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Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 6 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....

As white prepares to exchange the queens and possibly go for the draw; black has other plans with f5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzdI9_ExISA

In this rook and bishop endgame position between Woodward and Yoo, Nazi, Cristian, and Yasser scope out ways to break through and get the rook involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR4L6igTkFQ

Moving the f-pawn can be disastrous for mortals, but GM Vladimir Akopian drops the f5 bomb in this NICE bishop and rook endgame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOjQLVj_hw

Daggupati was on the cusp of executing the "novelty of the year" in a dominating position early against Hardaway; but finds himself on the wrong side of his prep in this position https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAl1cV8dGng

IM Nazi Paikidze chats about playing c5 against the author of the book, "Mayhem in the Morra," IM Marc Esserman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKDE7XiKLk4

Analyzing the rook endgame between GMs Root and Kraai, Nazi flexes her endgame skills learned from GM Sam Shankland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQPs9UHAHl4

The move g3 played is a small, cute, but highly effective in this position https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLiWSmojosI

When your opponents is blitzing out moves and is prepared to write your next move, its possible you have fallen into a trap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI6y8fU1nxk

Young Alice Lee shows a sigh of relief as her opponent blunders at the end to give her the opportunity for the win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfihnf-_gh0