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Two prominent scholastic events which precede these tournaments in inception are the United States Junior Open championship (open to all players under the age of 21), and the United States Junior Invitational (Closed) championship (open to the top nine rated players under age 20 plus the previous year's U.S. Junior Open champion).
Academic Chess is a non-profit program founded in 1994 that teaches elementary-aged students how to play chess. It produced many United States Chess Federation - ranked players, including Nicholas Nip, a 9- year- old who in 2008 became the youngest chess master in history at age 9. [ 1 ]
The United States Chess Championship is an invitational classical chess tournament. Fabiano Caruana: 28 2800 2 Wesley So (defending champion) 26 2778 6 Samuel Sevian: 20 2654 91 Leinier Domínguez: 38 2760 14 Aleksandr Lenderman: 31 2607 >100 Ray Robson: 21 2669 62 Sam Shankland: 30 2714 28 John M. Burke: 19 2554 >100 Dariusz Świercz: 27 2647 ...
In November 2023, she caused an upset at the World Youth Chess Championship where she (rated 1818) held a draw against Liya Kurmangaliyeva (rated 2236). [5] In 2024, she was the No. 1 rated 18-year-old girl in the USCF rankings. In June 2024, she held a simultaneous exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where she won all of her games. [6]
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The Denker Tournament of High School Champions is a chess tournament that occurs annually in the United States alongside the US Open, the Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle School State Champions, the Ruth Haring National Girls Tournament of Champions (RHNGTOC), and the John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions.
The top seed was World #2 GM Fabiano Caruana (2805 FIDE) - the first time that a 2700+ player played in the U.S. Masters. [39] 47 GMs and 51 IMs played - the combined 98 GM/IM attendance was a US Chess record for the most Grandmasters and International Masters to play in a classical event in the US. GM Fabiano Caruana earned clear first place ...
As of 2023, twelve players are invited to compete: the reigning US champion, as well as the respective winners of the US Open Chess Championship and the US Junior Championship. The remaining players are chosen by highest invitational rating, in addition to one organizer wildcard. [4] Fabiano Caruana is the current US chess champion.