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{{Infobox chess player
|name          = Hedinn Steingrimsson
|image         =
|birthname    = Héðinn Steingrímsson
|country       = [[Iceland]]
|birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1975|01|11|df=yes}}
|birth_place   = [[Rekjavik]], Iceland
|title         = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2007)
|worldchampion = U12 World Champion (1987)
|rating        = 2567 (January 2016) <br /><small>(No. 359 in the January 2016 [[FIDE World Rankings]])</small>.
|peakrating    = ???? (March 2011)
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'''Hedinn Steingrimsson''' [Icelandic: Héðinn Steingrímsson ] (born 11 January 1975) is an Icelandic [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (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<ref>http://en.chessbase.com/post/going-new-ways-gm-hedinn-steingrimsson</ref>.  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 [[Rekjavik]], [[Iceland]].  He started playing chess at the age of 6 in an after-school program.  He quickly emerged as a prodigy, winning his age category of the Scandinavian Chess Championship several times, before winning the U12 [[World Youth Chess Championship]] in 1987.  He participated in his first adult championship in 1990 at the age of 15, and despite being the lowest rated participant, he won clear first and became National Champion of Iceland<ref>http://en.chessbase.com/post/going-new-ways-gm-hedinn-steingrimsson</ref>.

Talk here about education...

==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.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com |title=chess games |work=chessgames.com |date=2012-01-01 |accessdate=2014-02-05}}</ref><br>
<small>''Players who have been undisputed World Champions in boldface''</small>
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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]] +19-7=36
* {{flagicon|NOR}} '''[[Magnus Carlsen]]''' +8−10=37
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Boris Gelfand]] +8−6=40
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vassily Ivanchuk]] +13−7=49
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gata Kamsky]] +11−7=18
* {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Anatoly Karpov]]''' +11-5=29
* {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Garry Kasparov]]''' +4−16=31
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Grischuk]] +1−2=7<ref>http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?pid=17279&pid2=12088&result=2nd</ref>
* {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vladimir Kramnik]]''' +10−7=72
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Short]] +7−5=11
* {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Veselin Topalov]] +16−13=39
* {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Aronian]] +4−9=22<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+aronian}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]] +1−6=10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+nakamura}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] +1−2=13<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+caruana}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]] +1−2=0<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+wang+hao}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Sergei Tiviakov]] +2−4=7<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+tiviakov}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Krishnan Sasikiran]] +0−1=0<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+sasikiran}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anish Giri]] +0-1=8 <ref>http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=anand+vs+giri</ref>
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==Notable tournament successes==

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Hedinn_Steingrimsson Hedinn Steingrimsson] chess games at 365Chess.com
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{{Infobox chess player
|name = Lucas Anderson
|image = Fabiano Caruana 2013(2).jpg
|caption = Totally not the best chess player ever
|birthname = No, you don't get to know my middle name
|country = [[United States]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|7|30}}
|birth_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], US
|death_date = 
|death_place = 
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2007)
|worldchampion = 
|peakrating    = 2844 (October 2014) <!--please note that only ratings published by FIDE are acceptable. Unofficial live ratings, such as those published by the site 2700chess.com, are not used in a player's infobox-->
|rating = 
|ranking       = No. 2 (August 2018)
|peakranking   = No. 2 (October 2014)
|FideID = 2020009
}}

'''Fabiano Luigi Caruana''' (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian-American [[grandmaster (chess)|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 [[Miami]] to [[Italian-American]] parents, Caruana grew up in [[Park Slope]], [[Brooklyn]]. He played for the United States until 2005, when he [[List of nationality transfers in chess|transferred]] to Italy. He earned his grandmaster title in 2007, and in the same year won his first [[Italian Chess Championship]], a feat he repeated in 2008, 2010 and 2011. He won the [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting]] in 2012, 2014 and 2015. He also won the [[Sinquefield Cup#2014|Sinquefield Cup 2014]], recording a historic 3103 {{chessgloss|performance rating}} and improving his [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] to 2844, becoming the [[Comparison of top chess players throughout history#Elo system|third-highest-rated player in history]]. He transferred back to the US in 2015.

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#2017 Classic: 1–11 December|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 [[World Chess Championship 1972|1972]]. In the run-up to the championship match, Caruana won the [[Grenke Chess Classic#2018|5th Grenke Chess Classic]], the [[Norway Chess#2018|6th Norway Chess]], and the [[Sinquefield Cup#2018|6th Sinquefield Cup]]. He [[World Chess Championship 2018|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 [[Miami]], United States, to [[Italian-American]] parents Lou and Santina Caruana.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/fabulous-fabiano |title=Fabulous Fabiano |work=chessbase.com |date=May 19, 2003 |accessdate=2013-06-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/fabiano-caruana-and-magnus-carlsen--thats-a-title-clash-worth-watching/2015/07/12/b6fc796e-28af-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html|title =Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen — that's a title clash worth watching|first =Norman|last =Chad|date =July 12, 2015|newspaper =The Washington Post}}</ref> He is a dual citizen of Italy and the US.<ref name=chessbase/>

At the age of four, his family relocated from Miami to the neighborhood of [[Park Slope]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. At the age of five, his chess talent was discovered in an after-school chess program at [[Congregation Beth Elohim]], a [[Reform Jewish]] congregation in Park Slope. The same year he played his first tournament at the Polgar Chess Center in [[Queens]], New York.<ref name=chessbase>{{cite news |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4187 |title=Who was the future GM? Fabiano Caruana, Italy's top grandmaster! |website=chessbase.com |date=October 18, 2007|accessdate=2013-05-30}}</ref>

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 [[National Master]] (NM) [[Bruce Pandolfini]], and from age eight to twelve he studied with GM Miron Sher.

In 2004 at age twelve, he relocated with his family from Brooklyn to [[Madrid]] to pursue a professional chess career, playing for Italy from 2005 to 2015. He trained with [[International Master]] (IM) Boris Zlotnik in Madrid,<ref name=whychess>{{cite news |url=http://whychess.com/node/2908 |title=Fabiano Caruana: "A lot of hard work..." |website=whychess.com |date=August 25, 2012 |accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref> and in 2007 he moved to [[Budapest]] to train with grandmaster [[Alexander Chernin]].<ref name=chessbase/> In 2010 Caruana moved to [[Lugano]], [[Switzerland]], and, at the end of that year, started to train with grandmaster [[Vladimir Chuchelov]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/interview-with-gm-chuchelov-caruana-s-coach |title=Interview with GM Chuchelov - Caruana's Coach| work=chessbase.com|date=September 7, 2014 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> He moved to [[St. Louis]], Missouri, in 2014.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://kmox.radio.com/articles/st-louis-fabiano-caruana-returning-us-chess-powerhouse |title=St. Louis' Fabiano Caruana |work=kmox.com |date=April 18, 2018 |accessdate=2018-05-14}}</ref>

== Chess career ==

=== 2007 ===
In July, Caruana won the "First Saturday" GM tournament in [[Budapest]] with 7 points out of 9 games. He 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]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3999 |title=Fabiano Caruana – youngest US and Italian GM in history |work=chessbase.com |date=July 20, 2007 |accessdate=2009-04-01}}</ref>  Caruana played the strong [[Vlissingen chess tournament]] in the Netherlands in August. His last round opponent was former [[FIDE]] world champion [[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]. Caruana playing black, drew the game in 82 moves, and won the tournament with a [[Performance rating (chess)|performance]] of 2715.  In November and December Caruana participated in the [[Italian Chess Championship|Italian Championship]]. In 2006, he was the co-champion of Italy by tying with [[Michele Godena]] but losing the fifth [[Fast chess|rapid]] play-off game. In 2007, he won with a score of +8 (9½/11) to become the youngest ever Italian champion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.federscacchi.it/cia2007 |title= Italian Championship 2007 Final Standings |work=Italian Chess Federation |date=December 4, 2007 |accessdate=2009-03-01 |language=Italian}}</ref>

=== 2008 ===
In January, Caruana had his first experience at [[Corus Chess|Corus]] C and throughout much of the tournament he was the clear leader. His last round opponent was [[Parimarjan Negi]], and Caruana needed ½ point to win the tournament. Caruana won the game in 61 moves and the tournament with a final score of +7 (10/13) and performance of 2696.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://susanpolgar.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/fabiano-convincingly-wins-corus-c.html |title=Fabiano convincingly wins Corus C |work=Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information |date=January 27, 2008 |accessdate=2012-11-04}}</ref>
April saw him playing in the Ruy Lopez Festival which included a seven-round closed tournament, and a two-day rapid open tournament. In the seven round closed tournament, Caruana had a disappointing result of −2 (2½/7) with performance of 2513. The two-day rapid open tournament that followed was won by Caruana with a score of +6 (7½/9) followed by [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]], [[Julio Granda Zuniga]], and Dzhurabek Khamrakulov all with a score of +5 (7/9).  In June Caruana played first board for Italy at the Mitropa Cup, which is a four-board team competition amongst 10 "middle" European nations. He scored +6 (7½/9) winning the first board prize with performance of 2810.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2008mm/2008in.html#medals |title=27th Chess Mitropa Cup: Olbia 2008 |work=olimpbase.org |date=June 3, 2008 |accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref> In August the NH Chess Tournament "Rising Stars vs. Experienced" was played with [[Scheveningen system|Scheveningen format]] which is a double round team match of five "Rising Stars" against five "Experienced" players. Caruana played against [[Evgeny Bareev]], [[Viktor Korchnoi]], [[Artur Jussupow]], [[Simen Agdestein]], and [[Ljubomir Ljubojević]]. He scored +3 (6½/10) with performance of 2706. In October and November: Caruana played at Eighth Cap d'Agde Rapid Chess Tournament, held in [[Cap d'Agde]], a knock-out closed rapid tournament organized into two round robin groups of eight players each, with the top four scorers of each group proceeding to the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and then the finals. The [[time control]] was 25 minutes with a 10-second increment. In his group, Caruana placed first with a score of +4 (5½/7) winning against [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Xiangzhi Bu]], [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], [[Marie Sebag]], and [[draw (chess)|drawing]] against [[Vassily Ivanchuk]], [[Ivan Cheparinov]], and [[Kateryna Lahno]]. Caruana's performance was 2866 and he had qualified to enter the quarter-finals. His quarter-final match, which was against [[Anatoly Karpov]], was closely fought. Karpov won the first game, and Caruana won the second. Then tie-break games with time control of 15 minutes were played. The first four games were all drawn. The fifth game Karpov won, and Caruana was knocked out. In November Caruana played at [[38th Chess Olympiad|38th Olympiad]], his first Olympiad. On the first board for Italy he played against [[Levon Aronian]] in the first round, [[Viktor Korchnoi]] in the fourth round, Michael Adams in the fifth round, [[Emanuel Berg]] in the seventh round, and [[Peter Leko]] in the eighth round. He lost to Aronian and Leko, and won against Adams, Korchnoi, and Berg. His final score was 7½/11 with performance of 2696.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr16314.aspx?art=9&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=800&snr=58 |title=Olympiad Dresden 2008 Open |work=chess-results.com |date=November 29, 2008 |accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref> When winter rolled around in November and December, Caruana successfully defended his title winning the Italian Championship for the second consecutive year with a score of +5 (8/11).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.federscacchi.it/cia2008 |title= Italian Championship 2008 Final Standings |work=Italian Chess Federation |date=December 14, 2007 |accessdate=2009-03-01 | language=Italian}}</ref>

=== 2009 ===
In February, Caruana—having won Corus C 2008—received and accepted invitation to [[Corus Chess|Corus]] B 2009 which was of category 16 with average Elo of 2641. Throughout the tournament his standings ranged from first to third place. Going into the last round he was tied for second and his opponent was [[Nigel Short]] who was in clear first. The game lasted 67 moves. Caruana won the game and the tournament with a score of +4 (8½/13) and performance of 2751. Caruana is the first player ever to win both Corus C and Corus B in consecutive years placing clear first in both.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tatasteelchess.com/history/recent/year/2009/standings/2 |title= Standings Grandmaster Group B |work=Corus Chess |date=November 1, 2009 |accessdate=2009-03-01}}</ref> In April he played in the Russian Team Championship at [[Sochi]] with the "Club 64" of [[Moscow]], scoring 5 points out of 6; his team placed second after [[Tomsk]].  In May he played with the Italian team in the "Mitropa Cup" at [[Rogaska Slatina]] in Slovenia, scoring 6 points out of 8 and winning the individual gold medal on first board. By November Caruana was entered in and played in the [[Chess World Cup 2009]] at [[Khanty-Mansiysk]] in Russia. In the first two rounds he beat the Cuban grandmasters [[Lázaro Bruzón]] and [[Leinier Dominguez]] (Elo 2719), in the third the Russian [[Evgeny Alekseev (chess player)|Evgeny Alekseev]] (Elo 2715); in round four he lost, only in the rapid games, to [[Vugar Gashimov]] (Elo 2759 and seventh in the world). This performance allowed him to reach 2675 points Elo.

=== 2010 ===
In July, 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/fabiano-caruana-wins-biel-2010 |title=Fabiano Caruana wins Biel 2010 |website=chessbase.com |date=July 30, 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-30}}</ref> In December he won the Italian Championship for the third time with a score of 9 points out of 11 games.  In the period from December 2010–January 2011 Caruana played in the 53rd Reggio Emilia Tournament. He placed 6th out of 10 and tied 7 out of his 9 games (only winning, again, against Nigel Short).

=== 2011 ===
In January, at the Gibraltar Masters, he finished on place 5 behind Ivanchuk, Short, [[Kaido Külaots|Külaots]] and [[Michael Roiz|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 ===
[[File:Fabiano Caruana (2012).jpg|thumb|Caruana in 2012]]
In January, at the 74th [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament]] A in Wijk aan Zee (previously known as [[Corus Chess]]), he finished on place second together with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Teimour Radjabov]], behind the winner Levon Aronian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/standings/year/2012/group/1 |title=Standings Grandmaster Group A |work=Tata Steel Chess Tournament |date=January 29, 2012 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> In March at the 27th [[Reykjavik Open]] in [[Reykjavík]], Iceland, he finished first with 7½/9.<ref>{{citation|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.aspx?art=4&lan=1&flag=30| title=Standings Reykjavik Open 2012 |periodical=Reykjavik Open 2012 |date=March 13, 2012| accessdate=2012-03-13}}</ref> In May he won the 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, an eight-player round-robin tournament, in [[Malmö]], Sweden, with 5½/7, half point ahead of Peter Leko.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/fabiano-caruana-lifts-the-trophy-at-sigeman-co-chess-tournament/|title=Fabiano Caruana lifts the trophy at Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament|work=Chessdom.com|date=May 16, 2012 |accessdate=2016-03-22}}</ref>  June saw him at the 7th [[Tal Memorial]] where he finished second with a score of 5½/9 after tiebreak with Teimour Radjabov behind Magnus Carlsen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/exciting-finish-in-the-tal-memorial-magnus-carlsen-lifts-the-trophy/|title=Exciting finish in the Tal Memorial – Magnus Carlsen lifts the trophy |work=Chessdom.com|date=June 18, 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-22}}</ref>  By July, at the 40th [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting]], he was victorious once again with a score of 6/9 after tiebreak with [[Sergey Karjakin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/fabiano-caruana-takes-the-trophy-in-dortmund |title=Fabiano Caruana takes the trophy in Dortmund |work=Chessdom.com |date=July 22, 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-22}}</ref> In the fall, in the period from September–October, he played in the [[Bilbao Chess Masters Final#Fifth Grand Slam Masters Final .282012.29|Grand Slam Chess Final]] in [[São Paulo]] and [[Bilbao]], Caruana won 4 games, drew 5 and lost 1, tying for 1st with Magnus Carlsen, but eventually losing both blitz tiebreak games and thus ending 2nd.<ref name=Bilbao>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8550 |title=Bilbao Rd10: Carlsen takes title in blitz tiebreak |date=October 13, 2012 |accessdate=2012-10-13 |work=ChessBase.com}}</ref> In November at the 6th Kings Tournament, organized in [[Bucharest]] by the Romanian capital chess club, Caruana tied all the games to get third in a shortlist, yet strong tournament (average Elo 2747) behind Vassily Ivanchuk, winner, and [[Veselin Topalov]], runner-up.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/6th-kings-tournament-in-bucharest-2012| title=6th Kings Tournament in Bucharest 2012|publisher=The Week in Chess | accessdate=2016-03-22}}</ref>

=== 2013 ===

In February–March, Caruana won with 4 points out of 6 games the [[Zurich Chess Challenge]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/zurich-r6-caruana-wins-by-a-full-point-040313 |title=Zurich R6: Caruana wins by a full point |work=chessbase.com |date=March 4, 2014 |accessdate=2013-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313063344/http://en.chessbase.com/post/zurich-r6-caruana-wins-by-a-full-point-040313 |archivedate=March 13, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref> In April at the third stage of the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013|FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012-2013]] held in [[Zug]], Switzerland, with 6 points out of 11 games, Caruana shared third place with [[Ruslan Ponomariov]], behind the winner, Veselin Topalov, and the runner-up, Hikaru Nakamura.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/zug-gp-r11-topalov-wins-game-set-and-event-020513 | title=Zug GP R11: Topalov wins game, set and event |work=chessbase.com |date=April 30, 2013 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> In May–June at the fourth stage of the "FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012-2013" held in [[Thessaloniki]], Greece, Caruana shared second place with [[Gata Kamsky]], behind the winner, [[Leinier Dominguez Perez]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/thealoniki-final-caruana-stops-kamsky-dominguez-wins-the-tournament-040613 | title=Thessaloniki Final: Caruana stops Kamsky, Dominguez wins the tournament |work=chessbase.com |date=June 3, 2013 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> In June at the eighth edition of the [[Tal Memorial]] Chess Tournament, held in Moscow, Caruana with 5 points out 9 games finished third after tiebreak with [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] and [[Dmitry Andreikin]], behind the winner, [[Boris Gelfand]], and the runner-up, Magnus Carlsen.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/tal-final-gelfand-wins-carlsen-clear-second-240613 | title=Tal Final: Gelfand wins, Carlsen clear second |work=chessbase.com |date=June 23, 2013 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> In September–October he shared first place with Boris Gelfand with 5 points out 9 games at the sixth leg of the FIDE Grand Prix, held in [[Paris]]. In the final game against Dominguez Perez, Caruana had to win with the black pieces to hope to win the tournament solo and qualify for the Candidate's Tournament, but he repeated moves early in the opening finishing with a fast draw.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/paris-final-disappointing-finish-051013 | title=Paris Final: Disappointing Finish |work=chessbase.com |date=October 4, 2013 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> In October he won the 7th edition of the Kings Tournament in Bucharest, [[Romania]], with 5 points out of 8 games.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/bucharest-final-caruana-secures-victory-171013 | title=Bucharest Final: Caruana secures victory |work=chessbase.com |date=October 17, 2013 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref>

=== 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 [[Zurich]], Switzerland, Caruana won the rapid section with 4 point out of 5 games and shared second place with Levon Aronian in combined final results (classical and rapid time controls), behind the winner Magnus Carlsen.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/caruana-wins-rapid-carlsen-tops-zurich | title=Caruana wins Rapid, Carlsen tops Zurich |work=chessbase.com |date=February 4, 2014 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> In April at [[Shamkir Chess#Shamkir Chess 2014|Shamkir Chess 2014]], a six-player double round-robin tournament held in [[Şəmkir|Shamkir]], [[Azerbaijan]], in memory of [[Vugar Gashimov]], Caruana finished second with 5½ points out of 10 games, behind the winner Magnus Carlsen. In June at [[Norway Chess#Norway Chess 2014|Norway Chess 2014]], a ten-player tournament, Caruana finished fourth with 4½ points out of 9 games. In June at the FIDE World Rapid Championship held in [[Dubai]], Caruana finished second with 10½ points out of 15 games, after tiebreaks with [[Viswanathan Anand]], Levon Aronian and [[Alexander Morozevich]], half point behind the winner Magnus Carlsen. With this result Caruana in July topped the FIDE rapid ranking with 2858 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/world-rapid-miraculous-carlsen|title=World Rapid: Miraculous Carlsen |date=June 18, 2014|accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> In FIDE World Blitz Championship, also held in Dubai, Caruana finished in the middle of the group, confirming some difficulties with short time control. In July, Caruana won with 5½ points out of 7 games the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, breaking for the first time the 2800 Elo points bar.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/dortmund-fabiano-caruana-is-now-2801 | title=Dortmund: Fabiano Caruana is now 2801 |work=chessbase.com |date=July 20, 2014 |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> By August Caruana was playing on the first board for Italy at the [[41st Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]], Norway, finishing with 6½ points out of 9 games. In the period from August–September, Caruana won with 8½ points out of 10 games the [[Sinquefield Cup#Sinquefield Cup 2014|Sinquefield Cup]] in [[Saint Louis, Missouri]], one of the strongest tournaments ever held, featuring six of the world's top ten players, including the world champion [[Magnus Carlsen]]. With 7 consecutive wins from the start, 3 draws and 0 losses, Caruana achieved a performance rating of over 3080, possibly the best tournament result in history,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/caruanas-spectacular-ches_b_5778658.html |title=Caruana's Spectacular Chess Leap |work=The Huffington Post |date=September 10, 2014 |accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref> beating out Magnus Carlsen in the [[Pearl Spring chess tournament#2009|2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament]] and [[Anatoly Karpov]] in the [[Linares International Chess Tournament|1994 Linares chess tournament]].<ref name=slate>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2014/09/sinquefield_cup_one_of_the_most_amazing_feats_in_chess_history_just_happened.single.html |title=Grandmaster Clash|work=slate.com|date=September 18, 2014 |accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref> In October he won along with Boris Gelfand the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15#Baku 2014|Baku stage of the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15]], a twelve-player round-robin, with 6½ points out of 11 games.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8311-baku-grand-prix-round-3.html |title=Gelfand and Caruana share first place in Baku Grand Prix| work=fide.com|date=October 16, 2014 |accessdate=2014-10-16}}</ref> The loss at round 7 against Dmitry Andreikin ended a streak of 22 points out of 27 games and no losses started in August.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/baku-07-he-is-human |title=Baku 07: He is human!| work=chessbase.com|date=October 10, 2014 |accessdate=2014-10-16}}</ref> In the period of late October through early November, Caruana shared the fourth place with 6 points out of 11 games at the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15#Tashkent 2014|Tashkent leg]] of the FIDE Grand Prix. The winter winds of December saw him at the [[London Chess Classic#2014 Classic: 6–14 December|6th London Chess Classic]], a six-player round-robin, he shared the last place with 4 draws and 1 loss in 5 games.

=== 2015 ===
In January, Caruana played in the [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2015|2015 Tata Steel Chess Tournament]], a 14 players round-robin, where he finished seventh, with 7 points out 13 games, behind the winner Magnus Carlsen. In February he was at the [[Grenke Chess Classic#2015|2015 Grenke Chess Classic]] in [[Baden-Baden]], an 8-player round-robin.  He shared third and fourth positions, with 4 points out 7 games, behind the winner Magnus Carlsen. In February at [[Zurich Chess Challenge#Zurich Chess Challenge 2015|2015 Zurich Chess Challenge]], a 6 players tournament, Caruana shared second place in Blitz Section with 3½ points out 5 games, shared the last place with 2 points out of 5 games in Classical Section, finished last with 1½ points out 5 games in Rapid Section and finished fifth in Combined Final Results (Classical & Rapid TC) behind the winner Hikaru Nakamura. In April at the [[Shamkir Chess#2015|Shamkir Chess 2015]], a 10 players tournament, Caruana finished fourth with 5 points out of 9 games behind the winner Magnus Carlsen. In May, Caruana won along with Hikaru Nakamura and [[Dmitry Jakovenko]] the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15#Khanty-Mansiysk 2015|FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk 2015]], a 12-player round-robin, with 6½ points out of 11 games. With this result Caruana won the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15]] and qualified for the [[Candidates Tournament|2016 Candidates Tournament]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8735-fide-grand-prix-in-khanty-mansiysk-round-10.html |title=FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk: Final| work=fide.com|date=May 26, 2015 |accessdate=2015-05-26}}</ref> In June he played in the [[Norway Chess#Norway Chess 2015|Norway Chess 2015]], a 10-player tournament, where he finished fifth with 4 points out of 9 games behind the winner Veselin Topalov. In June–July: Caruana won the [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting]], an 8 player single-round robin tournament, with 5½ points out of 7 possible points, ending the tournament with a 5-game win-streak. In August–September he finished 8th at the [[Sinquefield Cup#Sinquefield Cup 2015|2015 Sinquefield Cup]] with 3½ out of 9 possible points. In September, at the [[Chess World Cup 2015]], a 128-player [[single-elimination]] tournament, Caruana was eliminated in the fourth round by [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]. In December, Caruana competed in the final leg of the [[Grand Chess Tour]], the [[London Chess Classic]]. He achieved the arguably boring result of 9 draws out of 9 games (+0-0=9).

=== 2016 ===
[[File:Fabiano Caruana receives his medal (29315596344).jpg|thumb|Caruana receives the bronze medal for Board 1 at the [[Open event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad]]]]
In January, at the [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2016|2016 Tata Steel Chess Tournament]], Caruana shared second (along with [[Ding Liren]]) with a score of 8 points out of 13 (+5-2=6), defeating [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]], [[Wei Yi]], [[Loek Van Wely]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], and [[Ding Liren]], and losing to [[David Navara]] and [[Evgeny Tomashevsky]]. Had he defeated Tomashevsky, he would have at least tied for 1st place with [[Magnus Carlsen]]. Through this tournament, he gained 7 rating points and moved to #3 in the world. By March, as part of the qualification cycle for the [[World Chess Championship 2016]], Caruana participated in the [[Candidates Tournament 2016]], held in Moscow, Russia, from March 10–30 in the [[Central Telegraph]] (Центральный телеграф) Building. The lineup of the tournament included [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Anish Giri]], and [[Levon Aronian]]. In the final round Caruana had Black against [[Sergey Karjakin]] in a winner-takes-all game. A complex position developed in which he made a mistake and was eventually defeated, making Karjakin the official challenger. Caruana eventually finished with a +1 score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/sergey-karjakin-is-the-new-challenger|title=Sergey Karjakin is the new challenger|publisher=Chessbase|date=March 28, 2016|accessdate=March 29, 2016}}</ref> On April 25, Caruana became US Chess Champion for the first time, after defeating IM Akshat Chandra in the last round of the US Chess Championship. He finished the tournament with 8.5 points out of 11 games, and went undefeated. The field consisted of world top ten players Hikaru Nakamura and [[Wesley So]]; top 100 players Ray Robson, [[Sam Shankland]], Gata Kamsky and [[Alexander Onischuk]]; GMs [[Alexander Shabalov]], Varuzhan Akobian, [[Jeffery Xiong]] and [[Aleksandr Lenderman]]; and IM [[Akshat Chandra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uschesschamps.com|title=www.uschesschamps.com {{!}} The home of championship chess in America|website=uschesschamps.com|access-date=2016-04-25}}</ref> In September he played first board of the US Team at the [[Open event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad|42nd Chess Olympiad]]. The US team won gold medal while Caruana won the bronze medal for first board.

=== 2017 ===
[[File:Erste Drei 2017 Baden-Baden.jpeg|thumb|The Top 3 finishers at the [[Grenke Chess Classic]]]]
Caruana began the year rated 2827, ranked No. 2 in the world. However, his rating would slip in the coming months. He played the [[Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival]] in March and finished with a score of 7/10, suffering one loss to [[Nigel Short]] in Round 6.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hou Yifan resigns after five moves in protest over her Gibraltar pairings|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/03/hou-yifan-resigns-after-five-moves-gibraltar|website=The Guardian|accessdate=27 April 2018}}</ref> At the [[US Chess Championship|US Championships]], Caruana finished T-3rd with 6/11. He lost two games during the tournament and needed to win his last two games just to finish with a positive score, which he did.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Championship 11: Foisor triumphs, So gambles|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/us-championship-11-foisor-triumphs-so-gambles|website=Chess24|accessdate=27 April 2018}}</ref> At the conclusion, his ranking dropped to No. 4. He finished T-2nd at the [[Grenke Chess Classic]], but was 1½ points behind the winner [[Levon Aronian]].<ref>{{cite web|title=7 conclusions from the GRENKE Chess Classic|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/7-conclusions-from-the-grenke-chess-classic|website=Chess24|accessdate=27 April 2018}}</ref> Caruana next played in the [[Norway Chess]] event, where he finished in the middle of the standings with 4½/9. His lone win came against [[Hikaru Nakamura]] and his lone loss came against [[Vishwanathan Anand]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Levon Aronian wins Norway Chess 2017!|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/levon-aronian-wins-norway-chess-2017|website=Chessbase|accessdate=27 April 2018}}</ref>

Caruana continued to struggle through the middle of the year. He finished the [[Sinquefield Cup]] in July towards the bottom of the standings with a score of 4/9 (+1-2=6). His last round loss to [[Peter Svidler]] knocked his August rating below 2800 for the first time since April 2016. At the [[Chess World Cup 2017|World Cup]], Caruana made it to the third round. [[Evgeniy Najer]] eliminated him in the rapid tiebreak rounds by winning with the black pieces. The World Cup tightened the race between Caruana, Wesley So, and [[Vladimir Kramnik]] for the two ratings qualification spots to the [[Candidates Tournament 2018|2018 Candidates Tournament]] to within a few points. However, Kramnik's loss in a classical game against [[Vassily Ivanchuk|Ivanchuck]] during the tournament left him in a distant third with only two months remaining.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doggers |first1=Peter |title=World Cup Shock: Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura Out |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/tbilisi-in-shock-carlsen-kramnik-nakamura-out |website=Chess.com |publisher=Chess.com |accessdate=22 June 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kramnik to play 2018 Candidates |url=https://en.chessbase.com/(X(1)S(rg2ylarr0wonrzrhfene5qre))/post/kramnik-to-play-2018-candidates |accessdate=22 June 2018 |work=ChessBase  |date=30 October 2017}}</ref>

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 [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Mickey Adams]] in his last game. After drawing the rapid tiebreaks, Caruana won one of the two blitz games to clinch the tournament.

=== 2018 ===
[[File:Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov (li.) und Fabiano Caruana, Kandidatenturnier Berlin 2018, 10. Runde.jpg|thumb|Caruana vs. [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|Mamedyarov]] at the [[Candidates Tournament 2018|Candidates Tournament]]]]
[[File:Fabiano Caruana, London 2018.jpg|thumb|left|Caruana at the [[World Chess Championship 2018]]|alt=]]
In January, Caruana finished 11th with a score of 5/13 at the Tata Steel Masters tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tatasteelchess.com/players/masters/master-standings|title=Standings - Tata Steel Masters 2018 - Tata Steel Chess|website=www.tatasteelchess.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-13}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldchess.com/berlin|title=FIDE World Chess|website=www.worldchess.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/an-american-will-play-for-the-world-chess-championship/ |title=An American Will Play For The World Chess Championship |work=fivethirtyeight.com|date=March 27, 2018 |accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref>
From 31 March to 9 April, Caruana competed in the [[Grenke Chess Classic#2018|5th Grenke Chess Classic]]. He won the event with a score of 6½/9 (+4–0=5), a point ahead of runner-up Carlsen.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.grenkechessclassic.de/en/grenke-chess-classic-2015/pairings-standings|title =GRENKE Chess Classic 2018: Pairings & standings|publisher =Grenke Chess|author =Staff writer(s)|date =9 April 2018}}</ref> 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]].<ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/sam-shankland-is-the-2018-us-champion Sam Shankland is the 2018 US Champion!]</ref> In June, he won the [[Norway Chess#2018|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.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/caruana-wins-altibox-norway-chess-6814|title =Caruana Wins Norway Chess|first =Peter|last =Doggers|publisher =Chess.com|date =7 June 2018}}</ref> In August, he jointly won the [[Sinquefield Cup#2018|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.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://en.chessbase.com/post/sinquefield-cup-2018-round-9|title =Sinquefield Cup: Three winners (one playoff)!|first =Venkatachalam|last =Saravanan|publisher =ChessBase|date =28 August 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/sports/magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship.html|title=Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to Win World Chess Championship|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en}}</ref>

== 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."<ref name=whychess/> 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."<ref name=whychess/>

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."<ref name=slate/> 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."<ref name=slate/>

== 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.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.uschess.org/content/view/11613/35/ |title=United States Chess Federation Benefactor Members | periodical=United States Chess Federation |date=April 30, 2014| accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>

=== National Chess Federation ranking ===
* United States Chess Federation: highest ranked player

=== National Championships ===
* Italy – Caruana won the [[Italian Chess Championship|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 Championship]] in 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.<ref name=switchtousa>[http://en.chessbase.com/post/caruana-switching-back-to-u-s-a Caruana switching back to U.S.A.], [[Chessbase]], May 12, 2015</ref>

==Notable games==
*Caruana vs. [[Emanuel Berg]], Dresden Olympiads 2008, [[French Defence]] C08, {{chessAN|1–0}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1522114 |title=Fabiano Caruana vs. Emanuel Berg, Dresden Olympiads 2008 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>
*Caruana vs. [[Francisco Vallejo Pons]], Pamplona 2008, [[Sicilian Najdorf]] B90, 1–0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1529628 |title=Fabiano Caruana vs. Francisco Vallejo Pons, Pamplona 2008 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>
*[[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]] vs. Caruana, NH Chess tournament 2008, [[Slav Defence]] D10, {{chessAN|0–1}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1503139 |title=Artur Yusupov vs. Fabiano Caruana, NH Chess tournament 2008 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>
*[[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]] vs. Caruana, Dresden Olympiads 2008, French Defence C03, 0–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1521070 |title=Michael Adams vs. Fabiano Caruana, Dresden Olympiads 2008 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>
*[[Sergey Karjakin]] vs. Caruana, São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012, [[Ruy Lopez]] C78, 0–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1692790 |title=Sergey Karjakin vs. Fabiano Caruana, São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>
*Caruana vs. [[Levon Aronian]], St. Louis, Missouri / Sinquefield Cup 2014, Ruy Lopez C78, 1–0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1772644 |title=Fabiano Caruana vs. Levon Aronian, St. Louis, Missouri / Sinquefield Cup 2014 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>
*[[Vladimir Kramnik]] vs. Caruana, Berlin, Germany / World Championship Candidates 2018, [[Petrov Defence]] C42, 0–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1914401 |title=Vladimir Kramnik vs. Fabiano Caruana, Berlin, Germany / World Championship Candidates 2018 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>

==References==
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=== Official links ===
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=== News items and interviews ===
* [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4187 Biography] from Chessbase.com
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/crosswords/chess/29chess.html "Being a Grandmaster Is Tough When You Are Not Quite 15 "] ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 2007
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02EEDF153EF934A25756C0A9659C8B63 "A Chess Player's Challenge: Opponents His Own Age"] ''The New York Times'', May 17, 2003
* [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4321 2007 Italian Championship interview] from Chessbase.com
* "Fabulous Fabiano", by Macauley Peterson, ''[[Chess Life]]'', January 2008, pp.&nbsp;30–35.
* {{cite web|url= http://www.messaggeriescacchistiche.it/pdf/caruana2008febbraio.pdf |title=Caruana: "L'anno prossimo voglio giocare nel torneo A!" }}&nbsp;{{small|(7.72&nbsp;MB)}} – by Janis Nisii, Torre & Cavallo Scacco!, February 2008, pp.&nbsp;5–9 {{in lang|it}}

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| before = [[Hikaru Nakamura]]
| after = [[Ray Robson]]
| title = Youngest ever United States Grandmaster
| years = 2007–2009
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Michele Godena]]
| after = [[Lexy Ortega]]
| title = [[Italian Chess Championship|Italian Chess Champion]]
| years = 2007–2008
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Lexy Ortega]]
| after = [[Alberto David]]
| title = [[Italian Chess Championship|Italian Chess Champion]]
| years = 2010–2011
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Magnus Carlsen]]
| after = [[Levon Aronian]]
| title = [[Sinquefield Cup]] Champion
| years = 2014
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]
| after = incumbent
| title = [[Sinquefield Cup]] Champion (with [[Levon Aronian]] and [[Magnus Carlsen]])
| years = 2018
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Vladimir Kramnik]]
| after = [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]
| title = [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting|Dortmund Sparkassen Champion]]
| years = 2012
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]
| after = [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]
| title = [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting|Dortmund Sparkassen Champion]]
| years = 2014–2015
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Hikaru Nakamura]]
| after = [[Wesley So]]
| title = [[U.S. Chess Championship|United States Chess Champion]]
| years = 2016
}}
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