Posts categorized "Top american players"
Faced with must-win games, Leiner Dominguez and Jeffery Xiong rose to the challenge. Dominguez defeated Alexander Grischuk, while Jeffery Xiong… Read More »
UPDATED - all three games annotated by IM John Watson! After yesterday’s Rest Day, the only one on the 2019 FIDE World Cup schedule, sixteen players… Read More »
After Wednesday’s dramatic tiebreak round, Leinier Dominguez and Jeffery Xiong join Wesley So as the three American players advancing to the fourth… Read More »
Leinier Dominguez, Wesley So, and Jeffery Xiong are through to the third round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup. There So meets India’s Santosh Gujrathi...… Read More »
After Wednesday’s tiebreak round, where Hikaru Nakamura advanced to the second round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup while Sam Shankland was knocked out… Read More »
Four Americans are through to the second round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup, while two have work to do in Thursday’s rapid playoffs. After their wins… Read More »
The 2019 FIDE World Cup kicked off today at the Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, with 128 players from around the world vying for two… Read More »
Carissa Yip rocketed up the rating charts and is now the #1 ranked female chessplayer in the U.S. just in time for her sixteenth birthday today...… Read More »
The September 2019 edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication… Read More »
Congratulations to Liran Zhou in the Open Under 12, and Alice Lee in the Girls Under 10, who both earned GOLD medals at the World Cadet Championships… Read More »