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ICYMI: Nebraskans celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1975 U.S. Open by organizing the state's strongest-ever tournament, featuring the reigning U.S. Open co-champ. Learn more about this celebration of the past, present, and future of Midwest chess: new.uschess.org/news/nebraska-…

Did you miss yesterday's opening round of the Saint Louis Chess Club #CairnsCup? Solve your way through an entire #WednesdayWorkout's worth of #ChessPuzzles from round 1, then follow round 2 live now! new.uschess.org/news/wednesday…

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Let's go Alice and Carissa Yip !

Results and Standings after Round 5, + Pairings for Round 6 of the Cairns Cup! #chess #cairnscup

Whether representing the U.S. or not, we are still thrilled that GM Kamsky has come back to chess and continued to make an impact as an adult. Kamsky, who just turned 51, was previously a front-runner for a now-up-for-grabs U.S. Senior Championship spot: new.uschess.org/invitational-i…

Commentators' curse?! IM Alice Lee took a share of the lead into yesterday's rest day of the #CairnsCup, remaining unbeaten after five rounds. But this streak looks to be in jeopardy against GM-Elect Bibisara Assaubayeva. Photo c Saint Louis Chess Club new.uschess.org/news/lee-joins…

This week's #TacticsTuesday highlights key #ChessPuzzles taken from the first leg of the #CairnsCup. Plus: follow Yip – Humpy and Lee – Kashlinskaya live on Saint Louis Chess Club's broadcast new.uschess.org/news/tactics-t…

What a day for the Americans! Carissa Yip takes down GM Humpy Koneru to join her in the lead on 4½/7, while IM Alice Lee is closing in on the win over IM Alina Kashlinskaya to join them!

WOW‼️ Both American stars upset higher-rated opponents (by 60+ points!) to create a thrilling three-way tie at the top — with just 2 rounds to go in the Cairns Cup 🤯 #chess #CairnsCup

This week's #WednesdayWorkout features key moments from IM Alice Lee and Carissa Yip's climb to the top of the #CairnsCup standings. With two rounds to play, both the Cup and GM norms are in reach for both young Americans! Photos c Saint Louis Chess Club new.uschess.org/news/wednesday…

This GORGEOUS ‼️ tactic was just missed in the game between Alice Lee and Harika Dronavalli. Black to play and win — Can you find the move? ♟️🧐 #chess #CairnsCup

So that would mean that, after today's win, Carissa Yip has crossed 2450 for the first time! 2700chess has Yip's live rating up to 2453.5, making for a 22-point gain at the #CairnsCup Saint Louis Chess Club

TOMORROW! ♟️ It all comes down to this: Carissa Yip vs. Alice Lee in the final round of the Cairns Cup. 🏆 If Carissa wins or draws, she clinches 1st place and earns her GM norm. 🔥 But if Alice wins? She takes the title and grabs a GM norm of her own. The pressure is on — who

At 2411 in the live rankings, Alice is now five points past her official peak rating of 2406 set in November, 2023.

Breaking: IM Jason Liang wins gold at the 2025 Under-20 Pan-American Championship in Paraguay. In an American sweep, IM Nico Chasin won silver and WGM Zoey Tang won bronze. Photo of Liang (in 2023!) courtesy of Crystal Fuller/SLCC. new.uschess.org/news/americans…

Congratulations Carissa Yip!!!!!!