Top American Players

Abhi Mishra
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
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
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 Ding Liren
It’s over. It’s finally over.Read More »
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
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 »
First move in Nepo-Nakamura
With a 14-move draw today against GM Hikaru Nakamura, it’s another step closer to returning to a World Championship match for GM Ian Nepomniachtchi,… Read More »
2022 FIDE Candidates Round 11, Nepomniachtchi-Firouzja
With a big win against Alireza Firouzja in round 11, Ian Nepomniachtchi’s smile is almost wider than his lead. GM Jacob Aagaard provides his daily… Read More »
2022 FIDE Candidates, Ian Nepomniachtchi walks through the playing hall
After the round 10 games today for the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament, Ian Nepomniachtchi is floating further forward from the pack. GM Jacob… Read More »
2022 FIDE Candidates, Round 9, Nepo Looks On
Round after round, Ian Nepomniachtchi is proving to be an immovable object. Today, while he held his lead with a draw against second-place Fabiano… Read More »
2022 FIDE Candidates, Hikaru Nakamura
The game that garnered most of the attention this round was Nakamura-Caruana, a complicated slugfest which also had the biggest effect on the… Read More »
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