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10/23/2024 – The US Chess Championships are taking place on 11-24 October at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Missouri. Both the open and the women's tournaments are 12-player round robins. Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So are the top seeds in the open section, while defending champion Carissa Yip and Alice Lee are the highest-rated players in the women's category. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 20.15 CEST (14.15 ET, 23.45 IST)
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Round 11

The US Championship is a 12-player round-robin featuring the strongest players in the United States. Players compete for $250,000 in prize money and the title of US Champion. If two or more players tie for first place, a playoff will be held.

The US Women's Championship is a 12-player round-robin featuring the strongest women players in the United States. Players compete for $152,000 in prize money and the title of US Women'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.

Rest days: October 15 and October 20

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1.e4 4 c5 19 2.Nf3 9 Nc6 9 3.Bb5 26 e6 7 4.Bxc6 57 bxc6 34 5.b3 6 e5 8 6.Bb2 4:19 B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6. d6 47 7.d3 1:04 Ne7 6:47 8.Nbd2 1:38 Ng6 4:33 9.g3N 1:27 9.h4 h5 10.Nc4 f6 11.Ne3 d5 12.g3 Be6 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.0-0 Kf7 15.Ne1 9...Bh3 5:16 10.Qe2 3:17 Be7 4:09 11.0-0-0 5:44 0-0 2:58 12.Nc4 24:42 Qd7 5:56 13.Ne3 4:21 f5! 1:11 14.exf5 2:19 Bxf5 21 15.Nd2 39 Bh3 3:59 16.Kb1 10:04 Rf7 4:05 17.f3 2:20 Raf8 50 18.Rde1 3:18 d5 9:43 19.Rhg1 6:56 Bd8 1:52 20.Ba3 6:29 Qd6 3:04 20...Re8 21.Nd1 2:45 Ba5 10:46 22.Qe3 5:26 d4 2:26 22...Rd8= remains equal. 23.Qe2!± 1:13 Qd5 14 24.Nf2 1:24 Bf5 2:39 25.Rd1 2:59 25.h4± 25...Bc3 3:50 25...Bxd2 26.Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Be6= 26...Qxf3 26.h4 21 Bxd2 14:50 27.Rxd2 12 Bd7 37 28.Ne4 3:13 Rxf3 6 29.h5 29 29.Bxc5?! R8f7= 29...Re3 3:32 29...Nh8± 30.Qh2+- 1:35 Nh8 2:10 31.Bxc5 1:30 31.h6+- Black must now prevent hxg7. Bf5 32.hxg7 32.Bxc5 Rf7 32...Kxg7 33.Bxc5 31...Rb8 3:42 31...Rff3± 32.Ba3! 2:37 32.Bxa7 Ra8± 32...Nf7 33 33.Rf1 14 Inhibits Bf5. Qa5 1:50 33...h6± 34.Bc1 56 Be6 29 35.Qh4 39 Bd5 2:04
36.h6! 58 Qd8 1:02 36...gxh6 37.Nf6+ 37.Rdf2 Bxe4 38.dxe4 Qd8+- 37...Kh8 38.Rdf2+- 36...Bxe4 37.dxe4 37.Rdf2 1:22 Qxh4 9 38.gxh4 1 Nxh6 1:05 39.Bxe3 25 dxe3 1 40.Rg2 47 Bxe4 38 40...Rf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.dxe4 1 Endgame KRR-KRN Rd8 6 42.Re1 42 Nf7 37 43.Rxe3 7 Rd1+ 4 44.Kb2 3 Rh1 4 44...Rd7 is a better defense. 45.h5 Kf8 45.Rc3 1:28 Rxh4 2 46.Rxc6 4 g5 9 47.Rc8+ 44 Kg7 1 48.c4 5 Nd6 2:41 49.Rxg5+ 59 Kf6 8 50.Rcg8 4 Nxe4 40 51.Rg2 49 h5 21 52.Rf8+ 55 Ke7 13 53.Ra8 17 Rg4 29 54.Rxa7+ 4 Kf6 4 55.Rh2 20 h4 33 56.Rh7 23 Kg5 1 57.a4 32 Nc5 1:28 58.a5 1:32 Rg3 35 59.Rg7+ 40 Kf5 2 60.Rf7+ 36 Ke6 16 61.Rc7 16 Kd6 12
62.Rxc5? Kxc5 2
63.Rxh4? 31 KR-KR. White is two pawns up. White has to play 63.a6!+- 63...Kb4= 9
64.c5+! 55 Kxc5 1:15 65.Ra4 45 Kb5 25 The position is equal. 66.a6 29 Intending a7 and mate. Rg8 4 67.a7 17 Ra8 2 68.Re4 11 Rxa7 6 69.Rxe5+ 2 Kb4 7 70.Re4+ 5 Kb5 3 71.Kc3 7 Rc7+ 3 72.Rc4 45 Rxc4+ 6 73.bxc4+ 4 Kc5 2 74.Kc2 5 Kxc4 4 White really could win this. Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.41 Mistake: White=2 Black=8 Inaccurate: White=5 Black=2 OK: White=28 Black=17 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: White=1 Black=1 ½–½
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Brezis,A2242Medovoy,Y21295.51517405
Uritsky,Y2301Tashkinova,S20885.11517400
Menahem,A2170Meirovich,I22335.21517401
Orian,N2184Vagman,R24375.31517402
Milikow,E2390Pevzner,M21675.41517403
Zakin,I2254Vardi,D20495.11517375
Gurevich,N2048Sason,N20755.11517366
Kirsch,Y1957Sternfeld,T19435.11517389
Shemer,O1706Tsairof,O-5.11517356
Shefer,U2265Afek,I20575.21517391
Shilon Rahav,E2189Weber,Y21595.21517378
Mankovich,Y1643Salman,J17015.21517357
Azoulay,Y2148Levy,O18125.31517392
Sapir,O1746Hanein,A20275.31517380
Bloom,Y1478Brodsky,I-5.31517358
Golan,O2028Birka,E21395.41517393
Gavriel,A1840Dayan,Y17655.41517382
Belkovsky,G2067Zakin,L18195.21517367
Brenner,E1696Triger,E19785.31517368
Jakobs,Y1850Cohen,D17225.41517369
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
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1.e4 4 c5 19 2.Nf3 9 Nc6 9 3.Bb5 26 e6 7 4.Bxc6 57 bxc6 34 5.b3 6 e5 8 6.Bb2 4:19 B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6. d6 47 7.d3 1:04 Ne7 6:47 8.Nbd2 1:38 Ng6 4:33 9.g3N 1:27 9.h4 h5 10.Nc4 f6 11.Ne3 d5 12.g3 Be6 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.0-0 Kf7 15.Ne1 9...Bh3 5:16 10.Qe2 3:17 Be7 4:09 11.0-0-0 5:44 0-0 2:58 12.Nc4 24:42 Qd7 5:56 13.Ne3 4:21 f5! 1:11 14.exf5 2:19 Bxf5 21 15.Nd2 39 Bh3 3:59 16.Kb1 10:04 Rf7 4:05 17.f3 2:20 Raf8 50 18.Rde1 3:18 d5 9:43 19.Rhg1 6:56 Bd8 1:52 20.Ba3 6:29 Qd6 3:04 20...Re8 21.Nd1 2:45 Ba5 10:46 22.Qe3 5:26 d4 2:26 22...Rd8= remains equal. 23.Qe2!± 1:13 Qd5 14 24.Nf2 1:24 Bf5 2:39 25.Rd1 2:59 25.h4± 25...Bc3 3:50 25...Bxd2 26.Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Be6= 26...Qxf3 26.h4 21 Bxd2 14:50 27.Rxd2 12 Bd7 37 28.Ne4 3:13 Rxf3 6 29.h5 29 29.Bxc5?! R8f7= 29...Re3 3:32 29...Nh8± 30.Qh2+- 1:35 Nh8 2:10 31.Bxc5 1:30 31.h6+- Black must now prevent hxg7. Bf5 32.hxg7 32.Bxc5 Rf7 32...Kxg7 33.Bxc5 31...Rb8 3:42 31...Rff3± 32.Ba3! 2:37 32.Bxa7 Ra8± 32...Nf7 33 33.Rf1 14 Inhibits Bf5. Qa5 1:50 33...h6± 34.Bc1 56 Be6 29 35.Qh4 39 Bd5 2:04
36.h6! 58 Qd8 1:02 36...gxh6 37.Nf6+ 37.Rdf2 Bxe4 38.dxe4 Qd8+- 37...Kh8 38.Rdf2+- 36...Bxe4 37.dxe4 37.Rdf2 1:22 Qxh4 9 38.gxh4 1 Nxh6 1:05 39.Bxe3 25 dxe3 1 40.Rg2 47 Bxe4 38 40...Rf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.dxe4 1 Endgame KRR-KRN Rd8 6 42.Re1 42 Nf7 37 43.Rxe3 7 Rd1+ 4 44.Kb2 3 Rh1 4 44...Rd7 is a better defense. 45.h5 Kf8 45.Rc3 1:28 Rxh4 2 46.Rxc6 4 g5 9 47.Rc8+ 44 Kg7 1 48.c4 5 Nd6 2:41 49.Rxg5+ 59 Kf6 8 50.Rcg8 4 Nxe4 40 51.Rg2 49 h5 21 52.Rf8+ 55 Ke7 13 53.Ra8 17 Rg4 29 54.Rxa7+ 4 Kf6 4 55.Rh2 20 h4 33 56.Rh7 23 Kg5 1 57.a4 32 Nc5 1:28 58.a5 1:32 Rg3 35 59.Rg7+ 40 Kf5 2 60.Rf7+ 36 Ke6 16 61.Rc7 16 Kd6 12
62.Rxc5? Kxc5 2
63.Rxh4? 31 KR-KR. White is two pawns up. White has to play 63.a6!+- 63...Kb4= 9
64.c5+! 55 Kxc5 1:15 65.Ra4 45 Kb5 25 The position is equal. 66.a6 29 Intending a7 and mate. Rg8 4 67.a7 17 Ra8 2 68.Re4 11 Rxa7 6 69.Rxe5+ 2 Kb4 7 70.Re4+ 5 Kb5 3 71.Kc3 7 Rc7+ 3 72.Rc4 45 Rxc4+ 6 73.bxc4+ 4 Kc5 2 74.Kc2 5 Kxc4 4 White really could win this. Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.41 Mistake: White=2 Black=8 Inaccurate: White=5 Black=2 OK: White=28 Black=17 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: White=1 Black=1 ½–½
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Brezis,A2242Medovoy,Y21295.51517405
Uritsky,Y2301Tashkinova,S20885.11517400
Menahem,A2170Meirovich,I22335.21517401
Orian,N2184Vagman,R24375.31517402
Milikow,E2390Pevzner,M21675.41517403
Zakin,I2254Vardi,D20495.11517375
Gurevich,N2048Sason,N20755.11517366
Kirsch,Y1957Sternfeld,T19435.11517389
Shemer,O1706Tsairof,O-5.11517356
Shefer,U2265Afek,I20575.21517391
Shilon Rahav,E2189Weber,Y21595.21517378
Mankovich,Y1643Salman,J17015.21517357
Azoulay,Y2148Levy,O18125.31517392
Sapir,O1746Hanein,A20275.31517380
Bloom,Y1478Brodsky,I-5.31517358
Golan,O2028Birka,E21395.41517393
Gavriel,A1840Dayan,Y17655.41517382
Belkovsky,G2067Zakin,L18195.21517367
Brenner,E1696Triger,E19785.31517368
Jakobs,Y1850Cohen,D17225.41517369
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
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Commentary by GMs Yasser Seirawan and Cristian Chirila, and WGM Katerina Nemcova

Standings after round 10 - Open

US Chess Championship 2024

Standings - Women's

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
Yip,C
2418
8.5
11
1
½
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
43.00
2519
2
Tokhirjonova,G
2374
7.5
11
0
0
1
1
½
1
1
1
0
1
1
36.25
2445
3
Lee,A
2395
7.0
11
½
1
0
½
1
1
½
½
1
½
½
37.50
2412
4
Lee,M
2253
6.5
11
1
0
1
0
½
0
½
1
½
1
1
34.00
2388
5
Cervantes Landeiro,T
2302
5.5
11
0
0
½
1
1
0
½
1
½
½
½
27.75
2318
6
Yu,J
2267
5.5
11
0
½
0
½
0
1
½
1
½
½
1
26.50
2322
7
Krush,I
2388
5.5
11
0
0
0
1
1
0
½
1
½
½
1
26.00
2311
8
Zatonskih,A
2312
4.5
11
1
0
½
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
0
27.25
2252
9
Abrahamyan,T
2327
4.5
11
0
0
½
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
19.00
2251
10
Pourkashiyan,A
2269
4.0
11
0
1
0
½
½
½
½
½
0
½
0
23.00
2219
11
Paikidze,N
2314
3.5
11
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
17.75
2184
12
Atwell,R
2185
3.5
11
0
0
½
0
½
0
0
1
0
1
½
16.50
2196
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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