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NY / Region|World Chess Championship Kicks Off With VIP Treatment
New York Times
... also believes that he was abducted by aliens and that the game of chess originated elsewhere in the universe.) And four top players, including Fabiano Caruana, the top-rated American who grew up in Brooklyn, were competing in a tournament in St. Louis.
Chess Cold War? Magnus Carlsen v Sergey KarjakinRT
Chess World Championship: Magnus Carlsen faces new challenge in Sergey KarjakinHindustan Times
The Bizarre Politics of the World Chess ChampionshipThe Weekly Standard (blog)
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Chess Cold War? Magnus Carlsen v Sergey Karjakin
RT
The Russian defeated third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow to reach the world championship, but is a big underdog against current world number one Carlsen. Chess has recently seen a resurgence in ...
Chess World Championship: Magnus Carlsen faces new challenge in Sergey KarjakinHindustan Times
The Bizarre Politics of the World Chess ChampionshipThe Weekly Standard (blog)
World Chess Championship: Two-time champion Magnus Carlsen faces challenge of Russia's Sergey KarjakinThe Indian Express
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Karjakin challenges Carlsen for world chess crown
The Hindu
The Russian qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow. He admitted that world number one Carlsen – who has dominated chess since taking the ...

Chess World Championship: Magnus Carlsen faces new challenge in Sergey Karjakin
Hindustan Times
Karjakin earned the right to challenge Carlsen by winning the World Chess Candidates Tournament in March this year – finishing ahead of Fabiano Caruana of the United States and India's Anand. The chess world is eagerly waiting to see whether Karjakin ...
Chess star Karyakin: symbol of geopolitical dividesYahoo Sports
Russian challenges Norway's Carlsen for world chess crownBangkok Post
Pestaño: Men's world championship startsSun.Star
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Chess star Karyakin: symbol of geopolitical divides
Yahoo Sports
"But of course we all want to show that our chess school is stronger." Ranked ninth in the world, Karyakin qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow.
Russian challenges Norway's Carlsen for world chess crownBangkok Post
Pestaño: Men's world championship startsSun.Star
All eyes on the World Chess Championship in NY | Peter Long ...Malay Mail Online

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Russian challenges Norway's Carlsen for world chess crown
Bangkok Post
The Russian qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow. He admitted to AFP that world number one Carlsen -- who has dominated chess since ...
Chess star Karyakin: Symbol of geopolitical dividesTimes of India
All eyes on the World Chess Championship in NYMalay Mail Online

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Russian challenges Norway's Carlsen for world chess crown
Yahoo Sports
The Russian qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow. He admitted to AFP that world number one Carlsen -- who has dominated chess since ...
All eyes on the World Chess Championship in NYMalay Mail Online

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Russian challenges Norway's Magnus Carlsen for world chess crown
The Straits Times
The Russian qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow. He admitted to AFP that world number one Carlsen - who has dominated chess since ...

All eyes on the World Chess Championship in NY
Malay Mail Online
What we can be sure of is the loser will be joined by the likes of USA's Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and perhaps Nederland's Anish Giri, Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi, and China's Ding Liren as favourites to challenge ...

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World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown
PR Newswire (press release)
3-rated Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana of the U.S., No. 7-rated GM Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S., No. 8-rated GM Viswanathan Anand of India, and No. 13-rated GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. The tournament will showcase three different styles of chess ...

GM Harikrishna's way ahead
The Hindu
As per the FIDE list only four players — World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen (2,853), GM Fabiano Caruana (2,823), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2,811) and Vladimir Kramnik (2,810) — are in the 2,800 ELO points club. “Once Harikrishna breaks into the 2800 ...

Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Play in Tournament of Champs in St. Louis
India West
14 as part of the tournament of champions. Among the participants are Viswanathan Anand (second from right) of India, as well as Veselin Topalov, of Bulgaria, and Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura (left to right) of the U.S. (uschesschamps.com photo).

Challenge before GM Harikrishna is to retain ranking: Chess experts
Daijiworld.com
Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) : The challenge before chess World No. 10 Grandmaster (GM) Pentala Harikrishna is to first retain his ranking and then gradually improve upon it -- and it would be nice to see two Indian players figuring in top tournaments, Indian ...

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Challenge before GM Harikrishna is to retain ranking: Chess experts
Business Standard
As per the FIDE list only four players -- World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen (2,853), GM Fabiano Caruana (2,823), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2,811) and Vladimir Kramnik (2,810) -- are in the 2,800 ELO points club. "Once Harikrishna breaks into the 2800 ...

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Will Carlsen remain top gun?
Stabroek News
Karjakin had bested an elite group of grandmasters in the March 2016 Candidates tournament. They included his countryman Peter Svidler; America's finest, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura; India's Anand; Armenia's Levon Aronian; the Netherlands' ...

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Magnus greatest for 5th year in row
Philippine Star
1 for the fifth year running. Carlsen did not play a single game for the period, and his rating remained high at 2853. Fabiano Caruana, the current US champion, moved up one notch to No. 2 with 2823, replacing Russian Vladimir Kramnik, who fell to ...

Magnus Carlsen defned World Chess Championship in New York ...
Business Insider
Current World Chess Champion Magus Carlsen of Norway will defend his title against a new challenger, Russia's Sergey Karjakin, in New York City starting on ...

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Magnus Carlsen will defend his World Chess Championship crown next week in New York City
Business Insider
The big disappointment for the United States this time around is that in the 2016 Candidates Tournament, held to determine Carlsen's opponent for the WCC, not one but two Americans were in the running: Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Caruana ...

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Pestaño: Remembering those who left this year
Sun.Star
85 in the world — the oldest person to be ranked in the top 100 and taught a lesson to the rising star Fabiano Caruana at age 79. He was a winner of more than 220 tournaments and died last June 6 at the age of 85. Mark Dvoretsky was a Russian trainer, ...

On Chess: The brightest minds in the chess world showdown in St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
Fabiano Caruana, the reigning U.S. Champion, will be the number one seed and the local favorite (as he has recently moved to St. Louis). So far, 2016 has been the best year of his career, as he enjoyed his first victory in the U.S. Championship, as ...
Champions Showdown Fit for KingsPR Newswire (press release)

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