The American Cup - Live!

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3/16/2025 – The American Cup, one of the United States' premier chess tournaments, returns to Saint Louis. Now in its fourth year, the event runs from March 15-24 at the iconic World Chess Hall of Fame, featuring sixteen of America's top chess talents. With $400,000 in prize money up for grabs, the competitors will prove their mettle under mounting pressure in the double-elimination knockout format. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 18.00 CET (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST)

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Day 2

The format has two brackets composed of eight players each. The eight-player field competes against each other in knockout style. The double elimination format ensures a second shot at the top for any player who loses a match. 

Participants play a two-game classical match followed by rapid tiebreaks if needed. The winners advance in the Championship Bracket, while those who lose their match continue with rapid chess in the Elimination Bracket. Anyone who loses their match in the Elimination Bracket is then eliminated from the tournament. 

  • The classical time control will be game in 90 minutes plus 30-second increments from move one (G/90+30).
  • The rapid time control will be game in 15 minutes plus 10-second increments from move one (G/15+10).
  • The playoff time control will be game in 3 minutes plus 2-second increments from move one (G/3+2).
  • In the Championship Bracket, each match will consist of two classical games.
  • In the Elimination Bracket, each match will consist of four rapid games.
  • In the Playoffs, players shall contest a two-game blitz match. If the match ends in a tie, the players shall repeat this process until a winner is determined.
  • Should match 14 (winner of the Championship Bracket vs. winner of the Elimination Bracket) result in one lost match per player, the two players shall contest a 4-game rapid match (match 15) followed by playoff games (if necessary).

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Live: American Cup Open Champions 2025
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Aronian-Sevian
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1.c4 3 e5 15 2.Nc3 12 Nf6 10 3.Nf3 6 Nc6 29 4.e4 7 Bb4 50 5.d3 7 d6 7 6.Be2 5 A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation. Bg4 2:10 7.0-0 13 Bc5 2:05
8.Nxe5! 3:59 Nxe5 5:16 9.d4 13 Bxe2 1:33 10.Nxe2 6 Nxe4 14:23 11.Qc2N 8:26 Predecessor: 11.f3 Nf6 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.b3 h6 15.Bf4 Nfd7 16.Nc3 0-0 17.Rad1 c6 18.Rfe1 11...d5 11:05 12.dxc5 7:04 A sharp opening 0-0 3:45 13.b3 14:15 Re8 12:26 13...Nc6= is superior. 14.Nf4 15:12 14.cxd5!? Qxd5 15.Bf4 14...Nxc5 3:52 14...Ng4!? 15.cxd5 3:47 Ncd7 31 16.Bb2 2:52 Rc8 6:56 17.Qc3 6:30 Qg5 3:51 18.Qg3 2:11 18.Ne2!? Ng4 19.Ng3 18...Qxg3 1:44 The position is equal. 19.hxg3 5 Ng6 43 20.Nxg6 6:27 hxg6 10 21.Bd4 16 Red8 5:22 22.Rfd1 1:32 a6 1:26 23.Rac1 2:37 Nf6 19 24.Bxf6 2:35 gxf6= 7 Endgame KRR-KRR 25.Rc5 4:07 Rd7 51 26.Rdc1 7 Kg7 4:37 27.a4 2:26 b6 7:05 28.Rc6 16
Black must now prevent d6!. 28...Rxd5 5 29.Rxc7 6 Rxc7 16 30.Rxc7 4 KR-KR Rd1+ 2:19 31.Kh2 15 Rd3 5:37 32.b4 7 Rd4 57 33.Ra7 12 Rxb4 6 34.Rxa6 3 f5 10 35.a5 6 bxa5 6 36.Rxa5 3 Rb2 4 37.Kg1 7 Rb1+ 3 38.Kh2 5 Rb2 2 39.Kg1 5 Rb1+ 4 40.Kh2 13 Rb2 9 Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise) Mistake: --- Black=1 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=1 OK: White=13 Black=6 Best: White=2 Black=1
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Mishra,A2600Nakamura,H28021.2936615
Dominguez Perez,L2741So,W27481.2936616
Sevian,S2692Aronian,L27481.2936618
Robson,R2689Caruana,F27831.2936617
Nakamura,H2802Mishra,A26001.1850313
So,W2748Dominguez Perez,L27411.2850317
Caruana,F2783Robson,R26891.3850318
Aronian,L2748Sevian,S26921.4850319
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Live: American Cup Women Champions 2025
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Zatonskih-Abrahamyan
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1.Nf3 5 Nf6 7 2.g3 30 g6 13 3.Bg2 1:57 Bg7 4 4.0-0 2:05 0-0 5 5.d4 29 d6 17 6.Re1 5:41 Nbd7 3:18 7.e4 2:48 e5 1:03 8.Nc3 6:36 c6 6:08 9.a4 30 Qc7 6:31 10.h3 13:17 Re8 7:02 11.a5 5:14 Rb8 10:16 12.Be3 3:18 b5 4:44 13.axb6 11 axb6 7 14.dxe5 20:35 dxe5 6:14 15.Nd2 59 b5 19:54 16.b4 1:36 Bf8 38 17.Qb1 14:12 Nb6 6:19 18.Nd1 32 Be6 3:59 19.c3 12 c5 8:32 20.bxc5 1:27 Bxc5 1:18 21.Qc2 2:07 Red8 1:47 22.Rb1 3:18 Na4 7:42 23.Bf1 3:45 Bxe3 48 24.Rxe3 8 Nc5 39 25.Nb2 5:16 Kg7 3:15 26.Kh2 41 h6 21 27.Ree1 5:05 Rb6 1:18 28.Rbd1 1:14 Qb7 56 29.Bg2 25 Rbd6 32 30.Qc1 1 Qa7 38 31.Qc2 27 Nd3 15 32.Nxd3 9 Rxd3 3 33.Nf3 1:26 Rxd1 36 34.Rxd1 1 Rxd1 12 35.Qxd1 2 Qxf2 1:22 36.Qd6 34 Bc4 24 37.Qxe5 1:34 Bf1 24 38.Nh4 1 Bxg2 17 39.Nxg2 2 Qe2 43 40.Kg1 1:07 Qf3 33 41.Kh2 6 Kh7 8 42.Qxb5 27 Nxe4 17 43.Qe5 12 Nxc3 37 44.Qf4 42 Qd5 58 45.Ne3 1:03 Qa2+ 22 46.Kh1 43 Qe6 49 47.Kh2 21 Ne2 31 48.Qf2 25 Nd4 5 49.Qf4 44 Qd7 33 50.Ng4 21 g5 1:02 51.Nf6+ 42 Kg6 22 52.Qxg5+ 19 hxg5 7 53.Nxd7 3 f5 38 54.Kg2 12 Kf7 29 55.Ne5+ 14 Ke6 32 56.Nf3 35 Nxf3 29 57.Kxf3 1 Ke5 7 58.Ke3 27 f4+ 24 59.gxf4+ 7 gxf4+ 3 60.Kf3 4 Kf5 2 61.h4 9 Kg6 25 62.Kxf4 9 Kh5 8 63.Kg3 5 Kh6 3 64.Kg4 3 Kg6 2 65.h5+ 5 Kh6 1 66.Kh4 4 Kh7 2 67.Kg5 4 Kg7 2 68.h6+ 3 Kh7 2 69.Kh5 3 Kh8 2 70.Kg6 5 Kg8 1 71.h7+ 6 Kh8 1 72.Kh6 4 ½–½
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Abrahamyan,T2310Zatonskih,A23151.2936645
Pourkashiyan,A2297Krush,I23781.2936643
Paikidze,N2294Lee,A23861.2936642
Cervantes Landeiro,T2292Yip,C24081.2936644
Lee,A2386Paikidze,N22941.1851211
Krush,I2378Pourkashiyan,A22971.2851212
Yip,C2408Cervantes Landeiro,T22921.3851213
Zatonskih,A2315Abrahamyan,T23101.4851214
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