After eight rounds of tense competition at the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship, two young players enter the final round tied for the lead and the title.

This video recaps all the exciting action from Round 8 of the US Chess Championship.

Print and Online story covering the 2009 US Chess Championship held at the the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

The 2009 U.S. Chess Championship has a winner: Hikaru Nakamura. Congratulations to Nakamura and all of the great players who competed at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center this week.

Jennifer Shahade and Macauley Peterson review the sixth round of the US Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

While the championship chess players took Friday off to rest and relax, two local elementary schools’ 4th grade classes kept the competitive spirit going at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

Irina Krush talks about her aggressive goals for this tournament and her thoughts about the tournament and playing at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch covers the 2009 US Chess Championship hosted by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in print and online

After five rounds of the U.S. Chess Championship, Michael Brooks of Kansas City, Mo., has an impressive three points, putting him just one point out of first place. Brooks, of Kansas City, has defeated two grandmasters with ratings higher than 2600, including the seventh- and 15th-ranked players in the country.

Robert Hess talks about his recent success in the U.S. Chess Championship drawing with top-seed Gata Kamsky, and the how playing sports and playing chess overlap in terms of strategy and stamina.