Top American Players

2020 U.S. Junior Champion GM John Burke
GM John Burke, the 19-year-old Webster University sophomore, became the 2020 U.S. Junior Champion after defeating GM Jeffery Xiong in a thrilling… Read More »
FIDE announced today it will not resume the 2020 Candidates Tournament as originally planned on November 1, citing the well-being of its players… Read More »
GM Fabiano Caruana at the 2020 Altibox Norway Chess Tournament. // (photo Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess)
The World No. 2 has won just twice in nine games in the Altibox Norway Chess super tournament.Read More »
2020 U.S. Junior Girls Champion IM Carissa Yip
The 17-year old International Master from Massachusetts won the 2020 U.S. Girls Junior Championship with an undefeated 7.5/9 score over America’s top… Read More »
2020 US Chess Championships logo
All five of US Chess’ major national tournaments will be hosted online by the Saint Louis Chess Club through October 29.Read More »
Fabiano Caruana at the 2020 Altibox Norway Chess
The top American is back behind physical boards and pieces through October 16, playing in Stavanger, Norway for the annual Altibox Norway Chess event… Read More »
Christopher Yoo
The 2020 US Cadet Championship, organized online this year by the Mechanics’ Institute, brought together 8 of the top U16 players in the country from… Read More »
2020 PRO Chess League Bracket
The Saint Louis Arch Bishops fell short of their quest to become the Professional Rapid Online Chess League’s first back-to-back champion, after … Read More »
Tatev Abrahamyan, purple hair, Endgame Studies
Popular WGM, coach and Olympic team member Tatev Abrahamyan will lead our Thursday Girls Club on October 1 at 6 PM EDT. If you follow her on twitter… Read More »
America’s top players are set to face off in the PRO Chess League Finals on Sunday afternoon.   Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, … Read More »
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