The 5th day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 5 rounds, Tan Zhongyi leads with 4 points, while Alice Lee is in second place with 3 points.

All games in the round were drawn. 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva and 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh finished their game with a threefold repetition on move 19.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 4
2. 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee 3
3. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 3
4. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 3
5. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 3
6. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 2.5
7. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 2.5
8. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 2
9. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 1.5
10. 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 0.5

Individual round results:

🇮🇳 Vaishali R 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru

🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk 0.5-0.5 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou

🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Carissa Yip

🇺🇸 Alice Lee 0.5-0.5 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi

🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh 0.5-0.5 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva

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: Crystal Fuller