The 2024 U.S. Chess Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship are taking place from 11-24th October at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis.
After eight rounds of play and heading into the rest day IM Carissa Yip is leading the Women’s Championship with perfect 8/8 score. She defeated WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan and remained in contention for the Bobby Fischer prize of 64,000 USD.
In the Open Championship Fabiano Caruana retained the sole lead with 5/7 points.
Round 8 Results – Open:
GM So Wesley USA 2751 – GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796 ½-½
GM Liang Awonder USA 2677 – GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689 ½-½
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741 – GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 ½-½
GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733 – GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 1-0
GM Aronian Levon USA 2738 – GM Robson Ray USA 2693 ½-½
Bye GM Shankland Sam USA 2677
Round 8 Standings – Open:
1 GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796 (7) – 5.0
2-3 GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733 (8) and GM Liang Awonder USA 2677 (7) – 4.5
4-6 GM Aronian Levon USA 2738 (8), GM Robson Ray USA 2693 (8) and GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689 (7) – 4.0
7-8 GM So Wesley USA 2751 (7) and GM Shankland Sam USA 2677 (7) – 3.5
9 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741 (7) – 3.0
10 GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 (7) – 2.5
11 GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 (7) – 1.5
Round 9 Pairings – Open:
GM Robson Ray USA 2693 – GM So Wesley USA 2751
GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 – GM Aronian Levon USA 2738
GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 – GM Shankland Sam USA 2677
GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741
GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796 – GM Liang Awonder USA 2677
Bye Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733
Round 8 Results – Women:
IM Lee Alice USA 2395 – GM Krush Irina USA 2388 1-0
IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374 – FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267 ½-½
WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327 – FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 1-0
IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314 – FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302 ½-½
WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 – IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 0-1
FM Lee Megan USA 2253 – IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 ½-½
Round 8 Standings – Women:
1 IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 – 8.0
2 IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374 – 5.5
3 IM Lee Alice USA 2395 – 5.0
4-5 FM Lee Megan USA 2253 and WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327 – 4.5
6 GM Krush Irina USA 2388 – 4.0
7-8 FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302 and FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267 – 3.5
9 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 – 3.0
10 IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 – 2.5
11-12 IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314 and FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 – 2.0
Round 9 Pairings – Women:
IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 – IM Lee Alice USA 2395
IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 – FM Lee Megan USA 2253
FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302 – WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269
FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 – IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314
FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267 – WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327
GM Krush Irina USA 2388 – IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374
Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 8 of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.
Round 9 of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championships takes place Monday, October 21 at 1:20PM CDT with live commentary from Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila and Woman Grandmaster Katerina Nemcova.
