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Carlsen Wins Bilbao Chess Masters - Huffington Post

Mon, 07/25/2016 - 5:58pm

Huffington Post

Carlsen Wins Bilbao Chess Masters
Huffington Post
The world chess champion won the 2016 Bilbao Masters with a dominant performance. He clinched the event twice before after sharing first place and triumphing in the playoff - in 2011 against Vasyl Ivanchuk and in 2012 against Fabiano Caruana. This year ...

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So ends third overall in Bilbao Chess Masters - The Manila Times

Mon, 07/25/2016 - 8:01am

So ends third overall in Bilbao Chess Masters
The Manila Times
So, who represents the US Chess Federation in international tournaments, will be part of the strong US team in the 2016 World Chess Olympian on September 1 to 14 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He will join Nakamura, GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Ray Robson in ...

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Chess - Winnipeg Free Press

Sat, 07/23/2016 - 4:09am

Chess
Winnipeg Free Press
More troublesome is that another American, Fabiano Caruana, has supplanted him as the best U.S. hope for a world championship. Caruana almost achieved world champion challenger status earlier this year, and his rating is currently third in the world.

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Chess (#1210) - Business Standard

Fri, 07/22/2016 - 1:33pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1210)
Business Standard
The chess circuit has fallow periods when nothing happens. It also has periods when several high-quality events clash. It's a pity that organisers refuse to coordinate. Anyhow, Dortmund saw Maxime Vachier Lagrave storm through with 5.5 from 7 games.

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Pestaño: An incredible and unprecedented performance - Sun.Star

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 8:52am

Pestaño: An incredible and unprecedented performance
Sun.Star
The other day he secured first place in Dortmund's Sparkassen Chess Meeting with a draw in the final round and solidified a 12.8 rating point gain in this tournament alone. The favorites in this tournament were Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana.

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On Chess: Junior Closed Championship had unexpected excitement - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 12:19am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Junior Closed Championship had unexpected excitement
St. Louis Public Radio
Earlier in the year, Xiong impressed the international chess community by finishing sixth in the U.S. Championship, holding his own against world-class players such as GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana. Nonetheless, it was not the young ...

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Cuban GM Dominguez finishes second in Dortmund Chess - Radio Cadena Agramonte

Tue, 07/19/2016 - 11:55am

Radio Cadena Agramonte

Cuban GM Dominguez finishes second in Dortmund Chess
Radio Cadena Agramonte
Final standings: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA / 5.5 points), Leinier Dominguez (CUB / 4), Vladimir Kramnik (RUS / 4), Fabiano Caruana (USA / 4), Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER / 3.5 ), Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR / 3.5), Evgeny Najer (RUS / 2), Rainer ...

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Cuban Dominguez draws with Caruana in Dortmund Chess Tournament - Radio Cadena Agramonte

Fri, 07/15/2016 - 9:04am

Radio Cadena Agramonte

Cuban Dominguez draws with Caruana in Dortmund Chess Tournament
Radio Cadena Agramonte
Havana, Cuba, Jul 15.- Cuban Leinier Dominguez reached 2.5 units of possible four in the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, in Germany, after signing peace with U.S. Fabiano Caruana. The website of the organizers envisioned that Leinier (2713 Elo ...

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Pestaño: Tournaments with long traditions - Sun.Star

Thu, 07/14/2016 - 9:15am

Pestaño: Tournaments with long traditions
Sun.Star
It is an eight-player round robin with Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Ruslan Panomariov, Evgeniy Najer, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, and Rainer Buhmann. This is its 43rd edition. The 2002 Dortmund ...

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Leinier Domínguez empata con Fabiano Caruana en torneo de ajedrez en Dortmund - CiberCuba

Wed, 07/13/2016 - 8:40pm

CiberCuba

Leinier Domínguez empata con Fabiano Caruana en torneo de ajedrez en Dortmund
CiberCuba
El ajedrecista cubano Leinier Domínguez siguió su buen paso en el 44 Torneo Sparkassen Chess de Dortmund, Alemania, y le arrebató un empate al tercero del mundo, Fabiano Caruana. En solo 37 jugadas, defensa Petrov, Leinier (2 713 ELO) y Caruana ...
Tablas de Leinier y sigue sumando Elo en el Internacional de DortmundRadio Habana Cuba
Leinier gana y sube a la cima Torneo de DortmundCubaSÍ

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Cuban Dominguez beats Ponomariov in Dortmund Chess Tournament - Radio Cadena Agramonte

Wed, 07/13/2016 - 12:00pm

Radio Cadena Agramonte

Cuban Dominguez beats Ponomariov in Dortmund Chess Tournament
Radio Cadena Agramonte
Havana, Cuba, Jul 13.- After two consecutive draws, Cuban Leinier Dominguez defeated Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov in the third round and now appears as one of the leaders of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, in Germany. Leinier (2713 Elo ...

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Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour - Huffington Post

Sat, 07/02/2016 - 9:16pm

Huffington Post

Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour
Huffington Post
Carlsen is on top of the FIDE July classical rating list. The former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is second and the American Fabiano Caruana third. Their speed chess performances are considerably weaker. In Leuven, Carlsen finished Caruana with a ...

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Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour - Huffington Post

Sat, 07/02/2016 - 8:02pm

Huffington Post

Carlsen Leads and Quits Grand Chess Tour
Huffington Post
Carlsen is on top of the FIDE July classical rating list. The former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is second and the American Fabiano Caruana third. Their speed chess performances are considerably weaker. In Leuven, Carlsen finished Caruana with a ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 06/25/2016 - 3:01pm

The Boston Globe

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Fabiano Caruana finished fourth ($15,000), a huge improvement over Paris where he finished eighth. The big disappointment was Nakamura, the Paris event winner, who finished in seventh ($7,500), scoring less than 50 percent. The next stop on the Grand ...
Chess (#1206)Business Standard

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Chess (#1206) - Business Standard

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

Business Standard

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
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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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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