Carissa Yip wins her fourth women's title in five years -

Carissa Yip has claimed her fourth U.S. Women’s Chess Championship title in five years, securing victory in the final round with a win against Thalia Cervantes Landeiro with the black pieces. The turning point came after Cervantes’ mistake with 19.Bd4?, compounded by 21.Rad1?, leaving Yip clearly winning.

Meanwhile her closest rival Anna Sargsyan was the beneficiary of a very serious blunder 34.Re1? (34.Rd3!=) by Alice Lee which was almost immediately decisive, she took second place alone after Irina Krush could only draw against her long term rival Anna Zatonskih.