Early Battles and Standings Tighten at the 2026 U.S. Chess Championships

After three rounds of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championships in St. Louis (October 5–15), Wesley So and Awonder Liang are joint leaders of the Open section on 2.5/3.

In the Women's championship, 16-year-old Alice Lee joined Thalia Cervantes and Megan Paragua at the top of the leaderboard following key round-three wins.

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