Ghazarian was the "last American standing," going undefeated through five rounds (courtesy David Llada/FIDE)
Vyom Vidyarthi (photo Betsy Zacate)
Liran Zhou at the 2022 Charlotte Chess Center Norm Invitational. Photo: Charlotte Chess Center
Ethan Sheehan played one of the more inventive games of the tournament, falling just shy of an IM norm
No pressure! Lee poses and smiles before a must-win game.
GM Andy Woodward is gaining momentum. (SLCC/Lennart Ootes)
FM Ryo Chen, hard at work under strong supervision.
Tani Adewumi at SuperNationals VIII (Photo by David Llada)
FM Ryan Sun earned his first IM norm
Bryan Enming Lin (Photo by John Hartmann)
K-6 Champion Tariq Yue (Photo by John Hartmann)
Radhakrishnan (L) was unable to win on demand against Wang, but not for lack of effort (Photo Caroline King)
Ten-year-old Lev Shangin, featured here on board three of the final round, is a player to watch (Photo Caroline King)
Sasha Schaefer, the top Under-10 Blitz finisher (Photo courtesy of Maria Schaefer)
Santhosh Ayyappan tied for first in the blitz, finishing second on tiebreaks (Photo courtesy of the subject)
Vivan Prakash Mulay (photo Caroline King for US Chess)
Aayansh Samanta, third in Under-10 Blitz (Photo courtesy of Palash Samanta)
Hardy Gu (L) and Sasha Milo Schaefer (R) (photo Caroline King for US Chess)
Darren Wu vs Ian Avery Singh (photo Caroline King for US Chess)
Ruben Quintans (Photo courtesy of the subject)
Siddharth Parthasarathy is one of three Nebraskan juniors to answer Malpert's challenge, skyrocketing to to the top ten of the rating list for nine-year-olds (Photo by John Hartmann)
Under-10 Girls champion Abigail Zhou, pictured with IA Vadim Tsypin and Chief Arbiter IA Vladislav Rekhson (Photo courtesy of the subject)