TWIC is 31. First issue 17th September 1994.
US Chess Championships 2025 ()
Carissa Yip wins her fourth women's title in five years
Mark Crowther - Saturday 25th October 2025
Carissa Yip. Photo © | https://saintlouischessclub.org
Carissa Yip has claimed her fourth U.S. Women’s Chess Championship title in five years, securing victory in the final round with a win against Thalia Cervantes Landeiro with the black pieces. The turning point came after Cervantes’ mistake with 19.Bd4?, compounded by 21.Rad1?, leaving Yip clearly winning.
Meanwhile her closest rival Anna Sargsyan was the beneficiary of a very serious blunder 34.Re1? (34.Rd3!=) by Alice Lee which was almost immediately decisive, she took second place alone after Irina Krush could only draw against her long term rival Anna Zatonskih.
Yip's road to the title was not straightforward. She had an early setback when she lost to Atousa Pourkashiyan in Round 1, who ultimately finished last. After three draws she scored 6.5/7 to take the title. In Round 5: Defeated Anna Sargsyan, Round 6: Beat Irina Krush, Round 7 draw against Jennifer Yu, Round 8: won against Megan Althea Paragua, Round 9: Rose Atwell, Round 10: Nazi Paikidze, and in Round 11 clinched the title vs. Cervantes Landeiro.
Yip announced that she had left Stanford University to play chess full time in March and whilst she did win the Cairns Cup her performance in the Women's Grand Swiss was disappointing.
This is Yip's fourth title in five years and in the end she was impressive doing it. Irina Krush needs one more title to reach the record total of nine by Gisela Kahn Gresser, maybe time is running out for her as there are so many young talents. I've been impressed by Rose Atwell's posts on Twitter as she as improved steadily over the last year or two, talking about her games win or lose.
| ch-USA w 2025 Saint Louis USA Sun 12th Oct 2025 - Sat 25th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Yip, Carissa | USA | 2452 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | USA | 2369 | 7.5 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Krush, Irina | USA | 2388 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | Lee, Alice | USA | 2409 | 6.5 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | Zatonskih, Anna | USA | 2310 | 6.5 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Paikidze, Nazi | USA | 2297 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | Yu, Jennifer | USA | 2256 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | Atwell, Rose | USA | 2353 | 5.5 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | USA | 2406 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | USA | 2311 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | 4 | Paragua, Megan Althea | USA | 2259 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | USA | 2291 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
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