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Hedinn Steingrimsson | |
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Full name | Héðinn Steingrímsson |
Country | FIDE World Rankings). |
Peak rating | ???? (March 2011) |
Hedinn Steingrimsson [Icelandic: Héðinn Steingrímsson ] (born 11 January 1975) is an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer.
Hedinn Steingrimsson was a noted chess prodigy in his childhood, winning the U12 World Youth Chess Championship in 1987. After winning the Icelandic Chess Championship for the first time in 1990 at the age of 15, Steingrimsson took a break from chess to focus on his studies[1]. In the mid-2000s, he resumed playing in the Chess Bundesliga, earning required Grandmaster norms in 2007. Since, Steingrimsson has won the Icelandic Chess Championship twice more (in 2011 and 2015) and represented Iceland in the Chess Olympiad on multiple occasions.
Early life
Hedinn Steingrimsson was born on 11 January 1975 at
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Personal life
Hedinn Steingrimsson lives in Houston, Texas and is married to a medical doctor. He remains active in chess competition but also works as a chess coach.
Chess career
Rating
Assessment
Head-to-head record versus selected grandmasters
(Rapid, blitz and blindfold games not included; listed as +wins −losses =draws as of Sep 29, 2015.)[3]
Players who have been undisputed World Champions in boldface
Michael Adams +19-7=36
Magnus Carlsen +8−10=37
Boris Gelfand +8−6=40
- Vassily Ivanchuk+13−7=49
Gata Kamsky +11−7=18
Anatoly Karpov +11-5=29
Garry Kasparov +4−16=31
Alexander Grischuk +1−2=7[4]
Vladimir Kramnik +10−7=72
Nigel Short +7−5=11
Veselin Topalov +16−13=39
Levon Aronian +4−9=22[5]
Hikaru Nakamura +1−6=10[6]
Fabiano Caruana +1−2=13[7]
Wang Hao +1−2=0[8]
Sergei Tiviakov +2−4=7[9]
Krishnan Sasikiran +0−1=0[10]
Anish Giri +0-1=8 [11]
Notable tournament successes
References
- ^ http://en.chessbase.com/post/going-new-ways-gm-hedinn-steingrimsson
- ^ http://en.chessbase.com/post/going-new-ways-gm-hedinn-steingrimsson
- ^ "chess games". chessgames.com. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?pid=17279&pid2=12088&result=2nd
- ^ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+aronian.
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External links
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- Hedinn Steingrimsson chess games at 365Chess.com
- JediLibrarian/sandbox player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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Lucas Anderson | |
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Full name | No, you don't get to know my middle name |
Country | United States |
Born | Miami, Florida, US | July 30, 1992
Title | Grandmaster (2007) |
FIDE rating | 2805 (June 2024) |
Peak rating | 2844 (October 2014) |
Ranking | No. 2 (June 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 2 (October 2014) |
Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian-American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States at the time.
Born in
Having won the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, Caruana qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2016, where he was runner-up to Sergey Karjakin. He won the 2016 US Chess Championship, and represented the US on board 1 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning team gold and individual bronze. He won the London Chess Classic in 2017. He won the Candidates Tournament 2018, becoming the first American challenger for the undisputed World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972. In the run-up to the championship match, Caruana won the 5th Grenke Chess Classic, the 6th Norway Chess, and the 6th Sinquefield Cup. He lost the match to Magnus Carlsen in the rapid tiebreaks after drawing 6–6 in the classical games.
Personal life and chess beginnings
Fabiano Luigi Caruana was born on July 30, 1992, in
At the age of four, his family relocated from Miami to the neighborhood of
Until the age of twelve, he lived and played in the United States, occasionally traveling to Europe and South America to participate in tournaments. His first chess coach, from age six to eight, was
In 2004 at age twelve, he relocated with his family from Brooklyn to
Chess career
2007
In July, Caruana won the "First Saturday" GM tournament in
2008
In January, Caruana had his first experience at
2009
In February, Caruana—having won Corus C 2008—received and accepted invitation to
2010
In July, Caruana won the Young Grandmaster Section of Biel 2010 after a playoff with the others two leaders
2011
In January, at the Gibraltar Masters, he finished on place 5 behind Ivanchuk, Short, Külaots and Roiz. In July he won with 7 points out of 10 at the AAI tournament in New Delhi (category 17). In December he won the Italian National Championship for the fourth time with a score of 10 points out of 11 games. He had previously won the 2007 and 2008 national championships, and did not play the 2009 national championship due to a calendar conflict with the FIDE World Cup.
2012
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In January, at the 74th
2013
In February–March, Caruana won with 4 points out of 6 games the
2014
In January, at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Caruana finished fourth with 6 points out 11 games. In the end of January into early February, at the Zurich Chess Challenge in
2015
In January, Caruana played in the
2016
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In January, at the
2017
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Caruana began the year rated 2827, ranked No. 2 in the world. However, his rating would slip in the coming months. He played the
Caruana continued to struggle through the middle of the year. He finished the
The World Cup set the stage for the next major tournament, the Isle of Man Open, which both Caruana and Kramnik were playing. The first round pairings were decided by the players drawing names out of a raffle tumbler. Kramnik, choosing second because he was the 2nd-highest rated player at the event, chose Caruana as his first round opponent. With the white pieces, Caruana defeated Kramnik to put himself and So in a good position to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. Kramnik's surprise loss to James Tarjan, who quit chess for a few decades to become a librarian, further helped solidify Caruana and So as the ratings qualifiers. Furthermore, Kramnik ended up receiving a wild card into the Candidates event, officially clinching the qualifications for Caruana and So.[43]
In December 2017 with the Candidates qualification already decided, Caruana rebounded and won his only tournament of the year at the London Chess Classic in tiebreaks. He won 3 games and drew the remaining 6 (+3-0=6). Ian Nepomniachtchi had the sole lead entering the final round after winning three consecutive games in rounds six through eight. However, Caruana was able to come from behind by defeating Mickey Adams in his last game. After drawing the rapid tiebreaks, Caruana won one of the two blitz games to clinch the tournament.
2018
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In January, Caruana finished 11th with a score of 5/13 at the Tata Steel Masters tournament.[44] In March he won the Candidates Tournament 2018 with a score of 9/14, thus winning the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2018 in London in November 2018.[45][46] From 31 March to 9 April, Caruana competed in the 5th Grenke Chess Classic. He won the event with a score of 6½/9 (+4–0=5), a point ahead of runner-up Carlsen.[47] With this result he moved to No. 2 in the live world rankings. From 17 to 30 April, he competed in 2018 U.S. Chess Championship, placing second with 8/11 (+6–1=4), half a point behind champion Sam Shankland.[48] In June, he won the sixth edition of Norway Chess, finishing clear first with a score of 5/8 (+3–1=4), despite having lost to Carlsen in the first round.[49] In August, he jointly won the 6th Sinquefield Cup with Carlsen and Aronian. He also defeated So in a playoff for a place at the London Chess Classic being held in December.[50]
Caruana faced Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2018 from November 9 to 28. All 12 classical time control games were drawn. Carlsen then won the rapid tiebreak games 3–0.[51]
Playing style
As a youth, Caruana had an aggressive style of play. In his own words, "I preferred to attack all the time and really loved sacrificing pieces to get at the enemy king. I played like that for quite a long time, but when I moved up it turned out that you can far from always win with a direct attack; ... I had to become universal, to learn to manoeuvre and defend and so on."[4] Caruana's playing style is now universal, based on excellent opening preparation and good calculation: "I wouldn't assess it in such categories [tactical or strategic]. It seems to me I'm a good fighter. I enjoy playing different types of position, both tactical and strategic. I can't say there's anything I avoid. I can attack on a board full of pieces or manoeuvre in a roughly even position, and I've got nothing against the endgame."[4]
Caruana is known as a hard working player, once saying: "Hundreds of games are played each day all around the world, and a lot of them are important. They're all available online, but you have to put in the time to look at them all. And you need to analyze, find new trends, keep trying to find new ideas to use against specific opponents."[32] Talking about Magnus Carlsen's play, Caruana hinted at his deep knowledge of the opponent's strengths and weaknesses: "In some positions you can't compete with him. Certain pawn structures he just plays like a machine. There are certain openings where I say, ‘I just can't do that.’ But OK, certain positions he's not as comfortable with. Just like any player, he can also play unconfidently."[32]
Federations and national championships
National Chess Federation membership
- Caruana is a "Benefactor" Life Member of the United States Chess Federation (USCF), and has been a member of the federation since the age of 5 in 1998.[52]
National Chess Federation ranking
- United States Chess Federation: highest ranked player
National Championships
- Italy – Caruana won the Italian National Championship in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011. He did not play the championship in 2009 and 2012-2014.
- United States – Caruana won the U.S. Chess Championshipin 2016, in his first participation.
World Chess Federation (FIDE) affiliation
Caruana possesses dual citizenship of both Italy and the United States, so he has the option of FIDE affiliation with either the Italian Chess Federation or the United States Chess Federation.
Caruana played for Italy from 2005 to 2015. On May 12, 2015, the USCF announced that he would be changing federations, to play for the USA.[53]
Notable games
- Caruana vs. Emanuel Berg, Dresden Olympiads 2008, French Defence C08, 1–0.[54]
- Caruana vs. Sicilian Najdorf B90, 1–0.[55]
- Michael Adams vs. Caruana, Dresden Olympiads 2008, French Defence C03, 0–1.[57]
- Sergey Karjakin vs. Caruana, São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012, Ruy Lopez C78, 0–1.[58]
- Caruana vs. Levon Aronian, St. Louis, Missouri / Sinquefield Cup 2014, Ruy Lopez C78, 1–0.[59]
- Petrov Defence C42, 0–1.[60]
References
- ^ "Fabulous Fabiano". chessbase.com. 19 May 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Chad, Norman (12 July 2015). "Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen — that's a title clash worth watching". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b c "Who was the future GM? Fabiano Caruana, Italy's top grandmaster!". chessbase.com. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Fabiano Caruana: "A lot of hard work..."". whychess.com. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Interview with GM Chuchelov - Caruana's Coach". chessbase.com. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "St. Louis' Fabiano Caruana". kmox.com. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Fabiano Caruana – youngest US and Italian GM in history". chessbase.com. 20 July 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ "Italian Championship 2007 Final Standings". Italian Chess Federation (in Italian). 4 December 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ^ "Fabiano convincingly wins Corus C". Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "27th Chess Mitropa Cup: Olbia 2008". olimpbase.org. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "Olympiad Dresden 2008 Open". chess-results.com. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "Italian Championship 2008 Final Standings". Italian Chess Federation (in Italian). 14 December 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ^ "Standings Grandmaster Group B". Corus Chess. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ^ "Fabiano Caruana wins Biel 2010". chessbase.com. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ "Standings Grandmaster Group A". Tata Steel Chess Tournament. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Standings Reykjavik Open 2012", Reykjavik Open 2012, 13 March 2012, retrieved 13 March 2012
- ^ "Fabiano Caruana lifts the trophy at Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament". Chessdom.com. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Exciting finish in the Tal Memorial – Magnus Carlsen lifts the trophy". Chessdom.com. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Fabiano Caruana takes the trophy in Dortmund". Chessdom.com. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Bilbao Rd10: Carlsen takes title in blitz tiebreak". ChessBase.com. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ Crowther, Mark. "6th Kings Tournament in Bucharest 2012". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Zurich R6: Caruana wins by a full point". chessbase.com. March 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ^ "Zug GP R11: Topalov wins game, set and event". chessbase.com. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Thessaloniki Final: Caruana stops Kamsky, Dominguez wins the tournament". chessbase.com. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Tal Final: Gelfand wins, Carlsen clear second". chessbase.com. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Paris Final: Disappointing Finish". chessbase.com. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Bucharest Final: Caruana secures victory". chessbase.com. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Caruana wins Rapid, Carlsen tops Zurich". chessbase.com. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "World Rapid: Miraculous Carlsen". 18 June 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Dortmund: Fabiano Caruana is now 2801". chessbase.com. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Caruana's Spectacular Chess Leap". The Huffington Post. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "Grandmaster Clash". slate.com. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Gelfand and Caruana share first place in Baku Grand Prix". fide.com. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Baku 07: He is human!". chessbase.com. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk: Final". fide.com. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Sergey Karjakin is the new challenger". Chessbase. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "www.uschesschamps.com | The home of championship chess in America". uschesschamps.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Hou Yifan resigns after five moves in protest over her Gibraltar pairings". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "US Championship 11: Foisor triumphs, So gambles". Chess24. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "7 conclusions from the GRENKE Chess Classic". Chess24. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Levon Aronian wins Norway Chess 2017!". Chessbase. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Doggers, Peter. "World Cup Shock: Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura Out". Chess.com. Chess.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Kramnik to play 2018 Candidates". ChessBase. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Standings - Tata Steel Masters 2018 - Tata Steel Chess". www.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "FIDE World Chess". www.worldchess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "An American Will Play For The World Chess Championship". fivethirtyeight.com. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (9 April 2018). "GRENKE Chess Classic 2018: Pairings & standings". Grenke Chess.
- ^ Sam Shankland is the 2018 US Champion!
- ^ Doggers, Peter (7 June 2018). "Caruana Wins Norway Chess". Chess.com.
- ^ Saravanan, Venkatachalam (28 August 2018). "Sinquefield Cup: Three winners (one playoff)!". ChessBase.
- ^ "Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to Win World Chess Championship". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "United States Chess Federation Benefactor Members", United States Chess Federation, 30 April 2014, retrieved 2 May 2014
- Chessbase, May 12, 2015
- ^ "Fabiano Caruana vs. Emanuel Berg, Dresden Olympiads 2008". Chessgames.com.
- ^ "Fabiano Caruana vs. Francisco Vallejo Pons, Pamplona 2008". Chessgames.com.
- ^ "Artur Yusupov vs. Fabiano Caruana, NH Chess tournament 2008". Chessgames.com.
- ^ "Michael Adams vs. Fabiano Caruana, Dresden Olympiads 2008". Chessgames.com.
- ^ "Sergey Karjakin vs. Fabiano Caruana, São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012". Chessgames.com.
- ^ "Fabiano Caruana vs. Levon Aronian, St. Louis, Missouri / Sinquefield Cup 2014". Chessgames.com.
- ^ "Vladimir Kramnik vs. Fabiano Caruana, Berlin, Germany / World Championship Candidates 2018". Chessgames.com.
External links
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- Official website
- JediLibrarian/sandbox player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Fabiano Caruana on Facebook
- JediLibrarian/sandbox on X
- JediLibrarian/sandbox member profile at the Internet Chess Club
- JediLibrarian/sandbox player profile at Chess.com
- Fabiano Caruana at 365Chess.com
- Edward Winter's "Books about Leading Modern Chessplayers" (Chess Notes Feature Article)
Official links
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News items and interviews
- Biography from Chessbase.com
- "Being a Grandmaster Is Tough When You Are Not Quite 15 " The New York Times, July 29, 2007
- "A Chess Player's Challenge: Opponents His Own Age" The New York Times, May 17, 2003
- 2007 Italian Championship interview from Chessbase.com
- "Fabulous Fabiano", by Macauley Peterson, Chess Life, January 2008, pp. 30–35.
- "Caruana: "L'anno prossimo voglio giocare nel torneo A!"" (PDF). (7.72 MB) – by Janis Nisii, Torre & Cavallo Scacco!, February 2008, pp. 5–9 (in Italian)
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