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The American Cup took place in Saint Louis 20th to 30th April 2022. The format is double elimination knockout. This was a complex format where to be eliminated you had to lose two matches. The second chance game via rapid games. Players: Aronian, Caruana, So, Dominguez, Shankland, Sevian, Xiong and Robson. There was also a women's event with Krush, Zatonskih, Tsolakidou, Tokhirjonova, Nemcova, Alice Lee, Abrahamyan and Ruiyang Yan. Fabiano Caruana and Irina Krush won the two main events.

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American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA Wed 20th Apr 2022 - Fri 29th Apr 2022 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Round 4
1	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
2	Aronian, Levon	0.5
	Round 3
1	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0.5
	Round 2
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1.5
2	Aronian, Levon	0.5
1	Caruana, Fabiano	3
2	Sevian, Samuel	1
	Round 1
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
2	Robson, Ray	1.5
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2.5
2	Shankland, Sam	1.5
1	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
2	So, Wesley	0.5
1	Caruana, Fabiano	3.0
2	Xiong, Jeffery	2.0
20 players

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American Cup Elim Saint Louis USA Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Fri 29th Apr 2022 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Round 4
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1.5
	Round 3
1	Aronian, Levon	2.0
2	Robson, Ray	0.0
	Round 2
1	Robson, Ray	2.5
2	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
1	Aronian, Levon	1.5
2	So, Wesley	0.5
	Round 1
1	Robson, Ray	2.5
2	Shankland, Sam	1.5
1	So, Wesley	1.5
2	Xiong, Jeffery	0.5
16 players

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American Cup Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Fri 29th Apr 2022 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
1	Aronian, Levon	2887	W21	W18	W12	D2	W17	W3	D10	W7	D4	7.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	2825	W15	W8	W22	D1	W4	W5	D11	W6	D3	7.5
3	Martinez Alcantara, Jose	2719	W24	L22	W32	W8	W6	L1	W17	W11	D2	6.5
4	So, Wesley	2828	W13	W23	D11	D6	L2	D18	W25	W10	D1	6
5	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2811	W14	D17	D19	W12	D10	L2	W13	D9	W11	6
6	Shankland, Sam	2768	W25	D19	W7	D4	L3	W15	W18	L2	W14	6
7	Xiong, Jeffery	2751	D20	W9	L6	W24	D18	W8	W19	L1	D10	5.5
8	Kevlishvili, Robby	2721	W32	L2	W31	L3	W14	L7	W12	D19	W18	5.5
9	Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	2711	L31	L7	L26	B	W32	W24	W29	D5	W17	5.5
10	Sevian, Samuel	2667	L22	W20	W15	W23	D5	W17	D1	L4	D7	5.5
11	Robson, Ray	2795	W26	W31	D4	L17	W19	W25	D2	L3	L5	5
12	Burke, John Michael	2625	W33	W16	L1	L5	L15	W22	L8	W29	W19	5
13	Theodorou, Nikolas	2599	L4	W26	D33	L25	W22	W20	L5	D15	W23	5
14	Chandra, Akshat	2592	L5	W27	L23	W32	L8	W26	W24	W16	L6	5
15	Marandi, Cemil Can Ali	2516	L2	W29	L10	W31	W12	L6	D16	D13	W22	5
16	Nyzhnyk, Illia	2770	W30	L12	L17	W26	W21	L19	D15	L14	W25	4.5
17	Akobian, Varuzhan	2719	W28	D5	W16	W11	L1	L10	L3	W25	L9	4.5
18	Oparin, Grigoriy	2687	W27	L1	D24	W33	D7	D4	L6	W20	L8	4.5
19	Antipov, Mikhail		X	D6	D5	W22	L11	W16	L7	D8	L12	4.5
20	Raja, Harshit	2535	D7	L10	L25	W30	W27	L13	W21	L18	W24	4.5
21	Repka, Christopher	2501	L1	L24	W28	W29	L16	D23	L20	W27	W31	4.5
22	Zatonskih, Anna		W10	W3	L2	L19	L13	L12	W23	W30	L15	4
23	Gledura, Benjamin	2545	W29	L4	W14	L10	L25	D21	L22	W26	L13	3.5
24	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2512	L3	W21	D18	L7	W33	L9	L14	W28	L20	3.5
25	Krush, Irina	2466	L6	D28	W20	W13	W23	L11	L4	L17	L16	3.5
26	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2444	L11	L13	W9	L16	W28	L14	D32	L23	W29	3.5
27	Lee, Alice Teresa	1999	L18	L14	W30	D28	L20	L29	W33	L21	B	3.5
28	Yan, Ruiyang	1501	L17	D25	L21	D27	L26	B	D30	L24	W33	3.5
29	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2446	L23	L15	B	L21	W31	W27	L9	L12	L26	3
30	Nemcova, Katerina	2406	L16	L33	L27	L20	B	W31	D28	L22	D32	3
31	Antova, Gabriela		W9	L11	L8	L15	L29	L30	B	W32	L21	3
32	Cervantes, Thalia	2163	L8	B	L3	L14	L9	W33	D26	L31	D30	3
33	Kozelov, Roman	2197	L12	W30	D13	L18	L24	L32	L27	B	L28	2.5
34	Chambers, Ezra	2071	F	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	0
34 players

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American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Fri 29th Apr 2022 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Krush, Irina	1.5
2	Lee, Alice	0.5
	Round 3
1	Krush, Irina	1.5
2	Lee, Alice	0.5
	Round 2
1	Krush, Irina	1.5
2	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	0.5
1	Lee, Alice	2
2	Abrahamyan, Tatev	0
	Round 1
1	Krush, Irina	1.5
2	Yan, Ruiyang	0.5
1	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	1.5
2	Nemcova, Katerina	0.5
1	Lee, Alice	3
2	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	1
1	Abrahamyan, Tatev	3
2	Zatonskih, Anna	1
20 players

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American Cup Elim w Saint Louis USA Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Fri 29th Apr 2022 Leading Round 3 (of 4) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Round 4
1	Abrahamyan, Tatev
1	Lee, Alice
	Round 3
1	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2.0
1	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	0.0
	Round 2
1	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2.0
2	Nemcova, Katerina	0.0
1	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2.0
2	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	0.0
	Round 1
1	Nemcova, Katerina	3
2	Yan, Ruiyang	2
1	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	2.5
2	Zatonskih, Anna	1.5
16 players

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