Yip Scores 8th Straight Win, 3 Away From Fischer’s Record

IM Carissa Yip continued her dream run with a win over WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan to race to 8/8 in the Women’s championship while GM Fabiano Caruana maintained his half-a-point lead with 5/7 after a draw against GM Wesley So in the eighth round of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championships.

GM Hans Niemann scored the only win of the round in the open section when his opponent GM Abhimanyu Mishra blundered in a fundamental rook endgame while down to less than a minute on his clock. Niemann moved on to share the second spot with 4.5/8 along with GM Awonder Liang on 4.5/7.

The women’s section saw young IM Alice Lee score a crucial victory over heavyweight GM Irina Krush to move into the third spot with five points, behind IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova on five and a half points.

After a rest day, the ninth round of the U.S. Championships will start on October 21 at 2 p.m. ET/20:00 CEST/11:30 p.m. IST.

Round 8 Standings: Championship