The 9th day of the US Chess Championships 2026 in Saint Louis has concluded. After 9 rounds, Wesley So leads with 6.5 points, while Fabiano Caruana is in second place with 5.5 points.

Wesley So drew with Fabiano Caruana in 38 moves by threefold repetition. Wesley played the game with 98.4 accuracy, while Caruana’s was 98.1.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 6.5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 5.5
3. 🇺🇸 GM Grigoriy Oparin 5.5
4. 🇺🇸 GM Andy Woodward 5
5. 🇺🇸 GM Jeffery Xiong 5
6. 🇺🇸 GM Awonder Liang 5
7. 🇺🇸 GM Abhimanyu Mishra 4.5
8. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 4
9. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 3.5
10. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Shankland 3.5
11. 🇺🇸 GM Ray Robson 3.5
12. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Sevian 2.5

Individual round results:

Abhimanyu Mishra 0.5-0.5 Levon Aronian

Hans Moke Niemann 0.5-0.5 Sam Sevian

Ray Robson 0.5-0.5 Awonder Liang

Fabiano Caruana 0.5-0.5 Wesley So

Andy Woodward 0.5-0.5 Jeffery Xiong

Grigoriy Oparin 1-0 Sam Shankland

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