U.S. Chess Championship Results (So Far)
Round 1
Friday, May 8, 2:00 pm CST
The first round of the U.S. Championship has begun and it is in progress now. Hikaru Nakamura and Alexander Shabalov will be an interesting battle. Several players will make their debut including hometown favorite, Charles Lawton.
| # |
White
|
USCF
|
Result
|
Black
|
USCF
|
|
| 1. |
GM Yury Shulman
|
2697
|
1-0
|
IM Enrico Sevillano
|
2549
|
|
| 2. |
GM Ildar Ibragimov
|
2628
|
0-1
|
GM Gata Kamsky
|
2798
|
|
| 3. |
GM Hikaru Nakamura
|
2757
|
1-0
|
GM Alexander Shabalov
|
2620
|
|
| 4. |
GM Joshua Friedel
|
2568
|
1/2
|
GM Alexander Onischuk
|
2736
|
|
| 5. |
IM Robert Hess
|
2545
|
1-0
|
GM Larry Christiansen
|
2681
|
|
| 6. |
GM Julio Becerra
|
2672
|
1-0
|
IM Ray Robson
|
2542
|
|
| 7. |
IM Anna Zatonskih
|
2503
|
0-1
|
GM Varuzhan Akobian
|
2664
|
|
| 8. |
GM Gregory Kaidanov
|
2662
|
1/2
|
IM Irina Krush
|
2496
|
|
| 9. |
IM Samuel Shankland
|
2464
|
1/2
|
GM Joel Benjamin
|
2650
|
|
| 10. |
GM Jaan Ehlvest
|
2649
|
1-0
|
IM Michael Brooks
|
2419
|
|
| 11. |
Charles Lawton
|
2350
|
0-1
|
GM Melikset Khachiyan
|
2632
|
|
| 12. |
GM Boris Gulko
|
2631
|
0-1
|
Tyler Hughes
|
2293
|
