America’s top chess players return to St. Louis for 2023 U.S. Championships

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9/24/2023 – The nation’s top chess players are set to compete in the U.S’. most prestigious events - the 2023 U.S. Chess Championship and 2023 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club (STLCC) at the World Chess Hall of Fame, two fields of 12 players will face off over the board October 5 - October 18, 2023 as they compete for a total purse of more than $400,000. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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Press release by the Saint Louis Chess Club

The nation’s top chess players are set to compete in the U.S’. most prestigious events - the 2023 U.S. Chess Championship and 2023 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club (STLCC) at the World Chess Hall of Fame, two fields of 12 players will face off over the board October 5 - October 18, 2023 as they compete for a total purse of more than $400,000.

“Being invited to participate in the U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championships is considered one of the ultimate goals for elite chess players in the United States,” said Tony Rich, Executive Director of the Saint Louis Chess Club. “We are thrilled to announce the impressive fields for these two over the board events, who will once again compete in Saint Louis - the nation’s Chess Capital - for more than $400,000 in prizes.”

US Chess Championships 2023

The playing hall during the 2022 edition | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Field of dreams in the U.S. Championship

The U.S. Championship field boasts an impressive roster including Grandmaster (GM) Fabiano Caruana, who is currently ranked No. 2 and the returning U.S. Championship winner, three-time U.S. Chess Champion GM Wesley So and GM Sam Sevian, who recently delivered an outstanding performance to win the 2023 Chess 9LX event. It will also feature debut performances by GMs Abhimanyu Mishra and Andrew Tang. The complete field includes:

Title First Last Invitational Rating* Qualification Method
GM Fabiano Caruana 2816 2022 US Champion
GM Wesley So 2806 Rating
GM Levon Aronian 2794 Rating
GM Leinier Dominguez 2779 Rating
GM Sam Shankland 2752 Rating
GM Jeffery Xiong 2734 Rating
GM Sam Sevian 2732 Rating
GM Hans Niemann 2730 Rating
GM Ray Robson 2725 Rating
GM Dariusz Swiercz 2701 Wildcard
GM Abhimanyu Mishra 2624 2022 US Junior Champion
GM Andrew Tang 2568 2022 US Open Champion

*Invitational ratings are calculated based on the September US Chess rating supplement, with bonuses for being at or near peak rating and penalties for inactivity.

Leinier Dominguez, Hans Niemann

Leinier Dominguez playing white against Hans Niemann in 2022 | Photo: Crystal Fuller

Legends and rising stars to headline U.S. Women’s Championship

The U.S. Women’s Championship promises exhilarating matches across the board with legends like eight-time U.S. Women’s Champion GM Irina Krush and returning 2022 U.S. Champion Woman Grandmaster Jennifer Yu, as well as up-and-coming stars like Alice Lee. The international master-elect, Lee, won the 2023 U.S. Junior Girls Championship and an individual gold medal in the FIDE Women’s World Team Championship earlier this year.

The Women’s Championship will also feature a debut performance by WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan, who also earned an individual silver medal in the FIDE Women’s World Team Championship. The complete field includes:

Title First Last Invitational Rating* Qualification Method
GM Irina Krush 2488 Rating
IM Carissa Yip 2421 Rating
FM Alice Lee 2419 2023 US Girls Champion
IM Anna Zatonskih 2402 Rating
WGM Begim Tokhirjonova 2388 Rating
IM Nazi Paikidze 2366 Rating
WGM Jennifer Yu 2365 2022 US Women's Champion
WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan 2347 Rating
FM Ashritha Eswaran 2342 Rating
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan 2341 Rating
WGM Thalia Cervantes 2333 Rating
FM Ruiyang Yan 2292 Wildcard

*Invitational ratings are calculated based on the September US Chess rating supplement, with bonuses for being at or near peak rating and penalties for inactivity.

Alice Lee

13-year-old rising star Alice Lee | Photo: Lennart Ootes


How to watch

The 2023 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship will consist of 11 rounds of classical chess, in a round-robin format and will be streamed live daily starting at 1:20 p.m. CDT. Coverage will feature play-by-play and analysis from the world-renowned commentary team of GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Cristian Chirila and Women’s GM Katerina Nemcova. Fans can follow all of the action live on uschesschamps.com and on the Saint Louis Chess Club’s YouTube and Twitch.tv channels.


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