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Minnetonka player shares lead at US Chess Championship
Minneapolis Star Tribune
So and fellow grandmaster Fabiano Caruana share first place atop the elite 12-player field, each with three wins and two draws. Last year, in his first attempt at the U.S. chess title, So stumbled as distractions off the board affected his performance ...
Wesley grabs share of lead in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times

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KALABAN SUKO KAY GM SO
Abante Online
3 GM Fabiano Caruana na nakahirit ng draw laban kay GM Shabalov Alexander (elo 2528) sa 45 sulungan ng Reti opening. Matapos ang matamlay na laro sa unang apat na rounds, nagparamdam na si defending champion GM Hikaru Nakamura (elo2787).

Wesley grabs share of lead in US Chess Championship
The Manila Times
The 22-year-old So improved his score to four points to join erstwhile solo leader GM Fabiano Caruana on top of the standings. Caruana split the point with GM Alexander Shabalov in the fifth round of the tournament which offers a whopping $174,000 ...

Chess legend Garry Kasparov to take on America's top stars at blitz event
Telegraph.co.uk
The 2016 US championships are under way at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis, Missouri. Defending champion Hikaru Nakamura will be challenged by fellow top-10 stars, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, with five-time champion Gata ...

Wesley presses on in US Chess meet
The Manila Times
So opened his campaign with victories over five-time US Chess champion GM Gata Kamsky in the first round and International Master Akshat Chandra in the second round before settling for a draw with GM Fabiano Caruana in the third and GM Samuel ...

Chess (#1196)
Business Standard
For example, Fabiano Caruana is severely under-rated in blitz. Veselin Topalov is also apparently much less powerful in blitz and rapid player than in classical. This is a little strange at first glance because Topalov is a noticeably quick classical ...

On Chess: The American Chess family reunites in St. Louis
St. Louis Public Radio
The U.S. Championship has drawn in three of the top 10 players in the world: Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. The three titans are all hungry for the national crown but they all have a very different motivation that will ...
Ex-prodigy goes for world titleTrinidad Guardian
Pestaño: Strongest US championship in historySun.Star

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Pestaño: Strongest US championship in history
Sun.Star
This is considered to be the strongest tournament ever as it features three players in the top 10 list, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nahamura and Wesley So. Former world championship contender Gata Kamsky is also in. It is unique because these players are ...

Ex-prodigy goes for world title
Trinidad Guardian
A former child chess prodigy has now emerged as the challenger for Magnus Carlsen's world championship title. He is Sergey Karjakin, 26, who pulled off a brilliant rook sacrifice to beat his closest rival, American Fabiano Caruana, 23, in the final ...

Ex-prodigy goes for world title
Trinidad Guardian
A former child chess prodigy has now emerged as the challenger for Magnus Carlsen's world championship title. He is Sergey Karjakin, 26, who pulled off a brilliant rook sacrifice to beat his closest rival, American Fabiano Caruana, 23, in the final ...

Carlsen calls Karjakin's withdrawal 'cynical'
Views and News from Norway
“Trump is incredibly good at finding opponents' weaknesses. He only talks about the candidates being stupid or smelling bad. There should be more of that in chess, too.” Then he offered some examples: “(Fabiano) Caruana looks like a nerd with his ...

DAVID R. SANDS: Define juggernaut: Webster rolls to 4th straight chess title
Washington Times
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush will be defending their titles, with the stacked open tournament featuring GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Gata Kamsky and Webster's Ray Robson. On the women's side, the 12-player field includes a pair of ...

DAVID R. SANDS: Define chess juggernaut: Webster rolls to 4th straight title
Washington Times
... Wednesday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush will be defending their titles, with the stacked open tournament featuring GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Gata Kamsky and Webster's Ray Robson.

Chess by Shelby Lyman
Buffalo News
In his last game in the qualifying candidates match – playing aggressively for the win – he defeated Fabiano Caruana of the U.S. with a bold but risky central thrust that turned the tables in his favor, earning the right to play for the title. Below is ...

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Marcus Osborne and James Jackson in contention at Colin Crouch memorial
The Guardian
Some readers may recall how this column unearthed a similar instance at the European Club Cup in 2014, when Fabiano Caruana used an obscure pawn advance which also turned out to score better than alternatives. In the case of elite GMs like Caruana ...

Levon Aronian to participate in Grand Chess Tour 2016
PanARMENIAN.Net
Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Fabiano Caruana (U.S.), Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.), Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Veselon Topalov (Bulgaria), Viswanathan Anand (India) and Wesley So (U.S.) will ...

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Asian Nations Cup win marks successful first quarter for Indian chess
Hindustan Times
While fans have been riveted to Viswanathan Anand's return to form at the World Chess Candidates Tournament, as he finished third behind Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana in Moscow last month, other players too made their presence felt in the ...

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Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships
Webster Kirkwood Times
Some of the biggest names in the country from one of the world's most ancient games will be descending on the Central West End this month. The U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women's Chess Championship get underway at the Chess Club and ...

On Chess: Heartbreak of the year at the Candidates Tournament
St. Louis Public Radio
The New York World Chess Championship needed this win. It would have been the first time since Bobby Fischer that an American could challenge the World Champion for the undisputed world title. Fabiano Caruana, second in the world and traditionally one ...
Masters of Chess, Not Self-PromotionNew York Times
It's Karjakin vs. Carlsen for the World Chess TitleHuffington Post
Tournaments in Asia… including one that had its start in PenangMalay Mail Online
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