Annotated Games
![Shabalov, Yu, Yoo](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/winners_2022_jr_sr_slcc_c_fuller_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=Tl06uqE9)
After a long final day, featuring two rapid playoffs and one blitz showdown, the 2022 U.S. Junior, Girls’ Junior, and Senior Championships are… Read More »
![Yoo vs Mishra](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/yoo-mishra_rd8_2022_jr_slcc_ootes.jpg.webp?itok=yV-jJ9rq)
Friday’s penultimate round of the 2022 U.S. Junior, Girls’ Junior, and Senior Championships saw the Junior and Girls’ Junior frontrunners maintain… Read More »
![WFM Sophie Morris-Suzuki](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/morris-suzuki_2022_girls_jr_r6_slcc_a_fuller.jpg.webp?itok=iOzrZsMJ)
After the rest day, the players came out fighting in the sixth round of the 2022 Junior, Girls' Junior, and Senior Championships.
With the… Read More »
![GM Larry Christiansen, 2022 U.S. Senior Championship. Photo: Fuller/SLCC](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_larry-christiansen_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=OBvNEsDz)
If you expected Monday's fifth round to be fighting, thanks to the promise of a rest day on Tuesday, you would have been right. The players in the… Read More »
![WFM Sophie Morris-Suzuki](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/morris-suzuki_rd4_2022_girls_jr_slcc_c_fuller.jpg.webp?itok=xZVKaMRt)
No prisoners were taken in the fourth round of the 2022 U.S. Senior, Junior, and Girls’ Junior Championships, with 12 (out of 15!) decisive games… Read More »
![Abhi Mishra](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/mishra_2022_jr_rd3_slcc_c_fuller.jpg.webp?itok=VsOIMTbI)
The 2022 Girls Junior Championship was where the most dramatic action was on Saturday, including some spectacular games that came down to the wire.… Read More »
![Pedro Espinosa in round 2 of the 2022 U.S. Junior Championship. Photo: Bryan Adams/SLCC](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_2022-us-senior-junior-round2_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=FqMmCrkG)
In the second day of the 2022 U.S. Junior and Senior Championships in St. Louis, the competitors began jostling for position. Clear leaders formed in… Read More »
![2022 Senior and Juniors playing hall](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/2022_senior_rd1_2_slcc_c_fuller_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=jIuQCuZE)
Many chess events that we once took for granted have either disappeared or morphed in these last few years. But one certainty remains: a trio of… Read More »
![GM Ian Nepomniachtchi](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/candidates_r13_20220703_chess.com_0154.jpg.webp?itok=lqq5fYR9)
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is one of only six players (as noted by @Eyal_P_Sto_) to win two Candidates cycles after Sunday’s draw with GM Richard Rapport… Read More »