The 9th and final day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 9 rounds, Tan Zhongyi scored 5 wins and 3 draws. She won the tournament with 6.5/9 points. Zhongyi is 0.5 points ahead of the runner-up Alice Lee.

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi gained +16.3 Classical points and moved up to 6th place in the live rating. Runner-up 16-year-old 🇺🇸 Alice Lee gained +23.4 points and moved up to 23rd place.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 6.5 $65,000
2. 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee 6 $50,000
3. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 5 $35,000
4. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 5 $35,000
5. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 4.5 $13,666
6. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 4.5 $13,666
7. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 4.5 $13,666
8. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 3.5 $9,000
9. 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 3 $8,000
10. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 2.5 $7,000

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