Caruana

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The Boston Globe
The US championships are ongoing at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, and after six rounds, Wesley So is in first place, but right behind him are Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Stanford student Daniel Naroditsky, and Varuzhan ...

Minnetonka chess player shares lead at U.S. Chess Championship ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Grandmaster Wesley So, who has an unbeaten streak of 65 games, won a stunner on Friday. By Dennis J. McGrath Star Tribune. April 10, 2017 — 10:40am.
So notches another draw, keeps lead - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times
Wesley still tied for chess lead - Manila StandardThe Standard
Wesley draws, shares US leadManila Bulletin

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World No2 Wesley So shares lead after inspired victory at US championship
The Guardian
The title holder and world No3 Fabiano Caruana suffered a shock defeat in Wednesday's seventh round from Yaroslav Zherebukh, a 23-year-old former Ukrainian who only got into the event as a wildcard. Caruana won in round eight, but then had a total ...
Akobian Wins To Become So's Newest Co-Leader - Chess.comChess.com
Minnetonka chess player shares lead at US Chess ChampionshipMinneapolis Star Tribune
So notches another draw, keeps lead - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times
Manila Bulletin -The Standard
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GM So 'di matinag - Abante Tonite
Abante-Tonite
Nakipaghatian ng puntos si Super Grandmaster Wesley So sa rounds 7 at 8 para manatili sa unahan ng US Chess Championships sa St. Louis, Missouri.
GM So ligtas sa upset - Abante News OnlineAbante Online

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Wesley still tied for chess lead - Manila Standard
The Standard
WESLEY So blitzed his way to his sixth draw in eight games in the eighth round of the 2017 United States Chess Championship. So is still in the lead, but he no ...

So plays Nakamura to draw, keeps share of lead
Philippine Star
1 with Akobian, who supplanted Yaroslav Zherebukh from the top with a snappy 28-move win of a French showdown. The loss sent Zerebukh into a four-way logjam at No. 3 with Nakamura, defending champion Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Onischuk with ...

Akobian Wins To Become So's Newest Co-Leader
Chess.com
Despite telling the man he vanquished a day earlier, GM Fabiano Caruana, that he just wanted to play 1. e4 and make a draw, instead he went down convincingly. GM Varuzhan Akobian, an inveterate French player, won as Black and is the newest co-leader ...
So notches another draw, keeps leadThe Manila Times

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So shares lead, draws with Robson
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - Wesley So halved the point with Ray Robson in 54 moves of a King's Indian Attack then watched Yaroslav Zerebukh stun defending champion Fabiano Caruana to drop to a share of the lead after seven rounds of the US Chess ...
Zherebukh, So share US championships leadInquirer.net
So keeps lead despite another drawThe Manila Times
Ukranian Zherebukh ties So at the topThe Standard
Sports Interactive Network Philippines
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Zherebukh, So share US championships lead
Inquirer.net
Another draw proved costly for top seed Wesley So Wednesday as Yaroslav Zherebukh caught him atop the 2017 US Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. Zherebukh, ranked 11 in the 12-man field, stunned second-ranked Fabiano Caruana in the seventh ...
So keeps lead despite another drawThe Manila Times
Wesley So draws with Varuzhan Akobian to keep US championship ...Sports Interactive Network Philippines

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GM So ligtas sa upset - Abante News Online
Abante Online
Naiwasan ni Super Grandmaster Wesley So ang upset axe ni GM Varuzhan Akobian matapos ang 45-move draw sa round six ng US Chess Championships sa ...
GM So 'di matinag - Abante ToniteAbante-Tonite

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So still leads US Open after draw
Inquirer.net
The Cavite-born So raised his total to 4.0 points, half a point ahead of Akobian, Daniel Naroditsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Yaroslav Zherebukh in the 11-round all-Grandmaster tournament. Caruana trounced Gata Kamsky to catch up with ...
So escapes Akobian, keeps lead in US chess tiffPhilippine Star
Wesley keeps solo lead in US Chess meetThe Manila Times
Wesley So draws with Varuzhan Akobian to keep US championship lead, extend unbeaten run to 62Sports Interactive Network Philippines

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So escapes Akobian, keeps lead in US chess tiff
Philippine Star
So's great escape kept him on top with four points, half a point ahead of five others headed by defending champion Fabiano Caruana, who downed Gata Kamsky, and four-time title-holder Hikaru Nakamura, who halved the point with Alexander Shabalov.

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Caruana Breaks Through As So Nearly Falters
Chess.com
GM Fabiano Caruana didn't have to labor as much as the leader, and was walking around a good bit today. GM Hikaru Nakamura got quite a scare against the struggling GM Alex Shabalov, but escaped to remain in that large second-place group. So won ...

Red-hot Wesley So sets the pace in early rounds of U.S. chess title race
Washington Times
That pretty much sums up the recent record of the 23-year-old Filipino-born U.S. GM Wesley So, who has been perhaps the world's most successful tournament player of the past year. He's looking to extend that run — and an unbeaten streak that has now ...

So Grabs Lead At U.S. Chess Champs - Chess.com
Chess.com
Is Wesley So the strongest player in the world? He's got a big mountain to climb named Carlsen, but every day he makes his case a little more compelling ...
So secures solo lead in US Chess meet - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times
So regains lead in US Chess Championship - Manila StandardThe Standard

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So secures solo lead in US Chess meet - The Manila Times Online
The Manila Times
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So grabbed the solo lead after five rounds in the 2017 US Chess Championship being held at the Chess Club and Scholastic ...
So regains lead in US Chess Championship - Manila StandardThe Standard

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4 Qualifiers For Speed Chess Championship In April
Chess.com
These are the 12 seeded grandmasters: Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Sergey Karjakin, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Richard Rapport, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Hou Yifan.

So regains lead in US Chess Championship
The Standard
3 Fabiano Caruana in 49 moves of a Ruy Lopez Opening in Round 3, will be facing Zherebukh in the fifth round. Nakamura halved his point with GM Gata Kamsky in 30 moves of a Queen's Pawn Game, while Naroditsky split his point with Ray Robson in 30 ...

Levon Aronian comes 9th in April 2017 FIDE Rating List
Panorama.am
World Champion Magnus Carlsen (2838) continues to lead The Top Players List. Wesley So (2822) ranks the second and Fabiano Caruana (2817) concludes the top three. Armenian GM Levon Aronian holds the 9th position with 2774 points. Standard Top ...

Nakamura, So Among U.S. Champs Leaders
Chess.com
There are no longer easy title defenses in St. Louis. GM Gata Kamsky used to win U.S. championship titles in bunches earlier this decade, but those days are over. Even the Sinquefield Cup, also held in St. Louis, has produced four different winners in ...