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2018 World Chess Championship: Game #5
2018 World Chess ChampionshipHolborn, London, England (November 9th-28th) Game 5 Caruana ½-½ Carlsen Match Score: 2½-2½ Official Site: https://worldchess.com/ 2018 World Chess Championship: Game 5 Wednesday, 14 November 2018 Caruana misses with “Wing Gambit” After the second rest day, it was clear that playtime was over. We were going to…
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2018 World Chess Championship: Game #4
2018 World Chess ChampionshipHolborn, London, England (November 9th-28th) Game 4 Caruana ½-½ Carlsen Match Score: 2-2 Official Site: https://worldchess.com/ 2018 World Chess Championship: Game 4 Tuesday, 13 November 2018 “Screen Gate” dominates match news The main story of the fourth game of the Carlsen-Caruana match was not the 34-move draw,…
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2018 World Chess Championship: Game #3
2018 World Chess ChampionshipHolborn, London, England (November 9th-28th) Game 3 Caruana ½-½ Carlsen Match Score: 1½-1½ Official Site: https://worldchess.com/ 2018 World Chess Championship: Game 3 Monday, 12 November 2018 Caruana gets nothing against Sicilian… another draw Weather has been awful in London since the match began, but hopefully there would…
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2018 World Chess Championship: Game #2
2018 World Chess ChampionshipHolborn, London, England (November 9th-28th) Game 2 Carlsen ½-½ Caruana Match Score: 1-1 Official Site: https://worldchess.com/ 2018 World Chess Championship: Game 2 Saturday, 10 November 2018 Carlsen struggles, but holds draw Grinding chess. That may be the new term to describe what’s going on in Holburn. Both…
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2018 World Chess Championship: Game #1
2018 World Chess ChampionshipHolborn, London, England (November 9th-28th) Game 1 Caruana ½-½ Carlsen Match Score: ½-½ Official Site: https://worldchess.com/ 2018 World Chess Championship: Game 1 Friday, 9 November 2018 Match already intense after 115-move draw The first game of the 2018 World Championship match between defending World Champion Magnus Carlsen…
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2018 World Chess Championship (Carlsen vs. Caruana)
2018 World Chess ChampionshipHolborn, London, England (November 9th-28th) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 pts. Carlsen ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 Caruana ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6…
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Carlsen and Caruana chase Fischer’s Ghost in London
The World Chess Championship will begin tomorrow in Holburn, London featuring World Champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Fabiano Caruana, the #1 and #2 players in the world, respectively. While Carlsen is the favorite and has been the champion for five years, many pundits have given Caruana a fighting chance to…
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USCF Life Master James E. Gwyn, Sr. (1930-2018)
When Orrin Hudson informed The Chess Drum of the passing of James E. Gwyn, Sr., he recounted the mentorship that he received from the New Jersey resident. Gwyn was months shy of his 88th birthday. A U.S.C.F. Life Master, Gwyn had not played in a chess tournament since 2007, but…
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A King in Harlem: Peter Roberts (1952-2018)
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PETER SIMON ROBERTS (January 18, 1952 – August 9, 2018) Funeral Information Unity Funeral Home Harlem, New York, USA 126th Street and 8th Avenue Thursday, September 6, 2018 Viewing: 5pm to 6pm (service afterwards) Recently, it was announced on Facebook Chess Connections that Peter Roberts had passed…
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Wacky three-way tie in Sinquefield 2018!
Graphics courtesy of Spectrum Studios In a first result of its kind, the 2018 Sinquefield Cup ends in a tie… a three-way tie at that. Fabiano Caruana had led the tournament for several rounds, but was caught at the finish line by Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen who both won…
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