1. Fabiano Luigi Caruana was born on July 30,1992 and is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning four-time United States Chess Champion.
69 Facts About Fabiano Caruana
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Fabiano Caruana earned his grandmaster title in 2007 at the age of 14, and in the same year won his first Italian Chess Championship, a feat he repeated in 2008,2010, and 2011.
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In 2014, Fabiano Caruana won the Sinquefield Cup, recording a 3098 performance rating, the highest in history at the elite level.
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Fabiano Caruana transferred his national federation affiliation back to the United States in 2015, and in 2016, won the US Chess Championship.
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Fabiano Caruana won the following Candidates Tournament 2018, becoming the first American challenger for the undisputed World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972.
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Fabiano Caruana lost the World Chess Championship to Magnus Carlsen in the rapid tiebreaks after drawing all twelve of the classical games.
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Fabiano Caruana proceeded to qualify and participate in all following Candidates Tournaments: 2020,2022, and 2024.
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Fabiano Caruana represented the United States on at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, winning team gold and individual bronze.
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Fabiano Caruana was born on July 30,1992 in Miami, Florida to Italian parents, Lou and Santina Fabiano Caruana.
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Fabiano Caruana is a dual citizen of Italy and the United States.
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Fabiano Caruana trained with International Master Boris Zlotnik in Madrid, and in 2007 he moved to Budapest to train with grandmaster Alexander Chernin.
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Fabiano Caruana obtained his final GM norm and at age 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days, became the youngest grandmaster of both the United States and Italy, surpassing the US record set by Hikaru Nakamura.
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Fabiano Caruana, playing black, drew the game in 82 moves, and won the tournament with a performance of 2715.
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Fabiano Caruana won the game in 61 moves and the tournament with a final score of +7 and performance of 2696.
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Fabiano Caruana scored +6 winning the first board prize with performance of 2810.
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Fabiano Caruana played against Evgeny Bareev, Viktor Korchnoi, Artur Jussupow, Simen Agdestein, and Ljubomir Ljubojevic.
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Fabiano Caruana's performance was 2866 and he had qualified to enter the quarter-finals.
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Karpov won the first game, and Fabiano Caruana won the second.
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The fifth game Karpov won, and Fabiano Caruana was knocked out.
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Fabiano Caruana lost to Aronian and Leko, and won against Adams, Korchnoi, and Berg.
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Fabiano Caruana won the game and the tournament with a score of +4 and performance of 2751.
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Fabiano Caruana is the first player ever to win both Corus C and Corus B in consecutive years placing clear first in both.
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In July, Fabiano Caruana won the Young Grandmaster Section of Biel 2010 after a playoff with the others two leaders Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.
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Fabiano Caruana placed 6th out of 10 and tied 7 out of his 9 games.
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Fabiano Caruana 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.
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In FIDE World Blitz Championship, held in Dubai, Fabiano Caruana finished in the middle of the group, confirming some difficulties with short time control.
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In January, Fabiano Caruana played in the 2015 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, a 14-player round-robin, where he finished seventh, with seven points out 13 games, behind the winner Magnus Carlsen.
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Fabiano Caruana shared third and fourth positions, with four points out seven games, behind the winner Magnus Carlsen.
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In September, at the Chess World Cup 2015, a 128-player single-elimination tournament, Fabiano Caruana was eliminated in the fourth round by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
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Fabiano Caruana achieved the arguably boring result of nine draws out of nine games.
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In January, at the 2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Fabiano Caruana shared second with a score of 8 points out of 13, defeating Michael Adams, Wei Yi, Loek Van Wely, Pavel Eljanov, and Ding Liren, and losing to David Navara and Evgeny Tomashevsky.
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Fabiano Caruana finished the tournament with 8.5 points out of 11 games, and went undefeated.
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The US team won the gold medal, while Fabiano Caruana won the bronze medal for first board.
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Fabiano Caruana began the year rated 2827, ranked No 2 in the world.
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Fabiano Caruana lost two games during the tournament and needed to win his last two games just to finish with a positive score, which he did.
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Fabiano Caruana continued to struggle through the middle of the year.
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At the World Cup, Fabiano Caruana made it to the third round.
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In December 2017 with the Candidates qualification already decided, Fabiano Caruana rebounded and won his only tournament of the year at the London Chess Classic in tiebreaks.
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Fabiano Caruana won three games and drew the remaining six.
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However, Fabiano Caruana was able to come from behind by defeating Michael Adams in his last game.
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Fabiano Caruana faced Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2018 from November 9 to 28.
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Fabiano Caruana finished in joint-10th place after the first 7 events, thus failing to qualify for the finals at the London Chess Classic.
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At the time of the postponement, Fabiano Caruana was tied for third place out of eight players with a score of 3.5 out of 7.
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Fabiano Caruana tied for third place but due to tie-breaks placed fourth out of eight.
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From August 9 to August 16, Fabiano Caruana played in the 2021 St Louis Rapid and Blitz taking second behind Hikaru Nakamura.
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Between December 18 and December 23, Fabiano Caruana participated in the 2021 Vugar Gashimov Memorial, where he edged out Richard Rapport in an armaggedon playoff to win first place.
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Apart from the events he played, Fabiano Caruana participated in the coverage of the World Chess Championship 2021 in November and December 2021, along with Daniel Rensch and Robert Hess, for Chess.
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From June 16 to July 5, Fabiano Caruana participated in the Candidates Tournament held in Madrid, having qualified to play by being the runner-up in the Grand Swiss in 2021 behind Alireza Firouzja.
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Fabiano Caruana followed this up with a victory in the Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX, a rapid chess 960 tournament held in Saint Louis, after defeating Alireza Firouzja in the playoffs for the title.
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From October 5 to October 19, Fabiano Caruana participated in the 2022 US Chess Championship, winning ahead of Wesley So, Levon Aronian, and Lenier Dominguez, among others.
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Fabiano Caruana would earn wins against Hans Niemann and Abhimanyu Mishra, among others, en route to his victory.
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Fabiano Caruana earned 13 Grand Chess Tour 2023 points and $40,000 from his victory.
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Fabiano Caruana won the 2023 Sinquefield Cup, scoring 5.5 points out of 8.
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Fabiano Caruana scored wins against Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So, and Richard Rapport en route to his victory, where he earned $100,000 and 13 Grand Chess tour points.
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Fabiano Caruana won the 2023 Grand Chess Tour with a score of 46 points of a possible 52, which is the highest point total in the Tour's history since switching to a 4-tournament event.
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Fabiano Caruana earned $175,000 for his victory in the Grand Chess Tour.
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Fabiano Caruana successfully defended his title at the 2024 Superbet Chess Classic held in Bucharest, Romania.
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Victories over Alireza Firouzja and Bogdan-Daniel Deac in early rounds had Fabiano Caruana poised to win the event, until Anish Giri defeated him in the final round.
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Fabiano Caruana placed second at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup - the final Grand Chess Tour event of the year.
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Fabiano Caruana earns $234,250 and automatic qualification to the 2025 Tour from his second-place finish.
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Fabiano Caruana won the 2024 US Chess Championship, giving him his 3rd consecutive US champion title, and 4th title overall.
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Just days later, Fabiano Caruana competed in and shared first place in the St Louis Masters.
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Fabiano Caruana earned 16.39 circuit points from the event, which brought him to first place in the circuit.
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Fabiano Caruana would keep this lead for the rest of the year and qualify for the 2026 candidates tournament.
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On February 13,2025, Fabiano Caruana signed with the esports organization Team Liquid, opening their chess division.
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Fabiano Caruana will represent the organization during the Champions Chess Tour 2025 and, should he qualify, the 2025 Esports World Cup.
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In March 2025, Fabiano Caruana won the Champions Showdown: The Kings in St Louis.
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Fabiano Caruana has been hailed by Magnus Carlsen as a player who has an edge in calculations and opening preparation over most of his contemporaries.
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Fabiano Caruana possesses dual citizenship of 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.