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Carlsen Beats Nakamura In Dramatic Armageddon, Awaits Losers Finalist

Carlsen Beats Nakamura In Dramatic Armageddon, Awaits Losers Finalist

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The third day of the Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters 2023 presented the matchup of the ages, the duel for which the online chess sphere holds its breath: triple-crowned World Champion Magnus Carlsen vs. five-time Speed Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura. After four draws, Carlsen successfully defended with Black in the armageddon tiebreaker. He will play …

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Gukesh Beats Former World Champion Kramnik 3 Times, Dominates CCT Play-In

Gukesh Beats Former World Champion Kramnik 3 Times, Dominates CCT Play-In

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GM Gukesh D finished first in the inaugural Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters Play-In Swiss 2023. With six wins and three draws, he went undefeated to secure the top spot in the grandmaster-only Swiss Event. Gukesh, as well as five other players—GMs Rauf Mamedov, Alireza Firouzja, Arjun Erigaisi, Alexey Sarana, and Hikaru Nakamura—qualified for Division …

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Carlsen Beats So As Champions Chess Tour Finals Take Off In San Francisco

Carlsen Beats So As Champions Chess Tour Finals Take Off In San Francisco

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The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals took off on Monday in San Francisco with a win for the world champion. GM Magnus Carlsen toppled GM Wesley So, the recent winner of the Chess.com Global Chess Championship, in the opening round. The Finals, the last event in this year’s Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, has the top …

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Lei Tingjie Beats Anna Muzychuk, Qualifies For Women’s Candidates Final

Lei Tingjie Beats Anna Muzychuk, Qualifies For Women’s Candidates Final

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GM Lei Tingjie qualified for the final of the 2022-23 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament after beating GM Anna Muzychuk in the fourth game of their match in Monaco. Lei, who knocked out Anna’s sister GM Mariya Muzychuk in the quarterfinals, will now play the winner of the second stage of the tournament, which starts November 28 …

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IMSCC: ‘Local CrossFit Dad Beats Youngest World Blitz Champ’

IMSCC: ‘Local CrossFit Dad Beats Youngest World Blitz Champ’

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IM Danny Rensch eliminated the reigning Women’s World Blitz Champion IM Bibisara Assaubayeva in the quarterfinals of the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Tuesday. Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer Rensch was leading after the 5+1 and 3+1 blitz segments and then managed to tie the bullet portion to set a final score …

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Nepomniachtchi Beats Firouzja: 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania, Day 2

Nepomniachtchi Beats Firouzja: 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania, Day 2

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After lots of tension and complicated battles, just one game ended decisively when GM Ian Nepomniachtchi beat GM Alireza Firouzja. That the remaining games would all end in draws was far from obvious during the round. Round three will begin on Saturday, May 7, at 5 a.m. PT / 14:00 Central Europe. Despite matching the …

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Deac Beats Rapport, Joins Lead: 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania, Day 3

Deac Beats Rapport, Joins Lead: 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania, Day 3

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For the third round in a row, the players delivered one win and four draws. This round saw the hometown hero, GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac, win against GM Richard Rapport after the latter first let go of a decisive advantage and then a perpetual check. The win means that Deac joins GMs Wesley So and Ian …

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