The 6th day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 6 rounds, Tan Zhongyi leads with 4.5 points, while Alice Lee is in second place with 4 points.

🇺🇸 Alice Lee defeated 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru in 39 moves. Lee played the game with 90.9 accuracy, while Koneru’s was 85.3.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 4.5
2. 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee 4
3. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 3.5
4. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 3.5
5. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 3.5
6. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 3
7. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 3
8. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 2
9. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 2
10. 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 1

Individual round results:

🇺🇸 Carissa Yip 0.5-0.5 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva

🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Vaishali R

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru 0-1 🇺🇸 Alice Lee

🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 0.5-0.5 🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk

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