US Chess Championship - Round one update!

US Chess Championship - Round one update!

The first game has finished for round one... Wesley So versus Leinier Dominguez Perez was an interesting draw with quite a few unheard melodies. Here is the game... will review my pick for the best game from round one later on. Here is some information on both the Men's and Women's US Chess Championship events:

PARTICIPANTS in the MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP are all top level Grandmasters:

Fabiano Caruano (2816), Wesley So (2806), Levon Aronian (2794), Leinier Dominguez Perez (2779), Sam Shankland (2752), Jeffery Xiong (2734), Sam Sevian (2732), Hans “International Chess Man of Mystery” Niemann (2730), Ray Robson (2725), Dariusz Swiercz (2701), Abhimanyu Mishra (2624), Andrew Tang (2568).

PARTICIPANTS in the WOMAN'S CHAMPIONSHIP are all strong Masters:

GM irina Krush (2488), IM Carissa Yip (2421), FM Alice Lee (2419), IM Anna Zatonskih (2402), WGM Begim Tokhirjonova (2388), IM Nazi Paikidze (2366), WGM Jennifer Yu (2365), WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan (2347), FM Ashritha Eswaran (2342), WGM Tatev Abrahamyan (2341), WGM Thalia Cervantes (2333), FM Riuyong Yan (2292).

For coverage please visit:

SAINT LOUIS CHESS CENTER at: https://saintlouischessclub.org
THE WEEK IN CHESS by Mark Crowther: https://theweekinchess.com
CHESSBASE at: https://en.chessbase.com
CHESS.COM at: https://www.chess.com/events/2023-us-chess-championship/games

Enjoy the games from these two outstanding events! ~ S.