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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 2025 Saint Louis USA Mon 24th Mar 2025 - Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Pts
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	7.5
2	Aronian, Levon	GM	7
3	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	6.5
4	Sevian, Samuel	GM	6.5
5	Oparin, Grigoriy	GM	6
6	Bok, Benjamin	GM	6
7	Nyzhnyk, Illia	GM	6
8	Chopra, Aryan	GM	6
9	Durarbayli, Vasif	GM	6
10	Antipov, Mikhail	GM	6
11	Robson, Ray	GM	5.5
12	Gazik, Viktor	GM	5.5
13	Ohanyan, Emin	GM	5.5
14	So, Wesley	GM	5
15	Mishra, Abhimanyu	GM	5
16	Kevlishvili, Robby	GM	5
17	Akobian, Varuzhan	GM	5
18	Bharathakoti, Harsha	GM	5
19	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GM	5
20	Budisavljevic, Luka	GM	5
21	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	GM	4.5
22	Swiercz, Dariusz	GM	4.5
23	Quesada Perez, Yasser	GM	4.5
24	Lee, Alice Teresa	IM	4.5
25	Rosen, Eric S	IM	4.5
26	Wang, Tianqi	IM	4.5
27	Cervantes, Thalia	FM	4.5
28	Miyasaka, Marcus Ming	FM	4.5
29	Antova, Gabriela	FM	4.5
30	Sargsyan, Anna	IM	4
31	Kavutskiy, Kostya	IM	4
32	Zatonskih, Anna	IM	4
33	Oberoi, Shelev		4
34	Yip, Carissa Shiwen	IM	3.5
35	Krush, Irina	GM	3.5
36	Paikidze, Nazi	IM	3.5
37	Marjanovic, Annamaria	WGM	3.5
38	Tan, Ralph	NM	3.5
39	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	WGM	3
40	Vittanala, Toshali	WFM	3
41	Abrahamyan, Tatev	WGM	2.5
42	Rambha, Hemachandra		2.5
43	Zhang, Alex	NM	2.5
44	Bommini, Mounika Akshaya	WIM	2
45	Caglar, Sila	WIM	1.5
46	Utiatskaja, Irina	WIM	1
46 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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