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Sizzling Shankland snares third chess title in a row
Washington Times
And in other chess news, American GM Fabiano Caruana captured the 5th Altibox Norway Chess tournament ahead of world-class field, despite losing his individual encounter with Norwegian world champ Magnus Carlsen. Caruana and Carlsen will get a ...

So Leads As Grand Chess Tour Takes Off
Chess.com
Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour. Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So were paired against each other in this very first round, less than a week after playing their crucial last-round encounter in Norway. After winning, So admitted that it was sweet ...

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So Leads As Grand Chess Tour Takes Off
Chess.com
Wesley So showed great form and took an early lead at the Your Next Move rapid & blitz event in Leuven, Belgium which kicked off the 2018 Grand Chess Tour today. Except for a switch at the start, with first Leuven and then Paris instead of the other ...

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Levon Aronian to start competition in Grand Chess Tour today
Mediamax.am
His competitors are Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The participants will play rapid chess in 9 rounds and blitz ...

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Levon Aronian to start competition in Grand Chess Tour today
Mediamax.am
His competitors are Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The participants will play rapid chess in 9 rounds and blitz ...

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So rises to no. 7 in Fide rankings
The Standard
FILIPINO grandmaster Wesley So climbed up the FIDE rankings despite his title setback in the 2018 Norway Chess tournament. From no. 9, he moved up to no. 7 with 2779.5 ELO points after Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana earned the €75,000 top purse for ...

So rises to no. 7 in Fide rankings
The Standard
Sharing 4.5 points with Carlsen are Hikaru Nakamura and Viswanathan Anand. Nakamura halved his point with Levon Aronian in 42 moves of a Queen's Gambit Declined. Anand, who was in the lead in the early rounds, won in 32 moves of a Queen's Gambit ...

So rises to no. 7 in Fide rankings
manilastandard.net
FILIPINO grandmaster Wesley So climbed up the FIDE rankings despite his title setback in the 2018 Norway Chess tournament. From no. 9, he moved up to no. 7 with 2779.5 ELO points after Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana earned the €75,000 top purse for ...
US Chess Champion Coming To NewtownThe Newtown Bee
Chess: Wesley So eyes bounce-back in Belgium, France tournamentsABS-CBN News

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So rises to no. 7 in Fide rankings
manilastandard.net
Sharing 4.5 points with Carlsen are Hikaru Nakamura and Viswanathan Anand. Nakamura halved his point with Levon Aronian in 42 moves of a Queen's Gambit Declined. Anand, who was in the lead in the early rounds, won in 32 moves of a Queen's Gambit ...

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2018 Grand Chess Tour to start in Leuven
chess24
Fabiano Caruana tops a line-up of 10 of the world's top 13 players for the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour that starts in Leuven on Tuesday. All but Anish Giri and Alexander Grischuk are coming straight from Altibox Norway Chess, with Ding Liren and ...

2018 Grand Chess Tour to start in Leuven
chess24
Fabiano Caruana tops a line-up of 10 of the world's top 13 players for the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour that starts in Leuven on Tuesday. All but Anish Giri and Alexander Grischuk are coming straight from Altibox Norway Chess, with Ding Liren and ...

Chess: Wesley So eyes bounce-back in Belgium, France tournaments
ABS-CBN News
Just when redemption was within grasp, Wesley So suffered another heartbreaker in the Altibox Norway Chess 2018. So blundered away what could have been a drawn game against Fabiano Caruana of the US in the final round, so instead of finishing joint ...
US Chess Champion Coming To NewtownThe Newtown Bee
So rises to no. 7 in Fide rankingsmanilastandard.net
Aronian to play Nakamura in last round of Norway Chess ClassicMediamax.am

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Norway Chess tournament saw a very exciting conclusion, as four players entered the last round tied for first: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana. Caruana got to the final round with his second win of the event over ...

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Norway Chess tournament saw a very exciting conclusion, as four players entered the last round tied for first: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana. Caruana got to the final round with his second win of the event over ...

US Chess Champion Coming To Newtown
The Newtown Bee
Mr Shankland, who holds the title of International Grandmaster, recently won the US Chess Championship, finishing ahead of three of the top ten players in the world, one of whom (Fabiano Caruana) will challenge World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen for ...

Agdestein hyller Fabiano Caruana: – Verdens beste akkurat nå
Aftenposten
STAVANGER: I november skal han møte Magnus Carlsen (27) til VM-kamp. Nå er Fabiano Caruana (25) i fyr og flamme. Torsdag sikret Caruana Norway Chess-tittelen etter en dramatisk avslutning. Det var hans tredje turneringsseier for året. Over hele ...

Agdestein hyller Fabiano Caruana: – Verdens beste akkurat nå
Aftenbladet.no
STAVANGER: I november skal han møte Magnus Carlsen (27) til VM-kamp. Nå er Fabiano Caruana (25) i fyr og flamme. Torsdag sikret Caruana Norway Chess-tittelen etter en dramatisk avslutning. Det var hans tredje turneringsseier for året. Over hele ...
Remis for Carlsen holdt ikke – Caruana vant Norway ChessTV 2

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Anand beats Karjakin to finish joint second
Free Press Journal
But for his loss against Fabiano Caruana of United States in the previous round, the Indian ace could have been at the helm in the strongest chess tournament of the year. Having lost the tournament-opener itself, the rise of Fabiano Caruana continued ...

Norway Chess 2018: Viswanathan Anand beats Sergey Karjakin in exciting last round; Fabiano Caruana takes title
Firstpost
Going into the grand finale, as many as four players were leading the tournament. India's Viswanathan Anand, after a loss in the penultimate round against Fabiano Caruana, had slipped down a spot and was chasing the leaders. His only chance, however, ...
Wesley So drops last round, throws away chance to win Norway ChessRappler
Caruana Wins Norway Chess - Chess.comChess.com
Viswanathan Anand suffers defeat against Fabiano Caruana in NorwayMid-Day
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