Powerhouse US Olympiad Teams Set
The US Chess Olympic teams have been finalized, with new powerhouse talent on both the Open and the Women’s squad. The 42nd World Chess Olympiad will be hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan, September 1 – 14, 2016.
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Fabiano Caruana, in Leuven, Belgium before their Grand Chess Tour stop kicks off on June 17, Photo https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaruana/
GM Hikaru Nakamura: Four-time US Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura is currently ranked #6 in the World in classical chess and #2 in blitz chess. He recently won the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour, ahead of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Nakamura lives in Sunrise, Florida.

Nakamura at the Candidates, Photo courtesy of World Chess

Wesley So, Photo Lennart Ootes

GM Ray Robson, US Olympic team member, vs Team coach GM Aleksandr Lenderman, Photo Austin Fuller
GM Samuel Shankland: Bay Area Grandmaster Shankland is known as a strong team player, earning a gold medal on board five on the 2014 US Olympiad team in Tromso, Norway. His article on cracking the top 100 players in the World, ranked as the #1 US Chess piece this year, gives great insight into the mentality required to break into the elite.

GM Shankland on the cover of the September 2012 Chess Life

IM John Donaldson, Photo Suzy Gorman 2011
Larry Storch |
Strong team.
The Real Champ |
Where’s White Tiger (aka Gata Kamsky)?
Michael Langer |
Robert Hess especially
mark r ashland |
Lenderman is a World Open winner as well as the accomplishments mentioned.
Mark Ashland |
There’s always very talented and strong players left out too – examples kamsky and tatev
bRENDIX |
DO NOT DISCOUNT GATA COZ HE IS ALWAYS A THREAT!
Powerful US Women's Olympiad Team Set - US Chess |
[…] This article originally appeared alongside bios and details on the Open US Chess Olympiad team, which you can read here. […]
First Move » Oh, Canada! |
[…] as earlier this month he was also picked for the final reserve spot for the US Olympiad team. The full US Olympiad Team going for gold in Baku in September will be: Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Ray […]
Hikaru Nakamura Beats World Champion Carlsen in Bilbao - US Chess |
[…] Fellow US Chess Olympic team member Wesley So is also participating in the Bilbao Masters, and he drew today against World Championship challenger Sergey Karjakin. […]
kbangs |
this is a heck of a team.. all 3 players can play for board 1.. a team to compete against the Chinese woodpushers!!
hbond |
The headline mentioned both the open and women’s teams. But the article includes only the open squad. Where’s the women’s team?
FlounderBob |
The women’s team list?