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 only one round to go, Fabiano Caruana is the sole leader of the event and GM Ray Robson trails by half a point. Round 12 recap / Pairings & Schedule of all rounds
Round 13 pairings:
Fabiano Caruana – Levon Aronian
Leinier Dominguez – Sam Shankland
Ray Robson – Jeffery Xiong
Dariusz Swiercz – Christopher Yoo
Hans Niemann – Awonder Liang
Wesley So – Samuel Sevian
Elshan Moradiabadi – Aleksandr Lenderman
Follow Round 13 live video coverage with commentaries by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovych:
