American Cup (chess)

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

Winners

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Open Tournament

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Year Winner Runner-up
2022 Fabiano Caruana Levon Aronian
2023 Hikaru Nakamura Wesley So
2024 Levon Aronian Wesley So

Women's Tournament

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Year Winner Runner-up
2022 Irina Krush Alice Lee
2023 Irina Krush Alice Lee
2024 Alice Lee Irina Krush

Format

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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

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2022 Bracket

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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 Aronian2½
8United States Ray Robson1½
1United States Levon Aronian½
4United States Lenier Dominguez1½
5United States Sam Shankland1½
4United States Lenier Dominguez2½
4United States Lenier Dominguez½
2United States Fabiano Caruana1½
3United States Wesley So½
6United States Sam Sevian1½
6United States Sam Sevian1
2United States Fabiano Caruana3
7United States Jeffery Xiong2
2United States Fabiano Caruana32United States Fabiano Caruana1½
1United States Levon Aronian½
Elimination Round 1Elimination Round 2Elimination Round 3Elimination Final
8United States Ray Robson2½
5United States Sam Shankland26United States Sam Sevian1½1United States Levon Aronian2½
8United States Ray Robson38United States Ray Robson04United States Lenier Dominguez1½
1United States Levon Aronian2
3United States Wesley So½
3United States Wesley So1½1United States Levon Aronian1½
7United States Jeffery Xiong½

2023 Bracket

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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 Nakamura1½
8United States Sam Sevian½
1United States Hikaru Nakamura1½
5United States Lenier Dominguez½
5United States Lenier Dominguez2½
4United States Levon Aronian1½
1United States Hikaru Nakamura4
3United States Wesley So2
3United States Wesley So2½
6United States Sam Shankland1½
3United States Wesley So2½
2United States Fabiano Caruana1½
7United States Ray Robson1½
2United States Fabiano Caruana2½1United States Hikaru Nakamura11United States Hikaru Nakamura2½
3United States Wesley So33United States Wesley So1½
Elimination Round 1Elimination Round 2Elimination Round 3Elimination Final
4United States Levon Aronian3
8United States Sam Sevian½2United States Fabiano Caruana23United States Wesley So2½
4United States Levon Aronian1½5United States Lenier Dominguez½4United States Levon Aronian1½
4United States Levon Aronian1½
5United States Lenier Dominguez1½
6United States Sam Shankland3½6United States Sam Shankland½
7United States Ray Robson2½

2024 Bracket

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The 3rd edition of the tournament was held from March 12th-March 21st.

Champion Round 1Champion Round 2Champion FinalFinal
4United States Levon Aronian4
5United States Sam Sevian2
4United States Levon Aronian4
1United States Fabiano Caruana2
1United States Fabiano Caruana2½
8United States Grigoriy Oparin½
4United States Levon Aronian2½
6United States Ray Robson½
2United States Wesley So2½
7United States Sam Shankland½
2United States Wesley So1
6United States Ray Robson3
3United States Lenier Dominguez1½
6United States Ray Robson2½4United States Levon Aronian2½
2United States Wesley So1½
Elimination Round 1Elimination Round 2Elimination Round 3Elimination Final
2United States Wesley So3
5United States Sam Sevian35United States Sam Sevian16United States Ray Robson2
8United States Grigoriy Oparin12United States Wesley So3½2United States Wesley So4
1United States Fabiano Caruana2½
1United States Fabiano Caruana4
7United States Sam Shankland33United States Lenier Dominguez2
3United States Lenier Dominguez5

Women's American Cup

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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

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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 Krush1½
8United States Ruiyang Yan½
1United States Irina Krush1½
5United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova½
4United States Katerina Nemcova½
5United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova1½
1United States Irina Krush1½
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 Krush1½
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 Zatonskih1½3Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou0
3Greece Stavroula Tsolakidou2½

2023 Women's Tournament Bracket

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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 Paikidze1½
6United States Nazi Paikidze
2United States Alice Lee
2United States Alice Lee2
7United States Atousa Pourkashiyan01United States Irina Krush2½
2United States Alice Lee1½
Women's Elimination Round 1Women's Elimination Round 2Women's Elimination Round 3Women's Elimination Final
8United States Tatev Abrahamyan1½
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 Pourkashiyan1½

2024 Women's Tournament Bracket

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The women's field for the 2024 edition includes Anna Zatonskih, Nazi Paikidze, Irina Krush, Zoey Tang, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, Jennifer Yu, Alice Lee and Jennifer Yu. Alice Lee defeated Irina Krush in the finals after a tied rapid match.

Women's Champion Round 1Women's Champion Round 2Women's Champion FinalWomen's FinalWomen's Final Rematch
1United States Anna Zatonskih½
8United States Nazi Paikidze2½
8United States Nazi Paikidze1
4United States Irina Krush3
4United States Irina Krush3
5United States Zoey Tang1
4United States Irina Krush2½
2United States Alice Lee½
3United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova2½
6United States Jennifer Yu½
3United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova0
2United States Alice Lee3
2United States Alice Lee2½
7United States Tatev Abrahamyan½4United States Irina Krush½4United States Irina Krush2
2United States Alice Lee2½2United States Alice Lee4
Women's Elimination Round 1Women's Elimination Round 2Women's Elimination Round 3Women's Elimination Final
3United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova2½
1United States Anna Zatonskih1½5United States Zoey Tang½2United States Alice Lee3
5United States Zoey Tang2½3United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova33United States Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova1
6United States Jennifer Yu1
8United States Nazi Paikidze4½
6United States Jennifer Yu2½6United States Jennifer Yu5½
7United States Tatev Abrahamyan½

References

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  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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