Top American Players

GM Fabiano Caruana at the 2020 Altibox Norway Chess Tournament. // (photo Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess)
The World No. 2 has won just twice in nine games in the Altibox Norway Chess super tournament.
2020 U.S. Junior Girls Champion IM Carissa Yip
The 17-year old International Master from Massachusetts won the 2020 U.S. Girls Junior Championship with an undefeated 7.5/9 score… Read More »
2020 US Chess Championships logo
All five of US Chess’ major national tournaments will be hosted online by the Saint Louis Chess Club through October 29.
Fabiano Caruana at the 2020 Altibox Norway Chess
The top American is back behind physical boards and pieces through October 16, playing in Stavanger, Norway for the annual… Read More »
Christopher Yoo
The 2020 US Cadet Championship, organized online this year by the Mechanics’ Institute, brought together 8 of the top U16 players in… Read More »
2020 PRO Chess League Bracket
The Saint Louis Arch Bishops fell short of their quest to become the Professional Rapid Online Chess League’s first back-to-back… Read More »
Tatev Abrahamyan, purple hair, Endgame Studies
Popular WGM, coach and Olympic team member Tatev Abrahamyan will lead our Thursday Girls Club on October 1 at 6 PM EDT. If you follow her on twitter… Read More »
America’s top players are set to face off in the PRO Chess League Finals on Sunday afternoon.   Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana,… Read More »
Schachbundesliga
Fabiano Caruana found his way back to familiar ground: Winning, over the board.  While the world champion and other American stars battled… Read More »
Wesley So Ties First Place Saint Louis Rapid Blitz
American GM Wesley So finished tied for first place along with World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen in the Saint Louis Rapid and… Read More »
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