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Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot - Chess.com

Nakamura - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 5:06pm

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Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot
Chess.com
Caruana will be joined by Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who all had the day off by virtue of clinching yesterday. "I'm incredibly happy, especially with how it all ended," Caruana said "When Magnus (Carlsen) won yesterday, ...

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Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian earn Sinquefield Cup titles - Public Radio of Armenia

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:54pm

Public Radio of Armenia

Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian earn Sinquefield Cup titles
Public Radio of Armenia
Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, and Fabiano Caruana have been named co-champions of the Sinquefield Cup, Cheess.com reports. Aronian defeated Alexander Grischuk via a speculative but dynamic exchange sac, several hours later Carlsen ...

Vachier-Lagrave To Play Komodo In Man-vs-Machine Odds Chess - Chess.com

Nakamura - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:49pm

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Vachier-Lagrave To Play Komodo In Man-vs-Machine Odds Chess
Chess.com
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will be the next opponent for the Komodo Monte Carlo engine as France's top grandmaster will play the computer in an odds match on Sept. 5. Watch the man-vs-machine event live on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. PDT (3 p.m. EDT, ...

Ample chess skill, low drama sometimes when the best play the best - Washington Times

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 1:36pm

Washington Times

Ample chess skill, low drama sometimes when the best play the best
Washington Times
The St. Louis field, with an average rating of 2788, boasted world champion Magnus Carlsen, top-rated American challenger GM Fabiano Caruana and eight more of the planet's very best players. But because of the skill level — and the respect and fear ...

Ample chess skill, low drama sometimes when the best play the best - Washington Times

Nakamura - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 1:36pm

Washington Times

Ample chess skill, low drama sometimes when the best play the best
Washington Times
Rxg1 Re6, and the storm has passed. The game was drawn on Move 41. The action got a little fiercer in Monday's final Round 9, as Carlsen ground down U.S. GM Hikaru Nakamura and Armenian star Levon Aronian bested Russian GM Alexander Grischuk to ...

Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana ... - Firstpost

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 6:37am

Firstpost

Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana ...
Firstpost
World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian scored dramatic final round victories to reach 5.5 points from nine games and catch up with Fabiano Caruana to finish in a three-way tie for the first place in the Sinquefield Cup that concluded at Saint ...
Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian All Earn Sinquefield Cup Titles As Playoff NixedChess.com
White mates in five moves — can you crack the puzzle?Financial Times
Eighth draw for AnandThe Telegraph India
chess24 -The Tribune
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Sinquefield Cup 9: Magnus, Fabi & Lev share 1st - chess24

Nakamura - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 3:46am

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Sinquefield Cup 9: Magnus, Fabi & Lev share 1st
chess24
Before that he had ground down Hikaru Nakamura in 97 moves, while Levon Aronian gambled and won brilliantly in Alexander Grischuk's time trouble. Wesley So showed no ambition as he drew against Fabiano Caruana, but was still rewarded with a playoff ...
Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian All Earn Sinquefield Cup Titles As Playoff NixedChess.com
Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana ...Firstpost
Anand plays out a draw againThe Hindu
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Ken Khachigian to MC AMAA Centennial Banquet - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Ken Khachigian to MC AMAA Centennial Banquet  MassisPost

By Joyce Abdulian LOS ANGELES -- Ken Khachigian, distinguished Armenian-American political consultant, speech writer, attorney and veteran of nine.

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Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano... - Firstpost

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano...  Firstpost

World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian scored dramatic final round victories to reach 5.5 points from nine games and catch up with Fabiano ...

Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot - Chess.com

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot  Chess.com

London calling, again. This time, it's a double chess "clash" for Fabiano Caruana. Earlier this year he won the Candidates' Tournament to qualify for November's ...

Sinquefield Cup: Three winners (one playoff)! - Chessbase News

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup: Three winners (one playoff)!  Chessbase News

The sixth edition of the Sinquefield Cup had an unprecedented finish. Levon Aronian defeated Alexander Grischuk in a memorable game, while Magnus ...

Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana emerge joint winners - Firstpost

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana emerge joint winners  Firstpost

World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian scored dramatic final round victories to reach 5.5 points from nine games and catch up with Fabiano ...

Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano... - Firstpost

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano...  Firstpost

World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian scored dramatic final round victories to reach 5.5 points from nine games and catch up with Fabiano ...

Vachier-Lagrave To Play Komodo In Man-vs-Machine Odds Chess - Chess.com

Nakamura - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Vachier-Lagrave To Play Komodo In Man-vs-Machine Odds Chess  Chess.com

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will be the next opponent for the Komodo Monte Carlo engine as France's top grandmaster will play the computer in an odds match on ...

Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano... - Firstpost

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup: Vishwanathan Anand finishes undefeated; Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano...  Firstpost

World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian scored dramatic final round victories to reach 5.5 points from nine games and catch up with Fabiano ...

Sinquefield Cup: Three winners (one playoff)! - Chessbase News

Nakamura - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup: Three winners (one playoff)!  Chessbase News

The sixth edition of the Sinquefield Cup had an unprecedented finish. Levon Aronian defeated Alexander Grischuk in a memorable game, while Magnus ...

Sinquefield Cup 9: Magnus, Fabi & Lev share 1st - chess24

Nakamura - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup 9: Magnus, Fabi & Lev share 1st  chess24

In a climax no-one could have predicted, Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian all won the Sinquefield Cup for a second time after Ca...

Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot - Chess.com

Caruana - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 2:00am
Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot  Chess.com

London calling, again. This time, it's a double chess "clash" for Fabiano Caruana. Earlier this year he won the Candidates' Tournament to qualify for November's ...

Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian All Earn Sinquefield Cup Titles As Playoff Nixed - Chess.com

Caruana - Mon, 08/27/2018 - 9:27pm

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Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian All Earn Sinquefield Cup Titles As Playoff Nixed
Chess.com
First there was a two-man playoff. Then a three-man playoff. Then, no playoff at all. After a wild day at the 2018 Sinquefield Cup in which the gamesmanship didn't even end on the final move, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, and Fabiano Caruana are all ...
Eighth draw for AnandThe Telegraph India
With 8th draw, Anand out of Grand Chess Tour finaleThe Tribune
Anand plays out a draw againThe Hindu

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Anand draws again, Caruana maintains lead - The Hindu

Caruana - Mon, 08/27/2018 - 8:49pm

Anand draws again, Caruana maintains lead
The Hindu
For the records, the seventh draw in as many games did not help Anand's cause much even though the Indian ace remains within striking distance of the leader American Fabiano Caruana, who held Norwegian World Champion Magnus Carlsen to a draw ...

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