Nikita Vitiugov and Valentina Gunina become new Russian champions
The Russian Championships Superfinals finished in Ufa on the 20th of October. Both events were 12-player round-robins with classical time control. In the last 11th round of the open tournament, Vladimir Fedoseev, who needed a win to catch up with the leader, lost to Pavel Ponkratov in a dramatic fight. The games Chigaev – Alekseenko, Goryachkina – Andreikin, […]
Wesley So and Carissa Yip clinch U.S. Championship titles
Wesley So and Carissa Yip are the new U.S. Champions. The 2021 U.S. Championship & U.S. Women’s Championship took place from October 6-19 in St-Louis, featuring 24 of the country’s top players contesting for two national titles. After a dramatic final round, the three leaders of the 2021 U.S. Championship (GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Wesley […]