2023 U.S. Chess Championships: Round 8

October 12, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubThu, October 12, 2023 7:41pmURL:
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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the U.S. (overall) & U.S. Women’s Championships are two round robin tournaments (pairings below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, and WGM Katerina Nemcova for the move-by-move.

2023.10.13
USChessChamps.com

ROUND 8 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Levon Aronian
vs. Dariusz Swiercz
Fabiano Caruana
vs. Sam Shankland
Ray Robson vs.
Hans Niemann
Jeffery Xiong vs.
Leinier Dominguez
Abhimanyu Mishra vs.
Sam Sevian
Andrew Tang vs.
Wesley So

ROUND 8 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Irina Krush

vs. Jennifer Yu
Anna Zatonskih

vs. Begim Tokhirjonova
Atousa Pourkashiyan
vs. Carissa Yip
Nazi Paikidze

vs. Tatev Abrahamyan

Ashritha Eswaran
vs. Thalia Cervantes
Ruiyang Yan vs. Alice Lee

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