American Cup

[Hans Jung]

So did more than so so against Aronian and now earns a re match against Nakamura. Nakamura and So are currently the two hottest American players.

[Hans Jung]

In the match Alice Lee - Nazi Paikidze, Alice started out strategically but it became clear she wasnt backing up from tactics. Nazi Paikidze tried to...

[Hans Jung]

So playing well is better than So playing So So. Thanks for the laugh. Needed some humour today.

[Hans Jung]

I remember you submitting a game to Chess Canada when I was editor in 2004. It started: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e4 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nf3...

[Hans Jung]

Nakamura vs So started out with So playing very well but not finishing. Then it turned into an endurance contest and Hikaru came through again.

[Hans Jung]

I do admire Alice Lee's perserverance and it got her to the champions final against Irina Krush. She tried to dominate Krush in the endgame with bishop...

[Hans Jung]

I have Steven Galen's puzzle books. I love his puzzles and share them with select students.

[Hans Jung]

Nakamura wins with the two knights and queen against Dominguez. Lovely game. Alice Lee continues her fine strategic form and beats Nazi Paikidze.

[Hans Jung]

I really think someone should do a video and write up of these top players - the amount of energy expended 8 hours of extreme tournament chess a day for...

[Hans Jung]

https://en.chessbase.com/post/american-cup-2023-d1 The American Cup is happening in St Louis and Im watching Uncle Yaz and things are getting back to...

[Hans Jung]

No norms were scored.

[Hans Jung]

This fan really enjoyed the games. Thanks for the great fighting spirit from the players.

[Hans Jung]

IM Joshua Posthuma won the tournament at 6.5 with a last round battling draw. I thought he might win the game after winning two pieces for a rook but...

[Hans Jung]

Thanks Hal for the update.

[Hans Jung]

Interesting. I have Akiba Rubinstein The Later Years by Donaldson and Minev which has the same as Tom's version above.

However Gelfand's...

[Hans Jung]

Interestingly the last round game between Posthuma and Atanasov is a norm game. If Posthuma wins he gets the GM norm, if Atanasov wins he gets the IM...

[Hans Jung]

In the Qualifier Jordan Clyde and Aaron Mendes tied for first. It seems the tiebreaks were equal. Was there a playoff?

[Hans Jung]

Rd 8 Mikhalevski - Ivanov what a battle! What was wrong with the immediate 39...Rxf2?

Plotkin - Atanasov stalemate entertainment
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[Hans Jung]

Impressive. Seems some cant get enough of tournament play.

[Hans Jung]

A book could be written about all the bizarre happenings in the chess world (or has it already?). Another example is the Helseherin (psychic? or is it...