August 9, 2025 - August 17, 2025
2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | August 9 - 17
This event has already taken place. All information below is for reference only.
total Prize fund
$225,000
Event Type
Invitational Events
Streaming
Time Control
40/90; G/30; +30
Format
10-Player Round Robins
In-Person
Off Campus
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POSTGAME PLAYOFF: Fishbein is Champion!
POSTGAME ROUND 9: Andy & Zoey are Champions!
Jul 13, 2025 - Jul 26, 2025
12:00 pm CDT - 6:00 pm CDT
1034 S Brentwood Blvd, Richmond Heights, MO 63117
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 2025. All three tournaments are by invitation-only to showcase America’s past and upcoming chess phenoms, for newly increased prize funds across all three events! For the Senior Championship the purse is $100,000; for the Juniors Championship, $75,000; and for the Girls Championship, $50,000 in total prizes.
Follow all the action as it happens by watching our professional commentary team of Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan and Cristian Chirila and International Master Nazi Paikidze on the Saint Louis Chess Club’s Youtube and Twitch channels.
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REGULATIONS
*The rating for players is based on the April 2025 US Chess Invitational Rating lists, part of the US Chess Invitational Event Regulations which were used to determine the invitations for these events, https://new.uschess.org/invitational-information.
Sunday, July 13
Monday, July 14
Tuesday, July 15 - Round 1
Wednesday, July 16 - Round 2
Thursday, July 17 - Round 3
Friday, July 18 - Round 4
Saturday, July 19 - Round 5
Sunday, July 20 - Rest Day
Monday, July 21 - Round 6
Tuesday, July 22 - Round 7
Wednesday, July 23 - Round 8
Thursday, July 24 - Round 9
Friday, July 25 - Playoff
Saturday, July 26
Vladimir Akopian
Larry Christiansen
Gregory Kaidanov
Alexander Goldin
Maxim Dlugy
Joel Benjamin
Igor Novikov
Alexander Shabalov
Alex Fishbein
Tim Taylor
Abhimanyu Mishra
Andy Woodward
Justin Wang
Brewington Hardaway
Kirk Ghazarian
Sharvesh Deviprasath
Evan Park
Nico Chasin
Grayson Rorrer
Sandeep Sethuraman
Zoey Tang
Rose Atwell
Ruiyang Yan
Rochelle Wu
Rachael Li
Iris Mou
Jasmine Su
Megan Paragua
Chloe Gaw
Laurie Qiu
The rating for players is based on the April 2025 US Chess Invitational Rating lists, part of the US Chess Invitational Event Regulations which were used to determine the invitations for these events, https://new.uschess.org/invitational-information.
POSTGAME ROUND 8: Only Two Rounds Left to Make Their Mark!
POSTGAME ROUND 7: Day of the Spoilers
POSTGAME ROUND 6: Could Abhi Slow Andy?
POSTGAME ROUND 5: All About the Juniors
POSTGAME ROUND 4: Mishra’s Gamble Pays Off!
POSTGAME ROUND 3: Woodward In The Lead With Perfect 3/3 | 2025 U.S. National Championships
POSTGAME ROUND 2: Day of the Juniors | 2025 U.S. National Championships
POSTGAME ROUND 1: An Exciting Start | 2025 U.S. National Championships
Saint Louis Welcomes Rising Stars and Chess Legends for 2025 U.S. Junior, Junior Girls and Senior Championships
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
July 15, 2021 - July 26, 2021
