Paul Keres VII: Last chance in Curaçao
When Paul Keres was asked where he came closest to reaching a World Championship match against Mikhail Botvinnik, he responded “Curaçao”, referring to the 8-player, 28-round Candidates Tournament played on the Caribbean island in 1962. 46-year-old Keres went in to the penultimate round tied for first, but would once again finish second in a tournament infamous for Bobby Fischer’s accusations of collusion among the Soviet players. Joosep Grents continues his series on the life of the great Estonian player.
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GRENKE Classic 1: Caruana and MVL toppled
Hou Yifan and Arkadij Naiditsch pulled off sensational wins in the first round of the 2017 GRENKE Chess Classic to knock Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave out of the 2800 club. There were surprises everywhere, with Magnu...
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Zurich Challenge 2-3: Svidler blows race wide open
Peter Svidler stopped Hikaru Nakamura’s charge on Friday as he turned the tables to win their Round 3 encounter. He starred off the chessboard as well, contributing over an hour of commentary to the live broadcast on a day that l...
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Zurich Challenge 1: Kramnik & Nakamura strike
Vladimir Kramnik beat Vishy Anand and Hikaru Nakamura overcame local hero Yannick Pelletier as the New Classical section of the 2017 Zurich Chess Challenge began on Friday. It looked as though we would get three decisive results ...
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Nakamura wins Zurich blitz opener
Hikaru Nakamura showed few signs of jetlag as he won the Zurich Chess Challenge blitz opener without losing a game. He was joined by Boris Gelfand, Vladimir Kramnik and Ian Nepomniachtchi in winning the prize of four games with W...
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Wesley So is the 2017 US Champion
World no. 2 Wesley So got the one he wanted on Monday in St. Louis as he won the US Championship on his third attempt. Alexander Onischuk put up a heroic fight in the rapid playoffs but lost his way in complications in the first ...
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US Championship 11: Foisor triumphs, So gambles
Sabina-Francesca Foisor described herself as “sad and excited at the same time” after winning a brilliant attacking game that made her the US Women’s Champion in the same year her mother passed away. Nazi Paikidze lost with White...
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US Championship 10: Three-way fight
Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana bounced back with crushing wins in Round 10 of the US Championship, but it was too little too late. The title will be decided between Wesley So, Varuzhan Akobian and Alexander Onischuk, who lea...
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US Champs 9: So's masterpiece, Fabi & Naka crash
What a round! Wesley So played an exquisite piece and then queen sacrifice to beat Jeffery Xiong while his rivals Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana were undone by Alexander Onischuk and Varuzhan Akobian. Fabi in particular someh...
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US Championship 8: Akobian catches So
Wesley So drew against Hikaru Nakamura in Round 8 of the US Championship, allowing Varuzhan Akobian to catch him in the lead by bringing Yaroslav Zherebukh crashing back down to earth. Fabiano Caruana also saw his fortunes turn as...
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US Championship 7: Zherebukh stuns Caruana
23-year-old Yaroslav Zherebukh has joined Wesley So in the US Championship lead after outplaying world no. 3 and defending champion Fabiano Caruana. Elsewhere it was the day of the veterans, with Alexander Shabalov simply needing...
