US Chess Championship

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Events

Event	Dates	Location	Prize	Winner
US Chess Championship 2026	Oct 9 to Oct 22, 2026	St. Louis	$250,000 USD

Format and rules

Type

Offline

Location

St. Louis

Format

Round robin

Players

12

Prize pool

$250,000 USD

How US Chess Championship 2026 is played:

• Time controls:
• 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game. There is a 30-second increment starting on move 1.
• Tiebreaks:
• Most wins
• Most blacks
• Direct encounter
• Sonneborn-Berger
• Tournament Performance Rating
• Bonus prizes:
• In the event of a tie, prizes will be divided equally. $7,000 winner bonus (if no tiebreak needed).
• There will be a “Fischer Bonus Prize” with up to $64,000 available. The player will be awarded the bonus prize consistent with the top consecutive win streak achieved, based on the following consecutive win streaks (eligible only with a consecutive win streak starting at Round 1):
• Five (5) consecutive wins: $1,000
• Six (6) consecutive wins: $2,000
• Seven (7) consecutive wins: $4,000
• Eight (8) consecutive wins: $8,000
• Nine (9) consecutive wins: $16,000
• Ten (10) consecutive wins: $32,000
• Eleven (11) consecutive wins: $64,000
• There will be a "Finish Strong" prize awarded to player(s) with highest score in Rounds 6-11 (split in case of tie)

From the event page on Liquipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Recent results

Oct 20, 2026

Oct 20, 17:00 UTCALAwonder Liang0:0AWAndy WoodwardUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 20, 17:00 UTCLALevon Aronian1:0RRRay RobsonUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 20, 17:00 UTCJXJeffery Xiong0:0FCFabiano CaruanaUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 20, 17:00 UTCSSSam Shankland1:0SSSamuel SevianUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 20, 17:00 UTCGOGrigoriy Oparin0:0AMAbhimanyu MishraUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 20, 17:00 UTCWSWesley So0:0HMHans Moke NiemannUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 19, 2026

Oct 19, 17:00 UTCHMHans Moke Niemann0:0SSSamuel SevianUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 19, 17:00 UTCAMAbhimanyu Mishra0:0LALevon AronianUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 19, 17:00 UTCRRRay Robson0:0ALAwonder LiangUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 19, 17:00 UTCAWAndy Woodward0:0JXJeffery XiongUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 19, 17:00 UTCFCFabiano Caruana0:0WSWesley SoUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 19, 17:00 UTCGOGrigoriy Oparin1:0SSSam ShanklandUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 17, 2026

Oct 17, 17:00 UTCSSSam Shankland1:0HMHans Moke NiemannUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 17, 17:00 UTCWSWesley So1:0AWAndy WoodwardUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 17, 17:00 UTCLALevon Aronian0:0GOGrigoriy OparinUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 17, 17:00 UTCALAwonder Liang0:0AMAbhimanyu MishraUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 17, 17:00 UTCJXJeffery Xiong0:0RRRay RobsonUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 17, 17:00 UTCSSSamuel Sevian0:0FCFabiano CaruanaUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 16, 2026

Oct 16, 17:00 UTCAWAndy Woodward0:0SSSamuel SevianUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

Oct 16, 17:00 UTCRRRay Robson0:1WSWesley SoUS Chess Championship 2026Head to head

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