Who do you pick to win the 2007 Frank K. Berry US Championship?
Here is the field:
GM Hikaru Nakamura 2755 GM Alex Onischuk 2712 GM Gregory Kaidanov 2686 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2669 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2664 GM Yury Shulman 2662 GM Boris Gulko 2660 GM Alex Shabalov 2660 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2651 GM Alex Stripunsky 2647 GM Alex Ivanov 2626 GM Sergey Kudrin 2612 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2612 GM Julio Becerra 2608 GM Dmitry Gurevich 2591 GM Alex Yermolinsky 2571 IM Enrico Sevillano 2566 GM Melikset Khachiyan 2550 IM Josh Friedel 2544 GM Walter Browne 2520 IM Irina Krush 2480 FM Joseph Bradford 2475 IM David Pruess 2461 FM Robert Hess 2448 IM Justin Sarkar 2442 IM Bryan Smith 2441 IM Michael Mulyar 2440 IM Ron Burnett 2396 IM Jay Bonin 2381 FM Ray Robson 2359 FM Michael Langer 2334 FM Movses Movsisyan 2292 Michael Aigner 2282 WFM Chouchanik Airapetian 2188 WFM Irina Zenyuk 2186 Tom Braunlich 2148
Alex Onischuk!
Ehlvest!
Onischuk seems the steadiest performer in this field. I imagine he’ll win or be close to the top.
Onischuk
Alex Shabalov. It is a long reach but after his early performance at the Foxwods I am convinced he can do it. He stumbled at the end there but this has made him stronger. So…Go Sasha!
GM Kaidanov
Shabalov
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I’m sorry, I am the same anon who posted Shabalov 7 times. I didn’t know that a comment doesn’t get through immediately now.
would it be possible to post the international elo ratings of the players instead of their us ratings even if they’re palying for the us championship. thanks:-)
I want to see Naka play Onischuk in a champions match
tournaments just do not pick the champion.
I have to say Walter Browne because he paid $5000 just to play and he has one this tournament 6 times. The most of any active player.
That’s easy – Nakamura.
Too many players dividing the prize fund into too many parts. 8 top players would be much better.
Nakumara will win it!