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referring to above Yasser asks Maurice what do you think of GM Gareevs opening choice today Maurice: I think GM Gareev is going to beam himself into outer space to play those aliens - no seriously hes using psychology on his individual opponents but although Gata Kamsky doesn't like wild openings hes seen it all before and something like that is not going to phase him (referring to Gareevs choice of the Wing gambit of the Sicilian defence) Yasser says: I admire GM Gareevs courage in playing the Wings Gambit at the highest level.
Maurice talks further on funky opening choices. Apparently in Sharevich - Ni Victoria Ni chose to play the Czech Benoni and at move 11 after answering Bb5+ with Kf8 and reaching a position where no pieces are developed Maurice points out that Anna Sharevich says to herself so you want to play that way and 0-0 and plays f4 opening the F-file directly at the king. At this point White has 5 pieces developed attacking and Black has no pieces developed. White should play Morphy style. Yasser adds (calmly and rationally explaining): I used to play these openings my self (referring to blacks defence) - it looks awful but if black can find something against the e5 push and d6 then black should be ok.
When So played 30…Nh4, Nakamura could have played the strong 31. Qxf4 but instead took with the bishop, Bxf4 and then shook his head until the end of the game, with regret. Still, he was happy enough to give an interview at the end.
The rest of the games in the men’s section were also drawn.
Shankland said in an interview he keeps starting off tournaments with Black. In the first four rounds he has been on the Black side here three times!
The names of most of the women players are unfamiliar to me. I had heard that two ladies were from Georgia. Looking at their bios, I found these as their birth countries:
Krush (Ukraine), Abrahamyan (Armenia), Sharevich (Belarus), Foisor (Romania), Nemcova (Czech Republic), Paikidze (Georgia), Melekhina (Ukraine), Goletiani (Georgia), Ni (Latvia), Wang (U.S.A.), Virkud (U.S.A.), Yu (U.S.A.)
In the note to the Wing Gambit by Gareev against Kamsky above. Why not indeed? Seems fairly simple for a 2600 grandmaster to find. However Gareev in applying psychology to his opponents seems to have been messing with his own mind. His funky opening choices should have led to success but its mixed success because he hasnt been able to finish.
Speaking of funky it seems to have become the watch word of the US Championships. Even GM Josh Friedel is using it in his annotations of US Championship games on chessbase.
Maurice talks further on funky opening choices. Apparently in Sharevich - Ni Victoria Ni chose to play the Czech Benoni and at move 11 after answering Bb5+ with Kf8 and reaching a position where no pieces are developed Maurice points out that Anna Sharevich says to herself so you want to play that way and 0-0 and plays f4 opening the F-file directly at the king. At this point White has 5 pieces developed attacking and Black has no pieces developed. White should play Morphy style. Yasser adds (calmly and rationally explaining): I used to play these openings my self (referring to blacks defence) - it looks awful but if black can find something against the e5 push and d6 then black should be ok.
If you want entertainment watch the US Championship! This game featured further eye popping maneuvers throughout. After obtaining a position with 5 developed pieces vs 0 White allowed a strong black knight on e5 and it seemed to be keeping at bay the entire white army. But black was not content to leave it on e5 and further she allowed white to obtain a strong knight outpost on f5. However white in turn was not content to keep her knight there. This game could be labelled in and out of the outpost. At some point both sides seemed to be refusing to win.
GM Fabio Caruana has been following the US Championships online and has tweeted several times. When I heard that I thought at first get a life but then it occurred to me that what would a chessplayer do (even number two in the world!) if he loves the game? If he cant be playing then he's watching an exciting event!
Sometimes in chess tournaments the draw factor raises its ugly head. And in round 4 thats what happened - all draws! Mostly not planned - Wesley So was pressing against Hikaru Nakamura but Hikaru held, Timur Gareev missed a rather simple win against Gata Kamsky. Gata was lucky. Luck you say it doesnt exist in chess. Well imo if your opponent misses a simple win you are lucky. End of story.
According to Yasser Ray Robson had the ideal position against V Akobian and should have played on - everything to play for and nothing to lose. Alex Onischuk has been off form - I have seen him convert similar positions in the past but he couldnt convert against Conrad Holt.
Gata Kamsky has also been off form but has been extremely resourceful when needed to survive and also with some luck. Net result 4 draws in four games but still in the race with an outside chance to win depending on further upsets.
The youngsters Sam Sevian, Kayden Troff, and Conrad Holt are all bottom rated within one point of each other (FIDE rating). You could label them under dogs or black horses. After 4 rounds they are doing very well. None of them is in last place. Sam has the sensational upset of Wesley So to his credit and an equal score. Kayden also is equal and Conrad has come back after his sensational loss to Nakamura in round 1 and is sitting at minus one.
Daniel Naroditsky in last place isnt playing particularly bad. His rating at 2633 is very respectable and he has been the victim of some very nice play. He started with two losses and his last two games have been draws. Maybe he can follow up with two consecutive wins.
Speaking of Daniel Naroditsky even tho he is still only a teenager he has already made quite a name for himself in the chess world and not in the usual way. Youngest author of a serious book on chess he has already authored several books and seems to have an unique formula. Whatever he is currently learning from in chess he writes about. His endgame book was so well received he has taken over from the legendary Pal Benko with an endgame column at US Chess Life!
Daniel Naroditsky in last place isnt playing particularly bad. His rating at 2633 is very respectable and he has been the victim of some very nice play. He started with two losses and his last two games have been draws. Maybe he can follow up with two consecutive wins.
Daniel is 71/10 today against Naka (with 8/5 draw odds), if you think he can notch the 1st of those 2 wins, Hans (:
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