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CHESS #1376
Jan Krzysztof Duda meets Alexander Grischuk in the finals of the Grand Prix at Hamburg
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CHESS #1375
Wesley So is the first official World Champion at Chess960 or Fischer-Random
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CHESS #1374
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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CHESS #1374
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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CHESS #1373
CHESS #1373
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CHESS #1372
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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CHESS #1371
The World Cup finals and the Third-place match both remain dead-locked, with tiebreaks to come
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CHESS #1370
The Quarters saw both Lagrave and Yu riding their luck
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CHESS #1369
The World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, turned out to be a disappointment for the large Indian contingent
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CHESS #1368
The World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk is featuring its usual mix of crazy errors and upsets
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CHESS #1367
The Champions Showdown at St Louis, Missouri consisted of four C960 matches at rapid and blitz controls with delays
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CHESS #1366
The Sinquefield Cup ended in a tiebreak
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CHESS #1365
The St Louis time control, with 30 seconds delay per move rather than increment, imposes odd constraints
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CHESS #1364
The St Louis Grand Chess Tour concluded with Levon Aronian winning with 22/28, ahead of Yu Yangyi, Ding Liren and Maxime Vachier Lagrave
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CHESS #1363
Suryasekhar Ganguly won the prestigious One Belt One Road Open in Hunan, China, with 7 points from 9 games to bag $50,000
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CHESS #1362
The big news of the week for Indian fans was the fantastic performance of two teenaged siblings at the Xtracon Open in Denmark
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CHESS #1361
CHESS #1361
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Chess #1360
Rausis was a mid-level GM (Elo 2500-2550) for years. From 2013, he has ramped up his rating (perfectly legally) by playing much weaker players. Elo calculation requires convenient differential cut-off
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CHESS #1359
The world champion won his eighth successive tournament, taking the Zagreb leg of the Grand Chess Tour
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CHESS #1358
The Asian continental saw Indians take four out of five spots for the World Cup 2019
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