US Championships: 8 out of 8 for Yip!
In the open section of the US Championships, defending champion Fabiano Caruana drew with second seed Wesley So, maintaining a half-point lead over his closest chasers – Awonder Liang and Hans Niemann – with three rounds remaining. Meanwhile, in the women’s section, Carissa Yip continued her dominant run, securing her eighth consecutive win by defeating Atousa Pourkashiyan. Yip, now 2½ points ahead of her nearest rival, is just three wins away from claiming the $64,000 Bobby Fischer prize for a perfect 11/11 score. | Photo: Lennart Ootes