Jermuk Grand Prix R4

Leko,P (2756) - Karjakin,Sergey (2717) [E15] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0 d5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.a4 Ne4 12.Be1 f5 13.a5 Bd6 14.Nc3 Qe715.Ra2 Rfc8 16.axb6 axb6 17.Rda1 Bb7 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8 20.cxd5 Nxc3 21.dxe6 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Nf8 23.Qa6 Bb7 24.Qxb6 Nxe625.b4 h6 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Qa5 Qxa5 28.bxa5 Kf7 29.Ne5+ Bxe5 30.dxe5 Nc7 31.f4 Ke6 32.Bb4 Kd7 33.Bf1 1-0

Aronian,L (2768) - Kamsky,G (2717) [A10] 1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 0-0 8.e5 Re8 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Qxd4 f5 11.Qd5+ Kg7 12.h4 d6 13.Ng5 Qe714.Nxe4 fxe4 15.exd6 cxd6 16.h5 Qe5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bh6+ Kf6 19.Qd2 e3 20.Bxe3 Nc6 21.0-0-0 Be6 22.Rh7 Re7 23.Rxe7 Kxe7 24.Bf4 Qa525.Bxd6+ Kf7 26.Qb2 Kg8 27.c5 Qa4 28.Bd3 Bf5 29.Bb5 Qe4 30.f3 Qe3+ 31.Qd2 Re8 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Kd2 Re8 34.g4 Be6 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Rh1Rg8 37.Bd3 Kf6 38.Rh7 Rg7 39.g5+ Kf7 40.Rh8 Bd5 41.c4 1-0

Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [A13] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.0-0 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Be7 9.Re1 0-0 10.Na3 Ne8 11.Nc2 f6 12.Bd2 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Nb4 Nc715.Rb1 Bd7 16.Nh4 Na5 17.f4 g6 18.f5 gxf5 19.g4 f4 20.Bxf4 Na6 21.Nd5 exd5 22.Bxd5+ Kg7 23.Kh1 Re8 24.g5 Kh8 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.Bxg8 Kxg827.g6 Bc6+ 28.Re4 Bxe4+ 29.dxe4 hxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Qh5+ 1-0

Standings:

Aronian and Leko at +2

Ivanchuk and Cheparinov at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R3

Alekseev-Inarkiev [E99]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4Nf6 12.Nd3 c6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Kh1 Bd7 [14...f4 15.Bf2 c5 16.b4 b6 17.a4]

15.Rg1 [15.c5! cxd5 16.cxd6 d4 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.g5 Nxe4 19.fxe4 dxe3]

15...Be8 [15...f4 16.Bf2 c5 17.b4; 15...Qc7 16.Rc1]

16.Qd2 [16.g5 Nh5 17.c5 cxd5 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Bc5 Qe6 20.Nxd5 fxe4 21.fxe4 Nxd5 22.Bg4 Qg8]

16...fxe4 17.fxe4 b5 18.b3 [18.g5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 bxc4 20.Ndc5 dxc5 21.d6 Nf5 22.Bxc4]

18...Rc8 [18...bxc4 19.bxc4 cxd5 20.cxd5 Rc8]

19.g5 Nxe4 [19...Nh5]

20.Nxe4 cxd5 [20...bxc4 21.Ndc5dxc5 22.d6 Nf5 23.Bxc4]

21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rgc1 [22.Raf1]

22...Bc6 23.Rxc6 [23.Rxc6 Rxc6 24.Nxe5 Nxe3 25.Nxc6 Qe8 26.Qxe3 Bxa1 27.Nb4 unclear; 23.Kg1Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Bxe4 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Qxe4 Qd8 27.Rf1 Qxg5+ 28.Kh1+/=]

23...Rxc6 24.Bg1 [24.Nxe5 Nxe3 25.Nxc6 Qe8 26.Qxe3 Bxa1 27.Nb4]

24...Qa8!? 25.Bf1 [25.Rf1 Rcc8 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Ndf2 Nf4 28.Bf3 Ne6 29.Bg2 d5 30.Nf6 Nxg531.Bxd5Qd8 32.Qxg5 Rxf6 33.Be4]

25...Rfc8 26.Nb4 Nxb4 27.Qxb4 Rc2 28.Bg2 [28.Qe1 d5 29.Bd3 dxe4 30.Bxe4 R8c6-/+]

28...d5 [28...Rxg2 29.Kxg2 Rc2+ 30.Kh3 d5 31.Ng3 d4 32.Rf1]

29.Nf2 [29.Ng3 e4 30.Rf1 Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Qxb5 Bg7]

29...e4 [29...Rf8 30.Qxb5 e4 31.Rd1]

30.Rd1 Rc1 [30...Qc6 31.Ng4 a5 32.Qxa5 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 e3 34.Bxe3 d4+ 35.Kg3 dxe3 36.Rd8+; 30...e3 31.Bxd5 Qb8 32.Ng4 e2 33.Re1]

31.Qd2 R8c2? [31...Rxd1 32.Nxd1 Qb8=/+]

32.Qxc1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 (unclear) 33...h6 34.gxh6 Bxh6 35.Rc7 Qd8 36.Rxa7 Be3 37.Rb7 Qf8?? [37...b4=/+]

38.Nxe4! Qc8 [38...Bxg1 39.Ng5+-]

39.Rf7 Qe6 [39...Bxg1 40.Nf6; 39...Qe8 40.Rh7+; 39...Qc1 40.Rf1 Qc2 41.Bxe3 dxe4+/-; 39...dxe4]

40.Rf6 [40.Bxe3! dxe4 41.Rf4+-]

40...Qg4 41.Bxe3 dxe4+/- 42.Rf8+ Kg7 43.Re8 Qe2 44.Rxe4 Qxa2 45.b4 Qb1+ 46.Bg1 g5 47.h3 Qd1 48.Re5 Kf6 49.Rxb5 g4 50.Rd5 Qe1 51.Rd4 gxh3 52.Bxh3 Qg3 53.Bg4 Qb3 54.Kg2 Qb2+ 55.Bf2 Qb3 56.Bd7 Qg8+ 57.Bg4 Qg5 58.Kf3 Qb5 59.Ke3 Qa6 60.Be2 Qa3+ 61.Bd3 Qc1+ 62.Ke2 Qb2+63.Kf3 Qb3 64.b5 Qd1+ 65.Kg2 Ke5 66.b6 Qb3 67.Re4+ Kd6 68.Be2 Qg8+ 69.Rg4 Qb3 70.Bf3 Ke5 71.b7 Kf6 72.Bg3 1-0

Standings:

Aronian, Cheparinov, Leko at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R2

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Kamsky,G (2717) [D15] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qb3 e6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Nbd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.c5 Ng4 13.Bg5 e5 14.Be7 exd415.Na4 Qf4 16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Bd6 Be5 18.Bc2 Re6 19.h3 Nxf2 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Rf1 Nf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Nxh3+ 24.Kh1 Re2 25.Bd1 Nf2+26.Rxf2 Rxf2 27.Kg1 Rd2 28.Nb6 Ra7 29.Nc4 1-0

Aronian,L (2768) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [D30] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Nxc4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Rc8 15.a3 Rc7 16.e3 Nf6 17.b4 Nd5 18.Rac1 Re8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Qa4 Qa8 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Rc2 Rec8 23.Rdc1 a5 24.bxa5 c5 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.fxg5 f6 27.Nd3 Qa6 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Qb3 Qxa5 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Nxc5 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Rxc5 Qxc5 34.Qxb7 Qxa3 35.Qxd5+ Kf8 36.h4Qb4 37.e4 Qb2 38.Qc5+ Kf7 39.Kg2 Qa1 40.h5 fxg5 41.Qxg5 h6 42.Qd5+ Kf6 43.Qd7 Qb2 44.Kf3 Qa1 45.Qc6+ Ke7 46.Kf4 Qg1 47.Qc5+ Ke648.Qd5+ Ke7 49.Kf3 Qh1+ 50.Ke2 Qb1 51.Qf5 Qc2+ 52.Kf3 Qd3+ 53.Kg2 Qe2 54.Qf3 Qd2 55.Qa3+ Kf7 56.Qb3+ Ke7 57.Qb7+ Kf8 58.Qc8+ Ke759.Qc5+ Ke6 60.Qf5+ Ke7 61.Qe5+ Kf8 62.Qc5+ Ke8 63.Qd5 Qb2 64.e5 Ke7 65.Qd6+ Ke8 66.Qc6+ Kd8 67.Qe6 Qb7+ 68.Kg3 Qh1 69.Qg8+ Ke7 70.Qxg7+ Ke6 71.Qf6+ Kd7 72.Qf7+ 1-0

Standings:

Cheparinov, Aronian, Leko at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R1

The 5th Grand Prix Tournament started today in Jermuk, Armenia. To be honest, I didn't think it would ever get off the ground. Also, according to the FIDE Grand Prix website, the 6th tournament will be taking place after all.

The players:

1. Aronian Levon ARM 2768
2. Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2760
3. Leko Peter HUN 2756
4. Gelfand Boris ISR 2755
5. Bacrot Etienne FRA 2721
6. Kamsky Gata USA 2717
7. Karjakin Sergey UKR 2717
8. Eljanov Pavel UKR 2716
9. Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2714
10. Akopian Vladimir ARM 2712
11. Ivanchuk Vasily UKR 2703
12. Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2678
13. Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2675
14. Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2672

Inarkiev-Leko
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Be7 15.c3 Nd8 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf8 18.Re3 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 c6 20.Ba2 g6 21.f4 c5 22.Nc2 c4 23.Kh1 d5! 24.exd5 Nb7 25.Qf3 Bc5 26.Re5 Bd6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Nd4 Nc5 29.Rf1 Ne4 30.Rd1 Qe7 31.g3 Bc5 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Rf1 Bxd4 34.cxd4 Nf5 35.Kh2 Qe2+ 36.Qf2 Qxf2+ 37.Rxf2 Re1 38.Rd2 Kf8 39.g4 Ne3 40.Kg3 Ra1 41.Kf3 Nxd5 42.Ke4 Nf6+ 43.Ke5 Re1+ 0-1

Cheparinov-Jakovenko

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qf3 h6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Re8 20. Bc3 N8d7 21. Re3 Re7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. g4 e4 24. g5 exd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd3 Re2 32. a4 Rb2 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke3 Rxa4 37. Rb1 b6 38. h4 Kf6 39. h5 Kg5 40. Rg1+ Kh6 41. f6 Ra2 42. Rg7 Kxh5 43. f4 1-0

Dortmund R10

Kramnik wins for the 9th time

Kramnik,V (2759) - Naiditsch,A (2697) [D37]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.0-0 a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qh5 Nc5 16.Rb4 Qe5 17.Qh6 Rc8 18.Nf3 Qxc3 19.Rd4 Ke7 20.e5 Nd7 21.Qh4 Rhg8 22.Kh1 b5 23.h3 Rc4 24.Rxd7+ Kxd7 25.Qxf6 Qd3 26.Qxf7+ Kc6 27.Qxe6+ Kb7 28.Re1 Rg6 29.Qf7+ Rc7 30.Qf4 Rc4 31.Qf8 Rc8 32.Qe7+ Rc7 33.Qh4 Qc4 34.Nd4 Qxa2 35.Qe4+ Kb6 36.Qe3 Kb7 37.Qf3+ Kb6 38.Nb3 Rc2? 39.Qe3+ Kb7 40.e6 Rxf2 41.Qe4+ Kb6 42.Qd4+ 1-0

(Round 9 - all games drawn)

Standings:
1. Kramnik at +3 with 6.5/10
2-4. Leko, Carlsen, Jakovenko at +1 with 5.5/10

Dortmund R8

Kramnik,V (2759) - Carlsen,M (2772) [D37]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nh5 13.0-0 Nxf4 14.exf4 g6 15.g3 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.f5 gxf5 19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Qh6 Be8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Qxg5+ Kf8 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Rd6 Qc7 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qh4+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Ke7 29.Nb5 Qa5 30.b4 Nxb4 31.Rxe6+ fxe6 32.Qxe6+ Kd8 33.Qf6+ Kc8 34.Qxf5+ Kd8 35.Qf6+ Kc8 36.axb4 1-0

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Bacrot,E (2721) [C89]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Nd2 Re6 19.f3 Nxe3 20.Qf2 Nd5 21.fxg4 Qxg4 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Qd3 h5 26.Bc2 Bf4 27.Re1 h4 28.Nf2 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 Be3+ 30.Kg2 Bd2 31.Re2 Ne3+ 32.Kh3 hxg3 33.Kxg3 Nf1+ 34.Kh3 Rf6 35.Ne5 Bc1 36.Ng4 Rf3+ 37.Kg2 Rf4 38.Bb3 Rxg4+ 39.Kxf1 Rg6 40.Bxe6+ Kf8 41.b4 Rf6+ 42.Kg2 Rg6+ 43.Kf3 Rf6+ 44.Kg3 Bf4+ 45.Kg4 Bc7 46.Bd7 Rd6 47.Bf5 a5 48.a3 Rf6 49.h4 g6 50.Be4 axb4 51.axb4 Kg7 52.Bg2 Kh6 53.Re8 Bf4 54.Re2 Bc1 55.Bf3 Kg7 56.Kg3 Kf7 57.Kg2 Bf4 58.Kf2 Re6 59.Be4 Rf6 60.Kg2 Bh6 61.Ra2 Ke7 62.Bf3 Kd7 63.Ra6 Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kd8 65.Ra6 Ke7 66.Ra2 Kd7 67.Re2 Kd6 68.Bg4 Kd5 69.Re5+ Kc4 70.Rc5+ Kd3 71.d5 Bf8 72.Rxc6 Rxc6 73.dxc6 Bd6 74.Kf3 Kxc3 75.Ke4 Kxb4 76.Kd5 Bg3 77.Bf3 Ka5 78.Ke6 b4 79.Be4 Kb5 80.Kd7 Kc5 81.Bxg6 1-0

Standings:
Kramnik at +2
Carlsen, Leko, Jakovenko at +1

(Rounds 6 & 7 - all games drawn)

Dortmund R5

Carlsen,M (2772) - Naiditsch,A (2697) [C67]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Ke8 13.Rad1 Bb4 14.Ne2 h5 15.Ned4 h4 16.Bh2 Nf8 17.Bf4 Bd7 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Rfe1 c5 20.e6 fxe6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Nf5+ Kf6 23.Ne3 Be8 24.Ng4+ Ke7 25.Nge5 Bg6 26.Rd5 b6 27.Rd2 Bf5 28.Ng5 Kf6 29.f4 Ng6 30.Nd7+ Ke7 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.f5 Nf4 33.fxe6 Rhd8 34.Rf2 g5 35.Kh2 a5 36.a4 Rg8 37.Ne5 Rae8 38.Nf3 Nxe6 39.Re5 Kd6 40.Rd2+ Kc6 41.Rde2 Kd6 42.Nxg5 Ng7 43.Rxe8 Rxe8 44.Rxe8 Nxe8 45.Nf3 c4 46.Nxh4 c3 47.b3 Kc5 48.Nf5 Kb4 49.g4 Ka3 50.Kg3 Kb2 51.Ne3 Kc1 52.Kf3 Kd2 53.h4 Ng7 54.h5 Ne6 55.h6 c6 56.Ke4 b5 57.Ke5 Ng5 58.Kf5 Nf7 59.h7 Kxe3 60.g5 1-0

Leko,P (2756) - Bacrot,E (2721) [E15]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4 Qc8 13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Qf4 0-0 19.b4 Bb6 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.e3 Rac8 22.Nd2 Bd8 23.Rd1 Rc2 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.a3 Ra2 26.Nf3 Qa6 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Rxa3 29.Rd6 Qa4 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.Rxd7 Rf8 34.Qd6 g6 35.Nh2 Bc3 36.Ng4 Bg7 37.Nf6+ Bxf6 38.gxf6 Rc8 39.Rxf7 1-0

Standings:
Carlsen at +2
Kramnik and Leko at +1

Dortmund R4

Naiditsch,A (2697) - Kramnik,V (2759) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Be3 h6 14.b4 Ndf6 15.h3 Qd7 16.Ne2 Bxh3 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.f3 Rae8 20.Bf4 Rh5 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Bc4 Bxg2 23.Ng3 Bf3 24.Qb3 Rh4 25.Bd6 Qh3 26.Bxf7+ Kh7 27.Qb2 Ng4 0-1

Standings:
Carlsen, Kramnik at +1

(Round 3 - all games drawn)

Dortmund R2

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Naiditsch,A (2697) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.0-0-0 Be7 12.Nd4 0-0 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 b5 15.Kb1 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.g4 Rfc8 19.Bd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Qc4 21.Rhf1 h6 22.h3 d5 23.Be5 Rc6 24.b3 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Rac8 26.Rf2 Bh4 27.Rg2 f6 28.Bb2 Rc5 29.Re2 Bg5 30.a3 bxa3 31.Bxa3 Rc3 32.Bb2 Rxd3 33.cxd3 Kf7 34.Re6 a5 35.Rd6 Re8 36.Rd7+ Kg8 37.Bc3 Re3 38.Rxd5 Rxh3 39.Bxa5 Rh4 40.b4 Rxg4 41.b5 Be3 42.Kc2 Rg2+ 43.Kb3 Rg1 44.Ka2 Rg2+ 45.Ka3 Bc1+ 46.Kb3 h5 47.b6 h4 48.Bc3 h3 49.b7 Bf4 50.Be5 h2 51.b8Q+ Kh7 52.Bxf4 h1Q 53.Rd8 Qd1+ 54.Kc4 Rc2+ 55.Kd4 Qa1+ 56.Kd5 Qa5+ 57.Ke4 Qe1+ 58.Be3 Qh1+ 59.Kd4 Qa1+ 60.Kd5 Qa5+ 61.Ke4 Qa4+ 62.d4 1-0

Standings
Carlsen at +1

Dortmund R1

The Players
Magnus Carlsen
Vladimir Kramnik
Dimitri Jakovenko
Peter Leko
Etienne Bacrot
Arkadij Naiditsch

Carlsen,M - Jakovenko,D [C67]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nf4 Bd5 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Ngxe6 Bxe6 18.h4 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Rfe1 g6 21.f3 Ra5 22.c3 Rb5 23.Re2 Ra8 24.Rd4 Raa5 25.Kf2 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxa4 Rb5 28.b4 c5 29.Ra7 cxb4 30.cxb4 Kd7 31.Ne2 Rb6 32.Ke3 Bc4 33.Nd4 Kd6 34.Ra5 Ra6 35.Rxa6+ bxa6 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Ke5 38.Nc6+ Kf6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Bd3 42.Ke3 Bf1 43.h6 Kf6 44.Ne5 Bb5 45.Kd4 Ba4 46.h7 Kg7 47.Nxf7 Kxh7 48.Ng5+ Kg6 49.Ne6 1-0

Chess Ratings July 1

1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 10 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 2 1969
3 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 12 1990
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2768 13 1982
5 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2760 15 1983
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 0 1975
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2756 13 1979
8 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 0 1987
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 27 1968
10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 0 1977
11 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2740 9 1986
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 36 1976
13 Wang, Yue g CHN 2736 10 1987
14 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2733 20 1983

Dominguez (no relation) repeats performance at Capablanca Memorial

Lenier Dominguez wins with 6.5/10, a point ahead of Savchenko.

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Sofia R10 (Final)

Shirov wins, 1/2 point ahead of Carlsen and Topalov

Shirov,A (2745) - Carlsen,M (2770) [B33]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.0-0 0-0 15.Qh5 Rb8 16.exf5 e4 17.Rae1 Bb7 18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.b3 Kh8 22.Nc2 Be5 23.Be2 d4 24.Bc4 Rg8 25.Qh3 Rg7 26.g3 Rbg8 27.Qh6 Qc7 28.Nb4 Ba8 29.Nd5 Qd8 30.Rxe4 1-0

Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Dominguez Perez,L (2717) [D74]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.e3 Re8 10.Re1 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.e4 c6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 cxd5 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Nxd5 Be6 17.Qe2 Bxd5 18.exd5 f5 19.b4 e4 20.Rac1 exf3 21.Qxe8+ Qxe8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bxf3 Be5 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rc5 b6 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.h4 h5 28.a4 Rd8 29.Rxb6 Rb8 30.Ra6 Rb1+ 31.Kg2 Rb2 32.d6 Rd2 33.Rxa5 Bxd6 34.Rb5 Kf6 35.a5 Be5 36.Kf1 Bd4 37.Be2 Ra2 38.Rd5 Ba7 39.Rd6+ Ke5 40.Rxg6 Rxa5 41.f4+ Kd5 42.Rf6 Ke4 43.Re6+ Kd4 44.Bxh5 Bc5 45.Kg2 Bb4 46.Bg6 Bd2 47.h5 Ra2 48.Re2 Kd3 49.Kf3 Ra5 50.h6 Bc3 51.h7 Ra8 52.Bxf5+ Kd4 53.g4 Rf8 54.g5 Kd5 55.Kg4 Bh8 56.Re6 1-0

Sofia R9

Topalov,V (2812) - Ivanchuk,V (2746) [C97]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Bd7 13.b3 c4 14.Ba3 Bd8 15.Nbd2 Ne8 16.Bb4 cxb3 17.axb3 Nb7 18.Qe2 Qb8 19.Ba3 Bb6 20.b4 Nc7 21.Bd3 a5 22.Nf1 axb4 23.cxb4 f6 24.Ne3 g6 25.Bb2 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Nd8 27.Nd2 Nf7 28.Kh2 Qd8 29.Rf1 Qe7 30.Bc1 Ra8 31.Nb1 Bd4 32.Nc2 Bb6 33.Nc3 f5 34.exf5 gxf5 35.f4 Rc8 36.Be3 Bxe3 37.Qxe3 Ne8 38.Be2 Qf6 39.Qd2 exf4 40.Nd4 Qe5 41.Bxb5 f3+ 42.Kg1 Bxb5 43.Ncxb5 fxg2 44.Rxf5 Qe4 45.Nc3 Qh4 46.Qxg2+ Kh8 47.Nce2 Nf6 48.Rf4 Qh6 49.Nf5 Qf8 50.Ned4 Ne5 51.b5 Qg8 52.Ne7 Rc1+ 53.Kh2 Qxg2+ 54.Kxg2 Nfd7 55.Ndf5 Nc4 56.Rg4 Nf6 57.Rg3 Rc2+ 58.Kg1 Rc1+ 59.Kh2 Rc2+ 60.Rg2 Rxg2+ 61.Kxg2 Ne4 62.Nc8 Nc3 63.Ncxd6 Nb6 64.Ne3 Kg7 65.Kf3 Kf8 66.Kf4 Ke7 67.Ndc4 Nxc4 68.Nxc4 Nxd5+ 69.Kg5 Kd7 70.h4 Ne7 71.Kf6 Ng6 72.Ne5+ Nxe5 73.Kxe5 Kc7 74.h5 Kb6 75.Kf6 Kxb5 76.Kg7 Ka4 77.Kxh7 Kb3 78.h6 Ka2 79.Kg6 Kb1 80.h7 Kc2 81.h8Q 1-0

Carlsen,M (2770) - Wang Yue (2738) [D15]
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.h3 b6 10.cxb6 Qxb6 11.Rb1 e6 12.e3 c5 13.a3 Bd6 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Qa4+ Ke7 19.Bd3 a5 20.Ke2 Rhc8 21.Rhc1 Qxc1 22.Rxc1 Rxc1 23.b4 Kf8 24.bxa5 Kg8 25.a6 Rc7 26.Qf4 Rca7 27.Qd4 Ne4 28.Qb6 e5 29.Ke1 Ng5 30.Bb5 Ne6 31.a4 d4 32.a5 Rc7 33.Bc6 1-0

Standings:
Carlsen at +3
Topalov and Shirov at +2
Dominguez and Wang at -1
Ivanchuk at -5!

Sofia R8

All games drawn

Sofia R7

Carlsen,M (2770) - Dominguez Perez,L (2717) [D97]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Qxd4 c6 12.d6 Nd5 13.Qd3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qf6 15.Bb2 Rd8 16.Rd1 Qe6 17.f4 Qxa2 18.Rd2 Qa5 19.Qe3 Bd7 20.Kf2 Re8 21.Ra1 Qd8 22.c4 Bxb2 23.Rxb2 b6 24.Bf3 Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Qf6 26.Qd2 g5 27.g3 gxf4 28.gxf4 Kh8 29.Kh1 Rg8 30.e5 Qh4 31.Qd4 Rg7 32.Rg2 Rag8 33.e6 Bxe6 34.Rxg7 Rxg7 35.Bxc6 f6 36.d7 Bxd7 37.Bxd7 Re7 38.Be6 Rxe6 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Rg1+ Kf7 41.Qg8+ Ke7 42.Rg7+ Kd6 43.Qf8+ 1-0

Standings:
Carlsen and Shirov at +2
Topalov at +1

Sofia R6

Shirov,A (2745) - Ivanchuk,V (2746) [C80]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Re1 Nc5 11.c3 d4 12.Bc2 0-0 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Nf3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bd5 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Ne7+ Bxe7 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.Rxd5 Ne6 23.g3 g6 24.f4 c5 25.Kf2 Kg7 26.Rad1 c4 27.Ke3 f6 28.Rd7 Kf7 29.Be4 Rae8 30.Rxe7+ Rxe7 31.exf6 Kxf6 32.Rd6 Kg7 33.f5 gxf5 34.Bxf5 Nf8+ 35.Kd2 Re5 36.g4 a5 37.Ra6 a4 38.Rb6 Ng6 39.Kc3 Ne7 40.Rb7 Kf6 41.Bxh7 Kg5 42.h3 Kf4 43.Rd7 Re2 44.a3 Nc6 45.Rf7+ Kg3 46.g5 Re3+ 47.Kd2 Rb3 48.g6 Rxb2+ 49.Kc1 1-0

Standings:
Shirov at +2
Topalov and Carlsen at +1
Wang and Dominguez even at 3/6
Ivanchuk at -4

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

Sofia R5

Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Topalov,V (2812) [B99]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Qh3 Nc5 12.Rhe1 Rg8 13.Bh4 g5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxg5 hxg5 16.Bg3 Ncd7 17.Nxe6 Qb6 18.Bc4 g4 19.Qh6 fxe6 20.Bh4 Bf8 21.Qd2 Qc6 22.Bd3 b5 23.Ne4 Nd5 24.Rf1 Bb7 25.Rxf8+ Nxf8 26.Qh6 Rg6 27.Nf6+ Rxf6 28.Bxf6 Nxf6 29.Bg6+ Nxg6 30.Qxg6+ Ke7 31.Qg7+ Ke8 32.Qxf6 Rc8 33.c3 b4 34.Qg6+ Ke7 35.Qg7+ Ke8 36.Rf1 Qc5= 37.Qxb7? Qe3+ 38.Kc2 Qe2+ 39.Kb3 Qc4+ 40.Kc2 b3+ 41.Kd2 Rd8+ 42.Ke1 Rd1+ 43.Kxd1 Qxf1+ 44.Kd2 Qf4+ 45.Kd1 bxa2 46.Qc8+ Kf7 47.Qd7+ Kf6 48.Qd8+ Kf5 49.Qf8+ Ke4 50.Qa8+ Kd3 51.Qxa6+ Qc4 52.Qa7 g3 53.h3 Qb3+ 54.Ke1 Kc2 0-1

Standings (at the halfway point):
Topalov, Carlsen, Shirov at +1
Wang, Dominguez even
Ivanchuk at -3

US Championship R8

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

Sofia R4

Topalov,V (2812) - Wang Yue (2738) [D17]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Be6 13.Kc2 f6 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.b4 Nxe5 16.bxa5 Bc8 17.a6 bxa6 18.a5 Nd7 19.Na4 e5 20.Bc4 Bc5 21.Rd1 Bd4 22.Ba3 c5 23.Rb3 h5 24.Rdb1 Ke7 25.Bd5 Ra7 26.Rb6 Rc7 27.Re6+ Kd8 28.Nb6 Nxb6 29.axb6 Rb7 30.Rd6+ Ke7 31.Rc6 Rd7 32.Re6+ Kf7 33.b7 1-0

Standings:
Carlsen, Shirov at +1
Topalov, Wang, Dominguez even at 2/4
Ivanchuk at -2

Sofia R3 - all games drawn

Sofia R2

Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Wang Yue (2738) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10.Kb1 a6 11.Be2 Bf6 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 f6 14.Be3 0-0-0 15.Rhe1 Rhe8 16.b3 Bg4 17.f3 Bf5 18.Bf1 Bg6 19.Kb2 Re5 20.Bf2 Qf5 21.Bg3 Rxe1 22.Bxe1 Qg5 23.Qxg5 fxg5 24.c4 Ne7 25.Bd2 h6 26.Bc3 Nf5 27.Re1 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.Bd3 g6 30.Kc1 Nh4 31.Bf1 Kd7 32.Kd2 Ke6 33.Ke3 Nf5+ 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Bd3 Ne7 36.g4 Nc6 37.Be4 Nd8 38.Bd5+ Ke7 39.Bg7 h5 40.Bd4 Bc6 41.Be3 Kf6 42.Kg3 Ne6 43.a4 Ke5 44.Bxg5 Bxd5 45.f4+ Ke4 46.cxd5 Nxg5 47.fxg5 h4+ 48.Kxh4 Kf3 49.b4 b5 50.a5 Kg2 51.h3 Kh2 0-1

Standings:
Carlsen, Shirov, Wang at +1

US Championship Round 7

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

Tomorrow is a rest day.

US Championship Round 6

GM Varuzhan Akobian (4) ½-½ GM Yury Shulman (4)
GM Gata Kamsky (3½) ½-½ IM Robert Hess (3½)
GM Alexander Onischuk (3½) ½-½ GM Hikaru Nakamura (3½)
IM Michael Brooks (3) 0-1 GM Joshua Friedel (3)
GM Melikset Khachiyan (2½) 0-1 GM Joel Benjamin (3)
GM Gregory Kaidanov (2½) 1-0 IM Samuel Shankland (2½)
IM Enrico Sevillano (2½) ½-½ GM Jaan Ehlvest (2½)
GM Larry Christiansen (2) 0-1 IM Ray Robson (2½)
IM Irina Krush (2) 1-0 GM Julio Becerra (2)
Tyler Hughes (2) 0-1 GM Ildar Ibragimov (1½)
GM Alexander Shabalov (1½) 1-0 FM Doug Eckert (1)
Charles Lawton (0) 0-1 GM Boris Gulko (1½)

Sofia R1

Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Shirov,A (2745) [B52]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3 0-0 10.Be3 Nc6 11.0-0 Rac8 12.b3 e6 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.Qd2 d5 15.exd5 exd5 16.c5 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Ne4 18.Qe3 Nxc5 19.Rcd1 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Qc6 21.Ne2 Ne6 22.Rd2 d4 23.Nxd4 Qb6 24.Rfd1 Rd5 0-1

Carlsen,M (2770) - Topalov,V (2812) [D43]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.e4 0-0 12.e5 Qe7 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Be4 Rfd8 16.Rac1 Rab8 17.Rfd1 a6 18.h4 Ba8 19.Rc2 Rdc8 20.Rdc1 Qf8 21.a4 c5 22.axb5 cxd4 23.Nxd4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 axb5 26.Nc6 Rb6 27.f4 Qa8 28.Ne7+ Kh7 29.h5 Ra6 30.hxg6+ fxg6 31.Rc7 Ra1+ 32.Kf2 Qd8 33.Qd3 Qxe7 34.Rxd7 Qh4+ 35.Kf3 Qh5+ 36.Kg3 1-0

US Championship Round 5

GM Hikaru Nakamura (3) ½-½ GM Gata Kamsky (3)
GM Joshua Friedel (3) 0-1 GM Yury Shulman (3)
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2½) 0-1 GM Varuzhan Akobian (3)
IM Samuel Shankland (2½) 0-1 GM Alexander Onischuk (2½)
IM Robert Hess (2½) 1-0 GM Melikset Khachiyan (2½)
GM Julio Becerra (2) 0-1 IM Michael Brooks (2)
IM Ray Robson (2) ½-½ GM Gregory Kaidanov (2)
GM Joel Benjamin (2) 1-0 Tyler Hughes (2)
IM Irina Krush (1½) ½-½ GM Larry Christiansen (1½)
GM Alexander Shabalov (1½) 0-1 IM Enrico Sevillano (1½)
GM Ildar Ibragimov (1) ½-½ GM Boris Gulko (1)
FM Doug Eckert (0) 1-0 Charles Lawton (0)

FIDE Chaos Continues!

FIDE announces that the negotiations with Universal Event Promotion (UEP), the original bidder for organising the final stages of the World Championship cycle 2009-2011 (Candidates Tournament and Final Match), did not reach a final agreement. FIDE is already in contact with other organisers and sponsors interested in holding these events.

US Championship Round 4

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GM Gata Kamsky (2½) ½-½ GM Joshua Friedel (2½)
GM Yury Shulman (2½) ½-½ GM Hikaru Nakamura (2½)
GM Alexander Onischuk (2) ½-½ IM Robert Hess (2)
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2) 1-0 GM Julio Becerra (2)
GM Gregory Kaidanov (1½) ½-½ GM Jaan Ehlvest (2)
IM Michael Brooks (1½) ½-½ GM Joel Benjamin (1½)
GM Melikset Khachiyan (1½) 1-0 IM Irina Krush (1½)
IM Enrico Sevillano (1½) 0-1 IM Samuel Shankland (1½)
GM Larry Christiansen (1) ½-½ GM Alexander Shabalov (1)
IM Ray Robson (1) 1-0 GM Ildar Ibragimov (1)
Tyler Hughes (1) 1-0 Charles Lawton (0)
GM Boris Gulko (0) 1-0 FM Doug Eckert (0)

US Championship Round 3

GM Yury Shulman (2) ½-½ GM Gata Kamsky (2)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (1½) 1-0 IM Robert Hess (2)
GM Alexander Onischuk (1½) ½-½ GM Jaan Ehlvest (1½)
GM Joel Benjamin (1½) 0-1 GM Joshua Friedel (1½)
GM Julio Becerra (1) 1-0 Tyler Hughes (1)
GM Varuzhan Akobian (1) 1-0 IM Ray Robson (1)
IM Samuel Shankland (1) ½-½ GM Melikset Khachiyan (1)
IM Michael Brooks (1) ½-½ IM Enrico Sevillano (1)
GM Ildar Ibragimov (½) ½-½ GM Larry Christiansen (½)
IM Irina Krush (½) 1-0 GM Boris Gulko (0)
Charles Lawton (0) 0-1 GM Alexander Shabalov (0)

(Update) Anna Zatonskih was ill and GM Kaidanov, who could have taken a win by default, graciously agreed to postpone the game until the rest day. However, Zatonskih's illness will not allow her to return, so Kaidanov will get the forfeit win after all. FM Doug Eckert will replace Zatonskih starting with round 4.

US Championship Round 2

Board	White	Rating	Result	Black	Rating
1.	GM Gata Kamsky (1)	2798	1-0	GM Varuzhan Akobian (1)	2664
2.	GM Jaan Ehlvest (1)	2649	½-½	GM Hikaru Nakamura (1)	2757
3.	GM Melikset Khachiyan (1)	2632	0-1	GM Yury Shulman (1)	2697
4.	IM Robert Hess (1)	2545	1-0	GM Julio Becerra (1)	2672
5.	Tyler Hughes (1)	2293	0-1	GM Alexander Onischuk (½)	2736
6.	GM Joshua Friedel (½)	2568	1-0	GM Gregory Kaidanov (½)	2662
7.	GM Joel Benjamin (½)	2650	1-0	IM Irina Krush (½)	2496
8.	GM Larry Christiansen (0)	2681	½-½	IM Samuel Shankland (½)	2464
9.	IM Ray Robson (0)	2542	1-0	GM Boris Gulko (0)	2631
10.	IM Anna Zatonskih (0)	2503	½-½	GM Ildar Ibragimov (0)	2628
11.	GM Alexander Shabalov (0)	2620	0-1	IM Michael Brooks (0)	2419
12.	IM Enrico Sevillano (0)	2549	1-0	Charles Lawton (0)	2350

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