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    The London Chess Classic is a chess festival held at the Olympia Conference Centre, West Kensington, London. The flagship event is a strong invitational...
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  • Norway Chess, the Sinquefield Cup, and the London Chess Classic. The Grand Chess Tour was announced on April 24, 2015, at the Saint Louis Chess Club in...
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    Steel Chess Tournament, Grenke Chess Classic, Zurich Chess Challenge, Alekhine Memorial, Tal Memorial, the 1st Norway Chess Tournament, and the London Chess...
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    Magnus Carlsen (category Norwegian chess players)
    chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and the reigning eight-time World Blitz Chess Champion...
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    American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy,...
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    announcement in professional chess since 1988." It had three events – Norway Chess in June, Sinquefield Cup in August and London Chess Classic in December. Each...
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    Grand Chess Tour saw the withdrawal of Norway Chess, one of three tournaments that were parts of the tour, along with Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic...
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    National K-12 U.S. Chess Federation Championship in 2012. Bartholomew earned his first Grandmaster norm at the Saint Louis Classic in 2013. He is a four-time...
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    Vladimir Kramnik (category Chess Grandmasters)
    Chess Tour speed chess tournament, the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour speed chess tournament, and the London Chess Classic classical chess tournament. All...
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    Fabiano Caruana (redirect from CaruanaChess)
    undisputed World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972. In the run-up to the championship match, he won the Grenke Chess Classic, Norway Chess, and shared...
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    Sinquefield Cup. 2015: Third place at the London Chess Classic. 2016: Second Place at the Gibraltar Chess Festival after a tie-break against Hikaru Nakamura...
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    International Chess Congress. In August 2009, Howell won the British championship for the first time scoring 9/11. He placed third in the London Chess Classic in...
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    first at the Southend Chess Congress all-play-all tournament. He was joint winner with Gawain Jones of the London Chess Classic FIDE Rated Open in December...
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    Susan Lalic (category Chess International Masters)
    of female chess players Arkell, Susan FIDE rating history, 1987-2001 at OlimpBase.org Saunders, John (19 December 2009). "London Chess Classic 2009: Subsidiary...
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    Wesley So (category Filipino chess players)
    the 2015 Bilbao Chess Masters, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour title after claiming victory in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic, the 2017 Tata Steel...
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    2009 London Chess Classic. Chess portal Algebraic chess notation Cheating in chess Chess Chessboard Chess clock Chess glossary Chess piece Chess tournament...
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    first place at the London Chess Classic Blitz tournament (with Nakamura and Kramnik). In 2023, Adams played his first World Senior Chess Championship and...
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    tournament Leningrad City Chess Championship Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament Linares chess tournament London Chess Classic Lone Pine International...
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    Levon Aronian (category Chess Grandmasters)
    participated in the Grand Chess Tour, a series of three super tournaments (Norway Chess, Sinquefield Cup, and London Chess Classic) in which players try to...
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    combining chess and boxing took place in a boxing club outside London in the late 1970s. The Robinson brothers were in the habit of playing a round of chess against...
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    Gukesh Dommaraju (category 21st-century Indian chess players)
    Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed...
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    who achieved biggest victory in Grand Chess Tour event by scoring 27 points. In 2019, the London Chess Classic once again served as the semifinals and...
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    out of 9. In 2018, the London Chess Classic served as the semifinals and finals for the top 4 players from the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. The players played...
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    Valentina Gunina (category Chess Grandmasters)
    2017, 2019 and at the Women's World Team Chess Championship of 2017. Gunina won the 2016 London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay Open in one of the best performances...
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    BBC Good Food Show Olympia Events International Horse Show London Chess Classic Pure London Spirit of Christmas International Art & Antiques Fair Marketing...
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    in chess circles. Since 2010, King has served as a main commentator/presenter at ChessBase and has hosted the commentary at the London Chess Classic tournament...
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    Sopiko Guramishvili (category Chess International Masters)
    Week in Chess. Retrieved 5 May 2021. "Sopiko Guramishvili Standard Ratings March 2016". FIDE. Retrieved 5 May 2021. "7th CSC London Chess Classic FIDE Open"...
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    Vladimir Kramnik learned after his game with Viswanathan Anand at the London Chess Classic 2014, also a Botvinnik Variation, that the first 40 moves of the...
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    for the World Chess Championship 2010 match. The London Chess Classic organising body "Chess Promotions Limited" confirmed that London were in negotiations...
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    Gawain Jones (category English chess players)
    the British Chess Championship for a third time, defeating David Howell in a playoff. Later in the year, he won the London Chess Classic with an undefeated...
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