[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":174},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-us-championship-2026-caruana-fifth-title":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorBio":7,"authorPhoto":7,"authorRole":7,"body":8,"categories":139,"categoryNames":141,"date":143,"dateModified":7,"description":144,"extension":145,"faq":146,"image":156,"meta":157,"navigation":158,"path":159,"seo":160,"seoTitle":161,"slug":162,"stem":163,"tags":164,"video":170,"videoDuration":171,"videoPoster":172,"wpId":7,"__hash__":173},"news/news/us-championship-2026-caruana-fifth-title.md","Fabiano Caruana eyes fifth straight US title and Reshevsky's record","Akram Herrak",null,{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":130},"minimark",[11,24,27,30,33,38,41,44,47,51,54,57,60,64,67,70,73,101,105,108,111,115,118,121],[12,13,14,15,23],"p",{},"Four straight US titles so far. Fabiano Caruana goes into the 2026 US Championship in Saint Louis having won every edition from 2022 to 2025, according to ",[16,17,22],"a",{"href":18,"rel":19,"target":21},"https://en.chessbase.com/post/us-championships-2026-caruana-titles",[20],"nofollow","_blank","ChessBase",". A fifth would equal a Samuel Reshevsky streak untouched for more than eight decades.",[12,25,26],{},"The 34-year-old owns five national titles in all. His first arrived at his debut in 2016, soon after he had moved back to the US federation.",[12,28,29],{},"A sixth overall crown would bring Caruana even with Walter Browne, who stands alone in third place for career championship wins.",[12,31,32],{},"Only two players have won more: Bobby Fischer and Reshevsky, who share the record with eight titles each.",[34,35,37],"h2",{"id":36},"reshevskys-record-in-reach","Reshevsky's record in reach",[12,39,40],{},"Reshevsky's run stretched from 1936 to 1942. He won the title in 1936, 1938 and 1940, held on to it in a 1941 match and then took the 1942 edition.",[12,42,43],{},"Fischer came close twice, putting together four wins in a row on two occasions: from 1957/58 through 1960/61, and from 1962/63 through 1966/67.",[12,45,46],{},"When Caruana defended his crown in 2025, ChessBase noted, he became the first player since Fischer to collect four titles in succession.",[34,48,50],{"id":49},"caruanas-years-under-italys-flag","Caruana's years under Italy's flag",[12,52,53],{},"Caruana's road to the US title included a long detour. He was born in Miami, grew up partly in New York and played for the United States as a junior.",[12,55,56],{},"In 2005 he switched his FIDE affiliation to Italy. Representing that country, he took the Italian Championship in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011, and skipped the 2009 edition.",[12,58,59],{},"FIDE cleared his return to the United States in June 2015. Caruana, a citizen of both countries, entered his first US Championship less than a year later and won it.",[34,61,63],{"id":62},"the-all-time-title-table","The all-time title table",[12,65,66],{},"Caruana shares the five-title mark with four others: Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Larry Evans and Jackson Showalter.",[12,68,69],{},"Two of that group are still active, yet neither has entered recently. Kamsky has moved to the French Chess Federation and last played the US Championship in 2017.",[12,71,72],{},"Nakamura has cut back sharply on classical events. His most recent national championship was the online rapid edition of 2020.",[74,75,76,80,83,86,89,92,95,98],"ol",{},[77,78,79],"li",{},"Bobby Fischer, 8 titles",[77,81,82],{},"Samuel Reshevsky, 8 titles",[77,84,85],{},"Walter Browne, 6 titles",[77,87,88],{},"Fabiano Caruana, 5 titles",[77,90,91],{},"Hikaru Nakamura, 5 titles",[77,93,94],{},"Gata Kamsky, 5 titles",[77,96,97],{},"Larry Evans, 5 titles",[77,99,100],{},"Jackson Showalter, 5 titles",[34,102,104],{"id":103},"looking-ahead-to-saint-louis","Looking ahead to Saint Louis",[12,106,107],{},"The 2026 edition in Saint Louis gives Caruana the chance to match Reshevsky's streak and Browne's career total with a single win.",[12,109,110],{},"If he falls short, Reshevsky keeps the consecutive-title record to himself, and Caruana stays level with the other five-time champions.",[34,112,114],{"id":113},"play-your-own-long-games-on-chessiverse","Play your own long games on Chessiverse",[12,116,117],{},"Reading about a five-title career is one thing; putting in the games is another.",[12,119,120],{},"Chessiverse has more than 1,100 bots, with an opponent at every rating from beginner to 3000+.",[12,122,123,124,129],{},"Pick one a little stronger than you on the ",[16,125,128],{"href":126,"rel":127},"https://chessiverse.com/explore",[20],"bots page"," and play a full game without takebacks. Then go back over the moments where you were unsure.",{"title":131,"searchDepth":132,"depth":132,"links":133},"",2,[134,135,136,137,138],{"id":36,"depth":132,"text":37},{"id":49,"depth":132,"text":50},{"id":62,"depth":132,"text":63},{"id":103,"depth":132,"text":104},{"id":113,"depth":132,"text":114},[140],"news",[142],"News","2026-10-12","Fabiano Caruana enters the US Championship 2026 in Saint Louis with four straight titles. A fifth would equal Samuel Reshevsky's record from 1936 to 1942.","md",[147,150,153],{"question":148,"answer":149},"How many US Championship titles has Fabiano Caruana won?","Five, according to ChessBase. His first came on his debut in 2016, and he won four in a row from 2022 to 2025.",{"question":151,"answer":152},"Who holds the record for consecutive US Championship titles?","Samuel Reshevsky, who won five in a row between 1936 and 1942. 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