The third day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 3 rounds, 2 players share the lead with 2.5 points each, with Tan Zhongyi leading on tiebreaks.

🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh defeated 🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk in 55 moves. Deshmukh played the game with 91.6 accuracy, while Kosteniuk’s was 85.4.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 2.5
2. 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee 2.5
3. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 2
4. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 1.5
5. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 1.5
6. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 1.5
7. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 1.5
8. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 1
9. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 1
10. 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 0

Individual round results:

🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk 0-1 Divya Deshmukh

🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 0.5-0.5 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi

🇮🇳 Vaishali R 🇮🇳 0.5-0.5 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou

🇺🇸 Alice Lee 0.5-0.5 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Carissa Yip

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: Austin Fuller