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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen To Play Hikaru Nakamura In Chess.com Championship - PR Web (press release)

Fri, 10/14/2016 - 8:47am

PR Web (press release)

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen To Play Hikaru Nakamura In Chess.com Championship
PR Web (press release)
It's the match chess fans have been anticipating for a decade: world chess champion Magnus Carlsen vs the four-time U.S. champion Hikaru Nakamura. These two chess legends will battle on Oct. 27 to decide the Chess.com championship and the title of best ...

Pestaño: Cepca 26th anniversary open - Sun.Star

Thu, 10/13/2016 - 9:12am

Pestaño: Cepca 26th anniversary open
Sun.Star
Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So played in the strongest Open tournament this year, Isle of Man Open. Pavel Eljanov concluded his brilliant campaign with a final draw against Wesley. Although it was So's birthday, Eljanov was not in a ...

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A busy calendar as the world title chess match looms - Washington Times

Tue, 10/11/2016 - 5:40am

A busy calendar as the world title chess match looms
Washington Times
Eljanov, having one of the best years of his career, edged U.S. Board 1 GM Fabiano Caruana on tiebreaks in the nine-round open event, while Board 3 Wesley So tied for fourth and Board 2 Hikaru Nakamura finished in a tie for eighth. The great attacking ...

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Manga Monday: Saint Young Men by Hikaru Nakamura - GameIndustry.com (blog)

Mon, 10/10/2016 - 8:45am

GameIndustry.com (blog)

Manga Monday: Saint Young Men by Hikaru Nakamura
GameIndustry.com (blog)
It's Saint Young Men by Hikaru Nakamura! Plot Synopsis: Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism respectively, are living together as roommates in an apartment in Tachikawa, part of the suburbs of Tokyo. While taking a ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe

Sat, 10/08/2016 - 2:17pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
With two rounds to go, the results of the Tal Memorial tournament were hard to predict. Anish Giri was very much in the driver's seat until a sixth-round loss to ...

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Ian Nepomniachtchi triumphs at a Tal Memorial blighted by too many draws - The Guardian

Fri, 10/07/2016 - 12:13pm

The Guardian

Ian Nepomniachtchi triumphs at a Tal Memorial blighted by too many draws
The Guardian
The chess.com website organised a blitz knockout of eight leading GMs and the final will be between the world champion and America's Hikaru Nakamura. They are reckoned the best two speed players and the format is imaginative. They will meet in a series ...

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On Chess: World Youth Championships showcase the future of chess on an international stage - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 10/06/2016 - 5:17am

On Chess: World Youth Championships showcase the future of chess on an international stage
St. Louis Public Radio
The United States is on a bit of a roll lately, winning the 2016 Chess Olympiad (the U.S. team's first Gold since 1976) and currently having three of the world's top eight players (Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura). We expect to continue ...

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U.S. chess team wins Olympiad gold, Alabama tournament winners - AL.com

Sun, 10/02/2016 - 9:04am

U.S. chess team wins Olympiad gold, Alabama tournament winners
AL.com
Number one! The U.S. team wins the gold at 42nd World Chess Olympiad. Leading on board 1 was U.S. chess champion, and current world number 3 Fabiano Caruana, followed by Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Sam Shankland (standing, blue shirt) ...

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Doing their countries proud - Malay Mail Online

Wed, 09/28/2016 - 6:39pm

Malay Mail Online

Doing their countries proud
Malay Mail Online
The American team, of course, was not just Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and former Philippines star Wesley So but also Sam Shankland and Ray Robson. Four players and an alternate (reserve) made up the team and there was also captain John ...

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Tal Memorial to see Viswanathan Anand's return to international chess - Hindustan Times

Sat, 09/24/2016 - 1:41am

Hindustan Times

Tal Memorial to see Viswanathan Anand's return to international chess
Hindustan Times
He recovered well in Zurich where he tied for the first position with Hikaru Nakamura, and finished joint second with Fabiano Caruana in the World Chess Challengers in Moscow, half a point behind eventual winner Sergey Karjakin. His only title of the ...

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Pestaño: Torre, Frayna and Wesley to receive bonuses - Sun.Star

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 8:47am

Pestaño: Torre, Frayna and Wesley to receive bonuses
Sun.Star
The USCF also announced that their men's team (Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley so, Ray Robson and Sam Shankland), that won the gold will receive $4,000 each. There maybe much more from billionaire and chess sponsor Rex Sinquefield, ...

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Chess Corner: USA captures gold medal - Norman Transcript

Wed, 09/21/2016 - 1:35pm

Norman Transcript

Chess Corner: USA captures gold medal
Norman Transcript
The USA has three players ranked in the top 10 in the world: Fabiano Caruana, who is ranked 3rd; Hikaru Nakamura, who is ranked 6th; and Wesley So, who is ranked 7th. These three players, along with Sam Shankland, represented USA. This week's ...

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Chess Corner: USA captures gold medal - Muskogee Daily Phoenix

Wed, 09/21/2016 - 1:07pm

Muskogee Daily Phoenix

Chess Corner: USA captures gold medal
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
The USA has three players ranked in the top 10 in the world: Fabiano Caruana, who is ranked 3rd; Hikaru Nakamura, who is ranked 6th; and Wesley So, who is ranked 7th. These three players, along with Sam Shankland, represented USA. This week's ...

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Chess Olympiad: Why the Indian men couldn't win a medal despite leading till Round 6 - Scroll.in

Mon, 09/19/2016 - 3:37am

Chess Olympiad: Why the Indian men couldn't win a medal despite leading till Round 6
Scroll.in
Their “dream team” of Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Samuel Shankland featured three of the world's top ten players, and handed the Indian men their first three defeats in the tournament, all in the course of one round, deflating India ...

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US Chess Team Wins Olympic Gold in Baku - Huffington Post

Sat, 09/17/2016 - 6:46pm

Huffington Post

US Chess Team Wins Olympic Gold in Baku
Huffington Post
Hikaru Nakamura was the workhorse, playing all 11 games, and was almost knocked out by a cold in the last few rounds. Sam Shankland did well until the last round. Ray Robson's unfortunate loss to Alexander Grischuk of Russia made it hard to put him ...

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US Chess Team Wins Olympic Gold in Baku - Huffington Post

Sat, 09/17/2016 - 6:46pm

US Chess Team Wins Olympic Gold in Baku
Huffington Post
Hikaru Nakamura was the workhorse, playing all 11 games, and was almost knocked out by a cold in the last few rounds. Sam Shankland did well until the last round. Ray Robson's unfortunate loss to Alexander Grischuk of Russia made it hard to put him ...

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Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie - STLtoday.com

Sat, 09/17/2016 - 12:16am

Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie
STLtoday.com
Current Webster University student Ray Robson and former student Wesley So are on the national team, as are Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, both with St. Louis ties. Webster's team, ranked No. 1, is spearheaded by Susan Polgar, who calls the ...

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Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie - STLtoday.com

Fri, 09/16/2016 - 9:53pm

Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie
STLtoday.com
Current Webster University student Ray Robson and former student Wesley So are on the national team, as are Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, both with St. Louis ties. Webster's team, ranked No. 1, is spearheaded by Susan Polgar, who calls the ...

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Imported players help US win chess gold - The Hindu

Fri, 09/16/2016 - 7:33pm

Imported players help US win chess gold
The Hindu
So has said that he paid his own transfer fees to make that happen, but when he and Caruana joined Hikaru Nakamura, the world's sixth-ranked player, on the US team, it created a formidable line-up. (Teams at the Chess Olympiad are composed of five ...

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Chess (#1218) - Business Standard

Fri, 09/16/2016 - 1:46pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1218)
Business Standard
The US came to the Baku Olympiad with a dream team, including three top 10 players in Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. They took the Open gold for the first time since the Haifa Olympiad in 1976 (when the USSR boycotted). But Ukraine ...

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