U.S. Women's Championship 2018

The 2018 U.S. Championship is a 12-player round-robin tournament featuring the strongest players in the USA, who compete for USD $100,000 in prize money, qualification into the Women's World Championship cycle, and the title of 2018 U.S. Women's Champion. If two or more players are tied for first place, a tiebreak playoff will be held. For the 9th consecutive year the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis hosts the championship. Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 30 seconds increment per move starting from move one. Agreed draws are not allowed before move 30.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1      Apr 18, 2018    18:00 
Round 2      Apr 19, 2018    18:00
Round 3      Apr 20, 2018    18:00
Round 4      Apr 21, 2018    18:00 
Round 5      Apr 22, 2018    18:00
Round 6      Apr 23, 2018    18:00 
Round 7      Apr 25, 2018    18:00
Round 8      Apr 26, 2018    18:00 
Round 9      Apr 27, 2018    18:00
Round 10    Apr 28, 2018    18:00
Round 11    Apr 29, 2018    18:00

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Watch the games of the U.S. Womens Championship 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

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You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
U.S. Womens Championship 2017 (the results blogpost)
U.S. Womens Championship 2016
U.S. Womens Championship 2015
U.S. Womens Championship 2014

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The players announcement; the blog post announcement.