2025 US Championship
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 12 Oct 2025 to 24 Oct 2025 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 12 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2704, and top seed was Fabiano Caruana (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2789).
Fabiano Caruana (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2789) won with 8.0/11, ahead of Wesley So (7.5) and Levon Aronian (6.5). Caruana shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 9.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Andy Woodward (GM, 2590) beat Hans Moke Niemann (GM, 2738), a +148-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsGM Fabiano Caruana led from R9 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
GM Fabiano Caruana takes the sole lead (6.5/9).
GM Fabiano Caruana drew with GM Wesley So (White).
GM Fabiano Caruana went unbeaten across 11 games (R1–R11).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇺🇸GMCaruana, Fabiano | 2789 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 40.50 | 58.0 | +8.3 | 2850 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸GMSo, Wesley | 2756 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.5 | 38.50 | 58.5 | +8.4 | 2811 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸GMAronian, Levon | 2722 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6.5 | 34.75 | 59.5 | +3.9 | 2746 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸GMSevian, Samuel | 2698 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6.0 | 32.50 | 60.0 | +2.8 | 2719 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸GMWoodward, Andy | 2590 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 28.50 | 60.5 | +15.3 | 2693 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸GMNiemann, Hans Moke | 2738 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 27.25 | 60.5 | -8.8 | 2679 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸GMLiang, Awonder | 2710 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 5.0 | 28.00 | 61.0 | -9.2 | 2646 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸GMOparin, Grigoriy | 2661 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.0 | 26.25 | 61.0 | -1.3 | 2650 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸GMRobson, Ray | 2664 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 24.50 | 61.5 | -6.6 | 2621 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸GMShankland, Sam | 2654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 21.00 | 61.5 | -5.1 | 2622 |
| 12 | 🇺🇸GMMishra, Abhimanyu | 2652 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 4.0 | 22.00 | 62.0 | -9.8 | 2585 |
| 11 | 🇺🇸GMSwiercz, Dariusz | 2577 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 4.0 | 20.75 | 62.0 | +2.1 | 2592 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Woodward, AndyGMUSA+15.35.5 pts · #6
- 2So, WesleyGMUSA+8.47.5 pts · #2
- 3Caruana, FabianoGMUSA+8.38.0 pts · #1
- 1Mishra, AbhimanyuGMUSA-9.84.0 pts · #12
- 2Liang, AwonderGMUSA-9.25.0 pts · #8
- 3Niemann, Hans MokeGMUSA-8.85.5 pts · #5
- R8+148 Elo gap
- R7+133 Elo gap
- R5+108 Elo gap