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Carlsen world No. 1 for seven years
Philippine Star
Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana (USA) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) – rounded out the top five at 2794 apiece. They were followed by Azeri Shakriyar Mamedyarov (2791), American Wesley So (2788), Russian Alexander Grischuk ...

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Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The next highest scoring American was Fabiano Caruana, who finished in fifth place with 6/9. It could have been better, but a poor loss to Carlsen in the eighth round sealed his fate. Other Americans of note included 65-year-old Jim Tarjan, just back ...

£50000 prize goes to world chess No.1 Carlsen
Isle of Man Today
The truly stellar line-up also included other elite Grand Masters such as Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura from the USA and Vladimir Kramnik from Russia. A group of 30 chess players came from India, headed by Viswanathan Anand. Previous winners ...

Magnus Carlsen extends gap at top of world rankings with Isle of Man win
The Guardian
Fabiano Caruana had beaten Gawain Jones in the previous round with some impressive prep, finding a nuance at move 19 in a sharp variation of the Ruy Lopez. Carlsen opted for 14…Re8 and a more solid approach, was surprised by 15 g4!? and worked ...

On Chess: Race to the Candidates Tournament
KBIA
With the pre-tournament favorite eliminated, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, and Americans Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, stepped up as main contenders for tournament victory. Both So and Caruana hoped to reach the Candidates Tournament ...

On Chess: Race to the Candidates Tournament
St. Louis Public Radio
With the pre-tournament favorite eliminated, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, and Americans Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, stepped up as main contenders for tournament victory. Both So and Caruana hoped to reach the Candidates Tournament ...

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Vidit makes mark, Anand bounces back
The New Indian Express
The way he demolished Fabiano Caruana and Pavel Eljanov, two of the top-ranked players, validated the fact that when on song, he is unstoppable. “Carlsen played unusual openings and outplayed opponents. He won convincingly,” said Harikrishna.

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand essays comprehensive win; Vidit Gujrathi settles for draw in Round 8
Yahoo India News
Carlsen had won his game against Fabiano Caruana. This instantly discarded any possibility of Anand or Dhopade catching him. But both Anand and Dhopade won their games convincingly. With black pieces against Laurent Fressinet, this was not an easy ...

FIDE CONFERS IM TITLE TO HAMED NOURI
PhilBoxing.com
Three players was tied at Number 3 to Number 5 spot after garnering 2794 ELO rating points such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Fabiano Caruana of USA and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, in order. Competing the top Ten list are No.6 Shakhriyar ...

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand essays comprehensive win; Vidit Gujrathi settles for draw in Round 8
Firstpost
Going into the penultimate round of the Isle of Man Open, as many as five players – including India's Vidit Gujrathi – had the chance of catching Magnus Carlsen in the lead. In fact, they were right on his heels, just half-a-point behind. Two other ...
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Carlsen Wins 2017 Chess.com Isle Of Man International
Chess.com
The best situation for him would have been GM Fabiano Caruana beating Carlsen yesterday, which would have given Nakamura White against Caruana and on equal points. But Nakamura was not interested in the "what-if" game. Much more coverage of the ...
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Isle of Man Int'l: Anand, Swapnil post wins
Sportstarlive
On the top board, world champion Magnus Carlsen outplayed third seed Fabiano Caruana to move within a draw of claiming the title. To emerge as a worthy champion on Sunday, Carlsen needs only a draw against Hikaru Nakamura, who easily dismantled ...

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Carlsen-Nakamura To Play For Isle Of Man Title
Chess.com
Carlsen took great pleasure in winning today, not just because he beat GM Fabiano Caruana as Black. He also rebuffed a novelty in the process. Did that give him added pleasure? "Yeah for sure," he told Chess.com. "It feels really good." The world ...
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Carlsen on course for UK plum
Philippine Star
2 seed Fabiano Caruana (USA) were within half-a-pont of the lead entering the penultimate round. They were No. 4 seed Hikaru Nakamura (USA), defending champion Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine, Indian Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Israeli stalwart Emil Sutovsky.

Indian grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi holds world champion Magnus Carlsen to draw at prestigious tournament
Sportskeeda
In case you didn't know. Carlsen remains in the lead with six points from a possible seven with two rounds to go. Meanwhile, Gujrathi is joint second with US GMs Fabiano Caruana and Hiraku Nakamura, Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine and Emil Sutovsky of Israel.
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Isle of Man Open: Vidit Gujrathi holds tournament leader Magnus Carlsen, remains joint second after round 7
Firstpost
This list includes big names like Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Emil Sutovsky and the tournament's defending champion, Pavel Eljanov. In round eight, Gujrathi's will be playing Eljanov on board three while the top board will witness an encounter ...
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Armenia's Sergei Movsesian shares third spot after Isle of Man R7
PanARMENIAN.Net
With a total of 6.0 points, reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader of the competition, followed by Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Pavel Eljanov,Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Emil Sutovsky, with 5.5 points each. Armenian grandmaster ...

Armenia's Sergei Movsesian shares third spot after Isle of Man R7
PanARMENIAN.Net
With a total of 6.0 points, reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader of the competition, followed by Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Pavel Eljanov,Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Emil Sutovsky, with 5.5 points each. Armenian grandmaster ...

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IOM Chess Meet | Viswanathan Anand and Vidit Gujrathi settle for draws
SportsCafe
Gujrathi, who was in sole second position after round 6, now has been joined by US GMs Fabiano Caruana, Hiraku Nakamura, Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine and Emil Sutovsky of Israel as they secured full points from their respective matches. The other Indians ...