Over the coming months I will focusing on chess happenings in the USA. Naturally the exploits of their best known players, US Champion Gata Kamsky, and rising world star Hikaru Nakamura will be of particular interest. However, the US chess scene in general intrigues many Europeans as the tournaments there are so different from those of the Old World.
The USA seems to be having a chess revival at the moment spearheaded by Hikaru Nakamura who seems to be going from strength to strength. Gata Kamsky has also found a second wind, with a string of good results including of course his defeat of Veselin Topalov in Kazan.
The USA is officially the ninth strongest nation in the FIDE rankings.
