Challenger Fabiano Caruana has been tipped by many, including World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, to win the 2020 Candidates and earn a rematch that, virus-permitting, would take place in Dubai in December this year. What’s clear is that his closest …
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21-year-old Russian Grandmaster David Paravyan is the surprise winner of the 2020 Gibraltar Masters after defeating Andrey Esipenko and Wang Hao in tiebreaks. Seven players had tied for first place on 7.5/10 but only four could battle it out for …
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Fabiano Caruana scored the only win of the final round of the Tata Steel Masters to match the 10/13 last scored in Wijk aan Zee by famous legends Magnus Carlsen in 2013 and Garry Kasparov in 1999. His +7 score …
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Magnus Carlsen finally won a game in 2020, beating Nikita Vitiugov to move within a point of Alireza Firouzja before they meet in Round 9 of the Tata Steel Masters on Tuesday. Alireza drew against Jorden van Foreest and was …
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Ian Nepomnaichtchi has qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament that will determine Magnus Carlsen’s next World Championship challenger after getting the draw he needed to beat Wei Yi and win the Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave looks set to …
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Magnus Carlsen beat his own record to win the Tata Steel Chess India title with 27 points, four points clear of second-placed Hikaru Nakamura. It wasn’t quite as easy as it sounds, since the World Champion described the start, when …
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Magnus Carlsen described his play as “decent” and his lead as “solid” as he top-scored with 6.5/9 on the first day of the Tata Steel Chess India Blitz, extending his lead over Hikaru Nakamura to a massive five points. Hikaru …
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What is MoveTrainer®? MoveTrainer turns chess books and videos into fully interactive courses. MoveTrainer finds out what you know, and what you don’t by regularly quizzing you. It then uses science-based principles to ensure you quickly and efficiently learn it …
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Levon Aronian has won the inaugural Superbet Rapid and Blitz and almost guaranteed himself a place in the London Grand Chess Tour finals after beating Sergey Karjakin in a playoff. It was a bitter end for Karjakin, whose missed win …
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Teimour Radjabov, one of the almost forgotten men of modern chess, has scored the greatest triumph of his career by beating top seed Ding Liren in tiebreaks to win the 2019 FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. World Champion Magnus Carlsen …
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