…Hikaru Nakamura! He defeated GM Friedel in the last round to clinch clear first. Robert Hess was pushing GM Akobian all the way until the end. But Akobian hung on for a draw in spite of being 2 pawns down.

Congratulations to GM Nakamura! A well deserved title!

[Event “US Championship”]
[Date “2009.05.17”]
[Round “9”]
[White “GM Nakamura”]
[Black “GM Friedel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C58”]
[WhiteElo “2757”]
[BlackElo “2568”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 c5 12. b3 Rb4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rf4 15. g3 Rd4 16. Nf3 Rxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. g4 Qf4 20. d4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rxd4 22. Bc1 {White wins} 1-0

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