Live from The Chase Park Plaza Hotel, the fourth Summer Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player round robin tournaments (pairings below). The Classic series are strong tournaments held quarterly to create opportunities for Grandmasters and International Masters to test their skill against similar level players. Join GM Yasser Seirawan and WGM Begim Tokhirjonova for abbreviated coverage.
2023.08.02
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Gracy Prasanna talks to Cristian Chirila after defeating Atwell in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Andrew Hong talks to Cristian Chirila after defeating Stearman in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Junior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Abhi Mishra talks to Cristian Chirila after defeating Arthur Xu in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Junior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Kelsey Liu talks to Cristian Chirila after a draw with Rochelle Wu in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Balaji Daggupati talks to Cristian Chirila after defeating Ghazarian in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Junior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Ruiyang Yan talks to Cristian Chirila after defeating Mangalam in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Douglas Root talks to Cristian Chirila after defeating Kaidanov in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Senior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Alice Lee talks to Cristian Chirila after a draw with Iris Mou in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
2023.07.23
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Melik Khachiyan talks to Cristian Chirila after a draw with Wolff in the eighth round of the 2023 U.S. Senior Championship.
2023.07.23
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