Jeffery Xiong There were three decisive games in the third round of the U.S. Championship 2019. This was Jeffery Xiong’s second win out of three games placing him currently at the top with 2.5 points. Nakamura, Dominguez, and So are close behind with two points. … Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto There were two decisive games in the second round of the U.S. Championship 2019. [Event “US Chess Championship 2019”] [Site “?”] [Date “2019.03.21”] [Round “2”] [White “Sevian, Samuel (USA)”] [Black “Liang, Awonder (USA)”] [Result “1-0”] [PlyCount “153”] [EventDate “2019.03.20”] [SourceDate “2019.03.21”]… Continue reading
Out of all of the six hard fought games there was a single decisive result by Jeffrey Xiong. Of note was the extremely long game (120 moves) played by Aleksandr Lenderman on the Black side of a Sicilian against Awonder Liang. That game finally wound down to a Phillidor King… Continue reading
2019 U.S. Championships: The 2019 U.S. Championship is an elite national championship event, March 18- Apr 1 . Twelve of the strongest chess players in America in the course of eleven rounds, will battle for $194,000 in prize money, qualification into the World Championship cycle, and the coveted title… Continue reading
