U.S. Championships: Robson traps Niemann's queen, Abhimanyu scores

Fabiano Caruana has now a full-point lead at the U.S. Championship, as his closest chaser before round 8, Hans Niemann, was defeated by Ray Robson on Friday. Niemann is now sharing second place with Leinier Dominguez, Wesley So and Abhimanyu Mishra — the latter beat Sam Sevian in round 8. Meanwhile, in the U.S. Women’s Championship, Carissa Yip and Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova cannot stop winning, as each obtained a fourth consecutive win on Friday and now have a 2-point lead over their closest chasers. | Photo: Austin Fuller

U.S. Championships: Niemann beats Sevian, shares the lead with Abhimanyu

I do believe that Hans might not have cheated, but how did he win against Magnus Carlsen? - Quora

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