Draft:2024 United States Chess Championship

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United States Championship 2024
Fabiano Caruana, the defending champion, intends on securing his third consecutive title as the United States Chess Champion
Venue	Saint Louis Chess Club
Location	St. Louis, Missouri
Dates	10–24 October 2024
Competitors	12
Total prize money	$250,000

The 2024 edition of the United States Chess Championship will take place at the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, Missouri from 10 October to 24October 2024. As with every United States Chess Championship tournament since 2014, it will be a round-robin tournament. Twelve players were invited to compete. Besides the reigning US champion, these included the winners of the US Open Chess Championship, the US Junior Championship, and the US Senior Open Championship. The remaining players were chosen by highest invitational rating, or were selected by the United States Chess Federation (USCF) as wildcards.

The twelve qualifiers were Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Domínguez, Levon Aronian, Sam Shankland, Ray Robson, Samuel Sevian, Hans Niemann, Christopher Yoo, Abhimanyu Mishra, Grigoriy Oparin and Awonder Liang, all of whom are grandmasters.

Participants

All statistics are as of October 2024 in FIDE ratings.

Participants

Qualification method	Player	Age	Rating	World ranking
		The United States Chess Championship is an invitational classical chess tournament.	Fabiano Caruana (defending champion)	32	2796	4
Wesley So	30		2751	10
Leinier Domínguez	41		2741	13
Levon Aronian	41		2737	16
Sam Shankland	33		2667	50
Ray Robson	29		2692	37
Samuel Sevian	22		2689	42
Hans Niemann	21		2733	19
Christopher Yoo	17		2590	197
Abhimanyu Mishra	15		2630	112
Grigoriy Oparin	27		2662	64
Awonder Liang	21		2677	48

Organization

The tournament was an twelve-player, round-robin tournament, meaning there were 12 rounds with each player facing the others once. The tournament winner will become the United States Chess Champion.

Regulations

• The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game. There is a 30-second increment starting on move one.
• Players are not allowed to draw by agreement.
• The event is a 12-player round-robin, where every player plays once against every other player on the field.
• Players get 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
• The player with the most points at the end of the last round wins the event.

Tie breaks

While there was no tie for first place, such a situation would have been addressed as follows:

If two players tie for first a two-game 10+2 rapid match will take place. If there remains a tie, a single armageddon game will occur.

If three or four players tie for first a single round-robin in the 10+2 rapid time control will take place

If two players remain tied, they contest a two-game 3+2 blitz match. If the tie persists, an armageddon game decides the winner.

If three or more players remain tied, they contest a 3+2 round-robin.

If more than four players tie for first players will contest a 3+2 round-robin. If the round-robin ends in a tie, a series of armageddon games decide the winner.

Prize money

The event features a $250,000 prize fund, distributed as follows:

Place	Cash prize (USD)
1st	$55,000 (+$7,000 winner bonus)
2nd	$43,000
3rd	$35,000
4th	$25,000
5th	$20,000
6th	$14,000
7th	$11,000
8th	$10,000
9th	$9,000
10th	$8,000
11th	$7,000
12th	$6,000

Results

Standings

The championship is yet to begin. As such starts the results will be added periodically.