The second day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 2 rounds, 2 players share the lead with 2 points each, with Tan Zhongyi leading on tiebreaks.

🇺🇸 Alice Lee defeated 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh in 57 moves. Lee played the game with 95.1 accuracy, while Deshmukh’s was 89.7.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 2
2. 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee 2
3. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 1
4. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 1
5. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 1
6. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 1
7. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 1
8. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 0.5
9. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 0.5
10. 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 0

Individual round results:

🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Vaishali R

🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh 0-1 🇺🇸 Alice Lee

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 1-0 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru

🇺🇸 Carissa Yip 1-0 🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk

🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou 0.5-0.5 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk

The Cairns Cup 2026 takes place from August 10 to 19, at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri, USA. The event features a 90+30 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over single Round-Robin between 10 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes