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 14.Rad1 Nc4 15.Bc1 Rfd8 16.g4 Qc5 17.g5 Ne8 18.f5 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Qf3 Nf6 […]
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 14.Re1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qf6 16.Ng3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 c5 18.Rxe5 Nc6 19.Rxc5 Nd4 20.Nc3 Nxf3+ 21.Kh1 Ne1 […]
Shulman closer to US Championship title
GM Becerra (2637) – GM Shulman (2664) [C18]19.05.2008 / US Championship Round 7 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 a6 14.Rb1 Na5 15.h4 Nf5 16.Rh3 0–0–0 17.h5 Nc4 18.Rb4 Bc6 19.Ne2 Bb5 20.a4 Qc5 21.Ba3 Bc6 […]
Wild stuff in Tulsa
GM Becerra vs. GM Shulman GM Kaidanov vs. GM Onischuk GM Kudrin vs. GM Shabalov Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shulman year?
The ever dangerous GM Yury Shulman has quietly been doing well in the past few years. He came within a hair from eliminating Shirov in the World Cup. His FIDE rating has consistently been over 2600. This may be his year to win the US Championship. He is leading the field by a full point […]
Shulman, Zatonskih clear first in Tulsa
[White “Shulman, Yury”][Black “Kudrin, Sergey”][Result “1-0”][WhiteELO “2664”][WhiteTitle “GM”][BlackELO “2610”][BlackTitle “GM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Nf6 15.Nd2 cxd4 16.cxd4 Rac8 17.h3 Qc2 18.Bd3 Qa4 19.Bb5 Qc2 20.Re1 Qc3 21.Bd3 e5 22.d5 Nd7 […]
US Championship Round 6 Pairings
Frank K. Berry US Chess Championship Round 6 Pairings 1 GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 4.0) – GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 4.0)2 GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 3.5) – GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 3.5)3 GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 3.0) – IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 3.0)4 GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 3.0) […]
Krush, Zatonskih, Kudrin, Shulman lead
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 3.05. Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2.56. Tsagaan Battsetseg 2.07-8. Esther Epstein and Iryna Zenyuk 1.59. Chouchanik Airapetian 1.010. Courtney Jamison 0.0 Men’s Leaders: 1-2 Kudrin, […]
US Championship Round 5 Results
Women’s Results: Rohonyan, Katerine – Jamison, Courtney 1-0Abrahamyan, Tatev – Zatonskih, Anna 0-1Epstein, Esther – Airapetian, Chouchanik 1-0Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg – Zenyuk, Iryna 1/2 1/2Krush, Irina – Battsetseg, Tsagaan 1-0 Men’s Results: Onischuk, Alexander – Kudrin, Sergey 1/2 1/2Kaidanov, Gregory – Shulman, Yury 0-1Friedel, Josh – Becerra, Julio 1/2 1/2Akobian, Varuzhan – Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2 1/2Fedorowicz, […]
US Women’s Championship
Here is the tournament crosstable after 4 rounds. Source: TWIC Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar