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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

Squeezing water from a stone, the commentators analyze the opposite color bishop endgame between Alice Lee and Megan Paragua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRERkuihAes

Christiansen takes advantage of his senior companions on the World Senior Chess Team (Kaidinav, Khachiyan, and Shabalov) weariness as he defeats them in the final rounds of the Championship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IMdvEuNn8w

GM Vladimir Akopian, in cruise control, claims his first U.S. Senior Championship with a round to spare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Q6t27ORDw

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

Shaky beginning, but Alice finds a pivotal turning point in her endgame strategy against Zoey Tang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX0pH7qlnnc

Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 9 of the 2024 U.S. Junior & U.S. Senior Championships. Taking place at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, the U.S. Junior, U.S. Senior, and U.S....

Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the U.S. Junior, U.S. Senior, and U.S. Girls' Junior Championships determine three national champions. Each classical round robin features ten players (listed below). Today is...

Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the U.S. Junior, U.S. Senior, and U.S. Girls' Junior Championships determine three national champions. However, at least one field was not decided in regulation. Therefore,...

Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the 8th Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is the third of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Five of the Tour players are joined...