In the US Chess championships, the games of the third round were played. Liang Awonder was stronger than Aleksander Lenderman, Yoo Christopher defeated Elshan Moradiabadi, and Fabiano Caruana won against Dariusz Swiercz. Sevian – Aronian, Xiong-So, Shankland-Niemann and Dominguez-Robson drew. Standings after the 3rd round: 1-4. F. Caruana, H. Niemann, S. Sevian, C. Yoo –…
Elshan Moradiabadi
The American Championships for men and women began in St. Louis. In the first round, Sevian defeated Moradiabadi, Niemann – Yoo. Lenderman – Aronian, Liang – So, Xiong – Swiercz, Shankland – Robson and Caruana – Dominguez played in a draw. Among women, Yu was stronger than Zatonskih, M. Lee – Wu, A. Lee –…