Top American Players

Newsflash: Liran Zhou and Alice Lee Earn Gold in China, Bronze for Li and Yan
Alice Lee and Rachael Li, Photo Grant Oen… Read More »
Aronian Wins Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz
Levon Aronian won the 2019 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz with a combined score of 22 points, a half-point ahead of Yu Yangyi, Ding Liren, and Maxime… Read More »
2019 U.S. Women’s Champ to Conduct Chess Exhibition at U.S. Open in Orlando
Jennifer Yu with her 2019 U.S. Women’s Champion… Read More »
A Fitting End to a Fine Event
There’s a very different feel to the U.S. Juniors (and now Seniors) than is found at the U.S. Championships. It’s not that one is more serious than… Read More »
Americans Abroad: So Advances in Riga, Dominguez Dominates in Dortmund
Wesley So advanced to the semi-finals of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia today, defeating Sergey Karjakin in blitz tiebreaks. Karjakin and So… Read More »
Americans Abroad - Riga GP and Dortmund
While the U.S. Junior, Girls, and Senior Championships are dominating America’s chess attention these days, our elite players are elsewhere, doing… Read More »
U.S. Junior, Girls, Senior: Youth and Experience in Rd 1
The 2019 U.S. Junior, Girls, and Inaugural Senior Championships got underway today at the Saint Louis Chess Club. The first round had everything:… Read More »
Star Studded Senior, Junior, Girls Champs Begin in Saint Louis
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Kasparov Leads Young American Stars in Saint Louis
The Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) and Saint Louis Chess Club have been running the very successful Young Stars program for the past six years.… Read More »
Round 3 is History in Zagreb
Ian Nepomniachtchi leads the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour by a full point as Saturday’s Round 4 action gets underway. Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen… Read More »
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