The 7th day of the US Chess Championships 2026 in Saint Louis has concluded. After 7 rounds, Wesley So leads with 5 points, while Andy Woodward is in second place with 4.5 points.

Wesley So defeated Ray Robson in 92 moves. So won by making 1 Brilliant move and 16 Great moves. Wesley played the game with 89.4 accuracy, while Robson’s was 84.8.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Andy Woodward 4.5
3. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 4.5
4. 🇺🇸 GM Grigoriy Oparin 4
5. 🇺🇸 GM Jeffery Xiong 4
6. 🇺🇸 GM Awonder Liang 4
7. 🇺🇸 GM Abhimanyu Mishra 3.5
8. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 3
9. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 3
10. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Shankland 2.5
11. 🇺🇸 GM Ray Robson 2.5
12. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Sevian 1.5

Individual round results:

Andy Woodward 0.5-0.5 Sam Sevian

Grigoriy Oparin 1-0 Awonder Liang

Abhimanyu Mishra 0.5-0.5 Jeffery Xiong

Fabiano Caruana 0.5-0.5 Hans Moke Niemann

Ray Robson 0-1 Wesley So

Levon Aronian 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