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 is a full point ahead of Ray Robson who holds second place with 4.5/7 points. Find the round 7 recap here
Round 8 pairings:
Levon Aronian – Hans Niemann
Wesley So – Dariusz Swiercz
Elshan Moradiabadi – Ray Robson
Aleksandr Lenderman – Leinier Dominguez
Samuel Sevian – Fabiano Caruana
Awonder Liang – Sam Shankland
Christopher Yoo – Jeffery Xiong
Pairings & Schedule of all rounds / LIVE games Open section / LIVE games women’s section
Follow Day 9 live video coverage with commentaries by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovych:
