The 2022 US Masters will be held over Thanksgiving Weekend from November 23-27, 2022 at Hilton Charlotte University Place, in Charlotte, NC, USA. The US Masters Chess Championship is an official US Chess National Championship event which features a 20.000$ guaranteed prize fund. Time control is 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
The event features 200 entries, with GM Grigoriy Oparin, GM Parimarjan Negi and GM Awonder Liang headlining the field. (Scroll down for starting list of players) The event runs alongside the 2022 NC Open, an open event with sections for players of all ratings and $11,000 in prizes.
Starting rank list of players – US Masters 2022:
| Name | Fed. | FIDE Rating | |
| 1 | GM GRIGORIY OPARIN | USA | 2683 |
| 2 | GM PARIMARJAN NEGI | IND | 2639 |
| 3 | GM AWONDER LIANG | USA | 2630 |
| 4 | GM DANIEL NARODITSKY | USA | 2617 |
| 5 | GM MIKHAIL ANTIPOV | FID | 2608 |
| 6 | GM NIKOLAS THEODOROU | GRE | 2598 |
| 7 | GM JOHN MICHAEL BURKE | USA | 2580 |
| 8 | GM CHRISTOPHER YOO | USA | 2573 |
| 9 | IM VIKTOR GAZIK | SVK | 2564 |
| 10 | GM EMILIO CORDOVA | PER | 2561 |
| 11 | GM ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ | USA | 2561 |
| 12 | GM CRISTHIAN CRUZ | PER | 2552 |
| 13 | GM BRANDON JACOBSON | USA | 2551 |
| 14 | GM ABHIMANYU MISHRA | USA | 2549 |
| 15 | GM IVAN SCHITCO | MDA | 2532 |
| 16 | GM TITAS STREMAVICIUS | LTU | 2527 |
| 17 | GM BARTLOMIEJ MACIEJA | POL | 2514 |
| 18 | IM JURAJ DRUSKA | SVK | 2511 |
| 19 | GM EHSAN GHAEMMAGHAMI | IRI | 2511 |
| 20 | GM PRAVEEN BALAKRISHNAN | USA | 2510 |
| 21 | GM ALDER ESCOBAR FORERO | COL | 2510 |
| 22 | GM DAVID BRODSKY | USA | 2509 |
| 23 | GM LUKA BUDISAVLJEVIC | SRB | 2505 |
| 24 | GM RAHUL SRIVATSHAV PEDDI | IND | 2498 |
| 25 | IM IRAKLI BERADZE | GEO | 2494 |
| 26 | IM EYAL GRINBERG | ISR | 2491 |
| 27 | IM ANDREI MACOVEI | MDA | 2482 |
| 28 | GM GABOR NAGY | HUN | 2482 |
| 29 | IM MAXIMILIAN NEEF | GER | 2481 |
| 30 | GM AKSHAT CHANDRA | USA | 2472 |
| 31 | IM BRIAN ESCALANTE | PER | 2468 |
| 32 | GM HARSHIT RAJA | IND | 2461 |
| 33 | IM KASSA KORLEY | DEN | 2451 |
| 34 | IM ANDY WOODWARD | USA | 2447 |
| 35 | IM SAFAL BORA | USA | 2446 |
| 36 | GM AMAN HAMBLETON | CAN | 2437 |
| 37 | IM EYLON NAKAR | ISR | 2436 |
| 38 | IM DIMITAR MARDOV | USA | 2432 |
| 39 | FM NICO CHASIN | USA | 2429 |
| 40 | IM TIANQI WANG | USA | 2428 |
| 41 | FM JAKUB FUS | POL | 2427 |
| 42 | IM MICHAEL BODEK | USA | 2427 |
| 43 | GM GABRIEL BATTAGLINI FLOM | FRA | 2415 |
| 44 | GM BRYAN SMITH | USA | 2412 |
| 45 | IM CRAIG HILBY | USA | 2411 |
| 46 | IM TAMAS PETENYI | SVK | 2410 |
| 47 | IM SIDDHARTH JAGADEESH | SGP | 2407 |
| 48 | IM KEVIN WANG | USA | 2407 |
| 49 | IM JUSTUS WILLIAMS | USA | 2395 |
| 50 | GM ALEXANDER FISHBEIN | USA | 2389 |
| 51 | IM ANNA SARGSYAN | ARM | 2384 |
| 52 | IM KONSTANTIN KAVUTSKIY | USA | 2383 |
| 53 | IM STAVROULA TSOLAKIDOU | GRE | 2381 |
| 54 | IM ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY | USA | 2371 |
| 55 | FM SANDEEP SETHURAMAN | USA | 2371 |
| 56 | IM DEAN IPPOLITO | USA | 2368 |
| 57 | FM TERRY LUO | USA | 2365 |
| 58 | IM EVAN PARK | USA | 2364 |
| 59 | FM ERIC YUHAN LI | USA | 2362 |
| 60 | IM MARK PLOTKIN | CAN | 2361 |
| 61 | IM FARAI MANDIZHA | ZIM | 2359 |
| 62 | IM EKIN BARIS OZENIR | TUR | 2352 |
| 63 | FM AARON JACOBSON | USA | 2351 |
| 64 | IM VICTOR RODRIGUEZ GARCIA | CUB | 2350 |
| 65 | IM MATYAS MAREK | CZE | 2346 |
| 66 | FM JASON WANG | USA | 2345 |
| 67 | IM OLIVIER-KENTA CHIKU-RATTE | CAN | 2344 |
| 68 | FM SAMRUG NARAYANAN | USA | 2340 |
| 69 | GM ALONSO ZAPATA | COL | 2336 |
| 70 | IM LUIS CARLOS TORRES | MEX | 2336 |
| 71 | SHELEV OBEROI | USA | 2328 |
| 72 | IM NAZI PAIKIDZE | USA | 2323 |
| 73 | FM GAURI SHANKAR | IND | 2322 |
| 74 | IM ATTILA ISTVAN CSONKA | HUN | 2321 |
| 75 | IM MAURICIO ARIAS SANTANA | CRC | 2317 |
| 76 | FM MAX GEDAJLOVIC | CAN | 2317 |
| 77 | WGM ANNAMARIA MARJANOVIC | HUN | 2312 |
| 78 | FM THALIA CERVANTES LANDEIRO | USA | 2309 |
| 79 | DEEPAK AARON | USA | 2305 |
| 80 | FM GABRIELA ANTOVA | BUL | 2302 |
| 81 | IM DANTE BEUKES | NAM | 2299 |
| 82 | FM ROCHELLE WU | USA | 2298 |
| 83 | FM VISHNU VANAPALLI | USA | 2294 |
| 84 | FM GUS HUSTON | USA | 2276 |
| 85 | FM BACH NGO | USA | 2275 |
| 86 | FM MARIA MALICKA | POL | 2275 |
| 87 | FM RYO CHEN | USA | 2269 |
| 88 | WIM SILA CAGLAR | TUR | 2268 |
| 89 | FM SHARVESH DEVIPRASATH | USA | 2265 |
| 90 | FM TANITOLUWA ADEWUMI | USA | 2262 |
| 91 | FM ZACHARY DUKIC | CAN | 2254 |
| 92 | FM RICHARD FRANCISCO | USA | 2253 |
| 93 | FM DALTON PERRINE | USA | 2253 |
| 94 | DEREK CLASBY | USA | 2252 |
| 95 | FM SRIRAM KRISHNAKUMAR | USA | 2248 |
| 96 | FM ERICK ZHAO | USA | 2243 |
| 97 | IM ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO | MEX | 2243 |
| 98 | FM SETH HOMA | USA | 2242 |
| 99 | FM JASON MOREFIELD | USA | 2238 |
| 100 | FM DONALD JOHNSON | USA | 2232 |
| 101 | IM ALEXANDER COSTELLO | USA | 2224 |
| 102 | GUNNAR ANDERSEN | USA | 2224 |
| 103 | FM ANTHONY ATANASOV | CAN | 2215 |
| 104 | PRATEEK MISHRA | USA | 2213 |
| 105 | SUNGHO YIM | KOR | 2209 |
| 106 | WGM MAILI-JADE OUELLET | CAN | 2204 |
| 107 | GABRIEL EIDELMAN | USA | 2197 |
| 108 | IM PEDRO RODRIGUEZ RIVERA | CUB | 2195 |
| 109 | ALEXANDER RUTTEN | NED | 2190 |
| 110 | FM SHAWNAK SHIVAKUMAR | USA | 2189 |
| 111 | ERIC LIU | USA | 2182 |
| 112 | FM RYAN AMBURGY | USA | 2175 |
| 113 | ALPEREN KANLI | AZE | 2171 |
| 114 | NICHOLAS MATTA | USA | 2167 |
| 115 | FM JAMES CANTY | USA | 2158 |
| 116 | JOSEPH WAN | USA | 2153 |
| 117 | MATTHEW PUCKETT | USA | 2151 |
| 118 | SUDARSHAN SRINIAIYER | USA | 2150 |
| 119 | FM DHARIM BACUS | PHI | 2146 |
| 120 | ROHIT GUHA | USA | 2146 |
| 121 | RAGHAV VENKAT | USA | 2143 |
| 122 | WIM MICHELLE CATHERINA | IND | 2142 |
| 123 | CM BRYAN XIE | USA | 2133 |
| 124 | NAVEEN PRABHU | USA | 2128 |
| 125 | KYLE LANCMAN | USA | 2123 |
| 126 | NICOLAS DE LA COLINA | USA | 2123 |
| 127 | PEDRO ESPINOSA | USA | 2116 |
| 128 | FM ARVIND JAYARAMAN | IND | 2111 |
| 129 | WFM RACHEL PALMERO MARTINEZ | CUB | 2098 |
| 130 | NICHOLAS LADAN | USA | 2091 |
| 131 | IM OLADAPO ADU | NGR | 2088 |
| 132 | GANESH KUMARAPPAN | USA | 2088 |
| 133 | HENRY DENG | USA | 2087 |
| 134 | ALEXANDER DEATRICK | USA | 2074 |
| 135 | YU-CHENG LIANG | USA | 2071 |
| 136 | ABHIRAM POTHURI | USA | 2068 |
| 137 | HUGO ORIZONDO | DOM | 2062 |
| 138 | DOMINIQUE MYERS | USA | 2056 |
| 139 | CHEN-CHEN YE | USA | 2055 |
| 140 | ESHAN GUHA | USA | 2055 |
| 141 | MATIAS SHUNDI | USA | 2046 |
| 142 | ARYAN GUTLA | USA | 2033 |
| 143 | ADVAITH KARTHIK | USA | 2031 |
| 144 | RAFAEL ADAM | CAN | 2030 |
| 145 | THEODORE SLADE | ENG | 2028 |
| 146 | VERONIKA KOSTINA | SUI | 2027 |
| 147 | ANANT ADURY | USA | 2027 |
| 148 | ROHAN PADHYE | USA | 2025 |
| 149 | MITCH FISHBEIN | USA | 2023 |
| 150 | FM JOHN OYEYEMI FAWOLE | NGR | 2021 |
| 151 | WILLIAM WU | USA | 2021 |
| 152 | MICHAEL ELLENBOGEN | USA | 2019 |
| 153 | TYSON BRADY | USA | 2018 |
| 154 | WFM NASTASSJA MATUS | USA | 2011 |
| 155 | ARSAL GARDEZI | USA | 2006 |
| 156 | PAUL IINUMA | USA | 2006 |
| 157 | AIDEN REISS | USA | 2004 |
| 158 | PETER DYSON | USA | 1995 |
| 159 | ROGER ZHANG | USA | 1987 |
| 160 | VINCENT LATORRE | CAN | 1986 |
| 161 | PRANAV SATHISH | USA | 1985 |
| 162 | SULLIVAN MCCONNELL | USA | 1985 |
| 163 | NICHOLAS BRUHA | USA | 1984 |
| 164 | GRIFFIN MCCONNELL | USA | 1982 |
| 165 | FM EUGENE YANAYT | USA | 1979 |
| 166 | CARTER PEATMAN | USA | 1976 |
| 167 | AARUSH VINOD | USA | 1976 |
| 168 | TIM MCENTEE | USA | 1974 |
| 169 | NATALIE WISNIOWSKI | USA | 1974 |
| 170 | RONAK HIWALE | USA | 1970 |
| 171 | ANDREW JIANG | USA | 1959 |
| 172 | ANTHONY PARKER | USA | 1949 |
| 173 | ADVAIT NAIR | USA | 1946 |
| 174 | JAMES NGUYEN | USA | 1943 |
| 175 | YOGESHWAR YEHAMANDRAM | USA | 1942 |
| 176 | VASEEGARAN NANDHAKUMAR | USA | 1932 |
| 177 | MARK BIERNACKI | USA | 1924 |
| 178 | MAX MOTTOLA | USA | 1919 |
| 179 | BRIAN TAY | USA | 1917 |
| 180 | ROMAN KOWALYSKO | USA | 1914 |
| 181 | EVAN SAMMONS | USA | 1907 |
| 182 | BENSON SCHEXNAYDRE | USA | 1898 |
| 183 | RUOXIAO XIA | USA | 1893 |
| 184 | JAMES CHIRILOV | USA | 1890 |
| 185 | BENJAMIN YAN | USA | 1882 |
| 186 | TOM KAYMA | USA | 1851 |
| 187 | ETHAN GUO | USA | 1840 |
| 188 | SREEKAR GANGAVARAPU | USA | 1837 |
| 189 | PATRICK MCCARTNEY | USA | 1835 |
| 190 | ROBERT FISCHER | USA | 1832 |
| 191 | KENT SLATE | USA | 1829 |
| 192 | ETHAN LIU | USA | 1829 |
| 193 | ESHAAN HEBBAR | USA | 1816 |
| 194 | BENJAMIN TYRRELL | USA | 1815 |
| 195 | ANDREW WU | USA | 1783 |
| 196 | GARY DE FOTIS | USA | 1781 |
| 197 | ARAV PATEL | USA | 1746 |
| 198 | MAXWELL BARNES | USA | 1745 |
| 199 | SHERWOOD DONG | USA | 1701 |
| 200 | AKERAS OVERLINGAS | USA | 1626 |
| 201 | KRISHNA RALLABANDI | USA | 1517 |
| 202 | LEO YUNLONG YU | USA | 1455 |
| 203 | WILLIAM ONG | USA | 0 |
