The 4th day of the US Chess Championships 2026 in Saint Louis has concluded. After 4 rounds, two players share the lead with 3 points each, with Wesley So leading on tiebreaks.

Hans Moke Niemann defeated Abhimanyu Mishra in 42 moves. Niemann made Queen and Rook sacrifices on moves 38 and 39. Mishra resigned 3 moves later. Hans played the game with 98.3 accuracy, while Mishra’s was 89.4.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 3
2. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 3
3. 🇺🇸 GM Awonder Liang 2.5
4. 🇺🇸 GM Andy Woodward 2.5
5. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 2
6. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Shankland 2
7. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 2
8. 🇺🇸 GM Jeffery Xiong 2
9. 🇺🇸 GM Grigoriy Oparin 2
10. 🇺🇸 GM Abhimanyu Mishra 1.5
11. 🇺🇸 GM Ray Robson 1
12. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Sevian 0.5

Individual round results:

Jeffery Xiong 1-0 Awonder Liang

Sam Shankland 0.5-0.5 Andy Woodward

Wesley So 0.5-0.5 Levon Aronian

Sam Sevian 0-1 Grigoriy Oparin

Hans Moke Niemann 1-0 Abhimanyu Mishra

Fabiano Caruana 1-0 Ray Robson

The US Chess Championships 2026 takes place from October 9 to 21, 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 one Round-Robin between 12 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes