Caruana Fabiano (30.07.1992)

An American-Italian Grandmaster (2007) born in the USA and living between Europe and the USA.
Pan-American U10 Champion in 2002 and Pan-American U12 Champion in 2003. Champion of Italy in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Caruana faced Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2018 in London. All 12 classical time control games were drawn. Magnus Carlsen then won the rapid tiebreak games 3–0.
On 28th September 2002, 10 years, 61 days old at the time, Fabiano became the youngest player ever to defeat a Grandmaster in a USCF rated tournament.
In 2006, he moved to the Italian ranking list and plays for the Italian team. In 2015, he switched back to the U.S. to become the 2016 U.S. Champion and a  member of the U.S. team which won the team gold at the 2016 Olympiad.

Best results: World Youth Stars 2006, 3^rd; Vlissingen 2007, 1^st; Moratalaz (ESP) Open 2007, 1^st; Ascala de Henares  Open 2007, 1^st; Budapest FS04 and FS07 GM 2007, 1^st; Wijk aan Zee C 2008, 1^st; Wijk aan Zee B, 2009, 1^st; Biel 2010, 1^st; AAI International Grandmasters (IND) 2011, 1^st; Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2012, 1^st; Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2012, 1^st; FIDE Grand Prix Paris 2013, 1-2^nd; Kings Tournament in Bucharest 1^st; Zurich Chess Challenge 1^st; FIDE Grand Prix Baku 2014, 1^st; Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis 2014, 1^st; Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2014 and 2015, 1^st; FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk 2015, 1-2^nd; Candidate Tournament 2018, 1^st; Sinquefield Cup, 1-3rd; Wijk aan Zee 2020, 1^st

Fabiano has been coached by Bruce Pandolfini, Miron Sher, Boris Zlotnik, Elizbar Ubilava, Alexander Chernin, Vladimir Chuchelov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

Peak rating: 2844 in 2014, he became then the third highest rated player in history.