Event Details

Feb 24, 2026 - Mar 2, 2026

Saint Louis Chess Club

2026 Saint Louis Masters - GM Mikhail Antipov holding winners trophy
The 2026 Saint Louis Masters is a premier chess event featuring top international players competing over nine intense rounds from February 25 to March 2, at the Club’s newly renovated tournament venue. The purpose of this 9-round Swiss System Invitational tournament is to provide internationally titled and up-and-coming titled chess players an opportunity to compete in a prestigious tournament against a high level of competition along with a substantial prize fund of $100,000.

Spectators will be allowed in the tournament hall if they are a STLCC member or have purchased a day pass. Members and Day pass holders will have access to in-person commentary happening at the Saint Louis Chess Club featuring Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan and the Grandmaster In Residence, GM Illia Nyznyk for round 4, and rounds 6 – 9.

About the Tournament:

  • Tournament Dates: February 24-March 2, 2026  (Arrival-Departure); Play begins on February 25 and concludes on March 1.
  • Location: Saint Louis Chess Chess Club, 4663 Maryland Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri
  • Prize Fund: $100,000
  • Time Control: 90 minutes per game with a 30-second increment from move one
  • Invitation Criteria:
  • Players must play at least 9 games
  • Players must meet the required mix of opponents; FIDE titles, Federations, and Rating.
  • The Field must meet the requirements of 1.4.3 subsection d – Swiss System tournaments in which participants include in every round at least 20 FIDE rated players, not from the host federation, from at least 3 different federations, at least 10 of whom hold GM, IM, WGM or WIM titles. (Players who can be counted must only miss one round (excluding pairing allocated byes).
  • A maximum of ⅗ of the opponents may come from the applicant’s federation and a maximum of ⅔ of the opponents from one federation.
  • Titles of opponents must meet the requirements of 1.4.5 subsections a-e.
  • Rating of opponents must meet the requirements of 1.4.6 subsections a-d.
  • Rating average of opponents must meet the requirements of 1.4.7 subsections a-b.
  • Performance Rating must meet the requirements of 1.4.8 for the specific title being sought.
  • None of these requirements guarantee the awarding of norms for players for this event.

The Saint Louis Masters is an invitation-only swiss tournament.

 -Invitation requests are now closed. Thank you for your interest.-

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DAY 1 DAY 2
photo from the 2026 Saint Louis Masters Round 1 - featuring GM Abhimanyu Mishra vs GM Raja Harshit
2026 Saint Louis Masters Round 1 - wide shot playing hall
2026 Saint Louis Masters - Day 2 - GM Fabiano Caruana
2026 Saint Louis Masters - Day 2 - WGM Jennifer Yu
Place Name Rating Pts Amount Prize
1 GM Mikhail Antipov 2591 (2639) 7.5 $25,000 1st
2 GM Fabiano Caruana 2795 (2876) 7.0 $15,000 2nd
3 GM Lorenzo Lodici 2590 6.5 $8,000 3rd
4–8 GM V Pranav 2641 (2653) 6.0 $5,300 4th–8th
GM Aryan Chopra 2631 (2642) 6.0 $5,300 4th–8th
GM Andrew Hong 2587 (2673) 6.0 $5,300 4th–8th
GM Francesco Sonis 2561 (2635) 6.0 $5,300 4th–8th
IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi 2433 (2517) 6.0 $5,300 4th–8th
9–18 GM Abhimanyu Mishra 2629 (2731) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
GM Vasif Durarbayli 2612 (2695) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
GM Andy Austin Woodward 2608 (2708) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
GM Yasser Quesada Perez 2562 (2631) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
GM Varuzhan Akobian 2549 (2594) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
GM Titas Stremavicius 2547 (2606) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
GM Denis Kadric 2540 (2626) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
GM Gergely Kantor 2515 (2549) 5.5 $1,425 9th–10th / 1st–2nd U2600
IM Liam Henry Putnam 2485 (2551) 5.5 $2,100 1st–2nd U2500
IM Anthony Atanasov 2441 (2520) 5.5 $2,100 1st–2nd U2500
19–31 GM Grigoriy Oparin 2658 (2729) 5.0
GM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2595 (2642) 5.0
GM Alexandr Fier 2572 (2579) 5.0
GM Isik Can 2562 (2659) 5.0
GM Brewington Hardaway 2544 (2617) 5.0
GM Viktor Matviishen 2533 (2610) 5.0
GM Nikolozi Kacharava 2501 (2607) 5.0
GM Emilio Cordova Daza 2494 (2577) 5.0 $183 3rd U2500
GM Arman Mikaelyan 2494 (2591) 5.0 $183 3rd U2500
IM Bohdan Bilovil 2446 (2512) 5.0 $183 3rd U2500
IM Samrug Narayanan 2438 (2532) 5.0 $183 3rd U2500
IM Maximillian Lu 2424 (2506) 5.0 $183 3rd U2500
IM Evan Park 2419 (2520) 5.0 $183 3rd U2500
32–39 GM Gleb Dudin 2596 (2649) 4.5
GM Robby Kevlishvili 2527 (2603) 4.5
GM Luka Budisavljevic 2501 (2579) 4.5
GM Christopher Repka 2495 (2577) 4.5
GM Harshit Raja 2472 (2546) 4.5
IM Carissa Shiwen Yip 2466 (2551) 4.5 $2,500 1st Woman
IM Robert Shlyakhtenko 2453 (2547) 4.5
IM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy 2367 (2446) 4.5 $2,400 1st U2400
40–52 GM Max Warmerdam 2580 4.0
GM Bryce Tiglon 2550 (2625) 4.0
GM Dimitris Alexakis 2538 4.0
GM Harsha Bharathakoti 2538 (2621) 4.0
GM Viktor Gazik 2537 (2603) 4.0
IM Dimitar Mardov 2504 (2579) 4.0
IM Hasan Huseyin Celik 2495 4.0
IM Amilal Munkhdalai 2455 (2530) 4.0
IM Oleksii Bilych 2450 (2560) 4.0
IM Atilla Kuru 2450 4.0
IM Roman Pyrih 2403 (2494) 4.0
FM Rose Atwell 2337 (2413) 4.0 $1,500 2nd Woman
IM Tianqi Wang 2331 (2423) 4.0 $1,400 2nd U2400
53–56 GM Benjamin Bok 2592 (2642) 3.5
GM Mark Heimann 2511 (2590) 3.5
GM Mahel Boyer 2486 (2511) 3.5
IM Grayson Rorrer 2415 (2499) 3.5
57–63 IM Tatev Abrahamyan 2378 (2455) 3.0 $143 3rd U2400
IM Eric S Rosen 2377 (2445) 3.0 $143 3rd U2400
IM Kostya Kavutskiy 2330 (2404) 3.0 $143 3rd U2400
WGM Jennifer R Yu 2309 (2354) 3.0 $143 3rd U2400
FM James Chirilov 2264 (2359) 3.0 $143 3rd U2400
WIM Sila Caglar 2215 (2309) 3.0 $143 3rd U2400
WGM Gabriela Antova 2168 (2299) 3.0 $143 3rd U2400
64–66 IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 2397 2.5
WGM Thalia Cervantes 2247 (2330) 2.5
WIM Tea Gueci 2138 (2147) 2.5
67 FM Apaar Saxena 2263 (2372) 2.0
68–69 IM Nico Werner Chasin 2520 (2587) 1.5
IM Anna Sargsyan 2372 (2452) 1.5
70 Lev Paciorkowski 2315 (2449) 1.0
$100,000 Total Prize Fund