In his Power Play Show, Daniel King analyses a game from the US Championship between Awonder Liang and
Levon Aronian. The origins of the opening go back 200 years, but something fresh was still created on the board. | Power Play is on air most Fridays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.
The U.S. open and women's annual national championship tournaments are now underway at the St. Louis Chess Club and the Hans Moke Niemann cheating controversy remains, unfortunately, the all-consuming storyline.
Fabiano Caruana defeated Elshan Moradiabadi to increase his lead at the U.S. Championship in Saint Louis. Caruana now stands a full point ahead of Sam Sevian, Awonder Liang and Ray Robson the latter joined the chasing pack after beating Hans Niemann with the black pieces. Meanwhile, in the women’s tournament, Irina Krush scored her third consecutive victory to join Jennifer Yu in first place. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Fabiano Caruana and Jennifer Yu are the sole leaders in the U.S. Championships going into the first rest day of the 13-round event. In round 5, Caruana drew birthday boy Wesley So with the white pieces, while Yu defeated Sabina Foisor with black in what was her fifth consecutive decisive game of the tournament. | Photo: Bryan Adams
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