2023 U.S. Chess Championships: Round 1

September 10, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubSun, September 10, 2023 8:51pmURL:
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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the U.S. & U.S. Women’s Championships are two round robin tournaments (fields below). Join a commentary team TBA for the move-by-move.

2022.10.05
USChessChamps.com

U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Levon Aronian
Leinier Dominguez
Sam Shankland
Sam Sevian
Hans Niemann
Ray Robson
Dariusz Swiercz
Jeffery Xiong
Abhimanyu Mishra
Andrew Hong

U.S. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Irina Krush
Carissa Yip
Alice Lee
Anna Zatonskih
Begim Tokhirjonova
Nazi Paikidze
Jennifer Yu
Atousa Pourkashiyan
Ashritha Eswaran
Tatev Abrahamyan
Thalia Cervantes
Ruiyang Yan

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