TWIC is 32. First issue 17th September 1994.US Chess Championships 2026 (Games and results)
US Chess Championships 2026
Mark Crowther - Thursday 22nd October 2026
The US Chess Championships took place in Saint Louis Fri 9th Oct to Wed 21st Oct 2026. Wesley So won his fourth title after a tie-break win against defending champion Fabiano Caruana (winner the last four years 2022-25 champion). So had led by a point from Caruana going into the final round but lost to tail-ender Sam Sevian. The women's event was of great interest too with debutant Rachael Li winning on her first time out, half a point clear of Alice Lee.
ch-USA 2026 (Saint Louis USA)
Fri 9th Oct 2026 - Fri 23rd Oct 2026 -
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| ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA, 9th Oct 2026 - 21st Oct 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts |
| 1 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2770 | # | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2784 | ½ | # | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 |
| 3 | Oparin, Grigoriy | GM | USA | 2638 | ½ | 0 | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Xiong, Jeffery | GM | USA | 2656 | 0 | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Woodward, Andy | GM | USA | 2619 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6 |
| 6 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | GM | USA | 2636 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 |
| 7 | Aronian, Levon | GM | USA | 2725 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | # | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 |
| 8 | Liang, Awonder | GM | USA | 2685 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | # | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Shankland, Sam | GM | USA | 2646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | # | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2717 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | ½ | 4 |
| 11 | Robson, Ray | GM | USA | 2659 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | # | ½ | 4 |
| 12 | Sevian, Samuel | GM | USA | 2708 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | # | 3.5 |
| Round 1. 9th Oct 2026 | |||||
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| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 17 | D35 | QGD |
| Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1/2-1/2 | Robson, Ray | 35 | B90 | Sicilian |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Shankland, Sam | 80 | C50 | Giuoco Piano |
| Xiong, Jeffery | 1-0 | Sevian, Samuel | 60 | E11 | Bogo-Indian defence |
| Liang, Awonder | 1-0 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 34 | B31 | Sicilian |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | 1/2-1/2 | Woodward, Andy | 43 | C48 | Four knights |
| Round 2. 10th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Shankland, Sam | 1/2-1/2 | Robson, Ray | 51 | D38 | QGD |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 73 | D30 | Queen's gambit declined |
| Sevian, Samuel | 0-1 | Liang, Awonder | 55 | A05 | Reti opening |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | 43 | C63 | Ruy Lopez |
| Woodward, Andy | 1/2-1/2 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 36 | D14 | QGD Slav |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Xiong, Jeffery | 41 | C24 | Bishop's opening |
| Round 3. 11th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1/2-1/2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 39 | D35 | QGD |
| Liang, Awonder | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 30 | C67 | Ruy Lopez |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 63 | C85 | Ruy Lopez |
| Robson, Ray | 0-1 | Woodward, Andy | 47 | C78 | Ruy Lopez |
| Xiong, Jeffery | 0-1 | Shankland, Sam | 42 | A48 | King's Indian |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Sevian, Samuel | 36 | A21 | English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack |
| Round 4. 12th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Xiong, Jeffery | 1-0 | Liang, Awonder | 68 | C49 | Four knights |
| Shankland, Sam | 1/2-1/2 | Woodward, Andy | 55 | C78 | Ruy Lopez |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | 48 | D16 | QGD Slav |
| Sevian, Samuel | 0-1 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 68 | D00 | Queen's pawn |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1-0 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 42 | D12 | QGD Slav |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | Robson, Ray | 77 | A45 | Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening) |
| Round 5. 14th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Robson, Ray | 1-0 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 82 | B51 | Sicilian |
| Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | Xiong, Jeffery | 40 | A20 | English opening |
| Woodward, Andy | 1-0 | Caruana, Fabiano | 51 | D38 | QGD |
| Liang, Awonder | 1/2-1/2 | Shankland, Sam | 39 | B70 | Sicilian |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 27 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1-0 | Sevian, Samuel | 107 | B40 | Sicilian |
| Round 6. 15th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Xiong, Jeffery | 1/2-1/2 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 32 | C48 | Four knights |
| Shankland, Sam | 0-1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 37 | D37 | QGD |
| Sevian, Samuel | 1/2-1/2 | Robson, Ray | 45 | B90 | Sicilian |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 79 | A15 | English opening |
| Liang, Awonder | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon | 47 | C67 | Ruy Lopez |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1/2-1/2 | Woodward, Andy | 57 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 7. 16th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Woodward, Andy | 1/2-1/2 | Sevian, Samuel | 47 | D37 | QGD |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | 1-0 | Liang, Awonder | 27 | C53 | Giuoco Piano |
| Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1/2-1/2 | Xiong, Jeffery | 44 | D32 | QGD |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 44 | E49 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Robson, Ray | 0-1 | So, Wesley | 92 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Shankland, Sam | 51 | B91 | Sicilian |
| Round 8. 17th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Shankland, Sam | 1-0 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 40 | C88 | Ruy Lopez |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Woodward, Andy | 52 | D38 | QGD |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 48 | D00 | Queen's pawn, Mason variation |
| Xiong, Jeffery | 1/2-1/2 | Robson, Ray | 75 | D38 | QGD |
| Sevian, Samuel | 1/2-1/2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 42 | C50 | King's pawn game |
| Liang, Awonder | 1/2-1/2 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 38 | B50 | Sicilian |
| Round 9. 19th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | 43 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1/2-1/2 | Sevian, Samuel | 83 | D32 | QGD |
| Robson, Ray | 1/2-1/2 | Liang, Awonder | 47 | D36 | QGD |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 38 | C53 | Giuoco Piano |
| Woodward, Andy | 1/2-1/2 | Xiong, Jeffery | 33 | E21 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | 1-0 | Shankland, Sam | 78 | E94 | King's Indian |
| Round 10. 20th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Liang, Awonder | 1/2-1/2 | Woodward, Andy | 34 | C53 | Giuoco Piano |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Robson, Ray | 61 | B95 | Sicilian |
| Xiong, Jeffery | 1/2-1/2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 63 | B01 | Scandinavian (centre counter) defence |
| Oparin, Grigoriy | 1/2-1/2 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 42 | D10 | QGD Slav defence |
| Shankland, Sam | 1-0 | Sevian, Samuel | 41 | B97 | Sicilian |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 27 | E36 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Round 11. 21st Oct 2026 | |||||
| Sevian, Samuel | 1-0 | So, Wesley | 67 | E20 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 0-1 | Xiong, Jeffery | 58 | C42 | Petrov |
| Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1/2-1/2 | Shankland, Sam | 51 | A05 | Reti opening |
| Woodward, Andy | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | 28 | D16 | QGD Slav |
| Robson, Ray | 1/2-1/2 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 37 | C78 | Ruy Lopez |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | Liang, Awonder | 36 | D32 | QGD |
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| ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA, 9th Oct 2026 - 21st Oct 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts |
| 1 | Li, Rachael | WIM | USA | 2380 | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Lee, Alice | IM | USA | 2467 | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Krush, Irina | GM | USA | 2404 | 0 | 1 | # | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | WGM | USA | 2247 | 1 | 0 | ½ | # | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Paragua, Megan Althea | FM | USA | 2234 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | # | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Yu, Jennifer | FM | USA | 2354 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | # | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5 |
| 7 | Zatonskih, Anna | IM | USA | 2319 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | # | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.5 |
| 8 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | IM | USA | 2353 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 9 | Yip, Carissa | IM | USA | 2484 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 10 | Atwell, Rose | IM | USA | 2325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | ½ | 1 | 4.5 |
| 11 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | IM | USA | 2332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | # | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Paikidze, Nazi | IM | USA | 2309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 3 |
| Round 1. 9th Oct 2026 | |||||
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| Abrahamyan, Tatev | 0-1 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 36 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Atwell, Rose | 0-1 | Zatonskih, Anna | 50 | C02 | French |
| Yu, Jennifer | 1/2-1/2 | Paikidze, Nazi | 61 | D31 | QGD |
| Lee, Alice | 1/2-1/2 | Yip, Carissa | 62 | A50 | Queen's Indian accelerated |
| Paragua, Megan Althea | 1-0 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 33 | B18 | Caro-Kann |
| Li, Rachael | 1-0 | Krush, Irina | 31 | B33 | Sicilian defence |
| Round 2. 10th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Paikidze, Nazi | 1/2-1/2 | Zatonskih, Anna | 51 | A06 | Reti opening |
| Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 1-0 | Li, Rachael | 52 | E47 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Yip, Carissa | 0-1 | Paragua, Megan Althea | 38 | B29 | Sicilian |
| Sargsyan, Anna M. | 1-0 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 50 | D00 | Queen's pawn, Mason variation |
| Krush, Irina | 1-0 | Atwell, Rose | 60 | A13 | English opening |
| Yu, Jennifer | 0-1 | Lee, Alice | 51 | D31 | QGD |
| Round 3. 11th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Atwell, Rose | 1/2-1/2 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 74 | A15 | English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) |
| Paragua, Megan Althea | 1/2-1/2 | Yu, Jennifer | 38 | C77 | Ruy Lopez |
| Li, Rachael | 1-0 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 34 | A13 | English |
| Zatonskih, Anna | 1/2-1/2 | Krush, Irina | 17 | D30 | Queen's gambit declined |
| Lee, Alice | 1-0 | Paikidze, Nazi | 36 | E94 | King's Indian |
| Abrahamyan, Tatev | 1-0 | Yip, Carissa | 36 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Round 4. 12th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Lee, Alice | 1-0 | Paragua, Megan Althea | 85 | A04 | Reti opening |
| Paikidze, Nazi | 0-1 | Krush, Irina | 31 | B23 | Sicilian |
| Yu, Jennifer | 1/2-1/2 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 63 | D35 | QGD |
| Yip, Carissa | 1/2-1/2 | Li, Rachael | 56 | B12 | Caro-Kann |
| Sargsyan, Anna M. | 1/2-1/2 | Atwell, Rose | 81 | C51 | Evans gambit |
| Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 1/2-1/2 | Zatonskih, Anna | 63 | D31 | QGD |
| Round 5. 14th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Zatonskih, Anna | 1/2-1/2 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 42 | E10 | Queen's pawn game |
| Abrahamyan, Tatev | 0-1 | Lee, Alice | 41 | C25 | Vienna |
| Krush, Irina | 1/2-1/2 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 52 | A35 | English |
| Paragua, Megan Althea | 1-0 | Paikidze, Nazi | 55 | B13 | Caro-Kann |
| Li, Rachael | 1-0 | Yu, Jennifer | 36 | A05 | Reti opening |
| Atwell, Rose | 1-0 | Yip, Carissa | 41 | E73 | King's Indian |
| Round 6. 15th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Lee, Alice | 0-1 | Li, Rachael | 60 | E12 | Queen's Indian |
| Paikidze, Nazi | 0-1 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 72 | A48 | King's Indian |
| Yip, Carissa | 1-0 | Zatonskih, Anna | 30 | C10 | French |
| Yu, Jennifer | 1/2-1/2 | Atwell, Rose | 88 | D27 | QGA |
| Paragua, Megan Althea | 1/2-1/2 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 87 | C00 | French |
| Sargsyan, Anna M. | 0-1 | Krush, Irina | 39 | B40 | Sicilian defence |
| Round 7. 16th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Krush, Irina | 1-0 | Yip, Carissa | 60 | E92 | King's Indian |
| Li, Rachael | 1-0 | Paragua, Megan Althea | 53 | C26 | Vienna |
| Atwell, Rose | 0-1 | Lee, Alice | 47 | C45 | Scotch game |
| Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 0-1 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 46 | D45 | QGD semi-Slav |
| Zatonskih, Anna | 1/2-1/2 | Yu, Jennifer | 48 | E08 | Catalan |
| Abrahamyan, Tatev | 0-1 | Paikidze, Nazi | 50 | B19 | Caro-Kann |
| Round 8. 17th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Paikidze, Nazi | 1-0 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 67 | A07 | Reti |
| Yu, Jennifer | 1-0 | Krush, Irina | 58 | A30 | English |
| Abrahamyan, Tatev | 1/2-1/2 | Li, Rachael | 56 | B06 | Robatsch (modern) defence |
| Lee, Alice | 1/2-1/2 | Zatonskih, Anna | 67 | E06 | Catalan |
| Yip, Carissa | 0-1 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 27 | B95 | Sicilian |
| Paragua, Megan Althea | 0-1 | Atwell, Rose | 68 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 9. 19th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Atwell, Rose | 0-1 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 71 | E70 | King's Indian |
| Sargsyan, Anna M. | 0-1 | Yip, Carissa | 43 | E11 | Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation |
| Zatonskih, Anna | 0-1 | Paragua, Megan Althea | 47 | D30 | Queen's gambit declined |
| Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 0-1 | Yu, Jennifer | 52 | A06 | Reti opening |
| Krush, Irina | 1-0 | Lee, Alice | 60 | A05 | Reti |
| Li, Rachael | 1-0 | Paikidze, Nazi | 88 | A05 | Reti opening |
| Round 10. 20th Oct 2026 | |||||
| Paragua, Megan Althea | 1/2-1/2 | Krush, Irina | 30 | B40 | Sicilian defence |
| Abrahamyan, Tatev | 1-0 | Zatonskih, Anna | 19 | C10 | French |
| Lee, Alice | 1-0 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 43 | D25 | QGA, Janowsky-Larsen variation |
| Li, Rachael | 1-0 | Atwell, Rose | 60 | A06 | Reti opening |
| Paikidze, Nazi | 0-1 | Yip, Carissa | 49 | A40 | Modern defence |
| Yu, Jennifer | 0-1 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 26 | D32 | QGD |
| Round 11. 21st Oct 2026 | |||||
| Yip, Carissa | 1/2-1/2 | Yu, Jennifer | 39 | A07 | Reti |
| Sargsyan, Anna M. | 0-1 | Lee, Alice | 37 | D35 | QGD |
| Atwell, Rose | 1-0 | Paikidze, Nazi | 41 | B10 | Caro-Kann |
| Krush, Irina | 1-0 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 47 | A13 | English opening |
| Zatonskih, Anna | 1/2-1/2 | Li, Rachael | 49 | E10 | Queen's pawn game |
| Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 1/2-1/2 | Paragua, Megan Althea | 57 | E11 | Bogo-Indian defence |
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| ch-USA TB 2026 Saint Louis USA, 23rd Oct 2026 | |||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2770 | ½ | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2784 | ½ | 0 | 0.5 |
| Game 1. 22nd Oct 2026 - 900+10 | |||||
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| Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 72 | E39 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Game 2. 22nd Oct 2026 - 900+10 | |||||
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Caruana, Fabiano | 33 | C47 | Four knights |
