The American Cup 2024: Day 3 | Champions Semifinals & Elimination Round 1

Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, two double-elimination tournaments feature America’s best overall chess players and America’s best women players! Today features the first classical game and first rapid game of the Champions Bracket semifinal matches, and also the Elimination Bracket Round 1 rapid matches (pairings below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Cristian Chirila, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move. *OVERALL CHAMPIONS BRACKET | SEMIFINALS | GAME 1 (G/90 30) * Fabiano Caruana vs. Levon Aronian Wesley So vs. Ray Robson *OVERALL CHAMPIONS BRACKET | SEMIFINALS | GAME 2 (G/15 10) * Levon Aronian vs. Fabiano Caruana Ray Robson vs. Wesley So *OVERALL ELIMINATION BRACKET | ROUND 1 | FOUR GAMES (G/15 10) * Sam Sevian vs. Grigoriy Oparin Leinier Dominguez vs. Sam Shankland TWO-GAME (G/3 2) MATCH TO BREAK MATCH TIES *WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS BRACKET | SEMIFI