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Caruana vs Aronian, Carlsen vs Topalov in St Louis
Round 4 pairings GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – GM Hikaru NakamuraGM Magnus Carlsen – GM Veselin TopalovGM Fabiano Caruana – GM Levon Aronian Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Commanding lead for Fabiano in St Louis
Brian JerauldCommunications SpecialistChess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis SAINT LOUIS (August 29, 2014) — Three rounds, three wins and a commanding lead: Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana has been unstopped in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. The “lowest” rated players in the field, GMs Veselin Topalov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave — officially, the eighth and ninth-best players […]
New breed of champion
World Chess Champion Competes in St. Louis at Strongest Chess Tournament EverBy WILLIS RYDER ARNOLD This year’s Sinquefield Cup chess championship is underway here in St. Louis and it’s billed as the strongest chess tournament in the history of the sport. The tournament features six of the top nine players in the world and takes […]
Caruana perfect after 3 rounds
Standings after 3 rounds 1. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2801 – 3 pts2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2768 – 1½ 3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 – 1½ 4. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2787 – 1 5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2877 – 1 6. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2772 – 1 Chess Daily News […]
Caruana wins again! Carlsen, Aronian, Nakamura all lost
Round 3 results Carlsen, Magnus vs Caruana, Fabiano [0-1]Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs Aronian, Levon [1-0]Topalov, Veselin vs Nakamura, Hikaru [1-0] Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Women’s GP round 5 pairings
Round 5 pairings 3 GM Danielian Elina 2490 – GM Zhao Xue 2508 124 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2559 25 WGM L’ami Alina 2446 – GM Zhu Chen 2461 16 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315 – GM Ushenina Anna 2487 117 GM Hou Yifan 2661 – GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494 108 GM […]
Ju Wenjun takes Women’s GP lead
In a dramatic fourth round Ju Wenjun beat Elina Danielian to grab solo lead with 3½ points in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Sharjah. In the battle of the two top seeds, Hou Yifan, playing black, defeated Humpy Koneru, who unexpectedly lost the drawish endgame. Tatiana Kosintseva had winning position against Nafisa Muminova but […]