
Caruana Joins U.S. Champs Lead As Black Strikes Back
Yesterday at the 2018 U.S. Championships, White dominated, winning all seven decisive games. In today's round three, the roulette wheel tilted the other way. Black won a total of five games, and players of the second move collectively did better in both the U.S. Championship and in the U.S. Women's Championship. For a day, St. Louis turned into Wakanda. Here's two possible explanations. First, GM Fabiano Caruana, who was one of the Black winners: "These days it's very tough to find an...