Showing posts with label U.S. Championship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Championship. Show all posts

Sunday, November 01, 2015

Major 2015 Tournaments

Carlsen won Wijk aan Zee.

Grand Prix:  Tomashevsky won Tbilisi.  Jakovenko, Nakamura and Caruana tied for 1st at Khanty-Mansiysk.  Taking into account all four GP tournaments, the two Candidates slots went to Caruana and Nakamura.

Nakamura won the US Championship.

Topalov won Norway Chess (Carlsen amazingly ended up at -2).

Yangyi Yu won the 50th Capablanca Memorial, 1.5 points ahead of Eljanov and Andreikin.

Caruana won Dortmund.

So won Bilbao on tiebreak over Giri.

Aronian won Sinquefield.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Some 2013 Tournament Results

Wijk aan Zee was won by Magnus Carlsen with 10/13, tying Kasparov's record from 1999.

The Capablanca Memorial was won by Zoltan Almasi in his first appearance with 6.5/10.

The US Championship was won by Gata Kamsky on tiebreak.

Dortmund was won by Michael Adams.

Bilbao was won by Levon Aronian.

The inaugural Sinquefield Cup was won by Magnus Carlsen.

The inaugural Norway Chess was won by Sergey Karjakin.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Some 2012 Tournament Results

Aronian wins Wijk aan Zee (Tata Steel) with 9/13 (January)
Ivanchuk wins Capablanca Memorial for the sixth time with 6.5/10 (May)
Nakamura wins US Championship with 8.5/11 (May)
Karjakin and Caruana tie for first at Dortmund with 6/9 (July)
Karlsen wins Bilbao again on tiebreaker over Caruana (October)

Sunday, May 01, 2011

Kamsky US Champion

Kamsky beat Schulman in the tiebreak.
Anna Zatonskih is the women's champion.

Monday, May 24, 2010

US Championship Round 10 - Both Games Drawn

Kamsky and Shulman tied at 7/10.

ETA:  Kamsky won the tiebreak and was crowned 2010 US Champion.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

US Chess Championship Round 9

Top Quad:
Shulman beat Nakamura
Kamsky beat Onischuk

Other Results:
3 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 1-0
6 GM Robson, Ray 2569 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 0-1
8 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 1-0
9 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 1-0
12 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2488 1-0

Saturday, May 22, 2010

US Championship Round 8

Top Quad:
Nakamura-Kamsky and Onischuk-Shulman were both drawn

Other Results:
GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 1-0
GM Robson, Ray 2569 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 1-0
GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 IM Krush, Irina 2455 1-0
GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 1-0

Thursday, May 20, 2010

US Championship Round 7

GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 0-1
GM Hess, Robert 2590 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 1-0
GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 1-0
GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 1-0
IM Krush, Irina 2455 GM Lenderman, Alex 2598 1-0
IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 0-1

Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk and Shulman are the four players who enter the final quad, each with 5 points.  Not surprisingly, they are the top four seeds.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

US Championship Round 6

GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2733 GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 1-0
GM Stripunsky, Alexander  2570 GM Shulman, Yuri 2613 0-1
GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 1-0GM Finegold, Benjamin 2539 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 1-0
GM Lenderman, Alex 2598 GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 1-0GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 1-0
GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 IM Krush, Irina 2455 1-0
IM Altounian, Levon 2454 GM Hess, Robert 2590 0-1

Standings:
Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk, Schulman - 4.5
Christiansen - 4

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

US Championship Round 5

GM Kamsky, Gata 2702 GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 1-0
GM Onischuk, Alexander 2699 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 1-0
GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 0-1
GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 GM Lenderman, Alex 2598 1-0
GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 0-1
GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 0-1
GM Finegold, Benjamin 2539 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 1-0
IM Krush, Irina 2455 GM Hess, Robert 2590 1-0

Standings:
Kamsky, Onischuk - 4
Nakamura, Shulman, Stripunsky, Kraai - 3.5

Monday, May 17, 2010

US Championship Round 4

GM Hess, Robert 2590 GM Shulman, Yuri 2613 0-1
GM Ehlvest, Jaan  2591 GM Stripunsky, Alexander  2570 0-1
GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 0-1
GM Yermolinsky, Alex 2528 GM Kudrin, Sergey  2571 1-0
GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 1-0

Standings:
Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk, Shulman, Akobian, Christiansen, Stripunsky - 3
Yermolinsky, Kraai - 2.5

Sunday, May 16, 2010

US Championship Round 3

GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2699 0-1
GM Shulman, Yuri 2613 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 1-0
GM Hess, Robert 2590 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 1-0
GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 IM Altounian, Levon 2454 1-0
GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 1-0GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2488 GM Robson, Ray 2569 0-1
GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 1-0
IM Krush, Irina 2455 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 0-1

Standings:
Kamsky, Nakamura, Onischuk, Akobian - 2.5
Christiansen, Ehlvest, Schulman, Hess, Stripunsky - 2

Saturday, May 15, 2010

US Championship Round 2

GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2733 GM Hess, Robert 2590 1-0
GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 GM Kamsky, Gata 2702 0-1
GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2599 GM Kraai, Jesse 2492 1-0 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2585 GM Finegold, Benjamin 2539 1-0
GM Bhat, Vinay 2547 GM Kudrin, Sergey 2571 0-1
GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2488 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 0-1 GM Robson, Ray 2569 GM Yermolinsky, Alex 2528 0-1

Leaders:
Nakamura, Kamsky - 2
Onischuk, Akobian, Ehlvest, Shabalov, Christiansen, Kudrin, Krush - 1.5

Friday, May 14, 2010

US Championship Round 1

This looks like a much better event than in the recent past, the first REAL championship event since I started this blog in 2004, without the lightweights that have polluted recent swiss formats.

GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2570 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2733 0-1
GM Kamsky, Gata 2702 GM Robson, Ray 2569 1-0
GM Benjamin, Joel 2565 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2699 0-1
GM Yermolinsky, Alex 2528 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2591 0-1
GM Christiansen, Larry 2578 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2488 1-0
GM Hess, Robert 2590 IM Shankland, Samuel 2507 1-0
IM Lenderman, Alex 2598 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2539 0-1 
IM Krush, Irina 2455 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2577 1-0

Sunday, May 17, 2009

US Championship R9 (Final)

Nakamura wins!

IM Robert Hess (6) ½-½ GM Varuzhan Akobian (5½)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (6) 1-0 GM Joshua Friedel (5)
GM Alexander Onischuk (5½) 1-0 IM Ray Robson (4½)
GM Jaan Ehlvest (4) ½-½ GM Gata Kamsky (5½)
GM Yury Shulman (4½) ½-½ GM Gregory Kaidanov (4)
IM Enrico Sevillano (4) 0-1 GM Larry Christiansen (4)
GM Joel Benjamin (4) ½-½ GM Alexander Shabalov (4)
GM Ildar Ibragimov (4) 1-0 IM Michael Brooks (4)
IM Samuel Shankland (3) 0-1 GM Boris Gulko (3½)
GM Julio Becerra (3½) ½-½ GM Melikset Khachiyan (2½)
Tyler Hughes (3) 1-0 FM Doug Eckert (2)
IM Irina Krush (3) ½-½ Charles Lawton (½)

The decisive game in round 9:
Nakamura-Friedel
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 c5 12. b3 Rb4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rf4 15.g3 Rd4 16. Nf3 Rxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. g4 Qf4 20. d4 Rd8 21. Qe2Rxd4 22. Bc1 1-0

Final results:
1st - GM Hikaru Nakamura - 7
2nd/3rd - GM Alexander Onischuk and IM Robert Hess - 6½
4th/5th - GM Varuzhan Akobian and GM Gata Kamsky - 6