2022 U.S. Championship

2022 U.S. Chess & Women’s Chess Championship - Day 3 Recap

 by NM Vanessa West

GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Christopher Yoo join the tie for first in the U.S. Championship with critical victories. In the U.S. Women’s Championship, FM Alice Lee and WIM Megan Lee reached 2.5 to narrow down the leaderboard. 

2022 U.S. Chess & Women’s Chess Championship - Day 2 Recap

 

by NM Vanessa West

The youngest players in each section, 12-year-old Alice Lee and 15-year-old Christopher Yoo, scored key upsets in Round 2 of the U.S. Chess & U.S. Women’s Chess Championships. Yoo defeated reigning champion GM Wesley So while Lee defeated WGM Begim Tokhirjonova to reach 2-0. 

2022 U.S. Chess & Women’s Chess Championship - Opening Ceremony and Day 1 Recap

America’s strongest chess players enter to find fish swimming through a giant mechanical clock. Sharks loom above grandmasters. Chess celebrities are photographed before colossal projections of octopuses and jellyfish. Where are we?

Pairings & Results

2022 U.S. Championship

The 2022 U.S. Championship will return as an elite over-the-board national championship event, featuring 14 of the strongest chess players in America. Over the course of 13 rounds, these competitors will battle for $250,500 in prize money and the coveted title of 2022 U.S. Champion.

Tuesday, October 4th will kick off the chess festivities with the Public Opening Ceremony for the 2022 U.S. Chess and U.S. Women's Chess Championships and will conclude with a Public Closing Cermeony on Thursday, October 20th. 

Fans can watch the daily rounds at 1:20pm online at uschesschamps.com.

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