GCT Finals 3: MVL beats Carlsen, plays Ding in final
Magnus Carlsen called Maxime Vachier-Lagrave “a great player” and “a deserved winner” as the French no. 1 won an epic playoff battle to reach the Grand Chess Tour final. His rival for the $150,000 first prize will be Ding Liren, who blew Levon Aronian away by winning both the rapid games and then clinching victory with a draw in the first blitz game. There were two more blitz wins for Ding before Levon finally claimed a consolation win at the end. He’ll now play Magnus Carlsen in what he called “the losers’ match” for 3rd place.
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Tata Steel India Day 4: A “solid” 5-point lead
Magnus Carlsen described his play as “decent” and his lead as “solid” as he top-scored with 6.5/9 on the first day of the Tata Steel Chess India Blitz, extending his lead over Hikaru Nakamura to a massive five points. Hikaru was ...
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Tata Steel India Day 3: The Carlsen exhibition
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Tata Steel India Day 2: Magnus rapid no. 1 again
Magnus Carlsen is again the rapid world no. 1 after wins over Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri saw him take a 3-point lead after Day 2 of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz in Kolkata. Wesley So was the only other player to w...
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Tata Steel India Day 1: Magnus back on top
Six years to the day after winning the World Championship title in Chennai, Magnus Carlsen leads Hikaru Nakamura by a point after scoring 5/6 on the first day of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz in Kolkata. “Obviously...
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Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz kicks off in Kolkata
Magnus Carlsen takes on his Fischer Random conqueror Wesley So as the penultimate stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour starts in Kolkata, India on Friday. The real battle in the National Library of India will be to qualify for the ...
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Grischuk wins Hamburg GP, on verge of Candidates
Alexander Grischuk has beaten Jan-Krzysztof Duda in tiebreaks to win the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix and all but clinch a place in the 2020 Candidates Tournament that will decide Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger for the World Champio...
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Hamburg GP Final 2: Duda’s tightrope walk goes on
Jan-Krzysztof Duda showed incredible nerves and calculation under pressure to survive another examination by Alexander Grischuk and take the final of the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix to tiebreaks. Grischuk would later comment, “Maybe ...
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Hamburg Grand Prix Final 1: Grischuk comes close
Alexander Grischuk had a chance to deliver a knockout blow to Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the first game of the Hamburg Grand Prix final, but with under a minute on his clock the opportunity slipped away. Duda was also in deep time tro...
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Fight Like Magnus: The Sicilian | New course gets World Champion’s stamp of approval
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has taken the rare step of personally approving a new course modelled on his openings. Fight Like Magnus: The Sicilian by Christof Sielecki is a complete repertoire against 1.e4 based on Carlse...
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Grischuk & Duda to meet in Hamburg GP final
Alexander Grischuk can seal qualification for the 2020 Candidates Tournament by beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix final after he overcame Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the 2nd classical game of their semi-fina...
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