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.
Players enjoyed the first rest day of the event yesterday and the tournament continues with the round 6 today.
Round 6 pairings:
Levon Aronian – Dariusz Swiercz
Hans Niemann – Ray Robson
Wesley So – Leinier Dominguez
Elshan Moradiabadi – Fabiano Caruana
Aleksandr Lenderman – Sam Shankland
Samuel Sevian – Jeffery Xiong
Awonder Liang – Christopher Yoo
Pairings & Schedule of all rounds / US Chess Championship 2022 LIVE games / US Women’s Chess Championship LIVE games
Follow Day 7 live video coverage with commentaries by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovych.
