An American finally has a shot at winning the World Chess Championship for the first time since Bobby Fischer in 1972
It's been a long, long, long, long wait. Very, very, very long. But for the first time since American Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky of the USSR in 1972, an American is competing for the World Chess Championship. Miami-born, Brooklyn-raised Fabiano Caruana won the Candidates Tournament earlier this year and will take on three-time world champ...
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U.S. star Fabiano Caruana earns world chess title match with Carlsen
GM Fabiano Caruana will be the first American in decades to play for the world championship title after the winning the candidates tournament outright in Berlin Tuesday. The Miami-born Caruana, 25, bested seven of the world’s strongest players in the double round-robin FIDE Candidates Tournament to qualify for the right to take on reigning world ch...
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