US Championship round 1 results:

Bd. # White # Black
1 13 GM Alexander Stripunsky 1 0- 1 GM Hikaru Nakamura
2 2 GM Gata Kamsky 14 1-0 GM Ray Robson
3 15 GM Joel Benjamin 3 0-1 GM Alexander Onischuk
4 4 GM Yury Shulman 16 1/2 GM Vinay Bhat
5 17 GM Ben Finegold 5 1/2 GM Varuzhan Akobian
6 6 GM Aleksandr Lenderman 18 0-1 GM Melikset Khachiyan
7 19 GM Alex Yermolinsky 7 0-1 GM Jaan Ehlvest
8 8 GM Robert Hess 20 1-0 IM Sam Shankland
9 21 GM Jesse Kraai 9 1/2 GM Alexander Shabalov
10 10 GM Larry Christiansen 22 1-0 GM Dmitry Gurevich
11 23 IM Irina Krush 11 1-0 GM Gregory Kaidanov
12 12 GM Sergey Kudrin 24 1-0 IM Levon Altounian


Round 2 matchups:

Bd. # White # Black
1 1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 8 GM Robert Hess
2 18 GM Melikset Khachiyan 2 GM Gata Kamsky
3 3 GM Alexander Onischuk 10 GM Larry Christiansen
4 7 GM Jaan Ehlvest 23 IM Irina Krush
5 24 IM Levon Altounian 4 GM Yury Shulman
6 5 GM Varuzhan Akobian 21 GM Jesse Kraai
7 9 GM Alexander Shabalov 17 GM Ben Finegold
8 16 GM Vinay Bhat 12 GM Sergey Kudrin
9 20 IM Sam Shankland 6 GM Aleksandr Lenderman
10 11 GM Gregory Kaidanov 15 GM Joel Benjamin
11 22 GM Dmitry Gurevich 13 GM Alexander Stripunsky
12 14 GM Ray Robson 19 GM Alex Yermolinsky


Source: Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

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