The 2022 U.S. Chess Championship and the US Women’s Chess Championship 2022 opened yesterday in Saint Louis. The events are concurrently held from 5-20 October in Saint Louis Chess Club, and the first round starts today at 13:00 CDT. The opening ceremony of the event was in the live broadcast and you can find it here.
Fourteen of the country’s strongest chess players battle for the national title and $60,000 in a classical round-robin event with Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian and Wesley So headlining the field which includes Hans Niemann as the 8th seed. The U.S. Women’s title is decided in an identical format with a $40,000 first prize, with GM Irina Krush, IM Anna Zatonskih and FM Ashritha Eswaran being the top seeds.
US Chess Championship 2022 LIVE games / US Women’s Chess Championship LIVE games
Day 1 live video coverage with commentaries by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovych:
