The Double-Elimination Begins! | The American Cup 2024: Day 1

LIVE GAMES: Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, two double-elimination tournaments feature America’s best overall chess players and America’s best women players! Today features the first classical game and first rapid game in Round 1 of the champions bracket matches (pairings below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Cristian Chirila, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move. OVERALL CHAMPIONS BRACKET | ROUND 1 | GAME 1 (G/90 30) Fabiano Caruana vs. Grigoriy Oparin Levon Aronian vs. Sam Sevian Leinier Dominguez vs. Ray Robson Wesley So vs. Sam Shankland OVERALL CHAMPIONS BRACKET | ROUND 1 | GAME 2 (G/15 10) Grigoriy Oparin vs. Fabiano Caruana Sam Sevian vs. Levon Aronian Ray Robson vs. Leinier Dominguez Sam Shankland vs. Wesley So WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS BRACKET | ROUND 1 | GAME 1 (G/90 30) Irina Krush vs. Zoey Tang An