I just arrived at the Frank K. Berry US and US Women’s Championship in Oklahoma after nearly an 8 hour drive from Lubbock, Texas.
Here are some important results in the first round:
[White “Yermolinsky, Alex”]
[Black “Shabalov, Alexander”]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.dxc5 Be7 8.Nd4 O-O 9.Be2 Ne5 10.O-O Bxc5 11.Ne6 fxe6 12.Bxc5 Rf7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Bf3 Qa5 15.Bf2 Bd7 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Rad1 Rff8 18.a3 Ne7 1-0
[White “Kaidanov, Gregory”]
[Black “Friedel, Josh”]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3 5.bxc3 c5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.d3 e5 10.e4 Ne8 11.Nh4 Rb8 12.Nf5 b5 13.cxb5 Rxb5 14.f4 Be6 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Be3 Qa5 17.Qd2 f6 18.a4 Rb3 19.Qf2 Qxc3 20.Rac1 Qxd3 21.Rfd1 Qa6 22.Bxc5 Rf7 23.Nd6 Nxd6 24.Rxd6 Qc8 25.Bxa7 Bd7 26.Bb6 Qb7 27.a5 Nd4 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.e5 1-0
[White “Gulko, Boris”]
[Black “Kaufman, Larry”]
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4 Qd7 8.Qxc4 Bg7 9.e3 b6 10.Qb3 Bb7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Be2 c5 13.O-O Nc6 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rac8 16.Rac1 e5 17.dxe5 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qh5 19.e6 Na5 20.exf7 Kh8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.Qc2 Bg4 23.Be7 Rxf7 24.Bc4 Nxc4 25.Rd8 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Rxf8 Kg7 28.Rf4 b5 29.Qc3 Kh6 30.Rf7 Bxf3 31.Qg7 Kg5 32.Rxf3+ 1-0
Go Boris!