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Breathing down Anand's neck: Harikrishna's chance to emerge highest-rated Indian - The New Indian Express

Nakamura - Mon, 05/23/2016 - 6:57pm

The New Indian Express

Breathing down Anand's neck: Harikrishna's chance to emerge highest-rated Indian
The New Indian Express
Harikrishna was also involved in an online three-hour blitz match with Hikaru Nakamura, where he fought well in the first two time controls (5 mins + 2 secs, 3 mins + 2 secs) but was outwitted in the fastest time control (1 min + 1 sec) as he lost in ...

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Glitz, glam and science mix at Liberty Science Center Gala - New York Daily News

Caruana - Mon, 05/23/2016 - 8:54am

New York Daily News

Glitz, glam and science mix at Liberty Science Center Gala
New York Daily News
The official United States National Chess Champion, 23-year-old Fabiano Caruana, played against Mathematician Baltimore Ravens Guard John Ursechel. Both chess players support the programs and exhibits at LSC. The game was intense and timed but ...
Scientists Reinterpret the Black TieWall Street Journal

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Harikrishna ready for tough Shamkir meet - Times of India

Caruana - Mon, 05/23/2016 - 6:19am

Harikrishna ready for tough Shamkir meet
Times of India
KOLKATA: Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna is up for a tough challenge in the forthcoming Shamkir chess meet to be held in Azarbijan from May 25 to June 4. The 10-man tournament will see some of the strongest players in the world crossing swords ...

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Scientists Reinterpret the Black Tie - Wall Street Journal

Caruana - Sun, 05/22/2016 - 7:06pm

Wall Street Journal

Scientists Reinterpret the Black Tie
Wall Street Journal
s David Barry; Allergan CEO Brenton Saunders; Investors Bank CEO Kevin Cummings; Ben Bronfman, a new Liberty Science Center board member who performed music toward the end of the evening; and U.S. chess champion Fabiano Caruana, who ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe

Caruana - Sat, 05/21/2016 - 3:08pm

Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
A recent press release from the US Chess Foundation says Fabiano Caruana will play an exhibition blitz game versus NFL offensive lineman John Urschel at the Liberty Science Center's Genius Gala 5.0 on May 20. Caruana will get 2 minutes while Urschel ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Caruana - Sat, 05/21/2016 - 3:08pm

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
A recent press release from the US Chess Foundation says Fabiano Caruana will play an exhibition blitz game versus NFL offensive lineman John Urschel at the Liberty Science Center's Genius Gala 5.0 on May 20. Caruana will get 2 minutes while Urschel ...

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Oscars for Science! Genius Gala Honors Jack Horner, Kip Thorne - Live Science

Caruana - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 12:43pm

Live Science

Oscars for Science! Genius Gala Honors Jack Horner, Kip Thorne
Live Science
Also in attendance at the gala will be 23-year-old Fabiano Caruana, the third-highest-ranked chess player in the world and the current U.S. national champion. Gala highlights will include musical performances by violinist Charles Yang and NASA ...

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Ravens John Urschel to play against US chess champion. - Baltimore Magazine

Caruana - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 11:52am

Baltimore Magazine

Ravens John Urschel to play against US chess champion.
Baltimore Magazine
Look, we already knew Ravens guard John Urschel was smart. He's pursuing his Ph.D in applied mathematics at MIT, for god's sake. But he has stepped his game up even more recently, competing against U.S. champion Fabiano Caruana in a chess match ...

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Gawain Jones and David Howell up against it in European Championship - The Guardian

Nakamura - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 10:08am

The Guardian

Gawain Jones and David Howell up against it in European Championship
The Guardian
Many GMs prepare for a major over-the-board event by a brisk internet workout and Howell here achieves the rare feat of a win against Hikaru Nakamura, the former US champion, who is at the very top in online blitz chess, in a mere 10 moves. White's 10 ...

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How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives - For The Win

Caruana - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 2:15pm

For The Win

How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives
For The Win
... in the world, Hikaru Nakamura, has just done something exceedingly stupid (Nakamura would end up slipping in the final rounds to place third, behind Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana. This year, Caruana would win his first national title at the age of 23).

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How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives - For The Win

Nakamura - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 2:15pm

For The Win

How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives
For The Win
... and it's not hard to see why: Ashley is so dynamic that you get swept up in the action, which, this day in St. Louis, seems to be mostly that the sixth-best player in the world, Hikaru Nakamura, has just done something exceedingly stupid (Nakamura ...

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Armenian Assembly Elects New Board of Trustees - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Wed, 05/18/2016 - 1:45pm

MassisPost

Armenian Assembly Elects New Board of Trustees
MassisPost
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) held its annual members and Board of Trustees meeting in Boca Raton, Florida. The meeting featured reports from Board of Trustees Co-Chairmen Van Krikorian and Anthony Barsamian, ...

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Ravens John Urschel To Play Chess Against US Champion - CBS Local

Caruana - Wed, 05/18/2016 - 11:13am

CBS Local

Ravens John Urschel To Play Chess Against US Champion
CBS Local
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel is not your average football player. During the offseason, Usrchel has been working on his Ph.D at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at a Penn State commencement, and continuing ...

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Ravens guard John Urschel will match wits with US chess champion - Baltimore Sun

Caruana - Tue, 05/17/2016 - 1:41pm

Ravens guard John Urschel will match wits with US chess champion
Baltimore Sun
Whether it's pursuing his Ph.D at MIT this offseason, speaking at a Penn State commencement or doing his well-documented mathematical research, Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel is always challenging himself. On Friday, he'll take it a new level.

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Date set for Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir - AzerNews

Caruana - Tue, 05/17/2016 - 8:40am

AzerNews

Date set for Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir
AzerNews
The third memorial tournament will bring together world-famous chess grandmasters, including challenger for the world chess crown Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Paul Elyanov, Pendyala Harikrishna, Hou Yifan as well as national ...

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Pakistani Citizen Detained for Illegally Crossing Armenia-Turkey Border - MassisPost

Candidates Tournament - Tue, 05/17/2016 - 2:00am
Pakistani Citizen Detained for Illegally Crossing Armenia-Turkey Border  MassisPost

YEREVAN — The officers of Armenia Border Protection Department of the Federal Security *Service* of the Russian Federation have detained a person who ...

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A national chess master -- and she's only 12 - Sentinel & Enterprise

Caruana - Mon, 05/16/2016 - 6:34am

A national chess master -- and she's only 12
Sentinel & Enterprise
One of Carissa's highlights was meeting Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, the eventual U.S. Chess Championship winner, who is now ranked third in the world. * Carissa's mother, Hualin Yip, promised to buy her a new iPhone 6s if she placed in the top three, ...

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She's a national chess master, and she's only 12 - Lowell Sun

Caruana - Mon, 05/16/2016 - 5:44am

She's a national chess master, and she's only 12
Lowell Sun
One of Carissa highlights was meeting Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, the eventual U.S. Chess Championship winner, who is now ranked third in the world. * Carissa's mother, Hualin Yip, promised to buy her a new iPhone 6s if she placed in the top three, ...

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Vlad Kramnik helps St Petersburg secure Russian Premier League title - The Guardian

Nakamura - Fri, 05/13/2016 - 12:33pm

The Guardian

Vlad Kramnik helps St Petersburg secure Russian Premier League title
The Guardian
Kramnik an elite rarity in that he captures with the f6 knight, but he clearly believes in it and had already used in classical or blitz games against the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, as well as Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov, and Svidler. The ...

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Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand - Times of Oman

Nakamura - Fri, 05/13/2016 - 11:06am

Times of Oman

Chess is 'right candidate' to invest in individuals and get returns: Anand
Times of Oman
Chess is one sport that has not been accorded the attention that it deserves, more so in Gulf countries like Oman. But in recent years attempts are being made, by both the governments and the individual organisations, to bring professionalism into the ...

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