The top 4 seeds: Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk and Shulman have qualified for the final quad at the US Championship. Shulman and Onischuk drew on board 1. On board 2, Nakamura barely survived against the evergreen Larry Christiansen, who at...
Moving day in St. Louis; Kamsky and Onischuk driving the U-Haul
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Mike WilmeringChess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Moving day in St. Louis; Kamsky and Onischuk driving the U-HaulBy FM Mike Klein St. Louis, May 19, 2010 – With a field of seven...
Wild stuff in St. Louis
Nakamura, H (2733) – Onischuk, A (2699) [C29]US Championship 2010 (4), 17.05.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.fxe5 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Qh4+ 7.Ke2 Bg4+ 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qe1 Qh5 10.Kd1 Nxe5 11.Be2 0–0–0 12.Nxe5 Bxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Qxe2+ 14.Kxe2...
The World Championship View
Here are the 5 questions I asked a number of Grandmasters and International Masters: 1. Who do you think will win the match?2. What is your final score prediction?3. How would you describe the strengths and weaknesses of each...
Onischuk, Nakamura win Individual Gold
Both Nakamura and Onischuk performed over 2800 to win the Individual Gold Medals. By not playing in the final round, Radjabov finished 2nd, less than 1% behind Onischuk for the Gold on board 2. Congratulations to both Hikaru and...
Onischuk rocks again!
Onischuk, A (2670) – Smirin, I (2668) [E92]World Team Championship (5), 09.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.c5 g4 12.Nh4 Nc6 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.dxe5...
Onischuk 1/2 Morozevich at WTC
Onischuk (2670) – Morozevich (2732) [D37]World Team Championship (3), 07.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 0–0 13.Bxc4 Rd8 14.Qe3 Bd7 15.0–0...
A pager for every chess player
Alexander ONISCHUK: “I PROPOSE TO PROVIDE EVERY CHESS PLAYER WITH A PAGER” The American Grandmaster Alexander Onischuk has his personal opinion of the situation with the Chinese Grandmasters Wang Yue and Li Chao. To recollect the situation: they were...
Team Karpov
Team Karpov for the 2009 match with Kasparov growsOnischuk, Bologan, and Riazantsev join team KarpovReport by Chessdom.com Anatoly Karpov is taking very seriously the Valencia 2009 encounter with Kasparov. When he stated that he will go for the victory...
Chess for Peace with Dr. Korenman, Karpov and Onischuk
The Chess for Peace group with World Champion Anatoly Karpov, GM Alex Onischuk, and Dr. Mikhail Korenman, program organizer, Poikovsky, 2009 On June 9 – 21, 2009 a group of 14 scholastic chess players and their parents completed the...