One win from his first six games in St Louis has left the
American lagging well behind Ding Liren in the world rankings
After eight of the 11 rounds at the $194,000 (£141,522) US championship in St Louis, which finishes on Monday, Aleksandr Lenderman, Samuel Sevian and the defending champion Wesley So shared the lead on 5/8. This close race will probably only be decided in the final rounds. Games are free to watch live daily from 7pm.
The big shock has been the poor showing of top-seeded Fabiano Caruana, whose stellar result at St Louis 2014 is widely regarded as the best tournament performance of all time, and who narrowly failed to capture Magnus Carlsen’s world crown at
London in 2018.