Grand Chess Tour in the News

World Team Chess Championship
BusinessWorld Online Edition
... with their so-called “nerds” in place the US chess team won the 2016 Baku Olympiad, but for the World Team Championship their top 3 (meaning Wesley, Caruana and Nakamura) were not available due to scheduling conflicts with the Grand Chess Tour.

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Historic Sinquefield Cup Brings Top World Chess Talent to Saint Louis; Legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Legendary World Champion and 13th World Champion in chess history, Garry Kasparov, is coming out of retirement to participate in the inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Event - the fourth stop on the 2017 Grand Chess Tour - held at the Chess Club and ...

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in events Leuven leg?  Firstpost

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?  Firstpost

After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at ...

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?  Firstpost

After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at ...

Kasparov To Play St. Louis Rapid, Blitz  Chess.com

In 2005, Garry Kasparov retired from competitive chess. Since then, he only played exhibition games and simuls. But now he'll be back. For real. Kasparov at the ...

Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Is Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In St. Louis Tournament  Forbes Now

After 12 years, chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov is returning to the boards to play in a tournament in St. Louis, Missouri.

Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?  Firstpost

After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at ...

Garry Kasparov returns to competition!  Chessbase News

This is neither prank nor clever wording: Garry Kasparov will be playing in the official St. Louis leg of the Grand Chess Tour from August 14-19, 2017. Please ...

Firstpost
Grand Chess Tour: Did Viswanathan Anand hint at retirement after tepid display in event's Leuven leg?
Firstpost
After a series of tumultuous games in the rapid leg of the recently-concluded Leuven leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Viswanathan Anand for the first time hinted at plans of retirement. Talking to grandmaster Maurice Ashley about his topsy-turvy play ...

"No point playing chess like this," Viswanathan Anand hints at retirement  Sportskeeda

At the Leuven leg of the Grand Chess tour, India's number one chess player Viswanathan Anand may have finally dropped a hint of his inevitable retirement.

Study of the Month: Rocking rooks  Chessbase News

In his new article, Siegfried Hornecker shows how rooks can be the rock stars of the chessboard. We look at the inofficial "Study of the Year 2015" by Serbian ...

The Boston Globe
Levon Aronian shares 5-6 places at Grand Chess Tour in Leuven
Panorama.am
Armenian GM Levon Aronian played in the Grand Chess Tour chess tournament that took place in Leuven from Wednesday 28th June to Sunday 2nd July. The players competed in both Rapid and Blitz chess with the Armenian sharing the 4-5 places in the ...
Chess notesThe Boston Globe

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Mediamax.am
Aronian holds 5th place in Grand Chess Tour
Mediamax.am
The second round of Grand Chess Tour, which contained rapid and blitz games, has finished in Leuven. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian earned 18.5 points out of 36 possible and completed the second round on the 5th place by additional parameters.
Levon Aronian shares 5-6 places at Grand Chess Tour in LeuvenPanorama.am
Chess notesThe Boston Globe

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Mediamax.am
Aronian holds 5th place in Grand Chess Tour
Mediamax.am
The second round of Grand Chess Tour, which contained rapid and blitz games, has finished in Leuven. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian earned 18.5 points out of 36 possible and completed the second round on the 5th place by additional parameters.
Levon Aronian shares 5-6 places at Grand Chess Tour in LeuvenPanorama.am
Chess notesThe Boston Globe

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The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The most recent event in this year's Grand Chess Tour is “YourNextMove” in Leuven, Belgium. It has the same format as the Paris GCT event with a single round-robin rapid event and a double round-robin blitz event and then combining the scores from each ...

Чемпионат.com
Карлсен выиграл этап Grand Chess Tour в Лёвене, Крамник — пятый
Чемпионат.com
В Лёвене (Бельгия) завершился второй этап Grand Chess Tour. Победителем соревнований стал чемпион мира норвежец Магнус Карлсен, повторивший свой успех на первом этапе в Париже. По итогам рапида и блица норвежец набрал 25,5 ...
Норвежский шахматист Магнус Карлсен выиграл второй этап Grand Chess Tour в БельгииР-Спорт
Grand Chess Tour в Лёвене, день 3: Уэсли Со лидирует перед ...Sportarena.com
Аронян по итогам турнира по рапиду на Grand Chess Tour поделил 5-7 местаАМИ "Новости-Армения" (пресс-релиз)
Новости Армении - NEWS.am -PanARMENIAN.Net -SPORT.RU
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Dagbladet.no
Carlsen til topps i Belgia
Framtid i Nord
Carlsens har så langt vunnet begge årets turneringer i Grand Chess Tour. Han vant også turneringen i Leuven i Belgia i fjor, da med 23 poeng totalt. 26-åringen avslutter turneringen med lynsjakkpartier mot Baadur Jobava og deretter Wesley So. So ligger ...
Carlsen i form - opp i delt ledelseDagbladet.no
Carlsen opp i delt ledelse | ABC NyheterABC Nyheter
Carlsen suveren i Belgia - sikret seieren to runder før sluttVG
Aftenposten -Romsdals Budstikke -ht.no
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Dagbladet.no
Magnus Carlsen med overlegen seier i Belgia
Dagbladet.no
Carlsens har så langt vunnet begge årets turneringer i Grand Chess Tour. Han vant også turneringen i Leuven i Belgia i fjor, da med 23 poeng totalt. 26-åringen avslutter turneringen med lynsjakkpartier mot Baadur Jobava og deretter Wesley So. So ligger ...
Carlsen best i BelgiaFramtid i Nord
Carlsen opp i delt ledelse | ABC NyheterABC Nyheter
Carlsen suveren i Belgia - sikret seieren to runder før sluttVG
Aftenposten -Romsdals Budstikke
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AL.com
Alabama teen become US Master, fast chess prize winners, half time top pick
AL.com
The Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour concludes today in Leuven, Belgium. The second stage of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour included World Champion Magnus Carlsen, US Chess Champion Wesley So and among other world elite grandmasters who ...