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Challenge before GM Harikrishna is to retain ranking: Chess experts - Business Standard

Tue, 11/08/2016 - 12:45am

Challenge before GM Harikrishna is to retain ranking: Chess experts
Business Standard
As per the FIDE list only four players -- World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen (2,853), GM Fabiano Caruana (2,823), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2,811) and Vladimir Kramnik (2,810) -- are in the 2,800 ELO points club. "Once Harikrishna breaks into the 2800 ...

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Will Carlsen remain top gun? - Stabroek News

Sun, 11/06/2016 - 1:12am

Will Carlsen remain top gun?
Stabroek News
Karjakin had bested an elite group of grandmasters in the March 2016 Candidates tournament. They included his countryman Peter Svidler; America's finest, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura; India's Anand; Armenia's Levon Aronian; the Netherlands' ...

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Magnus greatest for 5th year in row - Philippine Star

Sat, 11/05/2016 - 2:04pm

Magnus greatest for 5th year in row
Philippine Star
1 for the fifth year running. Carlsen did not play a single game for the period, and his rating remained high at 2853. Fabiano Caruana, the current US champion, moved up one notch to No. 2 with 2823, replacing Russian Vladimir Kramnik, who fell to ...

Magnus Carlsen defned World Chess Championship in New York ... - Business Insider

Fri, 11/04/2016 - 3:47pm

Business Insider

Magnus Carlsen defned World Chess Championship in New York ...
Business Insider
Current World Chess Champion Magus Carlsen of Norway will defend his title against a new challenger, Russia's Sergey Karjakin, in New York City starting on ...

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Magnus Carlsen will defend his World Chess Championship crown next week in New York City - Business Insider

Fri, 11/04/2016 - 3:22pm

Business Insider

Magnus Carlsen will defend his World Chess Championship crown next week in New York City
Business Insider
The big disappointment for the United States this time around is that in the 2016 Candidates Tournament, held to determine Carlsen's opponent for the WCC, not one but two Americans were in the running: Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Caruana ...

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Pestaño: Remembering those who left this year - Sun.Star

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 9:09am

Pestaño: Remembering those who left this year
Sun.Star
85 in the world — the oldest person to be ranked in the top 100 and taught a lesson to the rising star Fabiano Caruana at age 79. He was a winner of more than 220 tournaments and died last June 6 at the age of 85. Mark Dvoretsky was a Russian trainer, ...

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On Chess: The brightest minds in the chess world showdown in St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 11/02/2016 - 10:06pm

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: The brightest minds in the chess world showdown in St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
Fabiano Caruana, the reigning U.S. Champion, will be the number one seed and the local favorite (as he has recently moved to St. Louis). So far, 2016 has been the best year of his career, as he enjoyed his first victory in the U.S. Championship, as ...
Champions Showdown Fit for KingsPR Newswire (press release)

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Champions Showdown Fit for Kings - PR Newswire (press release)

Wed, 11/02/2016 - 3:03pm

Champions Showdown Fit for Kings
PR Newswire (press release)
Over five days in the ultimate champions matchup, No. 3 rated Fabiano Caruana, No. 7 rated Hikaru Nakamura, and two former world champions, No. 8 Viswanathan Anand of India and No. 13 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, will compete in three different styles ...

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Norway's chess king Carlsen hopes to fend off Russian grandmaster - The Local Norway

Thu, 10/27/2016 - 3:02am

The Local Norway

Norway's chess king Carlsen hopes to fend off Russian grandmaster
The Local Norway
"But of course we all want to show that our chess school is stronger." Ranked ninth in the world, Karyakin qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow.

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Russian grandmaster aims to dethrone chess king Carlsen - Yahoo Sports

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 11:22pm

Yahoo Sports

Russian grandmaster aims to dethrone chess king Carlsen
Yahoo Sports
"But of course we all want to show that our chess school is stronger." Ranked ninth in the world, Karyakin qualified for the world championship in March by upsetting third-ranked Fabiano Caruana of the United States at the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow.

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In The Esports Era, Chess Is Alive And Thriving - Forbes

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 8:37am

In The Esports Era, Chess Is Alive And Thriving
Forbes
Just ask Fabiano Caruana, who at age 24 is the current United States Chess Champion, and who became a Grandmaster at the age of 14. “In some ways the players of the past had a huge disadvantage,” he said. “They would have to do a lot of research.

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The smartest man in the NFL - The Week Magazine

Sun, 10/23/2016 - 5:56am

The Week Magazine

The smartest man in the NFL
The Week Magazine
In chess, Urschel has been invited to play against some of the country's best players, including a charity event this spring against Fabiano Caruana, the third-highest-rated player in history. Urschel resigned less than four minutes into the game. But ...

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On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 9:50pm

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
When Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana decided to move to St. Louis in late August 2015, local chess enthusiasts rejoiced and looked forward to meeting the then world's No. 5 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Caruana chose the U.S. ...

On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

When Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana decided to move to St. Louis in late August 2015, local chess enthusiasts rejoiced and looked forward to meeting the then.

On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 2:00am
On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

When Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana decided to move to St. Louis in late August 2015, local chess enthusiasts rejoiced and looked forward to meeting the then.

Isle of Man International - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Mon, 10/17/2016 - 10:02am

Isle of Man International
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) and Fabiano Caruana (USA) tied for first but the Ukrainian GM was awarded the trophy on the basis of a better progressive scores tie-break. This was an ironical echo of the just-concluded chess Olympiad. You will recall that ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 10/15/2016 - 2:20pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Chess.com Isle of Man International Chess tournament has ended with a tie between current American champ Fabiano Caruana and Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine with 7.5 points each. In an exciting final day, Eljanov faced Wesley So, and Caruana faced ...

Wesley So among finest in Britain - Philippine Star

Sat, 10/15/2016 - 11:59am

Wesley So among finest in Britain
Philippine Star
Tying him in points, but with a lower tiebreak was American Fabiano Caruana, ranked No. 3 in the world. Tied for third-fifth were Azeri GM Arkadij Naiditsch, Wesley So (USA) and local GM David Howell. Sixty GMs took part in the Swiss System event that ...

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Isle of Man international open pushing for a place among the elite events - The Guardian

Fri, 10/14/2016 - 12:51pm

The Guardian

Isle of Man international open pushing for a place among the elite events
The Guardian
Fabiano Caruana tied with Eljanov and expressed disappointment that there was no speed play-off. But the 24-year-old US champion shared the prize money and, most important for him, gained a haul of rating points which made him the clear world No2, ...

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