Champions Showdown
The great american chess capital, St. Louis, continues to offer attractive tournaments, and this time the rapid matches between some of the world’s best players are back. Between the 20-24th of February there will be five very luxurious matches to look out for: Hikaru Nakamura vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Fabiano Caruana vs Pentala Harikrishna, Wesley So vs David Navara, Leinier Dominguez vs Veselin Topalov and Sam Shankland vs Richard Rapport.
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Carlsen-Caruana 3: Fabi squanders opening edge
It’s three games, three draws in the 2018 World Chess Championship match in London, with Black the side pushing at the end of all three of them. On this occasion both players had ample reason for regret, with Magnus Carlsen givin...
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Ding 100 & out, Naka wins in Kolkata & more
The interest in Magnus Carlsen’s match against Fabiano Caruana is so great that it’s tough for other chess events to compete, though we have a number that would otherwise have gained top billing. The Shenzhen Masters has stolen s...
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Carlsen-Caruana 2: Full grovel mode
Magnus Carlsen had White in Game 2 of the World Chess Championship in London, but like Fabiano Caruana a day earlier he soon found himself in trouble. Fabi’s 10th move came as an unpleasant surprise and Magnus took the decision n...
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Carlsen-Caruana 1: Magnus lets Fabi off the hook
Magnus Carlsen was on the brink of opening the 2018 World Chess Championship in London with a brilliant win with the black pieces, but just when Fabiano Caruana’s luck seemed to have run out the World Champion showed some of the ...
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Khanty WWCh R2: More stars fall
2nd seed Humpy Koneru, 6th seed Aleksandra Goryachkina and 8th seed Tan Zhongyi were among the top players to be knocked out in Round 2 of the Women’s World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk. Only three of the eight matches in Roun...
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Carlsen & Caruana true to form in press opener
“Women hate me, I repel them!” was something you never expected to hear from World Champion Magnus Carlsen, but that was his reply when asked if he had female support for the match. He came up with more memorable one-liners, but ...
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Ding moves to 99 as Chinese stars strike
Ding Liren beat Radek Wojtaszek and Yu Yangyi overcame Nikita Vitiugov as blood was finally spilt in Round 5 of the Shenzhen Masters. Going into the rest day the Chinese players not only lead the tournament but have other claims ...
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Grischuk & Giri join our Carlsen-Caruana show
The Carlsen-Caruana World Championship match starts this Friday in London, and we’re thrilled to announce the most star power we’ve ever assembled for a broadcast. Peter Svidler will again be anchoring our show from Hamburg, where ...
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Khanty WWCh R1: Favourites fall to youngsters
10th seed Elisabeth Paehtz was beaten by 18-year-old Iranian Mobina Alinasab as the first round of the Women’s World Championship reduced the field of 64 players to 32 in just three days. Elisabeth was far from alone in falling t...
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Ding Liren follows in Tal’s footsteps
Ding Liren matched Mikhail Tal’s 95-game unbeaten streak with a draw in Round 1 of the Shenzhen Masters against the last player to beat him in a classical game of chess, Anish Giri. That's now over 15 months ago, but it’s not goi...
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