Alex Onischuk drew against Boris Gulko. Yury Shulman drew against Gregory Kaidanov. That means that Alex Shabalov can win the US Championship crown outright if he can defeat Sergei Kudrin. He has a dominating position in a Queen and Rook endgame. It looks like Alex is on the verge of winning the 2007 Frank K. Berry US Championship!
FM Joe Bradford and FM Michael Langer both did their jobs today and they each earned an IM norm! I will bring you the news as soon as it happens! Stay tune!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
This is exciting!
Shabalov just won, Congradulations to the new US champion