The American men’s soccer team is missing out on next year’s World Cup, but members of a different U.S. national team will have a shot at international glory. The elite field for chess’s Candidates Tournament is now set, and two American grandmasters have qualified: Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So. The winner will go on to […]
If you are a super-elite chess player, odds are that you’ve spent the past week in St. Louis. Ten of the world’s best have been there competing in the Sinquefield Cup — a tournament that was founded by the billionaire Rex Sinquefield and that this year may have been the strongest chess competition ever held. […]
If you are a super-elite chess player, odds are that you’ve spent the past week in St. Louis. Ten of the world’s best have been there competing in the Sinquefield Cup — a tournament that was founded by the billionaire Rex Sinquefield and that this year may have been the strongest chess competition ever held. […]
A murderers’ row of world-class chess players is assembled in St. Louis, Missouri, this week. But they haven’t been much trouble for Fabiano Caruana. Caruana has been dominating the field at the elite Sinquefield Cup, hosted by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. The 22-year-old Italian — born in Miami — is […]
A murderers’ row of world-class chess players is assembled in St. Louis, Missouri, this week. But they haven’t been much trouble for Fabiano Caruana. Caruana has been dominating the field at the elite Sinquefield Cup, hosted by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. The 22-year-old Italian — born in Miami — is […]
