Shulman year?

The ever dangerous GM Yury Shulman has quietly been doing well in the past few years. He came within a hair from eliminating Shirov in the World Cup. His FIDE rating has consistently been over 2600. This may be his year to win the US Championship. He is leading the field by a full point with just 3 rounds to play.

Here are the leaders:

1 Shulman, Yury GM 2664 USA 5.0

2-4 Kudrin, Sergey GM 2610 USA 4.0
2-4 Becerra, Julio GM 2637 USA 4.0
2-4 Onischuk, Alexander GM 2728 USA 4.0

Here are the leaders in the women’s section:

1 Zatonskih, Anna IM 2490 USA 6.0

2 Krush, Irina IM 2515 USA 5.5

3 Abrahamyan, Tatev WFM 2280 USA 4.0
4-5 Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg WIM 2289 USA 3.5
4-5 Rohonyan, Katerine WGM 2318 USA 3.5
6 Battsetseg, Tsagaan WIM 2251 USA 3.0

Official website: http://monroi.com/the-2008-fkb-us-chess-championship-results.html

Round 7 pairings:

1 GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 4.0) – GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 5.0)
2 GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 : 3.5) – GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 4.0)
3 GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 4.0) – GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 3.5)
4 IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 3.5) – GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 3.5)
5 GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 3.5) – GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 3.5)
6 GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 3.0) – IM Josh Friedel (2539 : 3.5)
7 GM Alex Ivanov (2628 : 3.0) – GM John Fedorowicz (2514 :3.0)
8 FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 3.0) – IM David Pruess (2497 : 2.5)
9 FM Michael Langer (2307 : 2.0) – GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 2.5)
10 GM Jesse Kraai (2569 : 2.5) – Ex Sergey Galant (2176 : 1.0)
11 IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 2.0) – IM David Vigorito (2439 : 2.0)
12 IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 2.0) – NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 2.0)