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We are glad to announce 13 wildcards and full-tour line-up for #GrandChessTour ! ✔️The Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz will feature four full-tour players and six wildcard players, including five-time World Champion & World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Jan-Krzysztof Duda…
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Some tennis on the rest day! #SinquefieldCup
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@GrandChessTour
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Happy birthday to the legend!! @Kasparov63
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@GrandChessTour
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Congratulations to @GMHikaru for clinching first place at #STLRapidBlitz with 3 rounds to spare!
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Big congratulations to @anishgiri on winning 2023 Tata Steel Chess! 🥳
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Magnus Carlsen wins the 9th game of the day 4 of #superunitedrapidblitzcroatia ! He scored impressive 9 out of 9 today! Congratulations!🎉 #grandchesstour #magnuscarlsen @MagnusCarlsen
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Reporter: "Tell me three things you absolutely love about chess" Giri: "... I like the game, the money, and the fame"
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@anishgiri just writing history @GrandChessTour
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MVL: "With these dramas it's very difficult to handle well but I think this has been handled very poorly because it has become basically a witch hunt, and the effect it can have on Hans is actually quite devastating, so this felt bad." #SinquefieldCup
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GM @HansMokeNiemann responds to all allegations in an absolute must-watch interview 🔥 #SinquefieldCup #GrandChessTour First, on the accent (1/10):
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@GrandChessTour
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Official statement from Chief Arbiter of the 2022 #SinquefieldCup , @ChrisBirdIA :
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@GrandChessTour
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Caption this! Wrong answers only! #SuperbetRapidBlitzPoland #GrandChessTour
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@GrandChessTour
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Congratulations to @fabianocaruana on winning the 2022 US Chess Championship!
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The winner @AlirezaFirouzja with this Saint Louis Trophies 🏆 🔥
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@GrandChessTour
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Congratulations to Gukesh D for his victory in the #FIDECandidates , securing his place as a challenger in the World Championship Match!🥳 We eagerly anticipate his participation in our #grandchesstour events! Photo by Maria Emelianova, FIDE
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Niemann: "I grew up watching him, I've watched all of his interviews...and he said once in an interview that if he spends more than 10 minutes in a move, that's a very bad sign, and he did that a lot this game. So that boosted my confience." #SinquefieldCup
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@GrandChessTour
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Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning the tournament in great style! #SuperbetRapidBlitzPoland ! #GrandChessTour
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@GrandChessTour
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Huge congrats to @Vachier_Lagrave , who just won the 2021 Sinquefield Cup with a final score of 6.0/9!! 🏆 The first two-time clear winner in #SinquefieldCup history! 🥇🥇
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@GrandChessTour
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Magnus Carlsen wins the third tournament of #grandchesstour which took place from the 6th to 9th of July in Zagreb, Croatia! #SuperUnitedRapidBlitzCroatia #magnuscarlsen @MagnusCarlsen
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@GrandChessTour
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Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen for winning the 2022 Super United Rapid & Blitz with two rounds to spare. Yet another memorable display of fighting spirit and endurance!
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@GrandChessTour
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Magnus Carlsen’s streak of 125 undefeated games came to an end as he lost to Jan-Krzysztof Duda in round 5 of @NorwayChess
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@GrandChessTour
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Big congratulations to the newest and youngest member of the 2800 club, the 18-year-old Alireza Firouzja! 🤩
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The Croatia Grand Chess Tour field is confirmed and will feature 7 wildcards including two legendary World Champions, @Kasparov63 and @vishy64theking ! Read the full press release here -
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Aronian: "All of my colleagues are pretty much paranoid, and quite often I was the one telling them 'come on guys, I know myself, I'm an idiot and I'm a good player.' I always think that young players can play very well." #SinquefieldCup
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@GrandChessTour
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Congratulations to @GMHikaru for winning the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship!
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A statement from the Grand Chess Tour regarding the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
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@GrandChessTour
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The World Championship Match is only a week away! This photo was taken by the legendary Harry Benson during the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. Talk about foreshadowing! Are you #teamfabi or #teammagnus ?
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Hans Niemann provides his thoughts on Carlsen's withdrawal: #SinquefieldCup
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Hey! Isn't he a bit strong to be in a simul?
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Before the opening, the players each conducted a 5-board clock simul against juniors and special guests
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Alireza Firouzja wins #STLRapidBlitz 4 rounds to spare! Our congratulations! #grandchesstour #stlchessclub #chess @AlirezaFirouzja
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Alireza Firouzja with his trophy near the World Chess Hall of Fame in St Louis. #stlchessclub #grandchesstour #chess #stlchessclub #alirezafirouzja @alirezafirouzja
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Magnus Carlsen: "Nice to see so many enthusiastic fans!" #SuperbetRapidBlitzPoland #GrandChessTour
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@GrandChessTour
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Happy Birthday to the legendary Garry Kasparov! As one of the world's greatest ambassadors for chess, your tireless efforts to popularize the game have inspired millions. Your pivotal role in the Grand Chess Tour has elevated the sport to new heights! Wishing you many more years…
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@GrandChessTour
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Huge congrats to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who wins the first leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, the Superbet Chess Classic! #GrandChessTour #SuperbetChessClassic
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@GrandChessTour
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Happy birthday to the legendary World Champion and the visionary behind the Grand Chess Tour, @Kasparov63 ! 🎊🎂🎁
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@GrandChessTour
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We have pairings of the first round of #SuperbetChessClassic ! Ding - MVL Caruana - Deac Nepomniachtchi - Rapport Duda - Giri Firouzja - So #grandchesstour
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@GrandChessTour
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Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning the 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour!
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We are saddened to hear about the passing of WIM Arianne Caoili. This is a huge loss to the chess community. Our deepest condolences and sympathy to her husband, @LevAronian , their families and friends during this difficult time.
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Congratulations to @GMHikaru on winning the Berlin Grand Prix, the first leg of #FIDEGrandPrix !
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Alireza Firouzja outplayed Magnus Carlsen in the 5th round of #superunitedrapidblitzcroatia . It seems Magnus missed the last move of Alireza and had to resign immediately after. The former world champion was frozen for a few seconds, trying to realize what went wrong!…
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Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen on winning Croatia #GrandChessTour , his 7th tournament victory this year!
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Final moments of blitz game 2
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Congratulations to Wesley So on winning the 2021 US Chess Championship! 👏 🎉
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Where are you playing chess this weekend? 📸: @GMHikaru at the 2019 @tschessindia Rapid and Blitz
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Standings after 9 dramatic rounds of rapid chess #STLRapidBlitz Watch live at and
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Caruana: "I guess there's a lot of rumors already, and I assume [Carlsen] hasn't given a reason yet why he decided not to play, but probably some people have a decent idea of what he's alluding to, or what he has a problem with, I don't know." #SinquefieldCup
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Ian Nepomniachtchi on his game today against Wesley So, as well as his reaction to the news of Carlsen's withdrawal: #Sinquefield
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Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning 2023 FIDE World Rapid Championship!👏👏 🏆 @MagnusCarlsen Photo: Lennart Ootes, FIDE
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Final standings of the 2021 Superbet Chess Classic: #GrandChessTour #SuperbetChessClassic
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Congratulations to the winner of 2019 Grand Chess Tour, Ding Liren!
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Huge congratulations to Maxime @Vachier_Lagrave on becoming the 2021 World Blitz Champion! 🥇🥳
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Congratulations to Ding Liren on winning the 2019 #SinquefieldCup ! He earns $82,500 and 16.5 points for his efforts!
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Shakh and Ian cannot stop laughing after Shakh's illegal move in the game. #grandchesstour #stlchessclub #STLRapidBlitz
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Congratulations to Fabiano Caruana for winning the 2023 Grand Chess Tour with two rounds to spare!🎉 #GrandChessTour #SinquefieldCup Photo by Lennart Ootes for GCT
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Seirawan (to Karpov): What was your best winning streak against GMs? Karpov: 6, how about you? Seirawan: 7 Karpov: 7? 7? You won 7 games against grandmasters in a row? Well the players weren't good, right? Seirawan: Well you were one of them 😆
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Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen and MVL are discussing the game blindly. Can you follow up?😉 #GrandChessTour #superbetrapidblitzpoland
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@vishy64theking finishes clear 2nd in the #GrandChessTour #CroatiaRapidBlitz ! Congratulations! What an amazing day he has had in this 2nd day of Blitz!
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Giri (on his win): "You know I'm a very experienced player and the more experienced I get, the more I realize chess is just about luck. There is really nothing else." #GrandChessTour #SuperbetChessClassic
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Final moments of Karjakin-MVL 1-0. MVL allows mate on the board #SinquefieldCup
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The winner of 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz, @MagnusCarlsen ! 👏👏👏
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Magnus Carlsen defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the round 6 of blitz #grandchesstour #magnuscarlsen #iannepomniachtchi
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Some giant bullet chess before the opening ceremony of the #SinquefieldCup ! 📸 @LennartOotes
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Yasser Seirawan trolls Alejandro Ramirez, one for the ages 😂 #SinquefieldCup
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Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning the 2022 World Rapid Championship!
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Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen for clinching first place at #SuperUnitedRapidBlitzCroatia with 3 rounds to spare! His amazing perfect score on the first day of blitz will be remembered! #GrandChessTour #magnuscarlsen
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Hikaru Nakamura climbed from the last place to the third place in #STLRapidBlitz by scoring 7.5 points in 9 games! #grandchesstour #stlchessclub #chess
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Congratulations to the winner of @MagnusCarlsen Chess Tour, the World Champion himself!! 🎊🍾 🎈
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Magnus Carslen wins #SuperUnitedRapidBlitzCroatia three rounds to go! #grandchesstour
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's in-game calculations were ON POINT 🔥🔥 #SinquefieldCup
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Former World Champion Garry Kasparov grabbed the lead on the first day of the 2023 Champions Showdown: Chess9LX! He scored two wins against So and Robson along with a draw against Nakamura to end the day in clear first place with 2.5/3. Tied for second going into Day 2 were Levon…
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Last minutes of the game Nakamura-Firouzja! Alireza is unstoppable! #stlchessclub #grandchesstour #STLRapidBlitz @AlirezaFirouzja
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Time to relax! The closing ceremony of #SinquefieldCup and the gala in the Chase Hotel. #grandchesstour #chess
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It’s important to know your endgames! Karjakin gives the exchange back, trading into a winning ♟ endgame, delivering the first loss to Le Quang Liem in blitz #RomaniaGCT
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Beginning of the decade vs end of the decade First photo by Ray Morris-Hill for 2010 London Chess Classic Second photo by @LennartOotes for @FIDE_chess /2019 World Rapid and Blitz Championship
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The end of the game Carlsen-Duda. #superbetrapidblitz #GrandChessTour
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Fabiano with the very heavy Sinquefield Cup!🏆🙂
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We are happy to announce the 2024 Grand Chess Tour field! Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Gukesh Dommaraju, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Nodirbek Abdusattorov are full tour players of 2024 #GrandChessTour ! They…
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Got questions for GM Hans Niemann? Reply below 👇 and we may ask him in the official stream! #SinquefieldCup
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Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 and Viswanathan Anand @vishy64theking at the opening ceremony of Zagreb #GCT 🔥 Watch the action beginning tomorrow on
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Congratulations to GM Fabiano Caruana on Winning the 2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz!🎉 #StlRapidBlitz #GrandChessTour
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Here's the stacked lineup for #KolkataGCT Who will emerge as champion?
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Final Standings of the #GrandChessTour #CroatiaRapidBlitz ! Congratulations once again to the top 3 finishers @Vachier_Lagrave , @vishy64theking and @anishgiri !
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The last minutes of the thrilling game Nakamura-Caruana! #grandchesstour #stlchessclub #chess #stlchessclub
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The opening ceremony of the 2021 World Chess Championship Match is in 2 weeks! Are you team Nepo or team Magnus? 📸 2019 Côte d’Ivoire Rapid and Blitz
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Congratulations @viditchess ! 🎉🎉
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🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi is the winner of the 2023 #FIDEGrandSwiss ! Thanks to a convincing victory against Alexandr Predke in today's last round, and despite starting the tournament on the wrong foot with a loss, Vidit finishes in clear first place with 8.5 points - and clinches a…
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Levon: "This is for you my dear Yasser" 😂 Aronian shows an incredible cheapo in the endgame! #SinquefieldCup
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Vishy Anand keeps leading after the 4th round of #superunitedcroatia ! @vishy64theking #grandchesstour
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The winner of 2019 #SinquefieldCup Ding Liren with his trophy. Congratulations again to the deserving winner!
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Hikaru Nakamura emotionally reacts to MVL's move g1Q! #grandchesstour #stlchessclub #chess #Rapid
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Well this is a first... Looks like @HansMokeNiemann has some fans in town! 😍 #SinquefieldCup #GrandChessTour
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The third tournament of #GrandChessTour is only 10 days away and will feature 10 players, including Magnus Carslen, Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Richard Rapport, Ivan Saric, Gukesh D and Constantin Lupulescu.…
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