U.S. Chess Championship 2026
9 - 22 October 2026
Saint Louis , USA
12 players
Round Robin
Time control : 90mn /40 moves , +30mn + 30sec/move
Players - ratings
Caruana
2831
So
2796
Niemann
2770
Aronian
2768
Liang
2763
Sevian
2736
Robson
2701
Xiong
2693
Shankland
2692
Mishra
2686
Woodward
2685
Oparin
2683
Watch the games --
Results -
Wesley So and Rachael Li won U.S. Chess Championship Open and Women's tournaments respectively.
Tie-break games
So - Caruana: 1 - 0
Caruana - So: 0.5 - 0.5
Final Standings - Men -
| Rank |
Players | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
So Wesley | USA |
7 |
| 2 |
Caruana, Fabiano | USA |
7 |
| 3 |
Oparin, Grigoriy | USA |
6.5 |
| 4 |
Xiong, Jeffery | USA |
6.5 |
| 5 |
Woodward, Andy | USA |
6 |
| 6 |
Mishra, Abhimanyu | USA |
5.5 |
| 7 |
Aronian, Levon | USA |
5.5 |
| 8 |
Liang, Awonder | USA |
5.5 |
| 9 |
Shankland Sam | USA |
5 |
| 10 |
Niemann, Hans Moke | USA |
4 |
| 11 |
Robson, Ray | USA |
4 |
| 12 |
Sevian, Samuel | USA |
3.5 |
Final Standings - Women - Top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Rachel Li | USA |
8.5 |
| 2 |
Alice Lee | USA |
8 |
| 3 |
Krush Irina | USA |
7.5 |
RESULTS
Standings --
Watch the games
Round 11
Sam Sevian - Wesley So : 1 - 0
Hans Moke Niemann - Jeffery Xiong : 0 - 1
Abhimanyu Mishra - Sam Shankland : 0.5 - 0.5
Andy Woodward - Levon Aronian: 0.5 - 0.5
Ray Robson - Grigoriy Oparin : 0.5 - 0.5
Fabiano Caruana - Awonder Liang : 1 - 0
Round 10
Awonder Liang - Andy Woodward : 0.5 - 0.5
Levon Aronian - Ray Robson : 1 - 0
Jeffery Xiong - Fabiano Caruana : 0.5 - 0.5
Grigoriy Oparin - Abhimanyu Mishra : 0.5 - 0.5
Sam Shankland - Sam Sevian : 1 - 0
Wesley So - Hans Moke Niemann : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 9
Abhimanyu Mishra- Levon Aronian : 0.5 - 0.5
Hans Moke Niemann - Sam Sevian : 0.5 - 0.5
Ray Robson - Awonder Liang : 0.5 - 0.5
Fabiano Caruana - Wesley So : 0.5 - 0.5
Andy Woodward - Jeffery Xiong : 0.5 - 0.5
Grigoriy Oparin - Sam Shankland : 1 - 0
Round 8
Sam Shankland - Hans Moke Niemann : 1 - 0
Wesley So - Andy Woodward : 1 - 0
Levon Aronian - Grigoriy Oparin : 0.5 - 0.5
Jeffery Xiong - Ray Robson : 0.5 - 0.5
Sam Sevian - Fabiano Caruana : 0.5 - 0.5
Awonder Liang - Abhimanyu Mishra : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 7
Andy Woodward - Sam Sevian : 0.5 - 0.5
Grigoriy Oparin - Awonder Liang : 1 - 0
Abhimanyu Mishra - Jeffery Xiong : 0.5 - 0.5
Fabiano Caruana - Hans Moke Niemann : 0.5 - 0.5
Ray Robson - Wesley So : 0 - 1
Levon Aronian - Sam Shankland : 1 - 0
Round 6
Jeffery Xiong - Grigoriy Oparin : 0.5 - 0.5
Sam Shankland - Fabiano Caruana : 0 - 1
Sam Sevian - Ray Robson : 0.5 - 0.5
Wesley So - Abhimanyu Mishra : 0.5 - 0.5
Awonder Liang - Levon Aronian : 1 - 0
Hans Moke Niemann - Andy Woodward : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 5
Ray Robson - Hans Moke Niemann : 1 - 0
Levon Aronian - Jeffery Xiong : 0 - 1
Andy Woodward - Fabiano Caruana : 1 - 0
Awonder Liang - Sam Shankland : 0.5 - 0.5
Grigoriy Oparin - Wesley So : 0.5 - 0.5
Abhimanyu Mishra - Sam Sevian : 1 - 0
Round 4
Jeffery Xiong - Awonder Liang : 1 - 0
Sam Shankland - Andy Woodward : 0.5 - 0.5
Wesley So - Levon Aronian : 0.5 - 0.5
Sam Sevian - Grigoriy Oparin : 0 - 1
Hans Moke Niemann - Abhimanyu Mishra : 1 - 0
Fabiano Caruana - Ray Robson : 1 - 0
Round 3
Abhimanyu Mishra - Fabiano Caruana : 0.5 - 0.5
Awonder Liang - Wesley So : 0.5 - 0.5
Grigoriy Oparin - Hans Moke Niemann : 0.5 - 0.5
Ray Robson - Andy Woodward : 0 - 1
Jeffery Xiong - Sam Shankland : 0 - 1
Levon Aronian - Sam Sevian : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 2
Sam Shankland - Ray Robson : 0.5 - 0.5
Fabiano Caruana - Grigoriy Oparin: 1 - 0
Sam Sevian - Awonder Liang : 0 - 1
Hans Moke Niemann - Levon Aronian : 0.5 - 0.5
Andy Woodward - Abhimanyu Mishra : 0.5 - 0.5
Wesley So - Jeffery Xiong : 1 - 0
Round 1
Levon Aronian - Fabiano Caruana: 0.5 - 0.5
Abhimanyu Mishra - Ray Robson: 0.5 - 0.5
Wesley So - Sam Shankland : 1 - 0
Jeffery Xiong - Sam Sevian: 1 - 0
Awonder Liang - Hans Moke Niemann : 1 - 0
Grigoriy Oparin - Andy Woodward : 0.5 - 0.5
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