Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 9 Pairings1 IM Josh Friedel (2539 :5.0) – GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 6.5)2 GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 5.5) – GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 :5.0)3 GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 5.5) –...
Shulman guarantees a share of 1st
Leaders after 8 rounds: 1 Shulman, Yury GM 2664 USA 6.52-3 Kudrin, Sergey GM 2610 USA 5.52-3 Onischuk, Alexander GM 2728 USA 5.54-6 Friedel, Josh IM 2511 USA 5.04-6 Perelshteyn, Eugene GM 2615 USA 5.04-6 Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2666...
Shulman in trouble against Perelshteyn
GM Shulman (2664) – GM Perelshteyn (2615) [D38]20.05.2008 – US Championship – Round 8 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 Qd6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 c6 11.e3 Bf5 12.Be2 0–0 13.0–0...
LIVE Commentary Zatonskih – Krush
Position after Rad1 IM Zatonskih (2490) – IM Krush (2515) [E60]20.05.2008 – US Women’s Championship – Round 8 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0–0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3...
An Epic Battle for the National Crown
After 5 rounds, IM Anna Zatonskih and IM Irina Krush were both 5-0. In round 6, Irina yielded the first draw of the tournament against Iryna Zenyuk and giving the 1/2 point lead to Anna. In round 7, Anna...
US Championship Round 8 Matchups
Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 8 Pairings 1 GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 6.0) – GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 4.5)2 GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 4.5) – GM Alex Onischuk (2728 :5.0)3 IM Josh Friedel (2539 :...
Krush, Shulman lead in Tulsa
US Women’s Championship Leaders after 7 rounds: 1 Krush, Irina IM 2515 USA 6.5 2 Zatonskih, Anna IM 2490 USA 6.0 3 Abrahamyan, Tatev WFM 2280 USA 5.0 4-5 Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg WIM 2289 USA 4.54-5 Rohonyan, Katerine WGM 2318...
Big upset in the US Women’s Championship
Anna Zatonskih is 6-0 going into round 7. Irina Krush is trailing her by 1/2 point. The battle of first place is on the line. Irina won and Anna is in trouble. They will face each other tomorrow. [White...
Kudrin scores full point against Shabalov
GM Kudrin (2610) – GM Shabalov (2697) [B90]19.05.2008 / US Championship Round 7 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Be3 0–0 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.f4 Rc8 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Ba2 Na5...
Onischuk wins a wild one
GM Kaidanov (2697) – GM Onischuk (2728) [C58]19.05.2008 / US Championship Round 7 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Be7 9.Bd3 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Ne4 Nd5 12.Ng3 Nb4 13.Nf5 Bg5...