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Sinquefield Cup Sees Another All-Draw Day In Round 7 - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - August 26, 2019 - 2:00am
Sinquefield Cup Sees Another All-Draw Day In Round 7  Chess.com

It was a new day, a new round but sadly the same old story at the 2019 Sinquefield Cup. Round seven again ended with all draws. More than the result itself, the ...

Magnus and his rivals - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 25, 2019 - 5:36pm
Magnus and his rivals  Chessbase News

In his last review of ChessBase Magazine 190, Nagesh Havanur dealt with the report on the recent European Women's Championship in our magazine.

Sinquefield Cup 7: Dead Heat at the Top - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - August 25, 2019 - 8:49am
Sinquefield Cup 7: Dead Heat at the Top  chess24

Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren and Vishy Anand continue to lead the 2019 Sinquefield Cup after all games were drawn for a 4th time in 7 rounds. Once...

Anand with an agonizing miss against Ding - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 25, 2019 - 5:03am
Anand with an agonizing miss against Ding  Chessbase News

The seventh round of the Sinquefield Cup followed the same pattern of the previous day – all draws and status quo continued in tournament standings, with ...

Sinquefield Cup: Six Games, Six Draws In The Sixth Round - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - August 24, 2019 - 6:46am
Sinquefield Cup: Six Games, Six Draws In The Sixth Round  Chess.com

After yesterday's rest day, everyone expected some action at the 2019 Sinquefield Cup! But round six saw an anti-climatic end to a round where once again all ...

Anand, Caruana and Ding continue to lead - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 24, 2019 - 4:36am
Anand, Caruana and Ding continue to lead  Chessbase News

Vishy Anand missed a great opportunity to finish off Anish Giri while holding the upper hand — many times during the game — to settle for a heart-breaking draw ...

Weekends on the Web: Saturday & Sunday, August 24-25, 2019 - KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis

Grand Chess Tour News - August 23, 2019 - 12:00pm
Weekends on the Web: Saturday & Sunday, August 24-25, 2019  KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis

ST. LOUIS - Looking for some fun events this weekend? Meteorologist Angela Hutti has some ideas for you and your family. Weekends on the Web: Saturday ...

Igors Rausis: How to quit chess in one move - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 23, 2019 - 3:03am
Igors Rausis: How to quit chess in one move  Chessbase News

A photo of a chess player using a mobile phone in a toilet during a tournament game made international headlines for the sport and rekindled fears of cheating ...

Caruana weathers the So storm - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 22, 2019 - 11:14am
Caruana weathers the So storm  Chessbase News

Ding Liren joined the leaders Viswanathan Anand and Fabiano Caruana at the top of the table with 3 points after a round of hard fought battles in almost all ...

Sinquefield Cup Opens Up In Round 5 With 2 Wins And A Stalemate - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - August 22, 2019 - 9:09am
Sinquefield Cup Opens Up In Round 5 With 2 Wins And A Stalemate  Chess.com

What a difference a day makes at the 2019 Sinquefield Cup! After most players in this elite round-robin started with four consecutive draws, the field decided to ...

Aronian Wins Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Tournament - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

Grand Chess Tour News - August 22, 2019 - 8:33am
Aronian Wins Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Tournament  The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

LOUIS, Mi. (Chessbase) — Levon Aronian emerged as the winner of the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz leg of the Grand Chess Tour on August 16, after a ...

Sinquefield Cup 5: Ding and Nepo strike - chess24

Grand Chess Tour News - August 22, 2019 - 7:53am
Sinquefield Cup 5: Ding and Nepo strike  chess24

World no. 3 Ding Liren scored an impressive positional victory over Anish Giri to join Fabiano Caruana and Vishy Anand in the Sinquefield Cup lea...

Aronian draws Sinquefield Cup R5 against Mamedyarov - Big News Network

Grand Chess Tour News - August 22, 2019 - 7:07am
Aronian draws Sinquefield Cup R5 against Mamedyarov  Big News Network

PanARMENIANNet - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian drew the fifth round of the Sinquefield Cup with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan on ...

Mammadyarov draws with Aronian at 2019 Sinquefield Cup - AZERTAC - Azerbaijan State News Agency - AZERTAC News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 22, 2019 - 6:00am
Mammadyarov draws with Aronian at 2019 Sinquefield Cup - AZERTAC - Azerbaijan State News Agency  AZERTAC News

Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov has been held to a draw by Armenian Levon Aronian in the fifth round of the 2019 Sinquefield Cup in St.

Aronian draws Sinquefield Cup R5 against Mamedyarov - PanARMENIAN.Net

Grand Chess Tour News - August 22, 2019 - 2:34am
Aronian draws Sinquefield Cup R5 against Mamedyarov  PanARMENIAN.Net

Aronian has so far collected 2.0 points and comes at the bottom end of standings alongside Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri.

Shahriyar Mammadyarov draws with world champion Magnus Carlsen at Sinquefield Cup - AZERTAC News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 21, 2019 - 10:43am
Shahriyar Mammadyarov draws with world champion Magnus Carlsen at Sinquefield Cup  AZERTAC News

Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov has been held to a draw by Norwegian Magnus Carlsen in the fourth round of the 2019 Sinquefield Cup in St.

Caruana Pounces On Aronian Error To Tie For Sinquefield Lead - Chess.com

Grand Chess Tour News - August 21, 2019 - 9:23am
Caruana Pounces On Aronian Error To Tie For Sinquefield Lead  Chess.com

Levon Aronian said before the 2019 Sinquefield Cup that he wanted to be the first to win both it and the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz in the same year. He took care ...

Saint Louis Rapid/Blitz (2) - BusinessWorld Online

Grand Chess Tour News - August 21, 2019 - 8:54am
Saint Louis Rapid/Blitz (2)  BusinessWorld Online

Saint Louis Leg, Grand Chess Tour Saint Louis, USA Aug. 10-15, 2019. Final Standings, Rapid. 1-2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, 6.5/9, 3-4 Yu ...

Caruana joins Anand in the lead - Chessbase News

Grand Chess Tour News - August 21, 2019 - 7:47am
Caruana joins Anand in the lead  Chessbase News

The spell of draws was finally broken when Levon Aronian blundered under time pressure handing Fabiano Caruana a well-deserved victory in the only ...

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