Top American Players
As of Sunday, U.S. players remain alive in the quarterfinals of all 10 international knockout brackets. World Champions will be decided December 22.
The Brooklyn Grandmaster achieved a must-win in Saturday's Armageddon game over IM Christopher Yoo.
GM Alex Lenderman and IM Christopher Yoo will play one Armageddon playoff game Saturday afternoon for a spot in next year's national championship.
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 »
The 2005 sixth-place Team USA featured a lineup of players poised to become tomorrow's national championship contenders.
The 13-year-old International Master leads all GMs competing for a seat in next year's national championship.
The US Chess championship event is scheduled for January 3-6, 2021 and will be held on Chess.com.
One of eight players will appear in next year's national championship, and several weekend side events for US Chess fans offer cash and prizes.
On December 10th at 5 PM EST, WGM and 2017 US Women's Champion Sabina Foisor will be our special guest in our "Girls Club ZOOM." Sabina… Read More »
The U.S. players will play in a final knockout bracket for the online world championship event, starting December 19.