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2026 U.S. Junior & Senior Chess Championships

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Event Details

Jul 12, 2026 - Jul 25, 2026

The Saint Louis Chess Club is proud to again host the U.S. Senior Championship, U.S. Junior Championship, and U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship for 2026. This year we are pleased to announce that the U.S. Senior Women’s Championships will also be held in tandem with the other three tournaments.

All four tournaments are by invitation-only to showcase America’s past and upcoming chess phenoms, for newly increased prize funds across all events! For the Senior Championship the purse is $100,000; for the Senior Women’s Championship, $60,000; for the Juniors Championship, $75,000; and for the Girls Championship, $50,000 in total prizes.

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U.S. Junior Championship

America’s rising stars compete for the national junior title.

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2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Chess Championship

U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship

The country’s top young women battle for the national crown.

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U.S. Senior Championship

Accomplished champions and legends compete for the U.S. Senior title.

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2026 U.S. Senior Women’s Chess Championship

U.S. Senior Women’s Championship

A landmark field of accomplished players contests the national title.

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Follow all the action as it happens by watching our professional commentary team of Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan and Cristian Chirila and WGM Katerina Nemcova on the Saint Louis Chess Club’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

Regulations & Schedule of Events

Rounds 1–9 begin daily at 12:00 PM CT from July 14–23, with a rest day on July 19 and playoffs on July 24. Full regulations and the complete schedule of events are below.

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ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 ROUND 5 ROUND 6

2026 Junior Girls Chess Championship - Day 1 - LOJ07104

2026 U.S. Junior Championship - Day 2 - LOJ08517

2026 U.S. Junior Chess Championship - LOJ07721

2026 U.S. Senior Chess Championship - Day 2 - LOJ08569

Agenda

The Players

Pairings

Recaps & News

JULY 12, 2026 -PLAYER ARRIVAL

PLAYER ARRIVAL

JULY 13, 2026 - PRIVATE OPENING CEREMONY

PHOTOS & INTERVIEWS

PLAYER MEETING

PRIVATE OPENING CEREMONY

JULY 14, 2026 - ROUND 1

12:00 PM

ROUND 1

JULY 15, 2026 - ROUND 2

12:00 PM

ROUND 2

JULY 16, 2026 - ROUND 3

12:00 PM

ROUND 3

JULY 17, 2026 - ROUND 4

12:00 PM

ROUND 4

JULY 18, 2026 - ROUND 5

12:00 PM

ROUND 5

JULY 19, 2026 - REST DAY

REST DAY

JULY 20, 2026 - ROUND 6

12:00 PM

ROUND 6

JULY 21, 2026 - ROUND 7

12:00 PM

ROUND 7

JULY 22, 2026 - ROUND 8

12:00 PM

ROUND 8

JULY 23, 2026 - ROUND 9

12:00 PM

ROUND 9

JULY 24, 2026 - PLAYOFF

12:00 PM

PLAYOFF

PRIVATE CLOSING CEREMONY

JULY 25, 2026 - PLAYER DEPARTURE

PLAYER DEPARTURE

Abhimanyu Mishra

Invitational Rating: 2638 (July 2026)

Andy Woodward

Invitational Rating: 2638 (July 2026)

Kirk Ghazarian

Invitational Rating: 2546 (July 2026)

Brewington Hardaway

Invitational Rating: 2501 (July 2026)

Liam Putnam

Invitational Rating: 2515 (July 2026)

Nico Chasin

Invitational Rating: 2479 (July 2026)

Tanitoluwa Adewumi

Invitational Rating: 2467 (July 2026)

Evan Park

Invitational Rating: 2432 (July 2026)

Alice Lee

Invitational Rating: 2421 (July 2026)

Bach Ngo

Invitational Rating: 2381 (July 2026)

Rose Atwell

Invitational Rating: 2386 (July 2026)

Zoey Tang

Invitational Rating: 2332 (July 2026)

Rachael Li

Invitational Rating: 2314 (July 2026)

Iris Mou

Invitational Rating: 2241 (July 2026)

Megan Paragua

Invitational Rating: 2243 (July 2026)

Chloe Gaw

Invitational Rating: 2191 (July 2026)

Jasmine Su

Invitational Rating: 2233 (July 2026)

Rochelle Wu

Invitational Rating: 2199 (July 2026)

Aimee Yang

Invitational Rating: 2071 (July 2026)

Irene Fei

Invitational Rating: 2028 (July 2026)

Alex Onischuk

Invitational Rating: 2640 (July 2026)

Vladimir Akopian

Invitational Rating: 2551 (July 2026)

Alexander Goldin

Invitational Rating: 2537 (July 2026)

Gregory Kaidanov

Invitational Rating: 2492 (July 2026)

Igor Novikov

Invitational Rating: 2475 (July 2026)

Joel Benjamin

Invitational Rating: 2471 (July 2026)

Stuart Rachels

Invitational Rating: 2431 (July 2026)

Alexander Shabalov

Invitational Rating: 2428 (July 2026)

Alex Fishbein

Invitational Rating: 2408 (July 2026)

Jesse Kraai

Invitational Rating: 2375 (July 2026)

Anjelina Belakovskaia

Invitational Rating: 2168 (July 2026)

Natalya Tsodikova

Invitational Rating: 2059 (July 2026)

Olga Sagalchik

Invitational Rating: 2090 (July 2026)

Catherine Dodson

Invitational Rating: 2065 (July 2026)

Beatriz Marinello

Invitational Rating: 2060 (July 2026)

Diana Lanni

Invitational Rating: 2040 (July 2026)

Ivona Jezierska

Invitational Rating: 1996 (July 2026)

Jennifer Skidmore Smith

Invitational Rating: 1943 (July 2026)

Chouchanik Airapetian

Invitational Rating: 1916 (July 2026)

Alexey Root

Invitational Rating: 1825 (July 2026)

2026 U.S. Junior Championship – All Rounds

Round 1

Board	White	Black
1	GM Kirk Ghazarian	GM Brewington Hardaway
2	IM Liam H Putnam	GM Andy A Woodward
3	IM Bach Ngo	GM Nico W Chasin
4	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi	GM Abhimanyu Mishra
5	IM Alice T Lee	IM Evan Park

Round 2

Board	White	Black
1	GM Brewington Hardaway	IM Evan Park
2	GM Abhimanyu Mishra	IM Alice T Lee
3	GM Nico W Chasin	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi
4	GM Andy A Woodward	IM Bach Ngo
5	GM Kirk Ghazarian	IM Liam H Putnam

Round 3

Board	White	Black
1	IM Liam H Putnam	GM Brewington Hardaway
2	IM Bach Ngo	GM Kirk Ghazarian
3	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi	GM Andy A Woodward
4	IM Alice T Lee	GM Nico W Chasin
5	IM Evan Park	GM Abhimanyu Mishra

Round 4

Board	White	Black
1	GM Brewington Hardaway	GM Abhimanyu Mishra
2	GM Nico W Chasin	IM Evan Park
3	GM Andy A Woodward	IM Alice T Lee
4	GM Kirk Ghazarian	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi
5	IM Liam H Putnam	IM Bach Ngo

Round 5

Board	White	Black
1	IM Bach Ngo	GM Brewington Hardaway
2	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi	IM Liam H Putnam
3	IM Alice T Lee	GM Kirk Ghazarian
4	IM Evan Park	GM Andy A Woodward
5	GM Abhimanyu Mishra	GM Nico W Chasin

Round 6

Board	White	Black
1	GM Brewington Hardaway	GM Nico W Chasin
2	GM Andy A Woodward	GM Abhimanyu Mishra
3	GM Kirk Ghazarian	IM Evan Park
4	IM Liam H Putnam	IM Alice T Lee
5	IM Bach Ngo	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi

Round 7

Board	White	Black
1	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi	GM Brewington Hardaway
2	IM Alice T Lee	IM Bach Ngo
3	IM Evan Park	IM Liam H Putnam
4	GM Abhimanyu Mishra	GM Kirk Ghazarian
5	GM Nico W Chasin	GM Andy A Woodward

Round 8

Board	White	Black
1	GM Brewington Hardaway	GM Andy A Woodward
2	GM Kirk Ghazarian	GM Nico W Chasin
3	IM Liam H Putnam	GM Abhimanyu Mishra
4	IM Bach Ngo	IM Evan Park
5	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi	IM Alice T Lee

Round 9

Board	White	Black
1	IM Alice T Lee	GM Brewington Hardaway
2	IM Evan Park	IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi
3	GM Abhimanyu Mishra	IM Bach Ngo
4	GM Nico W Chasin	IM Liam H Putnam
5	GM Andy A Woodward	GM Kirk Ghazarian

2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship – All Rounds

Round 1

Board	White	Black
1	WGM Iris Mou	WGM Rochelle Wu
2	WGM Zoey Tang	FM Megan A Paragua
3	WFM Aimee Yang	WIM Chloe Gaw
4	WFM Irene Fei	FM Jasmine Su
5	FM Rose Atwell	WIM Rachael Li

Round 2

Board	White	Black
1	WGM Rochelle Wu	WIM Rachael Li
2	FM Jasmine Su	FM Rose Atwell
3	WIM Chloe Gaw	WFM Irene Fei
4	FM Megan A Paragua	WFM Aimee Yang
5	WGM Iris Mou	WGM Zoey Tang

Round 3

Board	White	Black
1	WGM Zoey Tang	WGM Rochelle Wu
2	WFM Aimee Yang	WGM Iris Mou
3	WFM Irene Fei	FM Megan A Paragua
4	FM Rose Atwell	WIM Chloe Gaw
5	WIM Rachael Li	FM Jasmine Su

Round 4

Board	White	Black
1	WGM Rochelle Wu	FM Jasmine Su
2	WIM Chloe Gaw	WIM Rachael Li
3	FM Megan A Paragua	FM Rose Atwell
4	WGM Iris Mou	WFM Irene Fei
5	WGM Zoey Tang	WFM Aimee Yang

Round 5

Board	White	Black
1	WFM Aimee Yang	WGM Rochelle Wu
2	WFM Irene Fei	WGM Zoey Tang
3	FM Rose Atwell	WGM Iris Mou
4	WIM Rachael Li	FM Megan A Paragua
5	FM Jasmine Su	WIM Chloe Gaw

Round 6

Board	White	Black
1	WGM Rochelle Wu	WIM Chloe Gaw
2	FM Megan A Paragua	FM Jasmine Su
3	WGM Iris Mou	WIM Rachael Li
4	WGM Zoey Tang	FM Rose Atwell
5	WFM Aimee Yang	WFM Irene Fei

Round 7

Board	White	Black
1	WFM Irene Fei	WGM Rochelle Wu
2	FM Rose Atwell	WFM Aimee Yang
3	WIM Rachael Li	WGM Zoey Tang
4	FM Jasmine Su	WGM Iris Mou
5	WIM Chloe Gaw	FM Megan A Paragua

Round 8

Board	White	Black
1	WGM Rochelle Wu	FM Megan A Paragua
2	WGM Iris Mou	WIM Chloe Gaw
3	WGM Zoey Tang	FM Jasmine Su
4	WFM Aimee Yang	WIM Rachael Li
5	WFM Irene Fei	FM Rose Atwell

Round 9

Board	White	Black
1	FM Rose Atwell	WGM Rochelle Wu
2	WIM Rachael Li	WFM Irene Fei
3	FM Jasmine Su	WFM Aimee Yang
4	WIM Chloe Gaw	WGM Zoey Tang
5	FM Megan A Paragua	WGM Iris Mou

2026 U.S. Senior Championship – All Rounds

Round 1

Board	White	Black
1	GM Alexander Shabalov	GM Alexander Onischuk
2	GM Alexander Goldin	IM Stuart Rachels
3	GM Gregory Kaidanov	GM Joel Benjamin
4	GM Vladimir Akopian	GM Igor Novikov
5	GM Alexander Fishbein	GM Jesse Kraai

Round 2

Board	White	Black
1	GM Alexander Onischuk	GM Jesse Kraai
2	GM Igor Novikov	GM Alexander Fishbein
3	GM Joel Benjamin	GM Vladimir Akopian
4	IM Stuart Rachels	GM Gregory Kaidanov
5	GM Alexander Shabalov	GM Alexander Goldin

Round 3

Board	White	Black
1	GM Alexander Goldin	GM Alexander Onischuk
2	GM Gregory Kaidanov	GM Alexander Shabalov
3	GM Vladimir Akopian	IM Stuart Rachels
4	GM Alexander Fishbein	GM Joel Benjamin
5	GM Jesse Kraai	GM Igor Novikov

Round 4

Board	White	Black
1	GM Alexander Onischuk	GM Igor Novikov
2	GM Joel Benjamin	GM Jesse Kraai
3	IM Stuart Rachels	GM Alexander Fishbein
4	GM Alexander Shabalov	GM Vladimir Akopian
5	GM Alexander Goldin	GM Gregory Kaidanov

Round 5

Board	White	Black
1	GM Gregory Kaidanov	GM Alexander Onischuk
2	GM Vladimir Akopian	GM Alexander Goldin
3	GM Alexander Fishbein	GM Alexander Shabalov
4	GM Jesse Kraai	IM Stuart Rachels
5	GM Igor Novikov	GM Joel Benjamin

Round 6

Board	White	Black
1	GM Alexander Onischuk	GM Joel Benjamin
2	IM Stuart Rachels	GM Igor Novikov
3	GM Alexander Shabalov	GM Jesse Kraai
4	GM Alexander Goldin	GM Alexander Fishbein
5	GM Gregory Kaidanov	GM Vladimir Akopian

Round 7

Board	White	Black
1	GM Vladimir Akopian	GM Alexander Onischuk
2	GM Alexander Fishbein	GM Gregory Kaidanov
3	GM Jesse Kraai	GM Alexander Goldin
4	GM Igor Novikov	GM Alexander Shabalov
5	GM Joel Benjamin	IM Stuart Rachels

Round 8

Board	White	Black
1	GM Alexander Onischuk	IM Stuart Rachels
2	GM Alexander Shabalov	GM Joel Benjamin
3	GM Alexander Goldin	GM Igor Novikov
4	GM Gregory Kaidanov	GM Jesse Kraai
5	GM Vladimir Akopian	GM Alexander Fishbein

Round 9

Board	White	Black
1	GM Alexander Fishbein	GM Alexander Onischuk
2	GM Jesse Kraai	GM Vladimir Akopian
3	GM Igor Novikov	GM Gregory Kaidanov
4	GM Joel Benjamin	GM Alexander Goldin
5	IM Stuart Rachels	GM Alexander Shabalov

2026 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship – All Rounds

Round 1

Board	White	Black
1	WFM Olga Sagalchik	WIM Alexey Root
2	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia
3	WCM Diana Lanni	WFM Natalya Tsodikova
4	WIM Beatriz Marinello	WFM Ivona Jezierska
5	Jennifer Skidmore Smith	Catherine Dodson

Round 2

Board	White	Black
1	WIM Alexey Root	Catherine Dodson
2	WFM Ivona Jezierska	Jennifer Skidmore Smith
3	WFM Natalya Tsodikova	WIM Beatriz Marinello
4	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia	WCM Diana Lanni
5	WFM Olga Sagalchik	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian

Round 3

Board	White	Black
1	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian	WIM Alexey Root
2	WCM Diana Lanni	WFM Olga Sagalchik
3	WIM Beatriz Marinello	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia
4	Jennifer Skidmore Smith	WFM Natalya Tsodikova
5	Catherine Dodson	WFM Ivona Jezierska

Round 4

Board	White	Black
1	WIM Alexey Root	WFM Ivona Jezierska
2	WFM Natalya Tsodikova	Catherine Dodson
3	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia	Jennifer Skidmore Smith
4	WFM Olga Sagalchik	WIM Beatriz Marinello
5	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian	WCM Diana Lanni

Round 5

Board	White	Black
1	WCM Diana Lanni	WIM Alexey Root
2	WIM Beatriz Marinello	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian
3	Jennifer Skidmore Smith	WFM Olga Sagalchik
4	Catherine Dodson	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia
5	WFM Ivona Jezierska	WFM Natalya Tsodikova

Round 6

Board	White	Black
1	WIM Alexey Root	WFM Natalya Tsodikova
2	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia	WFM Ivona Jezierska
3	WFM Olga Sagalchik	Catherine Dodson
4	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian	Jennifer Skidmore Smith
5	WCM Diana Lanni	WIM Beatriz Marinello

Round 7

Board	White	Black
1	WIM Beatriz Marinello	WIM Alexey Root
2	Jennifer Skidmore Smith	WCM Diana Lanni
3	Catherine Dodson	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian
4	WFM Ivona Jezierska	WFM Olga Sagalchik
5	WFM Natalya Tsodikova	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia

Round 8

Board	White	Black
1	WIM Alexey Root	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia
2	WFM Olga Sagalchik	WFM Natalya Tsodikova
3	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian	WFM Ivona Jezierska
4	WCM Diana Lanni	Catherine Dodson
5	WIM Beatriz Marinello	Jennifer Skidmore Smith

Round 9

Board	White	Black
1	Jennifer Skidmore Smith	WIM Alexey Root
2	Catherine Dodson	WIM Beatriz Marinello
3	WFM Ivona Jezierska	WCM Diana Lanni
4	WFM Natalya Tsodikova	WFM Chouchanik Airapetian
5	WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia	WFM Olga Sagalchik