US Chess Championships - Live!

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10/24/2025 – The 2025 US Chess Championships are taking place on 12-24 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Each tournament is a 12-player single round-robin with a classical time control. Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hans Niemann are the highest-rated players in the open, while Carissa Yip, Alice Lee and Tatev Abrahamyan head the women's field. | Follow the action live starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST)
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Round 11

Hosted by the newly expanded Saint Louis Chess Club (STLCC), each field of the US Chess Championships feature 12 elite players competing over the board from 12 to 24 October for a total prize fund of more than $400,000.

The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move from the start of the game.

Schedule

  • Rounds 1 to 4: October 12-15
  • Rest day: October 16
  • Rounds 5 to 8: October 17-20
  • Rest day: October 21
  • Rounds 9 to 11: October 22-24

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