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| 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 |
Source: http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Round-7
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Gata needs to win to catch up.
Now that’s some nsight…
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I can’t understand the audio coverage at all!
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Thank you!
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13. …0-0. Akobian is standing like a rock. 14. g4 ?!
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14. Bc5:?
15.f5! What about taking?
21.Rh3. Now it seems to go down for the armenian. What a pity!
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Put a little money up for the prize fund and they fight to the death. almost all the games decisive today. incredible.
Total 12 games. 11 decisive and 1 draw. That is fighting chess. That is the best tournament score for one day I ever saw.
This is a great tournament.