Confirmed Players in the 2009 U.S. Championship

The 2009 U.S. Championship is fastly approaching! There are 24 players who will be participating in this year's tournament of all ages, including one player who is just 14! We are pleased to announce the following chess luminaries have accepted their invitation to compete in the 2009 U.S. Championship and will be in Saint Louis this May. Check back often for updates!

 

Confirmed Players

First Name Last Namesort icon Reason for Invitation
Tatev Abrahamyan
Tatev Abrahamyan Rating
Tatev Abrahamyan Rating
Tatev Abrahamyan Rating
Varuzhan Akobian Rating
Varuzhan Akobian Rating
Varuzhan Akobian Rating
Varuzhan Akobian Rating
Varuzhan Akobiana Rating
Levon Altounian ICC State Champion of Champions
Marc Arnold
Camilla Baginskaite
Camilla Baginskaite Rating
Camilla Baginskaite Rating
Julio Becerra Rating
Julio Becerra
Joel Benjamin Rating
Joel Benjamin Rating
Joel Benjamin
Vinay Bhat Wildcard
Chris Bird
Michael Brooks Wildcard
Michael Brooks
John Bryant Rating
John Bryant Rating
Kevin Cao
Larry Christiansen Rating
Larry Christiansen 2009 U.S. Senior Open Champion
Larry Christiansen
Larry Christiansen Rating
Nick DeFirmian
Jialin Ding
Doug Eckert Replaced Anna Zatonskih after she withdrew for medical reasons.
Jaan Ehlvest Rating
Jaan Ehlvest Rating
Jaan Ehlvest Rating
Yun Fan
Martha Fierro
Ben Finegold Rating
Ben Finegold Rating
Ben Finegold Rating
Ben Finegold
Sabina-Francesca Foisor
Sabina Foisor Rating
Sabina Foisor Rating
Sabina Foisor Rating
Josh Friedel Wildcard
Alec Getz
Rusudan Goletiani
Rusudan Goletiani
Rusudan Goletiani
Rusudan Goletiani
Boris Gulko Rating
Dmitry Gurevich U.S. Open: Top-Five Finisher
Warren Harper Rating
Warren Harper Rating
Warren Harper Rating
Robert Hess Wildcard
Robert Hess Rating
Robert Hess Rating
Robert Hess Rating
Conrad Holt Rating
Conrad Holt Rating
Tyler Hughes Qualified - 2008 U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Tyler Hughes Rating
Ildar Ibragimov Rating
Alexander Ivanov
Carol Jarecki
Gregory Kaidanov Rating
Gregory Kaidanov Rating
Gregory Kaidanov
Gregory Kaidanov Rating
Gregory Kaidanov Rating
Gata Kamsky Rating
Gata Kamsky Rating
Gata Kamsky Rating
Gata Kamsky Rating
Gata Kamsky Rating
Anatoly Karpov
Melik Khachiyan Rating
Melikset Khachiyan Rating
Melikset Khachiyan
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Jesse Kraai U.S. Open: Top-Five Finisher
Jesse Kraai U.S. Open: Top-Five Finisher
Irina Krush Female, Rating
Irina Krush
Irina Krush Wildcard
Irina Krush Rating
Irina Krush Defending Champion
Irina Krush
Irina Krush Rating
Sergey Kudrin U.S. Open: Top-Five Finisher
Kateryna Lahno
Charles Lawton Wildcard
Alex Lenderman U.S. Open: Top-Five Finisher
Alex Lenderman Rating
Beatriz Marinello Rating
Abby Marshall
Abby Marshall Rating
Alisa Melekhina
Alisa Melekhina Rating
Alisa Melekhina Rating
Alisa Melekhina Rating
Hikaru Nakamura Rating
Hikaru Nakamura 2009 U.S. Champion
Hikaru Nakamura Rating
Hikaru Nakamura Rating
Hikaru Nakamura Rating
Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura
Daniel Naroditsky
Daniel Naroditsky
Viktorija Ni
Alexander Onischuk Rating
Alexander Onischuk Rating
Alexander Onischuk Rating
Alexander Onischuk Rating
Alexander Onischuk Rating
Eugene Perelshteyn
Judit Polgar
Ruslan Ponomariov
Alejandro Ramirez
Alejandro Ramirez
Ray Robson Wildcard
Ray Robson 2009 U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Ray Robson Reigning U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Ray Robson
Ray Robson 2009 U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Ray Robson 2009 U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Ray Robson 2009 U.S. Junior Closed Champion
Katerina Rohonyan Rating
Eric Rosen U.S. Junior Open Champion
Yasser Seirawan
Enrico Sevillano qualified - 2008 U.S. Open Champion
Alexander Shabalov Wildcard
Alexander Shabalov Rating
Alexander Shabalov Rating
Sam Shankland State Champion of Champions
Sam Shankland Wildcard
Sam Shankland Rating
Sam Shankland Wildcard
Victor Shen
Yury Shulman Qualified - defending U.S. Champion
Yury Shulman Rating
Yury Shulman Rating
Yury Shulman Rating
Jacek Stopa
Alexander Stripunsky
Alexander Stripunsky
Alexander Stripunsky
Raven Sturt
Kayden Troff
Battsetseg Tsagaan
Darwin Yang Rating
Darwin Yang Rating
Alex Yermolinsky U.S. Open: Top-Five Finisher
Gregory Young
Anna Zatonskih Female, rating
Anna Zatonskih
Anna Zatonskih Defending U.S. Women's Champion
Anna Zatonskih rating
Anna Zatonskih Rating
Anna Zatonskih Rating
Anna Zatonskih Rating
Iryna Zenyuk
Iryna Zenyuk U.S. Women's Open Champion
Iryna Zenyuk U.S. Women's Open Champion
Iryna Zenyuk U.S. Women's Open Champion
Parker Zhao Rating
Steven Zierk Rating
Steven Zierk

 


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