US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports
US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports
US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports
Fabiano Caruana won the 2022 U.S. Championship with an undefeated +4 score after drawing Levon Aronian in the final round of the tournament in Saint Louis. Ray Robson finished in clear second place, while Leinier Dominguez and Awonder Liang shared the third spot in the standings. In the women’s event, Irina Krush and Jennifer Yu will play a tiebreaker for the title. | Photo: Bryan Adams
GM Hikaru Nakamura demonstrated his superiority in quicker time controls by defeating fellow-American GM Levon Aronian with a clean 2-0 score in the rapid chess tiebreak of the final to emerge as the winner of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg in Berlin. In two absorbing games in the 15+10 time control,