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Gawain Jones and David Howell up against it in European Championship - The Guardian
The Guardian
Gawain Jones and David Howell up against it in European Championship
The Guardian
Many GMs prepare for a major over-the-board event by a brisk internet workout and Howell here achieves the rare feat of a win against Hikaru Nakamura, the former US champion, who is at the very top in online blitz chess, in a mere 10 moves. White's 10 ...
The Guardian
Many GMs prepare for a major over-the-board event by a brisk internet workout and Howell here achieves the rare feat of a win against Hikaru Nakamura, the former US champion, who is at the very top in online blitz chess, in a mere 10 moves. White's 10 ...
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How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives - For The Win
For The Win
How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives
For The Win
... and it's not hard to see why: Ashley is so dynamic that you get swept up in the action, which, this day in St. Louis, seems to be mostly that the sixth-best player in the world, Hikaru Nakamura, has just done something exceedingly stupid (Nakamura ...
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For The Win
... and it's not hard to see why: Ashley is so dynamic that you get swept up in the action, which, this day in St. Louis, seems to be mostly that the sixth-best player in the world, Hikaru Nakamura, has just done something exceedingly stupid (Nakamura ...
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Vlad Kramnik helps St Petersburg secure Russian Premier League title - The Guardian
The Guardian
Vlad Kramnik helps St Petersburg secure Russian Premier League title
The Guardian
Kramnik an elite rarity in that he captures with the f6 knight, but he clearly believes in it and had already used in classical or blitz games against the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, as well as Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov, and Svidler. The ...
The Guardian
Kramnik an elite rarity in that he captures with the f6 knight, but he clearly believes in it and had already used in classical or blitz games against the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, as well as Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov, and Svidler. The ...
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Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand - Times of Oman
Times of Oman
Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand
Times of Oman
Chess is one sport that has not been accorded the attention that it deserves, more so in Gulf countries like Oman. But in recent years attempts are being made, by both the governments and the individual organisations, to bring professionalism into the ...
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Times of Oman
Chess is one sport that has not been accorded the attention that it deserves, more so in Gulf countries like Oman. But in recent years attempts are being made, by both the governments and the individual organisations, to bring professionalism into the ...
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Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand - Times of Oman
Times of Oman
Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand
Times of Oman
Chess is one sport that has not been accorded the attention that it deserves, more so in Gulf countries like Oman. But in recent years attempts are being made, by both the governments and the individual organisations, to bring professionalism into the ...
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Times of Oman
Chess is one sport that has not been accorded the attention that it deserves, more so in Gulf countries like Oman. But in recent years attempts are being made, by both the governments and the individual organisations, to bring professionalism into the ...
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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team - STLtoday.com
STLtoday.com
Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team
STLtoday.com
The person he succeeded as champion was another St. Louis resident, Hikaru Nakamura. If many of these facts surprise you, it's not difficult to understand why. The Post-Dispatch, which generally has been generous in its coverage of our efforts, whiffed ...
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The person he succeeded as champion was another St. Louis resident, Hikaru Nakamura. If many of these facts surprise you, it's not difficult to understand why. The Post-Dispatch, which generally has been generous in its coverage of our efforts, whiffed ...
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DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles - Washington Times
Washington Times
DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles
Washington Times
Still, there was a sense that Karjakin's career had semi-stalled coming into 2016, with rivals such as the Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the Netherlands' Anish Giri and a slew of rising young Chinese prodigies seeming to surpass him.
Washington Times
Still, there was a sense that Karjakin's career had semi-stalled coming into 2016, with rivals such as the Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the Netherlands' Anish Giri and a slew of rising young Chinese prodigies seeming to surpass him.
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Wesley's brilliancy - BusinessWorld Online Edition
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Wesley's brilliancy
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Hikaru Nakamura scored 5/9 in day 1 and then came back with a strong second day of 6/9 to win the first prize of $20,000. Wesley So acquitted himself well by coming in second, good for $15,000. Garry Kasparov did not do so badly (remember, he retired ...
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Hikaru Nakamura scored 5/9 in day 1 and then came back with a strong second day of 6/9 to win the first prize of $20,000. Wesley So acquitted himself well by coming in second, good for $15,000. Garry Kasparov did not do so badly (remember, he retired ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The big favorite, Hikaru Nakamura, bounced back from a shaky first day with an excellent second day to win the event and $20,000. And one of the pretournament favorites, Fabiano Caruana, very surprisingly finished last. And Kasparov donated his $10,000 ...
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The Boston Globe
The big favorite, Hikaru Nakamura, bounced back from a shaky first day with an excellent second day to win the event and $20,000. And one of the pretournament favorites, Fabiano Caruana, very surprisingly finished last. And Kasparov donated his $10,000 ...
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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
This year he was back in St. Louis facing a bigger challenge — three world top 10 players in Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana in an 18-game blitz round-robin played over two days. Was he up to the challenge? The answer at the end was ...
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The Boston Globe
This year he was back in St. Louis facing a bigger challenge — three world top 10 players in Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana in an 18-game blitz round-robin played over two days. Was he up to the challenge? The answer at the end was ...
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Carlsen stays on top - Philippine Star
Carlsen stays on top
Philippine Star
They were followed by Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2787, Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2784, Sergey Kariakin (Russia) 2779, Ding Liren (China) 2778 and Wesley So (USA) 2775. Former world champions Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vaselin Topalov (Bulgaria), ...
Philippine Star
They were followed by Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2787, Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2784, Sergey Kariakin (Russia) 2779, Ding Liren (China) 2778 and Wesley So (USA) 2775. Former world champions Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vaselin Topalov (Bulgaria), ...
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Chess (#1199) - Business Standard
Business Standard
Chess (#1199)
Business Standard
Magnus Carlsen bounced back from a loss in the penultimate round to win the crunch last round game and take the Altibox Super GM in Norway. Carlsen beat Pavel Eljanov to nose ahead of the pack with 6 out of 9. Carlsen scored four wins and the one loss ...
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Business Standard
Magnus Carlsen bounced back from a loss in the penultimate round to win the crunch last round game and take the Altibox Super GM in Norway. Carlsen beat Pavel Eljanov to nose ahead of the pack with 6 out of 9. Carlsen scored four wins and the one loss ...
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Garry Kasparov puts on a show in St Louis - Telegraph.co.uk
Garry Kasparov puts on a show in St Louis
Telegraph.co.uk
Hikaru Nakamura, who is one of the world's strongest Blitz players won the tournament, with Kasparov just behind Wesley So in third. Fabiano Caruana was well adrift of the field. Each player faced the others three times with both colours and games were ...
On Chess: Ultimate blitz chess match results in ultimate generositySt. Louis Public Radio
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Telegraph.co.uk
Hikaru Nakamura, who is one of the world's strongest Blitz players won the tournament, with Kasparov just behind Wesley So in third. Fabiano Caruana was well adrift of the field. Each player faced the others three times with both colours and games were ...
On Chess: Ultimate blitz chess match results in ultimate generositySt. Louis Public Radio
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On Chess: Ultimate blitz chess match results in ultimate generosity - St. Louis Public Radio
Telegraph.co.uk
On Chess: Ultimate blitz chess match results in ultimate generosity
St. Louis Public Radio
The event was a two-day, six rounds, round-robin with Kasparov facing the three titans of the U.S. Championship—Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So— in an attempt to prove he is still one of the best players in the world, more than a ...
Garry Kasparov puts on a show in St LouisTelegraph.co.uk
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St. Louis Public Radio
The event was a two-day, six rounds, round-robin with Kasparov facing the three titans of the U.S. Championship—Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So— in an attempt to prove he is still one of the best players in the world, more than a ...
Garry Kasparov puts on a show in St LouisTelegraph.co.uk
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DAVID R. SANDS: With Krush crush, Paikidze wins chess crown the hard way - Washington Times
DAVID R. SANDS: With Krush crush, Paikidze wins chess crown the hard way
Washington Times
Former world champ Garry Kasparov proved he could still hang with the kids when he took on new U.S. champ Fabiano Caruana, former U.S. champ Hikaru Nakamura and young GM Wesley So in a blitz tournament staged after the St. Louis festivities ...
Washington Times
Former world champ Garry Kasparov proved he could still hang with the kids when he took on new U.S. champ Fabiano Caruana, former U.S. champ Hikaru Nakamura and young GM Wesley So in a blitz tournament staged after the St. Louis festivities ...
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Immortal Chess Blitz Game - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Immortal Chess Blitz Game
Huffington Post
Wesley So won a spectacular blitz game at the Ultimate Blitz Challenge in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis last Friday. It was power chess with hard to see threats and surprising sacrifices. He was immediately compared to two of the ...
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Huffington Post
Wesley So won a spectacular blitz game at the Ultimate Blitz Challenge in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis last Friday. It was power chess with hard to see threats and surprising sacrifices. He was immediately compared to two of the ...
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Reader feedback - BusinessWorld Online Edition
Reader feedback
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis took over the organization of the annual US Chess Championship in 2009 and, coincidentally enough, since that time the title has been monopolized by Hikaru Nakamura (2009, 2012 and 2015) and Gata ...
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis took over the organization of the annual US Chess Championship in 2009 and, coincidentally enough, since that time the title has been monopolized by Hikaru Nakamura (2009, 2012 and 2015) and Gata ...
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World champions compete in Chess blitz - Stabroek News
Stabroek News
World champions compete in Chess blitz
Stabroek News
Last Thursday and Friday, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov opposed new US champion Fabiano Caruana, and the other two top finishers of the 2016 US championship, namely Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, in a sensational blitz contest.
Stabroek News
Last Thursday and Friday, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov opposed new US champion Fabiano Caruana, and the other two top finishers of the 2016 US championship, namely Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, in a sensational blitz contest.
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World champions complete in Chess blitz - Stabroek News
Stabroek News
World champions complete in Chess blitz
Stabroek News
Last Thursday and Friday, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov opposed new US champion Fabiano Caruana, and the other two top finishers of the 2016 US championship, namely Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, in a sensational blitz contest.
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Stabroek News
Last Thursday and Friday, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov opposed new US champion Fabiano Caruana, and the other two top finishers of the 2016 US championship, namely Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, in a sensational blitz contest.
and more »
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The 2016 US championships (USChessChamps.com) have come to a rousing conclusion. Fabiano Caruana is our new champion. Wesley So finished in second place, with defending champ, Hikaru Nakamura, in third. It was expected that one of the Big ...
The Boston Globe
The 2016 US championships (USChessChamps.com) have come to a rousing conclusion. Fabiano Caruana is our new champion. Wesley So finished in second place, with defending champ, Hikaru Nakamura, in third. It was expected that one of the Big ...
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