Wesley So, Awonder Liang Lead Open; Paragua, Cervantes Lead Women With Perfect Scores

GMs Wesley So and Awonder Liang won again in round two of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship to lead with 2/2 perfect scores. So was much worse against GM Jeffery Xiong but turned it around, while Liang converted an endgame to give GM Sam Sevian his…