2025 U.S. Chess Championships: Round 6

October 17, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubFri, October 17, 2025 4:13amURL:
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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 6 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Abhimanyu Mishra vs. Ray Robson
Fabiano Caruana vs. Wesley So
Levon Aronian vs. Hans Niemann
Grigoriy Oparin vs. Sam Shankland
Andy Woodward vs. Dariusz Swiercz
Awonder Liang vs. Sam Sevian

U.S. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Anna Zatonskih vs. Atousa Pourkashiyan
Anna Sargsyan vs. Nazi Paikidze
Alice Lee vs. Thalia Cervantes
Irina Krush vs. Carissa Yip
Jennifer Yu vs. Megan Paragua
Rose Atwell vs. Tatev Abrahamyan

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