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Caruana and Nakamura Qualify for Candidates Print E-mail
May 26, 2015
fabi250.jpgCongrats to US Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, who both qualified for the 2016 Candidates Tournament! In the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty Mansiysk (May 13-27), they tied for 1st-3rd with Dmitry Jakovenko.

The American GMs had an interesting battle in the penultimate round:

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Hikaru tweeted,

 
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