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Press release by the Saint Louis Chess Club
The nation's top chess players are set to compete in America's most prestigious events - the 2024 US Chess Championship and the 2024 US Women's Chess Championship. Hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club (STLCC) at the World Chess Hall of Fame, each field will feature 12 players facing off over the board October 11-24 as they compete for a total purse of more than $400,000. This year also celebrates the 10th anniversary of Saint Louis' Congressional proclamation as the Chess Capital of America.
Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol.1-3
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.
"The U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship are a testament to the incredible depth and talent of American chess - featuring nearly all of our country's top players, including six graduates of the Kasparov Chess Foundation's Young Stars program", said Tony Rich, Technical Director of the STLCC. He added:
It's a privilege to watch the best players in the country battle it out, showcasing the sportsmanship and camaraderie that make our community so special.
Defending champions Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip | Photo: Lennart Ootes
The US Championship shifted from match play to a tournament format in 1936, paving the way for a new era in American chess. Past champions include luminaries of the game, including Bobby Fischer, Yasser Seirawan, and Hikaru Nakamura. The STLCC hosted its first US Championship in 2009 and has been honored to organize each edition since, awarding nearly $3 million in prizes and elevating the national championships.
The US Championship is a tournament open to all players based on rating and represents the very best talent in the United States. With just 12 players, the US Championship is the pinnacle of American chess.
This year's event features a dynamic field, including defending champion and world number three GM Fabiano Caruana, who has won the event three times, as well as GM Wesley So, also a three-time champion.
| No. | Title | First Name | Last Name | Location | Rating* | Qualification Method |
| 1 | GM | Fabiano | Caruana | Saint Louis, MO | 2840 | 2023 US Champion |
| 2 | GM | Wesley | So | Excelsior, MN | 2796 | Rating |
| 3 | GM | Leinier | Dominguez | Saint Louis, MO | 2785 | Rating |
| 4 | GM | Levon | Aronian | Saint Louis, MO | 2771 | Rating |
| 5 | GM | Ray | Robson | Saint Louis, MO | 2740 | Rating |
| 6 | GM | Hans | Niemann | Weston, CT | 2735 | Rating |
| 7 | GM | Sam | Sevian | Holden, MA | 2729 | Rating |
| 8 | GM | Sam | Shankland | Orinda, CA | 2728 | Rating |
| 9 | GM | Grigoriy | Oparin | Columbia, MO | 2702 | Rating |
| 10 | GM | Awonder | Liang | Madison, WI | 2690 | 2024 US Open Champion |
| 11 | GM | Abhimanyu | Mishra | Englishtown, NJ | 2663 | Wildcard |
| 12 | GM | Christopher | Yoo | Dublin, CA | 2648 | 2024 US Junior Champion |
* Invitational ratings are calculated based on the July US Chess rating supplement
Opening package: 1.b3 and Black Secrets in the Modern Italian
Wesley So published two new opening DVDs: 1.b3, the so called Nimzo-Larsen-Attack, for White and his black secrets in the modern Italian. Get them in a package and save money!
Abhimanyu Mishra (currently aged 15) playing white against Hans Niemann (21) during the 2023 championship | Photo: Lennart Ootes
The U.S. Women's Championship is the premier event in America featuring the very best women and girls of chess. Since its first US Women's Championship in 2009, the STLCC has awarded more than $1 million in prizes to US Women's Championship competitors.
This year's event features America's brightest female chess players, including GM Irina Krush, an eight-time US Women's Champion and two-time Women's American Cup Champion, defending champion IM Carissa Yip, and rising star IM Alice Lee, the youngest in the field at just 14 years old.
| No. | Title | First Name | Last Name | Location | Rating* | Qualification Method |
| 1 | GM | Irina | Krush | Brooklyn, NY | 2458 | Rating |
| 2 | IM | Carissa | Yip | Andover, MA | 2450 | 2023 US Women's Champion |
| 3 | WGM | Begim | Tokhirjonova | Saint Louis, MO | 2436 | Rating |
| 4 | IM | Alice | Lee | North Oaks, MN | 2417 | 2024 US Girls Champion |
| 5 | IM | Anna | Zatonskih | Bochum, Germany | 2368 | Rating |
| 6 | IM | Nazi | Paikidze | Las Vegas, NV | 2364 | Rating |
| 7 | WGM | Tatev | Abrahamyan | Saint Louis, MO | 2352 | Rating |
| 8 | WGW | Atousa | Pourkashiyan | Sunrise, FL | 2339 | Rating |
| 9 | FM | Megan | Lee | Bellevue, WA | 2335 | Rating |
| 10 | WGM | Jennifer | Yu | Ashburn, VA | 2325 | Rating |
| 11 | WGM | Thalia | Cervantes | Saint Louis, MO | 2320 | Rating |
| 12 | FM | Rose | Atwell | Valencia, CA | 2311 | Wildcard |
* Invitational ratings are calculated based on the July US Chess rating supplement
Master Class Vol.16 - Judit Polgar
In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) examine the games of Judit Polgar. Let them show you which openings Polgar chose to play, where her strength in middlegames were, or how she outplayed her opponents in the endgame.
Alice Lee | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Irina Krush | Photo: Lennart Ootes
The 2024 US Championship and US Women’s Championship will consist of 11 rounds of classical chess in a round-robin format and will be streamed live daily 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 WGM Katerina Nemcova. Fans can follow all of the action live on uschesschamps.com and the STLCC's YouTube and Twitch.tv channels.
Visit uschesschamps.com for additional event information and click here to purchase tickets to the opening ceremony and here for the closing ceremony.
