US Championships - Round 3
Leaders Gregory Kaidnanov and Sergey Kudrin drew their game in the 3rd round, allowing several of the closing pack to catch them on 2.5/3.
The results in round 3:
| White | Black | |||
| 1 | Kaidanov, Gregory | 0.5 | Kudrin, Sergey | 0.5 |
| 2 | Onischuk, Alexander | 1.0 | Perelshteyn, Eugene | 0.0 |
| 3 | Gulko, Boris | 0.0 | Shulman, Yury | 1.0 |
| 4 | Becerra, Julio | 1.0 | Yermolinsky, Alex | 0.0 |
| 5 | Ludwig, Daniel | 0.5 | Shabalov, Alexander | 0.5 |
| 6 | Akobian, Varuzhan | 1.0 | Gurevich, Dmitry | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ivanov, Alexander | 0.5 | Friedel, Josh | 0.5 |
| 8 | Kraai, Jesse | 0.5 | Finegold, Benjamin | 0.5 |
| 9 | Fedorowicz, John | 1.0 | Vigorito, David | 0.0 |
| 10 | Pruess, David | 1.0 | Ippolito, Dean | 0.0 |
| 11 | Kaufman, Larry | 1.0 | Langer, Michael | 0.0 |
| 12 | Shankland, Sam | 1.0 | Galant, Sergey | 0.0 |
The leading scorers:
Rank | Name | Title | Rating | FED | Pts |
| 1-5 | Kudrin, Sergey | GM | 2610 | USA | 2.5 |
| 1-5 | Becerra, Julio | GM | 2637 | USA | 2.5 |
| 1-5 | Shulman, Yury | GM | 2664 | USA | 2.5 |
| 1-5 | Kaidanov, Gregory | GM | 2697 | USA | 2.5 |
| 1-5 | Onischuk, Alexander | GM | 2728 | USA | 2.5 |
In the women's event, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih (pictured above) are joint leaders after three rounds with 3/3.
| White | Black | |||
| 1 | Zatonskih, Anna | 1.0 | Jamison, Courtney | 0.0 |
| 2 | Rohonyan, Katerine | 1.0 | Airapetian, Chouchanik | 0.0 |
| 3 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 1.0 | Zenyuk, Iryna | 0.0 |
| 4 | Epstein, Esther | 0.5 | Battsetseg, Tsagaan | 0.5 |
| 5 | Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg | 0.0 | Krush, Irina | 1.0 |
The women's standings after round 3:
Rank | Name | Title | Rating | FED | Pts |
| 1-2 | Zatonskih, Anna | IM | 2490 | USA | 3.0 |
| 1-2 | Krush, Irina | IM | 2515 | USA | 3.0 |
| 3 | Rohonyan, Katerine | WGM | 2318 | USA | 2.5 |
| 4-5 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | WFM | 2280 | USA | 2.0 |
| 4-5 | Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg | WIM | 2289 | USA | 2.0 |
| 6-7 | Airapetian, Chouchanik | WFM | 2143 | USA | 1.0 |
| 6-7 | Battsetseg, Tsagaan | WIM | 2251 | USA | 1.0 |
| 8 | Epstein, Esther | WM | 2194 | USA | 0.5 |
| 9-10 | Jamison, Courtney |
| 2064 | USA | 0.0 |
| 9-10 | Zenyuk, Iryna | WFM | 2205 | USA | 0.0 |
