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October 12, 2024 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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International Master Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Round 1 of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championships. Taking place at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, the U.S. (overall) & U.S. Women’s Championships are two round robin tournaments (pairings below).

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ROUND 1 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Hans Niemann vs. Fabiano Caruana
Leinier Dominguez vs. Wesley So
Levon Aronian vs. Sam Sevian
Ray Robson vs. Grigoriy Oparin
Sam Shankland vs. Awonder Liang
Abhimanyu Mishra vs. Christopher Yoo

ROUND 1 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Tatev Abrahamyan vs. Alice Lee
Atousa Pourkashiyan vs. Irina Krush
Carissa Yip vs. Thalia Cervantes
Nazi Paikidze vs. Begim Tokhirjonova
Megan Lee vs. Jennifer Yu
Anna Zatonskih vs. Rose Atwell

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