Skład mistrzostw USA

•The defending U.S. Champion - GM Hikaru Nakamura

•The winner of the 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship - GM Larry Christiansen

•The winner of the 2009 U.S. Junior Championship - GM Ray Robson

•The top five qualifiers from the 2009 U.S. Open Championship - GM Alex Lenderman, GMs Sergey Kudrin, Alex Yermolinsky, Dmitry Gurevich, and Jesse Kraai

•The winner of the 2010 ICC State Champion of Champions - IM Levon Altounian

•The top 11 U.S. players by rating of the United States Chess Federation:

◦GM Gata Kamsky

◦GM Alexander Onischuk

◦GM Varuzhan Akobian

◦GM Yury Shulman

◦GM Jaan Ehlvest

◦GM Alexander Shabalov

◦GM Gregory Kaidanov

◦GM Robert Hess

◦GM Melikset Khachiyan

◦GM Joel Benjamin

◦GM Ben Finegold

•Four wildcard spots:

◦GM Alexander Stripunsky
◦GM Vinay Bhat
◦IM Sam Shankland
◦IM Irina Krush
Na zdjęciu: Hikaru Nakamura będzie bronić tytułu sprzed roku.