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WFM Sophie Morris-Suzuki
After the rest day, the players came out fighting in the sixth round of the 2022 Junior, Girls' Junior, and Senior Championships. With the majority… Read More »
GM Larry Christiansen, 2022 U.S. Senior Championship. Photo: Fuller/SLCC
If you expected Monday's fifth round to be fighting, thanks to the promise of a rest day on Tuesday, you would have been right. The players in the… Read More »
WFM Sophie Morris-Suzuki
No prisoners were taken in the fourth round of the 2022 U.S. Senior, Junior, and Girls’ Junior Championships, with 12 (out of 15!) decisive games… Read More »
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.
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… 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 »
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