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Oscars for Science! Genius Gala Honors Jack Horner, Kip Thorne - Live Science

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 12:43pm

Live Science

Oscars for Science! Genius Gala Honors Jack Horner, Kip Thorne
Live Science
Also in attendance at the gala will be 23-year-old Fabiano Caruana, the third-highest-ranked chess player in the world and the current U.S. national champion. Gala highlights will include musical performances by violinist Charles Yang and NASA ...

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Ravens John Urschel to play against US chess champion. - Baltimore Magazine

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 11:52am

Baltimore Magazine

Ravens John Urschel to play against US chess champion.
Baltimore Magazine
Look, we already knew Ravens guard John Urschel was smart. He's pursuing his Ph.D in applied mathematics at MIT, for god's sake. But he has stepped his game up even more recently, competing against U.S. champion Fabiano Caruana in a chess match ...

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How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives - For The Win

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 2:15pm

For The Win

How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives
For The Win
... in the world, Hikaru Nakamura, has just done something exceedingly stupid (Nakamura would end up slipping in the final rounds to place third, behind Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana. This year, Caruana would win his first national title at the age of 23).

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Ravens John Urschel To Play Chess Against US Champion - CBS Local

Wed, 05/18/2016 - 11:13am

CBS Local

Ravens John Urschel To Play Chess Against US Champion
CBS Local
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel is not your average football player. During the offseason, Usrchel has been working on his Ph.D at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at a Penn State commencement, and continuing ...

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Ravens guard John Urschel will match wits with US chess champion - Baltimore Sun

Tue, 05/17/2016 - 1:41pm

Ravens guard John Urschel will match wits with US chess champion
Baltimore Sun
Whether it's pursuing his Ph.D at MIT this offseason, speaking at a Penn State commencement or doing his well-documented mathematical research, Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel is always challenging himself. On Friday, he'll take it a new level.

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Date set for Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir - AzerNews

Tue, 05/17/2016 - 8:40am

AzerNews

Date set for Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir
AzerNews
The third memorial tournament will bring together world-famous chess grandmasters, including challenger for the world chess crown Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Paul Elyanov, Pendyala Harikrishna, Hou Yifan as well as national ...

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A national chess master -- and she's only 12 - Sentinel & Enterprise

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 6:34am

A national chess master -- and she's only 12
Sentinel & Enterprise
One of Carissa's highlights was meeting Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, the eventual U.S. Chess Championship winner, who is now ranked third in the world. * Carissa's mother, Hualin Yip, promised to buy her a new iPhone 6s if she placed in the top three, ...

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She's a national chess master, and she's only 12 - Lowell Sun

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 5:44am

She's a national chess master, and she's only 12
Lowell Sun
One of Carissa highlights was meeting Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, the eventual U.S. Chess Championship winner, who is now ranked third in the world. * Carissa's mother, Hualin Yip, promised to buy her a new iPhone 6s if she placed in the top three, ...

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Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand - Times of Oman

Fri, 05/13/2016 - 11:06am

Times of Oman

Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand
Times of Oman
Chess is one sport that has not been accorded the attention that it deserves, more so in Gulf countries like Oman. But in recent years attempts are being made, by both the governments and the individual organisations, to bring professionalism into the ...

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team - STLtoday.com

Fri, 05/13/2016 - 12:02am

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team
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The winner was a young man, Fabiano Caruana, who just bought a house here so he could be part of the local scene. The person he succeeded as champion was another St. Louis resident, Hikaru Nakamura. If many of these facts surprise you, it's not ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

Wed, 05/11/2016 - 6:43pm

BBC News

Creating the world's new chess capital
BBC News
Back at the club, the US Chess Championship concluded with victory for Fabiano Caruana - or Fabulous Fabi, as the commentators call him. This tournament attracted the strongest field in US chess history - the country now has three players in the top 10 ...

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DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles - Washington Times

Tue, 05/10/2016 - 11:01am

Washington Times

DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles
Washington Times
Still, there was a sense that Karjakin's career had semi-stalled coming into 2016, with rivals such as the Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the Netherlands' Anish Giri and a slew of rising young Chinese prodigies seeming to surpass him.

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Wesley's brilliancy - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 10:26am

The Boston Globe

Wesley's brilliancy
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The Ultimate Blitz Chess Challenge took place in the St. Louis Chess Club a few days after the conclusion of the 2016 US Chess Championship. Former world champion Garry Kasparov agreed to take on the top three finishers in the US Championship ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sun, 05/08/2016 - 11:01pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
And one of the pretournament favorites, Fabiano Caruana, very surprisingly finished last. And Kasparov donated his $10,000 third-place prize to the fund to help the US Olympiad team travel to Baku, Azerbaijan, in September. There were many brilliant ...

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Ramesh adds fuel to Anand's retirement debate - Times of India

Sun, 05/08/2016 - 11:05am

Times of India

Ramesh adds fuel to Anand's retirement debate
Times of India
Anand bowed out of contention to win the World Candidates Championship, settling for third place behind Russia's Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana of Italy, and the five-time World Champion's fall from the pinnacle of world chess have been attributed ...

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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 05/07/2016 - 11:02pm

The Boston Globe

Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
This year he was back in St. Louis facing a bigger challenge — three world top 10 players in Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana in an 18-game blitz round-robin played over two days. Was he up to the challenge? The answer at the end was ...

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Carlsen stays on top - Philippine Star

Sat, 05/07/2016 - 2:21pm

Carlsen stays on top
Philippine Star
Magnus Carlsen was still on top of the world chess ranking, as the FIDE released its rating list for the month of May. The Norwegian world champion garnered 2851 rating points, well ahead of American Fabiano Caruana, who came in at No. 2 with 2804, and ...

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Editorial: Short takes on secret chess championships, secret vegan beef eaters, hidden art and words best left unspoken - STLtoday.com

Fri, 05/06/2016 - 4:03pm

STLtoday.com

Editorial: Short takes on secret chess championships, secret vegan beef eaters, hidden art and words best left unspoken
STLtoday.com
The tournament winner, Miami-born Fabiano Caruana, walked away with $50,000 in prize money. Even he lamented in comments to The New Yorker (which did cover the event) that chess just doesn't get the media attention it deserves in America, partly ...

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Chess (#1199) - Business Standard

Fri, 05/06/2016 - 1:38pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1199)
Business Standard
The result here pushed Carlsen to 2855 while Kramnik climbs to 2809. The third player above 2800 in the May list is Fabiano Caruana (2804) who took his first US Championship title last month. Harikrishna (2764) played in his strongest ever event and ...

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SGM So, Liren tabla agad sa 1st round - Abante Online

Thu, 05/05/2016 - 11:00am

Abante Online

SGM So, Liren tabla agad sa 1st round
Abante Online
3 sa world na si GM Fabiano Caruana (elo2804). Isusulong ni So ang puting piyesa sa round two. Pagkatapos ng match ni So kay Liren, sasabak din ang tubong Imus, Cavite sa grand Chess Tournament Rapid sa susunod na buwan sa Paris, France.

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