GM Kaidanov lost to GM Shulman today and fell a full point back of the leaders.
Women’s Standings:
1-2. Anna Zatonskih and Irina Krush 5.0
3. Katerine Rohonyan 3.5
4. Tatev Abrahamyan 3.0
5. Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2.5
6. Tsagaan Battsetseg 2.0
7-8. Esther Epstein and Iryna Zenyuk 1.5
9. Chouchanik Airapetian 1.0
10. Courtney Jamison 0.0
Men’s Leaders:
1-2 Kudrin, Sergey GM 2610 USA 4.0
1-2 Shulman, Yury GM 2664 USA 4.0
3-4 Becerra, Julio GM 2637 USA 3.5
3-4 Onischuk, Alexander GM 2728 USA 3.5
Official website: http://monroi.com/the-2008-fkb-us-chess-championship-results.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I can’t believe “Chimi” just missed a forced win. 87. f7 K:f7 88. Kf5 and White will pick off the 2 Black Pawns and Queen her pawns! A simple K+P endgame. Just ended as a draw.