The first day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 1 round, 3 players share the lead with 1 point each, with Tan Zhongyi leading on tiebreaks.

🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh defeated 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu in 31 moves. Deshmukh played the game with 90.5 accuracy, while Vaishali’s was 83.4.

The current standings are:

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

Individual round results:

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 1-0 🇺🇸 Carissa Yip

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru 0.5-0.5 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou

🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 0.5-0.5 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva

🇮🇳 Vaishali R 0-1 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh

🇺🇸 Alice Lee 1-0 🇨🇭 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