Hey everyone. I will spare you the details of the various (relatively minor) maladies afflicting different members of my household, but I am not going to manage to compile to a linkfest this week.

In the meantime, the US Championship has started today. I am not very patriotic, but I particularly enjoy this tournament, because it has a decent mix of fresh and familiar faces, and this year there is always the chance that something crazy will happen involving GM Hans Niemann. You can follow the games on Chess.com here.
I should be back next week with two weeks worth of chess links.
Cheers,
Ben
Hope everyone recovers soon
I hope you stay well and that your love ones recover soon.