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US Chess retweeted
Today’s playoff between Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana brought the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship to an exciting finish with Wesley emerging victorious to claim the title! 🏆
Here are some highlights from today’s playoff in Saint Louis!
📸 Lennart Ootes
#USChessChamps
US Chess retweeted
🏆 Congratulations to Wesley So, the 2026 U.S. Chess Champion!
Wesley defeats Fabiano Caruana in the playoff to take home the title! 🇺🇸♟️ What a way to finish the championship! 👏
US Chess retweeted
🏆 WE HAVE A CHAMPION! 🏆
At just 16 years old, Rachael Li has done it! A draw in the final round was all she needed to clinch the title, making her the 2026 U.S. Women’s Champion! 🇺🇸
Congratulations, Rachael, on an incredible performance and a well-deserved championship!
US Chess retweeted
The final round is here! 🔔🇺🇸
U.S. Chess President John Fernandez rings the bell to kick off the final round of the U.S. Chess Championships.
Will the leaders clinch the titles today, or will we see a playoff tomorrow? One final round remains, and anything can still happen!
#USChessChamps
US Chess retweeted
A very meta-moment this morning: my forthcoming (watch this space!) newsletter project firstlookchess.com cited my online article for @uschess.
Here's the sample newsletter link: storage.googleapis.com/first…
Podcast: firstlookchess.podbean.com/
US Chess retweeted
White to move and wins!
Rachael Li found a stylish way to finish off her dominant game against Jennifer Yu.
Can you find the winning sequence?
#USChessChamps
US Chess retweeted
Today I played IM Carissa Yip in round 5 of US Champs. And I won! Below she played Kf7 which is a mistake after b4 Qa4 Rxd4 cxd4 Qf4, the exchange sac was important to further weaken her dark squares. After this white is objectively winning.
US Chess retweeted
2026 US Women's Chess Championship, Rd 1 pairings:
Yu - Paikidze
Lee - Yip
Paragua - Sargsyan
Abrahamyan - Cervantes
Li - Krush
Atwell - Zatonskih
US Chess retweeted
2026 US Chess Championship, Rd 1 pairings:
So - Shankland
Xiong - Sevian
Liang - Niemann
Aronian - Caruana
Oparin- Woodward
Mishra - Robson
US Chess retweeted
All 10 new IMs this year!
🇵🇦 Ashley Castillo (16)
🇰🇿 Alua Nurman (18)
🇺🇸 Rose Atwell (17)
⬜️ Anna Shukhman (16)
🇦🇿 Govhar Beydullayeva (23)
🇧🇬 Nadya Toncheva (20)
🇦🇷 Candela Francisco (19)
🇺🇿 Afruza Khamdamova (17)
🇦🇲 Mariam Mkrtchyan (22)
🇰🇿 Xeniya Balabayeva (20)
US Chess retweeted
The U.S. Championships are better when you’re here!
Join us at the Saint Louis Chess Club October 9–22 for the 2026 U.S. Chess Championships.
Tickets are available now. Grab yours and come watch the games unfold live.
stlchessclub.ticketspice.com…
US Chess retweeted
The players are set for the 2026 U.S. Chess Championships, with Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip returning to defend their titles from 2025.
Now it’s time to see who’s ready to make a run at the crown!
US Chess retweeted
Carissa Yip on likely taking individual silver: "It was just a good tournament overall!"
#ChessOlympiad
US Chess retweeted
🥈 Silver for Carissa Yip! 🇺🇸
Congratulations to Carissa Yip on winning the individual silver medal on Board 1 for Women's Team USA at the World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand!
#chessolympiad
#chess #USA #carrisayip
US Chess retweeted
🥇 Gold for Alice Lee! 🇺🇸
Congratulations to Alice Lee on winning the individual gold medal on Board 2 for the Women's Team USA at the World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand!
Alice had a fantastic tournament, starting with five consecutive victories and finishing with an impressive 8.5/10. Her performance rating was 2572, gaining 14.2 rating points along the way!🥇👏🇺🇸
#chessolympiad
#chess #alicelee
US Chess retweeted
YIP YIP!! 🦬
Carissa Yip took her time, but ultimately blasted Alexandra Kosteniuk off the board in a powerful attacking game!
It was enough to clinch the match for Team USA over Switzerland! 👏👏
lichess.org/broadcast/46th-f…
📷: M Walusza
US Chess retweeted
Today I played a WIM in round 7 of the Olympiad (USA vs Switzerland). We got a draw. I was black, and I played the French defense again. And I got a bad position out of the opening again. In fact, she was completely winning in the position below. Fortunately, she played Rxa7.
US Chess retweeted
Rollercoaster, crucial win
In the Open, @HansMokeNiemann clinched a #TeamUSAChess 2½–1½ victory over Norway after draws on the other three boards. USA improves to 10/12 entering the rest day.
The defending champions from India defeated USA 3–1 in the Women's event despite strong efforts from our entire team, which remains very much in the hunt with a 9/12 score.
IM Jason Liang will have highlights tomorrow on Chess Life Online!
Photo of Hans with captain IM John Donaldson courtesy @FIDE_chess / Michal Walusza.
US Chess retweeted
Alice Lee: "I think I just really like this event, it’s so fun, because I’m playing alongside the top American women, which is kind of rare for me. It’s usually the opposite, I’m playing against them. It’s just really great to be in such an environment!"
#ChessOlympiad
US Chess retweeted
ALICE SWEEPS!! 🧹
Alice Lee moves to 5/5 (!!!!!) by downing her 2024 Olympiad teammate Begim Tokhirjonova! 🇺🇸
It was absolutely critical, as the United States was losing the match to Uzbekistan at that point, but this saved a match draw!
lichess.org/broadcast/46th-f…
📷: M Walusza
