GM Fabiano Caruana picked up a win against GM Wesley So in the first game of the The American Cup 2026 Champions Final. In the Elimination Bracket, GMs Sam Sevian and Leinier Dominguez were eliminated by GMs Levon Aronian and Awonder Liang, respec…
■ The man from Merced leads the Summer Classic Open Tournament with 4.5 points, closely followed by Jorge Gioscio and Francisco Viola. The definition of the contest will take place next Sunday 8 March.
GMs Pranesh M and Yu Yangyi qualified for the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs through Play-In 2 on Wednesday. Pranesh advanced directly by having better tiebreaks than GM Wesley So, the only other player to finish on 7.5/9. Yu, who finished the …