Kings vs. Queens Tournament

No.	Title	Last Name	First Name	Total Points	Individual Prize	Team Prize	Total Prize	Individual Prizes
1	GM	Nakamura	Hikaru	9.5	$5,500	$4,000	$9,500	1	$5,500
2	GM	Finegold	Ben	7.5	$5,000	$4,000	$9,000	2	$5,000
3	GM	Arnold	Marc	6	$4,250	$4,000	$8,250	3	$4,500
4	IM	Stopa	Jacek	6	$4,250	$4,000	$8,250	4	$4,000
5	NM	Cao	Kevin	2.5	$1,500	$4,000	$5,500	5	$3,500
1	GM	Lahno	Kateryna	5	$3,000	$0	$3,000	6	$3,000
2	GM	Kosteniuk	Alexandra	5.5	$3,500	$0	$3,500	7	$2,500
3	IM	Krush	Irina	3	$2,500	$0	$2,500	8	$2,000
4	IM	Zatonskih	Anna	2.5	$1,500	$0	$1,500	9	$1,500
5	IM	Fierro	Martha	2.5	$1,500	$0	$1,500	10	$1,000

Queens

• GM Kateryna Lahno (2554) - Ukraine
• IM Anna Zatonskih (2508) - U.S.
• GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2469) - Russia
• IM Irina Krush (2472) - U.S.
• IM Martha Fierro (2378) - Ecuador

Kings

• GM Hikaru Nakamura (2753) - U.S.
• IM Marc Arnold (2505) - U.S.
• GM Ben Finegold (2489) - U.S.
• IM Jacek Stopa (2482) - Poland
• NM Kevin Cao (2152) - U.S.

The average team rating of both the Queens and Kings  is 2476 FIDE. This will be a Scheveningen-paired tournament, in which each of the five team members will play each of the opposing team members twice: once in a Fischer Random (Chess 960) game with a time control of G/25 + 10-second increment and once in a rapid game with a time control of G/25 with a 5-second increment.

The Opening Ceremony for the tournament will take place on September 9, and the first round will begin at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday, September 10.

The winning team of the event will win $20,000, divided equally between each member of that team. In addition, individual prizes will be awarded based on final standings and are are as follows:

• 1st: $5,500
• 2nd: $5,000
• 3rd: $4,500
• 4th: $4,000
• 5th: $3,500
• 6th: $3,000
• 7th: $2,500
• 8th: $2,000
• 9th: $1,500
• 10th: $1,000

Individual prizes total $32,500 and, when coupled with the team prize, the total prize fund for this event is $52,500.

GM Yasser Seirawan and WGM Jennifer Shahade will provide live commentary of the event, which will be open to the public. The event also will be broadcast live via the CCSCSL’s Livestream web channel: www.livestream.com/uschess.