The American Cup 2024: Day 5 | Champions Final & Elimination Quarterfinal

Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, two double-elimination tournaments feature America's best overall chess players and America's best women players! Today features the first classical game and first rapid game of the Champions Bracket final match, and also the Elimination Bracket quarterfinal rapid matches (pairings below). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Cristian Chirila, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move. *OVERALL CHAMPIONS BRACKET | FINAL | GAME 1 (G/90 30) * Levon Aronian vs. Ray Robson *OVERALL CHAMPIONS BRACKET | FINAL | GAME 2 (G/15 10) * Ray Robson vs. Levon Aronian *OVERALL ELIMINATION BRACKET | QUARTERFINALS | FOUR GAMES (G/15 10) * Wesley So vs. Sam Sevian Fabiano Caruana vs. Leinier Dominguez TWO-GAME (G/3 2) MATCH TO BREAK MATCH TIES *WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS BRACKET | FINAL | GAME 1 (G/90 30) * Irina Krush vs. Alice Lee *WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS BRACKET | FINAL | GAME 2 (G/15 10) * Alice Lee vs. Irina Krush *WOMEN'S ELIMINATION BRACKET | QUARTERFINALS | FOUR GAMES (G/15 10) * Begim Tokhirjonova vs. Zoey Tang Nazi Paikidze vs. Jennifer Yu TWO-GAME (G/3 2) MATCH TO BREAK MATCH TIES