Caruana leapfrogs Nakamura as experience beats fresh faces at US Chess Championship

Fabiano Caruana has won back-to-back US championship titles in a field featuring a variety of youngsters, claiming his third trophy overall. The win offered him an opportunity to increase his rating lead over rival Hikaru Nakamura, who opted for the Qatar Masters Open instead of attempting to secure his sixth national title.

Caruana, who became the youngest American Grandmaster in 2007—breaking the record set by Nakamura—was made to do it the hard way in St. Louis. As a new generation of youngsters is gunning for top spots all around the world, it’s becoming tougher and tougher for the old guard to stay ahead of these tiny calculation monsters.

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