Standings after 8 rounds
| Rk | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2775 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | |||
| 2 | GM Kamsky, Gata | 2741 | x | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | |||
| 3 | GM Onischuk, Alexander | 2660 | ½ | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | |||
| 4 | GM Akobian, Varuzhan | 2625 | ½ | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | |||
| 5 | GM Shulman, Yuri | 2571 | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | |||
| 6 | GM Lenderman, Aleksandr | 2587 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | |||
| 7 | GM Robson, Ray | 2614 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | x | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | |||
| 8 | GM Kaidanov, Gregory S | 2594 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | |||
| 9 | GM Seirawan, Yasser | 2643 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | |||
| 10 | GM Hess, Robert L | 2635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | ½ | 3.0 | |||
| 11 | GM Stripunsky, Alexander | 2562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | x | 3.0 | |||
| 12 | GM Ramirez, Alejandro | 2593 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | x | 2.5 |
Women’s section after 7 rounds
| Rk | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM Zatonskih, Anna | 2510 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | ||
| 2 | IM Krush, Irina | 2457 | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | ||
| 3 | IM Goletiani, Rusudan | 2333 | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | 2364 | ½ | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | ||
| 5 | WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev | 2329 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | ||
| 6 | FM Melekhina, Alisa | 2242 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | ||
| 7 | WIM Ni, Viktorija | 2228 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | ||
| 8 | WIM Zenyuk, Iryna | 2224 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | x | ½ | 3.5 | ||
| 9 | WFM Kats, Alena | 2137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | x | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 10 | WGM Baginskaite, Camilla | 2358 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | x | 1.0 |
Official website: http://uschesschamps.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Not to be biased, but I am rooting for Hikaru, Hess, Robson, and Ramirez, simply because the rest of the playing field, just as I am rooting for Anand in the World Championship. For too many years, Russia has dominated chess. It is not the same for someone who wasn’t raised with chess as a first language to win this championship. Then again, Kamsky played a wonderful game of positional chess against Stripunsky yesterday.