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  • Photo of Carlsen ?i Caruana, duel de la distan??

    Carlsen ?i Caruana, duel de la distan??

    Carlsen ?i Caruana se vor bate ?n noiembrie pentru titlul mondial la ?ah, dar confruntarea ?i-a consumat deja o parte din preliminarii. Cei doi au jucat ?n turneul de la Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden pe care ?alangerul Caruana l-a c??tigat deta?at. Lui Carlsen, la un punct distan?? ?n spatele viitorului s?u ...

  • Photo of Fabiano Caruana wins GRENKE Chess Classic 2018!

    Fabiano Caruana wins GRENKE Chess Classic 2018!

    Fabiano Caruana wins GRENKE Chess Classic 2018! Apr 10, 2018. Photo credit: Georgios Souleidis. The 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic was held in Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden, Germany from 31 March to 9 April. Fabiano Caruana is the winner, just two weeks after his success at the Berlin Candidates ...

  • Photo of Fabiano Caruana wins the GRENKE Chess Classic 2018

    Fabiano Caruana wins the GRENKE Chess Classic 2018

    1, Caruana, Fabiano, USA, 2784, 6.5. 2, Carlsen, Magnus, NOR, 2843, 5.5. 3, Aronian, Levon, ARM, 2794, 5. 4, Vitiugov, Nikita, RUS, 2735, 5. 5, Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime, FRA, 2789, 5. 6, Bluebaum, Matthias, GER, 2631, 4.5. 7, Anand, Viswanathan, IND, 2776, 3.5. 8, Hou, Yifan, CHN, 2654, 3.5.

  • Photo of Grenke Chess Classic, Round 4: Caruana Wins, Joins the Leaders

    Grenke Chess Classic, Round 4: Caruana Wins, Joins the Leaders

    It's good times for Fabiano Caruana, as he goes from one success in Germany to another. After winning the Candidates in Berlin a week or so ago, he's now the co-leader of the Grenke Chess Classic after defeating Arkadij Naiditsch in round 4. All the other games were drawn - entirely cleanly, it seems, ...

  • Photo of Caruana

    Caruana's big win

    FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018. Berlin, Germany March 10-28, 2018. Final Standings. 1. Fabiano Caruana USA 2784, 9.0/14. 2-3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2809, Sergey Karjakin RUS 2763, 8.0/14. 4. Ding Liren CHN 2769, 7.5/14. 5-6. Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2800, Alexander Grischuk RUS ...

  • Photo of Caruana joins Vitiugov and MVL in the lead of the GRENKE Classic after 4 rounds

    Caruana joins Vitiugov and MVL in the lead of the GRENKE Classic after 4 rounds

    Fabiano Caruana defeated Arkadij Naiditsch in the only decisive game of the fourth round of the GRENKE Chess Classic in Baden Baden. Caruana had looked to be pressing for a win but 19...cxd4?! (19...Qzd4!) left the position level. Naiditsch started to burn is available time trying to find complete ...

  • Photo of Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer. Here

    Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer. Here's the path ...

    His name is Fabiano Caruana. Fabiano, now 25, has finally earned the right to challenge reigning chess champion Magnus Carlsen for the world championship crown this November in London. On March 27, he won the 2018 Candidates Tournament in thrilling fashion. If Fabiano defeats Magnus this fall ...

  • Photo of Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer. Here

    Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer. Here's the path ...

    The elder Caruana told The New York Times about the decision to move to Europe in a 2007 interview. ?It was hard to evaluate. It was more of a risk than what we had realized at the time,? Lou Caruana said. ?But it did work out.? Bobby Fischer had also left school at age 16 to focus his energy solely on ...

  • Photo of Georg Meier vs Fabiano Caruana

    Georg Meier vs Fabiano Caruana

    Georg Meier vs Fabiano Caruana - Ruy Lopez destroyed | Round 3 | Grenke ... Posted by Caesar Posylek at 4:26 PM. Reactions: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest ? Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Map of visitors since Oct. 20, 2017.

  • Photo of Caruana-Carlsen...in Round 1, Now!

    Caruana-Carlsen...in Round 1, Now!

    Part of the fun of the Grenke Chess Classic is that it features the first game between Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen, now that the former is the official challenger for the latter's world championship title. And we didn't have to wait: they were paired for round 1, and that game is underway now.

  • Photo of Caruana

    Caruana's First Reaction

    Caruana's First Reaction. Date Friday, March 30, 2018 at 12:09AM. Here's a nice mini-interview of Fabiano Caruana by Macauley Peterson, almost immediately after the former's win over Alexander Grischuk won the Candidates and the right to face Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship title.

  • Photo of Win Brings 46-Year First for US Chess

    Win Brings 46-Year First for US Chess

    For the first time in almost 50 years, an American has the chance to be crowned world chess champion. Not since Bobby Fischer nabbed the title in 1972 has a US-born player even made it to the final table of the world tournament, reports the Guardian. Fabiano Caruana, however, just secured his seat.

  • Photo of Win Brings 46-Year First for US Chess

    Win Brings 46-Year First for US Chess

    After three weeks of play in Berlin, the US grandmaster, ranked third in the world, rose above seven top players to win the Candidates Tournament on Tuesday, meaning he'll face Norway's Magnus Carlsen in London in November, reports FiveThirtyEight. Caruana's victory looked shaky after a loss to ...

  • Photo of American chess grandmaster wins right to play for world championship

    American chess grandmaster wins right to play for world championship

    Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana won the Candidates tournament in Berlin Tuesday, which means he'll play a 12-game match against world champion Magnus Carlsen in London in November. Minnetonka grandmaster Wesley So also was one of the eight players in Berlin battling for the right to take on ...

  • Photo of On Chess: For the first time in decades, an American contends for the undisputed World Chess title

    On Chess: For the first time in decades, an American contends for the undisputed World Chess title

    American chess fans everywhere are cheering in the streets, as countryman Fabiano Caruana overcame the game's elite grandmasters to win the recently concluded Candidates Tournament in Berlin, Germany. He is now qualified to play world champion Magnus Carlsen for his title in November.

  • Photo of Caruana Interview

    Caruana Interview

    Fabiano Caruana gives a very general sense of his understanding about where he stands vis-a-vis Magnus Carlsen. HT: Brian Karen. Author Dennis Monokroussos | Comment Post a Comment | Share Article. tagged Tag 2018 World Championship, Tag Fabiano Caruana, Tag Magnus Carlsen ? Print ...

  • Photo of Fabiano Caruana 1st American since Bobby Fischer to reach World Chess Championship

    Fabiano Caruana 1st American since Bobby Fischer to reach World Chess Championship

    In what's being billed as a historic result for American chess, 25-year-old Fabiano Caruana has emerged after an 18-day competition in Berlin, Germany, as the next challenger for the World Championship title. He will face off against reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in November in a 12-game one-on-one match.

  • Photo of ?The Shape of Water? Brings Fabiano Caruana into Shape

    ?The Shape of Water? Brings Fabiano Caruana into Shape

    After round 13 the American Fabiano Caruana is again on clear first after having defeated Levon Aronian (Armenia), whose play in this tournament is falling apart completely. The Russian Sergey Karjakin was unable to stir any fight as Black with Wesley So - the American grandmaster confidently killed ...

  • Photo of American Caruana won the chess candidates tournament

    American Caruana won the chess candidates tournament

    Photo: Arne Immanuel Baensch / ReutersAmerican grandmaster Fabiano Caruana won held in Berlin on the candidates tournament and the fall will play in the match for the world chess crown from the current champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. This was reported on the website of the company-the ...

  • Photo of US star Fabiano Caruana earns world chess title match with Carlsen

    US star Fabiano Caruana earns world chess title match with Carlsen

    The Miami-born Caruana, 25, bested seven of the world's strongest players in the double round-robin FIDE Candidates Tournament to qualify for the right to take on reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. He defeated Armenia's Levon Aronian and Russian grandmaster Alexander ...