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Qatar Masters: Kramnik wins, takes sole lead

12/4/2014 – Anish Giri was on a path to a triumphal win, but after winning the first six games he lost in rounds seven and eight to drop out of contention for first place. Meanwhile Vladimir Kramnik notched up his sixth win in succession – going for a caruana? – with a beautiful game, and is now poised to take the title in the final round on Thursday. Round eight report by Sagar Shah.

Qatar Masters: Kramnik brings down Giri

12/3/2014 – He was on the path to a straight caruana (seven wins in the first seven rounds of a very strong tournament). But Anish Giri, who yesterday was sporting a performance rating way above 3000, was stopped in his stratospheric flight by former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Now the two of them lead with 6.0/7 points. With two rounds to go it's going to be an exciting finish.

Qatar Masters: Anish heading for a 'Caruana'?

12/2/2014 – YAAW – Yet Another Anish Win, in round six. But this time he had to work hard for it and do a 'Carlsen', which we define as using relentless pressure to win a drawn position. In round seven, starting at 3:00 p.m. local time today, Anish Giri faces Vladimir Kramnik, with the black pieces. Don't miss it! But while you are waiting you can enjoy a lot of chess in our round six report.

Qatar Masters: Super-Giri leads with 5.0/5

11/30/2014 – Looks like he is doing a Caruana: top Dutch GM Anish Giri has won his five games in the strongest Open of all time, crushing a 2620 GM in round four in just 18 moves, and then beating the number three seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, rated 2757, in the next round with the black pieces. His performance: 3431. We have a big illustrated report with lots of exiting chess to play through and enjoy.

Qatar Masters: four GMs with perfect scores

11/29/2014 – Three rounds have finished in the strongest Open ever held (92 GMs, 56 over 2600, 14 over 2700). Four players have won all three games, 19 are half a point behind. Before they start battering each other down the ladder we have annotated chess highlights from the first two rounds for you, and a big pictorial report that shows the joys and suffering of the game we love.

Qatar Masters Open begins on Wednesday

11/26/2014 – Which is the strongest open in the world? Not Aeroflot, Moscow or Millionaire Chess. It is the 2014 Qatar Masters Open, organised by GM Mohamed Al-Medaihki, with 92 grandmasters participating, 56 of them over 2600, and 14 over 2700. Our reporter in Qatar, Akshat Chandra, worked out that if only the top twenty were participating it would be a Category 19 tournament.
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