U.S. Championships 2018

[Wayne Komer]

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

[Hans Jung]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

Fabulous Fabi Caruana announced his attentions by playing a Benoni and aggressively thrusting the F pawn forward. Jeffery Xiong played resourceful moves for counterplay but eventually got the worst of it after the interesting thrust d6. Fab Fabi is tied for the lead now with Wesley So and GM Akobian.

[Hans Jung]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

Kudos to Awonder Liang for coming up with resourceful moves to hold a draw against Wesley So. The young Awonder has draws now against So and Fab Fabi.

[Hans Jung]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

Hikaru Nakamura's attempt to get back in the race almost cost him against Alex Onischuk but he escaped with a draw and has an unusual three draws to start the US champs.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

U.S. Championships 2018

April 21, 2018

Round Four

Alisa Melekhina comes in for an interview with Maurice. She has gone from chess to a New York City law firm where she is a litigation associate. She gave a lecture at the Chess Hall of Fame last night about her new book which took two years to write. She is an eight-time participant in the U.S. Champs.

Her book is:

Reality Check: What the Ancient Game of Chess Can Teach You About Success in Modern Competitive Settings

"Reality Check is a guidebook for leveraging competitive gaming strategy, using chess as a model, in order to meaningfully obtain goals within established institutional and corporate landscapes. Drawing on her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated field, immigrant, and lessons learned on her path to a corporate litigator, Alisa Melekhina, Esq. (internationally-ranked chess master) offers an intimate insight into the thought process of a chess master and converts that thought process into a framework for success."

Caruana didn't play his best game, then tried to win and then lost to Izoria.

Chess24: Shocker!! Caruana overpresses and is brilliantly punished by Zviad Izoria - Fabiano loses the game, the lead, 7.6 rating points and the world no. 2 spot

Position after 73.Kxd6; Black wins in 40 moves after 73...Nxb7+



Round 4, Apr. 21
Caruana, Fabiano - Izoria, Zviad
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 a5 9.Nbd2 a4 10.Nf1 Bd7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Bf1 Qb8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nh4 Kh7 16.Qf3 Qd8 17.Bd2 Neg8 18.Nhf5 g6 19.Ne3 Kg7 20.Nc4 Ba7 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Nh7 23.f4 b5 24.Nd2 exf4 25.Qxf4 Qf6 26.Qe3 Ne7 27.Qf3 Rab8 28.a3 c5 29.Rad1 Nc8 30.Qe3 Nb6 31.Nf3 Ng5 32.Nh2 Nh7 33.Be2 Qg5 34.Qf2 Qf6 35.Qe3 Qg5 36.Qf3 Qf6 37.Bd3 Qxf3 38.Nxf3 f6 39.h4 h5 40.Kf2 Nf8 41.Nd2 Nc8 42.Rb1 Ne7 43.Ngf1 Ng8 44.Ne3 Nh6 45.Be2 f5 46.b3 axb3 47.Rxb3 c4 48.Rb4 fxe4 49.Reb1 Ra8 50.a4 Rxa4 51.Rxa4 bxa4 52.Ndxc4 Nf7 53.Rb7 Kf6 54.Bd1 Ra8 55.Nb6 Rd8 56.Nec4 Bb5 57.Nd2 Bd3 58.Ke3 Ne5 59.Bxa4 g5 60.hxg5+ Kxg5 61.Nxe4+ Bxe4 62.Kxe4 Nfg6 63.Nd7 Rc8 64.Bc6 Nxc6 65.dxc6 Rxc6 66.Kd4 Nf4 67.c4 Nxg2 68.Kd5 Rc8 69.Nb6 Ne3+ 70.Ke6 Rc6 71.Kd7 Nxc4 72.Kxc6 Na5+ 73.Kxd6 Nxb7+ 74.Kd5 Kf4 75.Nc4 h4 76.Nd2 h3 77.Nf1 Nd8 78.Kd4 Nf7 79.Kd5 Ne5 80.Kd4 Ng4 81.Kd3 Kf3 82.Kd4 0-1

Round 4, Apr. 21
So, Wesley - Lenderman, Aleksandr
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nb4 9.Qe4 f5 10.Qb1 N8c6 11.a3 Nd5 12.Qc2 b6 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.d4 Be6 15.Bb5 Na5 16.Bc3 Nb7 17.O-O Nd6 18.Ba6 Ne4 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Bb2 f4 21.f3 Ng5 22.exf4 Rxf4 23.Rae1 cxd4 24.Nd3 Rh4 25.g3 Rh6 26.Bxd4 Bh3 27.Bb7 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Rb8 29.Bxd5+ Kh8 30.f4 Bc5 31.fxg5 Bxd4 32.gxh6 Qxd5 33.hxg7+ Bxg7 34.Nf2 Rf8 35.Re4 Bd4 36.Rf4 Rxf4 37.gxf4 a5 38.a4 b5 39.axb5 Qxb5+ 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.Ne4 h6 42.Kg3 Qg8+ 43.Kf3 Qd5 44.h3 Qh5+ 45.Kg3 Qg6+ 46.Kf3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Apr. 21
Akobian, Varuzhan - Xiong, Jeffery
D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, Botvinnik variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 dxc4 13.Bf3 Bd5 14.O-O Qd7 15.Re1 b6 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxd5 bxc5 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.d5 Rd8 20.Qf3 h6 21.h3 f5 22.d6 Qe6 23.h4 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Bxg5 Rxd6 26.Qa8+ Kh7 27.Qxa7 Rd3 28.Qxc5 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Bxc3 30.Be3 Qe4 31.a4 Be5 32.g3 Kg6 33.Qb6+ Kf7 34.Qa7+ Ke6 35.Qb6+ Kf7 36.a5 f4 37.gxf4 Bxf4 38.a6 Bxe3 39.fxe3 c3 40.Qc7+ Ke6 41.Qc8+ Ke7 42.Qxc3 Qg6+ 43.Kf2 Qxa6 44.Qe5+ Kf7 45.Kg3 Qg6+ 46.Kf3 Qc6+ 47.e4 Qf6+ 48.Qxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Apr. 21
Robson, Ray - Shankland, Samuel
C83 Ruy Lopez, open, Classical Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.Nd2 fxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd6 15.Bc2 Qd7 16.Re1 Nc4 17.Nf3 Bg4 18.Qd3 g6 19.b3 Bxf3 20.bxc4 dxc4 21.Qe3 Bd5 22.Qg3 Bf6 23.h4 Qg7 24.Re3 c6 25.Rae1 Qh6 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Kf7 29.Qe5 Qc1+ 30.Bd1 Kg7 31.Qe7+ Rf7 32.Qe5+ Kh6 33.Qe1 Qf4 34.g4 Kg7 35.g5 c3 36.Qe5+ Qxe5 37.dxe5 Rd7 38.h5 gxh5 39.Bc2 Bf7 40.Rc8 Rd2 41.Rc7 Rxc2 42.e6 Re2 43.Rxf7+ Kg6 44.Kf1 Rxe6 0-1

Round 4, Apr. 21
Nakamura, Hikaru - Liang, Awonder
A08 Neo-Sicilian, King's Indian Attack, French variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Be7 4.O-O d5 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 b5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 Bb7 11.h4 Qc7 12.Bf4 Rfc8 13.Ne3 Qd8 14.c3 a5 15.Ng4 Bf8 16.h5 h6 17.Qd2 b4 18.c4 Ne7 19.Nh4 Ra7 20.Rad1 a4 21.Ne3 Nb6 22.Qe2 Kh8 23.Nf3 Nc6 24.Rc1 b3 25.axb3 axb3 26.Qd1 Nd4 27.cxd5 Nxd5 28.Nxd4 Nxf4 29.gxf4 cxd4 30.Nc4 Bd5 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Nd6 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Apr. 21
Zherebukh, Yaroslav - Onischuk, Alexander
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nxc4 Be4 14.Qc1 Bd6 15.Nfd2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Bb4 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.Nce5 c5 19.Nd3 cxd4 20.Nxb4 Qxb4 21.Rxd4 Qb6 22.a5 Qb5 23.Rc4 Rfd8 24.Qc2 b6 25.axb6 Qxb6 26.Rc6 Qb5 27.Rc5 Qb6 28.Rc6 Qb5 29.Rc5 Qb6 30.Rc6 1/2-1/2

Standings After Round Four

1-3 Shankland, So, Akobian 3
4 Caruana 2.5
5-6 Zherebukh, Nakamura 2
7-11 Robson, Izoria, Xiong, Lenderman, Liang 1.5
12 Onischuk 1

[Wayne Komer]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

U.S. Championships 2018

April 21, 2018

Round Four

Six decisive games today and five yesterday; a Budapest and a 100+ move game!

Round 4, Apr. 21
Paikidze, Nazi - Sharevich, Anna
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 d4 6.Ne2 e6 7.d3 Nf6 8.g4 Na6 9.Bg2 Qa5+ 10.c3 Rd8 11.O-O dxc3 12.bxc3 Nc5 13.d4 Ncxe4 14.c4 Nd2 15.Bxd2 Qxd2 16.Rfd1 Qg5 17.Qb3 Rd7 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 e5 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Rc8+ Bd8 22.Qa3 h5 23.f4 exf4 24.Nd4 Qe5 25.Nf5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Qa4+ 1-0

Round 4, Apr. 21
Wang, Annie - Yu, Jennifer
A52 Budapest, Rubinstein variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.e3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 d6 12.O-O b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.Rfd1 f5 16.h3 Rae8 17.Qd4 Qf6 18.Qxf6 Rxf6 19.c5 bxc5 20.Bb5 c6 21.Bc4+ d5 22.bxc5 Re4 23.Bd3 Ra4 24.Rc3 Ba6 25.Bxa6 Rxa6 26.Rb1 h6 27.Rb7 Rf7 28.Bd6 Nf6 29.Rb8+ Kh7 30.f3 g5 31.Rcb3 Kg6 32.Rd8 h5 33.Be5 f4 34.exf4 gxf4 35.Bxf4 Kf5 36.Bd6 h4 37.Rh8 Ra4 38.f4 Rc4 39.Rxh4 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Rc2 41.Rh8 Rg7 42.Rg3 Rxg3 43.Kxg3 Ne4+ 44.Kf3 Rc3+ 45.Ke2 Ng3+ 46.Kf2 Rxa3 47.Rf8+ Ke4 48.Be5 Nf5 49.Rb8 d4 50.Rb2 Ne3 51.Re2 Ra1 52.Rd2 Ra4 53.Bxd4 Rxd4 54.Re2 Rd3 55.f5 Kxf5 56.Rxe3 Rd5 57.Rc3 a5 58.g4+ Kf4 59.Rc4+ Kg5 60.Rc3 Kh4 61.Ke2 a4 62.Kf2 Rd8 63.Ra3 Rd4 64.Rc3 Rd5 65.Ke2 Rd8 66.Rd3 Ra8 67.Ra3 Ra5 68.Kd2 Rxc5 69.Kd3 Rb5 70.Kc4 Re5 71.Kb4 Rb5+ 72.Kxa4 Rb1 73.Rb3 Rc1 74.Re3 Rb1 75.Rc3 c5 76.Rb3 Rc1 77.Kb5 Kg5 78.Rf3 Kh4 79.Rd3 Rc2 80.Kc6 c4 81.Re3 Rf2 82.Kc5 Rf4 83.Rc3 Re4 84.Kb4 Kg5 85.Rxc4 Re8 86.Rc5+ Kf4 87.Rh5 Rc8 88.g5 Kf5 89.h4 Rc1 90.Rh6 Rc8 91.g6 Kf6 92.h5 Kg7 93.Rh7+ Kg8 94.Rd7 Rc6 95.Kb5 Rf6 96.Kc4 Ra6 97.Kd5 Ra1 98.h6 Rd1+ 99.Ke6 Re1+ 100.Kf5 Rf1+ 101.Ke4 Re1+ 102.Kf3 Re8 103.Kg4 Ra8 104.Kf5 Rf8+ 105.Kg5 Ra8 106.h7+ Kh8 107.Kh6 1-0

Position after Black's 84...Kg5



Round 4, Apr. 21
Feng, Maggie - Krush, Irina
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.a5 O-O 8.Re1 Ng4 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nge5 11.f4 a6 12.Bf1 Nc6 13.Nb3 b6 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Be3 Bb7 16.Na4 Nd7 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Qf2 Bf6 19.Nb6 Rab8 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.c3 Ba8 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Bb7 25.Bxa6 Bxa6 26.Rxa6 d5 27.exd5 Qxd5 28.Raa1 Rb4 29.Red1 Rfb8 30.Rd2 g6 31.h3 R8b5 32.Rc1 Qb7 33.Rcc2 h5 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.Kg1 Qe4 36.Rc1 Rf5 37.Rf1 Qb7 38.Re1 Rfb5 39.Ree2 Ra4 40.Re5 Rbb4 41.f5 exf5 42.d5 Rf4 43.Qe3 h4 44.Re8 Ra1+ 45.Kh2 Rff1 46.Qd4+ f6 47.g4 Qc7+ 48.d6 Rh1+ 49.Kg2 Qc6+ 50.Qd5 Qxe8 51.d7 Rag1+ 52.Kf2 Qe1+ 53.Kf3 Rg3+ 54.Kf4 Qe3# 0-1

Round 4, Apr. 21
Zatonskih, Anna - Derakhshani, Dorsa
D94 Grunfeld, Opocensky variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Na4 a5 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.a3 Bb5 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Qc2 e5 16.b3 Rac8 17.Nb2 Ne7 18.e4 Nc6 19.Nc4 Bf8 20.Bg5 Rd7 21.Qb2 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd4 23.Nd6 Rb8 24.Be3 Bxd6 25.cxd6 Qxd6 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Qd2 d3 28.a4 Ba6 29.Rc3 Qd4 30.h3 Re8 31.Rc6 Bb7 32.Rc4 Qd6 33.Re3 Rd8 34.Rc3 Ba6 35.Rc1 Qa3 36.Rc6 Bb7 37.Rc3 Ba6 38.Rc6 Bb7 39.Rc3 Ba6 40.Rexd3 Bxd3 41.Rxd3 Qa1+ 42.Kh2 Qe5+ 43.g3 Re8 44.Rd4 h5 45.h4 Kg7 46.Qe3 Qc5 47.Kg2 Rb8 48.Rd3 Qe5 49.Rd5 Qe6 50.Qd4+ Kh7 51.Rxa5 Rxb3 52.Rxa7 Rb8 53.a5 Re8 54.Rd7 Kh6 55.a6 1-0

Round 4, Apr. 21
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - Gorti, Akshita
D31 QGD, Janowski variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.h3 Nbd7 11.f4 Nb6 12.O-O h6 13.Bh4 c5 14.Ng3 Rc8 15.Qf3 Be7 16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nh5 Qe7 19.f5 Bd7 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Red8 22.Qf3 cxd4 23.e4 Rc5 24.Qg3 Re5 25.Rf4 Kh8 26.Ref1 Rg8 27.Rg4 Bc6 28.Qf4 Bg5 29.Rxg5 hxg5 30.Qg4 f6 31.Nf4 Be8 32.Ng6+ Bxg6 33.fxg6 1-0

It's mate in 3

Round 4, Apr. 21
Abrahamyan, Tatev - Goletiani, Rusudan
B43 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Qb8 9.e5 Bb7 10.Re1 f5 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 Bc5 13.Nbd2 Na5 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.cxb3 Qd8 17.Nh3 Qa5 18.Bc4 Bf8 19.Bg5 Ne7 20.Nf4 g6 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.Rac1 Qb6 23.Red1 h6 24.Bxe7 Bxe7 25.Nxg6 Bg5 26.Qd6 Rg8 27.Bxe6 Rxg6 28.Rxc6 Qxc6 29.Bxd7+ Kd8 30.Bxc6+ 1-0

Standings After Round Four

1-2 Paikidze, Wang 3.5
3 Zatonskih 3
4 Krush 2.5
5-7 Feng, Foisor, Abrahamyan 2
8-9 Sharevich, Gorti 1.5
10-11 Goletiani, Yu 1
12 Derakhshani 0.5

[Hans Jung]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

Fab Fabi loses to the tail ender by the knight vs passed rook pawn trick. Maybe needs to follow Karsten Muellers endgame tips more.

[Hans Jung]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

Awonder Liang, just turned 15 has draws against the big three, So, Caruana, and Nakamura!

[Hans Jung]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

Nakamura putters along with 4 draws.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: U.S. Championships 2018

U.S. Championships 2018

April 22, 2018

Round Five

Round 5, Apr. 22
Shankland, Samuel - Caruana, Fabiano
D27 QGA, Classical, Rubinstein variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 cxd4 8.exd4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.d5 exd5 11.Re1+ Be6 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 O-O 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qe2 Qd5 16.Rd1 Qf5 17.Ng5 Nc6 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Ne6 Be5 21.Be3 Re8 22.Nc5 Bf4 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.f3 Rb4 25.Rd2 Re7 26.Kf1 a5 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Kxe1 Kg8 29.b3 b6 30.Rd6 Ne7 31.Nd7 Rxb3 32.Rxb6 Ra3 33.Nc5 Ra2 34.Re6 Nd5 35.Re2 Ra1+ 36.Kf2 Nc3 37.Re8+ Kf7 38.Ra8 Ra2+ 39.Kg3 g5 40.Kg4 Rxg2+ 41.Kf5 Rxh2 42.Ra7+ Ke8 43.Rxa5 Rf2 44.Kxg5 1/2-1/2

Position after Black's 39..g5



Round 5, Apr. 22
Xiong, Jeffery - So, Wesley
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Rd1 a5 13.Nc3 Bd5 14.Qb5 Ra6 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Ne5 c6 17.Qxb7 Rb6 18.Qa7 Be7 19.Nd3 Ra6 20.Qb7 Rb6 21.Qa7 Ra6 22.Qb7 Rb6 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Izoria, Zviad - Akobian, Varuzhan
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nd5 Bc5 8.e3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.g4 Bg6 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Qd7 15.e4 c6 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Nf5 Rad8 18.Qc2 Bxf5 19.exf5 Bd4 20.Rb1 c5 21.b4 Nc6 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.Bf4 Nb4 24.Qc4 Nd5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 Rxd5 27.Rb7 c4 28.Rc1 c3 29.Be3 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Rd2 31.Rxc3 Rxa2 32.Rbc7 f6 33.Rc8 a5 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Rc7 a4 36.Ra7 a3 37.h4 h6 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.e4 Re2 41.Rxa3 Rxe4 42.Kg2 Kf7 43.Ra6 Re5 44.Kg3 Rxf5 45.Kg4 Re5 46.Rb6 g6 47.Ra6 Kg7 48.Ra8 Kh6 49.Rh8+ Kg7 50.Ra8 Kf6 51.Rf8+ Kg7 52.Ra8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Lenderman, Aleksandr - Nakamura, Hikaru
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, main line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Kh1 Bf8 17.Rg1 Rg7 18.b4 h5 19.Qd2 g4 20.g3 fxg3 21.Rxg3 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 c6 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.cxd6 Qxd6 26.Bc5 Qd8 27.Bxf8 Qxf8 28.fxg4 Bxg4 29.h3 Bxe2 30.Qxe2 Raa7 31.Rf1 Nf4 32.Rxg7+ Rxg7 33.Nxf4 exf4 34.Qc4+ Qf7 35.Qxf7+ Kxf7 36.Rxf4 Rg3 37.Kh2 Rxc3 38.e5 Ke6 39.exf6 Kf7 40.h4 c5 41.bxc5 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Liang, Awonder - Zherebukh, Yaroslav
C48 Four Knights, Rubinstein Counter-Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nf3 d5 8.Bxd5 Bg4 9.d3 O-O-O 10.Be3 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Rxd5 12.exd5 Re8 13.c3 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Qh4 15.Kd2 Rxe3 16.fxe3 Qf2+ 17.Kc1 Bxe3+ 18.Kb1 Bxf3 19.Qe1 Bxh1 20.Qxh1 Qe2 21.a4 Qxd3+ 22.Ka2 Qc4+ 23.Kb1 Qd3+ 24.Ka2 Qc4+ 25.Kb1 Qd3+ 26.Ka2 Qc4+ 27.Kb1 Qd3+ 28.Ka2 Qc4+ 29.Kb1 Qd3+ 30.Ka2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Onischuk, Alexander - Robson, Ray
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rfd8 16.d5 e6 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bd2 b6 19.Bxa5 bxa5 20.Bc4 Rac8 21.Bb3 exd5 22.Bxd5+ Kf8 23.O-O Rc7 24.Rb5 f5 25.Rxa5 Bd4 26.Rb5 Kg7 27.Rd1 Bb6 28.Rd2 Rc3 29.Kg2 Kf6 30.Re2 Rdc8 31.Bb3 R8c5 32.e5+ Ke7 33.Rxc5 Rxc5 34.f4 Rc7 35.h4 Rd7 36.Rc2 Rd4 37.Kg3 Rd3+ 38.f3 Ba5 39.Rc8 Be1+ 40.Kg2 Rd8 41.Rc1 Bd2 42.Rc4 Be3 43.h5 gxh5 44.Rc7+ Rd7 45.Rc6 Rd2+ 46.Kf1 Rf2+ 47.Ke1 Rxf3 48.Ke2 Rg3 49.Rf6 Bxf4 50.Rxf5 Bg5 51.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Krush, Irina - Paikidze, Nazi
E48 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.b5 a5 13.a4 Rd8 14.h3 c5 15.bxc6 Nxc6 16.Nb5 Bb4 17.Bb2 Rac8 18.Bf5 Rb8 19.Rac1 g6 20.Bd3 Ne4 21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Ba3 Rbc8 23.Nf4 Ba6 24.Nd3 Bxa3 25.Qxa3 Bxb5 26.axb5 Na7 27.Ne5 Nxb5 28.Qb2 Nd6 29.Qxb6 Ra8 30.Ra1 Nc4 31.Nxc4 dxc4 32.Rxa5 Rab8 33.Qc7 Rdc8 34.Qd7 c3 35.Ra7 Qe6 36.Qxe6 fxe6 37.Rc1 c2 38.Raa1 Rb5 39.Kf1 e5 40.dxe5 Rxe5 41.Ke2 Rc7 42.f4 Rec5 43.Ra3 h5 44.g4 Kf7 45.g5 R5c6 46.Rd3 Kg7 47.h4 Kf7 48.Kd2 Kg7 49.Rd4 Kf7 50.e4 Ke6 51.Rd8 Rc4 52.Ke3 Rc3+ 53.Rd3 R3c4 54.Rd8 Rc3+ 55.Rd3 R3c4 56.Rd8 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Gorti, Akshita - Wang, Annie
D05 Queen's Pawn game

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 b6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qe2 Qd6 14.c4 c5 15.Bg5 Rad8 16.h3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Qc5 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Rdc1 Bc5 20.Nb5 Qb7 21.a3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Rd7 23.Rd1 Rfd8 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Rc1 h6 26.b4 Qc6 27.Nd4 Qd6 28.Nb5 Qc6 29.Nd4 Qd6 30.Nf3 Rc7 31.Qe2 Qf4 32.Rc2 Kf8 33.g3 Qe4 34.Qxe4 Nxe4 35.Kf1 Nd6 36.Nd2 Ke7 37.a4 a5 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.c5 Nb7 40.Nb3 Rc6 41.f4 Kf6 42.Ke2 e5 43.Kf3 g5 44.Ke4 exf4 45.gxf4 gxf4 46.Kxf4 Ke7 47.Ke5 Rg6 48.Nd4 Kd8 49.Kd5 Kc8 50.h4 Nd8 51.Rb2 Kc7 52.Rb5 Rg4 53.Rb3 Rxh4 54.Nb5+ Kd7 55.Nc3 Rh5+ 56.Kc4 Ne6 57.Rb7+ Kc6 58.Rb6+ Kd7 59.Rd6+ Kc8 60.Nd5 Rg5 61.Rc6+ Kd7 62.Rd6+ Kc8 63.Rc6+ Kd7 64.Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Sharevich, Anna - Zatonskih, Anna
D02 Queen's Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nc3 Bd7 9.Rb1 Rc8 10.Be5 e6 11.Bh2 Be8 12.Ne5 a6 13.a3 Qa7 14.Na2 Ba4 15.Nc3 Be8 16.Na2 b5 17.c3 a5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Nc1 Qe7 20.Ncd3 Na6 21.Nf3 Ne4 22.Be5 f6 23.Bh2 Kh8 24.Nd2 Nd6 25.Bf3 Bc6 26.Re1 Ne4 27.Nb3 a4 28.Nd4 Be8 29.Nc2 Rd8 30.Ncb4 Nc7 31.Qe2 Na6 32.Nxa6 Rxa6 33.Nb4 Raa8 34.Rbd1 Rac8 35.Qc2 Ng5 36.Be2 Qb7 37.Bf4 Ne4 38.Bf3 g5 39.Bh2 Bg6 40.Qe2 Nc5 41.Bh5 Be4 42.f3 Bg6 43.Bxg6 hxg6 44.Bg3 Bf8 45.Nd3 Rd7 46.Bf2 Kg7 47.Nxc5 Bxc5 48.e4 Bxf2+ 49.Qxf2 Rcd8 50.e5 Qa7 51.Rd4 Rf8 52.Qg3 f5 53.Qxg5 f4 54.h4 Rf5 55.Qg4 Rdf7 56.h5 g5 57.h6+ Kg6 58.Kf2 Rh7 59.Rh1 Rxh6 60.Rxh6+ Kxh6 61.Qh3+ Kg7 62.g3 fxg3+ 63.Qxg3 Kg6 64.Kg2 Qc7 65.f4 Qf7 66.Qg4 Qh7 67.Rd3 Qh5 68.Qxh5+ Kxh5 69.fxg5 Rxe5 70.Kf3 Re4 71.Rd1 Kxg5 72.Rg1+ Kf5 73.Rg8 Re1 74.Rb8 e5 75.Rxb5 e4+ 76.Kf2 Rd1 77.Ke2 Rd3 78.c4 Kf4 79.cxd5 Rh3 80.d6 Rd3 81.Rb6 Rd5 82.Ra6 Rd4 83.d7 Rxd7 84.Rf6+ Ke5 85.Ra6 Rb7 86.Rxa4 Rxb2+ 87.Ke3 Rb3+ 88.Ke2 Kf4 89.Ra8 Rb2+ 90.Kd1 Ke3 91.Rh8 Ra2 92.Rh3+ Kd4 93.Rb3 Ke5 94.Ke1 Kf4 95.Rc3 Rb2 96.Kf1 Ke5 97.Ke1 Kd4 98.Rh3 Kc4 99.Re3 Kd4 100.Rh3 Rg2 101.Kd1 Ra2 102.Ke1 Ra1+ 103.Ke2 Ra2+ 104.Ke1 e3 105.Rh8 Rxa3 106.Rd8+ Ke4 107.Re8+ Kd3 108.Rd8+ Kc2 109.Ke2 Rc3 110.Re8 Kb3 111.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 112.Kxe3 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Yu, Jennifer - Abrahamyan, Tatev
C01 French, Exchange variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.b3 Qd7 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc2 f5 11.Re1 O-O 12.c4 Ng6 13.c5 Bf4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bb2 Bh6 16.Bf1 Nd8 17.Nb4 Nf7 18.c6 bxc6 19.Ne5 Nfxe5 20.Qxh5 Bd2 21.dxe5 Bxb4 22.Red1 a5 23.Rac1 Rae8 24.a3 Be7 25.g3 Rb8 26.Qf3 Qe6 27.Qc3 Rb6 28.f4 Rfb8 29.Rd3 Nf8 30.Bg2 Kh8 31.Qc2 Nd7 32.Bd4 c5 33.Bc3 d4 34.Bxa5 Rxb3 35.Bxc7 Rb2 36.Qa4 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Rb2+ 38.Rc2 Rxc2+ 39.Qxc2 Qc6+ 40.Kh2 Qxc7 41.Rxd4 Nf8 42.Rd1 g6 43.Qc4 Kg7 44.h4 Qc6 45.a4 Ne6 46.a5 Nc7 47.Ra1 Na6 48.Rb1 Bd8 49.Rb6 Bxb6 50.Qxa6 Qf3 51.axb6 Qf2+ 52.Kh3 Qf3 53.Kh2 Qf2+ 54.Kh3 Qf3 55.Qa1 Qg4+ 56.Kg2 Qe2+ 57.Kg1 Qe3+ 58.Kh2 Qe2+ 59.Kh3 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Derakhshani, Dorsa - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.dxc6 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.Rb1 Bg6 15.Bb2 Qxc6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qd3 Rfd8 18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.Bxc3 Nd5 20.Bd4 Nb6 21.Rfd1 f6 22.Kg1 Kf7 23.Rd3 Rd5 24.Rbd1 Rad8 25.Kf2 Ra5 26.a3 c5 27.Be3 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Ke6 29.Bc1 c4 30.Rd8 Rb5 31.Ke2 Nd5 32.Rc8 c3 33.Kd3 Rb1 34.Be3 Rd1+ 35.Ke2 Ra1 36.Bxa7 Rxa3 37.Bd4 Ra2 38.Kd3 Nf4+ 39.Kxc3 Nxg2 40.Kb3 Ra5 41.Rc7 Nh4 42.f4 Rh5 43.Bf2 Nf5 44.Bg3 Rh3 45.Rc3 Kd5 46.Kb4 Rh8 47.Rc4 Rb8+ 48.Kc3 Re8 49.Ra4 Nxg3 50.Rd4+ Ke6 51.hxg3 Kf5 52.Kb4 Kg4 53.Rd3 Rb8+ 54.Ka4 Rc8 55.c3 g5 56.fxg5 Kxg5 57.Kb5 Kg4 58.c4 f5 59.c5 g5 60.c6 f4 61.gxf4 gxf4 62.Kb6 f3 63.Kb7 Rxc6 64.Kxc6 f2 65.Rd1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Apr. 22
Goletiani, Rusudan - Feng, Maggie
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Ne5 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f4 a5 10.g4 Nd7 11.g5 e5 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Rf3 Re8 15.Rh3 Kf8 16.Na3 Ke7 17.Rf1 Ba6 18.fxe5 Bxf1 19.Rf3 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxf7+ Kd6 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Re1 Qe8 24.Qg4 Qe6 25.Qxe6+ Kxe6 26.d4 Bd6 27.c4 Rf5 28.h4 Bg3 0-1

Standings After Round Five

1-2 Paikidze, Wang 4
3 Zatonskih 3.5
4-5 Krush, Feng 3
6-7 Foisor, Abrahamyan 2.5
8-9 Sharevich, Gorti 2
10 Yu 1.5
11-12 Goletiani, Derakhshani 1

1-3 So, Shankland, Akobian 3.5
4 Caruana 3
5-6 Zherebukh, Nakamura 2.5
7-11 Robson, Izoria, Xiong, Lenderman, Liang 2
12 Onischuk 1.5