Top American Players
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Editor's note: This article has been updated on January 12, 2024, to include the author's own annotations of her first three games (against GM Irina… Read More »
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This week's Wednesday Workout checks in on some old friends playing the 2023 Qatar Masters: world number one GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Hikaru Nakamura… Read More »
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Nothing compares to the excitement of the final round. The audience loves the adrenaline, and the raised stakes can aggravate the pressure but also… Read More »
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The penultimate round of the 2023 U.S. Championships saw a drastic shift in the course of events. In the Open, GM Fabiano Caruana completed his… Read More »
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Yesterday's round nine of the 2023 U.S. and U.S. Women's Championships delivered a number of attacking games with lots of cool ideas, occasional… Read More »
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Round eight brought another round of exciting chess in the 2023 U.S. Championships. We can safely say that it was a round with some of the most topsy… Read More »
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The seventh round of the 2023 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships appears quite peaceful with all games in the Open section ending in a draw and half… Read More »
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After a full-on bloodbath in round five, the players cooled down a bit in the Open section of the 2023 U.S. Championships. With six drawn games, GM… Read More »
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The first rest day at the 2023 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships certainly allowed players to recharge, as round five marked the bloodiest round so… Read More »
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This week's Tactics Tuesday pulled a few key moments from our coverage of ongoing the 2023 U.S. Women's Championship to talk about an important theme… Read More »