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Carlsen stays on top - Philippine Star

Sat, 05/07/2016 - 2:21pm

Carlsen stays on top
Philippine Star
Magnus Carlsen was still on top of the world chess ranking, as the FIDE released its rating list for the month of May. The Norwegian world champion garnered 2851 rating points, well ahead of American Fabiano Caruana, who came in at No. 2 with 2804, and ...

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Editorial: Short takes on secret chess championships, secret vegan beef eaters, hidden art and words best left unspoken - STLtoday.com

Fri, 05/06/2016 - 4:03pm

STLtoday.com

Editorial: Short takes on secret chess championships, secret vegan beef eaters, hidden art and words best left unspoken
STLtoday.com
The tournament winner, Miami-born Fabiano Caruana, walked away with $50,000 in prize money. Even he lamented in comments to The New Yorker (which did cover the event) that chess just doesn't get the media attention it deserves in America, partly ...

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Chess (#1199) - Business Standard

Fri, 05/06/2016 - 1:38pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1199)
Business Standard
The result here pushed Carlsen to 2855 while Kramnik climbs to 2809. The third player above 2800 in the May list is Fabiano Caruana (2804) who took his first US Championship title last month. Harikrishna (2764) played in his strongest ever event and ...

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SGM So, Liren tabla agad sa 1st round - Abante Online

Thu, 05/05/2016 - 11:00am

Abante Online

SGM So, Liren tabla agad sa 1st round
Abante Online
3 sa world na si GM Fabiano Caruana (elo2804). Isusulong ni So ang puting piyesa sa round two. Pagkatapos ng match ni So kay Liren, sasabak din ang tubong Imus, Cavite sa grand Chess Tournament Rapid sa susunod na buwan sa Paris, France.

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Garry Kasparov puts on a show in St Louis - Telegraph.co.uk

Thu, 05/05/2016 - 5:42am

Garry Kasparov puts on a show in St Louis
Telegraph.co.uk
Hikaru Nakamura, who is one of the world's strongest Blitz players won the tournament, with Kasparov just behind Wesley So in third. Fabiano Caruana was well adrift of the field. Each player faced the others three times with both colours and games were ...
On Chess: Ultimate blitz chess match results in ultimate generositySt. Louis Public Radio

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Fabiano Caruana wins US Chess Championship at the first attempt - Telegraph.co.uk

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 5:53am

Huffington Post

Fabiano Caruana wins US Chess Championship at the first attempt
Telegraph.co.uk
The 23 year old ended a point clear of the field, although his victory was in doubt until well into a tense eleventh and final round at the Chess Club and Scholastic Centre of St Louis. Caruana's round four win over Hikaru Nakamura ensured his main ...
Immortal Chess Blitz GameHuffington Post
World champions compete in Chess blitzStabroek News

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DAVID R. SANDS: With Krush crush, Paikidze wins chess crown the hard way - Washington Times

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 3:55am

DAVID R. SANDS: With Krush crush, Paikidze wins chess crown the hard way
Washington Times
Former world champ Garry Kasparov proved he could still hang with the kids when he took on new U.S. champ Fabiano Caruana, former U.S. champ Hikaru Nakamura and young GM Wesley So in a blitz tournament staged after the St. Louis festivities ...

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Fabiano Caruana wins US Chess Championship at the first attempt - Telegraph.co.uk

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 2:00am
Fabiano Caruana wins US Chess Championship at the first attempt  Telegraph.co.uk

Fabiano Caruana has won the US Championship at the first attempt. The 23 year old ended a point clear of the field, although his victory was in doubt until well ...

Immortal Chess Blitz Game - Huffington Post

Mon, 05/02/2016 - 11:29am

Huffington Post

Immortal Chess Blitz Game
Huffington Post
Wesley So won a spectacular blitz game at the Ultimate Blitz Challenge in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis last Friday. It was power chess with hard to see threats and surprising sacrifices. He was immediately compared to two of the ...

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World champions compete in Chess blitz - Stabroek News

Mon, 05/02/2016 - 10:17am

Stabroek News

World champions compete in Chess blitz
Stabroek News
Last Thursday and Friday, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov opposed new US champion Fabiano Caruana, and the other two top finishers of the 2016 US championship, namely Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, in a sensational blitz contest.

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 04/30/2016 - 4:49pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The 2016 US championships (USChessChamps.com) have come to a rousing conclusion. Fabiano Caruana is our new champion. Wesley So finished in second place, with defending champ, Hikaru Nakamura, in third. It was expected that one of the Big ...

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Chess (#1198) - Business Standard

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 1:31pm

Business Standard

Chess (#1198)
Business Standard
Fabiano Caruana is the US Champion. The top seed scored 8.5 from 11 to take the 12-man round robin. Second-third was shared by Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura (both 7.5). Ray Robson (7) did well to take fourth spot. The women's championship was ...

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Magnus Carlsen wins at Stavanger but Garry Kasparov draws more interest - The Guardian

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 12:50pm

The Guardian

Magnus Carlsen wins at Stavanger but Garry Kasparov draws more interest
The Guardian
In the Ultimate Blitz match tournament, staged with a $50,000 prize fund, Kasparov met the top trio from the US championship, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Wesley So in an 18-round all-play-all with a time limit of five minutes for the game ...

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St. Louisan crowned U.S. chess champion - St. Louis Business Journal

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 7:34am

St. Louis Business Journal

St. Louisan crowned U.S. chess champion
St. Louis Business Journal
Chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, who recently bought a house in St. Louis, is attracting international attention to his adopted hometown after winning the U.S. chess championship this week at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

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A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest - The New Yorker

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 4:17pm

The New Yorker

A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest
The New Yorker
Last month, in Moscow, Fabiano Caruana played chess for two weeks at the Candidates Cup, whose winner, each year, goes on to face the sitting world champion. By the end, the twenty-three-year-old American—born in Miami, raised in Brooklyn, with no ...

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64: Caruana, Paikidze are 2016 US champions - Marianas Variety

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 11:15am

64: Caruana, Paikidze are 2016 US champions
Marianas Variety
FABIANO Caruana is the new champion of the U.S., finishing first at St. Louis, a point ahead of second place Wesley So and third place (and dethroned champion) Hikaru Nakamura. Fabiano was absolutely fabulous. In the women's division, for the first ...

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On Chess: Tension high at U.S. Championship, but ranking wins out - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 5:21am

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Tension high at U.S. Championship, but ranking wins out
St. Louis Public Radio
Fabiano Caruana had the “easier” job on paper. He was half point ahead of the field and was playing the lowest seed and the player standing at the bottom of the standings list. In the rearview mirror it was Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So who had to give ...
So finishes 2nd overall in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times

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A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest - The New Yorker

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 2:00am
A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest  The New Yorker

Charles Bethea on the American chess player Fabiano Caruana, who recently bought a house in St. Louis, the newest U.S. epicenter of chess.

A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest - The New Yorker

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 2:00am
A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest  The New Yorker

Charles Bethea on the American chess player Fabiano Caruana, who recently bought a house in St. Louis, the newest U.S. epicenter of chess.

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