The American Cup is an annual invitational double-elimination chess tournament in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

Format

The tournament is 8 player double elimination tournament, featuring 8 of the strongest players in the United States. The championship bracket is played with a time control of 90 minutes, with a 30 second increment throughout for 2 games. The elimination bracket is played with a time control of 25 minutes and a 10 second increment for 2 games. If needed two tiebreak games of 10 minutes with a 5 second increment are played followed by an Armageddon game if necessary. The 2023 edition had 2 blitz games after the initial 10 minute rapid games if still tied before going to Armageddon.

Tournament

2022 Bracket

The inaugural edition was held from April 20–28, 2022.[1] Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Lenier Dominguez, Wesley So, Sam Shankland, Sam Sevian, Jeffery Xiong, and Ray Robson participated in the inaugural event.[2] The tournament was won by Fabiano Caruana.[3]

Champion Round 1Champion Round 2Champion FinalFinal
1United States Levon Aronian
8United States Ray Robson
1United States Levon Aronian½
4United States Lenier Dominguez
5United States Sam Shankland
4United States Lenier Dominguez
4United States Lenier Dominguez½
2United States Fabiano Caruana
3United States Wesley So½
6United States Sam Sevian
6United States Sam Sevian1
2United States Fabiano Caruana3
7United States Jeffery Xiong2
2United States Fabiano Caruana32United States Fabiano Caruana
1United States Levon Aronian½
Elimination Round 1Elimination Round 2Elimination Round 3Elimination Final
8United States Ray Robson
5United States Sam Shankland26United States Sam Sevian1United States Levon Aronian
8United States Ray Robson38United States Ray Robson04United States Lenier Dominguez
1United States Levon Aronian2
3United States Wesley So½
3United States Wesley So1United States Levon Aronian
7United States Jeffery Xiong½

2023 Bracket

The 2nd edition of the tournament was held from March 17th-March 26th. [4] Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Lenier Dominguez, Sam Shankland, Sam Sevian and Ray Robson participated in this edition. The tournament was won by Hikaru Nakamura. [5]

Champion Round 1Champion Round 2Champion FinalFinalFinal Rematch
1United States Hikaru Nakamura
8United States Sam Sevian½
1United States Hikaru Nakamura
5United States Lenier Dominguez½
5United States Lenier Dominguez
4United States Levon Aronian
1United States Hikaru Nakamura4
3United States Wesley So2
3United States Wesley So
6United States Sam Shankland
3United States Wesley So
2United States Fabiano Caruana
7United States Ray Robson
2United States Fabiano Caruana1United States Hikaru Nakamura11United States Hikaru Nakamura
3United States Wesley So33United States Wesley So
Elimination Round 1Elimination Round 2Elimination Round 3Elimination Final
4United States Levon Aronian3
8United States Sam Sevian½2United States Fabiano Caruana23United States Wesley So
4United States Levon Aronian5United States Lenier Dominguez½4United States Levon Aronian
4United States Levon Aronian
5United States Lenier Dominguez
6United States Sam Shankland6United States Sam Shankland½
7United States Ray Robson

Women's American Cup

Running simultaneously with the main tournament a women's tournament is held, featuring 8 of the strongest women in the United States.

2022 Women's Tournament Bracket

Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih, Stavroula Tsolakidou, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, Katerina Nemcova, Alice Lee, Tatev Abrahamyan, and Ruiyang Yan. The inaugural Women's tournament was won by Irina Krush. 12-year-old Alice Lee finished as the runner-up.

Women's Champion Round 1Women's Champion Round 2Women's Champion FinalWomen's Final
1United States Irina Krush
8United States Ruiyang Yan½
1United States Irina Krush
5United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova½
4United States Katerina Nemcova½
5United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
1United States Irina Krush
6United States Alice Lee½
3Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou1
6United States Alice Lee3
6United States Alice Lee2
7United States Tatev Abrahamyan0
2United States Anna Zatonskih1
7United States Tatev Abrahamyan31United States Irina Krush
6United States Alice Lee½
Women's Elimination Round 1Women's Elimination Round 2Women's Elimination Round 3Women's Elimination Final
4United States Katerina Nemcova0
4United States Katerina Nemcova37United States Tatev Abrahamyan27United States Tatev Abrahamyan2
8United States Ruiyang Yan27United States Tatev Abrahamyan36United States Alice Lee3
5United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova1
5United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova2
2United States Anna Zatonskih3Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou0
3Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou

2023 Women's Tournament Bracket

The women's field for the 2023 edition includes Irina Krush, Alice Lee, Anna Zatonskih, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, Katerina Nemcova, Nazi Paikidze, Atousa Pourkashiyan, and Tatev Abrahamyan. Again, Irina Krush won before Alice Lee. [6]

Women's Champion Round 1Women's Champion Round 2Women's Champion FinalWomen's Final
1United States Irina Krush2
8United States Tatev Abrahamyan0
1United States Irina Krush
4United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
4United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova2
5United States Katerina Nemcova0
1United States Irina Krush3
2United States Alice Lee1
3United States Anna Zatonskih½
6United States Nazi Paikidze
6United States Nazi Paikidze
2United States Alice Lee
2United States Alice Lee2
7United States Atousa Pourkashiyan01United States Irina Krush
2United States Alice Lee
Women's Elimination Round 1Women's Elimination Round 2Women's Elimination Round 3Women's Elimination Final
8United States Tatev Abrahamyan
8United States Tatev Abrahamyan26United States Nazi Paikidze½6United States Nazi Paikidze1
5United States Katerina Nemcova06United States Nazi Paikidze22United States Alice Lee3
4United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova0
4United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova2
3United States Anna Zatonskih½7United States Atousa Pourkashiyan0
7United States Atousa Pourkashiyan

References

  1. "Starting Wednesday American Cup". chessbase.com. April 17, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  2. "Start of the American Cup". chessbase.com. April 20, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  3. https://www.chess.com/news/view/the-american-cup-day-9-caruana-krush Caruana, Krush Crowned Champions: The American Cup Day 9
  4. "Starting Friday: The American Cup Returns". chessbase.com. March 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  5. "After Blunder By So In 4th Game, Nakamura Wins The American Cup". chess.com. March 27, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  6. https://www.chess.com/news/view/the-american-cup-2023-day-9 Krush Extends Queenship, Wesley So Defeats Nakamura In Tiebreaker


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