2026 Cairns Cup

10 Aug to 19 Aug 2026 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States · 10-player round-robin · 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Zhongyi Tan ★: No. 1, 6½/9, performance 2654 (+16)
IM Alice Lee ★: No. 2, 6/9, performance 2623 (+23)
IM Carissa Yip ★: No. 3, 5/9, performance 2538 (+9)
GM Bibisara Assaubayeva ★: No. 4, 5/9, performance 2529 (-2)
IM Stavroula Tsolakidou ★: No. 5, 4½/9, performance 2498 (+8)
GM Divya Deshmukh ★: No. 6, 4½/9, performance 2491
GM Anna Muzychuk ★: No. 7, 4½/9, performance 2487 (-5)
GM Humpy Koneru ★: No. 8, 3½/9, performance 2408 (-14)
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk ★: No. 9, 3/9, performance 2365 (-17)
GM Rameshbabu Vaishali ★: No. 10, 2½/9, performance 2325 (-20)

Standings

Standings, 2026 Cairns Cup
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Zhongyi Tan ★	CHN	2520	6½	9	2654	+16
2	IM Alice Lee ★	USA	2430	6	9	2623	+23
3	IM Carissa Yip ★	USA	2459	5	9	2538	+9
4	GM Bibisara Assaubayeva ★	KAZ	2538	5	9	2529	-2
5	IM Stavroula Tsolakidou ★	GRE	2433	4½	9	2498	+8
6	GM Divya Deshmukh ★	IND	2490	4½	9	2491	0
7	GM Anna Muzychuk ★	UKR	2529	4½	9	2487	-5
8	GM Humpy Koneru ★	IND	2524	3½	9	2408	-14
9	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk ★	SUI	2504	3	9	2365	-17
10	GM Rameshbabu Vaishali ★	IND	2489	2½	9	2325	-20

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Zhongyi Tan – Carissa Yip	1-0
1.2	Humpy Koneru – Stavroula Tsolakidou	½-½
1.3	Anna Muzychuk – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
1.4	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Divya Deshmukh	0-1
1.5	Alice Lee – Alexandra Kosteniuk	1-0
2.1	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Rameshbabu Vaishali	½-½
2.2	Divya Deshmukh – Alice Lee	0-1
2.3	Zhongyi Tan – Humpy Koneru	1-0
2.4	Carissa Yip – Alexandra Kosteniuk	1-0
2.5	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
3.1	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Divya Deshmukh	0-1
3.2	Anna Muzychuk – Zhongyi Tan	½-½
3.3	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Stavroula Tsolakidou	½-½
3.4	Alice Lee – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
3.5	Humpy Koneru – Carissa Yip	½-½
4.1	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Alice Lee	1-0
4.2	Carissa Yip – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
4.3	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Alexandra Kosteniuk	1-0
4.4	Humpy Koneru – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
4.5	Zhongyi Tan – Rameshbabu Vaishali	1-0
5.1	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Humpy Koneru	½-½
5.2	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Stavroula Tsolakidou	½-½
5.3	Anna Muzychuk – Carissa Yip	½-½
5.4	Alice Lee – Zhongyi Tan	½-½
5.5	Divya Deshmukh – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
6.1	Carissa Yip – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
6.2	Anna Muzychuk – Rameshbabu Vaishali	½-½
6.3	Humpy Koneru – Alice Lee	0-1
6.4	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
6.5	Zhongyi Tan – Alexandra Kosteniuk	½-½
7.1	Alice Lee – Anna Muzychuk	½-½
7.2	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Humpy Koneru	½-½
7.3	Divya Deshmukh – Zhongyi Tan	0-1
7.4	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Carissa Yip	½-½
7.5	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Stavroula Tsolakidou	1-0
8.1	Humpy Koneru – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
8.2	Zhongyi Tan – Bibisara Assaubayeva	1-0
8.3	Carissa Yip – Stavroula Tsolakidou	1-0
8.4	Anna Muzychuk – Alexandra Kosteniuk	½-½
8.5	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Alice Lee	0-1
9.1	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Zhongyi Tan	1-0
9.2	Alice Lee – Carissa Yip	½-½
9.3	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Rameshbabu Vaishali	1-0
9.4	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Humpy Koneru	½-½
9.5	Divya Deshmukh – Anna Muzychuk	½-½

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Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.