Matches
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2015 World Chess Cup: FINALS
2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (FINALS) 1 Karjakin, S RUS 6-4 Svidler, P RUS Drum Coverage| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 || Semifinals | Finals | Official Website: https://www.bakuworldcup2015.com/ All PGN Games (TWIC): https://www.theweekinchess.com/ Rules and…
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2015 World Chess Cup: Semifinals
2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (SEMIFINALS) 1 Svidler, P RUS 1½-½ Giri, A NED 2 Karjakin, S RUS 3½-2½ Eljanov, P UKR Drum Coverage| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 || Semifinals | Finals | Who will…
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Kasparov wallops Short in Legends, 8.5-1.5
Match Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score Kasparov ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½ Short ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1½ Official Site In the aftermath of the controversy stemming from his New…
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Kasparov-Short revisit match!
Kasparov-Short square off in 1993 match. The Kasparov-Short in 1993 was epic for a number of reasons. The match signaled the official break from FIDE by these two national heroes. FIDE then stages a separate match between Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman. Kasparov beat Short 12½-7½ while Karpov vanquished Timman,…
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Mariya Muzychuk wins Women’s Championship!
Mariya Muzychuk, World ChampionPhoto by Anastasia Kharlovich. The Ukraine has a new champion! The embattled country has had its share of chess success in recent history with the greatness of Vassily Ivanchuk and the former FIDE World Champion of Ruslan Ponomariov. They can also lay claim to Sergey Karjakin who…
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WCC2014: Closing Ceremonies
Magnus Carlsenstops to sign autographs.Photo by Vladimir Barsky. Viswanathan Anand and wife Aruna Anand exchanging pleasantries with former champion Anatoly Karpov. Photo by Anastasia Kharlovich. Magnus Carlsen was re-crowned as the world champion, a berth that will last until 2016. He defeated challenger Viswanathan Anand 6.5-4.5 in an exciting, albeit…
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Nakamura beats Aronian in Showdown!
Rex Sinquefield keeps building the momentum of top-level chess in America with yet another inventive idea. This time he is hosting another novel event with two top-ten players in Levon Aronian and Hikaru Nakamura. These two gladiators will battle in four-game classical match followed by a hair-raising 16-game blitz match.…
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WCC2014-11: Carlsen defends title 6.5-4.5!
Congratulations GM Magnus Carlsen, World Champion! After Magnus Carlsen won a tense Berlin Ruy Lopez, he could proclaim, “Ich bin ein Champion!” In a game in which he was under serious pressure from Viswanathan Anand, he kept his Nordic cool and waded through the complications… particularly after Anand’s stunning 23…b5!!…
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WCC2014-10: Curry hot + Nordic cool = draw
Carlsen avoided a landmine today, but can he withstand the pressure?Photo by ChessBase. Today was a key game of the match and many thought that Viswanathan Anand was going to press for a win against Magnus Carlsen. The Tiger from Madras was definitely on the prowl after facing a Grunfeld…
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WCC2014-9: Carlsen still +1 after quick draw
The game was not nearly as gallant as this photo. Beautiful shot showing the tense moments building in the match! Photo by Anastasia Kharlovich. Well, that was fun, wasn't it — Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) November 20, 2014 Not much excitement in today’s game, but the 20-move draw in the Berlin…
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