2018 U.S. Chess Championships Field GM Fabiano Caruana 2868 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2853 GM Wesley So 2852 GM Alex Onischuk 2759 GM Ray Robson 2731 GM Sam Shankland 2730 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2728 GM Jeffery Xiong 2724 GM Alex...
Former Webster U student Wesley So wins US Championship in playoff
Wesley So – Alex Onischuk (game 1) 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf57. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Ne3 Bg612. Qxb7 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. d3 Nc5 15. Qb5 Rb816. Qc4 Ne6 17. f4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Bg4 Rb421. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. f5 Nf4 23. Nc2 Ra4 24. Bxf4 h5 25. Bd1 Bh726. Ne3 Rxa2 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bb3 Re2 29. fxe6 Re8 30. e7+ Kh831. Bg5 1-0 Alex Onischuk – Wesley So...
Onischuk vs So in playoff for US Championship title
Final round results Kamsky, Gata – Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru – Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 Naroditsky, Daniel – So, Wesley ½-½ Robson, Ray – Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Shabalov, Alexander – Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ Xiong, Jeffery – Zherebukh, Yaroslav...
Akobian, So & Onischuk lead US Championship with 1 to go
Round 10 results Akobian, Varuzhan – Robson, Ray ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano – Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 Onischuk, Alexander – Xiong, Jeffery 1-0 Shankland, Samuel L – Naroditsky, Daniel ½-½ So, Wesley – Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Zherebukh, Yaroslav – Nakamura, Hikaru...
Akobian swindled Caruana, ties for US Championship lead with So
Round 9 results Akobian, Varuzhan – Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Kamsky, Gata – Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru – Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 Naroditsky, Daniel – Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ Robson, Ray – Zherebukh, Yaroslav ½-½ Xiong, Jeffery – So, Wesley...
Akobian joins So at the top of US Championship after 8
Round 8 results Caruana, Fabiano – Naroditsky, Daniel 1-0 Onischuk, Alexander – Robson, Ray 1-0 Shabalov, Alexander – Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Shankland, Samuel L – Xiong, Jeffery 0-1 So, Wesley – Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Zherebukh, Yaroslav – Akobian, Varuzhan...
Shabalov upsets Xiong with the black pieces at US Championship
Round 7 results Akobian, Varuzhan – Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ Kamsky, Gata – Naroditsky, Daniel 1-0 Nakamura, Hikaru – Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ Robson, Ray – So, Wesley ½-½ Xiong, Jeffery – Shabalov, Alexander 0-1 Zherebukh, Yaroslav – Caruana, Fabiano...
Fabiano scores 1st win at US Championship
Round 6 results Caruana, Fabiano – Kamsky, Gata 1-0 Naroditsky, Daniel – Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ Onischuk, Alexander – Zherebukh, Yaroslav ½-½ Shabalov, Alexander – Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Shankland, Samuel L – Robson, Ray 1-0 So, Wesley – Akobian, Varuzhan...
Brutal Sunday at US Championships! 9 decisive results!
Round 4 results Akobian, Varuzhan – Shankland, Samuel L 1-0 Nakamura, Hikaru – Naroditsky, Daniel ½-½ Onischuk, Alexander – Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Robson, Ray – Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 Xiong, Jeffery – Kamsky, Gata 0-1 Zherebukh, Yaroslav – So, Wesley...