For fun.. make an educational guess for each game for round 3! (Copy and paste)
| Board | White | Rating | Result | Black | Rating |
| 1. | GM Yury Shulman (2) | 2697 | 1/2-1/2 | GM Gata Kamsky (2) | 2798 |
| 2. | GM Hikaru Nakamura (1½) | 2757 | 1-0 | IM Robert Hess (2) | 2545 |
| 3. | GM Alexander Onischuk (1½) | 2736 | 1/2-1/2 | GM Jaan Ehlvest (1½) | 2649 |
| 4. | GM Joel Benjamin (1½) | 2650 | 1-0 | GM Joshua Friedel (1½) | 2568 |
| 5. | GM Julio Becerra (1) | 2672 | 1-0 | Tyler Hughes (1) | 2293 |
| 6. | GM Varuzhan Akobian (1) | 2664 | 0-1 | IM Ray Robson (1) | 2542 |
| 7. | IM Samuel Shankland (1) | 2464 | 0-1 | GM Melikset Khachiyan (1) | 2632 |
| 8. | IM Michael Brooks (1) | 2419 | 1/2-1/2 | IM Enrico Sevillano (1) | 2549 |
| 9. | GM Ildar Ibragimov (½) | 2628 | 1/2-1/2 | GM Larry Christiansen (½) | 2681 |
| 10. | GM Gregory Kaidanov (½) | 2662 | 1-0 | IM Anna Zatonskih (½) | 2503 |
| 11. | IM Irina Krush (½) | 2496 | 0-1 | GM Boris Gulko (0) | 2631 |
| 12. | Charles Lawton (0) | 2350 | 0-1 | GM Alexander Shabalov (0) | 2620 |
The Closest guessers will recieve a trophy! (everytime your guess was right you recieve a point and the person with the highest point wins!)
The Results of ROUND 1:
The Results of ROUND 2:
ROUND 3 games (Starts May 10) :
STANDINGS:
No. Name St Rate Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Score
1. GM Kamsky, Gata (1)........... NY 2798 W19 W10 A2 2.0
2. GM Shulman, Yury (4).......... IL 2697 W12 W11 A1 2.0
3. IM Hess, Robert (17).......... NY 2545 W17 W9 A4 2.0
4. GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2)....... NY 2757 W23 D7 A3 1.5
5. GM Onischuk, Alexander (3).... VA 2736 D8 W16 A7 1.5
6. GM Benjamin, Joel (9)......... NJ 2650 D14 W21 A8 1.5
7. GM Ehlvest, Jaan (10)......... NY 2649 W15 D4 A5 1.5
8. GM Friedel, Joshua (15)....... NH 2568 D5 W18 A6 1.5
9. GM Becerra, Julio (6)......... FL 2672 W13 L3 A16 1.0
10. GM Akobian, Varuzhan (7)...... CA 2664 W20 L1 A13 1.0
11. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (11)... CA 2632 W24 L2 A14 1.0
12. IM Sevillano, Enrico (16)..... CA 2549 L2 W24 A15 1.0
13. IM Robson, Ray (18)........... FL 2542 L9 W22 A10 1.0
14. IM Shankland, Samuel (21)..... CA 2464 D6 D17 A11 1.0
15. IM Brooks, Michael (22)....... MO 2419 L7 W23 A12 1.0
16. Hughes, Tyler (24)............ CO 2293 W22 L5 A9 1.0
17. GM Christiansen, Larry (5).... MA 2681 L3 D14 A19 0.5
18. GM Kaidanov, Gregory (8)...... KY 2662 D21 L8 A20 0.5
19. GM Ibragimov, Ildar (13)...... CT 2628 L1 D20 A17 0.5
20. IM Zatonskih, Anna (19)....... NY 2503 L10 D19 A18 0.5
21. IM Krush, Irina (20).......... NY 2496 D18 L6 A22 0.5
22. GM Gulko, Boris (12).......... NJ 2631 L16 L13 A21 0.0
23. GM Shabalov, Alexander (14)... PA 2620 L4 L15 A24 0.0
24. Lawton, Charles (23).......... MO 2350 L11 L12 A23 0.0
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