The Saint Louis Chess Club hosted the second leg of the Classic Series, the 2022 Summer Chess Classic, from June 1-11. Read more: Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Legends and Rising Stars of American Chess
Over the course of 9 days, twenty competitors fought for $36,000 in prize money in two 10-player Round Robin tournaments: A and B. Chinese grandmaster Yu Yangyi convincingly won the A tournament scoring 6.5/9 points. He was a point and a half ahead of Grigoriy Oparin and Abhimanyu Mishra who tied for the second place with 5 points each. (scroll down for final rankings)
The youngest Grandmaster in the history of chess was unbeaten in the event. With 8 draws and one victory, he scored 5.5 points to claim third place.
Final standings – Summer Chess Classic A tournament:
| Rank | Name | Rating | Score |
| 1 | GM Yu, Yangyi | 2710 | 6.5 |
| 2 | GM Oparin, Grigoriy | 2685 | 5 |
| 3 | GM Mishra, Abhimanyu | 2535 | 5 |
| 4 | GM Theodorou, Nikolas | 2567 | 4 |
| 5 | GM Gledura, Benjamin | 2644 | 3.5 |
| 6 | GM Hakobyan, Aram | 2615 | 3.5 |
| 7 | GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 2610 | 3.5 |
| 8 | GM Smirin, Ilia | 2599 | 3.5 |
| 9 | GM Sevian, Samuel | 2703 | 3 |
| 10 | GM Robson, Ray | 2684 | 1.5 |
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Mikhail Antipov and Guillermo Vasquez shared the top of the B tournament as they had the same score of 6 points. Additional criteria was in favor of Mikhail Antipov. To players tied for the third place with 5.5 points each: Kamil Dragun and Cemil Can Ali Marandi. (scroll down for final rankings)
Final standings – Summer Chess Classic B tournament:
| Rank | Name | Rating | Score |
| 1 | GM Antipov, Mikhail Al. | 2592 | 6 |
| 2 | GM Vazquez, Guillermo | 2560 | 6 |
| 3 | GM Dragun, Kamil | 2571 | 5.5 |
| 4 | GM Ali Marandi, Cemil Can | 2532 | 5.5 |
| 5 | GM Yoo, Christopher Woojin | 2548 | 5 |
| 6 | GM Zhou, Jianchao | 2583 | 4 |
| 7 | GM Burke, John M | 2579 | 4 |
| 8 | GM Checa, Nicolas | 2533 | 3.5 |
| 9 | GM Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | 2550 | 3 |
| 10 | GM Jacobson, Brandon | 2526 | 2.5 |
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