Posts categorized "Super grandmaster chess"
Photo Lennart Ootes Wesley So, our new US Champion and current World #2 ranked player, dazzled with his queen sacrifice against Jeffery Xiong, one of…
Wesley So and Sabina Foisor, Photo Lennart Ootes Just like last year, I list the ten biggest takeaways from the 2017 U.S. Championships. It’s great… Read More »
From the moment we landed in Saint Louis we were greeted with signs of chess culture in the chess capital. A banner welcoming guests for the Chess...
We have a new US Women's chess champion: Congrats to Sabina Foisor! Foisor won a beautiful miniature today over Apurva Virkud, capped off with a...
Alexander Onischuk, Photo IM Eric Rosen As the US Chess Championship draws to a close, three players lead the Open section: Wesley So, Varuzhan...
In the most dramatic round so far in the US Chess Championships, World #2 Wesley So won a spectacular game over World Junior Champ Jeffery Xiong. The…
Yaro Zherebukh, Photo Eric Rosen In round seven of the US Chess Championships, Yaro Zherebukh stunned with a victory over Fabiano Caruana against the…
As the U.S. Championships pass the midway point, test your own abilities with the critical moments and key tactics in the event so far.
World #2 Wesley So is the sole leader at the halfway point of the US Championship (Saint Louis, March 29-April 10), with 3.5/5. In the Women's...
Jennifer Yu pulled off the biggest upset of the round, swindling defending Champion Anna Zatonskih, Photo Eric Rosen The US Championship began on...