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 $350,000 GCT finals in London next month, with Vishy Anand, Levon Aronian, Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi fighting to join Magnus and almost certainly Ding Liren in that four-player event.
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Grischuk & Duda to meet in Hamburg GP final
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Hamburg GP, QF: MVL, Grischuk & Duda through
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Superbet GCT Day 4: Le Quang Liem on a rampage
2013 World Blitz Champion Le Quang Liem was second last after the rapid section of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz but went on to score a brilliant 7/9 on the first day of blitz to climb into sole third place. The day’s second top s...
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Superbet GCT Day 3: Korobov is rapid king
Anton Korobov finished the rapid section of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz a full two points ahead of Anish Giri, Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and, despite remaining unbeaten, explained that, “the task for the blitz se...
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Hamburg GP, R1 Tiebreaks: Armageddon averted
Alexander Grischuk, David Navara, Yu Yangyi and Daniil Dubov are through to the quarterfinals of the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix after winning Round 1 tiebreaks. The first three players needed just two rapid games to beat Radek Wojta...
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Superbet GCT Day 2: Korobov takes over
Anton Korobov leads the Superbet Rapid & Blitz after crushing Vishy Anand with a kingside attack in the first round of Day 2 and then completely turning the tables on Wesley So in the last. It was a day of ups and downs for many ...
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Hamburg GP, 1.2: Nepo, Wei Yi, Hari & Naka out
There was no way back on Day 2 of the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix as eight draws meant that Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Harikrishna and Hikaru Nakamura were all knocked out after losing their first games. Only Nepo really came close ...
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Superbet GCT Day 1: Anish Giri a.k.a. Mikhail Tal
Anish Giri found some stunning moves to beat Wesley So and Sergey Karjakin and drew a thriller against Fabiano Caruana as he took the sole lead on 5/6 after Day 1 of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Bucharest. Afterwards, talkin...
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Boris Becker plays Caruana at Superbet opening
Tennis legend Boris Becker played a game against chess world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana as the penultimate Grand Chess Tour event before the London finals, the Superbet Rapid & Blitz, was opened in the Stejarii Country Club, Bucharest....
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