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The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The 2022 U.S. Chess Championship and the US Women’s Chess Championship 2022 are concurrently held from 5-20 October in Saint Louis Chess Club.

The youngest players in each section, 12-year-old Alice Lee and 15-year-old Christopher Yoo, scored key upsets in Round 2 of the U.S. Chess & U.S. Women’s Chess Championships. Christopher Yoo defeated reigning champion GM Wesley So while Alice Lee defeated WGM Begim Tokhirjonova to reach 2-0. 

Christopher Yoo has officially entered the Junior top 20 rating list three months ago after a fantastic performance at the US junior chess championship. Today, he managed to defeat with the black pieces the reigning US champion Wesley So (replay the game here).

Ivan Sokolov, the coach of the Olympiad gold medalists and author of Winning chess middlegames, shares his opinion on cheating in chess in view of the ongoing Hans Niemann – Magnus Carlsen case (scroll down for full timeline of events)

Vladislav Artemiev is the winner of Chess Stars 2022. Artemiev collected 18,5 points – 12 from the blitz games and 6,5 from the rapid – to claim the gold medal in the event. In his first official event after the FIDE ban expired, Sergey Karjakin secured the second place with 17 points – 12 from the blitz and 5 from the rapid.

Chess is an unforgiving game. The slightest inaccuracy will often be punished, causing you to lose any advantage you have. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, “what am I doing to allow my opponents to punish me?” Simply put, the mistakes you are making, or your chess crimes, are causing you to lose. The first step is to recognize your crimes, which many players are unaware of. If you don’t know the mistakes you are making, you are bound to keep getting punished.

After 19-year-old American grandmaster Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, the World Chess Champion decided to withdraw from the event.

After 19-year-old American grandmaster Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, the World Chess Champion decided to withdraw from the event.

The US Chess Championship 2022 commenced yesterday in Saint Louis and takes place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.