Top American Players
![GM Awonder Liang](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/liangweeramantry.jpg.webp?itok=QiOHFK9h)
Five invitational tournaments began over the weekend alongside the 2021 U.S. Open, including the Irwin Senior Championship that saw both GMs stumble.… Read More »
![GMs Sergey Karjakin and Sam Shankland at the 2021 FIDE World Cup](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/shanklandkarjakinworldcup.jpg.webp?itok=-suT8w3a)
The California GM came tantalizingly close, but finishes his stellar run at the 2021 FIDE World Cup with a tiebreaker loss to GM Sergey Karjakin.Read… Read More »
![Scenes from 2021 Weeramantry](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/weeramantry123-large.jpg.webp?itok=bcqS5_G6)
The constellation of events that make up the 2021 U.S. Open get underway tonight at 7pm Eastern with the first games of the five Invitational events… Read More »
![GM Hans Niemann](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/niemann-2021-junior-rd9-slcc-ootes.jpg.webp?itok=9q3AuRW-)
After a final round draw with Ruiyang Yan on Sunday, IM Annie Wang is the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion.
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![Christopher Yoo](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/yoo-niemann-2021-junior-rd8-slcc-c-fuller.jpg.webp?itok=yN9VCZ9g)
Remember yesterday when I wrote that it was “steady on” after seven rounds at the 2021 Junior, Girls’ Junior, and Senior Championships?
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![GM Sam Shankland, Round 4.2](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/shankland-rd4.2-fide-rosen.jpg.webp?itok=Mc1maZtb)
GM Sam Shankland is the lone American standing in the 2021 World Cup and Women’s World Cup, having defeated GM Rinat Jumabayev 1½-½ in the fourth… Read More »
![IM Hans Niemann](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/niemann-2021-jr-rd7-slcc-c-fuller.jpg.webp?itok=sjEX2Kkj)
It’s steady on with two rounds to play at the U.S. Junior, Girls’ Junior, and Senior Championships.
Friday’s seventh round saw the three… Read More »
![IM Annie Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/anniewang21girlschamps.jpg.webp?itok=uUETcMdD)
GMs Gregory Kaidanov and Hans Niemann, and IM Annie Wang each scored full points on an otherwise peaceful Thursday to take control of their events.… Read More »
![Sophie Morris Suzuki](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/sophiemorrissuzuki21girls.jpg.webp?itok=BAprcSFG)
GM Hans Moke Niemann holds a slight lead in the U.S. Junior Championship, while the Girls Championship is proving a slugfest atop its standings.Read… Read More »
![GM Sam Shankland at the 2021 FIDE World Cup](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/shankland21worldcup.jpg.webp?itok=6gCTH_vz)
The two American GMs remain in Sochi, Russia as the International Chess Federation's global knockout bracket has trimmed to 32 players. Read More »