Top American Players
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The World No. 2 returns to the board for the "Wimbledon of Chess" in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.Read More »
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American GMs Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana will participate in the international tour, which includes two events in St Louis.Read More »
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Fabiano Caruana will return to the Tata Steel Chess Tournament as defending champ, but American victories in the event have been few and far between.… Read More »
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American super-GM Hikaru Nakamura headlined a massive charity fundraiser during his performance in the Airthings Masters tournament.Read More »
![Wesley So in Leuven - Spectrum Studios](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/Wesley-So-in-Leuven-Spectrum-Studios.jpg.webp?itok=2Am0mde8)
US Chess Champion Wesley So is defending last month's win in World Champion Magnus Carlsen's online chess tour.Read More »
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US Chess finished the online international championship as the most-decorated delegation from 114 participating national federations.Read More »
![FIDE World Online Championships Cadets and Youth 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/fideonlinecadetworldchamplogo-resize.jpg.webp?itok=ZyWAStdS)
As of Sunday, U.S. players remain alive in the quarterfinals of all 10 international knockout brackets. World Champions will be decided December 22.… Read More »
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The Brooklyn Grandmaster achieved a must-win in Saturday's Armageddon game over IM Christopher Yoo.Read More »
![Lenderman Yoo in the USCOQ Armageddon](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/lenderman-yoo.jpg.webp?itok=yU1LotzJ)
GM Alex Lenderman and IM Christopher Yoo will play one Armageddon playoff game Saturday afternoon for a spot in next year's national championship.… Read More »
![Lenderman, Gareyev, Moridabiadi and Yoo](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/fourplayersuscoq.jpg.webp?itok=kZ0qpqIQ)
IM Christopher Yoo and GM Elshan Moradiabadi, as well as GMs Alex Lenderman and Timur Gareyev, will face off in the final round of the US Chess… Read More »