Percy Yip is not a parent who will lose on purpose to his child. His daughter, Carissa Yip, learned this the hard way. After learning the game in an elementary school chess club, she played with her ...

Carissa Yip ’26 captured her third U.S. National Women’s Chess Championship title in St. Louis, Missouri, last month — which she said comes full circle from her childhood days, when she awaited her ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In what may be one of the most dramatic chess upsets of the year, International Masters (IM) Carissa Yip and Alice Lee — two of the youngest and lowest-rated players in ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grandmaster (GM) Fabiano Caruana and International Master (IM) Carissa Yip took top honors out of a field of elite American chess players in the 2024 U.S. Chess ...

ST. LOUIS – Carissa Yip, the top-rated U.S. female chess player, is moving to St. Louis to advance her career and contribute to the growth of chess. Yip’s relocation to St. Louis highlights the city’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2021 U.S. Chess Championship winners are Asian Americans Grandmaster Wesley So and International Master Carissa Yip. The ...

ANDOVER — An Andover teenager won big this year at the U.S. Chess Championships while playing from her childhood home and balancing online school work. Carissa Yip, 17, of Andover, won the 2020 U.S.

Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest female chess player to defeat a Grandmaster after taking down Peter Wells earlier this month. Sivanandan, 10, broke the record previously set by Carissa Yip in ...

In a stunning display of resilience and brilliance, U.S. #1 women’s player International Master Carissa Yip, triumphed at the 2025 Cairns Cup, overcoming early setbacks to claim her first title in one ...