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Imported players help US win chess gold
The Hindu
Last year, key figures in the game in America mounted an aggressive campaign to recruit Fabiano Caruana, currently the No. 3 player in the world, and have him switch his international allegiance to the United States from Italy. The goal was to ...

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Imported players help US win chess gold
The Hindu
So has said that he paid his own transfer fees to make that happen, but when he and Caruana joined Hikaru Nakamura, the world's sixth-ranked player, on the US team, it created a formidable line-up. (Teams at the Chess Olympiad are composed of five ...

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Chess (#1218)
Business Standard
The US came to the Baku Olympiad with a dream team, including three top 10 players in Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. They took the Open gold for the first time since the Haifa Olympiad in 1976 (when the USSR boycotted). But Ukraine ...

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United States capture Olympiad gold in controversial circumstances
The Guardian
There was some criticism that America's benefactor, the billionaire Rex Sinquefield, had financially encouraged Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So to switch federations and play for the US. But Caruana, though he spent years in Italy, had learned his early ...
Chess (#1218)Business Standard

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Wesley So helps US win Olympiad gold
Manila Bulletin
He was joined in the US team by Italian-American Fabiano Caruana, ranked third in the world, and Japanese-American Hikaru Nakamura, ranked sixth in the world. With Caruana, Nakamura and So on the team, the US, with three of the top 10 players in the ...
On Chess: USA wins gold at Baku Chess OlympiadSt. Louis Public Radio
Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medalThe Daily Progress
U.S. Chess Team Takes Olympiad Gold for First Time in 40 yearsPR Newswire (press release)
New York Times
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Contented Wanyama talks Baku experience
Kawowo Sports
The curtains at the World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan were brought down on Tuesday, September 13 after 14 days of intense and keen competition among 180 nations in the Open category and 142 in the Women section. USA went unbeaten and ...

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281 Mausoleums Found During Karmir Blur Excavations
MassisPost
YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Exceptional findings have been made during excavations in Karmir Blur, deputy director of the Scientific-Research Center of Historic-Cultural Heritage, archaeologist Hakob Simonian said during a press conference today, ...

Pestaño: Torre, Wesley and Frayna shine in Olympiad
Sun.Star
Fabiano Caruana of the USA for Board 1; 1.) Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, 2.) Anton Kovalyov of Canada and 3.) Jorge Cori of Peru for Board 2; 1.)Wesley So of the USA , 2.) Zoltan Almasi of Hungary, and 3.) Eugene Torre of Philippines for Board 3; 1 ...

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On Chess: USA wins gold at Baku Chess Olympiad
St. Louis Public Radio
The American team consisted of St. Louis resident Fabiano Caruana, former St. Louis resident Hikaru Nakamura, current Webster University student Ray Robson, California native Sam Shankland and former Webster University student Wesley So. Seeded ...
U.S. Chess Team Takes Olympiad Gold for First Time in 40 yearsPR Newswire (press release)
Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medalThe Daily Progress
42 nd Baku Chess OlympiadBusinessWorld Online Edition

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U.S. Chess Team Takes Olympiad Gold for First Time in 40 years
PR Newswire (press release)
1-13, 2016. The five-member U.S. team consisted of Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana (St. Louis, Mo.), World No. 3 and U.S. Champion; GM Hikaru Nakamura (Sunrise, Fl.), World. No. 6 and four-time U.S. Champion; GM Wesley So (Minnetonka, Minn.), World.

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U.S. Chess Team Takes Olympiad Gold for First Time in 40 years
PR Newswire (press release)
3 and U.S. Champion; GM Hikaru Nakamura (Sunrise, Fl.), World. No. 6 and four-time U.S. Champion; GM Wesley So (Minnetonka, Minn.), World. No. 7 and current Grand Chess Tour leader. GM Sam Shankland (San Francisco, Cal.); and GM Ray Robson (St.

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Cuban GM Dominguez wins silver medal in Baku Chess Olympiad
Radio Cadena Agramonte
That was the parameter that earned him the prize, surpassed only by Georgian Baduur Jobava (2 926/8 points in 10 games) and followed by American Fabiano Caruana (2 838 /7 in 10). The Caribbean player achieved five wins and an equal number of draws ...

42 nd Baku Chess Olympiad
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The United States of America (USA) has just won the Baku Olympiad! They were not the top seed (Russia is seeded no. 1) but with a frontline of Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So they were the only country who can field three players rated ...
Filipinos fall shortTempo

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42 nd Baku Chess Olympiad
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The United States of America (USA) has just won the Baku Olympiad! They were not the top seed (Russia is seeded no. 1) but with a frontline of Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So they were the only country who can field three players rated ...

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Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal - HeraldCourier.com: Sports
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four chess players with St. Louis connections are among a five-person team that won a gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad, the first ...

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Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal
The Daily Progress
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2caj5ym ) reports that team members included St. Louis resident Grandmaster Fabio Caruana; former St. Louis resident and past U.S. Chess champion Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura; former Webster University student ...
Sports|US Wins Gold at Chess Olympiad With Help of Imported TalentNew York Times
Chess Olympiad: Indian teams miss medals by a whiskerTimes of India
First loss for India in both sectionsThe Hindu

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USA voitti shakkiolympialaiset
Keskisuomalainen
Kaksi ottelua päättyi tasapeliin. Voittajajoukkueessa pelasivat suurmestarit Fabiano Caruana (7 pistettä 10 pelistä), Hikaru Nakamura (7,5/11), Wesley So (8,5/10), Samuel Shankland (5,5/8) ja Ray Robson (3/5). USAn voitto oli historiallinen. Edellisen ...

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USA voitti shakkiolympialaiset
Keskisuomalainen
Noin 1 500 pelaajalle kustannettiin esimerkiksi majoitus tasokkaissa hotelleissa. USA:n joukkue voitti yhdestätoista ottelusta yhdeksän. Kaksi ottelua päättyi tasapeliin. Voittajajoukkueessa pelasivat suurmestarit Fabiano Caruana (7 pistettä 10 pelistä ...

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Chess Olympiad: Indian teams miss medals by a whisker
Times of India
PUNE: Both Indian teams failed to win a medal in the Chess Olympiad that concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday. While the men's campaign ended in an uneventful manner, the women failed to beat USA and settled for the fifth spot. The men's fourth ...