Amin holds off Short to win in Abu Dhabi
Egyptian GM Bassem Amin has won the 24th Abu Dhabi Masters with 7.5/9 and is now only 7 rating points short of becoming the first African 2700 player. Nigel Short is only 2 points away from returning to the 2700 club himself at the age of 52, and would have made it if he’d won a good position against Amin in the final round. Instead he was lucky he offered a draw in time to avoid defeat and finish half a point behind in 2nd place. 7 players finished another half point back, including 12-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who claimed his 2nd GM norm.
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Paris GCT, Day 5: Carlsen wins despite MVL surge
Magnus Carlsen has won the 2017 Paris Grand Chess Tour in a playoff against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave after the Frenchman scored a brilliant 7/9 on the final day of the blitz. Magnus scored a full 3 points less after losing 4 games,...
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Paris GCT, Day 4: Nakamura hot on Carlsen’s heels
Magnus Carlsen looked set to blow away the field on Day 1 of the Paris Grand Chess Tour blitz when he won his first four games and stretched his lead to 3 points. It was, dare we say it, smooth, but then things suddenly got much ...
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Paris GCT, Day 3: Carlsen’s not-so-smooth win
Magnus Carlsen won the rapid section of the Paris Grand Chess Tour, but the day will be remembered for his outburst beginning, “What do you want me to do?” when Maurice Ashley suggested the final win had been less than smooth. Els...
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Paris GCT, Day 2: Magnus breaks clear
Magnus Carlsen beat co-leader Wesley So in the first game of Day 2 of the Paris Grand Chess Tour and leads Hikaru Nakamura by a point going into the final day of rapid chess. He held a draw against his US rival in the last round ...
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Paris GCT, Day 1: Carlsen and So lead
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So lead on 5/6 after Day 1 of the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour. Magnus exploited blunders by Mamedyarov and MVL to win two of his three games, while Wesley won lost positions against both Caruana an...
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Kasparov on hand for Paris Grand Chess Tour launch
Garry Kasparov was again on hand as the 2017 Grand Chess Tour was launched in Paris on Tuesday. Magnus Carlsen tops the 10-player field for the Paris stage of the series, where he’ll face tough competition from tour regulars Naka...
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World Teams 2-3: Only Poland are perfect
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Greek Youth Championships, Cup and League
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Russia beat China as World Teams starts
The Russian women's team already has a great chance of winning its first ever World Team Championship after battering 3-time champions China 3:1 in Saturday’s opening round in Khanty-Mansiysk. The news got better as their next cl...
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Norway Chess 9: Aronian cruises to victory
Levon Aronian has won one of the strongest tournaments of all time by a full point after his rivals fell at the final hurdle. While Lev drew safely with Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura was cut down in Fabiano Caruana’s Najdorf prepara...
