23-year-old Yaroslav Zherebukh has joined Wesley So in the US Championship lead after outplaying world no. 3 and defending champion Fabiano Caruana. Elsewhere it was the day of the veterans, with Alexander Shabalov simply needing to remember computer analysis to beat Jeffery Xiong, while Daniel Naroditsky paid a heavy price for taking Gata Kamsky into a Ruy Lopez line the former World Championship Challenger had been playing all his life.

Last year Fabiano Caruana won the US Championship with an unbeaten +6. This year’s tournament has been very different, with a Round 7 disaster knocking Fabi back to 50%.

See also:

• Official website
• The US Chess Championships on chess24: Overall | Women
• US Chess Championship, Round 1: So and Nakamura strike first
• US Chess Championship, Round 2: Fighting chess
• US Chess Championship, Round 3: So survives Caruana scare
• US Chess Championship, Round 4: Wesley’s gamble pays off
• US Chess Championship, Round 5: Kamsky shocks Xiong
• US Chess Championship, Round 6: So’s close shave

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