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2024 U.S. Chess Championships | PROMO

October 1 2024

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National titles are on the line as America’s best chess players compete in Saint Louis for the U.S. & U.S. Women’s Championships. From October 11-24, see 24 players across both tournaments (fields below) fight for more than a $400,000 prize fund. Can Caruana and Yip defend their titles?

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U.S. Chess Championship

Fabiano Caruana – U.S. Champion
Wesley So
Leinier Dominguez
Levon Aronian
Ray Robson
Hans Niemann
Sam Sevian
Sam Shankland
Grigoriy Oparin
Awonder Liang – U.S. Open Champion
Abhimanyu Mishra – Wildcard
Christopher Yoo – U.S. Junior Champion

U.S. Women’s Championship

Irina Krush
Carissa Yip – U.S. Women’s Champion
Begim Tokhirjonova
Alice Lee – U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion
Anna Zatonskih
Nazi Paikidze
Tatev Abrahamyan
Atousa Pourkashiyan
Megan Lee
Jennifer Yu
Thalia Cervantes
Rose Atwell – Wildcard

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