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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="U.S._Open_Chess_Championship" title="U.S. Open Chess Championship">U.S. Open Chess Championship</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title">US Chess Championship</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a>, the current US champion</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Winner of the US Championship</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="United_States_Chess_Federation" title="United States Chess Federation">United States Chess Federation</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First award</th><td class="infobox-data">1891</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Most recent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a> (<a href="2024_United_States_Chess_Championship" title="2024 United States Chess Championship">2024</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <b>US Chess Championship</b> is an invitational tournament organized by the <a href="United_States_Chess_Federation" title="United States Chess Federation">United States Chess Federation</a> to determine the country's chess champion.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

It is the oldest national chess tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-soltis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soltis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-soltis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soltis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament has fluctuated between a <a href="Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin tournament</a> and a <a href="Swiss_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss system">Swiss system</a>. From 1999 to 2006, the championship was sponsored and organized by the Seattle Chess Foundation (later renamed <a href="America's_Foundation_for_Chess" title="America's Foundation for Chess">America's Foundation for Chess</a>) and featured a larger body of competitors, made possible by the change to a Swiss-style format. After the Foundation withdrew its sponsorship, the 2007 and 2008 events were held in <a href="Stillwater%2C_Oklahoma" title="Stillwater, Oklahoma">Stillwater, Oklahoma</a>, still as a Swiss system, under tournament director <a href="Frank_K._Berry" title="Frank K. Berry">Frank K. Berry</a>. The <a href="Saint_Louis_Chess_Club" title="Saint Louis Chess Club">Saint Louis Chess Club</a> has hosted the championship since 2009. Since 2014, the championship has used a round-robin format. The event is often a Zonal tournament for the <a href="United_States_Chess_Federation" title="United States Chess Federation">United States Chess Federation</a>, providing qualifier spots to the <a href="Chess_World_Cup" title="Chess World Cup">Chess World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>As of 2023, twelve players are invited to compete: the reigning US champion, as well as the respective winners of the <a href="US_Open_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="US Open Chess Championship">US Open Chess Championship</a> and the US Junior Championship. The remaining players are chosen by highest invitational rating, in addition to one organizer wildcard.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a> is the current US chess champion.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_acclamation_(1845–1891)">By acclamation (1845–1891)</h2></div>

<th>Years</th>

<th>Champion</th>

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<td><a href="Charles_Stanley_(Chess_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Stanley (Chess player)">Charles Stanley</a></td>

<td>Defeated <a href="Eug%C3%A8ne_Rousseau_(chess_player)" title="Eugène Rousseau (chess player)">Eugène Rousseau</a> in a match in 1845

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<td><a href="Paul_Morphy" title="Paul Morphy">Paul Morphy</a></td>

<td>Won the first <a href="American_Chess_Congress" title="American Chess Congress">American Chess Congress</a> in 1857

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<td><a href="George_Henry_Mackenzie" title="George Henry Mackenzie">George Henry Mackenzie</a></td>

<td>Won the 2nd, 3rd and 5th American Chess Congress

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Match_format_(1891–1935)">Match format (1891–1935)</h2></div>

<p>George Henry Mackenzie died in April 1891 and, later that year, <a href="Max_Judd" title="Max Judd">Max Judd</a> proposed he, <a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a> and <a href="S._Lipsch%C3%BCtz" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Lipschütz">S. Lipschütz</a> contest a triangular match for the championship. <a href="Lipsch%C3%BCtz" class="mw-redirect" title="Lipschütz">Lipschütz</a> withdrew so Judd and Showalter played a match which the latter won. A claim by <a href="Walter_Penn_Shipley" title="Walter Penn Shipley">Walter Penn Shipley</a> that <a href="S._Lipsch%C3%BCtz" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Lipschütz">S. Lipschütz</a> became US Champion as a result of being the top-scoring American at the Sixth American Chess Congress, New York 1889, is refuted in a biography of Lipschütz.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

The following US Champions until 1909 were decided by matches.

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<th>Winner</th>

<th>Loser</th>

<th>Result</th>

<th>Notes

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<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>The final game was delayed until January 1892 because Judd was ill.

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<td><span data-sort-value="Lipschütz, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Lipsch%C3%BCtz" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Lipschütz">Samuel Lipschütz</a></span></span></span></td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Hodges, Albert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Albert_Hodges" title="Albert Hodges">Albert Hodges</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Prior to the last game the players agreed to extend the match. Many sources classify this as the first of two matches instead of one extended match.

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<td><span data-sort-value="Hodges, Albert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Albert_Hodges" title="Albert Hodges">Albert Hodges</a></span></span></span></td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Can be considered a match extension or a new match.

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<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Lipschütz, S."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="S._Lipsch%C3%BCtz" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Lipschütz">S. Lipschütz</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span> (4)</td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Kemény, Emil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Emil_Kem%C3%A9ny" title="Emil Kemény">Emil Kemény</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span> (5)</td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Barry, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">John Barry</span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Pillsbury, Harry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Harry_Pillsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Pillsbury">Harry Pillsbury</a></span></span></span></td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Pillsbury added to the conditions of the match : "... even if I should win, I shall leave Showalter the possession of his championship title".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Pillsbury, Harry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Harry_Pillsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Pillsbury">Harry Pillsbury</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Contrary to the 1897 match, the title of US champion was clearly at stake in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Marshall, Frank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Frank_Marshall_(chess_player)" title="Frank Marshall (chess player)">Frank Marshall</a></span></span></span></td>

<td><span data-sort-value="Showalter, Jackson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Title reverted to Showalter after Pillsbury's death in 1906.

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<td><span data-sort-value="Lasker, Edward"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Edward_Lasker" title="Edward Lasker">Edward Lasker</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Marshall declined to play in the invitational tournament that began in 1936.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Round-robin_format_(1936–1998)">Round-robin format (1936–1998)</h2></div>

<th>Winner(s)</th>

<th>Notes

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span> (4)</td>

<td>Match victory over <a href="I.A._Horowitz" class="mw-redirect" title="I.A. Horowitz">I.A. Horowitz</a>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span> (5)</td>

<td>An erroneous ruling by the director allowed Reshevsky to tie for first with <a href="Isaac_Kashdan" title="Isaac Kashdan">Isaac Kashdan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br> Reshevsky won a playoff match against Kashdan 6 months later.

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<td><span data-sort-value="Denker, Arnold"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Arnold_Denker" title="Arnold Denker">Arnold Denker</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Denker, Arnold"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Arnold_Denker" title="Arnold Denker">Arnold Denker</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>Match victory over <a href="Herman_Steiner" title="Herman Steiner">Herman Steiner</a>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span> (6)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Steiner, Herman"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Herman_Steiner" title="Herman Steiner">Herman Steiner</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Evans, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Larry_Evans_(chess_grandmaster)" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry Evans (chess grandmaster)">Larry Evans</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td>Match victory over <a href="Herman_Steiner" title="Herman Steiner">Herman Steiner</a>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Bisguier, Arthur"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Arthur_Bisguier" title="Arthur Bisguier">Arthur Bisguier</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span> (7)</td>

<td>Match victory over <a href="Arthur_Bisguier" title="Arthur Bisguier">Arthur Bisguier</a>.The title was not at stake - Bisguier remained champion.

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>At 14, the youngest champion ever

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span> (4)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span> (5)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span> (6)</td>

<td>The only perfect score in tournament history

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span> (7)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Fischer, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></span></span></span> (8)</td>

<td>A record eighth win (out of eight attempts)

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<td><span data-sort-value="Reshevsky, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></span></span></span> (8)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Byrne, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Robert_Byrne_(chess_player)" title="Robert Byrne (chess player)">Robert Byrne</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Playoff held 9 months after the tournament, with Byrne winning over <a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Reshevsky</a> and <a href="Lubomir_Kavalek" title="Lubomir Kavalek">Kavalek</a>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Kavalek, Lubomir"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Lubomir_Kavalek" title="Lubomir Kavalek">Lubomir Kavalek</a></span></span></span><br> <span data-sort-value="Grefe, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="John_Grefe" title="John Grefe">John Grefe</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Browne, Walter"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Browne, Walter"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Browne, Walter"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Kavalek, Lubomir"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Lubomir_Kavalek" title="Lubomir Kavalek">Lubomir Kavalek</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Browne, Walter"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a></span></span></span> (4)<br> <span data-sort-value="Christiansen, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Larry Christiansen</a></span></span></span> <br> <span data-sort-value="Evans, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Larry_Evans_(chess_grandmaster)" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry Evans (chess grandmaster)">Larry Evans</a></span></span></span> (5)</td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Browne, Walter"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a></span></span></span> (6)<br><span data-sort-value="Christiansen, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Larry Christiansen</a></span></span></span> (2)<br> <span data-sort-value="Dzindzichashvili, Roman"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Roman Dzindzichashvili</a></span></span></span></td>

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<td><span data-sort-value="Alburt, Lev"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Lev_Alburt" title="Lev Alburt">Lev Alburt</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Alburt, Lev"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Lev_Alburt" title="Lev Alburt">Lev Alburt</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Seirawan, Yasser"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Wilder, Michael"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Michael_Wilder" title="Michael Wilder">Michael Wilder</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Dzindzichashvili, Roman"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Roman Dzindzichashvili</a></span></span></span> (2)<br><span data-sort-value="Rachels, Stuart"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Stuart_Rachels" title="Stuart Rachels">Stuart Rachels</a></span></span></span><br><span data-sort-value="Seirawan, Yasser"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Alburt, Lev"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Lev_Alburt" title="Lev Alburt">Lev Alburt</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td>Knockout tournament

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Kamsky, Gata"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Knockout tournament

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Wolff, Patrick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Patrick Wolff</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Shabalov, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Alexander Shabalov</a></span></span></span> <br> <span data-sort-value="Yermolinsky, Alex"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Alex Yermolinsky</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Gulko, Boris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Boris_Gulko" title="Boris Gulko">Boris Gulko</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>The only person to have held both the US and Soviet championships

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="de Firmian, Nick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">Nick de Firmian</a></span></span></span> (2)<br><span data-sort-value="Wolff, Patrick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Patrick Wolff</a></span></span></span> (2)<br> <span data-sort-value="Ivanov, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)" title="Alexander Ivanov (chess player)">Alexander Ivanov</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Yermolinsky, Alex"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Alex Yermolinsky</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Benjamin, Joel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Joel_Benjamin" title="Joel Benjamin">Joel Benjamin</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="de Firmian, Nick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">Nick de Firmian</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table></dd></dl>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swiss_format_(1999–2013)">Swiss format (1999–2013)</h2></div>

<th>Winner(s)</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Gulko, Boris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Boris_Gulko" title="Boris Gulko">Boris Gulko</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Benjamin, Joel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Joel_Benjamin" title="Joel Benjamin">Joel Benjamin</a></span></span></span> (3)<br> <span data-sort-value="Shabalov, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Alexander Shabalov</a></span></span></span> (2)<br> <span data-sort-value="Seirawan, Yasser"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a></span></span></span> (4)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Christiansen, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Larry Christiansen</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Shabalov, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Alexander Shabalov</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Nakamura, Hikaru"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Tournament was played in 2004, but called the 2005 Championship for legal reasons<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Onischuk, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Alexander Onischuk</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Shabalov, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Alexander Shabalov</a></span></span></span> (4)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Shulman, Yury"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Yury Shulman</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Nakamura, Hikaru"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Kamsky, Gata"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>Kamsky won an <a href="Armageddon_chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Armageddon chess">Armageddon tie-break</a> playoff against <a href="Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Yury Shulman</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Kamsky, Gata"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Nakamura, Hikaru"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td>Switched to a round-robin tournament for this year only

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Kamsky, Gata"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a></span></span></span> (4)</td>

<td>Kamsky won an <a href="Armageddon_chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Armageddon chess">Armageddon tie-break</a> playoff against <a href="Alejandro_Ram%C3%ADrez_(chess_player)" title="Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)">Alejandro Ramírez</a>

</td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Round-robin_format_(2014–present)">Round-robin format (2014–present)</h2></div>

<th>Winner(s)</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Kamsky, Gata"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a></span></span></span> (5)</td>

<td>Kamsky won a playoff rapid against <a href="Varuzhan_Akobian" title="Varuzhan Akobian">Varuzhan Akobian</a> after Akobian qualified<br> by beating <span data-sort-value="Lenderman, Aleksandr"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Aleksandr_Lenderman" title="Aleksandr Lenderman">Aleksandr Lenderman</a></span></span></span> on an <a href="Armageddon_chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Armageddon chess">Armageddon tie-break</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Nakamura, Hikaru"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a></span></span></span> (4)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Caruana, Fabiano"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="So, Wesley"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">Wesley So</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>Wesley So won a rapid playoff against <a href="Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Alexander Onischuk</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Shankland, Samuel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Samuel_Shankland" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Shankland">Samuel Shankland</a></span></span></span></td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Nakamura, Hikaru"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a></span></span></span> (5)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="So, Wesley"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">Wesley So</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>Tournament held online via <a href="Lichess" title="Lichess">Lichess</a> due to the <a href="COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="So, Wesley"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">Wesley So</a></span></span></span> (3)</td>

<td>So won a rapid playoff against <a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a> and <a href="Samuel_Sevian" title="Samuel Sevian">Samuel Sevian</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Caruana, Fabiano"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a></span></span></span> (2)</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>67

</td>

</td>

<td><a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a> (3)

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>68

</td>

</td>

<td><a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a> (4)

</td>

<td>

</td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players_by_number_of_championships">Players by number of championships</h2></div>

<th>Total Victories</th>

<th>Tournament Victories</th>

<th>Match Victories</th>

<th>Years

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></td>

<td>1957/8 1958/9 1959/0 1960/1 1962/3 1963/4 1965/6 1966/7

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></td>

<td>1936 1938 1940 1941 1942 1946 1957 1969

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a></td>

<td>1974 1975 1977 1980 1981 1983

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Larry_Evans_(chess_player)" title="Larry Evans (chess player)">Larry Evans</a></td>

<td>1951 1952 1961/2 1968 1980

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a></td>

<td>1991 2010 2011 2013 2014

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a></td>

<td>2005 2009 2012 2015 2019

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Jackson_Showalter" title="Jackson Showalter">Jackson Showalter</a></td>

<td>1891–92 1894 1895 1896 1896

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a></td>

<td>1981 1986 1989 2000

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Alexander Shabalov</a></td>

<td>1993 2000 2003 2007

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a></td>

<td>2016 2022 2023 2024

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Lev_Alburt" title="Lev Alburt">Lev Alburt</a></td>

<td>1984 1985 1990

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Joel_Benjamin" title="Joel Benjamin">Joel Benjamin</a></td>

<td>1987 1997 2000

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Larry Christiansen</a></td>

<td>1980 1983 2002

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">Nick de Firmian</a></td>

<td>1987 1995 1998

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">Wesley So</a></td>

<td>2017 2020 2021

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Arnold_Denker" title="Arnold Denker">Arnold Denker</a></td>

<td>1944 1946

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Roman Dzindzichashvili</a></td>

<td>1983 1989

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Boris_Gulko" title="Boris Gulko">Boris Gulko</a></td>

<td>1994 1999

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Lubomir_Kavalek" title="Lubomir Kavalek">Lubomir Kavalek</a></td>

<td>1973 1978

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Frank_Marshall_(chess_player)" title="Frank Marshall (chess player)">Frank Marshall</a></td>

<td>1909 1923

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Harry_Pillsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Pillsbury">Harry Pillsbury</a></td>

<td>1897 1898

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Patrick Wolff</a></td>

<td>1992 1995

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Alex Yermolinsky</a></td>

<td>1993 1996

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Arthur_Bisguier" title="Arthur Bisguier">Arthur Bisguier</a></td>

<td>1954

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Robert_Byrne_(chess_player)" title="Robert Byrne (chess player)">Robert Byrne</a></td>

<td>1972

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="John_Grefe" title="John Grefe">John Grefe</a></td>

<td>1973

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Albert_Hodges" title="Albert Hodges">Albert Hodges</a></td>

<td>1894

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)" title="Alexander Ivanov (chess player)">Alexander Ivanov</a></td>

<td>1995

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Samuel_Lipsch%C3%BCtz" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Lipschütz">Samuel Lipschütz</a></td>

<td>1892

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Alexander Onischuk</a></td>

<td>2006

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Stuart_Rachels" title="Stuart Rachels">Stuart Rachels</a></td>

<td>1989

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Samuel_Shankland" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Shankland">Samuel Shankland</a></td>

<td>2018

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Yury Shulman</a></td>

<td>2008

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Herman_Steiner" title="Herman Steiner">Herman Steiner</a></td>

<td>1948

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Michael_Wilder" title="Michael Wilder">Michael Wilder</a></td>

<td>1988

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul><li><a href="US_Women's_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="US Women's Chess Championship">US Women's Chess Championship</a></li>

<li><a href="US_Open_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="US Open Chess Championship">US Open Chess Championship</a></li>

<li><a href="US_Women's_Open_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="US Women's Open Chess Championship">US Women's Open Chess Championship</a></li>

<li><a href="American_Chess_Congress" title="American Chess Congress">American Chess Congress</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/D0102">"D. REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC COMPETITIONS / 01. FIDE Individual World Championship Cycles / 02. Continental Championships and Zonal Tournaments / FIDE Handbook"</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uschess.org/index.php/Invitational-Information/US-Chess-Invitational-Requirements.html#:~:text=1%201)%20Each%20player%20must%20play%20at%20least,be%20against%20players%20of%20strength%20as%20noted%20below:?adlt=strict&toWww=1&redig=3FAADAA6DBCB4630BFA04AE490D40E60">"The United States Chess Federation - US Chess Invitational Requirements"</a>. <i>www.uschess.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-11-26</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Davies, pp. 196–99</span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andrew Soltis, <i>The United States Chess Championship</i>, Second Edition, McFarland, 1997, p. 32.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andrew Soltis, <i>The United States Chess Championship</i>, Second Edition, McFarland, 1997, p. 33.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In an objectively <a href="Draw_(chess)" title="Draw (chess)">drawn</a> <a href="Chess_endgame" title="Chess endgame">endgame</a> against <a href="Arnold_Denker" title="Arnold Denker">Arnold Denker</a>, the flag on Reshevsky's <a href="Chess_clock" title="Chess clock">clock</a> fell, which should have resulted in his losing on time. The tournament director Walter Stephens, who was standing behind the clock, flipped it around and, looking at Reshevsky's side of the clock (which he mistakenly thought was Denker's), announced "Denker forfeits!" He refused to correct his error, explaining, "Does <a href="Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis" title="Kenesaw Mountain Landis">Kenesaw Mountain Landis</a> reverse himself?" <a href="William_Lombardy" title="William Lombardy">William Lombardy</a> and David Daniels, <i>U.S. Championship Chess</i>, David McKay, 1975, p. 22. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-679-13042-X</bdi>. Arnold S. Denker, <i>My Best Chess Games 1929–1976</i>, Dover, 1981, p. 121. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-486-24035-5</bdi>.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechessdrum.net/tournaments/USchess2005/index.html">"U.S. Chess Championship (23 November- 5 December)"</a>. <i>www.thechessdrum.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-04-17</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://saintlouischessclub.org/news/2011-04-28/kamsky-reigns-supreme-women-head-tiebreak">Kamsky reigns supreme</a></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFSoltisMcCormick1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Andy_Soltis" class="mw-redirect" title="Andy Soltis">Soltis, Andy</a>; McCormick, Gene H. (1997). <i>The United States Chess Championship 1845–1996</i> (2nd ed.). McFarland. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-7864-0248-2</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFIsaac_Kashdan1933" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Isaac_Kashdan" title="Isaac Kashdan">Isaac Kashdan</a> (1933). <i>History of the United States Chess Championship</i>. Chess Review, November–December, 1933, reprinted in The Best of Chess Life & Review 1933–1960. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-671-61986-1</bdi>.</cite> <span class="cs1-hidden-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{cite book}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-hidden-error citation-comment">ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)</span></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uschesschamps.com">Official US Chess Championship Site</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://saintlouischessclub.org/">St. Louis Chess Club, St. Louis, Missouri</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a></li>

<li><a href="Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a></li>

<li><a href="Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Canadian_Premier_League" title="Canadian Premier League">Canadian Premier League</a></li>

<li><a href="Major_League_Cricket" title="Major League Cricket">Major League Cricket</a></li>

<li>Arena football

<li><a href="National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">National Lacrosse League</a></li>

<li><a href="Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">Premier Lacrosse League</a></li>

<li><a href="USA_Rugby_League" title="USA Rugby League">USA Rugby League</a></li>

<li><a href="Major_League_Rugby" title="Major League Rugby">Major League Rugby</a></li>

<li><a href="Premier_Rugby_Sevens" title="Premier Rugby Sevens">Premier Rugby Sevens</a></li>

<li><a href="Major_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Major Arena Soccer League">Major Arena Soccer League</a></li>

<li><a href="Ultimate_Frisbee_Association" title="Ultimate Frisbee Association">Ultimate Frisbee Association</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Volleyball_Association_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Volleyball Association (US)">National Volleyball Association</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Women's_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Women's_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a></li>

<li><a href="Professional_Women's_Hockey_League" title="Professional Women's Hockey League">Professional Women's Hockey League</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Women's_Pro_Baseball_League" title="Women's Pro Baseball League">Women's Pro Baseball League</a></li>

<li><a href="Women's_Football_Alliance" title="Women's Football Alliance">Women's Football Alliance</a></li>

<li><a href="Women's_Lacrosse_League" title="Women's Lacrosse League">Women's Lacrosse League</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Ringette_League" title="National Ringette League">National Ringette League</a></li>

<li><a href="Women's_Elite_Rugby" title="Women's Elite Rugby">Women's Elite Rugby</a></li>

<li><a href="Premier_Rugby_Sevens" title="Premier Rugby Sevens">Premier Rugby Sevens</a></li>

<li>Soccer

<li>Softball

<li>Ultimate

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<li><a href="Pro_Volleyball_Federation" title="Pro Volleyball Federation">Major League Volleyball</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Argentine_Chess_Championship" title="Argentine Chess Championship">Argentina</a></li>

<li><a href="Armenian_Chess_Championship" title="Armenian Chess Championship">Armenia</a></li>

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<li><a href="Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_Chess_Championship" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li>

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<li><a href="Brazilian_Chess_Championship" title="Brazilian Chess Championship">Brazil</a></li>

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<li><a href="Catalan_Chess_Championship" title="Catalan Chess Championship">Catalonia</a></li>

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<li><a href="Croatian_Chess_Championship" title="Croatian Chess Championship">Croatia</a></li>

<li><a href="Cypriot_Chess_Championship" title="Cypriot Chess Championship">Cyprus</a></li>

<li><a href="Czech_Chess_Championship" title="Czech Chess Championship">Czech Republic</a></li>

<li><a href="Danish_Chess_Championship" title="Danish Chess Championship">Denmark</a></li>

<li><a href="Dominican_Chess_Championship" title="Dominican Chess Championship">Dominican Republic</a></li>

<li><a href="Salvadoran_Chess_Championship" title="Salvadoran Chess Championship">El Salvador</a></li>

<li><a href="Estonian_Chess_Championship" title="Estonian Chess Championship">Estonia</a></li>

<li><a href="Faroese_Chess_Championship" title="Faroese Chess Championship">Faroe Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Finnish_Chess_Championship" title="Finnish Chess Championship">Finland</a></li>

<li><a href="French_Chess_Championship" title="French Chess Championship">France</a></li>

<li><a href="Georgian_Chess_Championship" title="Georgian Chess Championship">Georgia</a></li>

<li><a href="German_Chess_Championship" title="German Chess Championship">Germany</a></li>

<li><a href="British_Chess_Championship" title="British Chess Championship">Great Britain</a></li>

<li><a href="Greek_Chess_Championship" title="Greek Chess Championship">Greece</a></li>

<li><a href="Guatemalan_Chess_Championship" title="Guatemalan Chess Championship">Guatemala</a></li>

<li><a href="Honduran_Chess_Championship" title="Honduran Chess Championship">Honduras</a></li>

<li><a href="Hungarian_Chess_Championship" title="Hungarian Chess Championship">Hungary</a></li>

<li><a href="Icelandic_Chess_Championship" title="Icelandic Chess Championship">Iceland</a></li>

<li><a href="Indian_Chess_Championship" title="Indian Chess Championship">India</a></li>

<li><a href="Indonesian_Chess_Championship" title="Indonesian Chess Championship">Indonesia</a></li>

<li><a href="Irish_Chess_Championship" title="Irish Chess Championship">Ireland</a></li>

<li><a href="Israeli_Chess_Championship" title="Israeli Chess Championship">Israel</a></li>

<li><a href="Italian_Chess_Championship" title="Italian Chess Championship">Italy</a></li>

<li><a href="Jamaican_Chess_Championship" title="Jamaican Chess Championship">Jamaica</a></li>

<li><a href="Japanese_Chess_Championship" title="Japanese Chess Championship">Japan</a></li>

<li><a href="Kazakhstani_Chess_Championship" title="Kazakhstani Chess Championship">Kazakhstan</a></li>

<li><a href="Kenyan_Chess_Championship" title="Kenyan Chess Championship">Kenya</a></li>

<li><a href="Kosovan_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovan Chess Championship">Kosovo</a></li>

<li><a href="Latvian_Chess_Championship" title="Latvian Chess Championship">Latvia</a></li>

<li><a href="Lebanese_Chess_Championship" title="Lebanese Chess Championship">Lebanon</a></li>

<li><a href="Lithuanian_Chess_Championship" title="Lithuanian Chess Championship">Lithuania</a></li>

<li><a href="Luxembourg_Chess_Championship" title="Luxembourg Chess Championship">Luxembourg</a></li>

<li><a href="Macedonian_Chess_Championship" title="Macedonian Chess Championship">Macedonia</a></li>

<li><a href="Malagasy_Chess_Championship" title="Malagasy Chess Championship">Madagascar</a></li>

<li><a href="Malaysian_Chess_Championship" title="Malaysian Chess Championship">Malaysia</a></li>

<li><a href="Maltese_Chess_Championship" title="Maltese Chess Championship">Malta</a></li>

<li><a href="Mexican_Chess_Championship" title="Mexican Chess Championship">Mexico</a></li>

<li><a href="Moldovan_Chess_Championship" title="Moldovan Chess Championship">Moldova</a></li>

<li><a href="Mongolian_Chess_Championship" title="Mongolian Chess Championship">Mongolia</a></li>

<li><a href="Montenegrin_Chess_Championship" title="Montenegrin Chess Championship">Montenegro</a></li>

<li><a href="Moroccan_Chess_Championship" title="Moroccan Chess Championship">Morocco</a></li>

<li><a href="Myanmar_National_Chess_Championship" title="Myanmar National Chess Championship">Myanmar</a></li>

<li><a href="Nepalese_Chess_Championship" title="Nepalese Chess Championship">Nepal</a></li>

<li><a href="Dutch_Chess_Championship" title="Dutch Chess Championship">Netherlands</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Zealand_Chess_Championship" title="New Zealand Chess Championship">New Zealand</a></li>

<li><a href="Nicaraguan_Chess_Championship" title="Nicaraguan Chess Championship">Nicaragua</a></li>

<li><a href="Ulster_Chess_Championship" title="Ulster Chess Championship">Northern Ireland</a></li>

<li><a href="Norwegian_Chess_Championship" title="Norwegian Chess Championship">Norway</a></li>

<li><a href="Pakistani_Chess_Championship" title="Pakistani Chess Championship">Pakistan</a></li>

<li><a href="Panamanian_Chess_Championship" title="Panamanian Chess Championship">Panama</a></li>

<li><a href="Paraguayan_Chess_Championship" title="Paraguayan Chess Championship">Paraguay</a></li>

<li><a href="Filipino_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipino Chess Championship">Philippines</a></li>

<li><a href="Polish_Chess_Championship" title="Polish Chess Championship">Poland</a></li>

<li><a href="Portuguese_Chess_Championship" title="Portuguese Chess Championship">Portugal</a></li>

<li><a href="Romanian_Chess_Championship" title="Romanian Chess Championship">Romania</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_Chess_Championship" title="Russian Chess Championship">Russia</a></li>

<li><a href="Scottish_Chess_Championship" title="Scottish Chess Championship">Scotland</a></li>

<li><a href="Serbian_Chess_Championship" title="Serbian Chess Championship">Serbia</a></li>

<li><a href="Seychelles_Chess_Championship" title="Seychelles Chess Championship">Seychelles</a></li>

<li><a href="Singaporean_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Singaporean Chess Championship">Singapore</a></li>

<li><a href="Slovak_Chess_Championship" title="Slovak Chess Championship">Slovakia</a></li>

<li><a href="Slovenian_Chess_Championship" title="Slovenian Chess Championship">Slovenia</a></li>

<li><a href="South_African_Chess_Championship" title="South African Chess Championship">South Africa</a></li>

<li><a href="South_Korean_Chess_Championship" title="South Korean Chess Championship">South Korea</a></li>

<li><a href="Spanish_Chess_Championship" title="Spanish Chess Championship">Spain</a></li>

<li><a href="Sri_Lankan_Chess_Championship" title="Sri Lankan Chess Championship">Sri Lanka</a></li>

<li><a href="Surinamese_Chess_Championship" title="Surinamese Chess Championship">Suriname</a></li>

<li><a href="Swedish_Chess_Championship" title="Swedish Chess Championship">Sweden</a></li>

<li><a href="Swiss_Chess_Championship" title="Swiss Chess Championship">Switzerland</a></li>

<li><a href="Trinidad_and_Tobago_Chess_Championship" title="Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li>

<li><a href="Turkish_Chess_Championship" title="Turkish Chess Championship">Turkey</a></li>

<li><a href="Ukrainian_Chess_Championship" title="Ukrainian Chess Championship">Ukraine</a></li>

<li><a href="Emirati_Chess_Championship" title="Emirati Chess Championship">United Arab Emirates</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="U.S._Women's_Chess_Championship" title="U.S. Women's Chess Championship">women's</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Uruguayan_Chess_Championship" title="Uruguayan Chess Championship">Uruguay</a></li>

<li><a href="Uzbekistani_Chess_Championship" title="Uzbekistani Chess Championship">Uzbekistan</a></li>

<li><a href="Venezuelan_Chess_Championship" title="Venezuelan Chess Championship">Venezuela</a></li>

<li><a href="Vietnamese_Chess_Championship" title="Vietnamese Chess Championship">Vietnam</a></li>

<li><a href="Welsh_Chess_Championship" title="Welsh Chess Championship">Wales</a></li>

<li><a href="Zambian_Chess_Championship" title="Zambian Chess Championship">Zambia</a></li>

<li><a href="Zimbabwe_Chess_Championship" title="Zimbabwe Chess Championship">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Czechoslovak_Chess_Championship" title="Czechoslovak Chess Championship">Czechoslovakia</a></li>

<li><a href="Serbia_and_Montenegro_Chess_Championship" title="Serbia and Montenegro Chess Championship">Serbia and Montenegro</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="USSR_Women's_Chess_Championship" title="USSR Women's Chess Championship">women's</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Yugoslav_Chess_Championship" title="Yugoslav Chess Championship">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Berlin_City_Chess_Championship" title="Berlin City Chess Championship">Berlin</a></li>

<li><a href="Leningrad_City_Chess_Championship" title="Leningrad City Chess Championship">Leningrad</a></li>

<li><a href="Moscow_City_Chess_Championship" title="Moscow City Chess Championship">Moscow</a></li>

<li><a href="Paris_City_Chess_Championship" title="Paris City Chess Championship">Paris</a></li></ul>

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