U.S. Championships: Games and standings

U.S. Championships 2022

The U.S. Championship is a 14-player round-robin featuring the strongest players in the United States. Players compete for $262,000 in prize money and title of U.S. Champion. If two or more players tie for first place a playoff will be held.

The U.S. Women’s Championship is a 14-player round-robin featuring the strongest women players in the United States. Players compete for $160,500 in prize money and title of U.S. Champion. If two or more players tie for first place a playoff will be held.

Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one.

Schedule

• Rounds 1-5: October 5-9
• Rest day: October 10
• Rounds 6-10: October 11-15
• Rest day: October 16
• Rounds 11-13: October 17-19

All games

Open

Women’s - Classical

Women’s - Playoff

3.h4 against the King's Indian and Grünfeld

It's a great idea to take Grunfeld and King’s Indian players out of their comfort-zone right from the start! Let’s go 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 first and now play 3.h4!?

Commentary by Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila and Anastasiya Karlovich

Final standings

Open

Women’s

Links

• Official site
• Reports from previous editions: 2021 | 2020 | 2019