The 2016 U.S. Olympic Team
Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 12:12PM
Dennis Monokroussos in 2016 Chess Olympiad

The identities of the first four players offers nary a surprise: Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Ray Robson. The reserve spot was more closely contested, but in the end Sam Shankland earned his place on the team. It could have been an even stronger team if Gata Kamsky had maintained his level from just a few years ago, but short of Garry Kasparov taking U.S. citizenship and coming out of retirement it's about the best the U.S. can do - and it's very good.

More here. (HT: Daniel Parmet)

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