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Tactics Tuesday
This week's puzzles again come from the 2024 U.S. Women's Championship, with a focus on the second- and third-place finishers: IMs Begim Tokhirjonova… Read More »
Wednesday Workout
This week's Wednesday Workout highlights some deeper tactical insights from the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship. All coverage of… Read More »
Tactics Tuesday
This week's Tactics Tuesday highlights some resourceful tactical moments from IM Carissa Yip's 2024 U.S. Women's Championship triumph last month in… Read More »
Yip
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Alice
With a round to spare, IM Carissa Yip has won the 2024 U.S. Women’s Championship and the $35,000 first prize (plus a $5,000 winner’s bonus). GM… Read More »
liang
IM Carissa Yip’s perfect run ended yesterday after a fighting loss to FM Megan Lee. Her lead in the U.S. Women’s Championship was narrowed to “only”… Read More »
Yip peace
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Liang, Yip, and So
It's all eyes on IM Carissa Yip after another victory, while GM Awonder Liang creeps closer to Open leader GM Fabiano Caruana.
wide
Most major sports competitions go all-out for glamorous halftime shows full of bright lights and music reverberating throughout the stadium.… Read More »
Title fight
If the rest day was the calm before the storm, then the fifth round of the U.S. Championship was truly the storm, with a whopping ten decisive games… Read More »
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