U.S. Chess Championship

The United States Chess Championship is an annual invitational tournament, in which a master among the chess players in the United States is determined.

From 1909 to 1936, Frank Marshall recognized the best player in the United States, who defended his title against challenger in competitions. After he resigned voluntarily, the national champion was determined from 1936 in tournaments organized by the United States Chess Federation. By 1999, the championship was held as a round-robin tournament with varying numbers of participants. Between 1999 and 2006, the Seattle Chess Foundation set up (later: America 's Foundation for Chess ) the tournament according to the Swiss system. After their withdrawal the championship in 2007 and 2008 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, 2009, 2010 and 2011, in Chess Club and Scholastic Center was in St. Louis, Missouri played out.

Tournament winners from 1936

Yasser Seirawan 29 1983 Walter Browne Larry Christiansen Roman Dzindzichashvili 30 1984 Lev Alburt 31 1985 Lev Alburt 32 1986 Yasser Seirawan 33 1987 Joel Benjamin Nick de Firmian 34 1988 Michael Wilder 35 1989 Roman Dzindzichashvili Stuart Rachels Yasser Seirawan 36 1990 Lev Alburt Tournament in the knockout system 37 1991 Gata Kamsky Tournament in the knockout system 38 1992 Patrick Wolff 39 1993 Alexander Shabalov Alex Yermolinsky 40 1994 Boris Gulko Gulko was so far the only U.S. champion and champion of the Soviet Union 41 1995 Nick de Firmian Patrick Wolff Alexander Ivanov 42 1996 Alex Yermolinsky 43 1997 Joel Benjamin 44 1998 Nick de Firmian 45 1999 Boris Gulko 46 2000 Joel Benjamin Alexander Shabalov Yasser Seirawan 47 2002 Larry Christiansen 48 2003 Alexander Shabalov 49 2005 Hikaru Nakamura The tournament was held in 2004, but figured for legal reasons as Championship 2005 50 2006 Alexander Onischuk 51 2007 Alexander Shabalov 52 2008 Yury Shulman 53 2009 Hikaru Nakamura 54 2010 Gata Kamsky Kamsky wins in playoff against Yury Shulman 55 2011 Gata Kamsky 56 2012 Hikaru Nakamura 57 2013 Gata Kamsky Kamsky wins in playoff against Alejandro Ramírez see also

  • United States Women's Chess Championship, the U.S. Chess Championship for Women
Stillwater (Oklahoma) Isaac Kashdan Arnold Denker Herman Steiner Larry Evans Bobby Fischer John Grefe USSR Chess Championship
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