Anand leads St Louis showdown after beating Nakamura
Standings after 4 rounds 1. Anand, Vishy gm IND 2779 X X ½ 1 ½ . ½ . 2½ 2. Nakamura, Hikaru gm USA 2779 ½ 0 X X 1 . ½ . 2 3. Topalov, Veselin gm BUL...
Carlsen defeated Nakamura 14.5 – 10.5 on Internet Match
In a head to head match on chess.com, after 25 games in various fast time controls, World Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Nakamura 14.5 – 10.5. Congrats to both players for a great show!
History has been made!
On Chess: USA wins gold at Baku Chess Olympiad By JOHN DONALDSON • 4 HOURS AGO Rio was not the only city to host an Olympics in 2016. Baku, capital of the oil-rich nation of Azerbaijan, just hosted the...
Media Tabloid, False Narrative, Pattern of Ridiculousness? Defending Team USA!
Photo by Maria E. Media Tabloid, False Narrative, Pattern of Ridiculousness? By Paul Truong A few days before the US won the historic Gold medal at the 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad, Susan Polgar wrote a piece about the...
4 of 5 players on US Olympiad Gold Medal team have St Louis ties
Chess players with St. Louis ties win gold medal at international chess competition By Ashley Lisenby St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS • Chess players with St. Louis connections won a gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad, the first for...
Anand, Nakamura & Aronian score in round 2 at Sinquefield Cup
Round 2 games and results GM Caruana, Fabiano vs GM Topalov, Veselin [1/2-1/2] GM Ding, Liren vs GM So, Wesley [1/2-1/2] GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs GM Anand, Viswanathan [0-1] GM Nakamura, Hikaru vs GM Giri, Anish [1-0] GM Aronian,...
Nakamura defeated Carlsen for the 1st time after losing 12
Round 1 results GM Karjakin, Sergey vs GM So, Wesley [1/2-1/2] GM Carlsen, Magnus vs GM Nakamura, Hikaru [0-1] GM Giri, Anish vs GM Wei, Yi [1/2-1/2]
Team USA at Baku Chess Olympiad
Team USA in Baku for 2016 Chess Olympiad Fabiano Caruana (started career at Polgar Chess Center) Hikaru Nakamura Wesley So (former SPICE student) Ray Robson (current SPICE student) Sam Shankland Women’s Team Irina Krush Anna Zatonskih Katerina Nemcova (current...