They took very different paths to get there, but GM Fabiano Caruana and Northern Virginia's own WGM Jennifer Yu both claimed their second national titles at the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship tournaments that wrapped up last week at the St. Louis Chess Club.
They took very different paths to get there, but GM Fabiano Caruana and Northern Virginia's own WGM Jennifer Yu both claimed their second national titles at the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship tournaments that wrapped up last week at the St. Louis Chess Club.
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And just in time for the new year comes news of some fine performances by young U.S. stars at this month’s FIDE world youth championships, with eight players medaling and four bringing home the gold in a modified rapid knockout event played (of course) online.
The honor roll: WGM Carissa Yip, Under-18 Girls gold; Dimitar Mardov, Under-12 Open gold; Alice Lee, Under-12 Girls gold; Omya Vidyarthi, Under-10 Girls gold; Thalia Cervantes Landeiro, Under-18 Girls silver; Zoey Tang, Under-12 Girls silver; IM Christopher Yoo, Under-14 Open bronze; Bach Ngo, Under-12 Open bronze.
And the quality of the play, given the shorter time controls and weird circumstances, was refreshingly high. Yip and Cervantes Landeiro engaged in tense absorbing battle in Under-18 girls final before the more experienced Yip finally broke on top.