A Coppell teenager is one of only a dozen grandmasters invited to play at the 2019 U.S. Chess Championship. Jeffery Xiong, 18, accepted a bid to compete in the 12-player, 11-round Round-Robin ...

Grandmasters Varuzhan Akobian (Left) and Jeffery Xiong at the U.S. Chess Championships. (Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis) Following the biggest victory of his career, ...

Coppell’s Jeffery Xiong just became a teenager, but he already has an international reputation. The 13-year-old -- one of the two youngest chessmasters in the country -- is the fifth-ranked junior ...

Mom Jenny Xiong with dad Wayne on either side of 14 1/2 year old Jeffery. He just took the Chicago open, beating two grandmasters on his way to earning the title himself. The Coppell teen's the second ...

COPPELL – Asked what he likes best about chess, 15-year-old grandmaster Jeffery Xiong wastes not a second. "I really like the beauty of the game," he said. "It's kind of like war – it's all about ...