GM Andrew Hong, 2022 Weeramantry Blitz champion (courtesy of the subject)
Justin Wang ready to work his magic on the e-file (courtesy Lennart Ootes/SLCC)
Robert Shlyakhtenko (courtesy Deshaun Adams/Renaissance Knights)
IM Anthony He (courtesy Caroline King)
Christopher Yoo photo courtesy of the subject
IM Kirk Ghazarian is in good company when it comes to missing the Tactic Of The Day (courtesy Austin Fuller/SLCC)
IM Jason Wang finished first on tiebreaks (photo Caroline King)
Last year's co-champ was this year's only 6/6 player in any of the five invitationals (photo Daniel Day)
Nico Chasin (photo David Llada)
IM Eddy Tian (photo David Llada)
Rohan Padhye (L) and IM Evan Park (photo David Llada)
Vyom Vidyarthi (photo Betsy Zacate)
FM Sandeep Sethuraman (David Llada)
IM Dimitar Mardov
Erick Zhao (courtesy Deshaun Adams/Renaissance Knights)
2022 Barber 3rd Place Winner FM Bach Ngo at the 2022 U.S. Open. Photo: Mark Cieslikowski
"We want Fabi!" the junior champion will face Caruana in a critical game for the standings (courtesy Lennart Ootes/SLCC)
Happy belated birthday to now-14-year-old Alice Lee (courtesy Austin Fuller/SLCC)
FM Brewington Hardaway broke the 2400 barrier and earned a GM norm in the process (courtesy Daniel Schipper/CCC)
Eric Liu with his championship medal.
courtesy Charlotte Chess Center
Woodward made waves with his upset of Niemann in their third-round clash (courtesy David Llada/FIDE)
IM-Elect Chen! (courtesy Elite Chess)
Ryan Sun (courtesy Deshaun Adams/Renaissance Knights)
Top-seeded Aiden Liu (CA) is perfect around two rounds in the K-5 Championship (photo Caroline King)
Sam Luger
Ethan Guo, 2022 National K-8 Blitz Co-Champ
Kyle Dong (photo David Llada)
Linxi Zhu won the K-3 Blitz Championship outright, and is currently tied for first in the K-3 Championship (photo Caroline King)