Top American Players

GM Aleksandr Lenderman
GM Aleksandr Lenderman is perfect through five in the traditional schedule, while another 150 players joined the fray in Cherry Hill on Thursday.
121st U.S. Open
The Denker, Haring, Barber, Rockefeller and Irwin tournaments of state champions all found their 2021 winners in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
IM Igor Khmelnitsky vs. FM Doug Eckert
Five invitational events for national championships will deliver new crowns Wednesday, alongside the 121st U.S. Open in Cherry Hill, NJ. 
GM Awonder Liang
Five invitational tournaments began over the weekend alongside the 2021 U.S. Open, including the Irwin Senior Championship that saw both GMs stumble.
GMs Sergey Karjakin and Sam Shankland at the 2021 FIDE World Cup
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.
Scenes from 2021 Weeramantry
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
After a final round draw with Ruiyang Yan on Sunday, IM Annie Wang is the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion. Image… Read More »
Christopher Yoo
Remember yesterday when I wrote that it was “steady on” after seven rounds at the 2021 Junior, Girls’ Junior, and Senior Championships? Yeah. About… Read More »
GM Sam Shankland, Round 4.2
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
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 leaders… Read More »
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