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Vachier-Lagrave Comments While Playing Komodo - Chess.com
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If you tweak the format a little, there's still an interesting challenge for these players, and MVL was excited, like Hikaru Nakamura earlier. Yesterday's format was similar to the Nakamura-Komodo match: First, five games of blitz (5+5) against Komodo ...
On Chess: Chess Club hosts Chess 960 event with elite headliners including Gary Kasparov - KBIA
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KBIA
Hikaru Nakamura versus Peter Svidler. Having recently won the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz last month, Nakamura is a highly dangerous competitor in any format involving speed. While Svidler has claimed an incredible eight Russian championships and holds the ...
On Chess: Chess Club hosts Chess 960 event with elite headliners including Gary Kasparov - St. Louis Public Radio
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St. Louis Public Radio
Hikaru Nakamura versus Peter Svidler. Having recently won the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz last month, Nakamura is a highly dangerous competitor in any format involving speed. While Svidler has claimed an incredible eight Russian championships and holds the ...
MVL Battles Komodo In Close Match With Commentary - Chess.com
Yesterday's match between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Komodo offered a unique insight to the thought process of a super grandmaster. While playing the ...
Peaceful solution - Spectator.co.uk
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Spectator.co.uk
In the recent super-tournament in St Louis, Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Lev Aronian opted to share the laurels. According to the regulations, any tie for first place should have been resolved by a playoff. But the three co-victors decided that ...
Magnus grind - BusinessWorld Online
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Levon Aronian ARM 2767, Magnus Carlsen NOR 2842, Fabiano Caruana USA 2822, 5.5/9. 4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2801, 5.0/9. 5-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2779, Viswanathan Anand IND 2768, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2766, 4.5/9. 8. Wesley ...
Magnus grind - BusinessWorld Online
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4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2801, 5.0/9. 5-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2779, Viswanathan Anand IND 2768, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2766, 4.5/9. 8. Wesley So USA 2780, 4.0/9. 9-10. Hikaru Nakamura USA 2777, Sergey Karjakin RUS 2773, 3.0/9.
Hard labor -- a chess champ's work ethic pays off - Washington Times
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Washington Times
It's supposed to be a game, but on this Labor Day week, let's celebrate the hardest-working man in chess — who just happens to be the world champion. Magnus Carlsen is a fine positional player, an excellent tactician and one of the world's best ...
MVL, Nakamura Among PRO Chess League All-Stars On September 8 - Chess.com
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura are the biggest names in the first ever All Stars event of the 2018 PRO Chess League. The 2018 season's final event is set for September 8. You'll surely remember the hard-fought victory of the Armenia Eagles ...
MVL, Nakamura Headline PRO Chess League All-Stars Sept. 8 - Chess.com
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura are the biggest names in the first ever All Stars event of the PRO Chess League. The 2018 season's final event ...
MVL, Nakamura Headline PRO Chess League All-Stars Sept. 8 - Chess.com
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura are the biggest names in the first ever All Stars event of the PRO Chess League. The 2018 season's final event ...
The Petroff: dependable or dangerous? - Chessbase News
The placid outwardly appearance of the Petroff Defence could easily trick one into believing that he or she could use it to enjoy a quiet draw. It isn't unusual ...
MVL, Nakamura Headline PRO Chess League All-Stars Sept. 8 - Chess.com
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura are the biggest names in the first ever All Stars event of the PRO Chess League. The 2018 season's final event ...
Three winners in Sinquefield Cup - BusinessWorld Online
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Levon Aronian ARM 2767, Magnus Carlsen NOR 2842, Fabiano Caruana USA 2822, 5.5/9. 4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2801, 5.0/9. 5-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2779, Viswanathan Anand IND 2768, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2766, 4.5/9. 8. Wesley ...
Three winners in Sinquefield Cup - BusinessWorld Online
BusinessWorld Online
Levon Aronian ARM 2767, Magnus Carlsen NOR 2842, Fabiano Caruana USA 2822, 5.5/9. 4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2801, 5.0/9. 5-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2779, Viswanathan Anand IND 2768, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2766, 4.5/9. 8. Wesley ...
Three winners in Sinquefield Cup - BusinessWorld Online
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4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2801, 5.0/9. 5-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2779, Viswanathan Anand IND 2768, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2766, 4.5/9. 8. Wesley So USA 2780, 4.0/9. 9-10. Hikaru Nakamura USA 2777, Sergey Karjakin RUS 2773, 3.0/9.
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The highlight of the second half was the much anticipated sixth-round confrontation between world champion Magnus Carlsen and his official challenger, Fabiano Caruana. It was strange game as Carlsen got a much better position pretty easily against ...
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Carlsen ground down Hikaru Nakamura (tied for last with Karjakin) in an endgame that a world class player should not lose. Mamedyarov drew Vishy Anand (nine draws!), and Caruana with black drew an uninspired Wesley So. This resulted in a three-way-tie ...
September FIDE Ratings: Carlsen 12 Points Ahead Of Caruana - Chess.com
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During the Sinquefield Cup it was a close call, but Magnus Carlsen starts the month of September with a 12-point lead over Fabiano Caruana in the new FIDE rating list. The world champion also tops the lists for rapid and blitz. Winning as Black was too ...
September FIDE Ratings: Carlsen 12 Points Ahead Of Caruana - Chess.com
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24 points below Ding we see a trio of players, all with a 2780 rating: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian and Anish Giri. Former top 10 regulars Hikaru Nakamura and Sergey Karjakin didn't have a great summer and are now in places 14 and 15, behind ...