Posts categorized "Annotated games"
IM Carissa Yip’s perfect run ended yesterday after a fighting loss to FM Megan Lee. Her lead in the U.S. Women’s Championship was narrowed to “only… Read More »
Today is the final rest day of the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship. With three rounds to go, IM Carissa Yip boasts a 2½-point...
It's all eyes on IM Carissa Yip after another victory, while GM Awonder Liang creeps closer to Open leader GM Fabiano Caruana.
Most major sports competitions go all-out for glamorous halftime shows full of bright lights and music reverberating throughout the stadium.… Read More »
If the rest day was the calm before the storm, then the fifth round of the U.S. Championship was truly the storm, with a whopping ten decisive games…
Round four of the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship saw last year’s defending champions GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Carissa Yip each…
The third round of the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship each produced three decisive results, giving us plenty to dive into today…
The second round of the 2024 U.S. Championship saw more fireworks than the first, with GM Wesley So and GM Sam Sevian becoming the first (and so far…
On the eve of National Chess Day, the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship kicked off at the Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC) with two...
We welcome Jeff French as the new editor. It is ironic that Jeff was a student and chess club member of Alex Dunne's in high school in northeast...