U.S. Chess Championships 2026: Round 4

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, WGM Katerina Nemcova, and Ben Underwood for the move-by-move. 2026.10.12 https://saintlouischessclub.org/event...   / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub   U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. Wesley So (2.5) vs. Levon Aronian (1.5) Jeffery Xiong (1) vs. Awonder Liang (2.5) Sam Shankland (1.5) vs. Andy Woodward (2) Fabiano Caruana (2) vs. Ray Robson (1) Hans Niemann (1) vs. Abhimanyu Mishra (1.5) Sam Sevian (0.5) vs. Grigoriy Oparin (1) U.S. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. Alice Lee (2.5) vs. Megan Paragua (2.5) Thalia Cervantes (2.5) vs. Anna Zatonskih (2) Carissa Yip (0.5) vs. Rachael Li (2) Nazi Paikidze (1) vs. Irina Krush (1.5) Jennifer Yu (1) vs. Tatev Abrahamyan (1) Anna Sargsyan (1) vs. Rose Atwell (0.5)