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Viswanathan Anand beats Hikaru Nakamura, wins dramatic Tata Steel Chess Blitz Championships
News Nation
Viswanathan Anand, the five-time world champion, had finished seventh in the Tata Steel Rapid Chess championships in Kolkata. Heading into the blitz leg of the tournament, the expectations were low from Anand, who is ranked No.11 in the format. However ...
Legendary Anand wins Tata Steel blitz tournament in styleMathrubhumi English
My most magical day, says Viswanthan Anand after clinching Chess India Blitz titleMid-Day
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Magnus Carlsen v Fabiano Caruana: World Chess Championship rocked by deleted video 'showing challenger's battle ...
ABC News
Eagle-eyed chess writers spotted an open laptop in the clip, which some say revealed the chess strategies US challenger Fabiano Caruana planned on using in the competition. They also recognised references to three chess grandmasters — Leinier ...
Video released during the World Chess Championships has many wondering if it was a terrible blunder or crafty a bit ...Business Insider
Chess Is BackThe New Republic
Caruana preparation leak overshadows fourth drawThe Tribune

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Video released during the World Chess Championships has many wondering if it was a terrible blunder or crafty a bit ...
Business Insider
Reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and American challenger Fabiano Caruana have played to four draws at the World Chess Championships. On Tuesday, video of Caruana's preparations for the match was posted to YouTube before being quickly deleted.
Chess Is BackThe New Republic

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Fabiano Caruana: Video is a bad move for chess hopeful
The Times
The Italian-American challenger hoping to wrest the world chess championship title from Magnus Carlsen appears to be on the back foot after his strategies were leaked in an online video (Jack Malvern writes). Fabiano Caruana, 26, who has drawn all four ...
Magnus Carlsen v Fabiano Caruana: World Chess Championship rocked by deleted video 'showing challenger's battle ...ABC News
Chess Is BackThe New Republic
Caruana preparation leak overshadows fourth drawThe Tribune
Business Insider
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In pics: Tata Steel India Chess 2018 in Kolkata, India
Xinhua
Video PlayerClose. (SP)INDIA-KOLKATA-TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA 2018. Viswanathan Anand (L) of India competes during blitz round 16 against Hikaru Nakamura of the United States at Chess India 2018 in Kolkata, India, Nov. 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Tumpa ...

Chess Is Back
The New Republic
Tuesday, in central London, as Theresa May unveiled a freshly forged Brexit deal, American Fabiano Caruana and Norwegian Magnus Carlsen played out a procedural draw in game four of their World Chess Championship showdown, leaving the ...

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Viswanathan Anand Seals Blitz Title in Style by Beating Hikaru Nakamura
News18
Kolkata: Legendary Viswanathan Anand stepped it up in grand style to win the inaugural Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Tournament beating overnight leader Hikaru Nakamura in the play-off here Wednesday. Placed fourth after the first leg on Tuesday, the ...
Viswanathan Anand beats Hikaru Nakamura to win Tata Steel Chess blitz tournamentScroll.in
Viswanathan Anand beats Hikaru Nakamura to win Chess India Blitz TournamentIndia Today
Viswanathan Anand triumphs at Tata Steel BlitzSportstarlive

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Viswanathan Anand beats Hikaru Nakamura to win Tata Steel Chess blitz tournament
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India's Viswanathan Anand won the inaugural edition of the Tata Steel Chess blitz tournament in Kolkata, beating Hikaru Nakamura on Wednesday. The two players were tied after 18 rounds, but five-time world champion Anand triumphed 1.5-0.5 in the Blitz ...

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Windup of Asian Para Games
BusinessWorld Online
... in Kolkata there is the super-strong Tata Steel Rapid event where Wesley So, Vishy Anand, Lev Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura are testing the mettle of the local Indian players, and the Indians are doing quite well!

Fabiano Caruana -- the American helping make chess cool
CNN International
Aiming to topple one of the greats is challenger Fabiano Caruana -- the first American to compete for the world title since Bobby Fischer in 1972. He is the world No.2 and is described as having superhuman powers of concentration. By the end of this ...
We Got Ourselves A Mysterious Chess ControversyDeadspin
Carlsen and Caruana still deadlocked after YouTube 'leak ...The Guardian
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Fabiano Caruana -- the American helping make chess cool
CNN
Aiming to topple one of the greats is challenger Fabiano Caruana -- the first American to compete for the world title since Bobby Fischer in 1972. He is the world No.2 and is described as having superhuman powers of concentration. By the end of this ...

Hikaru Nakamura sole leader after day 1
The Sentinel Assam
Kolkata: World No.3 Hikaru Nakamura of the US stayed unbeaten to remain on sole pole position as five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand along with Pentala Harikrishna led the Indian challenge at the end of day one of the Tata Steel Chess India ...

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