U. S. Chess Championships 2019

[Hans Jung]

Lenier Dominguez won and is tied for the lead with Hikaru Nakamura. Two rounds left to go.

[Wayne Komer]

U.S. Championship 2019

March 29, 2019

Round Nine

Round 9, Mar. 29
Robson, Ray – Nakamura, Hikaru
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 b5 14.Nd5 Nxb3+ 15.Nxb3 e5 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.h4 Rb6 18.h5 Qe7 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qe3 Be6 21.Rhf1 Rc6 22.f4 Qc7 23.Rd2 a5 24.Kb1 a4 25.Nc1 b4 26.Rdf2 exf4 27.Rxf4 Rc8 28.Rf6 Rxc2 29.Rxe6 Qc4 30.Ref6 a3 31.bxa3 bxa3 32.Qxa3 Rxc1+ 33.Rxc1 Qxe4+ 34.Kb2 Qe5+ 35.Rc3 Rb8+ 36.Kc2 Qxf6 37.Rf3 Qd4 38.Rb3 Qe4+ 39.Kc1 Qe1+ 40.Kc2 Qe2+ 41.Kb1 Qd1+ 42.Qc1 Rxb3+ 43.axb3 Qxb3+ 44.Ka1 Qa4+ 45.Kb2 Qb5+ 46.Ka1 Qc5 47.Qd2 h5 48.Kb1 Kg7 49.Qb2+ Qe5 50.Qb7+ Kh6 51.Kc1 d5 52.Kd1 Qe4 53.Qb2 Kg5 54.Qd2+ Kg4 55.Qh6 g5 0-1

Round 9, Mar. 29
Dominguez, Leinier – Liang, Awonder
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.b4 c5 13.cxd5 cxd4 14.Bxe4 Rc8 15.Nc6 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 bxc6 17.dxc6 Re8 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.Nd2 Rxc6 20.Nb3 Rc3 21.Qd1 d3 22.Bd2 Rc2 23.g3 Bf8 24.Qf3 Nc5 25.Be3 Qb7 26.Qxb7 Nxb7 27.Rfd1 Rc3 28.Nc1 a5 29.Rxd3 Rc2 30.Rd7 Nd6 31.Nd3 Nc4 32.Bf4 f6 33.bxa5 Nxa5 34.a4 Ra8 35.h4 Rc4 36.Be3 Nc6 37.Rc7 Bd6 38.Rd7 Bf8 39.Nb2 Rc2 40.Rb7 Nb4 41.Nd1 Rc6 42.Rb6 Rc7 43.Bf4 Rc2 44.Ne3 Rd2 45.Rb5 Rd7 46.a5 Nc6 47.Nc4 Nd4 48.Rb8 Ra6 49.Bd6 Ne6 50.Re8 Rdxd6 51.Nxd6 Rxd6 52.a6 Nc7 53.a7 Nxe8 54.a8=Q Nc7 55.Qc8 Ne6 56.Ra7 Nd8 57.h5 Rd4 58.Kg2 Rd6 59.h6 gxh6 60.Qc7 1-0

Round 9, Mar. 29
Akobian, Varuzhan – Caruana, Fabiano
A80 Dutch

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.g4 cxd4 8.exd4 Qb6 9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.c3 fxg4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxg4 Nd7 13.Ne3 h5 14.Bd3 f5 15.b4 Qc7 16.Rc1 b6 17.Qe2 Kf7 18.Kd1 Nf6 19.Nb2 Bd7 20.c4 Rc8 21.Rc2 Qf4 22.cxd5 Bxb4 23.Bc4 exd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5+ Kf6 26.Qe3 Bd6 27.Qxf4 Bxf4 28.Nd3 Bb8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Ke2 Re8+ 31.Kd2 Rd8 32.Rc1 Bxh2 33.Bf3 Be6 34.Rc6 Rd6 35.Rc1 Rxd4 36.Ke3 Rd8 37.Bxh5 Bxa2 38.f4 Bd5 39.Ne5 Rh8 40.Bf3 Rh4 41.Nd3 Rh3 42.Ne5 Be4 43.Rc8 Rh4 44.Nd3 Bg1+ 45.Ke2 Bxd3+ 46.Kxd3 Rxf4 47.Bb7 a5 48.Rf8+ Ke7 49.Rg8 Bc5 0-1

Round 9, Mar. 29
So, Wesley – Lenderman, Aleksandr
D35 QGD, Exchange (Tartakower System)

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.h3 Nf8 9.Qc2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Nge2 Ng7 12.f3 O-O 13.O-O-O b5 14.g4 a5 15.Nf4 a4 16.Kb1 Ne6 17.Nce2 Nxf4 18.exf4 Bd7 19.f5 b4 20.Qc1 Ne8 21.Bg3 a3 22.b3 Bg5 23.Qc2 Bh4 24.Be5 f6 25.Bf4 gxf5 26.gxf5 Kh8 27.Rdg1 Qe7 28.Rg4 Bg5 29.Rhg1 Rc8 30.Qd2 Ng7 31.Bxg5 fxg5 32.Rxg5 Nxf5 33.Rh5 Rf6 34.Rgg5 Re8 35.Nc1 Ref8 36.Bc2 R8f7 37.Qf4 Qe3 38.Qb8+ Rf8 39.Qxb4 R6f7 40.Qxa3 Qxd4 41.Rg4 Qc3 42.Rf4 Ne3 43.Bxh7 Rxf4 44.Qd6 R8f7 45.Bd3+ Kg8 46.Rg5+ Rg7 47.Qxf4 Nd1 48.Rxg7+ Kxg7 49.Qh2 Qd4 50.Qd2 Nf2 51.Qg5+ Kf7 52.Bg6+ Kf8 53.h4 Nd1 54.Qd8+ Kg7 55.Qxd7+ Kxg6 56.Qg4+ Qxg4 57.fxg4 Ne3 58.g5 Nf5 59.a4 Nxh4 60.a5 1-0

Round 9, Mar. 29
Xiong, Jeffery – Sevian, Samuel
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.Nxb7 Qb6 12.Nd6 Qc5 13.b4 Qxb4 14.a3 Qc5 15.Nd2 e5 16.N2e4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qb6 18.Bg5 f6 19.Rb1 Qa6 20.f4 fxg5 21.fxe5+ Ke8 22.Qb3 Nd8 23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.exd6 Rc8 25.Qd5 Qxa3 26.e3 Ne6 27.exd4 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Qxd4 29.Rfe1 Qxd5 30.Bxd5 Kd8 31.Bxe6 Re8 32.Bxd7 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Kxd7 34.Re7+ Kxd6 35.Rxa7 Rc7 36.Ra5 h6 37.Kg2 g4 38.Ra2 Ke6 39.h3 gxh3+ 40.Kxh3 Rc5 41.Ra4 Kf6 42.Rf4+ Rf5 43.Ra4 Rf1 44.Kg4 Kg6 45.Ra5 Rf6 46.Rb5 Re6 47.Ra5 Re4+ 48.Kf3 Rb4 49.Rc5 h5 50.Rc6+ Kg5 51.Rc5+ Kh6 52.Rc6+ g6 53.Rc5 Rb3+ 54.Kf2 Rd3 55.Ra5 Kg7 56.Rb5 Ra3 57.Rc5 Ra6 58.Rb5 Kf6 59.Kf3 Kg7 60.Kf2 Rf6+ 61.Kg2 Rf5 62.Rb4 Ra5 63.Kf3 Kf6 64.Kf2 g5 65.Kf3 Kf5 66.Kf2 Ra3 67.Rc4 Ra2+ 68.Kf3 Ra5 69.Rb4 Rd5 70.Ra4 Rd3+ 71.Kf2 Ke5 72.Rb4 Rd5 73.Ra4 Rb5 74.Kf3 g4+ 75.Kf2 Rb2+ 76.Ke3 Rb3+ 77.Kf2 Rf3+ 78.Kg2 Rd3 79.Ra8 Rd2+ 80.Kg1 Ke4 81.Rf8 Rd5 82.Kg2 Kd3 83.Re8 Kd4 84.Re7 Re5 85.Rd7+ Ke3 86.Ra7 Rd5 87.Re7+ Kd4 88.Re8 Ra5 89.Rd8+ Ke5 90.Re8+ Kf6 91.Rf8+ Kg7 92.Rf2 Kg6 93.Rb2 Kf6 94.Rf2+ Ke5 95.Re2+ Kd4 96.Re8 Ra2+ 97.Kg1 Rd2 98.Re7 Kd3 99.Re5 Re2 100.Rf5 Ke3 101.Rf8 Rd2 102.Rf7 Ke2 103.Rf2+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

Final position



Round 9, Mar. 29
Shankland, Samuel – Gareyev, Timur
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Re8 8.Bc1 e5 9.a3 Bc5 10.dxc5 e4 11.cxd6 exd3 12.dxc7 Qxc7 13.Qxd3 Na6 14.b3 Nc5 15.Qc2 a4 16.Nbd2 axb3 17.Nxb3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Ra5 19.Bb2 Ne4 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Rd4 Nc5 22.Qc2 Na4 23.Rc1 f6 24.h3 Bf5 25.Qb3 Nc5 26.Qd1 Be4 27.Nd2 Bc6 28.Bc3 Raa8 29.Bb4 Ne6 30.Rd6 Ng5 31.Qg4 Qf7 32.Rd1 h5 33.Qg3 Qg6 34.h4 Qc2 35.Re1 Ne6 36.e4 Rad8 37.Qb3 Qxb3 38.Nxb3 Rxd6 39.Bxd6 Rd8 40.Bb4 Ba4 41.Nd2 Kf7 42.Nf1 Rd4 43.c5 Nf4 44.f3 Nd3 45.Rb1 Bc2 46.Ra1 Ba4 47.Ne3 Nxb4 48.axb4 Rxb4 49.Nf5 Bc6 50.Ra8 g6 51.Nd6+ Ke6 52.Rg8 b6 53.Rxg6 bxc5 54.Nf5 Bxe4 55.fxe4 Rxe4 56.Ng3 Rxh4 57.Ne2 Rb4 58.Kf2 Kf5 59.Rg3 Rc4 60.Rf3+ Kg5 61.Ng1 Rc2+ 62.Kg3 h4+ 63.Kh2 Rc4 64.Nh3+ Kg6 65.Nf4+ Kf5 66.Nd5+ Kg5 67.Nxf6 Rd4 68.Nh7+ Kh6 69.Nf8 Rd6 70.Rf7 Rc6 71.Nd7 c4 72.Ne5 Rc5 73.Ng4+ Kg6 74.Rf2 c3 75.Ne3 Rg5 76.Rc2 Rc5 77.Nd1 Kg5 78.Rxc3 1-0

Standings

1-2 Dominguez, Nakamura 6.5
3 Caruana 6
4 So 5.5
5 Sevian 5
6-7 Xiong, Shankland 4.5
8-10 Robson, Lenderman, Liang 3.5
11-12 Akobian, Gareyev 2.5

Women’s Championship

Round 9, Mar. 29
Wang, Annie – Zatonskih, Anna
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nc6 11.e3 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.Be2 c6 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.O-O Bf5 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qb5 e4 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.Nb3 Bg4 20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.Qe2 Ne5 22.Nd4 Rac8 23.Rac1 a6 24.Rc2 Nd3 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.f3 Re8 27.fxe4 Nc5 28.Rf1 Qg6 29.Nf5 Nxe4 30.Qd3 Qe6 31.Qd4 Qe5 32.Qd7 Nc5 33.Qd2 Ne4 34.Qe2 Re6 35.Qd3 Rf6 36.Rf4 Nd6 37.Nxd6 Rxd6 38.Rd4 Rxd4 39.Qxd4 Qxd4 40.exd4 Kf8 41.g4 f5 42.gxf5 Ke7 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Ke3 Kxf5 45.Kf3 g6 46.b4 b5 47.Ke3 g5 48.Kf3 h5 49.Ke3 g4 50.Kf2 h4 51.Ke3 g3 52.hxg3 hxg3 53.Kf3 g2 54.Kxg2 Ke4 55.Kf2 Kxd4 56.Ke2 Kc3 57.Ke3 Kb3 0-1

Round 9, Mar. 29
Eswaran, Ashritha – Feng, Maggie
C18 French, Winawer, Advance

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nh3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 14.Nf4 Ne7 15.h4 h6 16.Qe2 Nf5 17.h5 gxh5 18.Nxh5 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qg6 20.O-O-O Bd7 21.Rh3 Ba4 22.Qd2 Rf5 23.Rdh1 Qxg2 24.R3h2 Qg6 25.f4 Rxh5 26.Rxh5 Rf8 27.R5h2 Qf5 28.Rh4 Be8 29.Rg1 Kh7 30.Qg2 g6 31.Qh2 h5 32.Rg5 Qf7 33.Kb2 Kh6 34.Qd2 Kh7 35.Qe3 Qe7 36.Qe2 b5 37.Qd2 a5 38.Ka2 Bf7 39.Rh1 Be8 40.Rhg1 Bf7 41.Qg2 Rg8 42.Qg3 b4 43.Qh4 Qd7 44.Rb1 Rb8 45.Rg3 Rb7 46.cxb4 axb4 47.axb4 Qa4+ 48.Ra3 Qxc2+ 49.Rb2 Qd1 50.Qf2 Be8 51.Rb1 Qg4 52.Ra8 Bb5 53.Rg1 Qf5 54.Rg5 Qd3 55.Rg3 Qf5 56.Rc3 g5 57.Qh2 g4 58.Qh4 Rg7 59.Kb2 Bc6 60.Rc8 Ba4 61.Ra8 Bd1 62.Rc1 Bf3 63.Rca1 c3+ 64.Kb3 c2 65.Rc8 Bd1 66.Rc1 g3 67.Qd8 g2 68.Qh8+ Kg6 69.Rg8 Qf7 70.f5+ exf5 71.Rd8 g1=Q 72.Rd6+ Kg5 73.Qh6+ Kg4 74.Rf6 Qg3+ 75.Kb2 Qa7 76.Ra6 Qxd4+ 77.Ka2 Qc4+ 0-1

Round 9, Mar. 29
Nguyen, Emily – Yip, Carissa
D76 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.Nh4 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.e4 Bd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 c6 15.Qb3 cxd5 16.exd5 g5 17.Nf3 Nf5 18.Bc5 Rc8 19.Ne4 Na4 20.Ba3 g4 21.Ne1 Nd4 22.Qd1 f5 23.Nd6 e4 24.Nxc8 Qxc8 25.Rc1 Qxc1 26.Qxc1 Ne2+ 27.Kh1 Nxc1 28.b3 Bb2 29.Nc2 Bb5 30.bxa4 Bxf1 31.Bxb2 Bxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Nd3 33.Bd4 Rc8 34.d6 Kf7 35.d7 Rd8 36.Ne3 Ke6 37.Bxa7 Rxd7 38.a5 Rc7 39.Nf1 Rc2 40.Be3 h5 41.Kg1 Rxa2 42.Bd2 Ne5 43.Bc3 Nc4 0-1

Round 9, Mar. 29
Krush, Irina – Sharevich, Anna
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.O-O h6 11.Nb5 Bg4 12.Rc1 Be7 13.h3 Be6 14.Ned4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bd6 16.Qf3 a6 17.Rc2 Ne8 18.Rfc1 Qf6 19.Qg3 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qxf4 21.exf4 Bd7 22.Rc5 Nf6 23.Rc7 Rab8 24.g4 Rfd8 25.f3 Ne8 26.R7c5 b6 27.R5c3 a5 28.Kf2 Nd6 29.b3 Nb7 30.a3 Nc5 31.f5 Rbc8 32.Ke3 Re8+ 33.Kd2 Kf8 34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 Nxd3 36.Rxc8 Nxc1 37.Rxe8+ Kxe8 38.Kxc1 Ke7 39.Kd2 Kd6 40.Ke3 Ke5 41.f4+ Kd6 42.h4 Ke7 43.Ne2 h5 44.Nc3 d4+ 45.Kxd4 hxg4 46.Nd5+ Kd6 47.f6 g6 48.Nxb6 g3 49.Ke3 Bc6 50.Nc4+ Ke6 51.Ne5 Bd5 52.b5 Kxf6 53.b6 g2 54.Kf2 Kf5 55.Nxf7 Kxf4 56.Nd6 Kg4 57.b7 Bxb7 58.Nxb7 Kxh4 59.Kxg2 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Mar. 29
Foisor, Sabina – Gortyn, Akshita
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Ne5 Ne4 9.f3 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 f6 11.Ng4 Qe7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.c4 Nd7 14.O-O f5 15.Nf2 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Be2 Nb6 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Qa5 Ba8 21.b3 Rfd8 22.Qc3 Qc7 23.Qb2 Qb8 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Nd3 Qd6 26.Qe5 c4 27.Qxd6 Rxd6 28.Ne5 cxb3 29.axb3 Re8 30.f4 Re7 31.Rc5 Kf8 32.Bb5 g6 33.Kf2 Kg7 34.g3 Kf6 35.h3 g5 36.Nf3 h6 37.Nd4 Bb7 38.Rdc1 Rd8 39.Bd3 gxf4 40.gxf4 Nc8 41.Nxf5 Red7 42.Nxh6 Nd6 43.Ng4+ Kg7 44.Ne5 Re7 45.Rg1+ 1-0

Standings

1 Yu 8
2 Zatonskih 7.5
3 Abrahamyan 6
4 Wang 5.5
5 Yip 4.5
6 Feng 4
7-9 Sharevich, Krush, Eswaran 3.5
10 Foisor 3
11-12 Gortyn, Nguyen 2.5

[Hans Jung]

Lenier Dominguez is 15th in the world at 2752 (live rating)

[Hans Jung]

The co leaders Hikaru Nakamura and Lenier Dominguez play this afternoon. The winner will likely be US Champion.

[Hans Jung]

Nakamura - Dominguez draw.

[Hans Jung]

Fabiano Caruana high pressure positional takedown (win). 3 way tie for first. Caruana, Dominguez, Nakamura. Last round tomorrow.

[Hans Jung]

Timur Gareev - now that game and checkmate makes the whole championship worthwhile!

[Hans Jung]

Anna Zatonskih - Jennifer Yu old fashioned slugfest ending in Jennifer Yu checkmating Anna Zatonskih! WoW!! Jennifer Yu deserved champion 9 out of ten so far.

[Hans Jung]

Tomorrow's pairings (last round) Shankland - Caruana, Xiong - Nakamura, Dominguez - Gareev Ideal pairings (for excitement) Dominguez has the easiest pairing. So Caruana and Nakamura must win as black. Must see.

[Wayne Komer]

U.S. Championship 2019

March 30, 2019

Round Ten

Round 10, Mar. 30
Nakamura, Hikaru – Dominguez, Leinier
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rc1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qe3 Nc6 14.O-O Rc8 15.Bb1 Qe7 16.Rfd1 Na5 17.h4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Qf4 h6 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.h5 Nc6 23.Qc1 Bb7 24.Qc3 Qd6 25.a3 Ne7 26.Ne5 Nc6 27.Nf3 Ne7 28.Ne5 Nc6 29.Nf3 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Mar. 30
Caruana, Fabiano – Lenderman, Aleksandr
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.d5 Nb4 10.Be2 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.a3 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.h3 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 h6 21.c3 Qb7 22.Nf3 Re6 23.Bd4 Be7 24.b4 a6 25.a4 Re8 26.Kh2 Re4 27.Reb1 Bd8 28.b5 a5 29.Rb2 Qa8 30.Qd3 Qb7 31.Nd2 Rf4 32.Nb3 Bf5 33.Qg3 g5 34.b6 Qa6 35.Nd2 Bd7 36.Rab1 Qb7 37.Nb3 Qa6 38.Nc1 Qb7 39.Nd3 Rxd4 40.cxd4 Re6 41.Nf4 Re4 42.Ne2 Bxa4 43.Nc3 Rxd4 44.Qxd6 Be7 45.Qe5 Re4 46.Nxe4 dxe4 47.Rc1 1-0

Final position



Round 10, Mar. 30
Sevian, Samuel – So, Wesley
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2 Bg6 13.Qb3 Ne7 14.O-O c6 15.Bd3 Nf5 16.Rfe1 Ba5 17.Rad1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 c5 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nd2 Bh5 21.Rc1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Qxd4 24.Nxe4 Rae8 25.Ng3 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxb7 a5 28.Qc7 Qxc7 29.Rxc7 Bd1 30.Ra7 a4 31.Nf5 Rd8 32.Ne3 h6 33.Kf1 Rd4 34.f3 Rd3 35.Kf2 Bc2 36.Nxc2 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Rxc2 38.Rxa4 g5 39.h4 Kg7 40.h5 Rd2 41.Kh3 Rf2 42.Ra8 Rc2 43.a4 Rc4 44.g3 Rb4 45.a5 Ra4 46.a6 Kf6 47.Kg2 Ra3 48.Kf2 Kf5 49.Ke2 g4 50.fxg4+ Kxg4 51.a7 Kf5 52.g4+ Kf6 53.g5+ Kg7 54.gxh6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Mar. 30
Liang, Awonder – Xiong, Jeffery
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Nd7 10.c3 c5 11.Bc2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 a6 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Re1 Re8 16.Re5 Qb6 17.Bb3 Nd7 18.Re3 Nc5 19.Qe2 e6 20.Re1 Bd7 21.Qf3 Ba4 22.Bc4 Bd7 23.Qf6 Qd8 24.Qf4 Rc8 25.Nf3 b5 26.b4 bxc4 27.bxc5 Rxc5 28.Ne5 Qe7 29.Ng4 f5 30.Ne5 Bc6 31.Rg3 Qg7 32.Qd4 Rd5 33.Qf4 Rc5 34.Qd4 Rd5 35.Qf4 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Mar. 30
Akobian, Varuzhan – Shankland, Samuel
D48 QGD, Semi-Slav, Meran

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.a4 Bb7 10.b3 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.exd4 Qc7 15.Rc1 Qf4 16.Be2 Bd6 17.g3 Qh6 18.O-O Ke7 19.Ne1 Rhc8 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qg5 22.Nd3 h5 23.Nc5 h4 24.Nxd7 Kxd7 25.Qb7+ Kd8 26.d5 hxg3 27.dxe6 gxf2+ 28.Kh1 fxe6 29.Rcd1 Qc5 30.Rxf2 Qc6+ 31.Qxc6 Rxc6 32.Rxf6 Ke7 33.Re1 Bc7 34.Rg6 Rf8 35.Rg7+ Ke8 36.Be5 Bxe5 37.Rxe5 Rf2 38.Rg2 Rf4 39.Rge2 Kd7 40.Kg2 Rd4 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Mar. 30
Gareyev, Timur – Robson, Ray
D11 QGD Slav, Breyer variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be4 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.f3 Qxb3 8.Nxb3 Bc2 9.Bd2 h6 10.g4 e6 11.Rc1 Bxb3 12.axb3 Be7 13.Ng2 Nbd7 14.e3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Kf2 Ned7 17.Bc3 O-O 18.Nf4 Nc5 19.h4 Ne6 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 Nxg5 22.Bd3 Ne6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Bh7+ Kg7 25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Rcg1+ Kf7 27.Bg6+ 1-0

Final position



Standings

1-3 Dominguez, Caruana, Nakamura 7
4 So 6
5 Sevian 5.5
6-7 Xiong, Shankland 5
8 Liang 4
9-11 Gareyev, Lenderman, Robson 3.5
12 Akobian 3

Women’s Championship

Round 10, Mar. 30
Zatonskih, Anna – Yu, Jennifer
D17 QGD Slav, Carlsbad variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Rd8 13.Qc1 Be6 14.Ne4 Bb4 15.Rd1 O-O 16.Rd4 a5 17.h4 Nc5 18.Rxd8 Qxd8 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21.Kh2 fxe5 22.Bxe5 Bd4 23.Bf4 Qb6 24.Qc2 Bb3 25.Qc1 Qb4 26.Bd2 Qd6 27.Bf4 Qb4 28.Bd2 Qe7 29.Bc3 Be3 30.Qe1 Bf2 31.Qd2 Bxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Qc7+ 33.Kg4 Be6+ 0-1

Round 10, Mar. 30
Abrahamyan, Tatev – Foisor, Sabina
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 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.d5 d6 12.c4 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nd2 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Nf3 Rb8 17.Rb1 Be6 18.Bd3 Qd6 19.b3 Rfd8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Bd7 22.Rc1 Qh6 23.Nf3 Rbc8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bxf5 Bxf5 26.Qxd5 g6 27.h3 Qf4 28.Qd4 Qc7 29.Qf6 Qb6 30.Qh4 h5 31.Qf4 Rd8 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Be6 34.Ng5 Qd6 35.Nxe6 fxe6 36.Qf6 e5 37.Qxd6 Rxd6 38.Rxe5 Ra6 39.Re2 Kf7 40.Kg2 Kf6 41.f4 Rc6 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Ke4 g5 44.Kd4 Rg3 45.fxg5+ Kf7 46.Re4 Rg2 47.a4 Rc2 48.Kd5 Kg6 49.b4 Kf7 50.Rc4 Rd2+ 51.Kc6 Ke8 52.Kb7 Rd7+ 53.Kb8 a5 54.b5 Rd6 55.Kc7 Rd7+ 56.Kb6 Rd5 57.Kxa5 Rxg5 58.Ka6 1-0

Round 10, Mar. 30
Yip, Carissa – Wang, Annie
B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.Rhe1 Kb8 15.Bf1 Na5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 f5 18.Qf4 Bc6 19.g4 Qf2 20.Be2 b4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rf1 Qc5 23.Nd1 Be4 24.Ne3 b3 25.gxf5 Qb4 26.Ne1 Qa4 27.Bd3 Qxa2+ 28.Kc1 bxc2 0-1

Round 10, Mar. 30
Feng, Maggie – Gorti, Akshita
E08 Catalan, Closed

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3 Ne4 9.Rd1 a5 10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 f5 12.Qb2 f4 13.Rf1 Qe8 14.Nd2 Qg6 15.Nab1 Ndf6 16.Nc3 fxg3 17.fxg3 Nd6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Rae1 e3 20.Rxe3 Nf5 21.Rd3 Ng4 22.Nde4 Bd7 23.Qe2 e5 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Rdd1 Rae8 26.Qd2 Bc8 27.Nd6 Nxd6 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qxd6 Qh5 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qf5+ 32.Kg1 Qg5 33.Nd1 Bd7 34.Qd4 h5 35.Qe3 Qxe3+ 36.Nxe3 Kf7 37.Be4 Kf6 38.Kf2 g5 39.Ke2 h4 40.gxh4 gxh4 41.Kf2 Kg5 42.Bc2 Ng4+ 43.Nxg4 Kxg4 44.Bd1+ Kf4 45.Bc2 b5 46.Bd3 b4 47.Ke2 c5 48.Kf2 a4 49.Bb1 axb3 50.axb3 Bg4 51.Bc2 Bf3 52.Ke1 Ke3 53.Bf5 Be4 54.Bxe4 Kxe4 55.Ke2 Kd4 56.Kd2 h3 57.Kc2 Ke3 58.Kb2 Kd3 59.Ka2 Kc2 60.Ka1 Kxb3 0-1

Round 10, Mar. 30
Eswaran, Ashritha – Krush, Irina
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rfd1 a4 16.Rc2 Be5 17.Bf1 b6 18.Nd5 Ra7 19.Nb4 Bd7 20.Nd3 Bg7 21.Qf2 Qb8 22.Nb4 Re8 23.Kh1 h5 24.Rd5 Qc7 25.Rd1 Rb8 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Qh4 Bc6 28.Bg5 Rbb7 29.Nc3 Qf8 30.Be3 Be5 31.Nd5 Qg7 32.Qf2 Qf8 33.Qh4 Bg7 34.Nc3 Be8 35.Nd5 Bh6 36.Bd4 Bg7 37.Be3 Be5 38.Nc3 e6 39.Qf2 f5 40.exf5 gxf5 41.Bd4 Bf4 42.Be3 Be5 43.Bd4 Bf4 44.Be3 Be5 45.Bd4 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Mar. 30
Sharevich, Anna – Nguyen, Emily
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O a6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.a4 Be7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nxb5 cxb5 13.Bxa8 O-O 14.Bg2 Nd5 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.e3 f6 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.e4 Ndb4 19.Be3 Rd8 20.Qe2 Na5 21.d5 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.dxe6 Nd3 24.e5 fxe5 25.Ng5 Qe7 26.Nf7 Re8 27.Be4 h6 28.Bf5 Nc6 29.Qg4 Qf6 30.Nd6 Rf8 31.Qg6 Qxg6 32.Bxg6 Nxb2 33.Nxb5 Rb8 34.Nc3 Kf8 35.f4 Ke7 36.Be4 Nd4 37.f5 Nb3 38.Nd5+ Kd6 39.f6 gxf6 40.Rxf6 c3 41.e7+ Kc5 42.Rf8 1-0

Standings

1 Yu 9
2 Zatonskih 7.5
3 Abrahamyan 7
4 Wang 6.5
5-6 Sharevich, Yip 4.5
7-9 Feng, Krush, Eswaran 4
10 Gorti 3.5
11 Foisor 3
12 Nguyen 2.5

[Hans Jung]

Jennifer Yu finished with a win, capping her Cinderella tournament and finishing with 10 out of 11!

[Hans Jung]

Anna Zatonskih and Tatev Abrahamian were left trailing with 7.5

[Hans Jung]

The top 4 were separated from the rest of the field by two or more points.

[Hans Jung]

Noteworthy was the minus 1 performance (5 out of 11) of Irina Krush, the only grandmaster in the field.

[Hans Jung]

This championship shows a change of the guard from the experienced veterans to the youth stars. The teenagers (the foremost Jennifer Yu and Annie Wang) are showing their strength.