US Champs 7: Zviad the Impaler
Zviad Izoria has beaten Hikaru Nakamura to leave the 4-time champ’s lingering hopes of winning the 2018 US Championship in ruins. Hikaru now trails another of Zviad’s victims, Fabiano Caruana, by two points, after Fabi crushed Varuzhan Akobian’s French Defence to catch Sam Shankland in the lead. The hero of the women’s section is 15-year-old Annie Wang, who tricked Anna Sharevich in a lost position to move to a stunning 6/7, a full point ahead of her nearest pursuer, Nazi Paikidze. There are four rounds to go in both events.
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Berlin Candidates 11: Karjakin back in the hunt
Sergey Karjakin is back in contention for a rematch against Magnus Carlsen after defeating Levon Aronian in Round 11 to move within a point of leader Fabiano Caruana, who he plays in Round 12. Alexander Grischuk is level with Kar...
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Berlin Candidates 10: Kramnik does it again
Vladimir Kramnik beat Levon Aronian for the 2nd time in Berlin, and once again it was a masterpiece, with Peter Svidler describing their Round 10 game as a candidate for Game of the Year. Shockingly, though, that was a battle bet...
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Berlin Candidates 9: Fabi close as Vlad loses again
Fabiano Caruana missed a win as late as the penultimate move of a nail-biting game against Ding Liren to remain only half a point clear of Shakhriyar Mameydarov with five rounds of the Berlin Candidates to go. That meant the only...
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Berlin Candidates 8: Kramnik vs. Kramnik
Alexander Grischuk is now just a point behind Candidates Tournament leader Fabiano Caruana with six rounds to go, after taking full advantage when Vladimir Kramnik insisted on playing on in a position a pawn down instead of takin...
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Berlin Candidates 7: Caruana beats Aronian to lead
Fabiano Caruana leads the chase to become Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger after ending the first half of the Berlin Candidates by landing a knockout blow against Levon Aronian. Wesley So is keeping Levon company in last place af...
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Berlin Candidates 6: Mamedyarov and So strike
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov joined Fabiano Caruana in the lead going into the second Berlin Candidates rest day after Vladimir Kramnik over-pressed and then “hallucinated” in what should have been a drawn ending. The other decisive res...
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Berlin Candidates 5: Aronian misses open goal
Levon Aronian missed a golden chance to win a second game in a row in Round 5 of the Berlin Candidates Tournament, with four draws leaving Fabiano Caruana as the leader. Levon’s game against Alexander Grischuk was utterly wild, b...
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Berlin Candidates 4: Caruana leads after thriller
Fabiano Caruana is the new sole leader of the 2018 Candidates Tournament in Berlin after winning a game of wild swings against Vladimir Kramnik, who was at times in touching distance of moving to 3.5/4. On another day Grischuk-Di...
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Berlin Candidates 3: A Kramnik immortal
Levon Aronian sprung a huge surprise in Round 3 of the Berlin Candidates by playing 1.e4, only to fall into some lethal preparation that Vladimir Kramnik had been waiting two years to unleash. Peter Svidler, who analyses the game...
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Berlin Candidates 2: Grischuk heaps misery on So
“Losing is always very inspiring,” said Alexander Grischuk after he followed his defeat to Vladimir Kramnik with a crushing win over Wesley So. For the second day in a row Wesley opened up the position with the black pieces and l...
