The 2022 U.S. Chess Championship and the US Women’s Chess Championship 2022 are concurrently held from 5-20 October in Saint Louis Chess Club. 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.
With three played rounds, Fabiano Caruana, Hans Niemann, Samuel Sevian and Christopher Yoo share the lead in the Open tournament, and Alice Lee and Megan Lee tie for first in the Women’s event. Day 3 recap
Round 4 pairings:
Levon Aronian – Ray Robson
Dariusz Swiercz – Leinier Dominguez
Hans Niemann – Fabiano Caruana
Welsey So – Sam Shankland
Elshan Moradiabadi – Jeffery Xiong
Aleksandr Lenderman – Christopher Yoo
Samuel Sevian – Awonder Liang
Pairings & Schdeule of all rounds / US Chess Championship 2022 LIVE games / US Women’s Chess Championship LIVE games
Day 4 live video coverage with commentaries by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovych:
