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United States in Chess

Last at World Chess Championship: runner-up, 2018

The record

  • World Chess Championshiprunner-up once1runner-up
    Every result, newest first1
    • London 2018 · Runner-up
  • Chess Olympiad6 golds, 9 silvers, 11 bronzes6golds
    Every result, newest first26
    • Budapest, Hungary 2024 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Fabiano Caruana; Wesley So; Leinier Domínguez; Levon Aronian; Ray Robson
    • Budapest, Hungary 2024 · Bronze · Women, Olympiad · Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova; Carissa Yip; Irina Krush; Alice Lee; Anna Zatonskih
    • China (Virtual) 2021 · Silver · Open, 2nd Online Chess Olympiad · Jeffery Xiong; Ray Robson; Irina Krush; Nazí Paikidze; Awonder Liang; Thalia Cervantes Landeiro; Dariusz Świercz; Anna Zatonskih
    • (Virtual) 2020 · Bronze · Open, 1st Online Chess Olympiad · Wesley So; Sam Shankland; Anna Zatonskih; Tatev Abrahamyan; Jeffery Xiong; Annie Wang; Carissa Yip; Ray Robson
    • Batumi, Georgia 2018 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Fabiano Caruana; Wesley So; Hikaru Nakamura; Sam Shankland; Ray Robson
    • Baku, Azerbaijan 2016 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Fabiano Caruana; Hikaru Nakamura; Wesley So; Sam Shankland; Ray Robson
    • Dresden, Germany 2008 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Gata Kamsky; Hikaru Nakamura; Alexander Onischuk; Yury Shulman; Varuzhan Akobian
    • Dresden, Germany 2008 · Bronze · Women, Olympiad · Irina Krush; Anna Zatonskih; Rusudan Goletiani; Katerina Rohonyan; Tatev Abrahamyan
    • Turin, Italy 2006 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Gata Kamsky; Alexander Onischuk; Hikaru Nakamura; Ildar Ibragimov; Gregory Kaidanov; Varuzhan Akobian
    • Calvià, Spain 2004 · Silver · Women, Olympiad · Susan Polgar; Irina Krush; Anna Zatonskih; Jennifer Shahade
    • Elista, Russia 1998 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Alex Yermolinsky; Alexander Shabalov; Yasser Seirawan; Boris Gulko; Nick de Firmian; Gregory Kaidanov
    • Yerevan, Armenia 1996 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Boris Gulko; Alex Yermolinsky; Nick de Firmian; Gregory Kaidanov; Joel Benjamin; Larry Christiansen
    • Novi Sad 1990 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Yasser Seirawan; Boris Gulko; Larry Christiansen; Joel Benjamin; John Fedorowicz; Nick de Firmian
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1986 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Yasser Seirawan; Larry Christiansen; Lubomir Kavalek; John Fedorowicz; Nick de Firmian; Maxim Dlugy
    • Thessaloniki, Greece 1984 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Roman Dzindzichashvili; Lubomir Kavalek; Larry Christiansen; Walter Browne; Lev Alburt; Nick de Firmian
    • Lucerne, Switzerland 1982 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Walter Browne; Yasser Seirawan; Lev Alburt; Lubomir Kavalek; James Tarjan; Larry Christiansen
    • Buenos Aires, Argentina 1978 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Lubomir Kavalek; Walter Browne; Anatoly Lein; Robert Byrne; James Tarjan; William Lombardy
    • Haifa, Israel 1976 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Robert Byrne; Lubomir Kavalek; Larry Evans; James Tarjan; William Lombardy; Kim Commons
    • Nice, France 1974 · Bronze · Open, Olympiad · Lubomir Kavalek; Robert Byrne; Walter Browne; Samuel Reshevsky; William Lombardy; James Tarjan
    • Havana, Cuba 1966 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Bobby Fischer; Robert Byrne; Pal Benko; Larry Evans; William Addison; Nicolas Rossolimo
    • Leipzig 1960 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Bobby Fischer; William Lombardy; Robert Byrne; Arthur Bisguier; Nicolas Rossolimo; Raymond Weinstein
    • Stockholm, Sweden 1937 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Samuel Reshevsky; Reuben Fine; Isaac Kashdan; Frank Marshall; Israel Horowitz
    • Warsaw, Poland 1935 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Reuben Fine; Frank Marshall; Abraham Kupchik; Arthur Dake; Israel Horowitz
    • Folkestone, United Kingdom 1933 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Isaac Kashdan; Frank Marshall; Reuben Fine; Arthur Dake; Albert Simonson
    • Prague 1931 · Gold · Open, Olympiad · Isaac Kashdan; Frank Marshall; Arthur Dake; Israel Horowitz; Herman Steiner
    • The Hague, Netherlands 1928 · Silver · Open, Olympiad · Isaac Kashdan; Herman Steiner; Samuel Factor; Erling Tholfsen; Milton Hanauer
  • Candidates Tournament1 title, 2 times runner-up, 1 bronze1title
    Every result, newest first4
    • Pegeia 2026 · Bronze
    • Toronto 2024 · Runner-up
    • Berlin 2018 · Won
    • Moscow 2016 · Runner-up

Next

World Chess Championship: Geneva, November to December 2026: Gukesh against Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan), the 2026 Candidates winner

Against India

When United States and India finished first and second: United States first never, India first 2 times.

  • 2024 · India first · Chess Olympiad, Open, Olympiad
  • 2024 · India first · Candidates Tournament

Counted from the podiums and winners lists on our tournament pages.