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  • #31
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    U.S. Chess Championship 2015
    Round 3, April 3, 2015
    So, Wesley – Sevian, Samuel
    D45 QGD, Semi-Slav (6.Qc2)

    1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. f4 g6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nxb5 Qe7 17. Qxg6 Bb8 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Rg8 20. Qh6+ Nh7 21. e4 Nf6 22. b4 Rcxg5 23. fxg5 Be5 24. Bb2 Ng4 25. Qh5 Qxg5 26. Qh3 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxe3 28. Rf2 Ng5 29. Kh1 Nc4 30. Bc3 Nxe4 31. Rf7 Nxc3 32. Rxb7 Bxd4 33. Rf1 Rg7 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. g3 e5 36. Rff8 Ne3 37. h4 Ne4 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. h5+ Kg5 40. h6 Rf7 41. h7 Rf1+ 0-1

    Wow! What a game!

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    • #32
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      U.S. Chess Championship 2015
      Round Three Women, April 3, 2015
      Paikidze, Nazi – Krush, Irina
      A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Keres Variation

      1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. c4 Nc6 10. a3 Re8 11. Qc2 d4 12. e3 e5 13. Rae1 a5 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h3 Be6 17. Bc1 h6 18. g4 Nf8 19. g5 h5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 Qd7 22. fxe5 Bxh3 23. Qf2 Be6 24. Bf3 Bg4 25. Ng3 Nh7 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Re4 Qe6 28. Nxh5 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Nxg5 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. Rg4 Qxh5 32. Rxg5 Qh7 33. Rf4 Ra6 34. Rfg4 g6 35. Rxd4 Qg7 36. Rh4 Rae6 37. d4 Rd8 38. d5 Rb6 39. Qe3 Ra6 40. Rhg4 Re8 41. c5 1-0

      Round Three, Men, April 3, 2015
      Holt, Conrad – Robson, Ray
      D97 Grunfeld, Russian, Alekhine Variation

      1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 c5 11. e6 cxd4 12. Nce4 Nf6 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. h4 Ne5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bf4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. g4 Nxe4 20. gxf5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd5 22. Kd2 Qxf7 23. Rae1 Qxf5 24. Rxh5 Qxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Rf3+ 26. Ke2 Raf8 27. Bxe7 Rxf2+ 28. Kd3 R8f3+ 29. Ke4 Rf7 30. Kd5 d3 31. Bb4 d2 32. Rd1 Bxb2 33. Rg5 h6 34. Rh5 Kh7 35. Ke6 R2f6+ 36. Kd5 Rd7+ 0-1

      Round Three, Men, April 3, 2015
      Kamsky, Gata – Nakamura, Hikaru
      D02 Queen’s Bishop Game

      1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b4 g5 17. Nh2 d4 18. b5 dxc3 19. bxc6 cxd2 20. Re2 Bxc6 21. Rxd2 Bd5 22. g4 c4 23. Bc2 f4 24. Qe2 Qa5 25. Nf3 Rcd8 26. Rdd1 Rd7 27. a4 Rfd8 28. Rab1 a6 29. Rdc1 Ba3 30. Rd1 h6 31. Kh2 Bf8 32. Rdc1 Qc5 33. Kg1 Qc6 34. Rd1 Bg7 35. Nd4 Qc7 36. Nf3 Rb8 37. Rxb8+ Qxb8 38. Be4 Qc8 39. Bc2 Qc6 40. Nd4 Qc7 41. Nf3 Rd8 42. Bb1 Rb8 43. Bc2 a5 44. Rc1 Qb7 45. Qd1 Qa8 46. Qe2 Rb4 47. Rd1 Qc6 48. Nd4 Qc7 49. Re1 Qb7 50. Rd1 Bf8 51. Nb5 Bxg2 52. Rd8 Bh1 53. Qf1 Rb2 54. Nd6 Qd5 55. Nf7 Rxc2 56. Rxd5 Bxd5 57. Qb1 Kxf7 58. Qxc2 Kg7 59. Qd2 Bb4 60. Qd4 c3 ½-½

      Nakamura had a won game and then dropped his queen. Agreed draw.

      Kamsky said in the post-game interview that Nakamura had to give up the queen. He looks terrific in a bright orange shirt and impeccable white suit and exudes confidence.

      Standing After Round Three

      Nakamura 2.5
      Robson 2.5
      So 2
      Sevian 1.5
      Kamsky 1.5
      Onischuk 1.5
      Akobian 1.5
      Troff 1.5
      Gareev 1
      Shankland 1
      Holt 1
      Naroditsky 0.5

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      • #33
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        Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
        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!
        Maurice Ashley had the great quip today, after Sevian's win against So, "The man of the hour! Except he's only fourteen."

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        • #34
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          Nakamura and So will play their 2nd ever game of classical chess this afternoon. Their only other encounter was a 27-move draw at Tata Steel 2014 with So playing White. Naka is White today and is the 37/25 betting favourite, which strikes me as decidedly excessive. So is 69/10 with the most likely outcome considered another draw, 87/100.

          https://www.marathonbet.com/en/betting/Chess/

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          • #35
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            The only answer to those betting odds Jack is we'll see. Wesley is a fantastic resourceful player but against him is that he's black and that he lost a tension filled game yesterday. In his favor is that Hikaru messed up his game against Gata.

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            • #36
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              Id like to mention that Alejandro Ramirez was cocommentator in round 2. What a great commentator. He was witty, funny, and extremely knowledge on the intricacies of playing competitive chess and he knew all the players well. He would deliver down to earth insights into positions quickly and was not afraid to differ in opinion from Yasser when the position called for it. Perhaps the best of all was that he was the perfect foil for Yasser and made him sharper in his analysis. I hope to see more of his commentary!

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              • #37
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                In defence of Yasser is that there is no one like Yasser! what a legend! and the perfect gentleman who adds calmness, balance and yet interesting background colour to the commentary.

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                • #38
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                  Rd 3 was pegged to be wild with upsets called for by Maurice and Yasser. It started with GM Gareev showing up with a funky shirt and playing as black 1,d4 d6 2.Nf3 h6 3.e4 g5. Maurice Ashley who does not mince words called this a garbage opening. GM Akobian (as white) started thinking really using time and Maurice said stop thinking and just play e4. Stop trying to read your opponents mind. Who knows whats in his mind? Nobody knows whats in Gareevs mind! Maurice brings all the passion needed to his commentary (maybe too much so) and sure creates an exciting mood!

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                  • #39
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                    Jennifer Shahade in response to Maurice's words above asked Yasser as a bet if he could ask his opponent to play this opening in return for deducting time from his clock, how much time would he be willing to deduct? Half an hour? Yasser without hesitation - sure! An hour? No, no, no - an hour is way too much time! and then went on to give an interesting story about that from his tournament experience.

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                    • #40
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                      Rd 3 What a strange round! Nazi Paikidze absolutely crushed Irina Krush with kingside threats and a central pawn storm! Poor Irina's queen was huddled all alone trying to defend her king! I have never seen her (recently) crushed like that!

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                      • #41
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                        Rd 3 Wesley So's play has definitely been off. He missed h4! anchoring his knight on g5 against Sevian ( a move Wesley would normally never miss) which would have stopped any counterplay. Give Sam Sevian credit - he blew up the position and created a winning counterattack with almost no time on the clock! What an upset! Wesley was the perfect gentleman after his loss - how often do you see that?

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                        • #42
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                          Rd 3 Hikaru Nakamura missed a golden opportunity against Gata Kamsky> He was all over Gata and must have been winning but then collapsed and Gata came up with a miracle save!! (and was close to winning!)

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                          • #43
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                            Rd 3 Alex Onischuk found the fantastic Nd4! against Kayden Troff and was clearly winning but couldnt pull it off (highly unusual for Alex who is world renowned for his technique!)

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                            • #44
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                              Rd 3 Ray Robson played an excellent game against Conrad Holt complete with innovation! and is now tied for the lead with Hikaru Nakamura!

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                              • #45
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                                and now the stage is set for round 4 and the Hikaru Nakamura - Wesley So matchup! Cant wait! 2pm here we come! Grab a beer and invite Yasser and Maurice and Jen! (and all the great players!) onto the big screen in my living room! This is much better than hockey or baseball or football - chess action with great commentary! - it doesnt get better!! (ok - well live in St Louis might be a tad better0 - but then Id have to travel, deal with the border etc yadda yadda)

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