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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

St. Louis Public Radio

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

Business Standard

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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Pestaño: Grand chess tour and Gashimov memorial - Sun.Star

Thu, 06/09/2016 - 9:06am

Pestaño: Grand chess tour and Gashimov memorial
Sun.Star
The tournament featured 10 world-class players: Fabiano Caruana (2795), Anish Giri (2790), Sergey Karjakin (2779), Pavel Eljanov (2750), Pentala Harikrishna (2763), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2750), Teimour Radjabov (2726), Eltaj Safarli (2664), Hou Yifan ...

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Grand Chess Tour Paris tournament kicks off - Armenpress.am

Thu, 06/09/2016 - 7:49am

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Grand Chess Tour Paris tournament kicks off
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Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri ,Vladimir Kramnik ,Hikaru Nakamura ,Wesley So ,Veselin Topalov , Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Magnus Carlsen , Laurent Fressinet are competing in the tournament. The tournament will be held with rapid and blitz ...

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On Chess: Second annual Grand Chess Tour kicks off in Paris, France - St. Louis Public Radio

Wed, 06/08/2016 - 10:26pm

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Second annual Grand Chess Tour kicks off in Paris, France
St. Louis Public Radio
Chess fans are in for a special treat today as the second annual Grand Chess Tour begins. This year, the tour will consist of four legs and will have a slightly different format than its predecessor. The first leg of the games will be June 9-12 with ...

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After Chinese checkers, Sethuraman sets sights on Mount 2700 - The New Indian Express

Wed, 06/08/2016 - 7:23pm

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After Chinese checkers, Sethuraman sets sights on Mount 2700
The New Indian Express
Training under Vladimir Chuchelov, who is the former coach of world No 2 Fabiano Caruana, should benefit Sethuraman without a doubt. Another pertinent point being he has been doing consistently well in team events for India. He shared his thoughts in ...

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Recalling Viktor Korchnoi — He Woulda Coulda Shoulda Been Our Chess Champion - Forward

Wed, 06/08/2016 - 9:17am

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Recalling Viktor Korchnoi — He Woulda Coulda Shoulda Been Our Chess Champion
Forward
The Russian Jewish chess grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, who died on June 6 at age 85, proved that if an opponent brings in a psychic to defeat you, you can destroy the adversary by letting loose gurus. This was the surreal scenario in the 1978 chess ...
Viktor Korchnoi, the Last Knight from LeningradThe Wire

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The Jewish Grandmaster Who Could Have Been World Champion - Forward

Wed, 06/08/2016 - 5:51am

Forward

The Jewish Grandmaster Who Could Have Been World Champion
Forward
In 2009, he was the oldest player to win a national championship anywhere, triumphing for his adoptive country of Switzerland. Two years later he bested an up-and-coming 18-year-old American grandmaster, Fabiano Caruana, earning himself the moniker of ...

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2016 Grand Chess Tour Starts in Paris, France and Leuven, Belgium - PR Newswire (press release)

Tue, 06/07/2016 - 10:55am

PR Newswire (press release)

2016 Grand Chess Tour Starts in Paris, France and Leuven, Belgium
PR Newswire (press release)
Three Americans are competing in the tournament as well: Fabiano Caruana, 2016 U.S. Chess Champion; Hikaru Nakamura, 2015 U.S. Chess Champion; and Wesley So, 2016 U.S. Chess Championship runner-up. The best French players are also ...

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Judoka Avtar makes Rio Games cut - Hindustan Times

Sat, 06/04/2016 - 10:16pm

Judoka Avtar makes Rio Games cut
Hindustan Times
NEW DELHI: Top Indian judoka Avtar Singh has qualified for the Rio Olympic Games in the under 90kg category, the national federation said on Saturday. As per the list released by the International Judo Federation, Avtar has qualified for the Rio ...

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Harikrishna holds Radjabov - The Hindu

Sat, 06/04/2016 - 7:33pm

Harikrishna holds Radjabov
The Hindu
Eighth round: Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 3.5) drew with P. Harikrishna (Ind, 4); Fabiano Caruana (USA, 5.5) lost to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 5). Anish Giri (Ned, 5.5) drew with Yifan Hou (Chn, 2.5)' Safarli Eltaj (3.5) drew with Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 4 ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 06/04/2016 - 2:19pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The Fabiano Caruana-John Urschel exhibition game at the Liberty Science Center's Genius Gala 5.0 ended with a predictable result — Caruana won. With grandmaster and “hedge-fund trader extraordinaire” Pascal Charbonneau as the celebrity referee, the ...

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