Post
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The Guardian
At present Fabiano Caruana, the US champion and world No2, is the favourite to qualify and other elite grandmasters from the US, France and the Netherlands are also serious contenders, along with Karjakin and the ex-champion Vlad Kramnik from Russia.
Magnus Carlsen clinches third consecutive World Chess Championship: Here's how he did itFirstpost
In a Marathon of Tiebreakers, Magnus Carlsen Wins World Chess ChampionshipNew York Magazine
Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Successfully Defends His Title In Thrilling FinaleHuffington Post
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Magnus Carlsen retains title despite Sergey Karjakin's stubborn resistance - The Guardian
The Guardian
Magnus Carlsen retains title despite Sergey Karjakin's stubborn resistance
The Guardian
I would also point a finger at Carlsen's three-hour online blitz match against Hikaru Nakamura on 27 October as hardly ideal preparation for a classical contest. But overall the result was right. Carlsen is the world No1, Karjakin, even after gaining ...
Norwegian beats Karjakin in tiebreaker to win third title in a rowChandigarh Tribune
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The Guardian
I would also point a finger at Carlsen's three-hour online blitz match against Hikaru Nakamura on 27 October as hardly ideal preparation for a classical contest. But overall the result was right. Carlsen is the world No1, Karjakin, even after gaining ...
Norwegian beats Karjakin in tiebreaker to win third title in a rowChandigarh Tribune
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'Was worried after Topalov acquired supercomputer' - thehindu.com
'Was worried after Topalov acquired supercomputer' thehindu.com
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Russian deputy PM lauds Karjakin for World Chess performance - Sportskeeda
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One Last Dispatch From The Land Of Chess Kings And Billionaires - FiveThirtyEight
One Last Dispatch From The Land Of Chess Kings And Billionaires FiveThirtyEight
Watching an elite chess match in person is at once enjoyable and discomfiting. You follow the players' actions — their moves, their mannerisms — for long ...
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Magnus Carlsen clinches third consecutive World Chess Championship: Here's how he did it - Firstpost
Firstpost
Magnus Carlsen clinches third consecutive World Chess Championship: Here's how he did it
Firstpost
24-year-old American Fabiano Caruana has been a difficult opponent for Carlsen to face in the past, so has been the Armenian genius Levon Aronian. Even Sergey Karjakin with the experience of this match will be a dangerous adversary in the future.
Magnus Carlsen Wins Chess Championship With SpeedNew York Magazine
Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Successfully Defends His Title In Thrilling FinaleHuffington Post
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Firstpost
24-year-old American Fabiano Caruana has been a difficult opponent for Carlsen to face in the past, so has been the Armenian genius Levon Aronian. Even Sergey Karjakin with the experience of this match will be a dangerous adversary in the future.
Magnus Carlsen Wins Chess Championship With SpeedNew York Magazine
Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Successfully Defends His Title In Thrilling FinaleHuffington Post
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On Chess: How a little faith and a move to St. Louis created a Grandmaster - St. Louis Public Radio
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On Chess: How a little faith and a move to St. Louis created a Grandmaster
St. Louis Public Radio
In January 2010, I played in the Delhi International Grandmaster Open, my first major tournament. I was 10 years old and brimming with optimism and hope, having started playing chess a few months earlier on my visit to India. In the first round, I ...
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In January 2010, I played in the Delhi International Grandmaster Open, my first major tournament. I was 10 years old and brimming with optimism and hope, having started playing chess a few months earlier on my visit to India. In the first round, I ...
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Norwegian beats Karjakin in tiebreaker to win third title in a row - Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh Tribune
Norwegian beats Karjakin in tiebreaker to win third title in a row
Chandigarh Tribune
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance over the chess world by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive time, beating his Russian challenger Sergei Karjakin in a tiebreaker. The win puts Carlsen closer to the status of ...
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Chandigarh Tribune
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance over the chess world by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive time, beating his Russian challenger Sergei Karjakin in a tiebreaker. The win puts Carlsen closer to the status of ...
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Surveillance: Modi's Cash Move Is Radical, Rogoff Says - Bloomberg
Surveillance: Modi's Cash Move Is Radical, Rogoff Says
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Also, Harvard's Nicholas Burns says President-elect Donald Trump should align himself with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Finally, chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana says Magnus Carlsen's opponents can never recover, once the current world chess ...
Bloomberg
Also, Harvard's Nicholas Burns says President-elect Donald Trump should align himself with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Finally, chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana says Magnus Carlsen's opponents can never recover, once the current world chess ...
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Computer-era chess players: Supercomputers sans emotions - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Computer-era chess players: Supercomputers sans emotions
Hindustan Times
While discussing a match against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, he wrote that a clash between players weaned on computers would be decided on the one factor that computers lack — emotions. The Carlsen and Karjakin match showed that players of the ...
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Hindustan Times
While discussing a match against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, he wrote that a clash between players weaned on computers would be decided on the one factor that computers lack — emotions. The Carlsen and Karjakin match showed that players of the ...
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In a Marathon of Tiebreakers, Magnus Carlsen Wins World Chess Championship - New York Magazine
New York Magazine
In a Marathon of Tiebreakers, Magnus Carlsen Wins World Chess Championship
New York Magazine
He holds the record for being the world's youngest grandmaster at 12 years and 7 months old and won the 2016 Candidates Tournament over top-ranked American Fabiano Caruana. Reports have swirled that Putin has been avidly following his progress in ...
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He holds the record for being the world's youngest grandmaster at 12 years and 7 months old and won the 2016 Candidates Tournament over top-ranked American Fabiano Caruana. Reports have swirled that Putin has been avidly following his progress in ...
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Former IRS officer Praveen Mahajan becomes first woman president of AITA - Firstpost
Firstpost
Former IRS officer Praveen Mahajan becomes first woman president of AITA
Firstpost
In the other games of the day, Vladimir Kramnik beat his arch rival Veselin Topalov from the white side of a fianchetto Grunfeld. Since their World Championship match in 2006, Kramnik and Topalov have ceased to shake hands before and after the game.
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In the other games of the day, Vladimir Kramnik beat his arch rival Veselin Topalov from the white side of a fianchetto Grunfeld. Since their World Championship match in 2006, Kramnik and Topalov have ceased to shake hands before and after the game.
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Former IRS officer Praveen Mahajan becomes first woman president ... - Firstpost
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Former IRS officer Praveen Mahajan becomes first woman president ...
Firstpost
Senior bureaucrat Praveen Mahajan on Thursday became the first woman President of the All India Tennis Association (AITA), replacing veteran administrator ...
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Senior bureaucrat Praveen Mahajan on Thursday became the first woman President of the All India Tennis Association (AITA), replacing veteran administrator ...
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Norwegian Carlsen wins third World Chess Championship - Chandigarh Tribune
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Norwegian Carlsen wins third World Chess Championship
Chandigarh Tribune
The Norwegian, who turned 26 on Wednesday, has played several blitz tournaments this year, beating US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in one in October. But he has occasionally shown flashes of losing his cool, as when he slammed the door of the press ...
The Cold War is over, now the battle begins: what you need to know about tonight's big chess matchTelegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive timeNorthbridge Times
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin: World Chess Championship tie ...Hindustan Times
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Chandigarh Tribune
The Norwegian, who turned 26 on Wednesday, has played several blitz tournaments this year, beating US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in one in October. But he has occasionally shown flashes of losing his cool, as when he slammed the door of the press ...
The Cold War is over, now the battle begins: what you need to know about tonight's big chess matchTelegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive timeNorthbridge Times
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin: World Chess Championship tie ...Hindustan Times
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Why Magnus Carlsen is the greatest, greater than even Viswanathan Anand - Hindustan Times
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Why Magnus Carlsen is the greatest, greater than even Viswanathan Anand
Hindustan Times
A day after India's Viswanathan Anand had defeated Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the World Chess Championship match in Bonn in October 2008, this correspondent asked Australian Grandmaster Ian Rogers whether Anand is the greatest chess player ever ...
Hindustan Times
A day after India's Viswanathan Anand had defeated Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the World Chess Championship match in Bonn in October 2008, this correspondent asked Australian Grandmaster Ian Rogers whether Anand is the greatest chess player ever ...
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Russian sports minister hails Grandmaster Karjakin's drive for World Chess Crown - TASS
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Russian sports minister hails Grandmaster Karjakin's drive for World Chess Crown
TASS
Wednesday's tie-breaker in New York was the third in the history of chess championships. The first one was in 2006, when Russia's Vladimir Kramnik beat Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and the second one was in 2012, when Israel's Boris Gelfand was defeated ...
The World Chess Championship Is Going Into OvertimeFiveThirtyEight
CARLSEN, KARJAKIN IN SHOOTOUT AFTER DRAWPune Mirror
Chess: Carlsen and Karjakin to square off in "stupid" tiebreak to determine World ChampionTheSportsCampus.com
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TASS
Wednesday's tie-breaker in New York was the third in the history of chess championships. The first one was in 2006, when Russia's Vladimir Kramnik beat Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and the second one was in 2012, when Israel's Boris Gelfand was defeated ...
The World Chess Championship Is Going Into OvertimeFiveThirtyEight
CARLSEN, KARJAKIN IN SHOOTOUT AFTER DRAWPune Mirror
Chess: Carlsen and Karjakin to square off in "stupid" tiebreak to determine World ChampionTheSportsCampus.com
Hindustan Times -Insidethegames.biz -Firstpost
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Magnus Carlsen crowned World Chess Champion for the third time - Daily News & Analysis
Daily News & Analysis
Magnus Carlsen crowned World Chess Champion for the third time
Daily News & Analysis
The Norwegian, who turned 26 on Wednesday, has played several blitz tournaments this year, beating US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in one in October. But he has occasionally shown flashes of losing his cool, as when he slammed the door of the press ...
The Cold War is over, now the battle begins: what you need to know about tonight's big chess matchTelegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive timeNorthbridge Times
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin: World Chess Championship tie ...Hindustan Times
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Daily News & Analysis
The Norwegian, who turned 26 on Wednesday, has played several blitz tournaments this year, beating US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in one in October. But he has occasionally shown flashes of losing his cool, as when he slammed the door of the press ...
The Cold War is over, now the battle begins: what you need to know about tonight's big chess matchTelegraph.co.uk
Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive timeNorthbridge Times
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin: World Chess Championship tie ...Hindustan Times
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