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Eklat am Schachbrett
FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Mehr als sechs Stunden waren gespielt, alle anderen Partien beendet, und außer den beiden Spielern Hikaru Nakamura und Lewon Aronjan war nur noch eine Handvoll Menschen im Saal auf der obersten Etage des ehemaligen Moskauer Telegrafenamts.
WM-Kandidatenturnier: Schach-Eklat nach sechsstündiger PartieDIE WELT

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Eklat am Schachbrett
FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Mehr als sechs Stunden waren gespielt, alle anderen Partien beendet, und außer den beiden Spielern Hikaru Nakamura und Lewon Aronjan war nur noch eine Handvoll Menschen im Saal auf der obersten Etage des ehemaligen Moskauer Telegrafenamts.

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Turkey Boosts Efforts to Further Deny Armenian Genocide
MassisPost
ANKARA – Turkish Historical Society (TTK) is compiling data, articles and “other works” to further deny the Armenian Genocide, Panarmenian.net reports citing Turkish Daily Sabah daily. TTK started compiling all articles on the issue written in Turkey ...

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Spotlight on Anand and Karjakin
The Hindu
The results (ninth round): Viswanathan Anand (Ind) 5.5 bt Levon Aronian (Arm) 5; Anish Giri (Ned) 4.5 drew with Fabiano Caruana (US) 5; Hikaru Nakamura (US) 3.5 drew with Sergey Karjakin (Rus) 5.5; Veselin Topalov (Bul) 3 drew with Peter Svidler (Rus) 4.
Candidates Chess: Viswanathan Anand beats Levon Aronain to jump to joint leadThe Indian Express
Candidates Chess: Viswanathan Anand beats Levon Aronian to move into joint lead positionDaily News & Analysis
Day Off at Candidates' Tournament: Levon Aronian shares 3-4 placeArmenpress.am

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Spotlight on Anand and Karjakin
The Hindu
The results (ninth round): Viswanathan Anand (Ind) 5.5 bt Levon Aronian (Arm) 5; Anish Giri (Ned) 4.5 drew with Fabiano Caruana (US) 5; Hikaru Nakamura (US) 3.5 drew with Sergey Karjakin (Rus) 5.5; Veselin Topalov (Bul) 3 drew with Peter Svidler (Rus) 4.
Day Off at Candidates' Tournament: Levon Aronian shares 3-4 placeArmenpress.am
Candidates Tournament: Viswanathan Anand Strikes BackSports Rediscovered
Candidates Chess: Vishy Anand's brilliant opening prep gives him easy draw against Veselin Topalov; keeps him in huntFirstpost
ScoopWhoop -NDTVSports.com -IBNLive
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Day Off at Candidates' Tournament: Levon Aronian shares 3-4 place
Armenpress.am
YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Armenian GM Levon Aronian shares the 3-4th places with Fabiano Caruana with 5 points after the 9th round of the Candidates' Tournament. As "Armenpress" reports, Aronian was defeated by Indian chess player ...
Candidates Tournament: Viswanathan Anand Strikes BackSports Rediscovered
Candidates Chess: Vishy Anand's brilliant opening prep gives him easy draw against Veselin Topalov; keeps him in huntFirstpost
Anand Draws Again, Remains Joint Third In Race To Face Carlsen For World ChampionshipScoopWhoop
NDTVSports.com -The Hindu -IBNLive
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Viswanathan Anand beats Levon Aronain to jump to joint lead Candidates tournament
The Indian Express
Sergey Karjakin played out a draw with Hikaru Nakamura of America with black pieces wherein the Russian had to defend for the major part of the game. Peter Svidler of Russia was under pressure but drew with Bulgarian Veslin Topalov. Results Round 9: ...
Candidates Chess: Viswanathan Anand beats Levon Aronian to move into joint lead positionDaily News & Analysis
Day Off at Candidates' Tournament: Levon Aronian shares 3-4 placeArmenpress.am
Anand is back on topThe Hindu
ScoopWhoop
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Candidates Tournament: Viswanathan Anand Strikes Back
Sports Rediscovered
The business end of the Candidates Tournament has arrived and the Madras Tiger seems to have returned to his performing best. Viswanathan Anand struck a huge victory in round 9 over Levon Aronian to regain the lead alongside Sergey Karjakin. For what ...
Candidates Chess: Vishy Anand's brilliant opening prep gives him easy draw against Veselin Topalov; keeps him in huntFirstpost
Anand Draws Again, Remains Joint Third In Race To Face Carlsen For World ChampionshipScoopWhoop
Viswanathan Anand Draws With Vaselin Topalov to Remain Joint Third in Candidates ChessNDTVSports.com
The Hindu -IBNLive
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Times of Trouble: the Armenian Communities of Lebanon and Syria between Old and New Challenges
MassisPost
The crises that we have been witnessing in the Middle East for the past few years, especially in Syria, have made the discussion of Armenian communities in this region highly pertinent, and this was the topic of lecture given by Dr Nicola Migliorino ...

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Candidates Chess: Viswanathan Anand beats Levon Aronian to move into joint lead position
Daily News & Analysis
Peter Svidler of Russia was under pressure but drew with Bulgarian Veslin Topalov. Results Round 9: Veselin Topalov (Bul, 3) drew with Peter Svidler (Rus, 4); V Anand (Ind, 5.5) beat Levon Aronian (Arm, 5); Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 3.5) drew with Sergey ...
Anand Draws Again, Remains Joint Third In Race To Face Carlsen For World ChampionshipScoopWhoop
Viswanathan Anand beats Aronain to jump to joint lead at CandidatesHindustan Times
Viswanathan Anand Draws With Vaselin Topalov to Remain Joint Third in Candidates ChessNDTVSports.com
Firstpost -BusinessWorld Online Edition
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Armenian Armed Forces Supplied with Qualitatively New Weapons
MassisPost
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia's armed forces acquired “qualitatively new weapons” late last year, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Monday as he met with the top military brass in Yerevan. Sarkisian addressed the commanders of Armenian army units and ...

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Halfway mark
BusinessWorld Online Edition
At the halfway point of the 2016 FIDE Candidates' Tournament the three front-runners are Karjakin, Aronian and Anand. It is highly likely that the winner will be one of them. Tied for fourth place is Caruana and Giri. The two of them have drawn all ...

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Девятый тур шахматного турнира претендентов: Ананд - Аронян (LIVE)
АМИ "Новости-Армения" (пресс-релиз)
Победитель турнира в ноябре в Нью-Йорке проведет матч с чемпионом мира норвежцем Магнусом Карлсеном.-0-. Privacy. Powered by ChessBomb · Anand, Viswanathan (IND) - Aronian, Levon (ARM). 1-0. FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016 round ...

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Anand Draws Again, Remains Joint Third In Race To Face Carlsen For World Championship
ScoopWhoop
Topalov however knew it was not serious and subsequent exchanges enabled the Bulgarian to reach a drawn end-game. Fabiano Caruana put it across HIkaru Nakamura of United States to almost end latter's dreams of becoming the next challenger to ...
Candidates Chess: Vishy Anand's brilliant opening prep gives him easy draw against Veselin Topalov; keeps him in huntFirstpost
Viswanathan Anand Draws With Vaselin Topalov to Remain Joint Third in Candidates ChessNDTVSports.com
Aronian draws with AnishThe Hindu
IBNLive
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Anand Draws Again, Remains Joint Third In Race To Face Carlsen For World Championship
ScoopWhoop
Fabiano Caruana put it across HIkaru Nakamura of United States to almost end latter's dreams of becoming the next challenger to Magnus Carlsen while Armenian Levon Aronian played out a draw with Anish Giri of Holland. In the other game of the ...
Viswanathan Anand Draws With Vaselin Topalov to Remain Joint Third in Candidates ChessNDTVSports.com
Candidates Chess: Vishy Anand's brilliant opening prep gives him easy draw against Veselin Topalov; keeps him in huntFirstpost
Viswanathan Anand draws with Anish Giri in Candidates ChessIBNLive

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Candidates Tournament: Karjakin, Aronian Lead The Table
Sports Rediscovered
The two players who were taken as underdogs have proved to be the most pivotal in their performance during the first half of the Candidates Tournament. Chess World Cup winner Sergey Karjakin and Wild Card entrant Levon Aronian have brought about a ...
Halfway markBusinessWorld Online Edition

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Visawanathan Anand Draws With Vaselin Topalov to Remain Joint Third in Candidates Chess
NDTVSports.com
Results round 8: Veselin Topalov (Bul, 2.5) drew with V Anand (Ind, 4.5); Levon Aronian (Arm, 5) drew with Anish Giri (Ned, 4.5); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 4.5) beat Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 3); Peter Svidler (Rus, 3.5) drew with Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 5).
Candidates Chess: Vishy Anand's brilliant opening prep gives him easy draw against Veselin Topalov; keeps him in huntFirstpost
Viswanathan Anand draws with Veselin Topalov to remain joint 3rd in CandidatesEconomic Times
Viswanathan Anand draws with Anish GiriEastern Mirror

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Candidates Chess: Vishy Anand's brilliant opening prep gives him easy draw against Veselin Topalov; keeps him in hunt
Firstpost
Moscow: Vishy Anand made an effortless draw against Veselin Topalov, with the black pieces in the eighth round of the World Chess Candidates 2016. With this draw Anand maintains his third position in the tournament with a score of 4.5/8, half a point ...
Viswanathan Anand draws with Veselin Topalov to remain joint 3rd in CandidatesEconomic Times
Viswanathan Anand draws with Anish Giri in Candidates ChessIBNLive
Anand draws with Anish Giri in Candidates ChessThe Hindu
Business Standard
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N.Y. natives vie for ultimate checkmate
Albany Times Union
Hikaru Nakamura grew up in White Plains, New York, with a celebrated chess teacher for a stepfather. Fabiano Caruana grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where he attended the Berkeley Carroll School and learned to play chess at Congregation Beth Elohim ...
Aronian draws with AnishThe Hindu

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