The Premier Division of TCEC Season 23 is over, and we will see Stockfish take on Leela in the superfinal while Komodo Dragon takes on Ethereal in the infrafinal. Although this was the foreshadowed result at the halfway mark, the second half of the division brought up plenty of drama.
GM Fabiano Caruana is the 2022 U.S. Champion, clinching his second title with a draw in the 13th and final round of the tournament against GM Levon Aronian. Fabiano celebrated his second US Champion title with Cristian Chirila, Alejandro Ramirez, Maurice Ashley and Tatev Abrahamyan in the C-squared podcast.
GM Fabiano Caruana is the 2022 U.S. Champion, clinching his second title with a draw in the 13th and final round of the tournament against GM Levon Aronian, a first-time competitor in the U.S. Championship.
Fabiano Caruana is the Winner of the 2022 US Chess Championship! After a quick draw against Levon Aronian in today’s final round of the tournament, Caruana needed to wait for Ray Robson to finish his game before knowing whether he claims the Champion title or goes for the playoff match.
Sam Shankland’s last game of the 2022 US Chess Championship ended in a draw after only 8 minutes of play as his opponent Leinier Dominguez decided to go for an early threefold repetition in Najdorf. Shankland was disappointed with the repetition of the moves and requested to join the event’s live studio to apologize for a quick draw.
19-year-old Hans Niemann defeated Samuel Sevian in yesterday’s 12th round of the US Chess Championship (Replay the game here). A dynamic fighting play between the resilient grandmasters and a thrilling endgame was overshadowed by a unique over-the-board incident. While Niemann thought about his 45th move, Sevian picked up Niemann’s King from the board and broke the top cross off.
