Current - October 26, 2025
2025 U.S. Chess Championships Tickets Now On Sale!
This event has already taken place. All information below is for reference only.
total Prize fund
$150,000
Event Type
Invitational Events
Format
Round Robin
Nov 10, 2016 - Nov 14, 2016
This November, in true holiday spirit, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host a showdown between four of the top rated players in the world. Over five days in the ultimate champions matchup, No. 3 rated Fabiano Caruana, No. 7 rated Hikaru Nakamura, and two former world champions, No. 8 Viswanathan Anand of India and No. 13 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, will compete in three different styles of chess: two classical round robins (G/60 +5 delay), two rapid round robins (G/15 +5 delay) and four blitz round robins (G/3 +2 delay)
Join us at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Thursday, November 10 through Monday, November 14 to watch the showdown play out live.
Nov 9, Wednesday
Nov 10, Thursday
Nov 11, Friday
Nov 12, Saturday
Nov 13, Sunday
Nov 14, Monday
Nov 15, Monday
Prizes
May 3, 2013 - May 13, 2013
May 5, 2013 - May 13, 2013
June 13, 2013 - June 23, 2013
September 9, 2013 - September 15, 2013
August 27, 2014 - September 7, 2014
March 31, 2015 - April 14, 2015
April 25, 2015 - April 26, 2015
July 6, 2015 - July 16, 2015
November 12, 2015 - November 15, 2015