This is getting very interesting. Kamsky is leading by 1/2 point with 2 games to go. He will have white against Nakamura next round. However, Kamsky will have black against a very dangerous Hess with black in the final round while Nakamura will have white against Seirawan, who does not have a good tournament at all. It will come down to the final 2 games.

Standings after 9 rounds

Rk Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Score
1 GM Kamsky, Gata 2741 x 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7.0
2 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6.5
3 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2660 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5
4 GM Shulman, Yuri 2571 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5.0
5 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2625 0 ½ ½ x 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 4.5
6 GM Robson, Ray 2614 ½ 0 ½ 1 x 0 1 ½ 0 1 4.5
7 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr 2587 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ ½ 4.5
8 GM Hess, Robert L 2635 0 0 ½ 0 0 x 1 1 ½ 1 4.0
9 GM Kaidanov, Gregory S 2594 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0 1 3.5
10 GM Seirawan, Yasser 2643 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 x 1 0 3.0
11 GM Ramirez, Alejandro 2593 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 x 3.0
12 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2562 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 x 3.0
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Susan Polgar May 18, 2012 Chess Improvement, General News, Scholastic Chess, USA Chess 1 Comment
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