Humpy and Harika play hard-fought draws
IM Alice Lee (USA) defeated two GMs in two consecutive rounds | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club
Interview with GM Koneru Humpy | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) - GM Koneru Humpy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club
Interview with GM Nino Batsiashvili (GEO) | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
GM Nino Batsiashvili (GEO) - GM Harika Dronavalli: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club
Interview with GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) capitalized on her opponent, GM Bibisara Assaubayeva's (KAZ) mistake in the endgame | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club
Mariya - Alice
Position after 23...Bxe4!
GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR, 2492) made a slight inaccuracy 23.Nde2 IM Alice Lee (USA, 2389) 23...Bxe4! pounced on her opportunity 24.Ng3?? worsened things for White exf4-+ 25.Qxf4 Bxc2 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Nxh5 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Be5 and it's over. Black went on to win the game.
Interview with IM Alice Lee (USA) | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
IM Alice Lee (USA) scored a huge win over the 15th Women's World Chess Champion - GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club
IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL) - IM Carissa Yip (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club
Round 2 in progress | Photo: Crystal Fuller/Saint Louis Chess Club
Replay live stream
Replay Round 2 live commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan (USA), IMs Nazi Paikidze (USA) and Almira Skripchenko (FRA), and WGM Katerina Nemcova (USA) | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
Round 2 results
GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) and IM Alice Lee (USA) scored the victories in Round 2 | Graphic: Saint Louis Chess Club
Standings after Round 2
IM Alice Lee is the only player at 2/2 | Graphic: Saint Louis Chess Club
Round 3 pairings
Round 3 pairings | Graphic: Saint Louis Chess Club
Schedule
Every day Round starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. Only rest day is on Sunday 15th June 2025.
Schedule | Source: Official site
Total prize fund
The total prize fund is US$ 250000. The top three prizes are $60000, $50000 and $40000.
Prize details | Source: Official site
Format
It is a round-robin event with a Classical time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Links
Saint Louis Chess Club: Official site, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube
