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The American Cup took place Tue 12th to Thu 21st Mar in Saint Louis. The format was a knock-out tournament with double elimination. A mixture of Classical first and then rapid games are played followed by tie-breaks if required. Open event: Caruana, So, Dominguez, Aronian, Shankland, Robson, Sevian and Oparin. Women's: Krush, Lee, Tokhirjonova, Zatonskih, Paikidze, Abrahamyan, Jennifer Yu, Zoey Tang. Levon Aronian was unbeaten throughout and defeated Wesley So 2.5-1.5 in the Grand Final. Alice Lee won the women's event, she lost to Irina Krush in the original final, beat her in the Grand Final and then won the final two blitz games in the Grand Final reset.

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American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA Tue 12th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final (4)
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
2	So, Wesley	1.5
	Final
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
2	Robson, Ray	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Aronian, Levon	4.0
2	Caruana, Fabiano	2.0
1	Robson, Ray	3.0
2	So, Wesley	1.0
	Quarter-final
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Oparin, Grigoriy	0.5
1	Aronian, Levon	4.0
2	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
1	So, Wesley	2.5
2	Shankland, Sam	0.5
1	Robson, Ray	2.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1.5
8 players

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American Cup Elim Saint Louis USA Tue 12th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Round 4
1	So, Wesley	4.0
2	Robson, Ray	2.0
	Round 3
1	So, Wesley	3.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
	Round 2
1	So, Wesley	3.0
2	Sevian, Samuel	1.0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	4.0
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2.0
	Round 1
1	Sevian, Samuel	3.0
2	Oparin, Grigoriy	1.0
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	5.0
2	Shankland, Sam	3.0
7 players

American Cup Blitz 2024 Saint Louis USA Tue 12th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2878	W21	D10	W29	W2	D4	W13	W7	6
2	Naroditsky, Daniel A	2739	W32	W18	D17	L1	W10	W14	W13	5.5
3	Sevian, Samuel	2721	W30	W11	W12	L4	W17	W8	D5	5.5
4	Durarbayli, Vasif	2685	W39	W22	W13	W3	D1	L5	W9	5.5
5	Oparin, Grigoriy	2701	W36	D23	D26	W21	W16	W4	D3	5.5
6	Shankland, Sam	2729	W31	L12	W32	L18	W28	W17	W16	5
7	So, Wesley	2860	W25	D24	D19	W11	D15	W18	L1	4.5
8	Le, Liem Quang	2861	W35	D26	W23	D16	D20	L3	W27	4.5
9	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2786	W33	D16	W24	D17	D18	W15	L4	4.5
10	Swiercz, Dariusz	2762	W49	D1	L16	W43	L2	W22	W26	4.5
11	Antipov, Mikhail	2681	W27	L3	W34	L7	W35	W21	D12	4.5
12	Akobian, Varuzhan	2588	W47	W6	L3	D14	D26	W29	D11	4.5
13	Aronian, Levon	2922	W28	W20	L4	W26	W19	L1	L2	4
14	Robson, Ray	2750	W34	L17	W33	D12	W23	L2	D20	4
15	Bok, Benjamin	2737	W44	L29	W35	W27	D7	L9	D23	4
16	Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	2681	W41	D9	W10	D8	L5	W20	L6	4
17	Kevlishvili, Robby	2660	W40	W14	D2	D9	L3	L6	W33	4
18	Bharathakoti, Harsha		W48	L2	W44	W6	D9	L7	D19	4
19	Theodorou, Nikolas	2638	D42	W43	D7	W29	L13	D25	D18	4
20	Gledura, Benjamin	2609	W46	L13	W38	W22	D8	L16	D14	4
21	Batsuren, Dambasuren	2597	L1	W42	W40	L5	W36	L11	W25	4
22	Kantor, Gergely	2586	W51	L4	W41	L20	W34	L10	W35	4
23	Hong, Andrew	2472	W50	D5	L8	W25	L14	W32	D15	4
24	Hakobyan, Aram	2735	W45	D7	L9	L28	W42	L27	W34	3.5
25	Boros, Denes	2601	L7	W49	W47	L23	W44	D19	L21	3.5
26	Perez, Yasser Quesada	2554	W37	D8	D5	L13	D12	W43	L10	3.5
27	Raja, Harshit	2520	L11	W39	W51	L15	D32	W24	L8	3.5
28	Sargsyan, Anna	2502	L13	L38	W46	W24	L6	W44	D30	3.5
29	Budisavljevic, Luka	2422	W38	W15	L1	L19	W39	L12	D31	3.5
30	Rosen, Eric S	2440	L3	L41	W49	L44	W47	W38	D28	3.5
31	Zatonskih, Anna	2421	L6	L47	W45	L41	W40	W48	D29	3.5
32	Marjanovic, Annamaria	2368	L2	W48	L6	W50	D27	L23	W42	3.5
33	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2425	L9	W45	L14	L39	W46	W36	L17	3
34	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	2421	L14	W37	L11	W40	L22	W41	L24	3
35	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2344	L8	W46	L15	W38	L11	W39	L22	3
36	Paikidze, Nazi	2296	L5	L40	W37	W51	L21	L33	W43	3
37	Lee, Linden Marcus	2253	L26	L34	L36	L45	B	W47	W44	3
38	Krasteva, Beloslava		L29	W28	L20	L35	W50	L30	W51	3
39	Yu, Jennifer R	2131	L4	L27	W48	W33	L29	L35	W45	3
40	Zhurbinsky, David	2133	L17	W36	L21	L34	L31	B	W49	3
41	Ladan, Nicholas	2091	L16	W30	L22	W31	L43	L34	W48	3
42	Antova, Gabriela	2303	D19	L21	L43	W47	L24	W46	L32	2.5
43	Kozelov, Roman	2153	H	L19	W42	L10	W41	L26	L36	2.5
44	Proleiko, Julian	2337	L15	W50	L18	W30	L25	L28	L37	2
45	Cheng-Yue Wan, Joseph	2271	L24	L33	L31	W37	L48	W51	L39	2
46	Cervantes, Thalia	2201	L20	L35	L28	W49	L33	L42	B	2
47	Caglar, Sila	2190	L12	W31	L25	L42	L30	L37	W50	2
48	Tan, Ralph	2077	L18	L32	L39	B	W45	L31	L41	2
49	Tang, Zoey	1864	L10	L25	L30	L46	W51	W50	L40	2
50	Graham, Collin Peter		L23	L44	B	L32	L38	L49	L47	1
51 players

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American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA Tue 12th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final Reset
1	Lee, Alice	4
2	Krush, Irina	2
	Grand Final
1	Lee, Alice	2.5
2	Krush, Irina	0.5
	Final
1	Krush, Irina	2.5
2	Lee, Alice	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Krush, Irina	3.0
2	Paikidze, Nazi	1.0
1	Lee, Alice	3.0
2	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	0.0
	Quarter-final
1	Krush, Irina	3.0
2	Tang, Zoey	1.0
1	Paikidze, Nazi	2.5
2	Zatonskih, Anna	0.5
1	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2.5
2	Yu, Jennifer	0.5
1	Lee, Alice	2.5
2	Abrahamyan, Tatev	0.5
8 players

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American Cup Elim w Saint Louis USA Tue 12th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 Leading Round 3 (of 4) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Round 3
1	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	3.0
2	Yu, Jennifer	1.0
	Round 2
1	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2.5
2	Tang, Zoey	0.5
1	Yu, Jennifer	5.5
2	Paikidze, Nazi	4.5
	Round 1
1	Tang, Zoey	2.5
2	Zatonskih, Anna	1.5
1	Yu, Jennifer	2.5
2	Abrahamyan, Tatev	0.5
7 players

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