It seems in both tournaments the veterans are struggling. I love it! (it means more fighting chess!) For sure the veterans have to step up with their A game.
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Rd 5 Huge upset. Naroditsky beat Caruana. Fab Fabi was outplayed in the late middlegame and went into a bad knight vs awesome bishop endgame. Heckuva game by Daniel Naroditsky.
Alex Lenderman is playing a beautiful two bishop endgame against Sam Sevian but does he have enough time to convert?
and he does it - 140 moves! Alex Lendermans reward? - a tie for first with Ray Robson!Last edited by Hans Jung; Monday, 11th October, 2021, 09:00 PM.Leave a comment:
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Rd 4 Irina Krush big blunder in tense fighting game. Carissa Yip took advantage and now tied for first. Lets hope Irina can recover.Leave a comment:
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Havent looked at all the games - too busy.
But Rd 4 Alex Lenderman important win over Naroditsky.
and Ray Robson nice final moves against Xiong. Jeffrey Xiong crash and burn?
Ray Robson in clear first with 3 out ot 4. Good for Ray Ray!Leave a comment:
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Rd 3 Eswaran had a dream position against Nemcova (knight in a closed position with all the breaks) but mishandled it. Nemcova (the leader) has had all her opponents hand over points. That too is chess.Leave a comment:
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Rd 3 Fabiano Caruana finally scored and in a big way. Black's position crumbled all over the board.
Jeffrey Xiong cracked and let the rook in on the seventh and Sam Sevian had himself a big win. Tied for first.
Also Alex Lenderman and Ray Robson are having great tournaments.Leave a comment:
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Rd 2 Yip - Abrahamyan The best game of the round. White won the queen and kept attacking.Leave a comment:
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Rd 2 Wesley So - beautiful game by Wesley So. Us punters would like to build such a position out of the opening but we never quite get there - and then Wesley's pieces came alive - almost magically - such domination!
Daniel Naroditsky - nice win - Blacks position came apart very fast towards the end - one of Jeffery Xiong's worst losses recently.Leave a comment:
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Rd1 Lots of upsets in the women's. Tatev Abrahamian and Anna Zatonskih both destroyed good positions. Irina Krush won a nice game.Leave a comment:
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2021 US Championship - commentary on games
Rd1 Both Fabiano Caruana and Lenier Dominguez dodged bullets when their opponents (Bruzon and Lenderman) mishandled endgames.
John Burke played good defensive chess and a nice passed pawn endgame to cash in to the win.
Ray Robson got a great position against the Alekhine defence and handled his opponent's tricks with a successful king walk and is now tied for the lead with John Burke. Great start for both
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