Pivotal Matchups Loom in Round 8 of U.S. Championships
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan has a crucial matchup agaisnt tourney leadier IM Irina Krush in round 8 of the U.S. Women’s Championship. Abrahamyan trails Krush by a full point. By FM Mike Klein SAINT LOUIS (May 10, 2013) — Despite missing a startling tactic, a shaken GM Gata Kamsky collected himself to hold a draw against […]
Ramirez Joins Chase, Abrahamyan Inches Closer
GM Alejandro Ramirez has pulled into a two-way tie for second place with GM Alex Onischuk. Both players are just a half point behind tourney leader GM Gata Kamsky. By FM Mike Klein SAINT LOUIS (May10, 2013) — A pair of largely uneventful draws by the two leaders protected their respective leads, but a host […]
Krush Pulls Away, Kamsky Draws at U.S. Championships
GM Joel Benjamin is in fine form, sporting a 2807 performance rating with a score of 3.5/5, just a point behind tourney leader GM Gata Kamsky. By FM Mike Klein The push and pull of the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship continued yesterday in round five, but this time the men pulled closer […]
Meet the Players: GM Yury Shulman
GM Yury Shulman, off to 2.5/5 start, is hoping to secure his second U.S. Championship title. By Brian Jerauld How would you say that having a degree in business has influenced your strategies in chess, or vice versa? I would say that being a GM helped me to get my MBA. I realized how to […]
Tourney Leaders Win Again at U.S. Championships
With four wins in the first four rounds, GM Gata Kamsky is still in the running for the “$64K Fischer Prize” if he can win his final five games. By FM Mike Klein SAINT LOUIS (May 6, 2013) — A pair of runaway trains kept up their furious pace in round four of the 2013 […]
Meet the Players: GM Robert Hess
GM Robert Hess is balancing chess with a full courseload at Yale and helping spearhead a new sports website: The Sports Quotient. By Brian Jerauld In the 2009 U.S. Championship, you came in as a wildcard and almost shocked the nation by taking second place, losing only to winner Hikaru Nakamura. You had another fantastic […]
Krush, Kamsky Remain Perfect at U.S. Championships
IM Irina Krush got the full point against her toughtest opponent, IM Anna Zatonskih, in round 3 of the U.S. Women’s Championship. By FM Mike Klein SAINT LOUIS (May 6, 2013) — Two premium matchups were the top layer on a chess cake that featured 13 winners in 17 games in round three of the […]
Five Remain Perfect at U.S. Championships
GM Larry Christiansen will bring a perfect 2/2 score into his pivotal third-round match-up against GM Gata Kamsky. By FM Mike Klein After two rounds of the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, there are curiously more perfect scores remaining in the latter tournament, despite having fewer than half the players of the former. […]
Decisive Results Abound at First Round of U.S. Championships
IM Kayden Troff, the reigning U-14 World Champion, scored a victory in his first-ever U.S. Championship appearance. By FM Mike Klein The action got a running start today as the majority of the first-round battles at the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship produced a clear victor. Half of the men’s games and 80 […]
Pairings Set for 2013 U.S. Championships
GM Gregory Kaidanov was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame at the Opening Ceremony of the U.S. Championships last night. By FM Mike Klein The opening ceremony of the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, held Thursday night at the Peabody Opera House in Saint Louis, determined the colors for the U.S. […]