World Championships
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HOU YIFAN REGAINS TITLE!
Hou Yifan dispatched Anna Ushenina to regain the Women’s World Champion. Can the 19-year old star invigorate women’s chess? China is back on top of women’s chess! Hou Yifan clinched the 2013 Women’s World Championship with a crushing 5½-1½ win over a beleaguered Anna Ushenina. The margin of victory was…
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2013 Women’s World Championship (Taizhou, China)
FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship starts on 10th of September 2013. The event has been traveling under the radar and has not been highly-touted in the shadows of the upcoming World Championship match. This match will feature reigning World Champion Anna Ushenina of the Ukraine and former champion Hou Yifan…
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World Candidates 2013-14: It’s Carlsen!
Round #14 Monday, 1 April 2013 Preview: This is it! It is now a one-round tournament with both Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik vying for the right to face World Champion Viswanathan Anand in November. For Kramnik, it would amount to a rematch. For Carlsen, it would be an opportunity…
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World Candidates 2013-13: Tied again!
Round #13 Sunday, 31 March 2013 Main Venue… Institute of Engineering and Technology.Photo by Ray Morris-Hill. Preview: The 2013 World Candidates tournament is entering its last two rounds and the result is still in doubt. While two players have a reasonable chance of winning the top four are mathematically eligible…
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’13 World Candidates down to wire!!
The 2013 World Candidates tournament is entering its last two rounds and the result is still in doubt. While two players have a reasonable chance of winning the top four are mathematically eligible to win. Two points separate the top four positions with Vladimir Kramnik atop the chart with an…
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World Candidates 2013-12: Carlsen shocked!
Round #12 Friday, 29 March 2013 Preview: Time is getting short. Three rounds left and one point separates the top three position. In a crucial battle today, Levon Aronian will face Vladimir Kramnik in a battle that may determine whether it is a two-horse race instead of a three-horse race.…
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World Candidates 2013-11: Kramnik 1/2-point out!
Round #11 Thursday, 28 March 2013 Preview: Big round here. An underachieving Alexander Grischuk, who a year earlier shocked the world by winning the drawfest qualifier, will face the surging Magnus Carlsen. With only four rounds remaining, only three players remain in contention and any win can turn the tide.…
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World Candidates 2013-10: Three-horse race!
Round #10 Wednesday, 27 March 2013 Magnus Carlsen keeping an eye out on his nearest competition, Levon Aronian. Photo by Ray Morris-Hill. 2013 World Championship CandidatesMarch 15th-April 4th, 2013 (London, England) Round #10 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 10.1 Carlsen 2872 1-0 Gelfand 2740 10.2 Aronian 2809…
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World Candidates 2013-9: Carlsen in 1st
Round #9 Monday, 25 March 2013 2013 World Championship CandidatesMarch 15th-April 4th, 2013 (London, England) Round #9 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 9.1 Kramnik 2810 ½-½ Carlsen 2872 9.2 Svidler 2747 ½-½ Grischuk 2764 9.3 Ivanchuk 2757 1-0 Radjabov 2793 9.4 Gelfand 2740 1-0 Aronian 2809 Overview:…
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World Candidates 2013-8: Kramnik is coming!
Round #8 Sunday, 24 March 2013 This was one of two games Magnus Carlsen won against Levon Aronian last year. This game at 2012 Tata Steel and 2012 London Classic catapulted Carlsen over the rating ELO record, but Aronian looks to close the gap. Photo by Frits Agterdenbos of ChessVista.…
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