U petom kolu su dominirali mladi šahisti, i nekoliko njih savladalo znatno je iskusnije protivnike! U otvorenoj konkurenciji, Andy Woodward ostvario je spektakularnu pobjedu protiv Fabiana Caruane i pridružio se Wesleyju So na diobi prvog mjesta.
U ženskoj konkurenciji, Alice Lee povećala je prednost na čitav poen nakon pobjede protiv Tatev Abrahamyan, dok je prvi nositelj Carissa Yip pretrpjela još jedan poraz, ovoga puta od Rose Atwell.
Robson,Ray (2659) – Niemann,Hans Moke (2717) [B51]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.1), 14.10.2026
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Ngf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 Qa5 7.Ba2 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.g4 d5 13.exd5 Bc5 14.Rd1 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Qe5 17.Qf3 Nb6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Qxf5 20.gxf5 Rfd8 21.Be3 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 Bxe3 23.Rd3 Bg5 24.Rb3 Nc4 25.Rxb7 Bf6 26.Rd1 Nxb2 27.Rb1 Rc8 28.R1xb2 Bxb2 29.Rxb2 Kf8 30.Rb6 Ke7 31.Rxa6 Rxc2 32.Kg2 Rc5 33.f6+ gxf6 34.Rb6 Rg5+ 35.Kh1 Rd5 36.Rb1 Kd6 37.Ra1 Kc6 38.a5 Rd7 39.Kg2 Kb7 40.a6+ Ka7 41.Ra5 f5 42.Kg3 Rd6 43.h3 Rg6+ 44.Kf4 Rh6 45.Ra3 Rh5 46.Ke5 f4+ 47.Kxf4 f6 48.Kg3 Rg5+ 49.Kh2 Rf5 50.f3 Rg5 51.Ra4 Rf5 52.Kg3 Rg5+ 53.Kf2 Rh5 54.h4 Rd5 55.Kg3 Rc5 56.Kg4 Rb5 57.Kf4 Rh5 58.Ke3 Rb5 59.Kf2 Rd5 60.Kg2 Rh5 61.Kh3 Rf5 62.Kg4 Rb5 63.Kf4 Rh5 64.Ke3 Rb5 65.f4 h5 66.Ke4 Rc5 67.Ra3 Rb5 68.Ra2 Rc5 69.Ra1 Rb5 70.Ra3 Rc5 71.Ra4 Rb5 72.Ra1 Rc5 73.Ra2 Rb5 74.Ra3 Rc5 75.Rd3 f5+ 76.Kd4 Ra5 77.Rc3 Kb6
78.a7 Rxa7 79.Ke5 Rg7 80.Kxf5 Rg4 81.Ke5 Rxh4 82.f5 1–0
Aronian,Levon (2725) – Xiong,Jeffery (2656) [A20]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.2), 14.10.2026
1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 c6 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 Bc7 7.Bb2 0–0 8.Ng3 Re8 9.Rc1 a5 10.b5 d5 11.bxc6 d4 12.cxb7 Bxb7 13.Nb5 Na6 14.c5 Qd7 15.Qc2 Bc6 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.cxd6 Ba4 18.Qb1 Reb8 19.Be2 Rb6 20.0–0 Rab8 21.Qf5 Rxb2 22.Qxd7 Bxd7 23.exd4
23…Bb5 24.Bxb5 R2xb5 25.Rc6 Ra8 26.Nf5 exd4 27.Rfc1 h5 28.g4 hxg4 29.Ne7+ Kh7 30.R1c4 Nb8 31.Rc8 Ra6 32.Rxd4 Nbd7 33.Rc3 g6 34.h3 gxh3 35.Rxh3+ Kg7 36.Rc3 Rbb6 37.Nc8 Rc6 38.Rxc6 Rxc6 39.Ne7 Ra6 40.Kf1 Ne8 0–1
Woodward,Andy (2619) – Caruana,Fabiano (2784) [D38]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.3), 14.10.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 0–0 7.Qc2 Qd6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 b6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Rac8 13.Be2 Ne7 14.Rd1 Bd5 15.b4 Ng6 16.0–0 Ng4 17.Ne5 N4xe5 18.dxe5 Qe7 19.f3 c5 20.b5 Rcd8 21.Rd2 Qg5 22.g3 Bb7 23.Rfd1 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd8 25.Rd6 Nf8 26.e4 Qe7 27.a4 Qg5 28.Kf2 Rxd6 29.exd6 Nd7 30.h4 Qg6 31.Bc4 e5 32.Qd2 h6 33.Bc3 Qf6 34.Qd3 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Kg1 Kf8 37.Bb3 g4 38.f4 Qg6 39.Bd5 Bxd5 40.Qxd5 f6 41.f5 Qh6 42.Bd2 Qh3 43.Be1 Qh6
44.Qe6 Qc1 45.Kf1 Qh6 46.Qxd7 Qh1+ 47.Kf2 Qh2+ 48.Ke3 Qg1+ 49.Ke2 Qg2+ 50.Kd1 Qf3+ 51.Kd2 1–0
Mishra,Abhimanyu (2636) – Sevian,Samuel (2708) [B40]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.6), 14.10.2026
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.a3 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Qh5+ Kd8 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Bd2 d5 16.0–0–0 Rb8 17.Bc3 Qe3+ 18.Kb1 Qc5 19.Ka1 d4 20.Ba5+ Kd7 21.Qxc5 Bxc5 22.Bc4 e5 23.c3 Re8 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Rhf1 Bb7 26.Rf7+ Re7 27.Rxe7+ Bxe7 28.cxd4 e4 29.Bd2 Rf8 30.Be3 Bd6 31.Kb1 Bxh2 32.Rh1 Bf4 33.Rxh7+ Kc8 34.Bxf4 Rxf4 35.Rf7 Rh4 36.Kc2 Kb8 37.Be2 Rh2 38.Rg7 Rh1 39.Bc4 e3 40.Kd3 Re1 41.Rg3 e2 42.b3 Ra1 43.Kxe2 Rxa3 44.Rg8+ Kc7 45.g4 a5 46.g5 a4 47.Rg7+ Kb6 48.bxa4 Bc8 49.g6 Bg4+ 50.Kf2 Bf5 51.Bf7 Rxa4 52.Ke3 c5 53.d5 c4 54.Be6 Bb1 55.Rg8 Ra3+ 56.Kd4 Kb7 57.Kxc4 Rg3 58.Bf7 Kc7 59.Kc5 Kd7 60.g7 Ke7 61.Be6 Bc2 62.d6+ Kxe6 63.Re8+ Kd7 64.g8Q Rxg8 65.Rxg8 Bb3 66.Rg3 Bd1 67.Kd5 Ba4 68.Ra3 Bd1 69.Rh3 Be2 70.Ke5 Bc4 71.Rg3 Be2 72.Rc3 Bd1 73.Kd5 Be2 74.Rc7+ Kd8 75.Rf7 Bd1 76.Ra7 Bf3+ 77.Ke5 Bd1 78.Ra1 Bg4 79.Rg1 Be2 80.Rg8+ Kd7 81.Rg7+ Kd8 82.Kd5 Bd1 83.Kd4 Bf3 84.Rg3 Bd1 85.Rg1 Be2 86.Kd5 Kd7 87.Kc5 Bf3 88.Re1 Bg4 89.Rf1 Bh5 90.Kd5 Bg6 91.Kd4 Bh5 92.Kd5 Bg6 93.Ke5 Bc2 94.Rc1 Bb3 95.Rc7+ Kd8 96.Rc3 Bf7 97.Kd4 Be6 98.Kc5 Kd7 99.Re3 Bg4 100.Re7+ Kd8 101.Re4 Bf3 102.Rf4 Bh5 103.Kc6 Be8+ 104.d7 Bxd7+ 105.Kd6 Ke8 106.Re4+ Kd8
107.Rh4 1–0
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Abrahamyan,Tatev (2353) – Lee,Alice (2467) [C25]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.2), 14.10.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 a5 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.Nge2 Nge7 6.d3 d6 7.h3 Be6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Kh2 Qd7 10.f4 f5 11.Nd5 fxe4 12.dxe4 exf4 13.gxf4 Bf7 14.Ng3 Rae8 15.b3 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nd4 17.Qd3 Bb6 18.Ne4 Nxd5 19.c3 Qb5 20.Qxb5 Nxb5 21.Nxd6 cxd6 22.Bxd5+ Kh8 23.Bc4 Nxc3 24.Bb2 Ne4 25.Rad1 Be3 26.Bc1 Bxc1 27.Rxc1 Nf6 28.Rcd1 Rd8 29.Rd4 d5 30.Rfd1 Rd7 31.Be2 Rc7 32.Bf3 Rd8 33.R1d2 g6 34.Kg3 b5 35.R4d3 b4 36.Kg2 Rc5 37.Rd4 Kg7 38.a3 bxa3 39.Ra2 Re8 40.Rd3 Ne4 41.Rd4
41…Nc3 0–1
Paragua,Megan Althea (2234) – Paikidze,Nazi (2309) [B13]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.4), 14.10.2026
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.c5 Bg4 8.Be2 g6 9.0–0 Bg7 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.b4 0–0 13.Rb1 Nd7 14.a4 Qf6 15.Ne2 Rfc8 16.Qd2 h6 17.Ra1 Kh7 18.Rfd1 Ne7 19.Ng3 Nf5 20.Nxf5 Qxf5 21.h3 Nf6 22.Be2 Ne4 23.Qe1 Kg8 24.Ra3 Qf6 25.f3 Ng5 26.Qd2 Rd8 27.Bf4 Qe7 28.Rd3 Qd7 29.Ra3 Qe7 30.a5 Bf6 31.Re1 Qd7 32.Bd1 Rac8 33.Bd6 Rc6
34.Ba4 h5 35.Qf4 Nh7 36.h4 Re8 37.Be5 Qe7 38.Bxf6 Qxf6 39.Qxf6 Nxf6 40.b5 Rcc8 41.bxa6 Re7 42.axb7 Rxb7 43.a6 Ra7 44.Bb5 Kf8 45.Rb1 Ke7 46.Bd3 Rcc7 47.Rab3 Nd7 48.f4 Kd8 49.Kf2 Ra8 50.Rb7 Ra7 51.c6 Nf6 52.Rb8+ Ke7 53.R1b7 Kd6 54.Rd8+ Ke7 55.Rc8 1–0
Li,Rachael (2380) – Yu,Jennifer (2354) [A05]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.5), 14.10.2026
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Be7 4.0–0 0–0 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 b6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Bb7 9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.e5 Nd5 12.a3 Bd8 13.c4 Ne7 14.Ne4 Nf5 15.g4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.f4 f6 18.exf6 gxf6
19.Nd6 Bxg2 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Kxg2 Nc6 22.Nb5 Qb7 23.Qd5 Be7 24.Nxd4 Rad8 25.Qf3 Qc8 26.Be3 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Qxc4 28.Rac1 Qb5 29.Qe4 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 Qxb2+ 31.Rc2 Qb1 32.Rd7 f5 33.Qe5+ Kg8 34.Re2 Bf6 35.Qe6+ Kh8 36.Qxf6+ 1–0
Atwell,Rose (2325) – Yip,Carissa (2484) [E73]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (5.6), 14.10.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.h4 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h5 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.h6 Bh8 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.b3 Bf5 13.Kf1 Na6 14.a3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Ra2 Qa5 17.Qd2 Bc3 18.Qc1 Bd4 19.Nf3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 b5 21.g3 Nb8 22.Bg4 f5 23.Be2 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Nd7 25.Kg2 Rab8 26.Rd1 Kf7 27.b4 Qa4 28.Rxd4 cxd4 29.Qf4 Ne5 30.Qxd4 Rbc8
31.Bb3 Qa6 32.f4 Kg8 33.fxe5 Rxe5 34.b5 Qb7 35.Bf4 Re4 36.Qf6 Rf8 37.Qxd6 Qxb5 38.Qc7 Rf7 39.Qc8+ Re8 40.Qc6 Re2+ 41.Kh3 1–0