Norman Chad: Carlsen-Caruana the next great rivalry in sports I did not pay $99 for Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao and wouldn’t pay 99 cents for Mayweather-Pacquiao II. I would, however, pay good money — well, I don’t know about “good money,” but certainly “some money” — to see Magnus Carlsen vs. Fabiano Caruana. Chess, […]
Caruana leads Dortmund with 1 to go
Round 6 results GM Caruana, Fabiano vs GM Hou, Yifan [1-0] GM Kramnik, Vladimir vs GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter [1/2-1/2] GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian vs GM Naiditsch, Arkadij [1-0] GM Meier, Georg vs GM So, Wesley [1/2-1/2] Standings after 6 rounds 1. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2805 D . 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 4½ 2. Nisipeanu, […]
Caruana & Nisipeanu lead Dortmund after 5
Round 5 results GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dietervs GM Meier, Georg [1/2-1/2] GM Kramnik, Vladimir vsGM Caruana, Fabiano [0-1] GM So, Wesley vs GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian [1-0] GM Naiditsch, Arkadij vs GM Hou, Yifan [1/2-1/2] Standings after 5 rounds 1. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2805 D . 1 1 0 . ½ 1 3½ 2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter […]
Norway Chess: Carlsen – Caruana annotated
Norway Chess 2015 super tournament starts in a week with a fantastic field including Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2876, Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2805, Viswanathan Anand (India) 2804, Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2802, Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2798, Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2781, Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2780, Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2773, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2723 and Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway) 2677. Chessdom.com is going to follow closely the clash of the titans with live commentary, daily […]
Interview with world #2 Fabiano Caruana
Eteri Kublashvili interviews the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix. – Fabiano, congratulations with your victory in the series and qualification to the Candidates! How did this Grand Prix stage and the whole series go off for you? – It was important for me to qualify for the Candidates tournament. There were good and bad […]
Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura qualify for Candidates Tournament
Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura qualify for Candidates Tournament 26.05.2015 · in News In the final 11th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura drew their respective games to take the top two spots in the overall Grand Prix standings and qualify for the 2016 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The […]
Caruana continues to lead KM Grand Prix after 5 rounds
Official website: http://khantymansiysk2015.fide.com Standings after 5 rounds RANK SNO. NAME RTG FED PTS SB 1 4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2803 ITA 3½ 7,50 2 10 GM Svidler Peter 2734 RUS 3 8,25 3 9 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2734 CUB 3 8,00 4 6 GM Karjakin Sergey 2753 RUS 3 7,25 5 7 GM Nakamura Hikaru […]
Caruana wins again, leads Khanty-Mansiysk GP
Official website: http://khantymansiysk2015.fide.com Round 4 results 12 GM Gelfand Boris 2744 1/2 GM Giri Anish 2776 8 9 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2734 1/2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2799 7 10 GM Svidler Peter 2734 1/2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2753 6 11 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2749 1/2 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2738 5 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2754 […]
Caruana, Dominguez & Svidler share GP lead after 3
Standings after 3 rounds (http://khantymansiysk2015.fide.com) RK SNO. NAME RTG FED PTS SB 1 4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2803 ITA 2 3,50 2 9 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2734 CUB 2 2,75 10 GM Svidler Peter 2734 RUS 2 2,75 4 3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2780 RUS 1½ 2,50 5 6 GM Karjakin Sergey 2753 RUS […]
Caruana & Svidler score in round 2 at Khanty-Mansisyk GP
http://khantymansiysk2015.fide.com Round 3 results 2 GM Jobava Baadur 2699 ½ – ½ GM Gelfand Boris 2744 12 3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2780 ½ – ½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2754 1 4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2803 1 – 0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2749 11 5 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2738 0 – 1 GM Svidler Peter 2734 […]