2026 U.S. Junior & U.S. Senior Championships: Round 5

The nation's best chess players (under 21 and over 50) compete in ten-player classical round robin events (pairings below) for prize money, scholarships, and entry into the U.S. Championships. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Cristian Chirila, IM Irene Sukandar, WGM Katerina Nemcova, and Ben Underwood for the move-by-move. 2026.07.18 https://saintlouischessclub.org/event...   / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub     / stlchessclub   ROUND 5 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. U.S. JUNIOR Bach Ngo (3) vs. Brew Hardaway (2) Evan Park (1.5) vs. Andy Woodward (3) Abhimanyu Mishra (3) vs. Nico Chasin (1) Tani Adewumi (2.5) vs. Liam Putnam (1.5) Alice Lee (1) vs. Kirk Ghazarian (1.5) U.S. SENIOR Vladimir Akopian (3) vs. Alexander Goldin (1.5) Alex Fishbein (2.5) vs. Alexander Shabalov (2) Gregory Kaidanov (1.5) vs. Alexander Onischuk (2.5) Jesse Kraai (2) vs. Stuart Rachels (2) Igor Novikov (1.5) vs. Joel Benjamin (1.5) U.S. GIRLS' JUNIOR Rachael Li (4) vs. Megan Paragua (2.5) Irene Fei (1.5) vs. Zoey Tang (3.5) Rose Atwell (2) vs. Iris Mou (2) Jasmine Su (2) vs. Chloe Gaw (1) Aimee Yang (1) vs. Rochelle Wu (0.5) U.S. WOMEN'S SENIOR Ivona Jezierska (2.5) vs. Natalia Tsodikova (2.5) Jennifer Skidmore Smith (2.5) vs. Olga Sagalchik (1.5) Beatriz Marinello (1.5) vs. Chouchanik Airapetian (1.5) Catherine Dodson vs. Anjelina Belakovskaia (2.5) Alexey Root (1.5) gets a rest day. Diana Lanni has withdrawn.