U.S. Championship LIVE

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4/30/2018 – Top class U.S. Championship chess returned to Saint Louis Chess & Scholastic Center for the tenth time from April 18th to 30th. Sam Shankland won the Open Championship with an astounding score of 8½ / 11. The Women's Championship will be decided in a rapid and (if necessary) Armageddon blitz tiebreak match between Annie Wang, and Nazi Paikidze. Live games and commentary from Yasser Seirawan, Jennifer Shahade and Maurice Ashley starting at 20:00 CEST (13:00 CDT, local St. Louis time).

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Women's Playoff

The U.S. Championship and Women's Championship are both 12-player single-round robin tournaments played from April 18th to 30th, with a possible tiebreak playoff match on April 30th, if necessary. The one rest day is April 24th. Each round starts at 13:00 local time (UTC -5) or 20:00 CEST.

The playoff will consist of two rapid games, and if tied a single Armageddon blitz game.

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Current standings (Women)

Final standings (Open)

All games (Open)

Schedule for both tournaments

~~Tuesday~~	~~17. April~~	~~18.30~~	~~Opening ceremony~~
~~Wednesday~~	~~18. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 1~~
~~Thursday~~	~~19. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 2~~
~~Friday~~	~~20. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 3~~
~~Saturday~~	~~21. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 4~~
~~Sunday~~	~~22. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 5~~
~~Monday~~	~~23 April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 6~~
	~~23. April~~		~~"Chess After Dark"~~
~~Tuesday~~	~~24. April~~		~~Rest day~~
~~Wednesday~~	~~25. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 7~~
~~Thursday~~	~~26. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 8~~
~~Friday~~	~~27. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 9~~
~~Saturday~~	~~28. April~~	~~13.00~~	~~Round 10~~
~~Sunday~~	~~29. April~~	~~13.00~~	Round 11
Monday	30.April	13.00	Possible playoff
	30. April	18.30	Closing ceremony