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December 22, 2005
IM Caruana
Back in July I wondered if 13-year-old American Fabiano Caruana might be on the Olympiad team in 2008 or 2010. I believe he just received his third and final International Master norm by winning the latest "First Saturday" IM event in Hungary. And he might be playing in the Olympiad next year! But not for the US. John Henderson writes in to say that it's almost certain Caruana will be changing his federation from the US to Italy, where he will be residing with his family. Turin hosts the 2006 Olympiad and since the home nation gets multiple teams, it's very probable he'll be get a spot. (Indeed he may already have been promised one.)
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US team is reserved for former USSR grandmasters
Posted by: Goran at December 22, 2005 17:20I have to agree that 'US player makes US team' would be more sensational :).
Posted by: Mark Howitt at December 22, 2005 20:01I have to agree that 'US player makes US team' would be more sensational :).
Posted by: Mark Howitt at December 22, 2005 20:06LOL, that double entry was due to the server. Feel free to delete one of the messages if u want.
Posted by: Mark Howitt at December 22, 2005 20:50Just think, Mig, you have a wonderful picture of you and Fabiano. I bet you've forgotten..no you wouldn't forget something like that.
Click on my name to see it. :)
Posted by: inky at December 22, 2005 22:00Seems like he needs a rating of 2400 and ratification before he is IM Caruana.
Posted by: abc at December 23, 2005 01:33Paul Hoffman wrote an excellent piece for the New Yorker four or five years ago, profiling Bruce Pandolfini, Fabiano's coach at the time. There are some interesting tidbits about Fabiano's early chess development in the article.
Howard
Posted by: Howard Goldowsky at December 23, 2005 06:56abc,
It is true that the IM title requires a minimum rating of at least 2400. However, this rating does not need to have ever been published, and can be achieved mid-rating period or indeed, mid-event. See section 1.50c of the FIDE handbook:
http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=B0101
So it is possible that he achieved this in the process of getting his third norm--that's pretty common.
And of course you are right about certification. The application has to be submitted to FIDE (and if he's changing federations, that will be done by the new federation) and then each individual norm certified. So at the moment he is an IM-elect, not yet an IM. But clearly an event worth celebrating. :)
Posted by: Duif at December 23, 2005 10:04
I was under the impression that he has already changed his federation to Italy?
'US player makes US team' would make a good headline in the satirical Onion newspaper (www.theonion.com).
Posted by: Steve Etzel at December 24, 2005 07:34FIDE still lists him as playing for the US. He may have already put in the paperwork to change, though.
http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=2020009
regards,
duif
The FIDE list isn't up to date. Probably they'll change it only for the next list in January. If I remember correctly, he was already playing as Italian in the Klaus-Junge-Open in Hamburg in October.
Posted by: supergrobi at December 25, 2005 21:23Now, Caruana is an italian player.
http://fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=2020009
Posted by: Megalovic at January 17, 2006 19:17Yesterday Fabiano became GM, 16 days before 15 years old, a record for USA.
Posted by: Fer at July 17, 2007 06:29Yesterday Fabiano became GM, 16 days before 15 years old, a record for USA.
Posted by: Fer at July 17, 2007 06:30Duif, an easier answer is 'his rating is already 2549'.
Posted by: gg at July 17, 2007 06:39OK I missed the antiquity of the thread.
Posted by: gg at July 17, 2007 06:41
