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.
Fabiano Caruana defeated Hans Niemann in a thrilling game of the fourth round, grabbing the sole lead in the tournament. See the Day 4 recap here
Round 5 pairings:
Awonder Liang – Levon Aronian
Christopher Yoo – Samuel Sevian
Jeffery Xiong – Aleksandr Lenderman
Sam Shankland – Elshan Moradiabadi
Fabiano Caruana – Wesley So
Leinier Dominguez – Hans Niemann
Ray Robson – Dariusz Swiercz
Pairings & Schedule of all rounds / US Chess Championship 2022 LIVE games / US Women’s Chess Championship LIVE games
Day 5 live video coverage with commentaries by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovych:
