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U. S. Chess Championships 2019
March 15, 2019
The 2019 U.S. Championship is an elite national championship event, featuring 12 of the strongest chess players in America. Over the course of eleven rounds, these competitors will battle for $194,000 in prize money, qualification into the World Championship cycle, and the coveted title of 2019 U.S. Champion.
Dates March 18-April 1, 2019
Location Saint Louis Chess Club
Format 12-Player Round Robin
Prize Fund $194,000
Schedule
Round 1 March 20
Round 2 March 21
Round 3 March 22
Round 4 March 23
Round 5 March 24
Round 6 March 25
Rest Day
Round 7 March 27
Round 8 March 28
Round 9 March 29
Round 10 March 30
Round 11 March 31
The Fields
1 Fabiano Caruana
2 Wesley So
3 Hikaru Nakamura
4 Sam Shankland
5 Leinier Dominguez
6 Jeffery Xiong
7 Ray Robson
8 Sam Sevian
9 Varuzhan Akobian
10 Alex Lenderman
11 Awonder Liang
12 Timur Gareev
U.S. Women’s Championship
1 Irina Krush
2 Anna Zatonskih
3 Tatev Abrahamyan
4 Jennifer Yu
5 Carissa Yip
6 Sabina Foisor
7 Annie Wang
8 Anna Sharevich
9 Akshita Gorti
10 Maggie Feng
11 Emily Nguyen
12 Ashritha Eswaran
https://www.uschesschamps.com/2019-u...ship/the-field
The Commentators
1 Yasser Seirawan
2 Jennifer Shahade
3 Maurice Ashley
4 Alejandro Ramirez
5 Eric Hansen
Bio of Eric Hansen
GM Eric Hansen
2612 (FIDE)
This charismatic and sporty Canadian became a Grandmaster in 2012 and has been a rising star in the chess community since. His internet presence on YouTube and Twitch, chessbrahs, involves himself and other titled players playing chess online for fun. Hansen’s online chess fame has given him many devoted fans and followers. In 2007, Hansen became a National Master, and placed second in the 2008 World U-16 Championships. Later that year he became a FIDE Master, and by 2010 he earned the International Master title. He tied for first in the 2011 Canadian Championship and won the 2012 Canadian Open. Other accomplishments in Hansen’s career include him qualifying for two World Cups and becoming a member of the Canadian National Team, representing Canada in the 2012 Olympiad and putting up another spectacular performance at the 2016 Olympiad. Hansen is also a member of the PRO Chess League, the Montreal Chess Brahs, who reached the final four in the first season.
March 15, 2019
The 2019 U.S. Championship is an elite national championship event, featuring 12 of the strongest chess players in America. Over the course of eleven rounds, these competitors will battle for $194,000 in prize money, qualification into the World Championship cycle, and the coveted title of 2019 U.S. Champion.
Dates March 18-April 1, 2019
Location Saint Louis Chess Club
Format 12-Player Round Robin
Prize Fund $194,000
Schedule
Round 1 March 20
Round 2 March 21
Round 3 March 22
Round 4 March 23
Round 5 March 24
Round 6 March 25
Rest Day
Round 7 March 27
Round 8 March 28
Round 9 March 29
Round 10 March 30
Round 11 March 31
The Fields
1 Fabiano Caruana
2 Wesley So
3 Hikaru Nakamura
4 Sam Shankland
5 Leinier Dominguez
6 Jeffery Xiong
7 Ray Robson
8 Sam Sevian
9 Varuzhan Akobian
10 Alex Lenderman
11 Awonder Liang
12 Timur Gareev
U.S. Women’s Championship
1 Irina Krush
2 Anna Zatonskih
3 Tatev Abrahamyan
4 Jennifer Yu
5 Carissa Yip
6 Sabina Foisor
7 Annie Wang
8 Anna Sharevich
9 Akshita Gorti
10 Maggie Feng
11 Emily Nguyen
12 Ashritha Eswaran
https://www.uschesschamps.com/2019-u...ship/the-field
The Commentators
1 Yasser Seirawan
2 Jennifer Shahade
3 Maurice Ashley
4 Alejandro Ramirez
5 Eric Hansen
Bio of Eric Hansen
GM Eric Hansen
2612 (FIDE)
This charismatic and sporty Canadian became a Grandmaster in 2012 and has been a rising star in the chess community since. His internet presence on YouTube and Twitch, chessbrahs, involves himself and other titled players playing chess online for fun. Hansen’s online chess fame has given him many devoted fans and followers. In 2007, Hansen became a National Master, and placed second in the 2008 World U-16 Championships. Later that year he became a FIDE Master, and by 2010 he earned the International Master title. He tied for first in the 2011 Canadian Championship and won the 2012 Canadian Open. Other accomplishments in Hansen’s career include him qualifying for two World Cups and becoming a member of the Canadian National Team, representing Canada in the 2012 Olympiad and putting up another spectacular performance at the 2016 Olympiad. Hansen is also a member of the PRO Chess League, the Montreal Chess Brahs, who reached the final four in the first season.
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