Event finished
🏆 Rapid: Carissa Yip
🏆 Blitz: Leya Garifullina
Overview
About the event
The Americas stage is the second leg of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 global knockout circuit.
One Wild Card place is reserved for the top South American female player from the Rapid tournaments at the World Record Chess Marathon in Lima (June 25–28). Full field details will be announced as qualifiers conclude.
Outcome
Final results
Rapid
Alice Lee 1.5 
Ashley Castillo Beitia 0.5 
Carolina Lujan 0 Carissa Yip 2 
Patricia Evarista Castillo Pena 0 
Leya Garifullina 2 Megan Althea Paragua 0.5 
Deysi Cori T. 1.5 Deysi Cori T. 1 Alice Lee 1 Carissa Yip 2 Leya Garifullina 0 Carissa Yip 2 Deysi Cori T. 0 Blitz
Leya Garifullina 2.5 Ashley Castillo Beitia 0.5 Carolina Lujan 0 Alice Lee 3 Megan Althea Paragua 3 Deysi Cori T. 1 Carissa Yip 3 Patricia Evarista Castillo Pena 0 Carissa Yip 1 Leya Garifullina 3 Alice Lee 3 Megan Althea Paragua 1 Leya Garifullina 3 Alice Lee 1 Rapid
| Rank | Player | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Carissa Yip | Champion |
| 2 | Deysi Cori T. | Runner-up |
| 3 | Alice Lee | Semifinal |
| 3 | Leya Garifullina | Semifinal |
| 5 | Ashley Castillo Beitia | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Carolina Lujan | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Megan Althea Paragua | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Patricia Evarista Castillo Pena | Quarterfinal |
Blitz
| Rank | Player | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 🏆 | Leya Garifullina | Champion |
| 2 | Alice Lee | Runner-up |
| 3 | Carissa Yip | Semifinal |
| 3 | Megan Althea Paragua | Semifinal |
| 5 | Ashley Castillo Beitia | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Carolina Lujan | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Deysi Cori T. | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Patricia Evarista Castillo Pena | Quarterfinal |
For viewers
Watch the replays
Catch up on every round on demand:
- YouTube WR Chess — Live broadcast (Day 2, Blitz) →
- YouTube WR Chess — Day 1 replay (Rapid) →
- Lichess Lichess — Rapid live games & boards →
- Lichess Lichess — Blitz live games & boards →
- Chess.com Chess.com — Americas event →
- Chess.com Chess.com — Blitz live games →
- Chess Cloud LiveChessCloud — live boards →
Broadcast schedule (Punta Cana time)
- 1 Jul 11:00 Rapid knockout — QF, SF, Final
- 2 Jul 11:00 Blitz knockout — QF, SF, Final
Venue & travel
The field
Players
IM Carissa Yip
Rating 2458
IM Leya Garifullina
Rating 2423
IM Alice Lee
Rating 2415
IM Deysi Cori T.
Rating 2328
FM Megan Althea Paragua
Rating 2267
IM Carolina Lujan
Rating 2234
IM Ashley Castillo Beitia
Rating 2119
WFM Patricia Evarista Castillo Pena
Rating 1905
For players & arbiters
Format & regulations
- System
- 8-player single-elimination knockout — Rapid and Blitz
- Rounds
- Quarterfinals → Semifinals → Final
- Time controls
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- Rapid: 15 min + 10 s increment
- Blitz: 3 min + 2 s increment
- Tiebreak
- Sudden-death deciders if scores are level.
- Qualifiers and wild cards
- Wild Card to the top South American female player from the World Record Chess Marathon Lima (Rapid tournaments)
- IA Dynarin Menendez (Ecuador)
- FA Omayra Portes (Dominican Republic)
- FA Sarai Sanchez (Venezuela)
Programme
Schedule
All times local to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
- Player arrivals & accreditation
- Rapid knockout
- Blitz knockout
- Departures
Total prize fund
$40,000
Rapid
$20,000
Blitz
$20,000
Part of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 — five legs across four continents.
For media
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