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2017 World Cup — Round 3 Complete

by scribe | Sep 11, 2017 | current news, people, ruminations, tournaments

The 2017 World Cup fashion show… er, chess tournament… has now finished three rounds, and the upsets continue! Fabiano Caruana went down to defeat at the hands of Evgeny Najer, and both Levon Aronian and Anish Giri lost games to their lower-rated opponents...

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