Wesley So i Awonder Liang u vođstvu na Open turniru, a na turniru za žene u vođstvu su Thalia Cervantes i Megan Althea
Bivši izazivač za svjetskog prvaka Boris Gelfand svečano je udario u zvono i time označio početak kola.
Foto: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club.
Open turnir
Saint Louis, SAD
So je u drugom kolu savladao Xionga, jednog od vodećih igrača.
Foto: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club.
Caruana,Fabiano (2784) – Oparin,Grigoriy (2638) [D30]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.2), 10.10.2026
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Ng4 12.Bf4 0–0 13.Qc2 a5 14.0–0 Ngf6 15.h3 Re8 16.Rad1 Bf8 17.Rfe1 Bg7 18.a3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Qb6 22.Qd3 Bf8 23.Rb1 Ree8 24.b5 c5 25.dxc5 Nxc5 26.Qxd5 Red8 27.Qc4 Ra4 28.Qc2 Qe6 29.Nd4 Qd5 30.Ra1 Rc4 31.Qe2 Na4 32.Qf3 Bg7 33.Red1 Qxf3 34.Nxf3 Re8 35.Ra3 Nc3 36.Rd7 Nxb5 37.Rb3 Nc3 38.Kh2 b5 39.Ng5 f6 40.Nf7 Bf8 41.Nh6+ Kh8 42.Nf7+ Kg8 43.Nd6 Bxd6 44.Bxd6 Rc6 45.Ba3 Rb8 46.Rd4 h5 47.Bb2 b4 48.f3 Kf7 49.h4 Ke6 50.Rdxb4 Rxb4 51.Rxb4 Nd5 52.Ra4 Ne7 53.Ra7 Rb6 54.Ba3 Nc6 55.Rc7 Ra6 56.Bc5 Kd5 57.Bf8 Ne5 58.Kg3 Ke6 59.Re7+ Kd5 60.Bg7 Re6 61.Ra7 Rd6 62.Bf8 Rd8 63.Ba3 Nc6 64.Rg7 Ke6 65.Rxg6 Kf7 66.Rh6 Rg8+ 67.Kh3 Ne5 68.Bb2 Re8 69.e4 Ng6 70.Kg3 Rg8 71.Rxh5 Ne5+ 72.Kh2 Nd3
73.Rh7+ 1–0
Odlična igra i drugi poen Awondera Lianga
Sevian,Samuel (2708) – Liang,Awonder (2685) [A05]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.3), 10.10.2026
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Be7 4.0–0 0–0 5.d3 d5 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.a4 b6 9.Re1 d4 10.Nb5 e5 11.Na3 a6 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.h4 Qc7 15.h5 Re8 16.Qe2 Bf8 17.Nh4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Na3 Nf6 20.Bg5 Qd8 21.Qf3 h6 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Qxf6 gxf6 24.Kh2 Be6 25.Bh3 c4 26.dxc4 Bxa3 27.Rxa3 bxc4 28.Ra4 Rb4 29.Rea1 Reb8 30.Ra6 R4b6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Kg2 Nb4 33.Rxb6 Rxb6 34.Ra8+ Kf7 35.Ra7+ Ke8 36.c3 Nd3 37.cxd4 exd4 38.Nf3 e5 39.Ra8+ Kd7 40.Ra7+ Kd8 41.Nh2
41…Nxf2 42.Ra8+ Kd7 43.Ra7+ Kc6 44.Kxf2 Rxb2+ 45.Kg1 c3 46.Ra8 Kb7 47.Ra4
47…Rxh2 48.Kxh2 c2 49.Rb4+ Ka6 50.Rc4 d3 51.Rc3 Kb5 52.Rxd3 c1Q 53.Rf3 Qc2+ 54.Kh3 Qxe4 55.Rxf6 Qe3 0–1
So,Wesley (2770) – Xiong,Jeffery (2656) [C24]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.6), 10.10.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a4 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bd6 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Na3 Nbd7 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.0–0 0–0 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 h6 15.Bh4 Bf4 16.Re1 Re8 17.c4 Bg4 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Bg3 Nh5 20.Nf1 Be6 21.Bxf4 Nxf4 22.Nd6 Bh3 23.g3 Ne6 24.Qc3 Qf6 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Rad1 Ng5 27.Nd2 Bg4 28.Qe3 Nc5 29.Bc2 Bxd1 30.Rxd1 Nce6 31.cxd5 Nxd4 32.Nxe4 Ngf3+ 33.Kg2 Qe5 34.Bb1 f5 35.Nd2 Qxe3 36.fxe3 Nxd2 37.Rxd2 Nb3 38.Rc2 b6 39.Rc7 Nc5 40.Bxf5 Rxe3
41.Bg6 Kf8 1–0
Šampionat SAD za žene 2026
Najmlađa i šahistkinja sa njamanjim rejtingom na turniru, Megan Paragua, savladala je braniteljku titule i prvog nosioca, Carissu Yip! ♟️
Cervantes Landeiro,Thalia (2247) – Li,Rachael (2380) [E47]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.2), 10.10.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 Re8 6.Nge2 d5 7.a3 Bf8 8.0–0 b6 9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bb7 11.Ng3 Nbd7 12.e4 c5 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 Bd6 16.Bg5 Be5 17.Rc1 h6 18.Be3 Qc8 19.Na4 Qc7 20.Ba2 Bd6 21.Re1 Re5 22.Nc3 a6 23.Qf3 Rae8 24.Red1 Rxe3 25.fxe3 Ne5 26.Qe2 Neg4 27.Nce4 Nxe4 28.Qxg4 Bc8 29.Qf3 Ng5 30.Qf2 Bg4 31.Rf1 h5 32.Rc4 g6 33.Bb1 f5 34.Re1 h4 35.Nf1 h3
36.Rxg4 fxg4 37.Qf6 Re5 38.Qxg6+ Kh8 39.Qh5+ Kg8 40.Qxg4 Qe7 41.Ng3 Kh8 42.Nf5 Qf6 43.Qh5+ Kg8 44.Rf1 hxg2
45.Nh6+ Qxh6 46.Qxh6 gxf1Q+ 47.Kxf1 Bf8 48.Qg6+ Bg7 49.d6 Kf8 50.Ba2 a5 51.d7 Nf7 52.Qxf7# 1–0
Yip,Carissa (2484) – Paragua,Megan Althea (2234) [B29]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.3), 10.10.2026
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Qb3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bxb5 12.Qxb5+ Qd7 13.Qe2 g6 14.0–0 Bg7 15.Rd1 Qc6 16.Nd2 0–0 17.Nf3 Rfd8 18.Bg5 Qe6 19.Qe4 h6 20.Bf4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qxa2 22.h4 Qa4 23.Rd4 Qc6 24.Qd3 Rc8 25.h5 Qc2 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Qa3 g5 28.Be3 Qc6 29.Qxe7 Nd5 30.Qa3 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qc7 33.Qb3+ Kf8 34.Rd6 Qc4 35.Rd8+ Ke7 36.Qxb7+ Rc7 37.Qa8 Bxe5+ 38.Kh1
38…Qh4+ 0–1
Sargsyan,Anna M (2332) – Abrahamyan,Tatev (2353) [D00]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.4), 10.10.2026
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nb5 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.b4 a6 7.bxa5 axb5 8.e3 Rxa5 9.Qb3 Bd7 10.Nf3 0–0 11.Ne5 c5 12.Be2 c4 13.Qc2 Ra3 14.Qb2 Ra5 15.Bg5 Be8 16.0–0 Qd6 17.f3 Nbd7 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 19.e4 dxe4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.fxe4 e5 22.Rad1 Rfa8 23.Qc1 Rxa2 24.Bh5 exd4 25.Qh6 R8a6 26.Rf3 f5
27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qxh7+ Ke8 29.Qh8+ Qf8 30.Qxd4 Qe7 31.Qh8+ Qf8 32.Qd4 Qf7 33.Rxf5 Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Qg6+ 35.Kh1 Bxf5 36.Qd8+ Kf7 37.Qc7+ Kf6 38.Rf1 Ra1 39.Qd6+ Kg5 40.Qg3+ Kh5 41.Qxg6+ Bxg6 42.Rxa1 Bxe4+ 43.Kg1 Kg4 44.Kf2 Kf4 45.Rg1 Bd5 46.h4 Be4 47.h5 b4 48.cxb4 c3 49.h6 Bd3 50.Ke1 1–0
Krush,Irina (2404) – Atwell,Rose (2325) [A13]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.5), 10.10.2026
1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 b6 5.Bb2 Bb7 6.g3 dxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Nc3 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.d4 cxd4 17.exd4 Na5 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Bc5 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Qh5 h6 23.Ne4 Ba3 24.Bxa3 Qxa3 25.Rc7 Qf8
26.Nf6+ gxf6 27.Rd4 Bc8 28.Be4 Rd7
29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Qg4+ Qg7 31.Qxd7 Rc1+ 32.Kg2 f5 33.Qd8+ Qf8 34.Qxf8+ Kxf8 35.Bxf5 Rc5 36.g4 Rc4 37.Rd3 Ke8 38.d6 Kd8 39.d7 Nb7 40.Rh3 Nd6 41.Rxh6 Nxf5 42.gxf5 Kxd7 43.Rxb6 Ra4 44.h4 Rxh4 45.Rxa6 Rf4 46.f6 Kc8 47.Kg3 Rf5 48.f4 Kb7 49.Kg4 Rd5 50.Ra4 Rd2 51.Re4 Rxa2 52.Re7+ Kc6 53.Rxf7 Kd6 54.Re7 Ra8 55.Kg5 Rg8+ 56.Kh6 Rg4 57.f5 Rg8 58.Re6+ Kd7 59.f7 Rf8 60.Kg7 1–0
Yu,Jennifer (2354) – Lee,Alice (2467) [D31]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (2.6), 10.10.2026
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 0–0 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.0–0 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Ncb5 Ba5 12.Nd6 Rf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Rc1 Bb6 16.Bb5 Qf5 17.Bxc6 Rad8 18.h3 d4 19.Qf3 d3 20.e4 Qe6 21.b3 Rd4 22.Be3 d2 23.Rc2 Rd3 24.Bb5
24…Rxe3 25.fxe3 Qxe4 26.Qxe4 Nxe4 27.Kh2 Rd8 28.Be2 Bxe3 29.Rc4 Bd4 30.g3 Nc3 31.Bf3 g6 32.Kg2 Be5 33.Bd1 Rd7 34.a4 Kg7 35.Rc5 Bf6 36.Bg4 Rd3 37.Bf3 d1Q 38.Bxd1 Nxd1 39.Rf3 Ne3+ 40.Kh1 Rxb3 41.Rc7 Rb1+ 42.Kh2 Rb2+ 43.Kh1 Nf5 44.Rxa7 Be5 45.Rxf7+ Kxf7 46.g4 Kf6 47.gxf5 gxf5 48.Ra3 Rb1+ 49.Kg2 Ra1 50.Rxa1 Bxa1 51.a5 Bd4 0–1