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On Chess: Finding a new Bobby Fischer - St. Louis Public Radio

Caruana - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
On Chess: Finding a new Bobby Fischer  St. Louis Public Radio

The United States may soon be the home of the next World Chess Champion. Beginning Friday, Fabiano Caruana, born in Miami, raised in Brooklyn and living ...

An American finally has a shot at winning the World Chess Championship for the first time since Bobby Fischer in 1972 - Business Insider

Caruana - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
An American finally has a shot at winning the World Chess Championship for the first time since Bobby Fischer in 1972  Business Insider

Fabiano Caruana will be the first American to play for the World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972. Caruana will face three-time champion ...

Botvinnik — chess genius and hard worker - Chessbase News

Caruana - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
Botvinnik — chess genius and hard worker  Chessbase News

In a day or two, Fabiano Caruana will challenge Magnus Carlsen. Will there be the new World Chess Champion by the end of the month? Commentator ...

Anand takes on Wesley So in Tata Steel Chess India - Daily Excelsior

Nakamura - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
Anand takes on Wesley So in Tata Steel Chess India  Daily Excelsior

Kolkata, Nov 8: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will begin his campaign against Filipino-American Wesley So in the star-studded Tata Steel.

The American Grandmaster Who Could Become World Champion - FiveThirtyEight

Caruana - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
The American Grandmaster Who Could Become World Champion  FiveThirtyEight

If you ask the people who know Fabiano Caruana what Fabiano Caruana is like, they will tell you that Fabiano Caruana is, you know, just a normal guy. He likes ...

Tata Steel Chess India: An elite field of participants - Sportstarlive

Nakamura - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
Tata Steel Chess India: An elite field of participants  Sportstarlive

Tata Steel Chess India, a rapid and blitz tourney, is set to commence on November 9 in Kolkata. Here is a brief look at the 11 participants — thumbnail sketches ...

Nakamura starts favourite; long-awaited home coming for Anand, Harikrishna - The Hindu

Nakamura - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
Nakamura starts favourite; long-awaited home coming for Anand, Harikrishna  The Hindu

“Suddenly, there is too much chess happening” noted Viswanathan Anand soon after he checked out his phone for the live games, involving D. Harika in the ...

The American Grandmaster Who Could Become World Champion - FiveThirtyEight

Nakamura - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
The American Grandmaster Who Could Become World Champion  FiveThirtyEight

If you ask the people who know Fabiano Caruana what Fabiano Caruana is like, they will tell you that Fabiano Caruana is, you know, just a normal guy. He likes ...

Play together, stay together - Chessbase News

Nakamura - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
Play together, stay together  Chessbase News

Such a strong open with such a unique final result (husband and wife winning, with the main prize decided on Armageddon) deserves a second look. Radoslaw ...

Viswanathan Anand spearheads Indian challenge in star-studded field - The New Indian Express

Nakamura - Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:00am
Viswanathan Anand spearheads Indian challenge in star-studded field  The New Indian Express

Other than Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi, Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Nihal Sarin will take part in the nine-round rapid event.

Inside the intense, sometimes quirky chess rivalry between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana - ESPN

Caruana - Wed, 11/07/2018 - 10:49pm

ESPN

Inside the intense, sometimes quirky chess rivalry between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana
ESPN
ST. LOUIS -- Three hours into the most intense match of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup between chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and world No. 2 Fabiano Caruana, something strange happened. Carlsen, who looked as though he was cruising to a victory ...

Viswanathan Anand spearheads Indian challenge in star-studded field - The New Indian Express

Nakamura - Wed, 11/07/2018 - 6:47pm

The New Indian Express

Viswanathan Anand spearheads Indian challenge in star-studded field
The New Indian Express
Current World Cup winner Levon Aronian, former world No 2 Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, one of the best rapid players in the world, and former World Rapid champion Sergey Karjakin complete the line-up of overseas players. There will be one rest day on ...

Carlsen to defend crown against great American hope - Gulf Times

Caruana - Wed, 11/07/2018 - 1:18pm

Gulf Times

Carlsen to defend crown against great American hope
Gulf Times
Both Carlsen — a 27-year-old superstar at home who is also a part-time model — and 26-year-old Fabiano Caruana are prodigies returning mass appeal to their highbrow game. The world title will go up for grabs in a former London school of art and ...

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America's Chance at Chess Dominance Is in the Hands of One Young Player - Sports Illustrated

Nakamura - Wed, 11/07/2018 - 11:31am

Sports Illustrated

America's Chance at Chess Dominance Is in the Hands of One Young Player
Sports Illustrated
Hikaru Nakamura, a 30-year-old Florida resident, is ranked 13th. (Samuel Shankland, a 27-year-old Californian who won the U.S. title in April in an upset, is the next-highest-ranked American, at 29th. There are seven total Americans in the top 100 ...
Magnus Carlsen And Fabiano Caruana's Fight For The World Chess Championship Is Going To Be So FunDeadspin

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Inside the intense, sometimes quirky chess rivalry between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana - ESPN

Caruana - Wed, 11/07/2018 - 11:13am

ESPN

Inside the intense, sometimes quirky chess rivalry between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana
ESPN
ST. LOUIS -- Three hours into the most intense match of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup between chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and world No. 2 Fabiano Caruana, something strange happened. Carlsen, who looked as though he was cruising to a victory ...

How yoga and hip-hop helped Fabiano Caruana challenge for the world chess championship - The Guardian

Caruana - Wed, 11/07/2018 - 9:43am

The Guardian

How yoga and hip-hop helped Fabiano Caruana challenge for the world chess championship
The Guardian
Over the next three weeks in London, the American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana will challenge for Magnus Carlsen's world chess championship. The best-of-12-games match will begin on Friday at the College in Holborn, with each contestant awarded one ...
In "magical" Kolkata for Diwali, Wesley So backs Caruana for world titleSportstarlive
Carlsen to defend crown against Caruanamanilastandard.net

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