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Christopher Yoo vs Elshan Moradiabadi, US Chess Championship 2022

The US Chess Championship 2022 is taking place from 5-20 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Fourteen of the country’s strongest chess players battle for the national title and $60,000 in a classical round-robin event with Fabiano CaruanaLevon Aronian and Wesley So headlining the field which includes Hans Niemann as the 8th seed.

Hans Niemann and Samuel Sevian continued to lead in the event after two played rounds, but 15-year-old Christopher Yoo stole the show defeating the US defending champion Wesley So. Yoo today faces Elshan Moradiabadi having white pieces. Follow the game live:

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