2025 U.S. Chess Championships: Round 1

October 9, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubThu, October 9, 2025 9:32pmURL:
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America’s top chess players compete in the most prestigious national championship in the world! It’s the 2025 U.S. & U.S. Women’s Chess Championships, live at the newly-expanded Saint Louis Chess Club. Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip defend their titles in respective 12-player round robins (players below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Maurice Ashley, and WGM Katerina Nemcova for the move-by-move.

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U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Levon Aronian
Hans Niemann
Sam Sevian
Awonder Liang
Grigoriy Oparin
Ray Robson
Sam Shankland
Abhimanyu Mishra
Dariusz Swiercz
Andy Woodward

U.S. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Carissa Yip
Alice Lee
Anna Sargsyan
Irina Krush
Tatev Abrahamyan
Jennifer Yu
Atousa Pourkashiyan
Anna Zatonskih
Thalia Cervantes
Nazi Paikidze
Rose Atwell
Megan Paragua

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