US Chess Championship 2011

The 2011 U.S. Championship will be held from 15th to 28th April 2011. The format is new and exciting, featuring a preliminary stage with two round robins of eight players each. Once the dust settles, the top two players in each round robin will advance to a four-player knockout. These semifinal and final matches will consist of two games each.

Prize Fund
The total prize fund for the 2011 U.S. Championship is $166,000 and is broken down as follows:

Overall
1st $40,000
2nd $30,000
3rd $20,000
4th $15,000

Round Robin (two groups)
3rd $8,000
4th $6,000
5th $5,000
6th $4,000
7th $3,000
8th $2,500

There will be $4,000 in bonus prizes: $2,000 to the winner of each round robin. Additionally, $5,000 will be set aside to award Best Game Prizes throughout both the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's Championship.

The 16 players are:
GM Gata Kamsky
GM Alex Onischuk
GM Varuzhan Akobian
GM Yasser Seirawan
GM Yury Shulman
GM Jaan Ehlvest
GM Alex Stripunsky
GM Larry Christiansen
GM Robert Hess
GM Alex Shabalov
GM Alexander Ivanov
GM-elect Sam Shankland
GM Ben Finegold
IM Daniel Naroditsky
GM Gregory Kaidanov
GM Ray Robson

Official tournament page: US Chess Championship 2011.