The 8th day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 8 rounds, Tan Zhongyi leads with 6.5 points, while Alice Lee is in second place with 5.5 points.

One round remains, with a maximum of 1 point available. 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi and 🇺🇸 Alice Lee are the only remaining players who can take first place.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 6.5
2. 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee 5.5
3. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 4.5
4. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 4.5
5. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 4
6. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 4
7. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 3.5
8. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 3
9. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 2.5
10. 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2

Individual round results:

🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 1-0 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva

🇺🇸 Carissa Yip 1-0 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou

🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk 0.5-0.5 🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk

🇮🇳 Vaishali R 0-1 🇺🇸 Alice Lee

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