2022 United States Chess Championship

The tournament was a fourteen-player, round-robin tournament, meaning there were 14 rounds with each player facing the others once. The tournament winner became the United States Chess Champion.

• The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game. There is a 30-second increment starting on move one.
• Players are not allowed to draw by agreement.
• The event is a 14-player round-robin, where every player plays once against every other player on the field.
• Players get 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
• The player with the most points at the end of the last round wins the event.

While there was no tie for first place, such a situation would have been addressed as follows:

If two players tie for first a two-game 10+2 rapid match will take place. If there remains a tie, a single armageddon game will occur.

If three or four players tie for first a single round-robin in the 10+2 rapid time control will take place

If two players remain tied, they contest a two-game 3+2 blitz match. If the tie persists, an armageddon game decides the winner.

If three or more players remain tied, they contest a 3+2 round-robin.

If more than four players tie for first players will contest a 3+2 round-robin. If the round-robin ends in a tie, a series of armageddon games decide the winner.^[3]

The event features a $250,000 prize fund, distributed as follows:^[4]

Fabiano Caruana won the tournament with Ray Robson as the runner-up.^[5]

#	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points
1	Fabiano Caruana	2763	—	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	8.5
2	Ray Robson	2690	½	—	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	8
3	Awonder Liang	2608	½	½	—	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	7.5
4	Leinier Domínguez	2747	½	½	½	—	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7.5
5	Jeffery Xiong	2690	½	½	½	½	—	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	7
6	Wesley So (defending champion)	2774	½	0	½	½	½	—	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	7
7	Samuel Sevian	2684	½	½	½	½	½	½	—	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	7
8	Sam Shankland	2712	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	—	½	½	½	1	½	1	7
9	Hans Niemann	2699	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	—	½	0	1	1	1	7
10	Levon Aronian	2755	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	—	0	½	½	1	6
11	Dariusz Świercz	2652	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	—	0	½	½	5.5
12	Christopher Yoo	2563	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	1	—	0	1	5.5
13	Aleksandr Lenderman	2535	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	—	1	5.5
14	Elshan Moradi	2534	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	—	2