U. S. Chess Championships 2019

[Hans Jung]

Lenier Dominguez may surprise some (Cuba's number one for many years - now living in the States) but he is probably the most experienced of all the players at high level competition. No surprise that he is tied for second.

[Hans Jung]

Jennifer Yu looks like she is holding a draw in a back and forth game. In the opening she was +3 and then the game turned to -2 and she gave up the exchange to have pressure with two bishops and two connected pawns. If she draws she will be tied with Anna zatonskih for first

[Rene Preotu]

Funny Twitter exchange

[Wayne Komer]

U.S. Championships 2019

March 27, 2019

Round Seven

Round 7, Mar. 27
Akobian, Varuzhan – Nakamura
A41 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 Bxe5 7.e4 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O e6 10.h3 exd5 11.cxd5 Nh5 12.f4 Bd4+ 13.Kh2 Qh4 14.Qe1 Qxe1 15.Rxe1 Bf2 16.Rf1 Bg3+ 17.Kg1 f5 18.Rf3 Bxf4 19.Bxf4 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxf4 21.Raf1 g5 22.h4 Bg4 23.Rg3 h5 24.hxg5 Rae8 25.Bf3 Re5 26.Bxg4 hxg4 27.Rxg4 Nxd5 28.Nxd5 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Rxd5 30.Ke2 Kg7 31.Rc4 c6 32.Re4 Kg6 33.Re7 Rb5 34.b3 Kxg5 35.Rd7 d5 36.Kd3 Kf6 37.Kc3 a5 38.Rc7 Ke6 39.a3 d4+ 40.Kc4 d3 41.Kc3 d2 42.Kxd2 Rxb3 43.g4 a4 44.g5 Kd6 45.Rf7 b5 46.g6 Rxa3 47.g7 Rg3 0-1

Position after 42…..Rxb3



Round 7, Mar. 27
Xiong, Jeffery – So, Wesley
D92 Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5 9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.d5 Nd4 15.O-O Re8 16.h4 Qd7 17.a4 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Qxd5 20.Qc2 Rad8 21.Rxc7 Rc8 22.Re1 Rxc7 23.Qxc7 e5 24.a5 Nd7 25.b4 Nf8 26.Bf6 Nd7 27.Be7 Kg7 28.Bg5 Nf8 29.Bf4 Nd7 30.Bg5 Nf8 31.Qc3 f6 32.Be3 a6 33.Qc1 Qf7 34.Bh6+ Kh7 35.Bxf8 Qxf8 36.Qc7+ Re7 37.Qb6 Rd7 38.Rc1 Qe7 39.g3 f5 40.Qc5 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Mar. 27
Gareyev, Timur – Caruana, Fabiano
D27 QGA, Classical

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke7 10.Be2 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Nd3 Bd6 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.b3 Nc6 16.Ba3+ Ke8 17.Bf3 Nd5 18.Nf4 b5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Nd2 Be5 21.Rab1 b4 22.Bb2 Bc3 23.Nf1 Bxb2 24.Rxb2 Ne5 25.Ng3 Rac8 26.Rbd2 Rc5 27.Nf5 g6 28.Nd4 a5 29.a3 bxa3 30.Ra2 Nc6 31.h3 Nb4 32.Rxa3 Kd7 33.g4 Kc7 34.Kg2 Kb6 35.h4 Rc3 36.Rda1 Ra8 37.g5 Bc6 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.Rda1 Rc5 40.Rd1 Bd7 41.Kg3 Rdc8 42.Raa1 Be6 43.h5 Rc3 44.Rab1 Rg8 45.Rh1 Nc6 46.Nxc6 Rxc6 47.hxg6 Rxg6 48.Kf4 Rc2 49.Rbf1 Rb2 50.Bd1 a4 51.bxa4 Rb4+ 52.Kf3 Rxg5 53.Ke2 d4 54.Rfg1 Rd5 55.exd4 Rbxd4 56.f3 h5 57.Kf2 Rd2+ 58.Ke3 R5d3+ 59.Kf4 h4 60.Re1 Rd4+ 61.Ke3 f5 62.Be2 f4+ 63.Kf2 h3 64.Rb1+ Ka7 65.Ke1 Ra2 66.Bf1 Rd5 67.Bxh3 Rh5 68.Bg2 Rxh1+ 69.Bxh1 Rh2 70.Bg2 Rxg2 71.Rb4 Bd5 72.Rxf4 Kb6 73.a5+ Kc5 74.a6 Ra2 75.a7 Rxa7 76.Kf2 Kd6 77.Kg3 Ke5 78.Rf8 Bf7 79.Rb8 Ra3 80.Rb4 Bd5 81.Rf4 Ra8 82.Rg4 Rf8 83.f4+ Kd4 84.f5+ Ke5 85.Rg5 Be4 86.f6+ Bf5 87.Kf2 Rxf6 88.Ke3 Ra6 89.Rg3 Ra2 90.Rf3 Be4 91.Rg3 Bf5 92.Rf3 Bg4 93.Rg3 Ra4 94.Kd2 Kf4 95.Rb3 Be6 96.Rb6 Bd5 97.Rb2 Ke4 98.Kc3 Ke3 99.Rb4 Ra3+ 100.Kb2 Ra8 101.Kc3 Rc8+ 102.Kb2 Kd3 103.Ka3 Bc4 104.Rb2 Ra8+ 105.Kb4 Kd4 106.Rd2+ Bd3 107.Rb2 Ra7 108.Rb3 Ra8 109.Rb2 Ra1 110.Rb3 Bc4 111.Rb2 Rd1 112.Ka3 Kc5 113.Rb7 Rd2 114.Rc7+ Kd4 115.Kb4 Rb2+ 116.Ka5 Kd5 117.Rc8 Rb5+ 118.Ka4 Kd4 119.Rh8 Rb1 120.Rh3 Bd3 121.Ka5 Kc3 122.Rg3 Rb5+ 123.Ka4 Rh5 124.Rf3 Rh1 125.Ka5 Rh6 0-1

Position after 116.Ka5 Draw after 116…Bf1, loss after White’s 122.Rg3



Round 7, Mar. 27
Dominguez, Leinier – Lenderman, Aleksandr
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Re8 16.Qf3 Ne5 17.Qxb7 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.Bg3 Re2 21.Rab1 f5 22.Bd6 Rc8 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rc2 25.Rb1 Rd2 26.Be5 Rxd3 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.Ke2 Rxa3 29.bxa3 Nc3+ 30.Kd3 Nxb1 31.a4 Nc3 32.a5 Nb5 33.Bxd4 g5 34.Bb2 Ke6 35.Kc4 Nd6+ 36.Kc5 Nb7+ 37.Kb5 Kd5 38.Ka6 Nxa5 39.Kxa5 Ke4 40.Bc1 f4 41.h4 Kd3 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.g3 Ke4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Ba3 Kd5 46.Ka6 1-0

Round 7, Mar. 27
Robson, Ray – Sevian, Samuel
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Nd7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bd6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4 Qg6 14.Kh1 Be6 15.a3 Bf4 16.Re1 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qb3+ Nd5 19.Qxb7 Rab8 20.Qxa7 Rxb2 21.Nc4 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Qd3 23.Kg2 Bd6 24.Ng1 Rfxf2+ 25.Bxf2 Qg3+ 0-1

Round 7, Mar. 27
Shankland, Samuel – Liang, Awonder
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rc1 Ne7 12.Bd3 Ned5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Qa4 a6 15.Nd2 b5 16.Qa3 Qb6 17.Rc2 e5 18.Qb4 exd4 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.exd4 Rfc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Kf8 23.a3 Ke8 24.f3 Kd7 25.Kf2 g6 26.Ne4 Nxe4+ 27.fxe4 Bb7 28.Kg3 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Kf4 f6 31.e5 Ke7 32.h4 Bd7 33.b4 d5 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.g4 Be8 36.g5+ Ke6 37.Be2 Kd6 38.Bg4 Bf7 39.Bd1 Be6 40.Bc2 Bf7 41.h5 Be8 42.h6 Bf7 43.a4 Be8 44.a5 Bf7 45.Bb1 Be8 46.Bd3 Bf7 47.Be2 Be6 48.Bd3 Bf7 49.Bc2 Be8 50.Bd1 Bf7 51.Bg4 Be6 52.Bf3 Bf7 53.Bd1 Be6 54.Be2 Bf7 55.Bd3 Be8 56.Bf1 Bf7 57.Be2 Be6 58.Bd3 Bf7 1/2-1/2

Standings

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

Women’s Championship

Round 7, Mar. 27
Yu, Jennifer – Foisor, Sabina
A20 Amsterdam Attack

1.c4 e5 2.e3 f5 3.d4 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nge2 g6 6.Nf4 Bg7 7.h4 Nc6 8.h5 Ne7 9.c5 g5 10.h6 gxf4 11.hxg7 Rg8 12.Rxh7 f3 13.Rh6 Ng4 14.Rh8 fxg2 15.Bxg2 d5 16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Nb5 Bxb3 19.Nxd6+ cxd6 20.axb3 Kf7 21.Bd2 a6 22.Bb4 Ke6 23.Rxg8 Rxg8 24.Bf1 Rxg7 25.Rc1 Kd7 26.Be2 Nd5 27.Ba5 Nh2 28.Bc4 Nf6 29.Be2 Nf3+ 30.Bxf3 Rg1+ 31.Kd2 Rxc1 32.Bxe4 Ra1 33.Bxf5+ Ke7 34.Bc3 a5 35.e4 d5 36.f3 b5 37.b4 a4 38.Kd3 Ne8 39.e5 Ng7 40.Bg4 Ne6 41.Bf5 Rh1 42.Ke3 Rh2 43.Bd3 Nc7 44.f4 Rh3+ 45.Kd2 Rh2+ 46.Ke3 Rh3+ 47.Kd2 Ke6 48.f5+ Kd7 49.Ke2 Kc6 50.Bd2 Rh2+ 51.Kd1 Rh4 52.Be3 Kd7 53.Kc2 Rg4 54.Be2 Rg2 55.Kd1 Ke7 56.Ke1 Kf7 57.Bf4 Rg1+ 58.Kd2 Rg2 59.e6+ Nxe6 60.fxe6+ Kxe6 61.Ke3 Kf5 62.Bd6 Ke6 63.Bc5 Rg3+ 64.Kf4 Rb3 65.Bxb5 Rxb2 66.Bxa4 Rf2+ 67.Ke3 Rb2 68.Bc6 Rb1 69.b5 Kf5 70.b6 Rb3+ 71.Kd2 Ke4 72.b7 1-0

Round 7, Mar. 27
Krush, Irina – Zatonskih, Anna
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Bh7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nf5 Qd7 16.g4 Na6 17.f3 Ne8 18.Kf2 Nd6 19.Rcg1 f6 20.Ne2 Nc7 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Ng3 Qd7 23.Nf5 Nb5 24.b4 a6 25.Rb1 Nd6 26.Rhc1 a5 27.a4 axb4 28.Rxb4 b5 29.axb5 Nxf5 30.gxf5 Qd6 31.Qd2 Ra2 32.Qxa2 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Qxa2 34.bxc6 Qa3 0-1

Round 7, Mar. 27
Nguyen, Emily – Abrahamyan, Tatev
D19 Queen’s Indian, old main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.Qc2 f5 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 Qd7 13.Rd1 Bf6 14.e4 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Nc6 16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Ne5 18.Nf4 Qg4 19.Qe2 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 Nc4 21.Rb1 b5 22.b3 Nb6 23.Be3 Rfe8 24.Rbc1 Re7 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.h4 Ke8 27.Rd2 Kd7 28.Nc3 Bxc3 29.Rxc3 Re5 30.Bxb6 axb6 31.Rf3 Ke7 32.Rf4 Ra5 33.Rb4 Kd7 34.f4 Re7 35.Kf2 Re8 36.Kf3 Rea8 37.Rd3 Rxa2 38.Rxb5 Rb2 39.Rb4 Re8 40.Rc4 Re7 41.Rdc3 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Mar. 27
Wang, Annie – Gorti, Akshita
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 c5 6.d5 Qe7 7.Ne2 exd5 8.exd5 d6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.f3 Re8 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.Ng3 Qd8 13.Be2 a6 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Rb8 16.a4 b5 17.cxb5 Nb6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.a5 Nd7 20.Ne4 Qe5 21.b6 Bb7 22.Qd2 c4 23.Qd4 f5 24.Qxe5 Rxe5 25.Nc3 Rc8 26.Rd4 Rc5 27.Rxc4 Rxa5 28.Rc7 Ra1+ 29.Kd2 Rxh1 30.Rxd7 Bxd5 31.Rxd6 Rxh2 32.Rxd5 Re7 33.Rc5 Rh6 34.Rc7 Rd6+ 35.Ke1 Re8 36.b7 Rb6 37.Rc8 Kf8 38.Rxe8+ Kxe8 39.Bxa6 Kd7 40.Kf1 g6 41.b4 1-0

Round 7, Mar. 27
Eswaran, Ashritha – Yip, Carissa
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack

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 b5 10.Nf3 b4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ne2 h5 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Ned4 Rb8 15.g3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 a5 17.Bg2 a4 18.Rc1 Bg7 19.f5 e5 20.Ne2 Bh6 21.Qd5 Bxc1 22.Rxc1 Qc5 23.Qd2 Ke7 24.c4 Rhc8 25.Bf3 Qf2 26.Qd3 Rc5 27.Rd1 Rc6 28.h4 Rbc8 29.Bxh5 Qb6 30.g4 Rxc4 31.g5 fxg5 32.Qd5 Be8 33.f6+ Kf8 34.Qd2 Qc6 35.Qxg5 Qxe4+ 36.Ka1 Qh7 37.Bg4 Rd8 38.Bf5 Qh8 39.h5 Bc6 40.h6 Be4 41.Qg7+ Qxg7 42.hxg7+ Kg8 43.Bxe4 1-0

Round 7, Mar. 27
Sharevich, Anna – Feng, Maggie
A40 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.h3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qe2 Ne4 9.Rg1 c5 10.c3 d6 11.g4 Kh8 12.gxf5 exf5 13.O-O-O a5 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Ng5 Qd7 16.Nxh7 Rf5 17.Qg4 Bd8 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qf7 20.Nc4 cxd4 21.Qh4+ Kg8 22.Bh6 g6 23.Nxd6 Qxa2 24.Rxg6+ Kh7 25.Rg7+ 1-0

Standings

1 Yu 6.5
2 Zatonskih 6
3-4 Wang, Abrahamyan 5
5 Yip 3.5
6 Eswaran 3
7-8 Gorti, sharevich 2.5
9-12 Foisor, Nguyen, Krush, Feng 2

[Hans Jung]

Big pairings this round: Caruana - So, Sevian - Dominguez, Nakamura - Shankland (round 8)

[Hans Jung]

Caruana - So draw, Nakamura - Shankland draw, Dominguez is grinding the endgame. Tense game. If Dominguez wins he's tied for first.

[Hans Jung]

Jennifer Yu wins and Anna Zatonskih draws, so Jennifer Yu is a point up with 3 rounds left.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 9 tomorrow key game Jennifer Yu - Tatev Abrahamian

[Hans Jung]

Lenier Dominguez won his game and is tied for first with Hikaru Nakamura

[Wayne Komer]

U.S. Championships 2019

March 28, 2019

Round Eight

Round 8, Mar. 28
Nakamura, Hikaru – Shankland, Samuel
D16 QGD Slav, Soultanbeieff variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Nd7 13.h3 Nf6 14.Bc4 b6 15.Qb3 Bb7 16.Bf4 Bd5 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Re5 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qd7 20.Be3 Bd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qb5 Bb8 23.Qxd7 Nxd7 24.a5 bxa5 25.Rxa5 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Ra1 h5 28.Kf1 Rb5 29.Bxa7 Bxa7 30.Rxa7 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Mar. 28
Caruana, Fabiano – So, Wesley
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Nde7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Qb3 b6 14.Nc4 Rc8 15.Qa3 b5 16.Nd2 b4 17.Qa6 e5 18.Rac1 Be6 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Qxa7 Nd5 21.Rc5 Qb6 22.Qxb6 Nxb6 23.Rb5 Rc2 24.Nf3 Nd7 25.Rxb4 Bxa2 26.Re1 Be6 27.h3 f6 28.e3 d3 29.Rd1 Rb8 30.Rxb8+ Nxb8 31.Ne1 Rxb2 32.Nxd3 Rb5 33.Nc5 Rxc5 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Rxb8 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Mar. 28
Sevian, Samuel – Dominguez, Leinier
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Re8 16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Nc5 18.d6 Bxf3 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.gxf3 Qc6 21.Bd5 Qd7 22.Qf4 Rd8 23.Be4 g6 24.h4 Qe6 25.h5 Nd7 26.Bd5 Qf6 27.Qe3 Nc5 28.Rd4 gxh5 29.Rf4 Qg6+ 30.Kh1 Ne6 31.Rc4 h6 32.Bxe6 Qxe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Rc7 a5 35.Rc6 b5 36.Rb6 a4 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.a3 Rg8+ 39.Kf1 Rg5 40.d7 Ke7 41.Rxe6+ Kxd7 42.Rxh6 Rc5 43.f4 Kc7 44.f5 Rxf5 45.Ke2 Kb7 46.f3 b4 47.axb4 a3 48.Rd6 Rf8 49.Kf2 Ra8 50.Rd1 Kb6 51.Kg3 Kb5 52.Kh4 Rf8 53.Rf1 Rf5 54.f4 Kxb4 55.Rf2 Ra5 56.Ra2 Kb3 57.Ra1 a2 58.Rf1 a1=Q 59.Rxa1 Rxa1 60.Kxh5 Rf1 61.Kg5 Kc4 62.f5 Kd5 0-1

Chessbomb kibitzers:

- I remember back in 2003/4 when dominguez said that bruzon was more talented but didnt put the hard work...after the capablanca memorial where vallejo also played
- now you see him, hard work pays back
- great endgame by Dominguez
- Great game Leini!!!
- Ese es nuestro Campeon!!!
- gareyev and liang coming with white, leinier can win this
- 51. Kb5 52.Rf8 53.Rf5 Only moves to win, all of them found, it's amazing technique

Round 8, Mar. 28
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Xiong, Jeffery
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 d5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d4 Na6 13.e4 Qd6 14.d5 e6 15.Nd2 exd5 16.exd5 Rad8 17.Nc4 Qf6 18.Ne3 Nc7 19.Qd2 h5 20.Rac1 Rd7 21.b4 Nxd5 22.bxc5 Rfd8 23.cxb6 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Rd3 25.Qf4 Qxf4 26.gxf4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 axb6 28.Rc6 Ra8 29.Rxb6 Rxa2 30.Rb4 Kf6 31.Rc4 h4 32.h3 Rg3+ 33.Kh2 Rf3 34.Kg2 Rg3+ 35.Kh2 Re2 36.Ra4 Kf5 37.Rb4 Rf3 38.Kg2 Rxf4 39.Rxf4+ Kxf4 40.Ra1 f5 41.Ra6 g5 42.Rh6 Re5 43.Rh5 Re8 44.Rh7 Ke4 45.Rg7 Kf4 46.Rh7 Ke5 47.Rh5 Kf6 48.Rh6+ Kg7 49.Ra6 Kf7 50.Ra5 Kf6 51.Ra6+ Re6 52.Ra4 Rb6 53.Rc4 Rb3 54.Ra4 f4 55.f3 Rb2+ 56.Kg1 Ke5 57.Re4+ Kd5 58.Re8 Kd4 59.Re7 Kd3 60.Re8 Re2 61.Ra8 Re5 62.Kf2 Re2+ 63.Kg1 Rc2 64.Re8 Kd2 65.Re5 Rb2 66.Re8 Kd1 67.Re5 Kd2 68.Re8 Kd3 69.Re5 Re2 70.Ra5 Re8 71.Kf2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Mar. 28
Liang, Awonder – Robson, Ray
C55 Scotch Gambit, Dubois-Reti Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.O-O Be7 8.Rd1 d5 9.Bb5 Bg4 10.Rxd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Rd1 Nxe5 13.Qxd5 c6 14.Qxd8 Raxd8 15.Be2 Ne6 16.Rf1 Rfe8 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb3 Bxc1 19.Rfxc1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Rd1 Red8 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 f5 25.h4 f4 26.b3 Kf7 27.g3 Ke6 28.c3 Kd5 29.Kf1 h6 30.Ke2 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.gxf4 gxf4 33.Bc2 a5 34.Bh7 c5 35.Bg8+ Kc6 36.a3 b6 37.Kd2 Kd6 38.Ke2 Kd7 39.Bc4 Kc7 40.a4 Kd6 41.Kd2 Kd7 42.Ke2 Ke7 43.Bg8 Kf6 44.Bd5 Kf5 45.Bg8 Kf6 46.Bd5 Ke7 47.Bc4 Kd6 48.Bg8 Ng4 49.Bc4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Mar. 28
Gareyev, Timur – Akobian, Varuzhan
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bd3 d6 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Nd7 14.Rhg1 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qf6 16.f4 O-O-O 17.Qd3 gxf4 18.Bxf4 e5 19.Bg3 Qf3 20.c5 Qc6 21.Qf5 exd4 22.exd4 bxc5 23.Kb1 Kb8 24.f3 Rde8 25.Qxf7 c4 26.Rge1 Ref8 27.Qh5 Nb6 28.Qxa5 Rxf3 29.d5 Qa4 30.Qxa4 Nxa4 31.Re4 Nb6 32.Bf4 Rf8 33.Bxh6 R8f5 34.h4 Rh3 35.Bg7 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Nxd5 37.Kc1 c3 38.bxc3 Nxc3 39.Rb4+ Kc8 40.Kb2 Nd5 41.Re4 Kb7 42.Bh6 Nb6 43.Bg5 c5 44.Bd8 Rh2+ 45.Kb3 Rh3+ 46.Kb2 Nd5 47.a4 Kc6 48.Bg5 Rh2+ 49.Kb3 Rh3+ 50.Kb2 Nc3 51.Rg4 Nd1+ 52.Kc2 Ne3+ 53.Bxe3 Rxe3 54.h5 Rh3 55.Rg5 Rh4 56.Kb3 Rh3+ 57.Kc2 Kb6 58.Rg6 Rxh5 59.Rxd6+ Ka5 60.Kc3 Kxa4 61.Kc4 Ka3 62.Rc6 Kb2 63.Rxc5 Rxc5+ 64.Kxc5 1/2-1/2

Standings

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

Women’s Championship

Round 8, Mar. 28
Gorti, Akshita – Yu, Jennifer
D00 Levitsky Attack (Queen’s Bishop Attack)

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O b6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Rac1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Rc5 14.N2f3 Qa8 15.b4 Rcc8 16.Bb5 Rfd8 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Qe1 Nb8 19.h3 Be4 20.Ne5 a6 21.Ba4 b5 22.Bb3 Bd5 23.Rc1 Qb7 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Nec6 Nxc6 26.Nxc6 Rd7 27.Bf4 Qxa2 28.Nb8 Rd8 29.Nc6 Re8 30.Ra1 Qe6 31.Rxa6 Nd5 32.Bg3 Qc8 33.Qd2 Qxa6 34.Qxd5 Bf6 35.Be5 Bxe5 36.Nxe5 Rf8 37.h4 Qd6 38.Qe4 Rc8 39.g3 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Kg7 41.h5 f5 42.Qf4 Qd1 0-1

Round 8, Mar. 28
Zatonskih, Anna – Nguyen, Emily
D11 QGD Slav, Breyer variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be4 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.f3 Qxb3 8.Nxb3 Bc2 9.Bd2 e6 10.g4 h6 11.e3 Be7 12.Ng2 Nbd7 13.Na5 Rb8 14.Rc1 Bh7 15.Kf2 e5 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.e4 N5b6 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Be2 O-O 20.Rhd1 f6 21.Nf4 Kf7 22.Be3 Bb4 23.Nc4 Nbxc4 24.Bxc4+ Nxc4 25.Rxc4 Be7 26.Rd7 Rfd8 27.Rc7 Rdc8 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Bxa7 Ra8 30.Bc5 Rxa2 31.Nd3 Bxc5+ 32.Rxc5 Ke7 33.Ke3 Kd6 34.Rc2 Bg8 35.f4 Ra4 36.Rd2 Be6 37.h4 Ra1 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.f5 Bc4 41.Nf4+ Kc5 42.Ne6+ Bxe6 43.fxe6 Re1+ 44.Kf3 Rf1+ 45.Ke3 Re1+ 46.Kf3 Rf1+ 47.Ke3 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Mar. 28
Abrahamyan, Tatev – Wang, Annie
B56 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 a5 10.Bb5 Na7 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.a4 Be6 13.O-O-O Ra8 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.g4 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Ne8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nc7 19.c4 Nxb5 20.cxb5 Bg5 21.h4 Bf4 22.Nd2 Rdc8 23.Ne4 Rc7 24.g5 Rac8 25.h5 Rc4 26.b3 R4c7 27.h6 g6 28.Rhe1 Kh8 29.Kb2 Kg8 30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Ne4 Kg8 32.Nf6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Mar. 28
Yip, Carissa – Krush, Irina
B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Uogele variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Kh1 Qc5 16.Qe2 e6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.a4 a6 19.Rd3 b5 20.Qd2 b4 21.Na2 Nf6 22.Qxb4 Qxb4 23.Nxb4 Bxe4 24.Rd4 a5 25.Nd3 d5 26.Kg1 Rb8 27.Ne5 Rfc8 28.Re2 h5 29.g4 Rc7 30.Kf2 Ng8 31.Nf3 Nf6 32.Kg3 Nd7 33.Ng5 Nc5 34.Nxe4 Nxe4+ 35.Kf3 hxg4+ 36.hxg4 Nc5 37.Re3 Rcb7 38.Rd2 Nxb3 39.cxb3 Rxb3 40.Rc3 Rxc3+ 41.bxc3 Rb3 42.Rd3 Ra3 0-1

Round 8, Mar. 28
Sharevich, Anna – Eswaran, Ashritha
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.e4 Be7 12.e5 Nh5 13.a3 g6 14.Qe3 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Ne5 Bg5 17.f4 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Bf6 19.Qe3 Ng7 20.Nf3 Nf5 21.Qf2 cxd4 22.cxd4 Qc8 23.Bxf5 exf5+ 24.Ne5 Ba6 25.Qd2 Qc4 26.Kf2 Qb5 27.Rhe1 Rac8 28.Kg1 Qb3 29.Rc1 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Qe2 Qa4 33.Bf2 Ba6 34.Qe1 Bxe5 35.fxe5 Qc2 36.b4 Bd3 37.h4 f4 38.Kh2 Be4 39.Qf1 Bd3 40.Qe1 h6 41.Bg1 g5 42.Qf2 Qc4 43.g3 Qc1 44.gxf4 Qxf4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Mar. 28
Feng, Maggie – Foisor, Sabina
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Keres variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Qc2 c5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Bg2 d4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qd7 15.Bg2 Rac8 16.Bf4 Ng6 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.Qb3 b6 19.a4 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Re7 21.Qb5 Qc7 22.a5 Bxg3 23.fxg3 Qxg3 24.Qc4 Rd8 25.Rf1 b5 26.Qb3 Rxe2 27.Qxf7+ Kh8 28.Rf2 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Rf8 30.Qe6 Ne5 31.Kh1 h6 32.Qd6 Rf6 33.Qb8+ Kh7 34.Re2 Rf5 35.Rae1 Rg5 36.Qc7 h5 37.Rf1 c4 38.Rf8 cxd3 39.Be4+ Rg6 40.Bxg6+ Qxg6 41.Qxe5 dxe2 42.Qxe2 d3 43.Qg2 Qe6 44.Rf1 d2 45.Qxd2 Qxh3+ 46.Kg1 Qg3+ 47.Qg2 Qe3+ 48.Qf2 Qg5+ 49.Kh1 Qd5+ 50.Qf3 Qd4 51.Qxh5+ Kg8 52.Re1 1-0

Standings

1 Yu 7.5
2 Zatonskih 6.5
3-4 Wang, Abrahamyan 5.5
5-6 Eswaran, Yip 3.5
7-9 Sharevich, Feng, Krush 3
10-11 Gorti, Nguyen 2.5
12 Foisor 2

[Hans Jung]

Jennifer Yu has drawn Tatev Abrahamian and has 8 out of 9. Anna Zatonskih won against Annie Wang and has 7.5

[Hans Jung]

Pairings tomorrow are Anna Zatonskih vs Jennifer Yu. If Jennifer wins she has the championship. If she draws she's half a point up in the last round. If Anna wins she's half a point up in the last round. All the others are at least 2 points back.

[Hans Jung]

Hikaru Nakamura beat Ray Robson and leads with 6.5.

[Hans Jung]

Fabiano Caruana won and has 6. (half point back)

[Hans Jung]

Lenier Dominguez currently has queen and rook and kingside pawns vs rook, bishop and knight and kingside pawns for Awonder Liang. The computer rates Dominguez position at +10 but I dont think its that easy and he only has three minutes on the clock (+ 30 seconds per move) Still, I think he'll win and if he does he joins Nakamura in the lead.