An American has won a tournament to determine who will challenge the World Chess Champion in November 2018 in London. It's possible the next World Chess Champion will be an American, the 1st time since Bobby Fischer won the title in 1972, 46 years ago.

Wikipedia: "The World Chess Championship 2018 is an upcoming chess match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, will be played in London between 9 and 28 November 2018."

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen lives in Norway. Fabiano Caruana is the American. I'm a big fan of Carlsen but I hope America wins because that's where I live. If Caruana does become the World Champion then chess will become very popular here again.

I predict very hard fought games. These are the two best players in the world.

"They will compete for a combined prize fund of €1m ($1.19m), organizers said."

By the way I play chess every day at https://lichess.org. My opponents are from virtually every country in the world. My living room is an international chess club. I love the 21st century.