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.
FM Megan Lee has put a hard stop on IM Carissa Yip’s perfect run in the Women’s Championship. Yip is still leading, while Lee is now sharing the third place.
In the Open Championship the only win was scored by Leinier Dominguez.
Round 9 Results – Open:
GM Robson Ray USA 2693 – GM So Wesley USA 2751 ½-½
GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 – GM Aronian Levon USA 2738 ½-½
GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 – GM Shankland Sam USA 2677 ½-½
GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741 0-1
GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796 – GM Liang Awonder USA 2677 ½-½
Bye Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733
Round 9 Standings – Open:
1 GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796 (7) – 5.5
2 GM Liang Awonder USA 2677 (7) – 5.0
3-5 GM Aronian Levon USA 2738 (8), GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733 (7) and GM Robson Ray USA 2693 (8) – 4.5
6-9 GM So Wesley USA 2751 (7), GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741 (7), GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689 (7) and GM Shankland Sam USA 2677 (7) – 4.0
10 GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 (7) – 3.0
11 GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 (7) – 2.0
Round 10 Pairings – Open:
GM So Wesley USA 2751 – GM Liang Awonder USA 2677
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741 – GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796
GM Shankland Sam USA 2677 – GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689
GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733 – GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662
GM Robson Ray USA 2693 – GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630
Bye Aronian Levon USA 2738
Round 9 Results – Women:
IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 – IM Lee Alice USA 2395 ½-½
IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 – FM Lee Megan USA 2253 0-1
FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302 – WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 ½-½
FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 – IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314 ½-½
FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267 – WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327 1-0
GM Krush Irina USA 2388 – IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374 0-1
Round 9 Standings – Women:
1 IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 – 8.0
2 IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374 – 6.5
3-4 IM Lee Alice USA 2395 and FM Lee Megan USA 2253 – 5.5
5-6 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327 and FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267 – 4.5
7-8 GM Krush Irina USA 2388 and FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302 – 4.0
9 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 – 3.5
10 IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 – 3.0
11-12 IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314 and FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 – 2.5
Round 10 Pairings – Women:
IM Lee Alice USA 2395 – IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374
WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327 – GM Krush Irina USA 2388
IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314 – FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267
WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 – FM Atwell Rose USA 2185
FM Lee Megan USA 2253 – FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302
IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 – IM Yip Carissa USA 2418
Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 9 of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.
Round 10 of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championships takes place Tuesday, October 22 at 1:20PM CDT with live commentary from Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila and Woman Grandmaster Katerina Nemcova.