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DAVID R. SANDS: In heavyweight chess battle, Fabiano Caruana scores early knockout
Washington Times
The luck of the draw proved a bit unlucky for U.S. chess fans this year, as the most anticipated pairing of the U.S. Championship — top-rated GM Fabiano Caruana vs. defending champ GM Hikaru Nakamura — came in Sunday's Round 4, with more than half ...
Fabiano Caruana scores standout win at US Chess ChampionshipsTelegraph.co.uk
So eyes solo lead in US chessPhilippine Star
So resumes campaign in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times

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DAVID R. SANDS: In heavyweight chess battle, Fabiano Caruana scores early knockout
Washington Times
The luck of the draw proved a bit unlucky for U.S. chess fans this year, as the most anticipated pairing of the U.S. Championship — top-rated GM Fabiano Caruana vs. defending champ GM Hikaru Nakamura — came in Sunday's Round 4, with more than half ...
Fabiano Caruana scores standout win at US Chess ChampionshipsTelegraph.co.uk
So eyes solo lead in US chessPhilippine Star
So resumes campaign in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times

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USA Championship
BusinessWorld Online Edition
1 in USA and third highest-rated player in the world) will be making his first appearance after his almost-win in the Candidates' tournament last month to determine Magnus Carlsen's challenger to the world crown; Hikaru Nakamura (no. 2 in the USA and no.

Fabiano Caruana scores standout win at US Chess Championships
Telegraph.co.uk
The rivalry between Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana may eventually bear comparison with the struggle for dominance between Bobby Fischer and Sammy Reshevsky in the 1950s and 60s. There is also the added spice of another new kid on the ...

Minnetonka player shares lead at US Chess Championship
Minneapolis Star Tribune
2 seed, Hikaru Nakamura. “He's one of the best players in the world and I have a lot of respect for him, actually,” So said. “He'a four-time U.S. champion. At the same time, I'm hoping for my first.” However, the path to the national title will be ...

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KALABAN SUKO KAY GM SO
Abante Online
3 GM Fabiano Caruana na nakahirit ng draw laban kay GM Shabalov Alexander (elo 2528) sa 45 sulungan ng Reti opening. Matapos ang matamlay na laro sa unang apat na rounds, nagparamdam na si defending champion GM Hikaru Nakamura (elo2787).

Chess legend Garry Kasparov to take on America's top stars at blitz event
Telegraph.co.uk
The 2016 US championships are under way at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis, Missouri. Defending champion Hikaru Nakamura will be challenged by fellow top-10 stars, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, with five-time champion Gata ...

Wesley presses on in US Chess meet
The Manila Times
So will be meeting GM Varuzhan Akobian in the fifth round then defending champion GM Hikaru Nakamura in the sixth, GM Alexander Shabalov in the seventh, GM Alexander Onischuk in the eighth, GM Jeffery Xiong in the ninth, Robson in the 10th and GM ...

On Chess: The American Chess family reunites in St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
The U.S. Championship has drawn in three of the top 10 players in the world: Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. The three titans are all hungry for the national crown but they all have a very different motivation that will ...
Pestaño: Strongest US championship in historySun.Star

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Pestaño: Strongest US championship in history
Sun.Star
Hikaru Nakamura (born Dec. 9, 1987) is a four-time United States Champion who won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Group A and represented the United States in five Olympiads, winning two team bronze medals. In October 2015, he reached his peak Fide ...

DAVID R. SANDS: Define juggernaut: Webster rolls to 4th straight chess title
Washington Times
Webster's home city will again be playing host to the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's Championship, both of which kick off Wednesday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush will be defending ...

DAVID R. SANDS: Define chess juggernaut: Webster rolls to 4th straight title
Washington Times
Webster's home city will again be playing host to the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's Championship, both of which kick off Wednesday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush will be defending ...

Candidates windup
BusinessWorld Online Edition
1. Sergey Karjakin RUS 2760, 8.5/14 2-3. Fabiano Caruana USA 2794, Viswanathan Anand IND 2762, 7.5/14 4-7. Peter Svidler RUS 2757, Levon Aronian ARM 2786, Anish Giri NED 2793, Hikaru Nakamura USA 2790, 7.0/14 8. Veselin Topalov BUL 2780, ...

Levon Aronian to participate in Grand Chess Tour 2016
PanARMENIAN.Net
Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Fabiano Caruana (U.S.), Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.), Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Veselon Topalov (Bulgaria), Viswanathan Anand (India) and Wesley So (U.S.) will ...

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64: Giri and Nakamura are so full of it
Marianas Variety
One of the supposed tournament favorites, Hikaru Nakamura, lost three games and won only once in the first eight rounds, but he scored two more wins and drew the rest to finish in a tie for 5th-7th places. (Based on the tie-break rule, however, he ...

Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships
Webster Kirkwood Times
Some of the biggest names in the country from one of the world's most ancient games will be descending on the Central West End this month. The U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women's Chess Championship get underway at the Chess Club and ...

Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships
West End Word
Some of the biggest names in the country from one of the world's most ancient games will be descending on the Central West End this month. The U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women's Chess Championship get underway at the Chess Club and ...

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Candidates: Viswanathan Anand and a series of 'what ifs'
Hindustan Times
Viswanathan Anand ended the 2016 World Chess Candidates Tournament in Moscow with a feeling of “what if?” What if he had not gone in for a premature attack against Hikaru Nakamura's home preparation in Round 12? Playing with black pieces, Anand ...

Blackout Lets Lightning Kid Down, Unflappable Karjakin Aces Litmus Test
The New Indian Express
Twice bouncing back from reverses, Anand was in the reckoning but the loss to Hikaru Nakamura ended his title hopes. However, Anand can draw some positives. He finished with a +1 score and gained 8.4 rating points. Importantly, he arrested the slump in ...
The youth era has officially arrived in chessScroll.in

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The youth era has officially arrived in chess
Scroll.in
Both Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura were able to trap him out of book in the English Opening, which led to quick and key defeats that hampered Anand's campaign. These gaps will need to be addressed by the Indian at home and with his team, and here as ...

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