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Chess (#1206) - Business Standard

Fri, 06/24/2016 - 1:34pm

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Chess (#1206)
Business Standard
The Indian Grandmaster (GM) was ahead with 3.5 from five rounds. Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So shared 2nd-3rd on 3 each. The winner of the Paris Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Hikaru Nakamura, started with three losses and was placed last on 1.5! At that ...

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2 Americans lead at halfway point of Grand Chess Tour - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 06/23/2016 - 7:25am

St. Louis Public Radio

2 Americans lead at halfway point of Grand Chess Tour
St. Louis Public Radio
The current U.S. champion, and St. Louis resident, Fabiano Caruana, struggled with the faster time controls but his incredible undefeated start at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup is still fresh in the minds of the rest of the field. Caruana will be in his ...

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Two Americans lead at halfway point of the Grand Chess Tour - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 06/23/2016 - 6:46am

St. Louis Public Radio

Two Americans lead at halfway point of the Grand Chess Tour
St. Louis Public Radio
The current U.S. champion, and St. Louis resident, Fabiano Caruana, struggled with the faster time controls but his incredible undefeated start at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup is still fresh in the minds of the rest of the field. Caruana will be in his ...

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The Caw: Watch John Urschel Battle One Of The World's Best Chess Players - BaltimoreRavens.com

Wed, 06/22/2016 - 2:00pm

The Caw: Watch John Urschel Battle One Of The World's Best Chess Players
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Here's video of John Urschel facing off against Fabiano Caruana at the Liberty Science Center Genius Gala 5.0. Urschel was hanging with the strongest American-born player ever until what seems to be a crucial mistake late in the game.

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The Caw: Watch John Urschel Battle One Of The Best Chess Players Of All Time - BaltimoreRavens.com

Wed, 06/22/2016 - 1:44pm

The Caw: Watch John Urschel Battle One Of The Best Chess Players Of All Time
BaltimoreRavens.com
Here's video of John Urschel facing off against Fabiano Caruana at the Liberty Science Center Genius Gala 5.0. Urschel was hanging with the strongest American-born player ever until what seems to be a crucial mistake late in the game.

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Alabama chess life here and there - AL.com

Wed, 06/22/2016 - 7:11am

Alabama chess life here and there
AL.com
Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana came in first and is the US champ, but So played the most spectacular game of the tournament. (Photo: Spectrum Studios, uschesschamps). This year a dramatically different result was scored. So wiped Akobian off the board!

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Anand finishes fourth - The Hindu

Tue, 06/21/2016 - 7:33pm

Anand finishes fourth
The Hindu
Magnus Carlsen (Nor) 23; 2. Wesley So (USA) 20.5; 3. Levon Aronian (Arm) 20; 4. Viswanathan Anand (Ind) 19.5; 5. Fabiano Caruana (USA) 17.5; 6. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 17; 7. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 16.5; 8-9. Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) 16 & Anish ...

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In Kopec's games, a lesson from the (international) chess master - Washington Times

Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:56am

Washington Times

In Kopec's games, a lesson from the (international) chess master
Washington Times
The U.S. Chess Federation confirmed late last week that GMs Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So — Nos. 3, 6 and 10 in the current FIDE world rankings — will lead the team. The Americans last medaled in the biennial event in 2008 and last ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:03pm

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Paris consisted of the Grand Tour field of Nakamura, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with two wild cards: World Champion Carlsen and Laurent Fressinet of France.
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'Budhia Singh - Born To Run' to release on August 5 - Business Standard (blog)

Fri, 06/17/2016 - 11:10am

'Budhia Singh - Born To Run' to release on August 5
Business Standard (blog)
The Grand Chess Tour, Paris was a four-day multi-course affair. It started with a rapid round robin, followed by a blitz double-round robin. The rapid score was doubled for the count. As always, the hot favourite was the world champion, Magnus Carlsen ...

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Pestaño: Accolades for Victor Korchnoi in memoriam - Sun.Star

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 9:39am

Pestaño: Accolades for Victor Korchnoi in memoriam
Sun.Star
In January 2007, at 75, he was ranked No. 85 in the world — by far 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, matches and team events.

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On Chess: Grand Chess Tour approaches second stop - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 8:45am

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On Chess: Grand Chess Tour approaches second stop
St. Louis Public Radio
Current U.S. Champion Fabiano Caruana had a disastrous start by losing all his games in day two of the rapid format, but recovered quite nicely in the blitz portion by scoring several points and even beating the current world champion. The local ...
Grand Ambitions for ChessHuffington Post
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Grand Ambitions for Chess - Huffington Post

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 5:06am

Grand Ambitions for Chess
Huffington Post
Carlsen won the series, earning $215,000, while Anish Giri of the Netherlands was second with $155,000. The Grand Tour has returned this year and the participants include many of the world's top players: Nakamura, So and Fabiano Caruana (ranked No.

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Vugar Gashimov Memorial - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 10:45am

Vugar Gashimov Memorial
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2748, Fabiano Caruana USA 2804, 6.0/9 3. Anish Giri NED 2790, 5.5/9 4. Sergey Karjakin RUS 2779, 5.0/9 5. Rauf Mamedov AZE 2655, 4.5/9 6-8. Penteala Harikrishna IND 2763, Teimour Radjabov AZE 2726, Eltaj Safarli AZE ...

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Wesley finishes fourth in 2016 Paris Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 7:57am

Wesley finishes fourth in 2016 Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
GM Levon Aronian wound up fifth with 19 points followed by GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands (18), GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia (15.5), GM Fabiano Caruana of US (14), GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria (12) and GM Laurent Fressinet of France (10).

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So joint third in rapid event of Grand Chess Tour; blitz next - Philippine Star

Sun, 06/12/2016 - 5:11pm

So joint third in rapid event of Grand Chess Tour; blitz next
Philippine Star
Also competing were three Americans – Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So – ranked third, sixth and 10th, respectively, in the world, and familiar names like Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and local bets Maxime ...
Check Mate! Paris Grand Tour streaming at the Chess Clubfox2now.com

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Check Mate! Paris Grand Tour streaming at the Chess Club - fox2now.com

Fri, 06/10/2016 - 4:05pm

Check Mate! Paris Grand Tour streaming at the Chess Club
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He tells us about the different game rounds, how difficult it was to prepare, and St. Louis competitor and current U.S. champion, Fabiano Caruana. The competition is a Four-stop world circuit, heading to Belgium, then comes here to St. Louis (Aug 4-16, ...

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Chess (#1204) - Business Standard

Fri, 06/10/2016 - 1:34pm

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Chess (#1204)
Business Standard
The Third Gashimov Memorial saw local hero Shakhriyar Mamedyarov storming to first. "Shakh" won a 4-game tiebreak 2.5-1.5 against Fabiano Caruana to clinch it . Caruana had led throughout and could have sealed first place if he had not taken a draw in ...

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Wesley presses on in Paris Grand Chess - The Manila Times

Fri, 06/10/2016 - 8:14am

Wesley presses on in Paris Grand Chess
The Manila Times
So stunned world champion GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the opening round and GM Levon Aronian of Armenia in the fourth round then split the point with GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the second round and GM Fabiano Caruana of US in the fifth ...

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Bughouse: A Crazy, Addictive Variation on Chess - Wall Street Journal

Thu, 06/09/2016 - 10:43am

Bughouse: A Crazy, Addictive Variation on Chess
Wall Street Journal
9-ranked Maxime Vachier-Lagrave against the duo of top U.S. player Fabiano Caruana (world No. 3) and Levon Aronian, the longtime world No. 2. Mr. Caruana held off the world champion on his board, but Mr. Aronian's king was overwhelmed by a swarm of ...

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