USA Championship 2016

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LawrenceCooper
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Re: USA Championship 2016

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:11 pm

NickFaulks wrote:Of course Nakamura, like Seirawan, was born overseas but moved to the US at a very early age and learned the game there. They are both arguably more "American", in a chess sense, than Caruana, who moved to Europe at the age of twelve and made most of his progress there.
Yes, Nakamura and Krush are the two that I think of as American despite being born elsewhere. All their chess activity has been whilst "being" American.

Mick Norris
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Re: USA Championship 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:13 pm

Blitz starts tomorrow

With J'adoubeamura, Kasparov & So, the arbiters will need to be alert :lol: (though at least So won't be taking notes)
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