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Anand shows his best, wins Champions Showdown
The New Indian Express
Playing with aggression, Anand upstaged World No 2 Fabiano Caruana and World No 8 Hikaru Nakamura en route to sealing the title with 15 points. He took home the winner's purse of $60,000. Nakamura (14) finished second, followed by Caruana (11) and ...
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Anand's super show in St. Louis Showdown
Sportstarlive
Anand also became richer by $ 60,000, while Nakamura took home $ 40,000. The tournament had a total prize fund of $ 150,000. The standings: 1. Viswanathan Anand (Ind) 15 points, 2. Hikaru Nakamura (US) 14, 3. Fabiano Caruana (US) 11, 4. Veselin ...

Anand's super show in St. Louis Showdown
Sportstarlive
It is an achievement he could be proud of, for he pushed behind two of the strongest players in the world at the moment – Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruna, both of the United States. Caruna, 24, is ranked No. 2 in the world, while 28-year-old ...

Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match level
Washington Times
While the early-round sparring was going on in New York, some ex-champs — Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and India's Viswanthan Anand — and (perhaps) future champs — American stars Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana — have been mixing it up a ...

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Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match level
Washington Times
While the early-round sparring was going on in New York, some ex-champs — Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and India's Viswanthan Anand — and (perhaps) future champs — American stars Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana — have been mixing it up a ...

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Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match level
Washington Times
While the early-round sparring was going on in New York, some ex-champs — Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and India's Viswanthan Anand — and (perhaps) future champs — American stars Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana — have been mixing it up a ...

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Sergey Karjakin holds tough draw against Magnus Carlsen to keep chess match level
Washington Times
While the early-round sparring was going on in New York, some ex-champs — Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and India's Viswanthan Anand — and (perhaps) future champs — American stars Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana — have been mixing it up a ...

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Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis
ESPN
Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other grandmasters -- Hikaru Nakamura came second, Fabiano Caruana (US) third and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) ...

Anand wins Champions Showdown in St Louis
ESPN
Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other grandmasters -- Hikaru Nakamura came second, Fabiano Caruana (US) third and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) ...

Young grandmaster takes on chess king
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
“But of course we all want to show that our chess school is stronger.” Ranked ninth in the world, Karyakin qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow.
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World Chess Championship: Showdown In New York
High on Sports (blog)
He lost three consecutive games in the GCT Blitz Paris this year against Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri. However the only other players to have defeated the Norwegian wonder-kid in the last 50 games were Hikaru Nakamura and Maxime ...

World Chess Championship: Showdown In New York
High on Sports (blog)
Carlsen's previous loss came in the opening game of the Bilbao Masters against Hikaru Nakamura and is yet to drop any points since then. Out of the eight games he has lost, most of them were in Blitz competition. He lost three consecutive games in the ...

Meet the Russian chess star who's 'more Putin than Putin'
Page Six
9 in the world, seemed suddenly to improve and catapulted to the top of the game with a win over American Fabiano Caruana in March, which put him into this month's final. Carlsen and Karjakin will play each other as many as 12 times at the Fulton Market.
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NY / Region|World Chess Championship Kicks Off With VIP Treatment
New York Times
... also believes that he was abducted by aliens and that the game of chess originated elsewhere in the universe.) And four top players, including Fabiano Caruana, the top-rated American who grew up in Brooklyn, were competing in a tournament in St. Louis.
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World Cup Qualifiers: Armenia Stage Dramatic Comeback Victory Against Montenegro
MassisPost
YEREVAN — Armenia staged a dramatic comeback to earn their first victory in World Cup 2018 qualifying. Trailing 2-0 against Montenegro at half-time, Armenia fought back and scored a sensational winner in the 94th minute. Having not won any of their ...
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Chess Cold War? Magnus Carlsen v Sergey Karjakin
RT
The Russian defeated third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow to reach the world championship, but is a big underdog against current world number one Carlsen. Chess has recently seen a resurgence in ...
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Karjakin challenges Carlsen for world chess crown
The Hindu
The Russian qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow. He admitted that world number one Carlsen – who has dominated chess since taking the ...

Azerbaijani Official Destroys Colombian Flag Taking it for Armenian
MassisPost
BAKU — Azerbaijanis are still unable to differentiate between the national flags of Armenia and Colombia. In another undisputable example of xenophobia, chief executive of Dashkesan district Ahad Abiyev destroyed the flag of Colombia taking it for ...

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Chess World Championship: Magnus Carlsen faces new challenge in Sergey Karjakin
Hindustan Times
Karjakin earned the right to challenge Carlsen by winning the World Chess Candidates Tournament in March this year – finishing ahead of Fabiano Caruana of the United States and India's Anand. The chess world is eagerly waiting to see whether Karjakin ...
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Chess star Karyakin: symbol of geopolitical divides
Yahoo Sports
"But of course we all want to show that our chess school is stronger." Ranked ninth in the world, Karyakin qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow.
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