2023 U.S. Chess Championships: Round 9

October 13, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubFri, October 13, 2023 4:33amURL:
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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.

2023.10.15
USChessChamps.com

ROUND 9 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Wesley So vs. Ray Robson

Leinier Dominguez vs. Andrew Tang

Sam Sevian vs. Levon Aronian
Hans Niemann vs.
Fabiano Caruana
Dariusz Swiercz
vs. Jeffery Xiong
Sam Shankland vs.
Abhimanyu Mishra

ROUND 9 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Carissa Yip vs. Nazi Paikidze
Alice Lee

vs. Irina Krush
Begim Tokhirjonova

vs. Ruiyang Yan
Jennifer Yu

vs. Ashritha Eswaran
Tatev Abrahamyan
vs. Anna Zatonskih
Thalia Cervantes

vs. Atousa Pourkashiyan

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