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Round 7 matchups:
| Board | White | Rating | Result | Black | Rating |
| 1. | GM Yury Shulman (4½) | 2697 | – | GM Alexander Onischuk (4) | 2736 |
| 2. | GM Hikaru Nakamura (4) | 2757 | – | GM Varuzhan Akobian (4½) | 2664 |
| 3. | GM Joel Benjamin (4) | 2650 | – | GM Gata Kamsky (4) | 2798 |
| 4. | GM Joshua Friedel (4) | 2568 | – | IM Robert Hess (4) | 2545 |
| 5. | IM Enrico Sevillano (3) | 2549 | – | GM Gregory Kaidanov (3½) | 2662 |
| 6. | IM Ray Robson (3½) | 2542 | – | IM Michael Brooks (3) | 2419 |
| 7. | GM Jaan Ehlvest (3) | 2649 | – | IM Irina Krush (3) | 2496 |
| 8. | GM Ildar Ibragimov (2½) | 2628 | – | GM Melikset Khachiyan (2½) | 2632 |
| 9. | GM Boris Gulko (2½) | 2631 | – | GM Alexander Shabalov (2½) | 2620 |
| 10. | IM Samuel Shankland (2½) | 2464 | – | Tyler Hughes (2) | 2293 |
| 11. | FM Doug Eckert (1) | 2278 | – | GM Larry Christiansen (2) | 2681 |
| 12. | GM Julio Becerra (2) | 2672 | – | Charles Lawton (0) | 2350 |
Standings after 6 rounds:
No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Score
1. GM Shulman, Yury (4)……. IL 2697 W12 W15 D3 D4 W7 D2 A5 4.5
2. GM Akobian, Varuzhan (7)… CA 2664 W24 L3 W10 W21 W11 D1 A4 4.5
3. GM Kamsky, Gata (1)…….. NY 2798 W17 W2 D1 D7 D4 D8 A6 4.0
4. GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2)…. NY 2757 W18 D11 W8 D1 D3 D5 A2 4.0
5. GM Onischuk, Alexander (3). VA 2736 D7 W22 D11 D8 W19 D4 A1 4.0
6. GM Benjamin, Joel (9)…… NJ 2650 D19 W13 L7 D14 W22 W15 A3 4.0
7. GM Friedel, Joshua (15)…. NH 2568 D5 W9 W6 D3 L1 W14 A8 4.0
8. IM Hess, Robert (17)……. NY 2545 W20 W21 L4 D5 W15 D3 A7 4.0
9. GM Kaidanov, Gregory (8)… KY 2662 D13 L7 -X- D11 D10 W19 A12 3.5
10. IM Robson, Ray (18)…….. FL 2542 L21 W16 L2 W17 D9 W20 A14 3.5
11. GM Ehlvest, Jaan (10)…… NY 2649 W14 D4 D5 D9 L2 D12 A13 3.0
12. IM Sevillano, Enrico (16).. CA 2549 L1 W25 D14 L19 W18 D11 A9 3.0
13. IM Krush, Irina (20)……. NY 2496 D9 L6 W16 L15 D20 W21 A11 3.0
14. IM Brooks, Michael (22)…. MO 2419 L11 W18 D12 D6 W21 L7 A10 3.0
15. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (11) CA 2632 W25 L1 D19 W13 L8 L6 A17 2.5
16. GM Gulko, Boris (12)……. NJ 2631 L22 L10 L13 W23 D17 W25 A18 2.5
17. GM Ibragimov, Ildar (13)… CT 2628 L3 D24 D20 L10 D16 W22 A15 2.5
18. GM Shabalov, Alexander (14) PA 2620 L4 L14 W25 D20 L12 W23 A16 2.5
19. IM Shankland, Samuel (21).. CA 2464 D6 D20 D15 W12 L5 L9 A21 2.5
20. GM Christiansen, Larry (5). MA 2681 L8 D19 D17 D18 D13 L10 A25 2.0
21. GM Becerra, Julio (6)…… FL 2672 W10 L8 W22 L2 L14 L13 A19 2.0
22. Hughes, Tyler (24)……… CO 2293 W16 L5 L21 W25 L6 L17 A23 2.0
23. Eckert, Doug D (25)…….. IL 2278 -U- -U- -U- L16 W25 L18 A22 1.0
24. IM Zatonskih, Anna (19)…. NY 2503 L2 D17 -F- -U- -U- -U- -U- 0.5
25. Lawton, Charles (23)……. MO 2350 L15 L12 L18 L22 L23 L16 A20 0.0
Official website: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Standings
There may be 4-5 way tie for first.
Hess! Hess! Hess!
Akobian does it good. Another draw against Nakamura will help him stay on the top.
okay