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Hold that afterthought: Armenia's Levon Aronian wins year's strongest chess tourney
Washington Times
GM Wesley So ran the table with nine disappointing draws, but GMs Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura continued their rivalry with an entertaining last-round battle in which some Caruana home cooking cost Nakamura a chance to tie for first.

Playing like an accountant?
BusinessWorld Online Edition
In round 5 of this Norway tournament there was the game Sergey Karjakin vs Fabiano Caruana which ended in a draw. Caruana got an inferior endgame right from the opening but managed to hold it. The online commentator Nigel Short said that Caruana's ...

Wesley braces for Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So will begin his campaign versus GM Fabiano Caruana in the opening round of the prestigious 2017 Paris Grand Chess Tour starting today at the Canal Factory Les Studios de Boulogne in Paris, France. The tournament is a rapid ...

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Grand Chess Tour Takes Off In Paris
Chess.com
The main participants of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour are Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, and Levon Aronian. These nine players will all ...

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B Adhiban stars in first win for Indian men in World Teams Chess Championship
The Indian Express
The USA team is without their three top players who all are among the elite players in the world — Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura. Yet the second rung team proved a tough nut to crack for China, the rating favourite. As things stand in ...

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World Team Chess: Adhiban stars in first win for Indian men
Times of India
KHANTY MANSIYSK (Russia): Grandmaster B Adhiban put aside his loss in the previous round and came back roaring to beat Vladislav Kovalev to ensure a 2.5-1.5 victory for India over Belarus in the third round of World Team Chess Championship here.

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Adhiban stars in first win for Indian men
Business Standard
The USA team is without their three top players who all are among the elite players in the world -- Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura. Yet the second rung team proved a tough nut to crack for China, the rating favourite. As things stand in ...

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'Get rid of that thug stereotype': Science camp aims to inspire engineers
AL.com
The United States Champion GM Wesley So, along with his two American colleagues GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Hikaru Nakamura, also played in the event. Nakamura had a very tournament run and could have tied with Aronian for first place. But a last ...

Beautiful chess in Norway
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Four of them, Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana were playing in Norway. The 5th ranked, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, was not in Norway for the simple reason that he was not yet in the top 10 when the invitations were sent out.

Chess: World No 1 Carsen fails to win Stavanger tournament
RFI
Earlier, Aronian's nearest rival Hikaru Nakamura suffered his only loss after facing Fabiano Caruana. Vladimir Kramnik shared the second spot with Nakamura after dismissing Anish Giri in just 20 moves. “I think I am more concentrated,” he said in an ...

Anand draws with Carlsen; finishes joint seventh
The Hindu
It was some recovery for Anand who started off with two losses in the first four games and then came back with four draws and a solitary victory over Fabiano Caruana of United States earlier in the tournament. Levon Aronian of Armenia deservedly won ...

Anand draws with Carlsen; Aronian wins
The Hindu
Ninth round: Viswanathan Anand drew with Magnus Carlsen; Wesley So drew with Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana bt Hikaru Nakamura; Vladimir Kramnik bt Anish Giri; Sergey Karjakin drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Standings: 1. Aronian (Arm, 6 ...

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Alabama chess player prepares for national tournament, world champ outplayed on home turf
AL.com
The United States Champion GM Wesley So, along with his two American colleagues GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Hikaru Nakamura, also played in the event. Nakamura had a very tournament run and could have tied with Aronian for first place. But a last ...

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
So far at the Altibox Norway 2017 tournament, after seven rounds, Levon Aronian once again is in very good form as he is clearly in first with three wins and no losses. In second is American Hikaru Nakamura, with 4.5/7. The other two Americans, Fabiano ...
Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand draws with Magnus Carlsen to finish joint sixthFirstpost
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Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand draws with Magnus Carlsen to finish joint seventh
Firstpost
Results final round: V Anand (Ind, 4) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 4); Wesley So (Usa, 4.5) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 6); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 4.5) beat Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 5); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 5) beat Anish Giri (Ned, 4.5); Maxime ...
Anand holds AronianThe Hindu
Chess: Magnus Carlsen risks world No1 rating with slump in StavangerThe Guardian
Levon Aronian Wins 2017 Norway Chess TournamentAsbarez Armenian News
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Magnus Carlsen; finishes joint seventh
The Indian Express
Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Anish Giri of Holland finished tied fourth on 4.5 points apiece while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Anand and Carlsen tied for seventh with four points in all. Russian Sergey Karjakin who had won his last two Norway ...
Aronian Wins 5th Altibox Norway Chess TournamentChess.com
Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand forced to settle for a draw against Levon Aronian in round 8Firstpost
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Aronian Wins 5th Altibox Norway Chess Tournament
Chess.com
Levon Aronian won the Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger on Friday. He was never in danger against Wesley So, who drew all his nine games. Runner-up Hikaru Nakamura lost to Fabiano Caruana but still tied for second place with Vladimir ...
Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand forced to settle for a draw against Levon Aronian in round 8Firstpost
Anand holds AronianThe Hindu
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Levon Aronian in Norway Chess tournament
The Indian Express
Results round 8: Levon Aronian (Arm, 5.5) drew with V Anand (3.5); Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 5) drew with Wesley So (Usa, 5); Anish Giri (Ned, 4.5) drew with Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 3.5); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 3.5) beat Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 3); Maxime ...
Anand holds AronianThe Hindu
Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand draws Round 8 tie; Magnus Carlsen retains World No 1 spotFirstpost

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Altibox Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand draws Round 8 tie; Magnus Carlsen retains World No 1 spot
Firstpost
Another interesting draw was in the game between Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana. Kicking off with a 'Queen's Gambit Accepted', Giri was able to drift the game into an endgame wherein he had a bishop against Caruana's knight and an extra pawn to the ...

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