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MLK Day chess tournament top prizes, Aronian's brilliancy - AL.com

Nakamura - Sun, 01/29/2017 - 7:31am

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MLK Day chess tournament top prizes, Aronian's brilliancy
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In the Masters Section, 255 players from around the world are playing, including American champion and world number two Fabiano Caruana, former U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura, world number 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France, and World Rapid ...

Šach: V poradí desiaty majster sveta Boris Spasskij jubiluje - Aktuality.sk

Candidates Tournament - Sun, 01/29/2017 - 3:21am

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Šach: V poradí desiaty majster sveta Boris Spasskij jubiluje
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29.1.2017 10:09 | Jeden z aktérov najznámejšieho duelu o šachového majstra sveta z roku 1972 bol ruský, dnes už aj francúzsky šachista Boris Vasilievič Spasskij, ktorý bude mať v pondelok 30. januára 80 rokov. V poradí desiaty majster sveta v šachu ...

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Šach: V poradí desiaty majster sveta Boris Spasskij jubiluje - Aktuality.sk

Candidates Tournament - Sun, 01/29/2017 - 3:21am

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Šach: V poradí desiaty majster sveta Boris Spasskij jubiluje
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29.01.2017 | 10:09 PETROHRAD - Jeden z aktérov najznámejšieho duelu o šachového majstra sveta z roku 1972 bol ruský, dnes už aj francúzsky šachista Boris Vasilievič Spasskij, ktorý bude mať v pondelok 30. januára 80 rokov. V poradí desiaty majster ...

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Magnus Carlsen blunders at Wijk and puts world No1 ranking under threat - The Guardian

Caruana - Fri, 01/27/2017 - 2:09pm

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Magnus Carlsen blunders at Wijk and puts world No1 ranking under threat
The Guardian
Carlsen plays the two final rounds at Wijk while the world No2, Fabiano Caruana, is in action at Tradewise Gibraltar – the most important Open on the European calendar. The world No3, Wesley So, was half a point clear at Wijk after round 11 of 13 and ...

Chief Minister visits Chess Festival - GBC News

Caruana - Fri, 01/27/2017 - 2:05pm

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Chief Minister visits Chess Festival
GBC News
Mr Picardo thanked all the competitors for being in Gibraltar. The Chief Minister met with the World Number 2 Fabiano Caruana, as well as the Festival organisers and was also interviewed by International Master Jovanka Houska, which was live streamed ...

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Mike Connors, Star of TV Series 'Mannix,' Dead at 91 - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 11:33pm

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Mike Connors, Star of TV Series 'Mannix,' Dead at 91
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LOS ANGELES – Mike Connors, who starred as a hard-hitting private eye on the long-running television series “Mannix,” has died. He was 91. Connors died surrounded by family Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital from complications of leukemia ...
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So increases distance from Carlsen, 4 others - Inquirer.net

Caruana - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 1:17pm

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So increases distance from Carlsen, 4 others
Inquirer.net
... to a personal-best 2820.1, seventh highest ever in history and good for world No. 3, as he closed in on No. 2 Fabiano Caruana (2824). The 14-man single round-robin tournament took its last break Thursday and will resume Friday with So battling ...

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Danish Parliament adopts Armenian Genocide Resolution - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 11:13am

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Danish Parliament adopts Armenian Genocide Resolution
MassisPost
COPENHAGEN — The Parliament of Denmark voted 89 to 9 with 11 abstentions on January 26 to adopt an Armenian Genocide resolution, according to the website of the Danish Parliament. The parliament held a 2.5 hours discussion on January 19 about ...

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Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites - Sun.Star

Caruana - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 9:28am

Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites
Sun.Star
The top 10 players are Fabiano Caruana - 2827 [USA], Maxime Vachier-Lagrave- 2796 (France), Hikaru Nakamura - 2785 (USA), Vassily Ivanchuk - 2752 (Ukraine), Michael Adams - 2751 (England), Peter Svidler - 2748 (Russia), Veselin Topalov - 2739 ...

Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites - Sun.Star

Nakamura - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 9:28am

Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites
Sun.Star
The top 10 players are Fabiano Caruana - 2827 [USA], Maxime Vachier-Lagrave- 2796 (France), Hikaru Nakamura - 2785 (USA), Vassily Ivanchuk - 2752 (Ukraine), Michael Adams - 2751 (England), Peter Svidler - 2748 (Russia), Veselin Topalov - 2739 ...

So clings to lead; Carlsen gains - Inquirer.net

Caruana - Wed, 01/25/2017 - 10:01am

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So clings to lead; Carlsen gains
Inquirer.net
... (4.5) is pitted against lowly countryman Van Wely (1.5). As a result of his fourth straight draw after a three-win run, So's live rating fell to 2815.9, still good for No. 3 in the world behind Carlsen and absentee Fabiano Caruana, also of the US ...

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#BridgingStories Exhibit Connects Armenian and Turkish Photographers Through Shared Stories - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 3:12pm

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#BridgingStories Exhibit Connects Armenian and Turkish Photographers Through Shared Stories
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YEREVAN — A new photo exhibit highlighting work created by Armenian and Turkish photographers during a five-month-long collaborative project opened on January 24, 2017, at the NPAK/ACCEA (the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art) ...

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ICRC Representatives Visit Armenian POW in Azerbaijan - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Mon, 01/23/2017 - 3:43pm

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ICRC Representatives Visit Armenian POW in Azerbaijan
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YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The representatives of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) visited PoW Arsen Baghdasaryan in Baku who crossed the line of contact on 26.12.2014, the Azerbaijani APA news agency reports. Under the mediation of the ...

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Wesley So is Player of the Year - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Caruana - Mon, 01/23/2017 - 9:47am

Wesley So is Player of the Year
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Fabiano Caruana (USA). Second highest-rated player in the world behind Magnus. Won the US Championship ahead of Wesley and Nakamura, played successfully for the USA in the Baku Olympiad and won the strong Isle of Man Open together with Pavel ...

Wesley So is Player of the Year - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Nakamura - Mon, 01/23/2017 - 9:47am

Wesley So is Player of the Year
BusinessWorld Online Edition
... Grand Tour events in Paris and Leuven catapulted him to the top place in the 2016 Grand Chess Tour ahead of chess legends Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and other elite players like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, etc.

Chess World No. 2, Fabiano Caruana, is top seed at Tradewise - Gibraltar Chronicle

Caruana - Mon, 01/23/2017 - 12:03am

Chess World No. 2, Fabiano Caruana, is top seed at Tradewise
Gibraltar Chronicle
Chess Grand Master Fabiano Caruana is looking forward to playing in “one of the strongest open tournaments in history” as the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival opens this week. Caruana is the current US champion and world No 2 and is the top-rated ...

So keeps lead despite second straight draw - Inquirer.net

Caruana - Sun, 01/22/2017 - 1:49pm

Inquirer.net

So keeps lead despite second straight draw
Inquirer.net
3 behind Carsen and fellow US stalwart Fabiano Caruana, an absentee in the tournament with an average rating of 2751. The second-seeded So, board 3 gold medalist in the Baku Chess Olympiad and overall winner of the 2016 Chess Tour, is battling ...

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So settles for draw but keeps Tata Steel lead - Inquirer.net

Caruana - Sat, 01/21/2017 - 6:12pm

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So settles for draw but keeps Tata Steel lead
Inquirer.net
3 world ranking behind Carlsen (2843.4) and fellow US stalwart Fabiano Caruana (2827). Packed in a logjam at 3.5 points were Aronian, Dutch Anish Giri, who trounced Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Chinese Wei Yi, who downed Hungarian Richard ...

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Faces of the News - Inquirer.net

Caruana - Sat, 01/21/2017 - 10:50am

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Faces of the News
Inquirer.net
Wesley watched his ELO rating rise to a personal best of 2819.4, the seventh-highest rating in history. Not only that, he has now climbed the rankings to be the No. 3 in the world, behind Magnus Carlsen (2843.4) and fellow US stalwart Fabiano Caruana ...

Pestaño: No-loss performances against elite players - Sun.Star

Caruana - Thu, 01/19/2017 - 9:49am

Pestaño: No-loss performances against elite players
Sun.Star
THERE are several kinds of no loss performances in chess. It can be based on most consecutive wins, the most number of games played, perfect score in a single tournament and longest time played without a loss. It can only be called outstanding if the ...

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