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Wesley So in 2018  BusinessWorld Online

The World Chess Federation has published its January 2019 rating list. The top 15 players are: Magnus Carlsen NOR 2835. Fabiano Caruana USA 2828.

Get set go with sports star set to shine in 2019  Times Lifestyle

Here re some men set to shine internationally in 2019 with their splendid performance in international sports.

Get set go with sports star set to shine in 2019  Times Lifestyle

There is a tremendous traffic in sports field since many players are making their way towards it. But only a handful of players make it to the national and ...

2019 Chess Calendar  chess24

Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian will aim to defend their Tata Steel and Gibraltar Masters titles as 2019 gets off to a traditional start. This yea...

Carlsen redeems himself in blitz  Views and News from Norway

Magnus Carlsen was smiling again after winning the World Blitz Chess Championship and becoming historic once again: Carlsen is the first to ever win without ...

The Top 10 Chess News Stories Of 2018  Chess.com

Time flies. That's always the feeling when another year comes to an end—and it was definitely a great year for chess. Caruana winning the Candidates' (and a ...

Quesada and Andriasian succeed in Saint Louis Winter Chess Classic  Chessbase News

Each season the Saint Louis Chess Club organises two ten-player strong round robins that include players from all around the globe mixed with young ...

7 conclusions from the 2018 Grand Chess Tour  chess24

Hikaru Nakamura beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final blitz game of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour to win the trophy and the $120000 first prize. ...

The Weekly Show with Lawrence Trent  Chessbase News

Tuesdays at 18:00 CEST (5:00 pm UK time, Noon EDT) Lawrence Trent brings you the latest trends, games and combinations from elite chess tournaments.

A not so solid bishop block  Chessbase News

Usually two bishops win against pawns but usually in chess you also have to be careful till the opponents resigns or is mated.

Nakamura deservedly wins the 2018 Grand Chess Tour  Chessbase News

After drawing the first seven games of the final match against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura pulled off a very nice win to secure first place at the ...

London Classic: King's pawn openings  Chessbase News

The final matches of the Grand Chess Tour and the British Knockout Championship continued in London's Olympia Conference Centre on Sunday. The second ...

Grand Chess Tour comes down to rapid and blitz  chess24

All eight classical games have now been drawn in the Grand Chess Tour finale, meaning that the fate of the $300,000 in prize money will be determined in rapid ...

London Chess Classic: Jones Scores With Bishop Sac  Chess.com

With two more draws in the classical games, the Grand Chess Tour matches Nakamura-Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana-Aronian at the London Chess Classic will ...

London Chess Classic: Jones Scores With Bishop Sac  Chess.com

With two more draws in the classical games, the Grand Chess Tour matches Nakamura-Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana-Aronian at the London Chess Classic will ...

London Classic: Tense draws  Chessbase News

The final match of the Grand Chess Tour kicked off on Saturday. Hikaru Nakamura held Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to a draw from the white side of a Grünfeld ...

Sudden dynamics  Chessbase News

In the diagram position White seems to have everything under control — harmony is the keyword. However, Black's next move changes this drastically. Can you ...

London Classic: Nakamura and Vachier-Lagrave advance to Final  Chessbase News

Hikaru Nakamura (pictured) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are considered two of the best rapid chess and blitz chess players in the world. In rapid Nakamura is ...

Unbeaten streak  BusinessWorld Online

Last year the “New in Chess Magazine” (issue no. 2 of volume 2017) carried an infographic page entitled “Streaks of Invincibility” which listed down the records ...

London GCT Final 1: Caruana can't catch Carlsen  chess24

For a moment Fabiano Caruana looked set to beat Hikaru Nakamura and end Magnus Carlsen's 7-year reign as world no. 1, but accurate defence in the...