Current - September 14, 2026
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Oct 7, 2026 - Oct 23, 2026
Saint Louis Chess Club
The Saint Louis Chess Club is proud to host the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. These prestigious tournaments will feature the nation’s top players competing for the most coveted titles in American chess and a total prize fund of $402,000.
The expert commentary team of Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley and Woman Grandmaster Katerina Nemcova will call the action live and provide game analysis daily online, on the Saint Louis Chess Club’s YouTube and Twitch channels.
OCTOBER 7 - PLAYER ARRIVAL
OCTOBER 8 - TICKETED OPENING CEREMONY & U.S. AND WORLD INDUCTIONS
OCTOBER 9 - ROUND 1
OCTOBER 10 - ROUND 2
OCTOBER 11 - ROUND 3
OCTOBER 12 - ROUND 4
OCTOBER 13 - REST DAY
OCTOBER 14 - ROUND 5
OCTOBER 15 - ROUND 6
OCTOBER 16 - ROUND 7
OCTOBER 17 - ROUND 8
OCTOBER 18 - REST DAY
OCTOBER 19 - ROUND 9
OCTOBER 20 - ROUND 10
OCTOBER 21 - ROUND 11
OCTOBER 22 - PLAYOFF & TICKETED CLOSING CEREMONY
OCTOBER 23 - PLAYER DEPARTURE
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Hans Niemann
Levon Aronian
Awonder Liang
Sam Sevian
Ray Robson
Jeffery Xiong
Sam Shankland
Abhimanyu Mishra
Andy Woodward
Grigoriy Oparin
Carissa Yip
Alice Lee
Irina Krush
Rose Atwell
Tatev Abrahamyan
Anna Sargsyan
Rachael Li
Jennifer Yu
Anna Zatonskih
Nazi Paikidze
Thalia Cervantes
Megan Paragua
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
