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, ...

GMs Varuzhan Akobian (Left) and Jeffery Xiong at the U.S. Chess Championship in 2016. Photo by Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Jeffery Xiong of Coppell won his first ...

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 ...