Arianne Caoili

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Arianne Caoili
Full name	Arianne Bo Caoili
Country	Australia
Born	December 22, 1986 (1986-12-22) (age 21)
Title	Woman International Master
FIDE rating	2153
Peak rating	2309 (October 2002)

Arianne Bo Caoili (born December 22, 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.

Contents 1 Chess 1.1 Press coverage 2 Dancing with the Stars 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Chess

Arianne Caoili began playing chess at the age of six. At one point during 2002, she achieved a FIDE rating of over 2300,^[1] but that rating has been in decline since she curtailed her chess activities to concentrate on her studies.

[edit] 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. ^[2][3][4]

[edit] Dancing with the Stars

Arianne Caoili was one of the celebrity dancers in the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars.^[3] Her professional dance partner is Carmelo Pizzino. She also won the car for a home viewer in Deal or No Deal.^[5] She finished runner-up behind Anthony Koutoufides.

[edit] External links

• Homepage
• Statistics at ChessWorld.net

[edit] References

1. ^ Caoili, Arianne FIDE Online Chess Persona Card. Retrieved on 2006-09-24.
2. ^ Kalina, Paula. "Champ has all the right moves", Herald Sun, 2006-09-21. Retrieved on 2006-09-24. (English) 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Chess queen's new move", The Sunday Telegraph, 2006-09-12. Retrieved on 2006-09-24. (English) 
4. ^ "Party Time at the Chess Olympiad", 2006-06-12. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. (English) 
5. ^ Couples - Dancing with the Stars. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.