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...Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, winner of the last two Candidates, remains half a point ahead....
...“It’s possible that there might be some very big claims to come out of this as well as a lot of small claims,” said Aaron Le Marquer, head of policyholder disputes at law firm Stewarts, which acted for ExCeL...
...So, Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, and India’s rising star Dommaraju Gukesh, 17....
...This can yield moments of revelation when lines written decades or centuries ago suddenly find a new sting — witness Astrov’s environmental concerns, which hit hard in Ian Rickson’s recent exemplary staging...
...China’s Ding Liren came for a warm-up before his €2mn world title match against Ian Nepomniachtchi in April, an event arranged because Carlsen is abdicating his crown....
...The second American Cup, a $200,000 event at St Louis for the top US grandmasters, ended suddenly on Sunday evening after Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So had each won a match and were deadlocked at 1.5 points...
...The Nutting Squad “had the dubious task — almost Gestapo-like — of arresting members of the Provisional IRA who were accused of betraying their comrades,” said Aaron Edwards, author of Agents of Influence...
...So is defending his title, and the other favourites in the eight-player field are Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Puzzle 2492 Zaven Andrisian vs Artem Gilyevich, PRO league 2019....
...Something happened that wasn’t supposed to happen,” said Ian Katz, financial policy analyst at research firm Capital Alpha Partners....
...In the penultimate round, Wesley So had a winning position against Firouzja, but spoilt it and lost....
...The No6 seeding is significant because the top five are the grandmasters from the US Olympiad team, led by the world top 10 players Caruana, Wesley So, and Levon Aronian....
...Ian Stuart, chief executive of HSBC UK, Charlie Nunn, chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, Alison Rose, chief executive of NatWest, and Matt Hammerstein, chief executive of Barclays UK, were at the meeting...
...But when it comes to the top spot, I have to go with the opinion of my late chum Slim Aarons. And that means the glorious, curved pool of the Hotel du Cap in Antibes....
...“There’s definitely a blame game going on and we’ll see more of it,” said Ian Katz, financial policy analyst at independent research firm Capital Alpha Partners....
...Ian Rickson’s exquisitely modulated staging has the same brilliant, expansive energy as it did a decade ago, but its dark undercurrents are more disturbing than ever....
...Paul Wesley, whose best-known roles are as bloodsucking brothers in The Vampire Diaries....
...Ian Blackford, leader of the Scottish National party at Westminster, broke Commons convention when he said: “The prime minister has lied and misled the House.”...
...Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura have up to 1m followers on Twitch streams and chose not to play in Sochi....
...In Wednesday’s quarter-final against the US champion Wesley So, his main rival on the Tour, he survived some anxious moments before winning the speed tie-break....
...The final of the $100,000 Skilling Open last Monday coincided, perhaps intentionally, with the Norwegian’s 30th birthday, but Wesley So proved the spoiler....
...writers — Simon Stephens, Tanika Gupta and Roy Williams — all dealing with place, race and identity, restart live theatre at the Lyric.June 18-July 24, lyric.co.uk HamletTheatre Royal, WindsorYoung-at-heart Ian...
...Now England is outside the top 10 countries. 2409 Wesley So v Magnus Carlsen, St Louis v Norway, online 2017....
...Gareth Bale of Real Madrid and Aaron Ramsey of Juventus are the stars, while several others are Premier League regulars....
...Distillers have been trying to speed up the process for more than a century, says the whisky writer Ian Buxton. Few have succeeded....
...Both ended in a tie between Carlsen and an American, Hikaru Nakamura in the Showdown and Wesley So in the Rapid/Blitz....
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