U.S. Championship Starts Today/Tomorrow (Wednesday)
The action in the 2018 U.S. Chess Championship, 12 player round robin, begins at 1 p.m. local time in St. Louis (= 2 p.m. ET, = 7 p.m. CET), and here are the pairings:
- Hikaru Nakamura (2787) - Ray Robson (2660)
- Yaroslav Zherebukh (2640) - Wesley So (2786)
- Alexander Onischuk (2672) - Varuzhan Akobian (2647)
- Awonder Liang (2552) - Fabiano Caruana (2804)
- Aleskandr Lenderman (2599) - Samuel Shankland (2671)
- Jeffery Xiong (2665) - Zviad Izoria (2599)
Predictions? I'll say Caruana, and hope he doesn't collapse in a heap due to exhaustion.