Saint Louis, 12-25.10.2025.
Ukupan nagradni fond 402.000 dolara; kod muškaraca nagradni fond iznosi 250.000 dolara (1.nagrada 55.000 dolara, 2.nagrada 43.000 dolara…12,nagrada 6.000 dolara). Nagradni fond kod žena iznosi 152.000 dolara (1.nagrada 35.000 dolara, 2.nagrada 30.000 dolara…12.nagrada 4000 dolara).
2025 US Championship
12. oktobra počeo je šampionat SAD. Na turniru za muškarce na kojem igra 12 šahista po kružnom sistemu odigrana su dva kola. U prvom kolu pobjede su postigli Caruana i Aronian, a u drugom Shankland i So. Tako posle 2 kola u vođstvu se nalaze Caruana, Aronian, Shankland i So sa po 1,5 poen.
Na turniru igra i Hans Moke Niemann koji je prve dvije partije rermizirao.
GM Wesley So-GM Grigoriy Oparin, 1.kolo
| Round 1 on 2025/10/12 at 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | |||||
| 1 | 2698 | GM | Sevian, Samuel | ½ – ½ | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2654 | |||
| 2 | 2756 | GM | So, Wesley | ½ – ½ | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2738 | |||
| 3 | 2789 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 1 – 0 | GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | 2661 | |||
| 4 | 2590 | GM | Woodward, Andy | 0 – 1 | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2722 | |||
| 5 | 2710 | GM | Liang, Awonder | ½ – ½ | GM | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 2652 | |||
| 6 | 2577 | GM | Swiercz, Dariusz | ½ – ½ | GM | Robson, Ray | 2664 | |||
| Round 2 on 2025/10/13 at 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | |||||
| 1 | 2661 | GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | ½ – ½ | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2738 | |||
| 2 | 2654 | GM | Shankland, Sam | 1 – 0 | GM | Swiercz, Dariusz | 2577 | |||
| 3 | 2722 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ½ – ½ | GM | Liang, Awonder | 2710 | |||
| 4 | 2652 | GM | Mishra, Abhimanyu | ½ – ½ | GM | Sevian, Samuel | 2698 | |||
| 5 | 2664 | GM | Robson, Ray | 0 – 1 | GM | So, Wesley | 2756 | |||
| 6 | 2789 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | ½ – ½ | GM | Woodward, Andy | 2590 | |||
Stanje posle 2.kola
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | GM | So, Wesley | USA | 2756 | 1,5 |
| GM | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2654 | 1,5 | |
| GM | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2722 | 1,5 | |
| 4 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2789 | 1,5 |
| 5 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2738 | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Mishra, Abhimanyu | USA | 2652 | 1 |
| 7 | GM | Liang, Awonder | USA | 2710 | 1 |
| GM | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2698 | 1 | |
| 9 | GM | Swiercz, Dariusz | USA | 2577 | 0,5 |
| GM | Robson, Ray | USA | 2664 | 0,5 | |
| 11 | GM | Woodward, Andy | USA | 2590 | 0,5 |
| GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | USA | 2661 | 0,5 |
Caruana,F (2789) – Oparin,G (2661) [E36]
ch-USA 2025 Saint Louis USA (1), 12.10.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.e3 0–0
11.g4 Qe8 12.g5 hxg5 13.Nxg5 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bb5 e4 16.Rg1 Bb7 17.Nh3 Nh7 18.Qe2 Qc8 19.Kd2 Nc5 20.dxc5 Qxh3
21.Qh5 g6 22.c6 Bc8
23.Rxg6+ fxg6 24.Qxg6+ Kh8 25.Rg1 Bg4 26.Rxg4 Rf7
27.Bg3 1–0
Woodward,Andy (2590) – Aronian,L (2722) [D11]
ch-USA 2025 Saint Louis USA (1), 12.10.2025
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Ne5 Nfd7 9.Nd3 Bg6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rc1 Qxb3 12.axb3 Na6 13.Nf4 Nb4 14.Be2 a5 15.0–0 0–0 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Ra1 Nc2 18.Rab1 Nb4 19.Rfc1 Rfd8 20.Ra1 dxc4 21.bxc4
21…Nc5 22.Bd1 e5 23.Ne2 exd4 24.exd4 Ne6 25.Bc3 Bg5 26.Rcb1 Bf6 27.d5 cxd5 28.Bxb4 axb4 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.cxd5 Nc5 31.Nc1 Kf8 32.Be2 Rd8 33.Bc4 b5 34.Ba2 Ra8 35.d6 Ra6 36.Nb3 Ne4 37.Rc1 Nxd6 38.Bb1 Nc4 39.Nc5 Ra1 40.Nb3 Ra7 41.Rd1 Bxb2 42.Rd5 Ke7 43.Kf1 Ra3 44.Bc2 Bc3 45.Bd1 Nd6 46.Nc5 Ra1 47.Ke2 f5 48.g4 Bf6 49.Bb3 Rb1 50.Rd1 Rb2+ 51.Rd2 Rxd2+ 52.Kxd2 Nc4+ 53.Kd1 Na5 54.Kc2 Kd6 55.Nd3 Nxb3 56.Kxb3 Kd5 57.Nf4+ Ke4 58.Nxg6 f4 59.h4 Bd4 60.h5 Bxf2 61.g5 f3 62.h6 gxh6 63.gxh6
63… Bd4 0–1
Shankland,S (2654) – Swiercz,D (2577) [C53]
ch-USA 2025 Saint Louis USA (2), 13.10.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 0–0 6.Nbd2 d6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.b5 Ne7 10.0–0 Ng6 11.d4 Re8 12.Qc2 c6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Ba3 Qc7 16.Rab1 cxb5 17.Bxb5 Rd8 18.Bc4 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Qa2 Qc7 21.Rfd1 Rf8 22.Qb3 Bd7 23.Bd5 Bc6 24.Qc4 Rac8 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Bxc6 Rxc6 27.Qd3 Rfc8 28.Rb3 h6 29.h3 Qc7 30.Qb1 b6 31.Rb5 Rxc3 32.Rxb6 Rc1 33.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 35.Kh2 Nxe4 36.Nxe5 Ra1 37.f3 Nf6 38.Rb8+ Kh7 39.Nxf7 Rxa4 40.g4 Ra2+ 41.Kg3 Re2 42.Ra8 Re7 43.Nd6 Rd7 44.Nc4 Rc7 45.Ne3 Rc3 46.Kf2 Rc5 47.Ra7 Nd5 48.Nf5 Rc7 49.Rxa5 Nf4 50.h4 g6 51.Ne3 Re7 52.Nc4 Rc7 53.Ra4 Nd5 54.Nd6 Rd7 55.Ne4 Rf7 56.Ra6 Nf4 57.Rd6 Kg7 58.Rd2 Ne6 59.Ke3 Re7 60.Rd5 Nf8 61.Kf2 Nd7 62.h5 Ne5 63.Ng3 Nf7 64.Ra5 Rd7 65.hxg6 Kxg6 66.Nf5 Rd3 67.f4 Rb3 68.Ra6+ Kh7 69.Rf6 Rb7 70.Kg3 Ra7 71.Kh4 Rb7
72.Kh5 1–0
Robson,R (2664) – So,W (2756) [D37]
ch-USA 2025 Saint Louis USA (2), 13.10.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.a3 Qd7 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qc2 Be7 12.Rd1 Na5 13.Be2 f5 14.exf6 gxf6 15.0–0 Rg8 16.Ne4 Qa4 17.Qxa4+ Nxa4 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.dxc5 Rb8 20.g3 Bd5 21.Nd4 Rxb2 22.Bh5+
22…Rg6 23.Rb1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Nb3 25.Nxb3 cxb3 26.Bd1 Kd7 27.Bxb3 Bxb3 28.Rxb3 Kc6 29.Rb4 a5 30.Ra4 Kb5 31.Rh4 Rg7 32.a4+ Kc6 33.Bd2 Bxc5 34.Rf4 Rf7 35.Bxa5 Kd5 36.Rg4 Bd4 37.Rg8 c5 38.Bb6 e5 39.Rd8+ Ke4 40.Rc8
40…Kf3 41.Bxc5 Rb7 42.h3 Rb1+ 43.Kh2
43…Rc1 44.Bxd4 Rxc8 45.Bb6 Rc1 46.g4 Ra1 47.Bd8 Ra2 0–1
2025 US Women’s Championship
Žene su u šahu uglavnom dosta borbenije od muškaraca tako da ima više odlučenih partija. U prvom kolu pobjede su postigle Anna Sargsyan, Irina Krush i Purkashiyan Atousa. U drugom kolu su odlučene čak četiri partije i pobjede su postigle Atwell Rose, Alice Lee, Paikidze Nazi i Sargsyan Anna. Na vrhu tabele se izdvojila Anna Sargsyan sa 2 poena, dok je na drugom mjestu Paikidze Nazi sa 1,5 poen.
IM Nazi Paikidze-GM Thalia Cervantes
| Round 1 on 2025/10/12 at 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | |||||
| 7 | 2259 | FM | Paragua, Megan Althea | ½ – ½ | IM | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 2406 | |||
| 8 | 2297 | IM | Paikidze, Nazi | ½ – ½ | WGM | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 2311 | |||
| 9 | 2369 | IM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 1 – 0 | FM | Atwell, Rose | 2353 | |||
| 10 | 2388 | GM | Krush, Irina | 1 – 0 | IM | Lee, Alice | 2409 | |||
| 11 | 2256 | WGM | Yu, Jennifer | ½ – ½ | IM | Zatonskih, Anna | 2310 | |||
| 12 | 2452 | IM | Yip, Carissa | 0 – 1 | WGM | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | 2291 | |||
| Round 2 on 2025/10/13 at 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | |||||
| 7 | 2353 | FM | Atwell, Rose | 1 – 0 | WGM | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | 2311 | |||
| 8 | 2406 | IM | Abrahamyan, Tatev | ½ – ½ | IM | Yip, Carissa | 2452 | |||
| 9 | 2409 | IM | Lee, Alice | 1 – 0 | WGM | Yu, Jennifer | 2256 | |||
| 10 | 2310 | IM | Zatonskih, Anna | ½ – ½ | FM | Paragua, Megan Althea | 2259 | |||
| 11 | 2291 | WGM | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | 0 – 1 | IM | Paikidze, Nazi | 2297 | |||
| 12 | 2369 | IM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 1 – 0 | GM | Krush, Irina | 2388 | |||
Stanje posle 2.kola
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | IM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | USA | 2369 | 2 |
| 2 | IM | Paikidze, Nazi | USA | 2297 | 1,5 |
| 3 | GM | Krush, Irina | USA | 2388 | 1 |
| 4 | WGM | Pourkashiyan, Atousa | USA | 2291 | 1 |
| IM | Lee, Alice | USA | 2409 | 1 | |
| FM | Atwell, Rose | USA | 2353 | 1 | |
| 7 | FM | Paragua, Megan Althea | USA | 2259 | 1 |
| 8 | IM | Abrahamyan, Tatev | USA | 2406 | 1 |
| IM | Zatonskih, Anna | USA | 2310 | 1 | |
| 10 | WGM | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | USA | 2311 | 0,5 |
| 11 | WGM | Yu, Jennifer | USA | 2256 | 0,5 |
| IM | Yip, Carissa | USA | 2452 | 0,5 |
Sargsyan,Anna M (2369) – Atwell,Rose (2353) [C02]
ch-USA w 2025 Saint Louis USA (1), 12.10.2025
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.0–0 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Nc3 Be7 10.a3 0–0 11.b4 Rc8 12.Qd2 f6 13.g4 Nh6 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.Ne5 Nf7 16.f4 a5 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Na4 Nd6 19.b5 Na7 20.Nb6 Qc7 21.Nxc8 Naxc8 22.Bd3 Nc4 23.Qe2 Qb6 24.Be3 N8d6 25.a4 Qc7 26.g5 Rf7
27.Bxh7+ Kxh7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.g6 Bf6 30.gxf7+ Kf8 31.Bf2 Ne4 32.f5 Qb6 33.fxe6 Qxe6 34.Rac1 Ng5 35.Rc3 Nxf7 36.Re1 Qd7 37.Kh1 Qd8 38.Rh3 Qd7 39.Rc3 Qd8 40.Rc2 1–0
Krush,I (2388) – Lee,Alice (2409) [D35]
ch-USA w 2025 Saint Louis USA (1), 12.10.2025
1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bg4 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Nge2 Qd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nf4 c6 12.Bd3 Qd6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nh5 Bd8 15.0–0 Bc7 16.f4 c5 17.Qf2 c4 18.Bc2 g6 19.e4 gxh5 20.e5 Qc6 21.f5 Rd8 22.Qg3+ Kf8 23.f6 Be6
24.Ba4 Bb6 25.Rad1 Ke8 26.Qh4 Kd7 27.Qxh5 a6 28.Bxc6+ Nxc6 29.Ne2 Rg8 30.Kh2 Rg5 31.Qxh6 Rag8 32.g4 Ba7 33.Qh4 b5 34.b3 c3 35.a3 a5 36.b4 c2 37.Rd2 axb4 38.axb4 Nxb4 39.Qg3 Nc6 40.Qa3 b4 41.Qa4 b3 42.Qxb3 Rb8 43.Qxc2 Rgg8 44.Rb1 Bb6 45.Qa4 Ra8 46.Qb5 Rab8 47.Qa6 Kc7 48.Rc2 Rgc8 49.Rcb2 1–0