USA Championship 2016

[Mick Norris]

chess.com round 2 report

Round 2 (April 15, 2016)
Caruana, Fabiano - Shankland, Samuel L 1-0 54 C19 French Winawer
Robson, Ray - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 24 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Kamsky, Gata - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 30 A45 Trompowsky
Akobian, Varuzhan - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ 27 D83 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Lenderman, Aleksandr - Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ 52 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Chandra, Akshat - So, Wesley 0-1 40 B12 Caro Kann Advanced

Abrahamyan, Tatev - Yu, Jennifer R 1-0 56 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Krush, Irina - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 1-0 56 A07 Barcza System
Zatonskih, Anna - Nemcova, Katerina ½-½ 65 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Bykovtsev, Agata - Melekhina, Alisa 1-0 78 B27 Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Eswaran, Ashritha - Yip, Carissa 0-1 71 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gorti, Akshita - Paikidze, Nazi 0-1 62 D45 Anti-Meran Variations

[Mick Norris]

Chess Mind

Here are the round 3 pairings:

So (2) - Caruana (2) (The first meeting of the triumvirate)
Xiong (1) - Robson (2)
Nakamura (1.5) - Chandra (0)
Shankland (1) - Akobian (.5)
Shabalov (.5) - Kamsky (.5)
Onischuk (.5) - Lenderman (.5)

[Carl Hibbard]

The Livestream app on the new Apple TV again has some live coverage with the usual crowd.

[Adam Raoof]

The Livestream app on the new Apple TV again has some live coverage with the usual crowd.

You can also use this Livestream app on the Roku devices - works like a dream!

[Mick Norris]

So, Wesley - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 92 A35 English Symmetrical
Nakamura, Hikaru - Chandra, Akshat ½-½ 42 A13 Reti Opening
Shankland, Samuel L - Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 57 C10 French Rubinstein
Xiong, Jeffery - Robson, Ray ½-½ 71 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Onischuk, Alexander - Lenderman, Aleksandr 1-0 51 D10 Slav Defence
Shabalov, Alexander - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 33 A05 Various

Yip, Carissa - Abrahamyan, Tatev ½-½ 45 C03 French Tarrasch
Paikidze, Nazi - Eswaran, Ashritha 1-0 69 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Nemcova, Katerina - Gorti, Akshita 0-1 65 C06 French Tarrasch
Melekhina, Alisa - Krush, Irina ½-½ 45 B00 Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - Zatonskih, Anna ½-½ 56 E14 Queens Indian
Yu, Jennifer R - Bykovtsev, Agata ½-½ 53 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6

[Mick Norris]

chess.com round 3 report

[Mick Norris]

Caruana beats J'adoubeamura to go into the lead, half a point clear of So & Robson

Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shankland, Samuel L - So, Wesley ½-½ 33 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Kamsky, Gata - Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ 33 A45 Trompowsky
Akobian, Varuzhan - Robson, Ray ½-½ 38 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Lenderman, Aleksandr - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ 32 D83 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Chandra, Akshat - Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ 53 B19 Caro Kann

Abrahamyan, Tatev - Paikidze, Nazi ½-½ 31 B06 Modern Defence
Zatonskih, Anna - Melekhina, Alisa 1-0 59 A58 Volga Gambit
Yu, Jennifer R - Yip, Carissa 1-0 39 A16 English Opening
Bykovtsev, Agata - Krush, Irina 0-1 36 B88 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Eswaran, Ashritha - Nemcova, Katerina ½-½ 56 C41 Philidor's Defence
Gorti, Akshita - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 0-1 45 D37 QGD 5.Bf4

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chess mind

[Mick Norris]

So, Wesley - Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 24 C10 French Rubinstein
Robson, Ray - Lenderman, Aleksandr ½-½ 57 A07 Barcza System
Xiong, Jeffery - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 38 B03 Alekhine's Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru - Shankland, Samuel L 1-0 37 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Onischuk, Alexander - Chandra, Akshat 1-0 41 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shabalov, Alexander - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 45 A07 Barcza System

Paikidze, Nazi - Yu, Jennifer R 1-0 39 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Krush, Irina - Zatonskih, Anna ½-½ 69 D35 QGD Exchange
Yip, Carissa - Bykovtsev, Agata 0-1 60 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - Eswaran, Ashritha ½-½ 81 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Nemcova, Katerina - Abrahamyan, Tatev ½-½ 31 C15 French Winawer
Melekhina, Alisa - Gorti, Akshita 0-1 84 C02 French Advance

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Chess Mind

Rest day today

[Mick Norris]

Today

So (4) - J'adoubeamura (3)
Caruana (4) - Onischuk (3)

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Will he eventually be called Nakamura again? I am going to predict he will beat So. Caruana may win as well.

[Mick Norris]

Will he eventually be called Nakamura again?

Not by me, as I think chess will want to sweep this under the carpet again (based on my email correspondence with the FIDE Ethics Commission)

[NickFaulks]

Not by me, as I think chess will want to sweep this under the carpet again (based on my email correspondence with the FIDE Ethics Commission)

Can you reveal their reply? If, as I suspect, they said that they cannot investigate without a complaint from an interested party, then I'm not sure that they can say anything else.

[Mick Norris]

I think I already posted it on here, but yes I am not blaming the Ethics Commission, although I do think they ought to be allowed to open an investigation where they see fit

My point is that there are a number of people who could raise a compliant, but they probably won't bother

[Chris Rice]

I'm sure that the FIDE Ethics Commission will have a good laugh when they see this referral:

http://chess-news.ru/node/21329

[Christopher Kreuzer]

I'm sure that the FIDE Ethics Commission will have a good laugh when they see this referral:

http://chess-news.ru/node/21329

(OMG!)

(Not at what is described as happening, which is bad enough on one level, but at Danailov and Topalov sending a letter like that and at the Russian news site for publishing that letter. Talk about bad blood.)

[This should really be separated out from this thread, though.]