Photo and game provided by MonRoi IM Friedel (2511) – GM Shulman (2664) [C01]21.05.2008 – Final round 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 c6 7.0–0 Bd6 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.Rfe1 f6 11.Bh4 Game drawn ½–½ This clinches the title for Yury! In addition, the news is by drawing this […]
The plot thicken at the US Women’s Championship
This will be a very exciting finish. Irina is leading Anna by 1/2 point. But the young talented Tatev Abramyan is quietly having a wonderful tournament. She is only 1 point behind Irina and 1/2 point behind Anna. Therefore, any of the top 3 can technically win the National Championship. Irina Krush (WGM, IM – […]
Final round pairings
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) – GM John Fedorowicz (2514 : 4.5)4 GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 4.5) – GM Varuzhan Akobian […]
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 USA 5.0 Women’s leaders: 1 Krush, Irina IM 2515 USA 7.02 Zatonskih, Anna IM 2490 USA […]
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 Nd7 14.b4 Bg4 15.a4 a6 16.h3 Bh5 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.b5 c5 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Qa3 Qf6 21.dxc5 […]
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 Qc7 12.Be3 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Qc2 a5 To be honest, I am quite surprised that Irina […]
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 lost to Chimi while Irina won. This gives Irina a 1/2 point lead going into the […]
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 : 4.5) – GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 5.0)4 GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 3.5) – GM […]
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 USA 4.5 US Championship Leaders after 7 rounds:1 Shulman, Yury GM 2664 USA 6.0 2-3 Kudrin, […]
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 “Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg”][Black “Zatonskih, Anna”][WhiteELO “2289”][WhiteTitle “WIM”][BlackELO “2490”][BlackTitle “IM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 […]