2016 Norway Chess Tournament - Round 8

Aronian beat Carlsen, joining him in first place.

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2016 Norway Chess Tournament - Round 7

Carlsen defeated Kramnik in a typical Carlsen game. Now he leads the field by a full point.

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2016 Norway Chess Tournament Round 6 and the US Chess Championship

Caruana defeated Chandra to take clear first place in the US Chess Championship.

Meanwhile in Norway, Carlsen continues to lead the field by half a point.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 10

A few games are still in progress, but the leaders have finished their battles. Nakamura won and now trails Caruana by half a point. Caruana is the huge favorite since he is playing the bottom seed in the last round. Robson has some very remote chances: Caruana would have to lose to Chandra, while neither Nakamura nor So would win.

Caruana: 7.5
So: 7
Nakamura: 7
Robson: 6.5

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 9

Caruana checkmated Lenderman, taking clear first place with 2 rounds to go.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 8

Caruana and So drew their games. Meanwhile, Nakamura beat Shabalov and now trails by just half a point.

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2016 Norway Chess Tournament - Round 4

All the games were drawn in Round 4.

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2016 Norway Chess Tournament - Round 3

The most exciting game was Carlsen's victory over Grandelius in a complicated Sicilian. The World Champion leads with 2.5/3.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 7

So beat Shabalov and rejoined Caruana in first place.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 6

Caruana took clear 1st again after he beat Onischuk. Meanwhile, Nakamura and So drew a sharp French Steinitz.

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2016 Norway Chess Tournament - Round 2

MVL defeated Giri and joined Kramnik and Carlsen at the top.

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2016 Norway Chess Tournament - Round 1

The favorites (Carlsen, Kramnik, and Giri) prevailed while the remaining two games were drawn.

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2016 Norway Chess Tournament

The 2016 Norway Chess Tournament begins soon. The main event will be a 10-player round robin featuring Magnus Carlsen and many other stars. The forecast had to rely on the March rating list rather than April's for a surprising reason. Apparently FIDE has decided to stop updating the ratings for Ukrainian players, and this affects Eljanov.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 5

Wesley So defeated Akobian and caught up to Caruana. Robson certainly had the opportunity to join them at the top, but he blundered away a winning endgame, gaining only a draw.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 4

The big news of the round was Caruana's victory over Nakamura. Caruana is now in clear first place and is definitely the favorite to win the tournament.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 3

Nakamura could only manage a draw against the bottom seed, IM Chandra. Caruana and So drew a long endgame and remain tied for first with Robson.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 2

Caruana and So won their games while Nakamura drew Kamsky. Meanwhile, Robson won and remains tied for first.

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2016 US Chess Championship - Round 1

A good day for the Elo rating system - all the favorites won, with the exception of a draw between Onischuk and Xiong.

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2016 US Chess Championship

The 2016 US Chess Championship is a 12-player round robin starring Caruana, Nakamura, and So. Due to some technical difficulties, the forecast wasn't ready until about 2 hours after the games started.

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