Re: U.S. Championships 2018
U.S. Championships 2018
April 20, 2018
Round Three
Round 3, Apr. 20
Onischuk, Alexander - Nakamura, Hikaru
A41 Queen's Pawn game
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 Bxe5 7.g3 h5 8.Bg5 c5 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Bg2 Bd7 11.O-O h4 12.Ne4 hxg3 13.hxg3 f6 14.Be3 f5 15.f4 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Bf6 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bd4 O-O 19.c5 Be6 20.Bxc6 Rb8 21.Qa4 Nh5 22.Kf2 Qc7 23.cxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxa7 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Nf6 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Bf3 g5 28.Be3 gxf4 29.gxf4 Kf7 30.Rh1 Rg8 31.Bh5+ Kf8 32.Bf3 Kf7 33.a3 Bd5 34.Bxd5+ Nxd5 35.Qb3 Qd6 36.Rd1 Rd8 37.Rh1 Rc8 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.Rh1 Rc8 40.Rd1 1/2-1/2
Round 3, Apr. 20
Xiong, Jeffery - Caruana, Fabiano
A61 Benoni Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O 9.h3 Qe7 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Bh2 f5 12.Be2 f4 13.O-O fxe3 14.Nde4 exf2+ 15.Kh1 Bxc3 16.Nxc3 Ng7 17.Bf3 Nd7 18.Rxf2 Ne5 19.Re2 Nf5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.d6 Nxd6 22.Qd5+ Nf7 23.Ne4 Rb8 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Nxc5 b6 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Nc3 Rbd8 28.a4 a5 29.Bd5 Rfe8 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Rf1 Ke6 32.Rfe1 Kf6 33.Rf1 Ke6 34.Rfe1 Kd6 35.Re3 Kc6 36.Nb5 Re7 37.g4 Bd3 38.Nc3 Bc4 39.Rc1 Kb7 40.Re4 Rd4 41.Kg1 Bb3 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Re2 Rf7+ 44.Ke3 Rd4 45.Nb5 Rdd7 46.Nc3 Rf4 47.Rd2 Rfd4 48.Rf2 Bxa4 49.Rf6 Bc6 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Zherebukh, Yaroslav - Robson, Ray
D14 QGD Slav, Exchange, Trifunovic variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Ne5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Rc1 Ne4 13.h4 f6 14.Bh2 Qd7 15.Bb5 Qe7 16.Be2 Rac8 17.f3 Nd6 18.Qa3 Rc6 19.c4 Ra6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Qxd6 Rxd6 22.c5 Rc6 23.g4 Bg6 24.h5 Be8 25.Kd2 b6 26.Bb5 Rc8 27.Ba6 Rc6 28.Bd3 bxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.dxc5 h6 31.Rb1 Bc6 32.f4 Kf7 33.Kc3 Ke7 34.Rb3 Ra8 35.Ra3 a5 36.Rb3 Kd7 37.Rb6 e5 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.a4 Kc7 40.Bb5 Bxb5 41.axb5 a4 42.Rg6 Ra5 43.Rxg7+ Kd8 44.Kb4 a3 45.Kxa5 a2 46.Kb6 a1=Q 47.c6 Ke8 48.c7 Kf8 49.Rh7 Kg8 50.Rd7 Qc3 51.Kb7 1-0
Round 3, Apr. 20
Izoria, Zviad - Shankland, Samuel
D35 QGD, Exchange variation
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O b6 12.d5 O-O 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Be4 Rb8 17.c4 Bf6 18.Ba3 Nc5 19.Rad1 Bd7 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Rb1 Rb4 22.Qe2 Rfb8 23.Bc2 Rxb1 24.Bxb1 Kg8 25.h4 Kf8 26.Qe3 Rb2 27.g4 Qd6 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 Bd4 30.Nxd4 Qxd4 31.Be4 Rxa2 32.Qf3+ Ke7 33.Rd1 Ra1 34.Bb1 Bc6 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Lenderman, Aleksandr - Akobian, Varuzhan
D02 Queen's Pawn game
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rfe1 Nhf6 14.Rab1 Qd6 15.b4 Re8 16.a4 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Nd2 Ra8 19.Nb3 b6 20.Rec1 Ba6 21.Bf5 c5 22.Rd1 cxd4 23.Nxd4 Nc5 24.Qb2 Rab8 25.Qa3 Red8 26.Ncb5 Bxb5 27.Nxb5 Qf8 28.Qb4 Ra8 29.Bc2 Ne6 30.Qb2 Rdc8 31.Bf5 Rxa4 32.Nc3 Rac4 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Rxd5 Rb4 35.Qa2 Ra8 36.Qc2 Rc8 37.Qd1 Rxb1 38.Qxb1 Rc6 39.g3 Rd6 40.Qd1 Rxd5 41.Qxd5 Qe8 42.Kf1 Nc7 43.Qd4 Qb5+ 44.Bd3 Qd5 45.Qc3 Ne8 46.e4 Qc5 47.Qxc5 bxc5 48.Ke2 f6 49.f4 Kf7 50.Bc4+ Ke7 51.e5 g5 52.Kf3 gxf4 53.gxf4 fxe5 54.fxe5 Nf6 55.h4 Nd7 56.Ke4 Nb6 57.Bg8 Kf8 58.Ba2 Ke7 59.Bg8 Kf8 60.Bb3 Ke7 61.h5 c4 62.Bd1 Nd7 63.Kd4 c3 64.Bb3 c2 65.Bxc2 Nxe5 66.Kxe5 Kf7 67.Kf5 Kg7 68.Ke6 Kh8 69.Kf7 1/2-1/2
Round 3, Apr. 20
Liang, Awonder - So, Wesley
C03 French, Tarrasch
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Ngf3 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.e5 Nd7 10.c4 Ndxc5 11.Bb1 d4 12.Rd1 d3 13.Qe3 b6 14.Ne1 Bb7 15.Nxd3 Qc7 16.Nf4 Rfd8 17.Re1 Bg5 18.Nf1 Nb4 19.Qg3 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 Nbd3 21.Re3 Ne4 22.Qh4 Qxc4 23.Bg5 Rd4 24.Bxd3 Nxg5 25.Bxc4 Rxh4 26.Be2 Rc8 27.Rb3 Re4 28.Ne3 Rb4 29.Rxb4 axb4 30.Rd1 h6 31.h4 Ne4 32.Bf3 Nc5 33.Bxb7 Nxb7 34.Rd4 b3 35.axb3 Na5 36.b4 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Nc6 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.Nxc4 b5 40.Nd6 Nxb4 41.Nxb5 Nd3 42.Kg3 Nxb2 43.f4 h5 44.Nd6 Kf8 45.Kf3 Nd3 46.Ke4 Nf2+ 47.Kf3 Ng4 48.Ke4 Nh6 49.f5 Ke7 50.Kf4 Ng4 51.fxe6 Kxe6 52.Nf5 g6 53.Nd4+ Kd5 54.Nf3 Nf2 55.Kg5 Ke6 56.Kf4 Kd5 57.Kg5 1/2-1/2
Women's Championship
Wow! Only one draw
Round 3, Apr. 20
Yu, Jennifer - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
B10 Caro-Kann Defence
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nf3 Nxd5 7.Qb3 Nb6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Ne5 e6 10.Nxd7 N8xd7 11.d4 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rd1 Nf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Nbd5 17.Be5 Rc8 18.Be2 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Rac1 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Ne4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.c4 Rfd8 24.Bf3 f5 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Kf1 b5 27.c5 Rd5 28.Ke2 Ra8 29.Rc2 Kf6 30.Ke3 e5 31.Kxe4 Rad8 32.Rcd2 Ke6 33.Ke3 Ra8 34.dxe5 Ra3+ 35.Rd3 Rxe5+ 36.Kf3 Rf5+ 37.Kg3 Rxd3+ 38.Rxd3 Rxc5 39.a3 h5 40.f3 Ke5 41.h4 Kf5 42.hxg5 Kxg5 43.Rd7 Rc3 44.Rxb7 Rxa3 45.Rxb5+ Kg6 46.Re5 Rb3 47.Kf4 Rb4+ 48.Re4 Rb2 49.Kg3 Rb1 50.Ra4 Rb2 51.Ra6+ Kf5 52.Ra5+ Kg6 53.f4 h4+ 54.Kh3 Rf2 55.Rg5+ Kf6 56.Rg4 Kf5 57.Rxh4 Ra2 58.g3 Kg6 59.Kg4 Ra8 60.f5+ Kf6 61.Rh6+ Kg7 62.Rb6 Kf7 63.Kg5 Rg8+ 64.Kf4 Ra8 65.g4 Ra4+ 66.Kg5 Rc4 67.Rb7+ Kg8 68.f6 Ra4 69.Kf5 Ra5+ 70.Kg6 Ra8 71.Rg7+ Kf8 72.Rh7 1-0
Round 3, Apr. 20
Abrahamyan, Tatev - Feng, Maggie
C03 French, Tarrasch
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O a5 9.Re1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Nb1 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.Qg4 Kf8 15.Nb5 Nc5 16.Be3 Bd7 17.a4 Qd8 18.Bc2 Rc8 19.Rad1 Bxb5 20.axb5 Nd7 21.Bb3 Nxe5 22.Qg3 Nc4 23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qh4 Ke7 26.Qh5 Rc5 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxd5 Qc7 29.Rdd1 Rc5 30.Qh6 Rxb5 31.Rd3 Rd8 32.Rc3 Rc5 33.Rf3 Qe5 34.Rfe3 Qf5 35.h3 Rg8 36.Rb3 Qd5 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Derakhshani, Dorsa - Paikidze, Nazi
B07 Pirc Defence, sideline
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6 7.O-O-O+ Kc8 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bh4 h6 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.Ndb1 c6 12.Bd3 Kc7 13.a3 Bc5 14.Nd2 a5 15.Bc4 a4 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Nf3 Nh5 18.Rd2 g5 19.Rhd1 Rhd8 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 g4 22.Ne1 Bd4 23.Nd3 Nf6 24.Re2 Rg8 25.Rh1 h5 26.Nd1 c5 27.c4 Rad8 28.Kc2 b5 29.cxb5 Kb6 30.Nc3 Ra8 31.Rb1 Ne8 32.Ne1 Nd6 33.Kd3 c4+ 34.Kd2 Nxb5 35.Nxb5 Kxb5 36.Nc2 Kc5 37.Nb4 Kb5 38.Ke1 Rh8 39.Rc2 h4 40.gxh4 Rxh4 41.Rbc1 Rf8 42.Re2 Rh1+ 43.Kd2 Rxc1 44.Kxc1 Bxf2 45.Na2 Bd4 46.Kc2 Rf1 47.Nc3+ Bxc3 48.Kxc3 Rg1 49.Kd2 Kc5 50.Ke3 Rf1 51.Rd2 Re1+ 52.Kf2 Rxe4 53.Kg3 Rd4 54.Re2 Kd5 55.Kh4 Rf4 56.g3 Rd4 57.Kg5 c3 58.bxc3 Rd3 59.c4+ Kd4 60.Kxg4 Rxa3 61.c5 Rc3 62.Ra2 Kxc5 63.Rxa4 Rc4+ 64.Rxc4+ Kxc4 65.Kf3 Kd3 66.Kf2 e4 67.g4 Kd2 0-1
Final Position in Derakhshani-Paikidze
Black wins in 12 moves
Round 3, Apr. 20
Goletiani, Rusudan - Wang, Annie
A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog
1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.d4 Ba6 13.Re1 c4 14.e4 Bb4 15.exd5 Ne7 16.d6 Qxd6 17.Nd2 Rac8 18.bxc4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Rxc4 20.Re5 Ng6 21.Re3 Qc7 22.d5 Bc5 23.Re2 Rc8 24.Qd3 Bb4 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.h4 Nf8 27.a3 Bd6 28.Rde1 b5 29.h5 h6 30.Re4 a6 31.Bf1 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Nd7 33.Qe2 Qb8 34.Bh3 Nb6 35.Bg2 Nc4 36.Bd4 Bxa3 37.Rg4 Bf8 38.Qa2 Qc8 39.Bh3 Qb7 40.Qa1 f5 41.Rg6 Nd6 42.Bg2 Rd7 43.Qc1 Kh7 44.g4 fxg4 45.Rxg4 Rf7 46.Qc2+ Kg8 47.Qg6 Qc8 48.Bh3 Nf5 49.Bf6 Qc2 50.Rg3 Qd1+ 51.Kh2 Nxg3 52.Be6 Qxh5+ 53.Qxh5 Nxh5 54.Be5 Bc5 55.d6 Nf6 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Sharevich, Anna - Krush, Irina
D02 Queen's Pawn, London System
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.Nc4 d5 7.Nce5 Bd6 8.Bb5+ Ke7 9.c3 Qc7 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.Qc2 h6 12.Ngf3 c4 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.g4 Be8 16.Nd2 Ng8 17.Bg3 f6 18.Nef3 Bg6 19.e4 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Kf7 21.Nh4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 Ne7 24.O-O Qc6 25.Qe2 b5 26.Rae1 Nd5 27.Qe4 Ne7 28.Qc2 Rfd8 29.Re3 Rd6 30.Rfe1 Nd5 31.R3e2 a5 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.f4 Ne7 34.Qh7 Re8 35.g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 Qd5 37.gxf6 gxf6 38.Re5 Qc6 39.Rh5 Rd5 40.Qh8+ Ng8 41.Ng6+ Kf7 42.Qh7# 1-0
Round 3, Apr. 20
Gorti, Akshita - Zatonskih, Anna
A13 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc7 11.Nd2 Qd6 12.g3 Bh3 13.Re1 Bb6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bd3 h6 16.Qc2 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Bf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Qe6 20.Qd3 Ng4 21.b4 f6 22.Bd4 Ne5 23.Qf1 Qg4 24.f4 Nf7 25.Qd3 Nd6 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.e4 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Qxe4 Qd7 31.Re1 c5 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Qc4+ Kh8 34.a4 Qa7 35.Rc1 Qa5 36.Rc2 Rd8 37.Rc1 Rd4 38.Qe6 Rd8 39.Qc6 Rb8 40.Qxc5 Qxa4 41.Re1 Qa8 42.Qe3 Rc8 43.Qe7 Qa5 44.Qe3 Rc3 45.Qf2 Kh7 46.Rd1 f5 47.Qd4 Rc2 48.Qd5 Qa7+ 49.Kh1 Rc5 50.Qd4 Qb7+ 51.Kg1 Rc2 52.Qd5 Qb6+ 53.Qd4 Qe6 54.Qd3 Re2 55.Rb1 Re3 56.Qd4 Re2 57.Qd3 Re4 58.Rb5 Qa2 59.Rb1 Qa7+ 60.Kh1 Qa8 61.Kg1 Qc6 62.Qb5 Qe6 63.Qd3 h5 64.Qf3 Kh6 65.Qf2 g6 66.Qb2 Re1+ 67.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 1/2-1/2
Standings After Round Three
1-3 So, Caruana, Akobian 2.5
4 Shankland 2
5-7 Zherebukh, Nakamura, Robson 1.5
8-10 Liang, Lenderman, Xiong 1
11-12 Izoria, Onischuk 0.5
1-2 Paikidze, Wang 2.5
3-4 Feng, Zatonskih 2
5-7 Sharevich, Krush, Gorti 1.5
8-11 Foisor, Yu, Abrahamyan, Goletiani 1
12 Derakhshani 0.5
U.S. Championships 2018
April 20, 2018
Round Three
Round 3, Apr. 20
Onischuk, Alexander - Nakamura, Hikaru
A41 Queen's Pawn game
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 Bxe5 7.g3 h5 8.Bg5 c5 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Bg2 Bd7 11.O-O h4 12.Ne4 hxg3 13.hxg3 f6 14.Be3 f5 15.f4 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Bf6 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bd4 O-O 19.c5 Be6 20.Bxc6 Rb8 21.Qa4 Nh5 22.Kf2 Qc7 23.cxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxa7 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Nf6 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Bf3 g5 28.Be3 gxf4 29.gxf4 Kf7 30.Rh1 Rg8 31.Bh5+ Kf8 32.Bf3 Kf7 33.a3 Bd5 34.Bxd5+ Nxd5 35.Qb3 Qd6 36.Rd1 Rd8 37.Rh1 Rc8 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.Rh1 Rc8 40.Rd1 1/2-1/2
Round 3, Apr. 20
Xiong, Jeffery - Caruana, Fabiano
A61 Benoni Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O 9.h3 Qe7 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Bh2 f5 12.Be2 f4 13.O-O fxe3 14.Nde4 exf2+ 15.Kh1 Bxc3 16.Nxc3 Ng7 17.Bf3 Nd7 18.Rxf2 Ne5 19.Re2 Nf5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.d6 Nxd6 22.Qd5+ Nf7 23.Ne4 Rb8 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Nxc5 b6 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Nc3 Rbd8 28.a4 a5 29.Bd5 Rfe8 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Rf1 Ke6 32.Rfe1 Kf6 33.Rf1 Ke6 34.Rfe1 Kd6 35.Re3 Kc6 36.Nb5 Re7 37.g4 Bd3 38.Nc3 Bc4 39.Rc1 Kb7 40.Re4 Rd4 41.Kg1 Bb3 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Re2 Rf7+ 44.Ke3 Rd4 45.Nb5 Rdd7 46.Nc3 Rf4 47.Rd2 Rfd4 48.Rf2 Bxa4 49.Rf6 Bc6 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Zherebukh, Yaroslav - Robson, Ray
D14 QGD Slav, Exchange, Trifunovic variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Ne5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Rc1 Ne4 13.h4 f6 14.Bh2 Qd7 15.Bb5 Qe7 16.Be2 Rac8 17.f3 Nd6 18.Qa3 Rc6 19.c4 Ra6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Qxd6 Rxd6 22.c5 Rc6 23.g4 Bg6 24.h5 Be8 25.Kd2 b6 26.Bb5 Rc8 27.Ba6 Rc6 28.Bd3 bxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.dxc5 h6 31.Rb1 Bc6 32.f4 Kf7 33.Kc3 Ke7 34.Rb3 Ra8 35.Ra3 a5 36.Rb3 Kd7 37.Rb6 e5 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.a4 Kc7 40.Bb5 Bxb5 41.axb5 a4 42.Rg6 Ra5 43.Rxg7+ Kd8 44.Kb4 a3 45.Kxa5 a2 46.Kb6 a1=Q 47.c6 Ke8 48.c7 Kf8 49.Rh7 Kg8 50.Rd7 Qc3 51.Kb7 1-0
Round 3, Apr. 20
Izoria, Zviad - Shankland, Samuel
D35 QGD, Exchange variation
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O b6 12.d5 O-O 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Be4 Rb8 17.c4 Bf6 18.Ba3 Nc5 19.Rad1 Bd7 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Rb1 Rb4 22.Qe2 Rfb8 23.Bc2 Rxb1 24.Bxb1 Kg8 25.h4 Kf8 26.Qe3 Rb2 27.g4 Qd6 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 Bd4 30.Nxd4 Qxd4 31.Be4 Rxa2 32.Qf3+ Ke7 33.Rd1 Ra1 34.Bb1 Bc6 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Lenderman, Aleksandr - Akobian, Varuzhan
D02 Queen's Pawn game
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rfe1 Nhf6 14.Rab1 Qd6 15.b4 Re8 16.a4 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Nd2 Ra8 19.Nb3 b6 20.Rec1 Ba6 21.Bf5 c5 22.Rd1 cxd4 23.Nxd4 Nc5 24.Qb2 Rab8 25.Qa3 Red8 26.Ncb5 Bxb5 27.Nxb5 Qf8 28.Qb4 Ra8 29.Bc2 Ne6 30.Qb2 Rdc8 31.Bf5 Rxa4 32.Nc3 Rac4 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Rxd5 Rb4 35.Qa2 Ra8 36.Qc2 Rc8 37.Qd1 Rxb1 38.Qxb1 Rc6 39.g3 Rd6 40.Qd1 Rxd5 41.Qxd5 Qe8 42.Kf1 Nc7 43.Qd4 Qb5+ 44.Bd3 Qd5 45.Qc3 Ne8 46.e4 Qc5 47.Qxc5 bxc5 48.Ke2 f6 49.f4 Kf7 50.Bc4+ Ke7 51.e5 g5 52.Kf3 gxf4 53.gxf4 fxe5 54.fxe5 Nf6 55.h4 Nd7 56.Ke4 Nb6 57.Bg8 Kf8 58.Ba2 Ke7 59.Bg8 Kf8 60.Bb3 Ke7 61.h5 c4 62.Bd1 Nd7 63.Kd4 c3 64.Bb3 c2 65.Bxc2 Nxe5 66.Kxe5 Kf7 67.Kf5 Kg7 68.Ke6 Kh8 69.Kf7 1/2-1/2
Round 3, Apr. 20
Liang, Awonder - So, Wesley
C03 French, Tarrasch
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Ngf3 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.e5 Nd7 10.c4 Ndxc5 11.Bb1 d4 12.Rd1 d3 13.Qe3 b6 14.Ne1 Bb7 15.Nxd3 Qc7 16.Nf4 Rfd8 17.Re1 Bg5 18.Nf1 Nb4 19.Qg3 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 Nbd3 21.Re3 Ne4 22.Qh4 Qxc4 23.Bg5 Rd4 24.Bxd3 Nxg5 25.Bxc4 Rxh4 26.Be2 Rc8 27.Rb3 Re4 28.Ne3 Rb4 29.Rxb4 axb4 30.Rd1 h6 31.h4 Ne4 32.Bf3 Nc5 33.Bxb7 Nxb7 34.Rd4 b3 35.axb3 Na5 36.b4 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Nc6 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.Nxc4 b5 40.Nd6 Nxb4 41.Nxb5 Nd3 42.Kg3 Nxb2 43.f4 h5 44.Nd6 Kf8 45.Kf3 Nd3 46.Ke4 Nf2+ 47.Kf3 Ng4 48.Ke4 Nh6 49.f5 Ke7 50.Kf4 Ng4 51.fxe6 Kxe6 52.Nf5 g6 53.Nd4+ Kd5 54.Nf3 Nf2 55.Kg5 Ke6 56.Kf4 Kd5 57.Kg5 1/2-1/2
Women's Championship
Wow! Only one draw
Round 3, Apr. 20
Yu, Jennifer - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
B10 Caro-Kann Defence
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nf3 Nxd5 7.Qb3 Nb6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Ne5 e6 10.Nxd7 N8xd7 11.d4 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rd1 Nf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Nbd5 17.Be5 Rc8 18.Be2 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Rac1 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Ne4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.c4 Rfd8 24.Bf3 f5 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Kf1 b5 27.c5 Rd5 28.Ke2 Ra8 29.Rc2 Kf6 30.Ke3 e5 31.Kxe4 Rad8 32.Rcd2 Ke6 33.Ke3 Ra8 34.dxe5 Ra3+ 35.Rd3 Rxe5+ 36.Kf3 Rf5+ 37.Kg3 Rxd3+ 38.Rxd3 Rxc5 39.a3 h5 40.f3 Ke5 41.h4 Kf5 42.hxg5 Kxg5 43.Rd7 Rc3 44.Rxb7 Rxa3 45.Rxb5+ Kg6 46.Re5 Rb3 47.Kf4 Rb4+ 48.Re4 Rb2 49.Kg3 Rb1 50.Ra4 Rb2 51.Ra6+ Kf5 52.Ra5+ Kg6 53.f4 h4+ 54.Kh3 Rf2 55.Rg5+ Kf6 56.Rg4 Kf5 57.Rxh4 Ra2 58.g3 Kg6 59.Kg4 Ra8 60.f5+ Kf6 61.Rh6+ Kg7 62.Rb6 Kf7 63.Kg5 Rg8+ 64.Kf4 Ra8 65.g4 Ra4+ 66.Kg5 Rc4 67.Rb7+ Kg8 68.f6 Ra4 69.Kf5 Ra5+ 70.Kg6 Ra8 71.Rg7+ Kf8 72.Rh7 1-0
Round 3, Apr. 20
Abrahamyan, Tatev - Feng, Maggie
C03 French, Tarrasch
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O a5 9.Re1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Nb1 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.Qg4 Kf8 15.Nb5 Nc5 16.Be3 Bd7 17.a4 Qd8 18.Bc2 Rc8 19.Rad1 Bxb5 20.axb5 Nd7 21.Bb3 Nxe5 22.Qg3 Nc4 23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qh4 Ke7 26.Qh5 Rc5 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxd5 Qc7 29.Rdd1 Rc5 30.Qh6 Rxb5 31.Rd3 Rd8 32.Rc3 Rc5 33.Rf3 Qe5 34.Rfe3 Qf5 35.h3 Rg8 36.Rb3 Qd5 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Derakhshani, Dorsa - Paikidze, Nazi
B07 Pirc Defence, sideline
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6 7.O-O-O+ Kc8 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bh4 h6 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.Ndb1 c6 12.Bd3 Kc7 13.a3 Bc5 14.Nd2 a5 15.Bc4 a4 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Nf3 Nh5 18.Rd2 g5 19.Rhd1 Rhd8 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 g4 22.Ne1 Bd4 23.Nd3 Nf6 24.Re2 Rg8 25.Rh1 h5 26.Nd1 c5 27.c4 Rad8 28.Kc2 b5 29.cxb5 Kb6 30.Nc3 Ra8 31.Rb1 Ne8 32.Ne1 Nd6 33.Kd3 c4+ 34.Kd2 Nxb5 35.Nxb5 Kxb5 36.Nc2 Kc5 37.Nb4 Kb5 38.Ke1 Rh8 39.Rc2 h4 40.gxh4 Rxh4 41.Rbc1 Rf8 42.Re2 Rh1+ 43.Kd2 Rxc1 44.Kxc1 Bxf2 45.Na2 Bd4 46.Kc2 Rf1 47.Nc3+ Bxc3 48.Kxc3 Rg1 49.Kd2 Kc5 50.Ke3 Rf1 51.Rd2 Re1+ 52.Kf2 Rxe4 53.Kg3 Rd4 54.Re2 Kd5 55.Kh4 Rf4 56.g3 Rd4 57.Kg5 c3 58.bxc3 Rd3 59.c4+ Kd4 60.Kxg4 Rxa3 61.c5 Rc3 62.Ra2 Kxc5 63.Rxa4 Rc4+ 64.Rxc4+ Kxc4 65.Kf3 Kd3 66.Kf2 e4 67.g4 Kd2 0-1
Final Position in Derakhshani-Paikidze
Black wins in 12 moves
Round 3, Apr. 20
Goletiani, Rusudan - Wang, Annie
A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog
1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.d4 Ba6 13.Re1 c4 14.e4 Bb4 15.exd5 Ne7 16.d6 Qxd6 17.Nd2 Rac8 18.bxc4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Rxc4 20.Re5 Ng6 21.Re3 Qc7 22.d5 Bc5 23.Re2 Rc8 24.Qd3 Bb4 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.h4 Nf8 27.a3 Bd6 28.Rde1 b5 29.h5 h6 30.Re4 a6 31.Bf1 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Nd7 33.Qe2 Qb8 34.Bh3 Nb6 35.Bg2 Nc4 36.Bd4 Bxa3 37.Rg4 Bf8 38.Qa2 Qc8 39.Bh3 Qb7 40.Qa1 f5 41.Rg6 Nd6 42.Bg2 Rd7 43.Qc1 Kh7 44.g4 fxg4 45.Rxg4 Rf7 46.Qc2+ Kg8 47.Qg6 Qc8 48.Bh3 Nf5 49.Bf6 Qc2 50.Rg3 Qd1+ 51.Kh2 Nxg3 52.Be6 Qxh5+ 53.Qxh5 Nxh5 54.Be5 Bc5 55.d6 Nf6 0-1
Round 3, Apr. 20
Sharevich, Anna - Krush, Irina
D02 Queen's Pawn, London System
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.Nc4 d5 7.Nce5 Bd6 8.Bb5+ Ke7 9.c3 Qc7 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.Qc2 h6 12.Ngf3 c4 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.g4 Be8 16.Nd2 Ng8 17.Bg3 f6 18.Nef3 Bg6 19.e4 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Kf7 21.Nh4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 Ne7 24.O-O Qc6 25.Qe2 b5 26.Rae1 Nd5 27.Qe4 Ne7 28.Qc2 Rfd8 29.Re3 Rd6 30.Rfe1 Nd5 31.R3e2 a5 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.f4 Ne7 34.Qh7 Re8 35.g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 Qd5 37.gxf6 gxf6 38.Re5 Qc6 39.Rh5 Rd5 40.Qh8+ Ng8 41.Ng6+ Kf7 42.Qh7# 1-0
Round 3, Apr. 20
Gorti, Akshita - Zatonskih, Anna
A13 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc7 11.Nd2 Qd6 12.g3 Bh3 13.Re1 Bb6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bd3 h6 16.Qc2 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Bf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Qe6 20.Qd3 Ng4 21.b4 f6 22.Bd4 Ne5 23.Qf1 Qg4 24.f4 Nf7 25.Qd3 Nd6 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.e4 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Qxe4 Qd7 31.Re1 c5 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Qc4+ Kh8 34.a4 Qa7 35.Rc1 Qa5 36.Rc2 Rd8 37.Rc1 Rd4 38.Qe6 Rd8 39.Qc6 Rb8 40.Qxc5 Qxa4 41.Re1 Qa8 42.Qe3 Rc8 43.Qe7 Qa5 44.Qe3 Rc3 45.Qf2 Kh7 46.Rd1 f5 47.Qd4 Rc2 48.Qd5 Qa7+ 49.Kh1 Rc5 50.Qd4 Qb7+ 51.Kg1 Rc2 52.Qd5 Qb6+ 53.Qd4 Qe6 54.Qd3 Re2 55.Rb1 Re3 56.Qd4 Re2 57.Qd3 Re4 58.Rb5 Qa2 59.Rb1 Qa7+ 60.Kh1 Qa8 61.Kg1 Qc6 62.Qb5 Qe6 63.Qd3 h5 64.Qf3 Kh6 65.Qf2 g6 66.Qb2 Re1+ 67.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 1/2-1/2
Standings After Round Three
1-3 So, Caruana, Akobian 2.5
4 Shankland 2
5-7 Zherebukh, Nakamura, Robson 1.5
8-10 Liang, Lenderman, Xiong 1
11-12 Izoria, Onischuk 0.5
1-2 Paikidze, Wang 2.5
3-4 Feng, Zatonskih 2
5-7 Sharevich, Krush, Gorti 1.5
8-11 Foisor, Yu, Abrahamyan, Goletiani 1
12 Derakhshani 0.5
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