The 2014 U.S. Chess Championships for men and women will take place from 7th to 20th May, 2014 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL).
The tournament format will be a 10 player round robin with top seed GM Irina Krush (2489), looking for her sixth title. The main pretender for the gold is IM Anna Zatonskih (2469), followed by WGM Tatev Abrahamyan (2366), WGM Katerina Nemcova (2282), WGM Camilla Baginskaite (2267), WIM Iryna Zanyuk (2249), WGM Sabina Foisor (2238), WIM Viktorija Ni (2206), WIM Alisa Melekhina (2151) and Eswaran Ashritha 1979
