Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals: A look at the players
After 10 months, 9 tournaments and over 1,000 games between the world's best players, the time for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals has come. The ultimate showdown kicks off on September 25 at 17:00 CET, and up for grabs is the $100,000 top prize along with the overall tour trophy. The line-up of participants is stacked, with an average rating of 2782.
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STL Rapid & Blitz 1: Caruana and Dominguez lead
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Young stars compete in the Kramnik Challenge
Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who knocked Anish Giri out of the FIDE World Cup, is the top seed as the Kramnik Challenge, the 3rd event on the $100,000 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, starts Thursday at 16:00 CEST. Once again there wil...
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Wesley So triumphs in the Chessable Masters
US Chess Champion Wesley So came from behind on the final day of the Chessable Masters to defeat Liem Quang Le and claim a record 3rd title on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. “My goal is just to force Magnus to show up!” he said...
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Сhessable Masters 8: Wesley blows Liem away
Wesley So took a huge step towards winning his 3rd event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour on Saturday as he defeated Liem Quang Le with a game to spare. Liem fell to eerily similar attacks in both games with the black pieces, w...
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Chessable Masters 7: Le survives Aronian comeback
Liem Quang Le survived a dramatic comeback from Levon Aronian to reach the final of the 2021 Chessable Masters after two wins on demand from Levon took their semi-final all the way to Armageddon. Liem’s opponent in the final is US C...
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Chessable Masters 6: So and Le strike first
Levon Aronian and Vladislav Artemiev played the final of the Goldmoney Asian Rapid, but if they’re going to get to the final of the Chessable Masters they first need to win their matches on demand on Friday to force playoffs. Wesley...
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Chessable Masters 5: Nakamura, Firouzja & Mamedyarov knocked out
Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Jorden van Foreest were all knocked out of the Chessable Masters on Wednesday in a brutal day of quarterfinal action. Liem Quang Le needed just two games to oust Alireza, ...
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FIDE World Cup 8.1: A Carlsen masterpiece
The Karjakin-Duda FIDE World Cup final got off to a false start when Sergey seemed to mix something up in the opening and could only force a draw in under 30 minutes with the white pieces. That left the stage clear for World Champio...
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