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Viswanathan Anand survives a scare against Anish Giri | The Indian ...
The Indian Express
Trying to invade early into Anish Giri's position, Viswanathan Anand found that the former was adequately prepared.
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Viswanathan Anand survives a scare against Anish Giri | The Indian ...
The Indian Express
Trying to invade early into Anish Giri's position, Viswanathan Anand found that the former was adequately prepared.
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand escapes from jaws of defeat, maintains 50% scoreFirstpost
London Chess Classic | Viswanathan Anand escapes with draw against Anish GiriSportsCafe

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Anand survives a scare against Anish Giri
Business Standard
Results round 6: V Anand (Ind, 3) drew with Anish Giri (Ned, 3);Veselin Topalov (Bul, 0.5) lost to Wesley So (Phi, 4.5); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 4) beat Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 3); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 3.5) drew with Michael Adams (Eng, 2.5); Maxime ...

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Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic - Pune Mirror
Pune Mirror
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand used a cracker of a Novelty to hold Wesley So of United States to an easy draw as black in the fifth round of London ...

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Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic
Pune Mirror
In other games , Vladimir Kramnik of Russia came up with a sensational stalemating idea to hold Hikaru Nakamura of United States while Naka's compatriot Fabiano Caruana came close but not enough in his draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.

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London Chess Classic: Round-4: Hikaru Nakamura's back to back victory
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In round four of the London Chess, Classic Hikaru Nakamura earned his second consecutive win. He won a wild and propelled game with Black against Bulgarian player Veselin Topalov. After a sloppy start, for the second day in a row Hikaru won the only ...

Pestaño: Unusual tournaments this December
Sun.Star
Tied at second are Levon Aronian (2785) and Fabiano Caruana (2823) with 3.0/5, while Anish Giri (2771), Vishy Anand (2779), Hikaru Nakamura (2779) and Vladimir Kramnik (2809) are tied at fourth to seventh places at 2.5/5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ...

Pestaño: Unusual tournaments this December
Sun.Star
Tied at second are Levon Aronian (2785) and Fabiano Caruana (2823) with 3.0/5, while Anish Giri (2771), Vishy Anand (2779), Hikaru Nakamura (2779) and Vladimir Kramnik (2809) are tied at fourth to seventh places at 2.5/5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ...

Viswanathan Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic
The Indian Express
In other games yesterday, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia came up with a sensational stalemating idea to hold Hikaru Nakamura of United States while Naka's compatriot Fabiano Caruana came close but not enough in his draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of ...
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael AdamsThe Hindu
Aronian-Caruana ends in drawArmenpress.am
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand played a stunning 'novelty' in easy draw against Wesley SoFirstpost
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Havresc – an Endangered Iraqi Armenian Village
MassisPost
It's a remarkable Armenian village somewhere in Iraq with about 200 to 500 people. A village that very few, if any, people have heard of. And it is surviving through courage, faith, fortitude, and about 22 dedicated men against the massive force of the ...

Armenia President Receives OSCE Minsk Group New French Co-Chair
MassisPost
YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday received new French Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Minsk Group (OSCE MG), Ambassador Stéphane Visconti. President Sarkisian congratulated Mr ...

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Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess Classic
The New Indian Express
In other games yesterday, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia came up with a sensational stalemating idea to hold Hikaru Nakamura of United States while Naka's compatriot Fabiano Caruana came close but not enough in his draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of ...
Viswanathan Anand draws with Michael Adams in LondonThe Indian Express
Aronian-Caruana ends in drawArmenpress.am
Anand draws with So WesleyThe Hindu
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Chess: Viswanathan Anand loses to Nakamura in London Classic
India.com
It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic chess tournament here on Wednesday. This tournament has not been nice for ...
London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand settles for draw with Michael AdamsFirstpost
Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess ClassicBusiness Standard
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National Shooting Championship Competitions: Manjit pips Jitu Rai to win gold in 50m Pistol event
Firstpost
Kramnik was joined by Hikaru Nakamura of United States in third spot on four points when the former played a crushing attack against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. Anand, Aronian and Anish Giri of Holland share the fifth spot on 3.5 points apiece ...

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London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand played a stunning 'novelty' in easy draw against Wesley So
Firstpost
Viswanathan Anand played the 4…Nbd7 variation in the Queen's Gambit Declined against Hikaru Nakamura in the third round of the London Chess Classic. He lost that game. However, good players know when something requires to be fixed and when ...
Viswanathan Anand: London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand ...Times of India
Anand loses to Nakamura in London ClassicThe Hindu
Viswanathan Anand draws with Wesley So in London Chess ClassicThe Indian Express
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Wesley joins 2800 club
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Based on the Live Chess Ratings the new Top Ten in the World are: (1) Magnus Carlsen 2840, (2) Fabiano Caruana 2826, (3) Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2813, (4) Wesley So 2803, (5) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2798, (6) Levon Aronian 2790, (7) Viswanathan ...

Wesley joins 2800 club
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Hikaru Nakamura's 29th birthday is on Dec. 9, the day of the first round of the London Classic. Unfortunately he lasted only 29 moves against Wesley So. This led to some light ribbing from the other players. Giri in particular tweeted that “having a ...

India vs England, 5th Test: After Cyclone Vardah, groundsmen use burning coal to dry match strip
Firstpost
The other two games Maxime Vachier-Lagrave versus Fabiano Caruana and Aronian against Giri also ended in a draw. Sixth round will take place on 15 December at 21.30 hours IST. You can watch the games live here. Sagar Shah, the author of this article, ...

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India vs England, 5th Test: After Cyclone Vardah, groundsmen use burning coal to dry match strip
Firstpost
Nbd7 variation in the Queen's Gambit Declined against Hikaru Nakamura in the third round of the London Chess Classic. He lost that game. However, good players know when something requires to be fixed and when something does not. It is true that ...

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Formula One podcast: Nico Hulkenberg reveals the light-hearted ...
Firstpost
Tune in for the full podcast featuring an interview with Nico Hulkenberg, discussion on Nico Rosberg's replacement and more.

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