Newcomers Take Top Honors at U.S. & U.S Women’s Championship in Saint Louis
SAINT LOUIS, April 27, 2016—Saint Louis is not only the U.S. Chess Capital—it’s home to the 2016 U.S. Chess Champion. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Saint Louis resident, Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, the 2016 Champion in his U.S. Chess Championship debut. Caruana was not the only fresh face to take […]
Dramatic Finale At the 2016 U.S. & U.S. Women’s Championships!
By GM Cristian Chirila The 2016 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship will not only go down in the history books as the strongest event but also as arguably the one with the most dramatic finale. Entering the final round, both tournaments had one clear leader as well as one or more players trailing by […]
Caruana Dodges the Bullet; Abrahamyan is One Game Away from the Title
By GM Cristian Chirila Another exciting day in the capital of chess: Saint Louis! Round 10 was one filled with plenty of drama and turnarounds. In both the U.S Championships and the U.S. Women’s Championship, the leaders had to sweat quite heavily and go through nerve wracking situations in order to get positive results. Fabiano […]
Decisive Nerves
By GM Cristian Chirila The closer we get to the finish line, the higher the stakes are and the nerves are starting to produce the first victims. That was the case in the crucial encounter between Anna Zatonskih and Tatev Abrahamyan in which we witnessed the blunder of the tournament. In the U.S. Championship we […]
Nakamura Closes the Gap; Zatonskih Catches the Leaders
by GM Cristian Chirila The tournament is heating up and the players are starting to feel the pressure, the effect of lowered energy, and the stress that the championship rounds are bringing to the table. There are two leaders in the U.S. Championship and a three way tie in U.S. Women’s Championship. Nakamura is making […]
Wesley Catches Fabiano; Nazi and Tatev Continue Their Title Run
By GM Cristian Chirila Round seven of the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship was arguably the most exciting one up to this point. As we approach the final days, the tension is rising and each individual’s nerves are starting to play a crucial role. Our pick for the most important game of the day […]
The Leader Emerges with Caruana’s Big Day
By GM Cristian Chirila Round four of the 2016 U.S. Championship and the 2016 U.S. Women’s Championship was a luxurious treat we were all waiting to witness. The eagerly expected clash between Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura—numbers 1 and 2 in American chess—was coming right after yesterday’s game between So and Caruana. Fortunately for the […]
So’s Lucky Day; Caruana’s Masterpiece
by GM Cristian Chirila What a day in round two of the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship! We’ve seen a positional masterpiece from Caruana, an incredible miss by the young Chandra, along with an uneventful and slightly disappointing draw between Nakamura and Kamsky. As the ladies settled in and got used to the pressure […]