Top American Players

Chess in Sunrise: Tandem Simul and Evan's Six Steps to Chess Success
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Back to the US Chess School: IM Craig Hilby on #50 in Saint Louis
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Cover Stories with Chess Life: October Guest IM Kostya Kavutskiy
The October 2019 edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication… Read More »
Ding and Radjabov Advance in World Cup; Xiong Eliminated
Jeffery Xiong’s Cinderella run has come to an end in Khanty-Mansiysk. Xiong lost Tuesday to Teimour Radjabov in the second leg of their… Read More »
Xiong Draws in World Cup's First Quarterfinal Leg
It has been 13 days since the first moves were played at the 2019 FIDE World Cup. 120 of the 128 competitors have been eliminated, and the eight… Read More »
And Then There Was One: Xiong Advances
Jeffery Xiong is through to the quarterfinals at the 2019 FIDE World Cup, defeating Jan-Krzysztof Duda Sunday in the third round of tiebreaks by a… Read More »
Dominguez and Xiong Advance to Tiebreaks; So Eliminated
Faced with must-win games, Leiner Dominguez and Jeffery Xiong rose to the challenge. Dominguez defeated Alexander Grischuk, while Jeffery Xiong… Read More »
Americans on the Brink in Khanty-Mansiysk
UPDATED - all three games annotated by IM John Watson! After yesterday’s Rest Day, the only one on the 2019 FIDE World Cup schedule,… Read More »
Dominguez and Xiong Join So in Round Four
After Wednesday’s dramatic tiebreak round, Leinier Dominguez and Jeffery Xiong join Wesley So as the three American players advancing to the fourth… Read More »
Three Advance to Third Round in World Cup
Leinier Dominguez, Wesley So, and Jeffery Xiong are through to the third round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup. There So meets India’s Santosh Gujrathi… Read More »
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