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 maintained the sole lead in the tournament, but GM Ray Robson closed the gap as he scored three impressive consecutive victories. Find the Round 8 recap here
Round 9 pairings:
Jeffery Xiong – Levon Aronian
Sam Shankland – Christopher Yoo
Fabiano Caruana – Awonder Liang
Leinier Dominguez – Samuel Sevian
Ray Robson – Aleksandr Lenderman
Dariusz Swiercz – Elshan Moradiabadi
Hans Niemann – Wesley So
Pairings & Schedule of all rounds / LIVE games Open section / LIVE games women’s section
