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• CChess.com News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Woodward Topples Caruana; Lee On 4.5/5 After Bloodiest Day Yet

  Eight out of 12 games were decisive on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest round across both tournaments in this year's 2026 U.S. Chess Championships. GM Andy Woodward took down defending champion GM Fabiano Caruana to join GM Wesley So in the lead

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• CChess.com News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Roman Shogdzhiev, 11, Closes In On Mishra’s Youngest GM Record

  IM Roman Shogdzhiev took a major step toward becoming the youngest grandmaster in chess history on Monday, scoring his second GM norm in the Serbian Super League. The 11-year-old is now one norm and 29 rating points away from breaking GM Abhimanyu

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• CChess.com News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Caruana Wins Titled Tuesday On Day Off In U.S. Championship

  GM Fabiano Caruana won Titled Tuesday on October 13 during an off day in the 2026 U.S. Championship—where he currently shares the tournament lead—defeating GM Nihal Sarin in a key 10th-round matchup. Caruana then only made a draw in th

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• CChess.com News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Day Of Endgames Sees Caruana Join So At Top; Lee Sole Leader In Women's

  It was a day of endgames in round four of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship, with GM Fabiano Caruana scoring a long grinding win over GM Ray Robson to join GM Wesley So in the lead on three points. In other games, GMs Jeffery Xiong, Grigoriy Oparin

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• CChess.com News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Woodward, Shankland Strike; Alice Lee Joins Women's Leaders

  GMs Wesley So and Awonder Liang continued as joint leaders with 2.5 points after their mutual encounter ended in a draw in the third round of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship. GM Andy Woodward was rewarded with a win for his dynamic play against G

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• CChess.com News2026-10-11✓ Read

  Wesley So, Awonder Liang Lead Open; Paragua, Cervantes Lead Women With Perfect Scores

  GMs Wesley So and Awonder Liang won again in round two of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship to lead with 2/2 perfect scores. So was much worse against GM Jeffery Xiong but turned it around, while Liang converted an endgame to give GM Sam Sevian his

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• CChess.com News2026-10-11✓ Read

  Nakamura Makes History With Record 5th Straight Bullet Brawl Victory

  History was made in the Bullet Brawl arena on Saturday as GM Hikaru Nakamura acquired his fifth straight title, eclipsing a record set and shared by the late GM Daniel Naroditsky and himself back in 2023. Nakamura made his biggest move in the sec

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