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En na twee twee rapidpotjes hadden de V.S. een kampioen

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Het dit weekend afgeronde kampioenschap van de Verenigde Staten kende zoals gezegd een belachelijke opzet. Nadat twee groepen een negenrondig toernooi hadden afgewerkt, bepaalden slechts twee rapidpartijtjes tussen de groepswinnaars wie zich kampioen van de V.S. mocht noemen. Het werd uiteindelijk Alexander Onisjoek, die Yuri Shulman versloeg nadat deze zijn mooie aanvalsstelling in de tweede partij had verknoeid.

De bijna zeventigjarige Amerikaanse meester Anthony Saidy schreef nog voor de finale naar Chess Today dat Shulman en Onisjoek, in plaats van te schaken, eigenlijk zondag deze statement hadden moeten oplezen:
It has been an honour to compete here for the US title. You are here to see us play a rapid and blitz playoff, but we respectfully refuse. The US Championship is too important to be decided by ill-calculated, frivolous means appropriate to gambling. We would like to entertain you today with a friendly rapid match, and we shall, but only if you agree now to a real playoff - a serious match to be organized within six months. It will magnetize all chess fans and the media and promote US chess as never before.
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