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A nervous start to the US Championship. Blunders in every game. Naka said it was his worst game in 4-5 months (but gotta love the finish). Looking forward to rd 2 at 2pm today.
Nice bios of the players and commentators on the website. The women's has 3 youngsters getting a great experience. The championship section (men) would have to be a larger field to get their young masters included. The US can afford to sponsor a small group of the elite, while Canada's Championship offers a training experience for the younger masters.
and two of those youngsters had jaw dropping upsets.
Given the proximity in rating between Kamsky (2680) and Shankland (2661), I must say I'm surprised that Kamsky is such an overwhelming betting favourite in R1, namely, 17/20 vs 12/1, which certainly strikes me as excessive (:
(Chess Vibes) The last game to finish was gripping, but not necessarily for its accuracy. A double-knight endgame turned into a tablebase ending where both players committed clock-induced blunders. So was offered about five chances to win, but needed a sixth inaccuracy by GM Sam Shankland to finally find his way.
The game featured more "red moves" than any one in recent memory in St. Louis. In fairness to the players, "book draws" like 87. Na7! (amongst others available to Shankland) are far from obvious.
Round 2, April 2
Shankland, Samuel-So, Wesley
C85 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence
(Chess Vibes) FM Alisa Melekhina, who was only able to participate in the event due to a forgiving employer (a law firm), dropped Abrahamyan to 0-2 in a sharp French.
"I usually play the Advance French," Melekhina said (she played it exclusively in 2014's championship). "I think she was caught off guard by this."
Melekhina used almost no time on the clock up to move 17, which included the extremely importance dynamic offer of two rooks for the queen. She spent only five minutes on the move, which included many complicated ramifications if the offer was accepted. Although it seemed clearly to be part of her preparation, she demurred when asked if she had the position at home.
Later, Abrahamyan could have gone for 27...Qc1+, but decided to continue the fight. "I saw that she could force perpetual," Melekhina said. "It was her decision at this point. After her loss yesterday, maybe she thought she needed to come back with a win."
U.S. Chess Championship 2015 (Women’s)
St. Louis
Round 2, April 2, 2015
Melekhina, Alisa-Abrahamyan, Tatev
C01 French, Exchange (3.Nc3)
Latest addition to chess scene in St Louis - a chess diner open from early morning to 3 am and serving breakfast at all hours. (very much chess players style!)
Quote from commentators: Its gotta be Hikarus tournament to win, he wins when he's lost and he wins easy games as white! (when all else fails theres chess players wit)
Game of round 2 (according to the commentators) Sharevich - Nemcova. Although White self destructed Nemcova dominated the kingside and delivered checkmate.
(I guess the majority of fans like seeing actual checkmate on the board)
I was impressed in particular by Sam Sevians play. Against Kamsky he refused to be out-foxed by Kamsky exchange sac (giving Kamsky the powerful two bishops) and neutralised Kamskys aggressive intentions. Who is Sam Sevian? The worlds youngest current grandmaster last year at 13 and now at age 14 quite capable of holding his own in the US Championship against an all grandmaster field. Yasser Seirawan commented that he felt that Sevian was underrated and expected him to be 2650 by this time next year!
It is the youngest field in US championship history this year. Sam Sevian age 14, Kayden Troff age 16, Daniel Naroditsky age 18 are all teenagers, Ray Robson 20, Wesley So 21, Conrad Holt 20, Sam Shankland 22, are almost teenagers. Timur Gareev 26, and Hikaru Nakamura 27, V. Akobian 31, are veterans, and Alex Onischuk 39 and Gata Kamsky 40 are over the hill.
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