10/10/2026 – The 2026 US Chess Championships are taking place on 9-21 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 Levon Aronian are the highest-rated players in the open, while Carissa Yip, Alice Lee and Irina Krush head the women's field. | Follow the action live starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST) | Photo: Crystal Fuller

10/10/2026 – Wesley So, Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong scored victories with the white pieces in the opening round of the US Championship in Saint Louis, while defending champion Fabiano Caruana drew his game against Levon Aronian in just 17 moves. In the women's tournament, four lower-rated players claimed victories, including Rachael Li, who benefited from a surprising blunder by eight-time champion Irina Krush. | Photo: Crystal Fuller / Saint Louis Chess Club

10/9/2026 – Fabiano Caruana has won the US Championship five times, including four consecutive titles from 2022 to 2025. His first victory came on his debut in 2016, shortly after returning to the US federation. At the 2026 edition in Saint Louis, Caruana can equal Samuel Reshevsky’s record of five consecutive titles and, with a sixth overall win, draw level with Walter Browne on the all-time list. | Photo: Lennart Ootes