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    After round 9 Sam Shankland leads with Fab Fabi Caruana a half point behind and Wesley So a point behind. Those are the only players who have a realistic chance of catching Sam.
    In the womens Annie Wang has run away with the tournament. Apparently Annie is an amazing defender and has taken advantage of her opponents mistakes with 6 wins, 3 draws, and no losses.

  • #2
    Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

    U.S. Championships Rounds Ten and Eleven

    April 28, 2018

    Round Ten

    There will be playoffs in the event of a tie for first.

    2-way tie: 2-game rapid match (G/25 + 5 delay), Armageddon if undecided

    3/4-way tie: Rapid and blitz round robins, Armageddon if undecided.

    Maurice trying to show how cool Annie Wang is under pressure says, "She has ice-water in her left vein and... must have ice in her right".

    A good chess player and a medical phenomenon!

    Talking about Nazi Paikidze, Maurice says that she has been virtually unbeatable. She was

    2nd in the USWCC with no losses 2015
    1st in the USWCC with no losses 2016
    2nd in the USWCC with two losses 2017
    and no losses so far in the USWCC 2018

    The games:

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Onischuk, Alexander - Shankland, Samuel
    D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nbd7 11.Be2 c5 12.O-O g5 13.Bg3 Ne4 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Rc8 16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Bd3 Rfd8 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Ne5 cxd4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.exd4 Bf5 23.Qh5 f6 24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.Qxg4 Qd7 26.Qf3 Nd5 27.Qh5 Kg7 28.f4 Qe8 29.Qf3 Qe3+ 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Rf3 Nd5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.h4 gxh4 34.Bxh4 Kf7 35.Be1 b6 36.Bd2 Rc2 37.Rd3 Ke6 38.g4 Kd6 39.Kf1 Kc6 40.Ke1 Kb5 41.g5 fxg5 42.Bxg5 Kc4 43.Rg3 Nc3 44.d5 Nxd5 45.Kd1 Rc3 46.Rg4+ Kb3 47.Rd4 Ne3+ 48.Bxe3 Rxe3 49.Kd2 Rh3 0-1

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Zherebukh, Yaroslav - Caruana, Fabiano
    B40 Sicilian (Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo & Kan)

    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 Nf6 10.f4 Be7 11.f5 b4 12.Ne2 exf5 13.Rxf5 O-O 14.c4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Ne5 16.c4 Bc8 17.Rf1 Rb8 18.Nhf4 g5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Bf6 21.d4 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Bg4 23.Qa4 Nd3 24.Qc4 Rb4 25.Qxd3 Bxd4+ 26.Be3 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Qf6 28.Re1 Rc8 29.h3 Bd7 30.Qxa6 Rc2 31.Rf1 0-1

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Robson, Ray - So, Wesley
    C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Nd2 Bc5 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Rd6 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Rd5 Rc6 20.Re2 Re8 21.h3 Nf6 22.Rxe5 Kf8 23.Rd2 Nxe4 24.Rd4 Nd6 25.Rxe8+ Kxe8 26.Ne1 Nc4 27.Re4+ Kd8 28.b3 Na3 29.Rxb4 Nxc2 30.Rb8+ Ke7 31.Nxc2 Rxc2 32.b4 Ra2 33.a5 c5 34.bxc5 Rxa5 35.Rb7+ Ke6 36.c6 Rc5 37.c7 Kd7 38.Ra7 Rxc7 39.Rxa6 Rc6 40.Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Lenderman, Aleksandr - Xiong, Jeffery
    A20 English Opening

    1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.d5 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 e3 6.fxe3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 cxd5 8.cxd5 Nf6 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Qd4 Re8 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.e4 Bg6 15.O-O a6 16.a4 Rc8 17.a5 Ne5 18.b4 h5 19.h3 Re7 20.Rac1 Rec7 21.Na2 Rc2 22.Rxc2 Rxc2 23.Nc1 Qd7 24.Ncb3 Qb5 25.Re1 Ra2 26.Nc1 Rc2 27.Ncb3 Kh7 28.Bf1 Nc4 29.e3 Nxd2 30.Nxd2 Qe8 31.Bg2 Kg8 32.Rf1 Qb5 33.Rf2 Qa4 34.Nc4 Rxf2 35.Kxf2 Qc2+ 36.Nd2 Bxe4 37.Bxe4 Qxd2+ 38.Qxd2 Nxe4+ 39.Ke2 Nxd2 40.Kxd2 f5 41.Kd3 Kf7 42.Kd4 Kf6 43.b5 Kg5 44.e4 fxe4 45.bxa6 bxa6 46.Kxe4 g6 47.Ke3 Kf5 48.Kd4 g5 49.h4 g4 50.Kd3 Ke5 51.Ke3 Kxd5 52.Kd3 Ke5 53.Kc3 d5 54.Kd3 d4 55.Kc4 Ke4 0-1

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Nakamura, Hikaru - Akobian, Varuzhan
    C17 French, Winawer, Advance

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Bd7 9.Nf3 Bxb5 10.Bxb5+ Nc6 11.Bd3 Nge7 12.O-O Bb6 13.Kh1 Qd7 14.Rb1 Nf5 15.a4 a6 16.a5 Ba7 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Ba3 Rc8 19.b5 axb5 20.Rxb5 Nd8 21.Qb1 Rc3 22.e6 fxe6 23.Ne5 Qc7 24.Qb4 g5 25.Qa4 Rxa3 26.Qxa3 gxf4 27.Re1 Qc3 28.Qc1 Rg8 29.Nd3 Kd7 30.Qxf4 Kc8 31.a6 bxa6 32.Rb3 Qc7 33.Qxc7+ Kxc7 34.Ra3 Bb6 35.Rxa6 Kb7 36.Ra3 Rg7 37.Rb3 Rc7 38.Reb1 Rc6 39.Ne5 Rd6 40.Rh3 Nc6 41.Rxh7+ Ka6 42.Rd7 Rxd7 43.Nxd7 Ba7 44.h4 e5 45.h5 e4 46.h6 d3 47.cxd3 Bd4 48.dxe4 fxe4 49.h7 Ne7 50.Nc5+ 1-0

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Liang, Awonder - Izoria, Zviad
    C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.a3 a5 10.Nf1 Nd7 11.Ne3 Bxe3 12.Bxe3 c5 13.Qd2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f5 15.Qc3 f4 16.Bd2 Qe6 17.b4 b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Ke2 a4 20.Rab1 Kf7 21.h4 g6 22.Rb7 Rhc8 23.Rhb1 Ra6 24.R1b5 Ke7 25.Qb2 Qc6 26.Ba5 Kd6 27.Qc3 Ke7 28.Rb1 h6 29.R7b5 Rca8 30.Rxc5 Nxc5 31.Bb4 Kf7 32.Bxc5 Ra5 33.Qc4+ Qe6 34.Rb7 Qxc4 35.Rxc7+ Ke8 36.dxc4 R5a6 37.Re7+ Kd8 38.Rxe5 Rc6 39.c3 Rb8 40.Bb4 Rb7 41.Rd5+ Rd7 42.Kd3 h5 43.e5 g5 44.hxg5 Rxd5+ 45.cxd5 Rg6 46.Ke4 h4 47.Kxf4 h3 48.Kg3 Rxg5+ 49.Kxh3 Rxe5 50.d6 Re2 51.Kg2 Kd7 52.f4 Ke6 53.Kg3 Re1 54.Kf3 Rc1 55.Ke2 Rc2+ 56.Ke3 Rc1 57.Kd2 Rh1 58.f5+ Kd7 59.Ke3 Rh4 60.f3 Kd8 61.f4 Rh1 62.Kd4 Kd7 63.f6 Ke6 64.Kc5 Kd7 65.Kd5 Rh5+ 66.Ke4 Ke6 67.f7 1-0

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Wang, Annie - Zatonskih, Anna
    D37 QGD, Hastings variation, main line

    1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nh5 13.O-O Nxf4 14.exf4 a6 15.Rfe1 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.f5 Qf4 19.Bd3 h6 20.Ne2 Qb8 21.Ned4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 exf5 23.Re1 Qd6 24.Bxf5 Qxd4 25.Bxc8 Qc5 26.Qxc5 Bxc5 27.Bxb7 Rb8 28.Bxa6 Rxb2 29.Be2 Bxa3 30.Kf1 Bc5 31.Rc1 Bb6 32.g3 g6 33.Rc6 Kg7 34.Rd6 h5 35.h4 Bc5 36.Rc6 Bd4 37.Rd6 Ba7 38.Rc6 Bd4 39.Rd6 Bb6 40.Rd5 Rc2 41.Rd6 Rb2 42.Rd5 Ba7 1/2-1/2

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Abrahamyan, Tatev - Paikidze, Nazi
    B15 Caro-Kann, Gurgenidze Counter-Attack

    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5 4.Bd3 b4 5.Nce2 dxe4 6.Bxe4 Nf6 7.Bf3 e6 8.Nh3 Bd6 9.Nhf4 Qc7 10.Nd3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Bxf4 12.Nexf4 Rb8 13.O-O O-O 14.a3 a5 15.axb4 axb4 16.Qd2 Qd6 17.Qe3 Nd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.b3 Ba6 20.Ra4 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Rb6 22.Qd2 Rcb8 23.Rca1 Bxd3 24.Nxd3 h6 25.Ra7 Re8 26.h3 Reb8 27.R1a4 Nf6 28.Nc5 e5 29.dxe5 Qxe5 30.Na6 Ne4 31.Qe3 d4 32.Qe1 Re8 33.Nxb4 Rg6 34.Ra8 Rxa8 35.Rxa8+ Kh7 36.Ra6 f6 37.Nd3 Qf5 38.Ra5 Qf3 39.Qf1 Nd2 40.Ne1 Qd1 0-1

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Goletiani, Rusudan - Krush, Irina
    A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.d3 c5 13.e4 Rac8 14.Nd2 Nb8 15.Ne2 Nc6 16.a3 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Rd7 18.Nf3 Rcd8 19.Rfd1 b4 20.a4 Ba6 21.Nf4 Rc8 22.Rd2 Rdc7 23.h4 Nd4 24.Qd1 Nd7 25.Bh3 Bf6 26.Ne1 Ne5 27.Nfg2 Nec6 28.Rb1 Na5 29.Bc1 Naxb3 30.Rxb3 Nxb3 31.Qxb3 c4 32.dxc4 Bxc4 33.Qb1 Ba2 34.Qxa2 b3 35.Qa3 Rxc1 36.e5 Bxe5 37.a5 Qb8 38.Rd8+ Rxd8 39.Qxc1 b2 40.Qb1 Qc7 41.Nc2 Qxa5 42.Nge3 Qa1 0-1

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Yu, Jennifer - Sharevich, Anna
    D35 QGD, Exchange, positional

    1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qb6 7.Qc2 Ne4 8.Bf4 Bb4 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Ne2 Be6 11.O-O Nf6 12.a3 Be7 13.f3 Nbd7 14.g4 g6 15.b4 Ne8 16.Kg2 Qd8 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Nf4 Bg5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nxe6+ fxe6 21.f4 Bf6 22.Ne2 Qe8 23.g5 Be7 24.h4 a5 25.Rab1 axb4 26.axb4 Ra3 27.h5 Qa8 28.Rh1 Ra2 29.Rb2 Rxb2 30.Qxb2 Qa4 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rh6 Qd1 33.Qb1 Qxb1 34.Bxb1 Bxb4 35.Rxg6+ Kf7 36.Rh6 Rg8 37.Ng3 Bf8 38.Rh1 Bg7 39.Kf3 c5 40.dxc5 Nxc5 41.Bh7 Ra8 42.Rc1 b6 43.Rb1 Nd7 44.e4 Ra3+ 45.Kg4 dxe4 46.Bxe4 Ra1 47.Rb3 Rg1 48.Ra3 Ra1 49.Rb3 Rg1 50.Kf3 Rc1 51.Ne2 Rf1+ 52.Kg2 Re1 53.Kf2 Rd1 54.Bc6 Bf8 55.Rh3 Bc5+ 56.Kg2 Nf8 57.Be4 Bd4 58.Kf3 Bg7 59.Kg4 Re1 60.Bd3 Ra1 61.Re3 Ra5 62.Bc4 Rc5 63.Bb3 Ke7 64.Re4 Kd6 65.Ng3 Rb5 66.Bc4 Rb4 67.Nh5 Bb2 68.g6 b5 69.Bd3 Rxe4 70.Bxe4 Nd7 71.g7 Bxg7 72.Nxg7 Nf6+ 73.Kf3 Nxe4 74.Kxe4 b4 75.Ne8+ Kd7 76.Nf6+ Ke7 77.Ke5 b3 78.Ne4 b2 79.Nd2 Kf7 80.Kd4 Kf6 81.Ke4 Kg6 82.Nb1 Kf6 83.Nc3 Kg6 84.Ke5 Kf7 85.Nb1 Ke7 86.Kd4 Kf6 87.Ke4 Kg6 88.Nd2 Kf6 89.Ke3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Gorti, Akshita - Derakhshani, Dorsa
    A48 King's Indian, East Indian Defence

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 e6 7.Nc3 d6 8.O-O e5 9.a3 h6 10.Nd2 Nh7 11.b4 Na6 12.Rb1 b6 13.Qc2 f5 14.b5 Nc7 15.a4 g5 16.Bb2 Ne8 17.Ra1 g4 18.f4 Qe7 19.Bd3 Qh4 20.g3 Qh5 21.a5 Rb8 22.axb6 axb6 23.Ra7 e4 24.Be2 Rf7 25.Rfa1 Nc7 26.Na4 Qg6 27.Bxg7 Qxg7 28.Qb2 Nf6 29.Qa3 h5 30.Bf1 h4 31.Bg2 Nh5 32.Kf2 Qf6 33.Qb2 Qxb2 34.Nxb2 h3 35.Bf1 Kf8 36.Be2 1/2-1/2

    Round 10, Apr. 28
    Feng, Maggie - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
    A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

    1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Nf3 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 f5 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.f3 exf3 16.Rxf3 Rxf3 17.Qxf3 Bf6 18.Rd1 Rf8 19.Qe2 Qf7 20.Ba3 Rd8 21.Qg4 h5 22.Qe2 Qg6 23.Rf1 Rd7 24.Qf3 Kh7 25.cxd5 exd5 26.Qf5 Qxf5 27.Rxf5 Kg6 28.Rf3 Kf7 29.Kf1 Ke6 30.Ke2 b6 31.Kd3 Rc7 32.Rf2 Rc8 33.Rc2 Kd7 34.Rf2 Re8 35.Rf5 Rh8 36.Bb4 a5 37.Be1 Ke6 38.Rf1 Rc8 39.Bg3 c5 40.Rc1 a4 41.Be1 Kd7 42.dxc5 axb3 43.axb3 bxc5 44.e4 Bg5 45.Rc2 Ke6 46.exd5+ Kxd5 47.Bf2 Be7 48.Re2 Bd6 49.Be1 Rb8 50.Kc2 Ra8 51.Bc3 g5 52.Rd2+ Kc6 53.Kd3 Rb8 54.Kc4 Rf8 55.Re2 Rf4+ 56.Kd3 Kd5 57.Bd2 Rf5 58.Be3 g4 59.Rf2 Re5 60.Bf4 Re4 61.Bxd6 Rd4+ 62.Kc3 Kxd6 63.hxg4 Rxg4 64.Rf5 h4 65.Rh5 Kc6 66.Rh8 Kd5 67.Rh5+ Kd6 68.Rh6+ Ke5 69.Rh5+ Kf4 70.Kc4 Kg3+ 71.Kxc5 Kxg2 72.b4 h3 73.b5 h2 74.b6 h1=Q 75.Rxh1 Kxh1 76.b7 Rg8 77.Kc6 Kg2 78.Kc7 Kf3 79.b8=Q Rxb8 80.Kxb8 1/2-1/2

    Standings after Round Ten

    1 Shankland 7.5
    2 Caruana 7
    3 So 6
    4-6 Xiong, Nakamura, Lenderman 5
    7-9 Robson, Liang, Izoria 4.5
    10-11 Akobian, Zherebukh 4
    12 Onischuk 3

    Final Round Pairings

    Shankland (7.5) - Liang (4.5)
    Caruana (7) - Onischuk (3)
    So (6) - Nakamura (5)
    Xiong (5) - Robson (4.5)
    Izoria (4.5) - Lenderman (5)
    Akobian (4) - Zherebukh (4)

    1 Wang 8
    2 Paikidze 7.5
    3 Krush 6.5
    4-5 Zatonskih, Yu 6
    6 Abrahamyan 5
    7 Gorti 4.5
    8-9 Foisor, Feng 4
    10 Sharevich 3.5
    11 Goletiani 3
    12 Derakhshani 2

    Foisor (4) - Wang (8)
    Paikidze (7.5) - Goletiani (3)
    Krush (6.5) - Yu (6)
    Zatonskih (6) - Abrahamyan (5)
    Sharevich (3.5) - Gorti (4.5)
    Derakhshani (2) - Feng (4)

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    • #3
      Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

      Sam Shankland won and has the fate of the championship in his own hands. Hopefully he wins in the last round and avoids a playoff with Fab Fabi Caruana. Fab Fabi won a nice game against Zherebukh to leave himself in contention a half point back.

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      • #4
        Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

        U.S. Championships 2018

        April 29, 2018

        Round Eleven

        Wesley So comes in to talk. He seemed fairly happy. His plans are to spend fifty days in Europe with Norway Chess, Paris/Leuven and rapids in Spain - approximately 70 games.

        Yasser still cannot get over a shock move in the Caro-Kann that Awonder played and he asks Wesley if he has ever seen it before:

        Position in Shankland-Liang after Black plays 7...e5



        Wesley affirms that he has seen it before. He says that if you have a very strong engine and you let it run for an hour, it will come up with e5 as the best move here!

        Hikaru Nakamura found his form near the end. He said that he came in rather rusty after a long layoff. He had good things to say about Annie Wang's future. He will be at Norway Chess, Leuven/Paris and then back to St. Louis.

        There is an amusing moment when Anna Zatonskih goes into the confessional booth to talk about her game. When she is finished, she tries to exit and finds that the door is stuck! Next confession - "I am trapped in the confessional booth"! Jennifer Shahade jumps up to help her but a member of the production staff lets her out first.

        Round 11, Apr. 29
        Shankland, Samuel - Liang, Awonder
        B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange, Rubinstein variation

        1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 e5 8.h3 exf4 9.hxg4 Qe7+ 10.Kf1 O-O-O 11.Nd2 g6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.g5 Nh5 14.Be2 Ng7 15.Ngf3 Ne6 16.Bb5 Bg7 17.Qa4 Rd6 18.Nb3 b6 19.Nc1 Nb8 20.Nd3 Kb7 21.Nb4 Qd8 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Qb3 Rhd8 24.Rxh7 a6 25.Bd3 Ka7 26.Qa4 a5 27.Bb5 Kb7 28.Nbd3 Rg8 29.Nf3 Rh8 30.Rxh8 Bxh8 31.a3 Nc6 32.Bxc6+ Rxc6 33.Nde5 Bxe5 34.Nxe5 Rd6 35.Qe8 Rd8 36.Qxf7 Nxg5 37.Qxc7+ Kxc7 38.Nxg6 f3 39.Nf4 Kc6 40.gxf3 Nxf3 41.Re6+ Kb5 42.Ke2 Ng1+ 43.Kd3 1-0

        Round 11, Apr. 29
        Caruana, Fabiano - Onischuk, Alexander
        C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.a4 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.Nf1 Na5 12.Ba2 d5 13.axb5 axb5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Bg5 Bxa2 16.Rxa2 e4 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rxe4 Rxe4 19.dxe4 Rd8 20.Qe2 Nc4 21.c3 Bc5 22.Ra1 g6 23.e5 Qc6 24.Ng3 Re8 25.b3 Nb6 26.Ra5 Bf8 27.Qxb5 Qxb5 28.Rxb5 Ra8 29.h4 1-0

        - Shankland looks like he's going to win his game and claim the title
        - Funny if Caruana wins the world title but can't win the US title
        - That seems a bit premature..

        Round 11, Apr. 29
        So, Wesley - Nakamura, Hikaru
        E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Qh4 11.g3 Qh5 12.O-O g5 13.cxd5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 exd5 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.e6 gxf4 17.exd7 Bxd7 18.Qxe4 fxg3 19.fxg3 b6 20.Nf5 Rae8 21.Qd5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Qh6 23.Raf1 Qe3+ 24.R1f2 Qe1+ 25.Kg2 Qe4+ 26.Kh3 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Re7 28.Rg5+ Kh8 29.a4 Re3 30.Rgf5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

        Round 11, Apr. 29
        Xiong, Jeffery - Robson, Ray
        C54 Giuoco Piano

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a4 a5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 O-O 10.O-O Ba7 11.Na3 Bg4 12.Kh1 Kg7 13.Nc2 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Nce7 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Nf5 19.Qb3 f6 20.Rae1 Nxg3+ 21.hxg3 Bb6 22.Nd2 h5 23.Bd3 h4 24.gxh4 Rh8 25.Kg1 Rxh4 26.Ne4 Rh6 27.Bb1 Qe7 28.Ng3 Qd6 29.Rf3 Kh8 30.Nf5 Qh2+ 31.Kf2 Bxf3 32.Kxf3 g4+ 33.Kf2 g3+ 34.Kf3 Rh7 35.Qe6 Qh5+ 36.Kxg3 Rg8+ 37.Kf2 Rxg2+ 0-1

        Round 11, Apr. 29
        Izoria, Zviad - Lenderman, Aleksandr
        C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical variation

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.d5 Nf6 6.dxc6 e4 7.cxb7 Bxb7 8.Be2 exf3 9.Bxf3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.b3 d5 13.Bb2 c6 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Rfe1 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Qc3 Qd6 18.Re2 Rfe8 19.Rae1 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 a5 21.a4 h6 22.g3 c5 23.Qd3 Qc7 24.Nb1 c4 25.bxc4 dxc4 26.Qf3 Rb8 27.Nc3 Qc5 28.Kg2 Rd8 29.h3 Kf8 30.Re1 Kg8 1/2-1/2

        Round 11, Apr. 29
        Akobian, Varuzhan - Zherebukh, Yaroslav
        D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, Capablanca variation

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Be6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.b3 Qa5+ 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 c6 12.Nf3 Bd5 13.Bc4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 e6 15.b4 a6 16.a4 Nd7 17.Bd6 Rfd8 18.Ke2 Bf8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.a5 Nf6 21.f4 Rd7 22.Kf3 Rad8 23.Rhg1 Ke7 24.Bb3 h5 25.h3 Rd6 26.Rg5 R8d7 27.Re5 Rd8 28.Rec5 R6d7 29.Re5 Rd6 30.Rec5 R6d7 31.Re5 Rd6 32.Rec5 1/2-1/2

        Final Standings

        1 Shankland 8.5
        2 Caruana 8
        3 So 6.5
        4-6 Nakamura, Lenderman, Robson 5.5
        7-8 Izoria, Xiong 5
        9-11 Liang, Zherebukh, Akobian 4.5
        12 Onischuk

        Tim Harding - "Congratulations to Sam Shankland on a brilliant +6 to become US champion ahead of Caruana at +5

        Caruana said in his interview that he thought +4 would be good enough for a tie. Even after losing in round 4, he still felt confident that he could win the event and he hadn't expected that the loss would be so costly."

        Sam Shankland is the 2018 U.S. Chess Champion

        (to be continued)

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        • #5
          Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

          U.S. Championships 2018

          April 29, 2018

          Round Eleven (concluded)

          Round 11, Apr. 29
          Foisor, Sabina - Wang, Annie
          D61 QGD, Orthodox Defence, Rubinstein variation

          1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Nb3 Qe5 14.g4 Nf6 15.Be2 Bd7 16.h4 Rfc8 17.Kb1 Nfd5 18.Ka1 Bc6 19.Rhg1 Nb4 20.Qd2 Ned5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.g5 hxg5 23.Rxg5 Qf6 24.Rdg1 Ne7 25.Rxg7+ Qxg7 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.Qd4+ f6 28.Qd6 Kf7 29.Nc5 Bd5 30.Bh5+ Kf8 31.b4 Rxc5 32.bxc5 f5 33.f3 Rc8 34.e4 fxe4 35.fxe4 Bxe4 36.Qxe6 Bd5 37.Qf6+ 1-0

          Round 11, Apr. 29
          Paikidze, Nazi - Goletiani, Rusudan
          B32 Sicilian, Kan, Polugaievsky variation

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.f4 d6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.Be3 O-O 12.a3 Re8 13.Rae1 g6 14.g4 b5 15.g5 Nd7 16.Qh3 b4 17.Ne2 bxa3 18.bxa3 Na5 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.Qh4 Bb7 21.Bd4 e5 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Qf2 Rf8 24.h4 Rac8 25.Nf4 Qa4 26.c3 Qd7 27.Qg3 Bd8 28.Bb1 Nc4 29.Ba2 Bb6 30.Bxc4 Bxd4+ 31.cxd4 Rxc4 32.d5 Re8 33.Qf3 Bc8 34.Ng2 Qc7 35.Re3 a5 36.Nf4 Qd7 37.Ng2 Rc2 38.Rf2 1/2-1/2

          Tim Harding - Paikidze offered a draw as soon as she saw the Wang result and Goletiani (who was slightly better but low on time) accepted. So tiebreak tomorrow.

          Round 11, Apr. 29
          Krush, Irina - Yu, Jennifer
          D30 QGD Slav

          1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.f4 c5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.dxc5 Be7 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Qe2 g6 16.Bd4 Qd6 17.Rfd1 Nd7 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc4 Qb8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qa8 22.Bd4 Qa5 23.Rac1 Bb7 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bc4 Ba3 26.Qg4 Re8 27.h3 Be4 28.Kh2 h5 29.Qe2 Rc8 30.Be5 Qa8 31.Qf2 Qb7 32.Bb5 Rc2 33.Rd2 Rxd2 34.Qxd2 Qd5 35.Qxd5 exd5 36.Bd4 Bb1 37.Bxb6 Bxa2 38.Ba4 Kf8 39.Bd4 Ke7 40.g3 Bb4 41.Kg2 Bb1 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 Bd3 44.Kf2 Ke6 45.Be5 Ke7 46.Bc6 1/2-1/2

          Round 11, Apr. 29
          Zatonskih, Anna - Abrahamyan, Tatev
          E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne4 9.e3 Bf5 10.Bd3 c5 11.c4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Bxd3 15.Kxd3 dxc4+ 16.Kxc4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Rac8 19.Kd3 Rxc6 20.Rhc1 Rd8+ 21.Ke2 Rdc8 22.Rxc6 Rxc6 23.Rd1 g6 24.f4 Rc2+ 25.Kf3 Rc3 26.Rd7 Rxa3 27.Rxb7 h5 28.g3 a5 29.Ra7 Ra1 30.h3 a4 1/2-1/2

          Round 11, Apr. 29
          Sharevich, Anna - Gorti, Akshita
          D02 Queen's Bishop game

          1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Nbd2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Qe2 Ne4 9.c3 Nd7 10.Ba6 Bxa6 11.Qxa6 f5 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.O-O Ndf6 15.Ne1 e5 16.Nb3 Nd7 17.a4 a5 18.Qb5 Nef6 19.c4 dxc4 20.Qxc4+ d5 21.Qb5 e4 22.Nc1 Qd6 23.Ne2 g5 24.f4 exf3 25.Nxf3 Ng4 26.Ra3 Rae8 27.Rc1 Nxe3 28.Rc6 Qb4 29.Rb3 Qxb5 30.Rxb5 g4 31.Ng5 Nxg2 32.Rxd5 Nb8 33.Re6 Nh4 34.Kf2 Rxe6 35.Nxe6 Re8 36.N2f4 Nc6 37.Rd6 Nb4 38.Rxb6 Rc8 39.d5 Nf3 40.d6 Ne5 41.Rb7 Rc2+ 42.Kg3 Nbc6 43.Nd5 1-0

          Round 11, Apr. 29
          Derakhshani, Dorsa - 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.Nf3 f5 10.exf6 Rxf6 11.Qh5 h6 12.O-O c4 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Nh4 Nf5 15.Nxf5 exf5 16.Bf4 Be8 17.Qf3 Qd7 18.h4 Rf8 19.Qg3 Kh7 20.Bd6 Rf6 21.Bf4 Rf8 22.Bd6 Rf6 23.Bf4 Rf8 24.Bd6 1/2-1/2

          Final Standings

          1-2 Paikidze, Wang 8
          3 Krush 7
          4-5 Zatonskih, Yu 6.5
          6 Abrahamyan 5.5
          7 Foisor 5
          8-10 Sharevich, Gorti, Feng 4.5
          11 Goletiani 3.5
          12 Derakhshani 2.5

          With Wang and Paikidze tying for first place, there will be a playoff tomorrow, April 30. Two rapid games in the playoff, G/25 +5 delay. If undecided..

          Armageddon:

          - Pieces determined by drawing of lots,
          - White starts w/5 mins. +2 increment,
          - Black starts w/4 mins. + 2 increment,
          - Black declared the winner in a draw.

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          • #6
            Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

            Sam Shankland had a fantastic result (including a key last round win) 6 wins and 5 draws for clear first and 2018 US Champion! He is now the newest member of the 2700 club of ratings, 44th in the world!

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            • #7
              Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

              Fab Fabi Caruana had a result that would normally win the US Championship and won in the last round but couldnt catch Sam Shankland finsihing a half point back.

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              • #8
                Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

                The biggest surprise was Hikaru Nakamura who won only one game in round 10 and finished with an even score.

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                • #9
                  Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

                  Alex Onischuk was the other surprise finishing dead last with only 3 points and dropping out of the top 100 in the world as a result.

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                  • #10
                    Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

                    Annie Wang had a marvelous tournament and had no problems handling the field until the last round when she allowed a better position to turn on her and eventually lost.
                    This means a playoff for first place which will be decided today.

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                    • #11
                      Re: US Championships 2018 last two rounds

                      U.S. Championships 2018

                      April 30, 2018

                      Playoffs

                      Playoff
                      Rapid, G/25 + 5
                      Game 1, Apr. 30
                      Wang, Annie - Paikidze, Nazi
                      E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

                      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qh6 e5 11.Bg5 Rg6 12.Qh4 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qxc5 14.e4 Qd6 15.f3 d3 16.Qf2 Nd4 17.Bb4 Qc6 18.Bxd3 Be6 19.Ne2 O-O-O 20.O-O-O Bxc4 21.Nxd4 Rxd4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4+ 23.Kb1 Nd7 24.Qxa7 Rxg2 25.Qa8+ Kc7 26.Ba5+ b6 27.Qa7+ Kd8 28.Bxb6+ Ke8 29.Bf2 f6 30.Rd2 Rg7 31.Rhd1 Re7 32.Rg1 Kf7 33.Qe3 Nf8 34.Qh6 Ke8 35.Rgd1 Nd7 36.Qh5+ Kd8 37.Qg4 Kc7 38.Qg8 Qb5 39.Qg4 Qc6 40.Rd5 Nb8 41.Qg8 Nd7 42.Be1 Rc5 43.Bb4 Rxd5 44.exd5 Qa4 45.Rc1+ 1-0

                      The consensus was that Black should have played 14..dxe3 e.p.
                      After that, everyone seemed to get behind Annie and cheered her on:

                      Comments from kibitzers:

                      - 26.Be7 would win on the spot
                      - Be7 is a Carlsen move
                      - Still an easy win if Annie plays with reasonable care. She didn't need to find Be7 to win
                      - Have the commentators lost it
                      - Everything loses for black
                      - Nice play annie
                      - She has found many more best moves than she has missed
                      - 0-0-0 is completely ridiculous
                      - Annie escaped a horrible position with some help from Nazi
                      - I wouldn't have even looked at 0-0-0 for White
                      - What a game!

                      Playoff
                      Rapid, G/25 + 5
                      Game 2, Apr. 30
                      Paikidze, Nazi - Wang, Annie
                      C00 Reti, King's Indian Attack

                      1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 b6 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.c4 d4 12.Nf1 h6 13.h4 O-O-O 14.h5 Rdf8 15.a3 g5 16.g4 Kb8 17.Bd2 Re8 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 Nxb4 20.Nxd4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nc6 22.Nxc6+ Qxc6+ 23.f3 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Ra2 Rhf8 26.Be3 Ne5 27.Nh2 Rd8 28.Rd1 Ka8 29.Bf2 Rc8 30.Rb1 Nd7 31.Ra6 Qb7 32.Qa2 Kb8 33.d4 Bd8 34.Ra1 Rc7 35.c5 Re8 36.Rc1 e5 37.Bg3 Rc6 38.Ra1 Rc7 39.cxb6 Nxb6 40.Bxe5 Rxe5 41.dxe5 Qc8 42.Rxb6+ 1-0

                      Nazi punches back. Armageddon coming.

                      Playoff
                      Armageddon
                      Game 3, Apr. 30
                      Paikidze, Nazi - Wang, Annie

                      1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 b6 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.c4 d4 12.Nf1 h6 13.h4 O-O-O 14.N1h2 g5 15.h5 Rdf8 16.Ng4 Kb8 17.Bd2 f5 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Nge5 g4 20.Nxc6+ Bxc6 21.Ne5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qb7+ 23.Kg1 Re8 24.Ng6 Rh7 25.Qxe6 Nxh5 26.Qxg4 Nf6 27.Qf4+ Ka8 28.Nxe7 Rf7 29.Nf5 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Rf8 31.Re7 Qc6 32.Qxh6 Rc8 33.Rf7 Qf3 1-0

                      Annie flags in a lost position.

                      Nazi Paikidze is the 2018 U.S. Women's Chess Champion with a first prize of $25,000. Annie gets $18,000.

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