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Out of the opening between Christopher Yoo and Balaji Daggupati, a pawn grubber lures IM Paikidze into some pawn grubbing play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptuG5Q0qR5o

Jesse goes on winning streak and begins his Wildcard campaign for the Championships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuWrZqkLfDE

Sometimes the most difficult task in a playing chess is knowing how to claim a draw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSw7o8rW1M

IM Nazi Paikidze takes a position from Alice Lee to brush up on her upcoming Women's Championship prep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8e38ALh6vE

As the approach of the ending rounds in the Championships, Yasser shares a fear he had against a rival opponent who had no wins during the tournament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfPMF_jwUbc

Like a needle in the haystack, Chirila finds an interesting checkmating possibility in Alice Lee's position against Omya Vidyarthi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lqMjY-KwM

Chirila finds another brilliant checkmating from the position between the juniors, Andrew Hong and Brewington Hardaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8edfUmT0vY

Alice Lee manipulates her opponent into making a move that opens a vicious double attack and increases Alice's chance for the win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC1_cmR2EoI

In this endgame position between Brewington Hardaway and Andrew Hong, the commentators gives a brief summation on how to defend in this endgame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJSHmLMbzps

Difficult endgame position with a huge time difference, a bishop is maturely sacrificed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMBFtiYNUc