US Championships - Live!

by ChessBase
10/12/2024 – 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 Irina Krush and defending champion Carissa Yip 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 2

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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Open

Women's

Commentary by GMs Yasser Seirawan and Cristian Chirila, and WGM Katerina Nemcova

Standings - Open

Standings - Women's

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60m The Two Knights

This entry into the 60 minutes series concentrates on the Modern variation of the Italian game where White opens the centre early : 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 e5!. This line can be reached by various move orders, most frequently from the Scotch 3 d4 exd4 4 Bc4. It's a sharp variation and Grandmasters such as Evgeny Sveshnikov have used it frequently,with very good results. It's a perfect line for club players to adopt which is relatively easy to learn and which contains many traps. All the main responses are covered here, including 5...d5, 5...Ng4 and 5...Ne4 and the conclusion is that is is difficult for Black to equalize in a straightforward way. Problems are being posed, which over the board might prove tough to solve.