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In the last round in the womens the two Lees are playing each other. I am of course rooting for young Alice. There is something very appealing about her chess play.
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Two quick draws in the last round Caruana - Aronian and Dominguez - Shankland. That puts the onus on Ray Robson to win.Comment
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Looks like playoffs in the Womens event.Comment
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Fabiano Caruana is the 2022 US Champion. The key game Robson - Xiong ended in a long draw where Robson overpressed and then had to defend well.Comment
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Congratulations to Awonder Liang who finished in a 3rd place tie with Lenier Dominguez.Comment
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The womens championship had a few surprises. Irina Krush couldnt beat Anna Zatonskih even though she had white and Jennifer Yu used strategy and technique to beat Thalia Cervantes in the endgame thus forcing a playoff with Irina Krush for the title.Comment
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Congratulations to Thalia Cervantes for the best result in her life - clear third in the championship and a 5 game winning streak. I remember her when she first came to St Louis from Cuba and I played her in the Spice Cups. She was 2000 then but after ten years of hard work with Susan Polgars help she is 2300+
Also congratulations to 13 year old Alice Lee. The tournament was a real struggle for her but she finished with a plus score. Im sure we will see great things from her in the future.Comment
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Jennifer won the armageddon
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Jennifer Yu is the 2022 US Womens Champion.Comment
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I just wanted to mention the upset factor in both tournaments. In the women's it was provided by Alice Lee and Megan Lee as well as Thalia Cervantes with her five game winning streak shaking up the leader board towards the end. This made the tournament much more interesting.Comment
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In the open the upset factor was provided earlier on by Christopher Yoo and also Awonder Liang. Top players who were affected, in fact it totally spoiled their tournament winning chances were Levon Aronian, Wesley So, and Sam Sevian. and then there was the Hans Niemann effect.Comment
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That was the most exciting series of three games in a row I have ever seen. Back and forth, a hanging bishop, checkmates. Exciting all around.Originally posted by Grey Guo View PostComment
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Lost a whole piece in the opening with Bg4 (hanging) Qxg4, still came back and won the Armageddon.
Jennifer is very pretty, good chance she will be getting sponsors after this.Comment
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I still cant believe Irina Krush was up a piece in the opening and lost. I guess anything can happen in shorter time controls.Comment
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