U.S. Chess Championships 2026: Round 2

America's top chess players compete in the most prestigious national championship in the world! It's the 2026 U.S. & U.S. Women's Chess Championships, live at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip defend their titles in respective 12-player round robins (pairings below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Maurice Ashley, IM Irene Sukandar, and WGM Katerina Nemcova for the move-by-move. 2026.10.10 https://saintlouischessclub.org/event...   / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub   U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. Wesley So (1) vs. Jeffery Xiong (1) Fabiano Caruana (0.5) vs. Grigoriy Oparin (0.5) Sam Sevian vs. Awonder Liang (1) Andy Woodward (0.5) vs. Abhimanyu Mishra (0.5) Hans Niemann vs. Levon Aronian (0.5) Sam Shankland vs. Ray Robson (0.5) U.S. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. Thalia Cervantes (1) vs. Rachael Li (1) Carissa Yip (0.5) vs. Megan Paragua (1) Nazi Paikidze (0.5) vs. Anna Zatonskih (1) Jennifer Yu (0.5) vs. Alice Lee (0.5) Anna Sargsyan vs. Tatev Abrahamyan Irina Krush vs. Rose Atwell