Arianne Caoili

Infobox chess player


playername = Arianne Caoili
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birthname = Arianne Bo Caoili
country = AUS
datebirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1986|12|22
placebirth =
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Woman International Master
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2153
peakrating = 2309 (October 2002)

Arianne Bo Caoili (born 22 December 1986, Manila) is a Philippine born Australian chess player and is a celebrity dancer on "Dancing with the Stars". She has achieved the FIDE Woman International Master title.

Chess

Arianne Caoili began playing chess at the age of six. At one point during 2002, she achieved a FIDE rating of over 2300,cite web
title = Caoili, Arianne FIDE Online Chess Persona Card
url = http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=5201179
accessdate = 2006-09-24 ] but that rating has been in decline since she curtailed her chess activities to concentrate on her studies.

Press coverage

In June 2006 it was reported that the British Grandmaster Danny Gormally had thrown a punch at Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian (who was at the time the number three on the FIDE world ranking) in a Turin nightclub during the chess Olympiad. Gormally apparently became jealous when he saw Aronian dancing with Caoili.cite news
last = Kalina
first = Paula
title = Champ has all the right moves
work = Herald Sun
language = English
date = 2006-09-21
url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/champ-has-all-the-right-moves/2006/09/20/1158431719680.html
accessdate = 2006-09-24 ] cite news
title = Chess queen's new move
work = The Sunday Telegraph
language = English
date = 2006-09-12
url = http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,22049,20397482-5006014,00.html
accessdate = 2006-09-24 ] cite news
title = Party Time at the Chess Olympiad
language = English
date = 2006-06-12
url = http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3171
accessdate = 2007-01-27]

"Dancing with the Stars"

Arianne Caoili was one of the celebrity dancers in the fifth season of "Dancing with the Stars". Her professional dance partner is Carmelo Pizzino. She also won the car for a home viewer in Deal or No Deal.cite web
title = Couples - Dancing with the Stars
url = http://au.yahoo.com/dancing-with-the-stars/couples/
accessdate = 2006-09-25 ] She finished runner-up behind Anthony Koutoufides.

External links

* [http://www.ariannecaoili.net Homepage]
* [http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/statistics_pgn_rating_chart.asp?username=Caoili,Arianne Statistics at ChessWorld.net]

References