Mishra improved his rating in Samarkand by 32 points, while Woodward even achieved a gain of 33.4 points. But with 4.5/6 he had a strong finish, highlighted above all by wins against Levon Aronian and Parham Maghsoodloo. Hans Niemann, Awonder Liang, and Samuel Sevian also finished with 7 points from 11 games, sharing 5th to 19th place. Of the ten U.S. participants in Samarkand, only Jeffrey Xiong will not be taking part in the U.S. Championship — but Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Darius Swiercz will. Junior Champion 12 GM Dariusz Swiercz Saint Louis, MO 2595 2025 U.S. Open Champion*Invitational ratings are taken from the US Chess July Invitational Ratings ListLinks