Opening package: 1.b3 and Black Secrets in the Modern Italian
Wesley So published two new opening DVDs: 1.b3, the so called Nimzo-Larsen-Attack, for White and his black secrets in the modern Italian. Get them in a package and save money!
Two concurrent twelve-player round robin events will determine the new chess champions of the United States. The open section has a stellar line-up, with five 2700+ players for the first time in the national tournament.
The prize fund is USD $194,000 in the open section, with $50,000 for first place, and $100,000 in the women's category, with $25,000 in stock for the winner. Also, the "$64,000 Fischer Bonus Prize" continues to be in offer, for any player that replicates Fischer's 11-0 sweep achieved at the 1963/64 U.S. Championship.
Round 10: Jennifer Yu takes the title with a round to spare
Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds (increment) per move starting from move one. Draws by agreement in less than 30 moves are prohibited.
You can find pairings for all rounds at live.chessbase.com.
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Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade
| Title | First | Last | FIDE rating | Qualification Method |
| GM | Fabiano | Caruana | 2828 | Rating |
| GM | Wesley | So | 2762 | Rating |
| GM | Hikaru | Nakamura | 2746 | Rating |
| GM | Leinier | Dominguez | 2739 | Rating |
| GM | Sam | Shankland | 2731 | US Champion |
| GM | Ray | Robson | 2667 | Rating |
| GM | Jeffery | Xiong | 2663 | Rating |
| GM | Sam | Sevian | 2642 | Rating |
| GM | Aleksandr | Lenderman | 2637 | Rating |
| GM | Varuzhan | Akobian | 2625 | Wildcard |
| GM | Awonder | Liang | 2590 | US Junior Champ. |
| GM | Timur | Gareev | 2557 | US Open Champion |
| Title | First | Last | FIDE rating | Qualification Method |
| GM | Irina | Krush | 2451 | Rating |
| IM | Anna | Zatonskih | 2430 | Rating |
| WGM | Tatev | Abrahamyan | 2377 | Rating |
| WIM | Annie | Wang | 2304 | Rating |
| WGM | Anna | Sharevich | 2282 | Rating |
| WIM | Carissa | Yip | 2279 | US Girls’ Champ. |
| WGM | Sabina | Foisor | 2276 | Rating |
| WGM | Jennifer | Yu | 2273 | Rating |
| WIM | Akshita | Gorti | 2272 | Rating |
| WIM | Ashritha | Eswaran | 2234 | Wildcard |
| WIM | Maggie | Feng | 2199 | Wildcard |
| WIM | Emily | Nguyen | 2143 | Rating |
NB: The USA has already advanced their clocks for Daylight Saving Time!
| Date | Time (GMT-5) | Event |
| March 18 | 06:00 p.m. | Opening Ceremony |
| March 19 | Community Day | |
| March 20 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 1 |
| March 21 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 2 |
| March 22 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 3 |
| March 23 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 4 |
| March 24 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 5 |
| March 25 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 6 |
| March 26 | Rest Day | |
| March 27 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 7 |
| March 28 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 8 |
| March 29 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 9 |
| March 30 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 10 |
| March 31 | 01:00 p.m. | Round 11 |
| April 1 | 01:00 p.m. | Playoff (if necessary) |
| 06:30 p.m. | Closing Ceremony |
