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A smirking GM Awonder Liang
With only one decisive game in the ninth round of the 2022 U.S. Open Championship, the standings remained relatively constant despite lots of action… Read More »
WIM Megan Lee
The eighth round of the 2022 U.S. Championships saw the action calm down a bit in the Open Championship, with only two decisive games, while the… Read More »
WIM Megan Lee
A wild day of exciting games characterized the seventh round of the 2022 U.S. Championships. In the Open Championship there were four decisive… Read More »
Krush versus Cervantes
With apologies to GM Yasser Seirawan.
FM Jennifer Yu
The excitement continued unabated in St. Louis on Sunday as the players passed the first third of the U.S. Championships. The fight for first will… Read More »
GM Fabiano Caruana
After the upsets saturating the first three rounds of the 2022 U.S. Championships, Saturday’s fourth round seemed like a quiet return to normalcy —… Read More »
GM Fabiano Caruana
The third round of the 2022 U.S. Championship featured three decisive games. All were won by White, and White was the higher-rated player in all… Read More »
Christopher Yoo
Yoo notches a historic win, while Lee, Lee, and Yu remain perfect after two rounds!
GM Hans Niemann
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year...” But wait — aren’t Christmas and Hanukkah more than three months away? The holidays are great, but… Read More »
2022 US Ch logo
It was a star-studded affair at the St. Louis Aquarium, just steps from the new US Chess offices at Union Station, as lots were drawn and greats were… Read More »
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