♙ US Chess Daily Digest — 2026-09-04

Key Games

GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek (2685) beat GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin (2737)
at Chess Experience Exchange Matches Uzbekistan 2026 | Standard game

GM Suleymanli, Aydin (2664) beat GM Madaminov, Mukhiddin (2611)
at Chess Experience Exchange Matches Uzbekistan 2026 | Standard game

Jagirapu, Harshin Reddy (USA, b.2012, 2342) beat IM Shlyakhtenko, Robert (2407)
at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM A · US Chess top-100: No. 9 Under 16 game

FM Girsh, Daniel (2373) beat GM Boyer, Mahel (2465) [FRA]
at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | GM A Invitational game

IM Lin, Bryan Enming (2500) beat GM Yudasin, Leonid (2255) [ISR]
at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | GM A Invitational · US Chess top-100: No. 2 Under 16 game

Jasinski, Alexander (2082) beat WGM Belenkaya, Dina (2236) [FRA]
at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | IM C · US Chess top-100: No. 43 Under 16 game

Americans in Action (15)

IM Adewumi, Tanitoluwa (2487) drew with GM Plat, Vojtech (2468) [SVK] — at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | GM A Invitational · US Chess top-100: No. 1 Under 16 game
CM Ho, Carter (2192) beat FM Venkatesh, Narayan (2288) [USA] — at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | IM B Invitational · US Chess top-100: No. 34 Under 16 game
Luger, Sam (2320) drew with GM Stremavicius, Titas (2554) [LTU] — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM B · US Chess top-100: No. 10 Under 16 game
IM Vidyarthi, Vyom (2411) drew with FM Tanenbaum, Zachary (2310) [USA] — at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | GM A Invitational · US Chess top-100: No. 24 Under 21 game
IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr (2376) drew with IM George, Kevin (2331) [EGY] — at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | GM A Invitational game
IM Sethuraman, Sandeep (2464) drew with FM Amburgy, Ryan (2288) [USA] — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM B · US Chess top-100: No. 18 Under 21 game
Sheehan, Ethan (2386) drew with Andrew Jiang (unrated) — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM B · US Chess top-100: No. 26 Under 21 game
IM Wang, Tianqi (2363) lost to GM Koustav Chatterjee (2481) [IND] — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM B game
FM Sethuraman, Roshan (2351) drew with FM Melillo, Lucius (2317) [USA] — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM A · US Chess top-100: No. 14 Under 16 game
FM Lin, Dachey (2334) drew with James Chirilov (unrated) — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM A game
FM Johnson, Donald (2242) beat WIM Gaw, Chloe (2006) [USA] — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | IM C · US Chess top-100: No. 54 Under 21 · in the news (1) game
FM Cherukuri, Nitesh (2190) beat Wang, Aaron (2192) [USA] — at 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | IM C · US Chess top-100: No. 17 Under 16 game
Groff, Jordan (2099) drew with Weiji Ma (unrated) — at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | IM B Invitational game
WCM Zhu, Alicia (1678) lost to Wu, Siqi(SH) (1996) [CHN] — at 2026年全国国际象棋棋协大师赛 (南京站) · US Chess top-100: No. 63 Girls Under 16 game
FM Sivakumar, Shaaketh (2273) drew with CM Hoffman, Luc (2191) [USA] — at 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | IM B Invitational · US Chess top-100: No. 68 Under 21 game

Top-100 Watch (1)

Jay Richard Bonin (#56 Age 50+) won Marshall Juan Sena Action — 47 players, New York, NY — 3.5 pts results

Broadcasts — 683 games from 43 events (most important first)

~2674	4 games	Chess Experience Exchange Matches Uzbekistan 2026 \| Standard
~2461	40 games	1st Gazi International Open Chess Tournament \| Category A
~2426	5 games	2026 NY Marshall Labor Day \| GM A Invitational [US]
~2419	5 games	2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational \| GM B [US]
~2414	5 games	2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational \| GM A [US]
~2384	66 games	DRUŻYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2026 - Mecze 1 - 11
~2416	16 games	European Senior Team Championships 2026 \| Senior 50+
~2324	72 games	DRUŻYNOWE MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI II LIGA 2026 - Mecze 12 - 23
~2381	24 games	European Senior Team Championships 2026 \| Senior 65+
~2430	5 games	Saint Charbel Chess Cup IV \| Masters

American Presence by Event (6)

[US] 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | GM A Invitational (~2426) — 6 American(s), top IM Lin, Bryan Enming (2500); day: 2W 4D 0L
[US] 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM B (~2419) — 5 American(s), top IM Sethuraman, Sandeep (2464); day: 0W 4D 1L
[US] 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | GM A (~2414) — 5 American(s), top IM Shlyakhtenko, Robert (2407); day: 1W 3D 1L
[US] 2026 NY Marshall Labor Day | IM B Invitational (~2242) — 6 American(s), top IM Griffith, Kyron (2398); day: 1W 3D 1L
[US] 2026 Labor Day Norm Invitational | IM C (~2192) — 5 American(s), top FM Johnson, Donald (2242); day: 3W 0D 2L
2026年全国国际象棋棋协大师赛 (南京站) (~2154) — 1 American(s), top WCM Zhu, Alicia (1960); day: 0W 0D 2L

US Rated Events — 31 newly rated (19 states, median size 14)

Marshall Juan Sena Action (New York, NY) — 47 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03; winner: Tim Shvarts / Jay Richard Bonin / LEANDRO NICHOLAS ULLOA CENTENO (3.5 pts)
ICN Camp Blitz Tourney (New York, NY) — 44 players, 2 section(s), ended 2026-09-02; winner: Grayson Xiang / Kai Waters / Ioane Pagava (2 pts)
Hamilton Chess Club Quads Aug. 2026 (Hamilton, NJ) — 40 players, 10 section(s), ended 2026-08-29; winner: Landon Meadors (2.5 pts)
Summer Showdown (New Orleans, LA) — 37 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-01; winner: Muhammad Usama Aslam (4.5 pts)
Albuquerque Chess Club 090326 (Albuquerque, NM) — 35 players, 5 section(s), ended 2026-09-03; winner: Aariv Agrawal (2.5 pts)
Katy Kids Chess Monthly Rated (Katy, TX) — 34 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
KnightLight Panera Bread Southshore 9-3-26 (Metairie, LA) — 26 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
3 Round Rapids (West Los Angeles, CA) — 25 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-01
Blitz 3+2 - Sep 3, 2026 (Columbia, SC) — 23 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
CCCR WED NIGHT CHESS 090226 (Rochester, NY) — 23 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-02
August EMCC MML (Troy, MI) — 22 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-31
CHESS CAMP on MONDAY! (Chesterfield, MO) — 21 players, 5 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
Chittenden Saturday Swiss 39 (South Burlington, VT) — 16 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-29
3|2 WNZ RATED #1723 (Waltham, MA) — 15 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-31
Balanced Rook Blitz 20260903 (Colorado Springs, CO) — 14 players, 2 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
Acton Fall Quads #1 - 9/3 (Bay Village, OH) — 14 players, 4 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
LAITH AND GORDON TIE (New Orleans, LA) — 13 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
Brevard Chess Thursday Night Swiss (West Melbourne, FL) — 13 players, 2 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
Rated Wednesday Series 10 (Norman, OK) — 13 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-26
GCC Quick Pressed Pennies Day 2026 (Greenville, SC) — 10 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
Wedn round robin Sept (Norman, OK) — 7 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-02
7|2 GRAND PRIX RATED #8 (Waltham, MA) — 7 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-31
Summer Camp 2026 (Rahway, NJ) — 7 players, 4 section(s), ended 2026-08-30
September 3 Rated (Owensboro, KY) — 6 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
DMVCHESS.COM SEPTEMBER ACTION COMPETITION (Tysons Corner, VA) — 5 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-02
SFS Wednesday Warriors #200 (Frisco, TX) — 5 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-26
THREE-TWO FASTBALL (Montgomery, AL) — 4 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
SFS Wednesday Warriors #201 (Frisco, TX) — 4 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-03
7|0 WNZ RATED #1722 (Waltham, MA) — 4 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-31
KnightLight Panera Northshore 8-31-26 (Metairie, LA) — 3 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-08-31
Special Players Execution for Checkmates Tactics Ratings and Exchanges (Park City, KS) — 2 players, 1 section(s), ended 2026-09-02

COMING UP — US & WORLD EVENTS

National (next 60 days):
- Sep 4-7: 2026 US Cadet Championship — Lisle, Illinois
- Sep 11-13: 2026 U.S. G/30 & G/60 Championship — Tulane University
- Oct 10-24: 2026 U.S. Championship, U.S. Women's Championship — St. Louis Chess Club
Plan Ahead (next 14 days):
- Sep 4-7: New York State Championship, Albany, NY
- Sep 5-7: 2026 Harvey Lerman Florida State Championship ($16,000 Guaranteed), Melbourne, FL
- Sep 5-7: 2026 Fall Southeastern FIDE ($5,000 Guaranteed), Charlotte, NC
- Sep 18-20: Beckstead Family Classic, St. Louis, MO
FIDE world events + US-soil (next 60 days):
- Sep 4-7: 2026 Southern California Open — Glendale, USA
- Sep 10-18: 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities — Samarkand, UZB
- Sep 15-28: 46th Chess Olympiad 2026 — Samarkand, UZB
- Sep 19-28: FIDE Congress 2026 — Samarkand, UZB
- Sep 28-Oct 3: FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship, European Continental stage — Tsaghkadzor, ARM
- Oct 13-21: FIDE World U7-U17 Championships 2026 — Roquetas de Mar, ESP
- Oct 16-18: 4th Gulf Coast October Open — Estero, USA
- Nov 2-15: FIDE World Senior Chess Championships 2026 — Banja, SRB

News — 111 items in 100 stories

Magnus Carlsen and Sindarov to meet at least twice in IPL-styled Global Chess League [The Guardian] · guardian-chess
12-Year-Old Faustino Oro Confirmed As World's Youngest Grandmaster [chess.com] · reddit-chess
Vídeos de ajedrez | Un manjar intelectual [EL PAÍS]
Análisis de ajedrez | Pichot, campeón de España [EL PAÍS]
Análisis de ajedrez | Marta García, tricampeona de España femenina a los 26 años [EL PAÍS]
Carlsen, Botvinnik, AlphaZero [chessmind]
TCh-ESP 1st Div 2026 - Games and results [twic-news]
How To Watch Season 4 Of The Global Chess League [chess.com]
Renowned Washington Square Park Player 'Chichi' Detained By ICE [chess.com]
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Grand Chess Tour Finals [The Spectator] · The Spectator Australia
Carlsen and Sindarov to clash in Global Chess League [Kursiv Media Узбекистан] · streamlinefeed.co.ke
Does AI understand chess humour? [chessbase] · Chess News | ChessBase
Solvay score 14/14 to win Spanish Primera División, Ivanchuk excels on board one [chessbase] · Chess News | ChessBase
Alireza Firouzja on Living in Bulgaria: "It's great!" [reddit-chess] · rookreview
Who is Elena Mishra, 4-year-old Odisha girl who made chess history? [The Indian Express]
4-year-old Odisha girl Elena Mishra becomes youngest female player to hold official FIDE rating [organiser.org]
R Praggnanandhaa after historic Grand Chess Tour win: I would not say I am a prodigy | Hindustan Times [Hindustan Times]
BB20 House Is An Alice In Wonderland: Giant Teapot Couch, Octopus Chess, Hot-Air Balloon And More | WATCH [ABP Live English]
ISU's newly launched CHESS takes shape — with AI on the horizon [Idaho State Journal]
New York Jets may be playing chess not checkers with their latest tryout candidate ahead of Week 1 against the Tennessee Titans [atozsports.com]
Pragg: "My coach completely messed up his sleep schedule because of me..." · Chess news, lifestyle and commentary [t.co]
2nd Dr. GM Eugene Torre FIDE Standard Open Chess Tournament goes to Sports Hub, Antipolo City [PhilBoxing.com]
Watch the corner [Chess News | ChessBase]
Game of the Week #737: Sindarov vs Van Foreest [Chess News | ChessBase]
Grischuk's stroke of genius [Chess News | ChessBase]
Turkmen chess player Meylis Annaberdyev become a grandmaster [Turkmenportal.com]
Gulshan wins Chess title [Daily Excelsior]
Best Share Trading Platforms Australia 2026: compare ASX, ETF and CHESS brokers [Mozo.com.au]
Women's Candidates R9: Zhu and Vaishali share the lead [Chess News | ChessBase]
Candidates R10: Head-to-head stats [Chess News | ChessBase]
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Community - Chess Championships Take Over The West [Wyndham TV]
Jules Moussard remporte l’Open de Sants à Barcelone avec 9 points sur 10 [Europe Echecs]
How did Niharika Challa earned Woman International Master title while pursuing an MBA [ChessBase India]
New York Jets May Be Playing Chess With Their Most Recent Player Tryout [Yahoo Sports]
Bigg Boss 20 house first look out; giant snake in garden, octopus chess and mysterious Room No. 20 [India TV News]
Minute Finale #114 - Rediffusion [Europe Echecs]
Canino leads 14-player national chess field [Mindanao Gold Star Daily]
Game On: September brings McNeese football and more! [KPLC 7 News]
Kolobkov: "Chess can enrich Olympic programme" [Inside The Games]
Bigg Boss 20 House Tour: Giant Teapot Couch To Octopus Chess, Salman Khan Show Gets A Surreal Makeover - Watch [Times Now]
Praggnanandhaa beats Carauna to become first Indian to clinch Grand Chess Tour title [PressReader]
Chess.com Ventures Into Poker Space by Launching Poker Site [PokerNews]
Caole wins Under-10 girls’ chess crown [Manila Standard]
Hikaru Nakamura Net Worth [Celebrity Net Worth]
Bay Area student-athlete identified as driver who died after single vehicle crash in Livermore [San Francisco Chronicle]
San Ramon Chess Champ, 18, Dies in Livermore Crash Under I-580 [hoodline.com]
Chess championship [The Times of India]
Inter District Division-Level chess competition concludes [Daily Excelsior]
White to move and mate in two #870 – Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 [Daily Kos]
Sindarov gives an unexpected assessment of Gukesh's emotions... [Zamin.uz]
Jay-Z Is Still Playing Chess, But The Internet Loves Checkers [AllHipHop]
Javohir Sindarov to participate in a major tournament in India [Zamin.uz]
Youth chess master holds special fundraiser for nonprofit [Boothbay Register]
Praggnanandhaa becomes first Indian to win Grand Chess Tour title [Kashmir Reader]
Sindarov: Forget Gukesh's Form—I'm Preparing For The World Champion At His Best [World Chess]
From Engineering to International Master: The Incredible Journey of Nithin Babu [ChessBase India]
Division-Level championship: Jammu, Kathua Chess teams shine [Greater Kashmir]
Interview de Timur Turlov, candidat à la présidence de la FIDE [Europe Echecs]
Le grand maître iranien Pouya Idani joue désormais pour la France [Europe Echecs]
A Subdued Asian Summit Sharpens the Contrast Between Xi and Trump [Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com]
Why Sindarov Is Delaying World Championship Preparations [rediff.com]
Singh, Johnson to lead T&T chess team at 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad [Trinidad Guardian]
What’s harder: preparing for Magnus Carlsen or Garry Kasparov? Chess legend Viswanathan Anand reflects on facing two of the greatest players ever, how dramatically chess preparation has evolved, and why modern computer analysis makes his old games [LinkedIn]
New Bern police open 10th Noble Knights Chess Club session; free 12-week program for youth [wcti12.com]
J&K | Division-Level Chess Championship Winners Felicitated In Ramban [Odisha TV]
While Carney Plays Checkers on Canadian Energy Policy, Trump Plays World Energy Chess [todayville.com]
DG Youth Services & Sports, DC Ramban felicitate winners of Division-Level Chess Championship [Jammu Links News]
Le C’Chartres Échecs en difficulté après la baisse annoncée du soutien municipal [Europe Echecs]
Magnolia Intermediate to Bring Young Chess Players Together for Regional Tournament on October 3 [YubaNet]
Chess.com Enters the Poker Arena: Gambit Aims to Teach Millions of Chess Players to Play Poker [Spadepoker]
J&K Hosts Division-Level Chess Competition, 150 Young Players Participate | OTV [Odisha TV]
Chess Masters, Fable, and the Path to More Effective Cybersecurity [Security Info Watch]
Inside photos of Bigg Boss 20 house that also has a shark pool [Mid-Day]
Mumba Masters Names CheQ Naming and Principal Partner Ahead of Global Chess League Season 4 [Sportscape Magazine]
Anuradha Gupta, DC Mohammad Alyas Khan felicitate winners of Division-Level Chess Championship [5dariyanews.com]
70 Jahre Thomas Pähtz [chessbase-de]
FIDE und World Chess beantragen die Domainendung .chess [chessbase-de]
Deutsch-polnisches Gedenken an Emanuel Lasker [chessbase-de]
Solvay gewinnt die spanische Primera División – Ivanchuk glänzt am ersten Brett [chessbase-de]
"Chess will be fully solved one day" — Elon Musk [rookreview]
"Hans, Beat Nepo in a rematch, and he will have to apologize to the kid!" — Wesley So on the Insinuations Discussion [rookreview]
Hans Niemann To Play a Simul Against 10 Tech Founders [rookreview]
"I still help Armenian chess, although it is difficult..." — Levon Aronian [rookreview]
Our main rivals at the Olympiad? Belgium and Luxembourg — Dutch GM Anish Giri [rookreview]
“Winning the tournament is what matters for me” — Pragg on Earning $400,000 at the Grand Chess Tour [rookreview]
How Lucky should I consider myself 👀👀 [reddit-chess]
How often do you alternative openings? And why? (Assuming your opponent follows whatever line you want) [reddit-chess]
I want to enter a local chess tournament, unsure about what level to select for myself [reddit-chess]
Next American female GM? [reddit-chess]
Could the next Aimchess be built with help from r/chess? [reddit-chess]
Burnout and loss of skill [reddit-chess]
3 more random college students [reddit-chess]
VERY difficult position (for me at least) [reddit-chess]
Anatoly Karpov chess book never arrived im looking for ebook site to purchase book [reddit-chess]
Reset the counter! [reddit-chess]
“I want to do what I’ve been doing in the EWC the last two years, which is flag the shit out of Alireza!” -Magnus on what he’s looking forward to most this GCL [reddit-chess]