2025 U.S. Chess Championships: Round 4

October 14, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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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 (pairings below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Maurice Ashley, and WGMs Katerina Nemcova & Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.

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U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Levon Aronian vs. Dariusz Swiercz
Fabiano Caruana vs. Sam Sevian
Andy Woodward vs. Awonder Liang
Abhimanyu Mishra vs. Wesley So
Sam Shankland vs. Hans Niemann
Grigoriy Oparin vs. Ray Robson

U.S. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Anna Sargsyan vs. Megan Paragua
Irina Krush vs. Jennifer Yu
Anna Zatonskih vs. Nazi Paikidze
Tatev Abrahamyan vs. Thalia Cervantes
Alice Lee vs. Carissa Yip
Rose Atwell vs. Atousa Pourkashiyan

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