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 four rounds of play IM Carissa Yip is leading the Women’s Championship with perfect 4/4 score. She remains in contention for the Bobby Fischer prize of 64,000 USD.
In the Open Championship Fabiano Caruana singled out on the top with 3/4 points following a win against the youngest Grandmaster in history Abhimanyu Mishra.
Round 4 Results – Open:
GM So Wesley USA 2751 – GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 ยฝ-ยฝ
GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689 – GM Yoo Christopher Woojin USA 2590 ยฝ-ยฝ
GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796 – GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 1-0
GM Liang Awonder USA 2677 – GM Robson Ray USA 2693 0-1
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741 – GM Aronian Levon USA 2738 ยฝ-ยฝ
GM Shankland Sam USA 2677 – GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733 ยฝ-ยฝ
Round 4 Standings – Open:
1 GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796 – 3.0
2-4 GM So Wesley USA 2751, GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733 and GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689 – 2.5
5-7 GM Shankland Sam USA 2677, GM Liang Awonder USA 2677 and GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 – 2.0
8-12 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741, GM Aronian Levon USA 2738, GM Robson Ray USA 2693, GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 and GM Yoo Christopher Woojin USA 2590 – 1.5
Round 5 Pairings – Open:
GM Niemann Hans Moke USA 2733 – GM So Wesley USA 2751
GM Aronian Levon USA 2738 – GM Shankland Sam USA 2677
GM Robson Ray USA 2693 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier USA 2741
GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2630 – GM Liang Awonder USA 2677
GM Yoo Christopher Woojin USA 2590 – GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2796
GM Oparin Grigoriy USA 2662 – GM Sevian Samuel USA 2689
Round 4 Results – Women:
IM Lee Alice USA 2395 – FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 ยฝ-ยฝ
FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267 – FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302 0-1
GM Krush Irina USA 2388 – IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 0-1
IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374 – IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 1-0
WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327 – FM Lee Megan USA 2253 0-1
IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314 – WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 ยฝ-ยฝ
Round 4 Standings – Women:
1 IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 – 4.0
2 IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374 – 3.0
3-8 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327, IM Lee Alice USA 2395, GM Krush Irina USA 2388, FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302, WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 and FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 – 2.0
9 FM Lee Megan USA 2253 – 1.5
10-12 IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314, IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 and FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267 – 1.0
Round 5 Pairings – Women:
WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa USA 2269 – IM Lee Alice USA 2395
FM Lee Megan USA 2253 – IM Paikidze Nazi USA 2314
IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2312 – WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2327
IM Yip Carissa USA 2418 – IM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim USA 2374
FM Cervantes Landeiro Thalia USA 2302 – GM Krush Irina USA 2388
FM Atwell Rose USA 2185 – FM Yu Jennifer USA 2267
Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 4 of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.
Tuesday is a rest day. Round 5 of the 2024 U.S. Chess Championships takes place Wednesday, October 16 at 1:20PM CDT with live commentary from Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila and Woman Grandmaster Katerina Nemcova.