The 7th day of the Cairns Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 7 rounds, Tan Zhongyi leads with 5.5 points, while Bibisara Assaubayeva is in second place with 4.5 points.

🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi defeated 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh in 41 moves. Zhongyi played the game with 91.8 accuracy, while Deshmukh’s was 85.9.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 5.5
2. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 4.5
3. 🇺🇸 IM Alice Lee 4.5
4. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 3.5
5. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 3.5
6. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 3.5
7. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 3.5
8. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 2.5
9. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 2.5
10. 🇨🇭 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 1.5

Individual round results:

🇺🇸 Alice Lee 0.5-0.5 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk

🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru

🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh 0-1 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi

🇮🇳 Vaishali R 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Carissa Yip

🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva 1-0 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou

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: Austin Fuller