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  • #31
    Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

    Rd 10 in the womens. The youngest Carissa Yip age 12 beat GM Irina Krush in a crazy Sicilian for one of the biggest upsets ever. The second youngest Jennifer Yu beat Anna Zatonskih in an almost as big upset to eliminate both Krushs and Zatonskihs championship chances. Tatev Abrahamian won finally an up and down nervous game and at 8 out of 10 leads the field and holds the fate of the championship in her own hands.

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    • #32
      Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

      U.S.Championship 2016

      April 24, 2016

      Open Championship - Round Ten

      Round 10, April 24, 2016
      Caruana, Fabiano – Kamsky, Gata
      B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qc7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nf6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qc5 Rc8 13.Bf4 Qb7 14.Na4 O-O 15.Qa3 Qa6 16.Nd3 Bf5 17.Ndc5 Qc4 18.Be5 Rfd8 19.c3 Rd2 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.cxb4 Rcd8 22.Bc3 Rc2 23.h3 h5 24.a3 h4 25.Rxe7 Nd5 26.Rd1 Ra8 27.Bxg7 Nxe7 28.Bf6 Nd5 29.Bxh4 Re8 30.b5 cxb5 31.Rxd5 bxa4 32.Bf6 Rc4 33.Bc3 Rc8 34.Nd7 Rxc3 35.bxc3 Rxc3 36.g4 Bxd7 37.Rxd7 Rxh3 38.Rxa7 Rxa3 39.g5 Ra1+ 40.Kg2 Kf8 41.Kf3 a3 42.Kf4 Ra2 43.Kg3 Ke8 44.Kf3 Ra1 45.Kf4 Kd8 46.Rxf7 Rf1 47.Ra7 Rxf2+ 48.Kg3 Ra2 49.Ra6 Ra1 50.Kg2 a2 51.Ra8+ Kc7 52.Ra7+ Kb6 53.Ra8 Kb5 54.Rb8+ Kc4 55.Rc8+ Kd3 56.Rd8+ Ke3 57.Ra8 Kf4 58.Ra5 Kg4 59.Kh2 Kf3 60.Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

      45…Kd8? Better is 45…Kf8

      Round 10, April 24, 2016
      So, Wesley – Robson, Ray
      D46 QGD, Semi-Slav

      1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Neg4 14.g3 Re8 15.Nf5 Bc5 16.Bf4 Bc8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Bf3 h6 19.Rd2 g5 20.Bd6 Bxf5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.exf5 Ne5 23.Bg2 Nc4 24.Rdd1 Rad8 25.b4 Qxb4 26.Bxc6 Na3 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.axb3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Re5 30.b4 Rxf5 31.Rd2 Kg7 32.Ra2 a5 33.Rxa3 axb4 34.Rb3 bxc3 35.Rxc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

      Round 10, April 24, 2016
      Nakamura, Hikaru – Xiong, Jeffery
      E60 King’s Indian Defence

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 Ned7 9.Be3 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Nh3 Qe7 12.O-O b6 13.Bf3 Rb8 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Rae1 Kh8 16.Ng5 Bh6 17.Nb5 Bxg5 18.fxg5 Ne8 19.Nxa7 Ne5 20.Be2 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Ra8 22.Nb5 Rxa2 23.Na3 Qg7 24.Bd2 Nc6 25.Bc3 Nd4 26.Bd3 Kg8 27.Qf2 c5 28.Bb1 Ra1 29.Nc2 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Bxe4 31.Nxd4 Bxb1 32.Nf5 exf5 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Qe3 1-0

      Round 10, April 24, 2016
      Shabalov, Alexander – Onischuk, Alexander
      D37 QGD, 4.Nf3

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Be3 Nhf6 15.Rfd1 Qb8 16.Nd4 Rd8 17.f3 Ne5 18.Bb3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Bxc6 21.Nb5 Qe5 22.Na3 Qc7 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Qa6 Qd7 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Rd1 Qc7 28.Rc1 Qd7 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Rc1 1/2-1/2

      Round 10, April 24, 2016
      Shankland, Samuel – Lenderman, Aleksandr
      E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch Variation

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Ne2 a6 8.Ng3 Ba5 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 Nbd7 13.O-O Re8 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.f4 Ng6 16.b3 Bb6 17.Kh1 c4 18.bxc4 Be3 19.f5 Ne5 20.Nb3 Bxc1 21.Qxc1 Ned7 22.Bf3 Qc7 23.a5 Nc5 24.Qe3 Rb8 25.Nd2 Bd7 26.Bd1 Qd8 27.Qd4 h6 28.Re1 b3 29.e5 b2 30.Rb1 Qxa5 31.e6 fxe6 32.fxe6 Bxe6 33.dxe6 Nxe6 34.Qf2 Nc5 35.Bc2 Qc3 36.Nde4 Ncxe4 37.Nxe4 Nxe4 38.Bxe4 Re5 39.Bd5+ Kh8 40.Rf1 a5 41.h3 Qb4 42.Qd4 Rxd5 43.Qxd5 a4 44.Rbe1 a3 45.Qf7 Qxe1 46.Rxe1 b1=Q 47.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 48.Kh2 a2 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.Qe4+ g6 1/2-1/2

      Round 10, April 24, 2016
      Akobian, Varuzhan – Chandra, Akshat
      D45 QGD, Semi-Slav (5..Nd7)

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.a4 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bxc4 e5 10.a5 h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Nh4 Nf8 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Rad8 16.Rd1 Bc7 17.g3 Rd7 18.dxe5 Rxd1+ 19.Nxd1 Bxe5 20.Bd2 Rd8 21.Be1 g6 22.Qc2 h5 23.a6 b6 24.Bf1 c5 25.Nc3 h4 26.g4 Bb8 27.Rd1 Qe5 28.Bg2 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Re8 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Be5 32.b4 cxb4 33.Bxb4 Ne6 34.Qc6 Rb8 35.Rd7 Ng5 36.Qd5 Rc8 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ 1-0

      Standing After Round Ten

      1. Caruana 7.5
      2. So 7
      3. Nakamura 7
      4. Robson 6.5
      5. Onischuk 5.5
      6. Xiong 5
      7. Kamsky 4.5
      8. Shankland 4
      9. Lenderman 4
      10. Akobian 4
      11. Shabalov 3.5
      12. Chandra 1.5

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      • #33
        Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

        U.S. Championship 2016

        April 24, 2016

        Women’s Championship, Round Ten

        Round 10, April 24, 2016
        Abrahamyhan, Tatev – Gorti, Akshita
        C05 French, Tarrasch, Closed Variation

        1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 g6 8.Bc2 Bg7 9.Nb3 b6 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.O-O a5 12.Nc1 Ba6 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Re1 Rae8 15.Qd2 cxd4 16.cxd4 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Ng3 Ng4 20.h3 e5 21.dxe5 Ngxe5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.b3 d4 24.Be4 Qf7 25.Bg5 Bc8 26.Rac1 Be6 27.Nf1 Rc8 28.f3 a4 29.bxa4 Bxa2 30.Bh6 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Bxh6 32.Qxh6 Bb3 33.Rb1 Qe6 34.Qd2 Rd8 35.Qb4 Bc4 36.Qxb6 Qxb6 37.Rxb6 Bxf1 38.Kxf1 d3 39.Ke1 Rc8 40.Rd6 Rc1+ 41.Kf2 Ra1 42.Rd4 g5 43.Rd5 Ra2+ 44.Ke3 d2 45.Ke2 Nc4 46.Rd4 d1=Q+ 47.Kxd1 Ne3+ 48.Kc1 Rxg2 49.a5 Ra2 50.Rd3 Rxa5 51.Rxe3 Ra1+ 52.Bb1 h6 53.Re6 Ra3 54.Be4 1-0

        Round 10, April 24, 2016
        Paikidze, Nazi - Melekhina, Alisa
        A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack

        1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bc4 Qe7 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 a6 12.b4 Rd8 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Bb3 Nh5 15.a4 Qd7 16.Rfd1 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rdc1 Ng3 20.fxg3 Rxe3 21.Kf2 Rd3 22.Ke2 Rdd8 23.g4 b6 24.Nc4 b5 25.Ncd2 g5 26.Ra2 Ne7 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rca1 Rac8 29.Nb3 Ng6 30.g3 Bf8 31.Ra6 Bd6 32.Ne1 Nf8 33.Nd3 Nd7 34.Nbc5 Kf7 35.Nb7 Rh8 36.Nxd6+ cxd6 37.Rxd6 Ke7 38.Raa6 Rxc3 39.Rxe6+ Kf7 40.Red6 Ke7 41.Rd5 Rhc8 42.Rxh6 Nb8 43.Rh7+ Kf8 44.Rh8+ Kf7 45.Rxc8 Rxc8 46.Nxe5+ Kf6 47.Rxb5 Nc6 48.Nxc6 Rxc6 49.Rf5+ Kg6 50.Kd3 Rc1 51.h4 1-0

        Round 10, April 24, 2016
        Yip, Carissa – Krush, Irina
        D43 Sicilian, Kan

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d6 8.f4 Nbd7 9.Kh1 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bd2 Nc5 12.Rae1 Nxd3 13.cxd3 b5 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.g4 Bb7 16.g5 Ne8 17.f5 b4 18.Nd1 e5 19.Nf3 d5 20.Nf2 f6 21.gxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxe5 Qb5 23.Neg4 dxe4 24.Nxf6+ Bxf6 25.Nxe4 Rfe8 26.Rce1 Rad8 27.Rf3 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 Qxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxe4 30.Kg1 Rg4+ 31.Rg3 Rd4 32.Bg5 Bxg5 33.Rxg5 Kf7 34.Kf2 Bd5 35.b3 a5 36.Ke3 Re4+ 37.Kd2 Rd4+ 38.Ke3 Re4+ 39.Kd2 Rd4+ 40.Kc1 Kf6 41.Reg1 Rh4 42.Rxg7 Rxh2 43.Kb1 a4 44.Rd7 Be4+ 45.Ka1 axb3 46.axb3 h5 47.Rf1 Rh1 48.Rd6+ Kg7 49.f6+ Kf7 50.Rd7+ Kg6 51.Rg7+ Kh6 52.Rxh1 Bxh1 53.Rg5 1-0

        Round 10, April 24, 2016
        Yu, Jennifer – Zatonskih, Anna
        D31 QGD, Charousek (Petrosian) Variation

        1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Qb6 8.Qc1 Nf6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Nh4 Be6 11.h3 O-O 12.O-O Rac8 13.Bd3 Nh5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf4 16.Bxd7 Rcd8 17.Bf5 Ng6 18.a3 Bd6 19.b4 Bb8 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.g3 Qe7 22.Ne2 a6 23.Rab1 Bd6 24.Rb3 Rfe8 25.Rfb1 Nf8 26.a4 g6 27.Bg4 h5 28.Bf3 h4 29.g4 Nh7 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Ng5 32.Bg2 c5 33.dxc5 Bxc5 34.Nf4 d4 35.Nd5 Qd6 36.e4 b6 37.Rf1 Re6 38.Qd3 Rde8 39.Re1 Re5 40.Rbb1 R5e6 41.f4 Nh7 42.e5 Qb8 43.Re2 Kg7 44.Rbe1 g5 45.Be4 Qd8 46.Kf1 Rh6 47.Bxh7 Qxd5 48.Be4 Qd7 49.f5 Rxe5 50.Bc6 Re3 51.Rxe3 Qd6 52.Rf3 Qh2 53.Rf2 Qd6 54.Re8 Bb4 55.Bg2 Qc5 56.f6+ Rxf6 57.Rxf6 Kxf6 58.Ke2 Kg7 59.Bc6 Qd6 60.Kd1 Qf4 61.Re4 1-0

        Round 10, April 24, 2016
        Nemcova, Katerina – Foisor, Sabina
        C47 Four Knights, Scotch Variation

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Be3 Nxd4 7.Bxd4 Qe7 8.Bxc5 Qxc5 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O Be6 11.Qd2 O-O-O 12.Rae1 Rhe8 13.a3 Kb8 14.b4 Qh5 15.f4 d5 16.e5 Ng4 17.h3 d4 18.Nd1 Nh6 19.f5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.g4 Qxh3 22.gxf5 Qxa3 23.Kg2 d3 24.c3 Qb3 25.Rf3 Qc2 26.Qxc2 dxc2 27.Ne3 Rxe5 28.Nxc2 Rd2+ 29.Kg3 Rxe1 30.Nxe1 c5 31.Nd3 cxb4 32.cxb4 b6 33.Kf4 f6 34.Rg3 g5+ 35.fxg6 hxg6 36.Ke3 Rc2 37.Rxg6 Rc6 38.b5 Re6+ 39.Kd4 Rd6+ 40.Kc4 a6 41.Rg8+ Kb7 42.Rg7+ Kb8 43.Nb4 axb5+ 44.Kxb5 Kc8 45.Nc6 Rd7 1/2-1/2

        Round 10, April 24, 2016
        Bykovtsev, Agata – Eswaran, Ashritha
        B03 Alekhine’s Defence, Exchange

        1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bd3 Bf6 9.Nge2 Bg4 10.Qc2 g6 11.h3 Be6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Ne4 Bg7 14.h4 Na6 15.Qd2 f5 16.Ng5 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Nf4 Re8+ 19.Kf1 Qf6 20.Nge6 Bxe6 21.Nxe6 Re7 22.Re1 Rae8 23.Re2 Na4 24.Nxc7 Rxe2 25.Bxe2 Rc8 26.d6 Nb6 27.Rh3 Rd8 28.Nd5 Qxd6 29.b3 Qe5 30.Re3 Qh2 31.Rh3 Qe5 32.Rd3 Qh2 33.Rh3 Qd6 34.h5 Nxd5 35.cxd5 Qe5 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.g3 Kf8 38.Bf3 b5 39.Qa5 Qb8 40.Kg2 Qb6 41.Qd2 c4 42.Qb4+ Qd6 43.Qxb5 c3 44.Qe2 Re8 45.Qc2 Qa3 46.Rh1 Qb2 47.Qd3 Qd2 48.Qxd2 cxd2 49.Rd1 Bc3 50.g4 f4 51.g5 Re5 52.Kh3 Rxg5 53.Be4 Ke7 54.Kh4 Re5 55.Bxg6 Re2 56.f3 Re1 57.Bc2 Kd6 58.Kg4 Kxd5 59.Kxf4 Kd4 60.a3 Ba5 61.b4 Bc7+ 62.Kf5 Ke3 63.a4 Ke2 64.Rxd2+ Kxd2 65.Be4 Kc3 66.b5 Kb4 67.Bc6 Bb6 68.f4 Kxa4 69.Kf6 Bd4+ 70.Kg5 Ka5 71.f5 Rb1 72.Kf4 Rxb5 0-1

        Standing After Round Ten

        1. Abrahamyan 8
        2. Paikidze 7.5
        3. Krush 6
        4. Zatonskih 6
        5. Foisor 5.5
        6. Nemcova 5.5
        7. Yu 4.5
        8. Yip 4.5
        9. Eswaran 4.5
        10. Gorti 3.5
        11. Bykovtsev 3
        12. Melekhina 1.5

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        • #34
          Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

          Other notes. Its official: Naka prepares by playing bullet late in the evening and into the wee hours. Source says he played 5 hours bullet on chess.com before facing Jeffery Xiong next day. Naka says it helps him relax. Not recommended for anybody else. Poll of championship winners 80% Fabiano Caruana and about 40% Tatev Abrahamian. In round 10 Nakas knights got hopping. First threat by kings knight on g5 got it exchanged. Then the queens knight did a small tour - c3, b5, xa7, b5, a3 and then the decisive c2 and xd4. In the Yip - Krush game the 12 yr old played the showcase rook sack Rg5 attracting resignation to beat her second GM!

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          • #35
            Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

            Final round today at 2pm (Toronto time). Robson vs Naka key game. Also Wesley So needs to perform. Top 3 finishers get to play Garry Kasparov in a 4 man blitz. I guess Ive got to root for Naka because I want to see him play Garry. In the womens two nail biters.

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            • #36
              Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

              U.S. Championships

              April 25, 2016

              Round Eleven

              The Championship Round.

              Maurice reminds us of the prize money. The 1st three places in the Open are worth $50,000, $35,000 and $25,000 respectively and $25,000, $18,000 and $13,000 in the Women’s.

              Early on in his game, Fabiano comes into the confession booth. He says that his game is extremely complex and he doesn’t stand worse. He looks somewhat worried and that worries those of us who want him to win the tournament.

              Recently Gata Kamsky talked about his addiction to online gaming (in Russian) at:

              http://www.chess-news.ru/node/21336

              "I’ve been playing for twelve years - says Kamsky - starting with Tetris, and then Arcada, MMO's, ExerQuest, Roleplaying , Strategy, Civilizations, Age of Wonders, Command and Conquer series , online versions, League of angels, Dota 2, and more recently -. Magic the Gathering, This is a game I discovered just before the US Open and played it night after night."

              "All these years I've tried to stop, sometimes it worked, but then something happened in my life and I was again plunged into this deceptive virtual reality. Tens of thousands of hours that could be spent on chess and life. National Championships, World Cups - from the middle of the night awakenings, to be selected in the online championship..."

              "Of course, the people close to me know about this side of my life. Gambling serves as a protective mechanism in the early years, and then most likely it has helped me to keep sanity. But later it became an addiction to prevail over all others. In my life, only games and competition have value. Family, education, health, life itself - all these faded into the background."

              He wanted to warn young people of the danger of such an addiction.
              _______

              The first two games drawn are Robson-Nakamura and Kamsky-Shankland. Ray has gone through undefeated and he feels with his draw today, he has secured a place on the Olympic team. Hikaru is looking forward to playing blitz against Garry.

              Garry Kasparov comes in to talk to the commentators. He assesses the Chandra-Caruana game as roughly equal but Caruana is one of the best players around and Chandra is low on time.

              Maurice breaks in to say that the computer has Nazi completely winning against Irina. Everything is dependent on her playing 26…Nd3. Oh dear, she plays f4 instead.

              Tatev resigns. She glances at Nazi’s game on the way out of the room.

              Everyone seems to be showing nerves today.

              Nazi makes a lot of second-class moves and seems to have thrown away all her winning chances.

              Chandra is playing on his increment versus Caruana. He makes the time control but his position has deteriorated significantly.
              Maurice keeps shouting out moves from the computer and Garry calmly analyzes by inspection.

              Garry is asked about books he likes. He says that he would not study an opening book. They are not for people above ELO 2000. Of other books, books that he has enjoyed since he was young, Kasparov gave these five: Bronstein 53, Keres 48, Bronstein’s 200 Open Games, Fischer’s 60 and Sosonko’s books on the great players and great world champions.

              [Respectively they are: The Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953, Hague-Moscow 1948, 200 Open Games, My 60 Memorable Games and a set of The Reliable Past, Smart Chip from St Petersburg, Russian Silhouettes and The World Champions I Knew]
              ______

              In spite of heroic efforts by Akshat, Caruana wins their game and is the new champion. Nazi Paikidze wins her game and is Women’s champion.

              The games:

              U.S. Open Championship
              Round 11, April 25, 2016
              Chandra, Akshat – Caruana, Fabiano
              C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.d4 O-O 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.a5 h6 13.Bc4 Bb7 14.c3 Qd6 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Nf1 Ne7 17.Ng3 Ng6 18.Be3 bxc3 19.bxc3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Qc6 21.Bf1 Bc8 22.h3 Be6 23.Reb1 Nd7 24.Rb4 Kh7 25.Rab1 Qc5 26.Bxa6 Qxa5 27.Bf1 Qc5 28.Qxc5 Nxc5 29.Bc4 Nd3 30.Ra4 Ngf4 31.Ne1 Nxe1 32.Rxe1 Rd2 33.Bf1 Rb8 34.Rb4 Ra8 35.Rb7 Raa2 36.Nh1 c5 37.Rc7 Ra5 38.Ng3 Rc2 39.c4 g6 40.Rb1 Kg7 41.Rcb7 Raa2 42.Nh1 Bxc4 43.Bxc4 Rxc4 44.Re7 Rb4 45.Rd1 Rd4 46.Rb1 Ne6 47.Rbb7 Nd8 48.Rbc7 Kf6 49.f4 Rd1+ 50.Kh2 exf4 51.e5+ Kg5 52.Rxc5 Ne6 53.Rc3 Rdd2 0-1

              Round 11, April 25, 2016
              Robson, Ray – Nakamura, Hikaru
              C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open Variation

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O 9.d4 d5 10.c3 Bd6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Qc2 Nce7 14.Nbd2 c6 15.Nf1 f6 16.Ng3 g6 17.Bd2 Qf7 18.Re1 Ng7 19.h3 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Nexf5 22.g4 Nd6 23.g5 Re8 24.gxf6 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 Qxf6 26.Bg3 Ngf5 27.Be5 Qe7 28.Qe2 Ng3 29.Qc2 Ngf5 30.Qe2 Ng3 1/2-1/2

              Round 11, April 25, 2016
              Lenderman, Aleksandr - So, Wesley
              A10 English, Adorjan Defence

              1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.f3 c6 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 d5 11.cxd5 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 cxd5 13.Be3 dxe4 14.Nb5 Qf6 15.Nc7 Rd8 16.Bg5 Rxd2 17.Bxf6 Rc2 18.Bxg7 Rxc7 19.Bc3 exf3 20.Bxf3 Be6 21.O-O Nd7 22.a3 Rac8 23.Rad1 b6 24.Rfe1 Nc5 25.Be5 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Bc3 Kf8 28.Bb4+ Nc5 29.Rc1 Kg7 30.Bc3+ f6 31.Bd4 Kf7 32.b4 Nd3 33.Rxc8 Bxc8 34.Be2 Nf4 35.Bf1 Ke7 36.a4 Bb7 37.Bf2 Nd5 38.a5 Nxb4 39.axb6 a5 40.Bc5+ Kd7 41.Bb5+ Kc8 42.Bc4 Be4 43.Bg8 h5 44.Be7 Kb7 45.Bxf6 Kxb6 46.Bf7 a4 47.Kf2 a3 48.g3 Kc5 49.Ke3 Bf5 50.Kd2 a2 51.Kc1 Bb1 52.Kb2 Kd6 53.h3 Nd3+ 54.Ka1 Ne1 55.Kb2 Nd3+ 56.Ka1 Ne1 57.Kb2 Ng2 58.Ka1 Kc6 59.Kb2 Kc5 60.Ka1 Ne3 61.Kb2 Ng2 62.Ka1 Kb4 63.Kb2 Kb5 64.Ka1 Ne3 65.Kb2 Nd1+ 66.Ka1 Nf2 67.Be8+ Kb4 68.g4 hxg4 69.hxg4 Nxg4 70.Be7+ Kc3 71.Bxg6 Bxg6 72.Kxa2 Ne3 1/2-1/2

              Round 11, April 25, 2016
              Onischuk, Alexander – Akobian, Varuzhan
              D53 QGD, 4.Bg5 Be7

              1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 Bg4 13.e3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Rc8 15.Qd2 Rxc5 16.Rxc5 Qxc5 17.Bg2 Nd7 18.O-O Rc8 19.Rd1 Nf6 20.f4 Qc2 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Qxd5 Qxb2 23.Qd7 Rc1 24.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 25.Kg2 Qc4 26.Qxa7 Qe4+ 27.Kg3 Qg6+ 28.Kf3 Qh5+ 29.Kg2 Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 1/2-1/2

              Round 11, April 25, 2016
              Xiong, Jeffery – Shabalov, Alexander
              A31 English, Symmetrical Variation

              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4 e6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Be3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 a6 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.a3 Qc7 14.b4 Qb8 15.Rc2 Bd8 16.Kh1 Bc7 17.Bg1 h5 18.h3 Rfe8 19.Na4 Ba8 20.Bf2 Ne5 21.Nb2 Ng6 22.Nd3 h4 23.Re1 Qb7 24.c5 d5 25.cxb6 Bxb6 26.e5 Ne4 27.Rxc8 Nxf2+ 28.Nxf2 Rxc8 29.Ng4 Qa7 30.Rd1 Ne7 31.Qg5 Kf8 32.Nb3 Nf5 33.Bd3 Qe7 34.Qd2 Bb7 35.Kh2 d4 36.Rc1 Ne3 37.Rxc8+ Bxc8 38.Qc1 Bd7 39.f4 g5 40.Nf6 gxf4 41.Qe1 Bc6 42.Qxh4 Qc7 43.Qg5 Qd8 44.Nc5 Bxc5 45.bxc5 Nxg2 46.Be4 Bxe4 47.Qh6+ Ke7 48.Nxe4 Ne3 49.Qf6+ Kd7 50.Qxf7+ Qe7 51.c6+ Kd8 52.Qxf4 Qxa3 53.Nd6 Qa2+ 54.Kg3 Qg2+ 55.Kh4 Qg6 56.Qf6+ Qxf6+ 57.exf6 Nd5 58.Kg5 d3 59.Ne4 a5 60.f7 Ke7 61.Kg6 Kf8 62.Ng5 Ne7+ 63.Kf6 Nd5+ 64.Kxe6 Nc7+ 65.Kf6 Nd5+ 66.Ke6 Nc7+ 67.Kf6 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

              Round 11, April 25, 2016
              Kamsky, Gata – Shankland, Samuel
              A48 King’s Indian, London System

              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.c3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.a4 a5 9.O-O Bb7 10.Na3 Ne4 11.Bh2 Kh8 12.Qb3 e6 13.Nb5 Rc8 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Na7 Ra8 16.Nb5 Rac8 17.Qa3 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 f5 19.Nd2 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 e5 21.Bf1 h6 22.Na7 Ra8 23.Nb5 Rac8 24.Na7 Ra8 25.Nb5 Rac8 26.Na7 Ra8 27.Nb5 Rac8 28.Na7 Ra8 29.Nb5 Rac8 30.Na7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

              Round 11, April 25, 2016
              Krush, Irina – Paikidze, Nazi
              A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qe1 e5 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Bd2 b6 14.Nh4 Rfe8 15.Kh1 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.f4 b5 18.Bxa5 Qc8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Nd2 exf4 21.gxf4 Nd5 22.Rf3 f5 23.e5 g5 24.fxg5 Nxe5 25.Rf2 Ne3 26.Nb3 Nxg2 27.Rxg2 f4 28.Qc3 Nc4 29.Qf3 Qf5 30.Nxc5 Qxc5 31.b4 Qf5 32.Rf2 Re4 33.Rg1 Rae8 34.Bc7 Re3 35.Qxf4 Rxh3+ 36.Kg2 Ne3+ 37.Qxe3 Qg4+ 38.Qg3 Rxg3+ 39.Bxg3 Re3 40.Kh2 Qh5+ 41.Kg2 Qxg5 42.Kh2 Re6 43.Rgg2 Qh5+ 44.Kg1 Qd1+ 45.Rf1 Qd4+ 46.Rff2 Re1+ 47.Kh2 Qd1 48.Bf4 Qh5+ 49.Kg3 Rh1 50.Rh2 Rg1+ 51.Rhg2 Rh1 52.Rh2 Qg6+ 53.Kh3 Qe6+ 54.Kg3 Re1 55.Rhg2 Qg6+ 56.Kh2 Qe4 57.Bg5 Qxb4 58.Bf4 Qe7 59.Kg3 Re6 60.Kh3 Qd7 61.Kh2 Re4 62.Kg3 Qf5 63.Rf3 g5 64.Bxg5 Rg4+ 0-1
              Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 25th April, 2016, 10:54 PM.

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              • #37
                Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

                U.S. Championships 2016

                April 25, 2016

                Round Eleven

                Final Standings

                U.S. Open Championship

                1. Caruana, Fabiano 8.5
                2. So, Wesley 7.5
                3. Nakamura, Hikaru 7.5
                4. Robson, Ray 7
                5. Onischuk, Alexander 6
                6. Xiong, Jeffery 5.5
                7. Kamsky, Gata 5
                8. Shankland, Samuel 4.5
                9. Lenderman, Aleksandr 4.5
                10. Akobian, Varuzhan 4.5
                11. Shabalov, Alexander 4
                12. Chandra, Akshat 1.5

                U.S. Women’s Championship

                1. Paikidze, Nazi 8.5
                2. Abrahamyan, Tatev 8
                3. Zatonskih, Anna 7
                4. Nemcova, Katerina 6.5
                5. Foisor, Sabina 6.5
                6. Krush, Irina 6
                7. Eswaran, Ashritha 5.5
                8. Yu, Jennifer 5
                9. Yip, Carissa 4.5
                10. Gorti, Akshita 4
                11. Bykovtsev, Agata 3
                12. Melekhina, Alisa 1.5
                _________

                From Mike Klein at chess.com:

                https://www.chess.com/news/caruana-a...pionships-2761

                With the exception of the slight discomfort against Kamsky in round 10, Caruana played mostly clean chess the entire fortnight. Ditto for Paikidze, who was the only woman never to be in danger of losing a game during the tournament. The commentators agreed that their stability made them worthy champions, though one of them had to make an unlikely comeback today.

                After failing to convert a few winning positions late last week, Paikidze's one extra draw meant that she trailed WGM Tatev Abrahamyan going into today. The odds got longer when you looked at the pairings. Both women had Black, but Abrahamyan was playing one of the juniors, while Paikidze faced the seven-time champion Krush.

                Everything worked out for her -- Abrahamyan lost her way in a secondary opening and Paikidze outplayed Krush.

                She fought back tears as soon as Krush resigned, but her emotions were on display during the game.

                Caruana ensured there would be no such drama in the U.S. Championship. He slowly overran IM Akshat Chandra, handing the U.S. Junior Champion his fifth straight loss, to clinch clear first place. That nullified the result of GM Wesley So's game (he couldn't overcome staunch defense by GM Alex Lenderman).

                Several hours earlier, Nakamura drew GM Ray Robson in a game where the four-time champion had no chances to push.

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                • #38
                  Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

                  In the last round Tatev Abrahamian played into a position she didnt know in an opening she didnt know well and suffered in a horrid position for the rest of the game. Maurice said her opponent was playing like Karpov. Garry Kasparov, who was in the commentating booth, said if you are playing in a must win situation you should play an opening that you are comfortable with and that you believe in so that if a surprise comes your way you are ready to do your best in battle.

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                  • #39
                    Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

                    As a result of the Tatev Abrahamian tragedy (loss of decisive game) Nazi Paikidze crushed Krush (Irina) in a nice attacking game as Black to win in the championship in style. At one point her two knights could have gone to e3 and d3 in an eyepopping picturesque position.

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                    • #40
                      Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

                      Fabiano Caruana kept his position as Black solid and waited for mistakes from his young opponent Akshat Chandra and they happened in shortage of time. Caruana won the US Championship. Wesley So stumbled against Alex Lenderman but it didnt matter as he couldnt overtake Fabulous Fabiano. Ray Robson - Naka finished early in a draw as neither wanted to risk their positions. Naka wanted to make sure he got to play Garry Kasparov and Ray Ray wanted to secure his spot on the US Olympic team by finishing fourth. Caruana 8.5 first, Wesley So 7.5 second, Hikaru Nakamura 7.5 third, and Ray Robson 7 fourth.

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                      • #41
                        Re: U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2016

                        There was an additional bonus for the top three winners of the US Championship. They all get to play Garry Kasparov in a blitz event on Thursday and Friday, April 28 and April 29. Hikaru Nakamura in particular is looking forward to it. Garry Kasparov often plays blitz online at playchess.com under an anonymous handle so if you play blitz and play there you may have already played him. The blitz event should be fun and Im looking forward to watching it. and the trash talking has already begun!

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