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US Chess Team Wins Olympic Gold in Baku
Huffington Post
The United States bested 170 teams and won the 42nd World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the closing ceremony last Tuesday, they received the gold medals and the traditional Azerbaijani hats - the papaqs. Sam Shankland raised the ...

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US Chess Team Wins Olympic Gold in Baku
Huffington Post
Hikaru Nakamura was the workhorse, playing all 11 games, and was almost knocked out by a cold in the last few rounds. Sam Shankland did well until the last round. Ray Robson's unfortunate loss to Alexander Grischuk of Russia made it hard to put him ...

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Torre, Wesley and Frayna rule Baku Olympiad
The Filipino Times (press release)
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 ...

Torre, Wesley and Frayna rule Baku Olympiad
The Filipino Times (press release)
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 ...

Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie
STLtoday.com
Current Webster University student Ray Robson and former student Wesley So are on the national team, as are Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, both with St. Louis ties. Webster's team, ranked No. 1, is spearheaded by Susan Polgar, who calls the ...

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Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie
STLtoday.com
Current Webster University student Ray Robson and former student Wesley So are on the national team, as are Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, both with St. Louis ties. Webster's team, ranked No. 1, is spearheaded by Susan Polgar, who calls the ...

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USA match was crucial: Hari
Times of India
KOLKATA: It was so near yet so far for the Indian men's team as they missed out on a medal by a whisker at the Chess Olympiad that concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Indian men failed to repeat their bronze medal-winning feat in Tromso, ...

Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie
STLtoday.com
Current Webster University student Ray Robson and former student Wesley So are on the national team, as are Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, both with St. Louis ties. Webster's team, ranked No. 1, is spearheaded by Susan Polgar, who calls the ...

Hochman: Tigers need to keep an eye on speedy McKenzie
STLtoday.com
Current Webster University student Ray Robson and former student Wesley So are on the national team, as are Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, both with St. Louis ties. Webster's team, ranked No. 1, is spearheaded by Susan Polgar, who calls the ...

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
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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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