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PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture - KBIA

Thu, 01/19/2017 - 6:01am

KBIA

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
KBIA
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 01/19/2017 - 5:33am

St. Louis Public Radio

PRO Chess League: Bringing Chess into Mainstream Sports Culture
St. Louis Public Radio
Additionally, the top three American players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura) are competing. In the six-week regular season, teams face off across five divisions grouped by time zone and global region. Matches are played on Chess.com, ...

Wesley shares No.2 with four players - The Manila Times

Tue, 01/17/2017 - 8:30am

Wesley shares No.2 with four players
The Manila Times
... Eljanov meets Adhiban, Aronian faces Nepomniatchtchi, Carlsen takes on Wei, Giri tackles Andreikin, Rapport fights Wojtaszek, and Harikrishna battles Karjakin. So is looking to surpass his fourth-place finish last year behind Carlsen, GM Fabiano ...

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Gibraltar Chess Tournament Has Become a Major Draw - New York Times (blog)

Sun, 01/15/2017 - 11:06am

New York Times (blog)

Gibraltar Chess Tournament Has Become a Major Draw
New York Times (blog)
23; Fabiano Caruana of Italy, No. 25; Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, No. No. 40; Viktor Bologan of Moldova, No. 44; Krishnan Sasikiran of India, No. 45; and Alexander Onischuk of the United States, No. 46. In all, there are 53 grandmasters. In ...

Move of the year, chess tournament life - AL.com

Sun, 01/15/2017 - 8:03am

AL.com

Move of the year, chess tournament life
AL.com
American grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So moved up to number 2 and 4 in the world. Closer to home, Alabama's Rochelle Wu won the World Cadet Girls Under 10 Championship and is ranked number one in the world for Girls Under 12.

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 01/14/2017 - 3:24pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
And please let's not forget the always-interesting Richard Rapport and Wei Yi, the world's two best junior players. It's a strange field in that Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik, and Viswanathan Anand are not playing; perhaps they ...

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Absence of rivals means Magnus Carlsen can aim for supremacy at Wijk - The Guardian

Fri, 01/13/2017 - 4:13pm

The Guardian

Absence of rivals means Magnus Carlsen can aim for supremacy at Wijk
The Guardian
Carlsen has a good opportunity because three of his major rivals, the world No2, Fabiano Caruana, and the dangerous Hikaru Nakamura from the US as well as France's world No5, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, have all preferred to play at Tradewise Gibraltar, ...

So good for 2016 Player of the Year - Inquirer.net

Thu, 01/12/2017 - 11:17am

Inquirer.net

So good for 2016 Player of the Year
Inquirer.net
As a result of his checkered board exploits, So raised his Elo rating to 2808, only the 12th player to breach the 2800 barrier, and jumped to fourth in the world rankings behind Carlsen (2840), fellow US stalwart Fabiano Caruana (2827) and Russia's ...

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017 - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 01/11/2017 - 10:54pm

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: What to look forward to in 2017
St. Louis Public Radio
Fabiano Caruana and Nazi Paikidze each won their very first U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship respectively. While it's hard to say what 2017 will bring, there are many exciting and prestigious events to look forward to. Mark your ...

PH's Nouri presses on in Delhi International Chess Championship - The Manila Times

Wed, 01/11/2017 - 9:29am

PH's Nouri presses on in Delhi International Chess Championship
The Manila Times
GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway is on top with 2840 followed by GM Fabiano Caruana of US (2827) and GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia (2811). Also in the Top 10 are No. 5 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France (2796), No. 6 GM Viswanathan Anand of India ...

Ex-Patriots Propelling US Chess Federation to the Top - http://www.anewdomain.net/

Sun, 01/08/2017 - 8:51pm

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Ex-Patriots Propelling US Chess Federation to the Top
http://www.anewdomain.net/
Another young man who has petitioned (and most likely will be allowed) to switch federations is Fabiano Caruana. A dual citizen of Italy and the U.S., Caruana recently and soundly defeated the world's No. 1 GM, Norway's Magnus Carlsen, a 24-year-old ...

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Ramesh Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov race to break world record - The Guardian

Fri, 01/06/2017 - 9:29am

The Guardian

Ramesh Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov race to break world record
The Guardian
The opening, a Sicilian Defence Richter Attack, is significant since Karjakin also used it in another decisive game, against Fabiano Caruana in the final round of the 2016 candidates. The result here is effectively settled in a single move when ...

Pestaño: Chess personality of the year - Sun.Star

Thu, 12/29/2016 - 7:55pm

Pestaño: Chess personality of the year
Sun.Star
He won two super tournaments—the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic against eight of the top 10 players of the world including legends such as Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Fabiano Caruana and others, In so doing he won ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sun, 12/25/2016 - 7:55pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The talk of the London Chess Classic, besides Wesley So's great result, was the brilliant Fabiano Caruana v. Hikaru Nakamura game that featured a positional queen sacrifice. Though very entertaining, it did bring to mind how we define “brilliant,” as ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sun, 12/25/2016 - 7:55pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The talk of the London Chess Classic, besides Wesley So's great result, was the brilliant Fabiano Caruana v. Hikaru Nakamura game that featured a positional queen sacrifice. Though very entertaining, it did bring to mind how we define “brilliant,” as ...
The Cavite-born GM's sad loyalty gambit has become almost ...Inquirer.net

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 12/24/2016 - 12:56pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The 2016 Grand Chess Tour (www.GrandChessTour.org) has ended with a grand victory by American, via the Philippines, Wesley So. This past week, So won the London Chess Classic by a half point over Fabiano Caruana, winning $75,000 and adding 13 ...
The Cavite-born GM's sad loyalty gambit has become almost irrelevant, thanks to his mercurial riseInquirer.net

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The Cavite-born GM's sad loyalty gambit has become almost irrelevant, thanks to his mercurial rise - Inquirer.net

Sat, 12/24/2016 - 8:38am

Inquirer.net

The Cavite-born GM's sad loyalty gambit has become almost irrelevant, thanks to his mercurial rise
Inquirer.net
... Leuven, Belgium, the Cavite-born So amassed a total of 36.0 points, well clear of fellow United States Olympic team stalwarts Hikaru Nakamura, who placed second with 24.5, and Fabiano Caruana (23.75) in the chase for the series' $100,000 bonus prize.

CHESS#1231 - Business Standard (press release) (registration) (blog)

Fri, 12/23/2016 - 11:48am

CHESS#1231
Business Standard (press release) (registration) (blog)
Remarkably, 2016 will end with four players rated over 2800 (1. Magnus Carlsen 2840, 2. Fabiano Caruana 2828, 3. Vladimir Kramnik 2811 and 4. Wesley So 2808). So is hard to nail down in terms of style. Several top players, including Carlsen and Anish ...

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3 Americans finish atop Grand Chess Tour and Cement US as Chess Superpower - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 12/22/2016 - 4:40pm

St. Louis Public Radio

3 Americans finish atop Grand Chess Tour and Cement US as Chess Superpower
St. Louis Public Radio
Nakamura had a tumultuous tournament that included some flashy wins, but the loss in round six against his other compatriot, current U.S. Champion Fabiano Caruana, devastated his hopes of catching So. After six rounds, So had a half point lead over the ...

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Three Americans Finish Atop Grand Chess Tour and Cement US as Chess Superpower - KRCU

Thu, 12/22/2016 - 10:41am

KRCU

Three Americans Finish Atop Grand Chess Tour and Cement US as Chess Superpower
KRCU
Nakamura had a tumultuous tournament that included some flashy wins, but the loss in round six against his other compatriot, current U.S. Champion Fabiano Caruana, devastated his hopes of catching So. After six rounds, So had a half point lead over the ...

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