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Carlsen-Ding Among Champions Showdown Matches
Chess.com
In November some of the world's strongest grandmasters will be returning to St. Louis for what is called the Champions Showdown. The four matches are Hikaru Nakamura vs. Veselin Topalov, Fabiano Caruana vs. Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So vs. Leinier ...

Kluger Zug am Pool Warum die Schachwelt bald nach Berlin blickt
Berliner Zeitung
Viswanathan Anand, Schachweltmeister von 2007 bis 2013, spielt etwa für den mehrfachen Deutschen Meister OSG Baden-Baden ebenso wie der Italo-Amerikaner Fabiano Caruana, aktuell einer der Top-Spieler der Welt. Der Russe Anatoli Karpow, der ...

William Lombardy's exceptional performance in 1960 often overlooked
The Guardian
He was analysing the critical Magnus Carlsen v Fabiano Caruana game from the Isle of Man Open just a few days before his death. In 2016 his life took a turn for a worse when he was evicted from his New York apartment for rent arrears. Homeless, he was ...

Six Of World's Top 10 In 80th Wijk aan Zee
Chess.com
His compatriot Fabiano Caruana will be playing as well, and so are Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, the current leader in the FIDE Grand Prix, and 2016 world championship contender Sergey Karjakin. The field also includes Chinese GM Wei Yi and Dutch number ...

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
With only one event to go, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk are strongly favored. Next are the two spots reserved for the highest-rated players not otherwise qualified. As of now, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana are in, with Vladimir Kramnik ...

Vlad Kramnik adopts curious strategy for Globus at European Club Cup
The Guardian
It was rather the strange behaviour of the former world champion Kramnik, who is supposed to be battling with the Americans Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So for the two rating places in the 2018 Candidates, the eight-player event which will decide Magnus ...

'My chances of winning another world title greater than zero'
ESPN
Slightly favorable pairings, avoiding Carlsen, Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, also worked to an advantage for the World No. 9. His next tournament -- London Chess Classic -- is more than 45 days away and the Indian has plans with family at the center of ...

European Club Cup: Perfect Score For Globus, Odlar Yurdu
Chess.com
Second seed Alkaloid of Macedonia lost to Moscow's SHSM Legacy Square Capital in a match with only one decisive result. Evgeniy Najer, who eliminated Fabiano Caruana from the World Cup last month, beat Pavel Eljanov as Black in a mere 23 moves.

Carlsen world No. 1 for seven years
Philippine Star
Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana (USA) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) – rounded out the top five at 2794 apiece. They were followed by Azeri Shakriyar Mamedyarov (2791), American Wesley So (2788), Russian Alexander Grischuk ...

Carlsen world No. 1 for seven years
Philippine Star
Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana (USA) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) – rounded out the top five at 2794 apiece. They were followed by Azeri Shakriyar Mamedyarov (2791), American Wesley So (2788), Russian Alexander Grischuk ...

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The next highest scoring American was Fabiano Caruana, who finished in fifth place with 6/9. It could have been better, but a poor loss to Carlsen in the eighth round sealed his fate. Other Americans of note included 65-year-old Jim Tarjan, just back ...

£50000 prize goes to world chess No.1 Carlsen
Isle of Man Today
The truly stellar line-up also included other elite Grand Masters such as Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura from the USA and Vladimir Kramnik from Russia. A group of 30 chess players came from India, headed by Viswanathan Anand. Previous winners ...

Magnus Carlsen extends gap at top of world rankings with Isle of Man win
The Guardian
Fabiano Caruana had beaten Gawain Jones in the previous round with some impressive prep, finding a nuance at move 19 in a sharp variation of the Ruy Lopez. Carlsen opted for 14…Re8 and a more solid approach, was surprised by 15 g4!? and worked ...

On Chess: Race to the Candidates Tournament
KBIA
With the pre-tournament favorite eliminated, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, and Americans Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, stepped up as main contenders for tournament victory. Both So and Caruana hoped to reach the Candidates Tournament ...

On Chess: Race to the Candidates Tournament
St. Louis Public Radio
With the pre-tournament favorite eliminated, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, and Americans Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, stepped up as main contenders for tournament victory. Both So and Caruana hoped to reach the Candidates Tournament ...

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Vidit makes mark, Anand bounces back
The New Indian Express
The way he demolished Fabiano Caruana and Pavel Eljanov, two of the top-ranked players, validated the fact that when on song, he is unstoppable. “Carlsen played unusual openings and outplayed opponents. He won convincingly,” said Harikrishna.

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand essays comprehensive win; Vidit Gujrathi settles for draw in Round 8
Yahoo India News
Carlsen had won his game against Fabiano Caruana. This instantly discarded any possibility of Anand or Dhopade catching him. But both Anand and Dhopade won their games convincingly. With black pieces against Laurent Fressinet, this was not an easy ...

FIDE CONFERS IM TITLE TO HAMED NOURI
PhilBoxing.com
Three players was tied at Number 3 to Number 5 spot after garnering 2794 ELO rating points such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Fabiano Caruana of USA and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, in order. Competing the top Ten list are No.6 Shakhriyar ...

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand essays comprehensive win; Vidit Gujrathi settles for draw in Round 8
Firstpost
Going into the penultimate round of the Isle of Man Open, as many as five players – including India's Vidit Gujrathi – had the chance of catching Magnus Carlsen in the lead. In fact, they were right on his heels, just half-a-point behind. Two other ...
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Carlsen Wins 2017 Chess.com Isle Of Man International
Chess.com
The best situation for him would have been GM Fabiano Caruana beating Carlsen yesterday, which would have given Nakamura White against Caruana and on equal points. But Nakamura was not interested in the "what-if" game. Much more coverage of the ...
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