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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all Championship tournament are played online, a first in the long history of U.S. Championships. However, all Championship tournaments still have a very attractive prize fund.
Girls' Junior Championship
October 9 - 11
$10,300 Prize Fund
$6,000 Scholarship for Winner
Junior Championship
October 13 - 15
$20,600 Prize Fund
$6,000 Scholarship for Winner
Senior Championship
Oktober 17 - 19
$50,000 Prize Fund
Women's Championship
October 21 - 24
$100,000 Prize Fund
Chess Championship
October 26 - 29
$150,000 Prize Fund
With Carrisa Yip (6th in the girls' world rankings), Annie Wang (10th), and reigning U.S. Women's Champion Jennifer Yu (23rd), the U.S. Chess Federation has three very strong young talents in the girls' world rankings. All three took part in this year's Girls' Junior Championship and all three were considered to have good chances to win the title.
But it was defending champion Carissa Yip, the winner of the previous Girls' Junior Championships, who soon dominated the tournament. On day 1 she started with one win and two draws, and on day 2 she scored 2½/3, defeated co-favourite Annie Wang, and after six rounds was clear first with 4½/6.
Yip against Wu
However, on day 3, the 17-year scored even better and won all of her three games to become U.S. Girls' Junior Champion 2020. Annie Wang finished second, Rochelle won bronze, and Jennifer Yu finished fourth.
| Rank | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM Yip, Carissa | 2421 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.5 |
| 2 | IM Wang, Annie | 2384 | 0 | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 3 | WIM Wu, Rochelle | 2029 | 0 | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 4 | FM Yu, Jennifer | 2315 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 5 | FM Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 2311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 6 | WIM Nguyen, Emily | 2280 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 7 | WCM Yan, Ruiyang | 2093 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | x | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 8 | WFM Samadashvili, Martha | 2215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | 2.5 |
| 9 | WFM Morris-Suzuki, Sophie | 2043 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | 2.5 |
| 10 | WCM Lee, Alice | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | x | 2.5 |
