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Round 8: How the Tables Turn
The leaders all won in Round 7. GM Wesley So is atop the U.S. Championship with 5/7, while IM Alice Lee and WIM Rachael Li are tied for first in the...
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$50,000 Naroditsky Fellowship Now Open for Applications
This announcement was originally published on September 10, 2026 and was reposted on October 19, 2026 with the below text from Charlotte Chess Center...
Wesley So
Round 7: So Surges Into the Lead
The leaders all won in Round 7. GM Wesley So is atop the U.S. Championship with 5/7, while IM Alice Lee and WIM Rachael Li are tied for first in the...
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Leaderboard Logjam after U.S. Championships Round 6
An eventful Thursday saw two more players join the share of first place in both the 2026 U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women’s Championship. Across...
Woodward confidently moves against Caruana as Lee blurs by. (Photo courtesy SLCC/Lennart Ootes)
Round 5: Teen Takeover at U.S. Championships
After a day off, players were ready to fight, and the 2026 U.S. Championships delivered eight decisive results on Wednesday. IM Alice Lee extended her...
Outside of SLCC in 2025, "Greetings from Chess Capital USA" photo courtesy SLCC/Lennart Ootes.
In the Club: Notes from St. Louis
Editor's Note: Chess Life and Chess Life Online Editor John Hartmann made it to St. Louis for the first two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Championships. A...

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