Chess Gambit 64

The 2025 USA Senior Championship is underway in Saint Louis, featuring many renowned, albeit older, chess players. You can gauge their current level of play by looking at games from two grandmasters: Gregory Kaidanov (66) and Maxim Dlugy (59). Game: Gregory Kaidanov - Maxim Dlugy

  We encourage you to watch a very interesting game Hans Moke Niemann - Abhimanyu Mishra from the US Chess Championship. At one point, Black played the "active" 20. ...b5, after which he won a pawn but at the cost of worsening the pawn structure (including doubled pawns on the a-file). Niemann quickly exploited these weaknesses, recaptured the material and then implemented the pawn advantage in a very nice way. Game:

The US Chess Championships take place in Saint Louis Fri 11th Oct to Thu 24th Oct 2024.  Time Control:  The time control shall be 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one (40/90; G/30; +30). US Chess Championships 2024 - Round 1 Prizes: Game: Yip, Carissa - Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia, 1-0: Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "ch-USA w 2024"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.10.11"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Yip, Carissa"] [Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2302"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2024.10.11"] {[%evp 0,87,25,-25,0,-21,-23,-19,-12,-11,17,7,10,-3,45,10,31,13,28,24,25,25,32,11,56,38,34,36,36,43,35,30,40,13,10,7,17,26,-3,-27,-6,1,50,52,50,62,55,79,84,70,72,86,75,86,109,60,115,53,121,94,119,103,115,142,1...

  The 3rd Skyline Open is a 9-round Swiss takes place on October 10-14, 2024, in Dulles, Virginia, USA. The time control: 90 minutes for the entire game plus a 30-second increment starting on move one. Official website:  https://www.capitalareachess.com/skylineopen Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr1029898.aspx?lan=1

The 2022 U.S. Championship is a 14-player round-robin featuring the strongest players in the USA, who compete for $262,000 in prize money as well as the coveted title of U.S. Champion.  If two or more players tie for first place a playoff will be held. Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. Draw offers are not allowed before move 30.  Official website R Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 P 1   GM Caruana, Fabiano (2763)   - - 1 ½ - - ½ ½ - - - 1 - 3½ 2   GM Liang, Awonder (2608) -   ½ - ½ 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 3 3   GM Sevian, Samuel (2684) - ½   - - ½ - - - ½ - ½ - 1 3 4   GM Niemann, Hans Moke (2699) 0 - -   - - ½ ½ - 1 ½ - - - 2½ 5   GM So, Wesley (2774) ½ ½ - -   - ½ - - 0 1 - - - 2½ 6   GM Lenderman, Aleksandr (2535) - 0 ½ - -   ½ - - 1 - ½ - - 2½ 7   GM Xiong, Jeffery (2690) - - - ½ ½ ½   - - - - - ...