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Tata Steel Masters: Anand draws with Dubov; Carlsen back in reckoning

Fabiano Caruana of United States emerged as the sole leader on six points out of a possible nine after drawing with Nikita Vituigov of Russia

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The Women's title match moved to Vladivostok for the second half

The troubled genius of Bobby Fischer, who died this week 12 years ago

It's a staggering story, perhaps even more than his eventual victory over Spassky, which brought an end to the USSR's domination of world chess - a win for the "free world" over the oppressive Soviets

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Ju Wenjun drew first blood in game 4 of the World Title match, winning a scrappy endgame against Aleksandra Goryachkina

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The King Salman World Blitz and Rapids in Moscow turned into yet another unqualified success for Magnus Carlsen

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A large number of Indian GMs will play both events but Viswanathan Anand is missing out

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The two best performers in the four-event Grand Prix get entries to the Candidates

The mind of a champion

The book introduces us to many other characters on the chess circuit, and chess is full of fascinating characters

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The Jerusalem Grand Prix is a 16-player knockout

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Ding has played extraordinary chess in the past six months

The astonishing Viswanathan Anand looks back on his journey so far

Viswanathan Anand has been a model of brilliance, consistency and, well, niceness for decades. On the eve of the release of his new book, he talks about the journey so far

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The Tata Steel India Chess in Kolkata saw Magnus Carlsen register a convincing victory

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Alexander Grischuk beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the finals of the Hamburg Grand Prix, winning 2.5-1.5 in Rapid tiebreaks

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Jan Krzysztof Duda meets Alexander Grischuk in the finals of the Grand Prix at Hamburg

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Wesley So is the first official World Champion at Chess960 or Fischer-Random

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The World Junior concluded in Mumbai with Polina Shuvalova (Russia) winning the Girls section with 9.5/11 ahead of Mobina Alinasab (9/11 Iran) and Elizaveta Solzhenskina (8/11 Russia)

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Wang Hao was the second Chinese GM to qualify for the Candidates, tying for the title at the FIDE Grand Open Chess

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In the U-18 Open, R Praggnanandhaa (7.5/9) has a narrow lead over Shant Sargsyan (7), with Aryan Gholami, Aditya Mittal and Mitrabha Guha (all 6.5) in striking distance

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The World Cup finals and the Third-place match both remain dead-locked, with tiebreaks to come