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Notably absent is [[Hikaru Nakamura]], the most popular and influential [[American]] chess champion ranked #6 in the world. However, he has skipped this tournament in the past, too.<ref>https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/why-hikaru-nakamura-doesnt-participate-in-us-championship</ref> | Notably absent is [[Hikaru Nakamura]], the most popular and influential [[American]] chess champion ranked #6 in the world. However, he has skipped this tournament in the past, too.<ref>https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/why-hikaru-nakamura-doesnt-participate-in-us-championship</ref> | ||
| + | == Safeguards against cheating == | ||
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| + | With a new 30-minute delay on broadcasts of moves, tournament organizers appeared to heed the call for safeguards against cheating as long urged by the top [[U.S.]] college chess coach, Susan Polgar: | ||
| + | {{cquote|She has been outspoken about the reforms needed to prevent cheating in the sport. ... She has been calling for delayed broadcasts, more thorough checks for electronics, limiting spectators to the first 10 to 15 minutes, and strong penalties for those caught cheating.<ref>https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/cheating-scandal-leads-to-tighter-security-at-u-s-chess-championship-in-st-louis/article_95ab5093-fff8-5918-b9bb-72e9d68f758e.html#tracking-source=home-top-story</ref>}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Best American chess players]] | *[[Best American chess players]] | ||
Revision as of 01:05, October 6, 2022
The U.S. Chess Championship is annual tournament to pick the chess champion for the United States.
Bobby Fischer was only 14 years old when he won his first of eight straight U.S. Championships, which is the record. He won with a perfect 11-0 score in 1964, the only perfect score ever achieved in the tournament.
2022 Tournament
From October 4 to 20, 2022, this annual tournament will be held at the Saint Louis Chess Club, the location a month earlier of the chess cheating scandal.[1] The format is Round Robin, and the time limits are 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game. A 30-second additional increment per move from the outset is added, in part to enable the player to keep an accurate log of his moves as required.
Among the 14 contestants are:[2]
- Wesley So (top-ranked American player, #5 in the world)
- Levon Aronian (#9 in the world)
- Fabiano Caruana (2018 Candidates winner, to compete for the world championship)
- Sam Shankland (2018 U.S. Champion)
- Jeffery Xiong
- Hans Niemann
Notably absent is Hikaru Nakamura, the most popular and influential American chess champion ranked #6 in the world. However, he has skipped this tournament in the past, too.[3]
Safeguards against cheating
With a new 30-minute delay on broadcasts of moves, tournament organizers appeared to heed the call for safeguards against cheating as long urged by the top U.S. college chess coach, Susan Polgar:
| “ | She has been outspoken about the reforms needed to prevent cheating in the sport. ... She has been calling for delayed broadcasts, more thorough checks for electronics, limiting spectators to the first 10 to 15 minutes, and strong penalties for those caught cheating.[4] | ” |
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/tennis/chess-grandmaster-from-texas-jeffery-xiong-qualifies-for-us-championship/ar-AA12oNDa
- ↑ https://www.uschesschamps.com/2022-us-championships/2022-us-championship/the-field
- ↑ https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/why-hikaru-nakamura-doesnt-participate-in-us-championship
- ↑ https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/cheating-scandal-leads-to-tighter-security-at-u-s-chess-championship-in-st-louis/article_95ab5093-fff8-5918-b9bb-72e9d68f758e.html#tracking-source=home-top-story