Overview

• Team USA won all five boards in the first Checkmate: USA vs India arena showcase held in Arlington, Texas.
• Hikaru Nakamura clinched the sweep by delivering a back-rank mate to world champion D Gukesh in a one-minute game, then celebrated by leaping up and tossing a board piece into the crowd.
• Fabiano Caruana defeated Arjun Erigaisi, Carissa Yip beat Divya Deshmukh, Levy Rozman overcame Sagar Shah, and Tanitoluwa Adewumi topped Ethan Vaz.
• Matches featured 10-, 5- and 1-minute time controls with a one-second increment below one minute, with five-minute overtime and one-minute shootouts to resolve draws.
• As the host side, the United States took White in every game, and organizers announced a reverse fixture in India where the home team will start with White.