Clutch Chess and U.S. Championships: SLCC’s Grand Re-Opening

The 2025 U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship begins Sunday, October 12 at the newly renovated Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC). Coverage of each round begins at 12:20 p.m. CDT, with commentary from GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley, and WGM Katerina Nemcova broadcast on SLCC’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

Clutch Chess: The Legends – The three-day match featured six rapid games and six blitz games (two each across three distinct Chess960 positions), with Kasparov clinching the match with two games to go, winning 13–11 (see story at link below for match format and scoring).

Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown – After the event, SLCC will wrap up its re-opening month with Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown. Like its Legends iteration, the event will feature an innovative format where, each day, games are worth more points than the day before. But, unlike The Legends, we will be treated to “normal” chess rather than Chess 960, with Caruana joined by GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen, and current World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. The three-day event begins on Monday, October 27, and games begin at 12:00 p.m. each day. Full regulations can be found here.

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