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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team - STLtoday.com

Nakamura - Fri, 05/13/2016 - 12:02am

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team
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The person he succeeded as champion was another St. Louis resident, Hikaru Nakamura. If many of these facts surprise you, it's not difficult to understand why. The Post-Dispatch, which generally has been generous in its coverage of our efforts, whiffed ...

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team - STLtoday.com

Caruana - Fri, 05/13/2016 - 12:02am

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team
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The winner was a young man, Fabiano Caruana, who just bought a house here so he could be part of the local scene. The person he succeeded as champion was another St. Louis resident, Hikaru Nakamura. If many of these facts surprise you, it's not ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

Caruana - Wed, 05/11/2016 - 6:43pm

BBC News

Creating the world's new chess capital
BBC News
Back at the club, the US Chess Championship concluded with victory for Fabiano Caruana - or Fabulous Fabi, as the commentators call him. This tournament attracted the strongest field in US chess history - the country now has three players in the top 10 ...

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Iveta Mukuchyan Waves Karabakh Flag During Eurovision Song Contest - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Wed, 05/11/2016 - 2:30pm

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Iveta Mukuchyan Waves Karabakh Flag During Eurovision Song Contest
MassisPost
STOCKHOLM — Armenia's Eurovision 2016 representative Iveta Mukuchyan waved a flag of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) during the voting recap at last night's first semifinal where she qualified for the final along with representatives of nine other ...

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DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles - Washington Times

Caruana - Tue, 05/10/2016 - 11:01am

Washington Times

DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles
Washington Times
Still, there was a sense that Karjakin's career had semi-stalled coming into 2016, with rivals such as the Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the Netherlands' Anish Giri and a slew of rising young Chinese prodigies seeming to surpass him.

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DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles - Washington Times

Nakamura - Tue, 05/10/2016 - 11:01am

Washington Times

DAVID R. SANDS: Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles
Washington Times
Still, there was a sense that Karjakin's career had semi-stalled coming into 2016, with rivals such as the Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the Netherlands' Anish Giri and a slew of rising young Chinese prodigies seeming to surpass him.

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Wesley's brilliancy - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Nakamura - Mon, 05/09/2016 - 10:26am

BusinessWorld Online Edition

Wesley's brilliancy
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Hikaru Nakamura scored 5/9 in day 1 and then came back with a strong second day of 6/9 to win the first prize of $20,000. Wesley So acquitted himself well by coming in second, good for $15,000. Garry Kasparov did not do so badly (remember, he retired ...

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Wesley's brilliancy - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Caruana - Mon, 05/09/2016 - 10:26am

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Wesley's brilliancy
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The Ultimate Blitz Chess Challenge took place in the St. Louis Chess Club a few days after the conclusion of the 2016 US Chess Championship. Former world champion Garry Kasparov agreed to take on the top three finishers in the US Championship ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Caruana - Sun, 05/08/2016 - 11:01pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
And one of the pretournament favorites, Fabiano Caruana, very surprisingly finished last. And Kasparov donated his $10,000 third-place prize to the fund to help the US Olympiad team travel to Baku, Azerbaijan, in September. There were many brilliant ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Nakamura - Sun, 05/08/2016 - 11:01pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The big favorite, Hikaru Nakamura, bounced back from a shaky first day with an excellent second day to win the event and $20,000. And one of the pretournament favorites, Fabiano Caruana, very surprisingly finished last. And Kasparov donated his $10,000 ...

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Ramesh adds fuel to Anand's retirement debate - Times of India

Caruana - Sun, 05/08/2016 - 11:05am

Times of India

Ramesh adds fuel to Anand's retirement debate
Times of India
Anand bowed out of contention to win the World Candidates Championship, settling for third place behind Russia's Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana of Italy, and the five-time World Champion's fall from the pinnacle of world chess have been attributed ...

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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

Caruana - Sat, 05/07/2016 - 11:02pm

The Boston Globe

Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
This year he was back in St. Louis facing a bigger challenge — three world top 10 players in Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana in an 18-game blitz round-robin played over two days. Was he up to the challenge? The answer at the end was ...

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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

Nakamura - Sat, 05/07/2016 - 11:02pm

The Boston Globe

Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
This year he was back in St. Louis facing a bigger challenge — three world top 10 players in Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana in an 18-game blitz round-robin played over two days. Was he up to the challenge? The answer at the end was ...

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Carlsen stays on top - Philippine Star

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

Carlsen stays on top
Philippine Star
They were followed by Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2787, Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2784, Sergey Kariakin (Russia) 2779, Ding Liren (China) 2778 and Wesley So (USA) 2775. Former world champions Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vaselin Topalov (Bulgaria), ...

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Carlsen stays on top - Philippine Star

Caruana - 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

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

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

Caruana - 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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Chess (#1199) - Business Standard

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

Business Standard

Chess (#1199)
Business Standard
Magnus Carlsen bounced back from a loss in the penultimate round to win the crunch last round game and take the Altibox Super GM in Norway. Carlsen beat Pavel Eljanov to nose ahead of the pack with 6 out of 9. Carlsen scored four wins and the one loss ...

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

Caruana - 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

Caruana - 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 ...
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