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The American Cup took place Sat 15th Mar to Mon 24th Mar 2025. Double Elimination event with open and women's sections. Hikaru Nakamura beat Fabiano Caruana both in the winners final and the grand final to win the event. Similarly Alice Lee beat Tatev Abrahamyan twice in the two women's finals so a grand final reset was not required. Hikaru Nakamura won the blitz on the final day,

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American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA Sat 15th Mar 2025 - Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	1.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	0.5
	Round 3 (Winners Final)
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	2.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
	Round 2
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	1.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0.5
1	Caruana, Fabiano	3.5
2	Aronian, Levon	2.5
	Round 1
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	3.5
2	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2.5
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	4.0
2	So, Wesley	3.0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Robson, Ray	1.5
1	Aronian, Levon	4.0
2	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
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American Cup Elim Saint Louis USA Sat 15th Mar 2025 - Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Caruana, Fabiano	3.0
2	Aronian, Levon	1.0
	Semi-final
1	Aronian, Levon	2.0
2	Sevian, Samuel	0.0
	Quarter-final
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
2	So, Wesley	1.5
1	Sevian, Samuel	3.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2.5
	Round 1
1	So, Wesley	1.5
2	Mishra, Abhimanyu	0.5
1	Sevian, Samuel	3.0
2	Robson, Ray	1.0
7 players

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American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA Sat 15th Mar 2025 - Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand final
1	Lee, Alice	3
2	Abrahamyan, Tatev	1
	Round 3 (Winners final)
1	Lee, Alice	1.5
2	Abrahamyan, Tatev	0.5
	Round 2
1	Abrahamyan, Tatev	3.0
2	Yip, Carissa	1.0
1	Lee, Alice	1.5
2	Krush, Irina	0.5
	Round 1
1	Lee, Alice	3.0
2	Paikidze, Nazi	1.0
1	Krush, Irina	1.5
2	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	0.5
1	Yip, Carissa	2.0
2	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	0.0
1	Abrahamyan, Tatev	1.5
2	Zatonskih, Anna	0.5
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American Cup Elim w Saint Louis USA Sat 15th Mar 2025 - Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2.0
2	Krush, Irina	0.0
	Semi-final
1	Krush, Irina	2.0
2	Paikidze, Nazi	0.0
	Quarter-final
1	Krush, Irina	3.0
2	Zatonskih, Anna	1.0
1	Paikidze, Nazi	2.0
2	Yip, Carissa	0.0
	Round 1
1	Zatonskih, Anna	2.0
2	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	0.0
1	Paikidze, Nazi	1.5
2	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	0.5
7 players

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American Cup Blitz 2025 Saint Louis USA Mon 24th Mar 2025 - Mon 24th Mar 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Pts
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	7.5
2	Aronian, Levon	GM	7
3	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	6.5
4	Sevian, Samuel	GM	6.5
5	Oparin, Grigoriy	GM	6
6	Bok, Benjamin	GM	6
7	Nyzhnyk, Illia	GM	6
8	Chopra, Aryan	GM	6
9	Durarbayli, Vasif	GM	6
10	Antipov, Mikhail	GM	6
11	Robson, Ray	GM	5.5
12	Gazik, Viktor	GM	5.5
13	Ohanyan, Emin	GM	5.5
14	So, Wesley	GM	5
15	Mishra, Abhimanyu	GM	5
16	Kevlishvili, Robby	GM	5
17	Akobian, Varuzhan	GM	5
18	Bharathakoti, Harsha	GM	5
19	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GM	5
20	Budisavljevic, Luka	GM	5
21	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	GM	4.5
22	Swiercz, Dariusz	GM	4.5
23	Quesada Perez, Yasser	GM	4.5
24	Lee, Alice Teresa	IM	4.5
25	Rosen, Eric S	IM	4.5
26	Wang, Tianqi	IM	4.5
27	Cervantes, Thalia	FM	4.5
28	Miyasaka, Marcus Ming	FM	4.5
29	Antova, Gabriela	FM	4.5
30	Sargsyan, Anna	IM	4
31	Kavutskiy, Kostya	IM	4
32	Zatonskih, Anna	IM	4
33	Oberoi, Shelev		4
34	Yip, Carissa Shiwen	IM	3.5
35	Krush, Irina	GM	3.5
36	Paikidze, Nazi	IM	3.5
37	Marjanovic, Annamaria	WGM	3.5
38	Tan, Ralph	NM	3.5
39	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	WGM	3
40	Vittanala, Toshali	WFM	3
41	Abrahamyan, Tatev	WGM	2.5
42	Rambha, Hemachandra		2.5
43	Zhang, Alex	NM	2.5
44	Bommini, Mounika Akshaya	WIM	2
45	Caglar, Sila	WIM	1.5
46	Utiatskaja, Irina	WIM	1
46 players

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