Not much kicking off so far. But this rd. 3 game is one to keep you on your toes. Plenty of 'red'; but hardly surprising.
Shankland - Xiong
US Championship 2019
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Geoff Chandler
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Re: US Championship 2019
2016 champ Fabiano Caruana has started with 4 draws.
His last win in Classical Games was on the 2nd October 2018. since then he is P.26. W.0. L1. D.25.
In Round two Wesley So - Timur Gareyev, Wes So found a 'bolt from the blue.'
He played 47.Nf6. The more you look at it the more tricks you see. (there is Ng8+ and Nxh6 in there)
His last win in Classical Games was on the 2nd October 2018. since then he is P.26. W.0. L1. D.25.
In Round two Wesley So - Timur Gareyev, Wes So found a 'bolt from the blue.'
He played 47.Nf6. The more you look at it the more tricks you see. (there is Ng8+ and Nxh6 in there)
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Nick Burrows
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Re: US Championship 2019
Gareyev simultaneously pulled one of the cheapest yet brilliant swindles of all time.
In this position:
Gareyev's awful moves should have smelt of fish. 30..Ra4?!? 31.a3! Rb3 32.Rd3?? Falling hook, line and sinker:
32..Rxb2!! and black has equalised a completely lost position. What a thoroughly dirty concept!
In this position:
Gareyev's awful moves should have smelt of fish. 30..Ra4?!? 31.a3! Rb3 32.Rd3?? Falling hook, line and sinker:
32..Rxb2!! and black has equalised a completely lost position. What a thoroughly dirty concept!
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Geoff Chandler
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Re: US Championship 2019
Hi Nick,
Yes that was a nice piece of chess. It looked there was so much to go wrong with that.
White has 33.f6+ (which was played) or 33.Rxd6 first but it all works.
The game finished in a rather unique way.
S. Sevian - T. Gareyev, USA Ch, 2019 (round 4)
White played 67. Rxe2 start counting in case the 50 move rule applies. 50 moves later here.
White played 117 Bxg3 stalemate. ( Gareyev should have claimed a double draw and both players could have got two ½ pts.)
After Gareyev lost his first two games some were saying he would finish with 0/11.
I think they simply looked at the grades... which also had me scratching my head.
Had no idea America had it's own grading system. Caruana is 2907.
https://uschesschamps.com/2019-us-champ ... /the-field
In the live games the official site uses FIDE grades.
Yes that was a nice piece of chess. It looked there was so much to go wrong with that.
White has 33.f6+ (which was played) or 33.Rxd6 first but it all works.
The game finished in a rather unique way.
S. Sevian - T. Gareyev, USA Ch, 2019 (round 4)
White played 67. Rxe2 start counting in case the 50 move rule applies. 50 moves later here.
White played 117 Bxg3 stalemate. ( Gareyev should have claimed a double draw and both players could have got two ½ pts.)
After Gareyev lost his first two games some were saying he would finish with 0/11.
I think they simply looked at the grades... which also had me scratching my head.
Had no idea America had it's own grading system. Caruana is 2907.
https://uschesschamps.com/2019-us-champ ... /the-field
In the live games the official site uses FIDE grades.
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Alex Holowczak
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Re: US Championship 2019
He also entered the Mid-America Open, played 15-20 minutes away in St. Louis, and won his Round 1 game on Friday night. He took a half-point bye in Round 2. He didn't make it in time for Round 3, for which he was paired, due to the length of this game. He wasn't paired in Round 4.Nick Burrows wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:00 amGareyev simultaneously pulled one of the cheapest yet brilliant swindles of all time.
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Tim Harding
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Re: US Championship 2019
Gareyev may be a world record blindfold player and clever tactician but he's otherwise a glorified coffee house hacker as Nakamura demonstrated with simple effectiveness, avoiding any theory discussion, and just eating pawns whenever offered.
it's a mystery to me how Gareyev gets into the US Championship. What are the qualification routes?
If it wasn't for that swindle he would be clear last already and he still has to play at least through opponents who should crush him, starting with Caruana today.
He also played in 2015, scoring 4/11 with one attacking win, six draws and five losses. The win was against Sevian so maybe there was a hangover from that game.
Incidentally TWIC (and ChessBase?) still spell his name Gareev but he goes by Gareyev nowadays.
On the other hand, there is America's latest off-the-shelf purchase, Polish GM Darius Swiercz, who is NOT in the championship but played top board for the US at the World Teams. FIDE transfer records show that in addition to the transfer fee of 3500 Euro, they must also have paid a fee to include him on the team, as he will not be eligible to play for them free of fee until 21 November 2020.
So although this is evidently a very strong tournament it could have been even stronger.
it's a mystery to me how Gareyev gets into the US Championship. What are the qualification routes?
If it wasn't for that swindle he would be clear last already and he still has to play at least through opponents who should crush him, starting with Caruana today.
He also played in 2015, scoring 4/11 with one attacking win, six draws and five losses. The win was against Sevian so maybe there was a hangover from that game.
Incidentally TWIC (and ChessBase?) still spell his name Gareev but he goes by Gareyev nowadays.
On the other hand, there is America's latest off-the-shelf purchase, Polish GM Darius Swiercz, who is NOT in the championship but played top board for the US at the World Teams. FIDE transfer records show that in addition to the transfer fee of 3500 Euro, they must also have paid a fee to include him on the team, as he will not be eligible to play for them free of fee until 21 November 2020.
So although this is evidently a very strong tournament it could have been even stronger.
Tim Harding
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Re: US Championship 2019
Somebody has to come bottom of any tournament and players will be outclassed on occasion. I'm not losing too much sleep over it, especially since there were predictions after a few rounds that Gareev/Gareyev would go 0-11.
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Re: US Championship 2019
He won the US Open last year.Tim Harding wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 5:35 pmit's a mystery to me how Gareyev gets into the US Championship. What are the qualification routes?
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Tim Harding
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Well, well, well. There were many times this evening when I thought I would have to take back my words about Gareyev.
He even got R v R+B for the second time, after Caruana (who was a little worse for ages) missed a win at move 66.
(Caruana actually had played very Magnus-like in the spell from his ...a5-a4 break up to move 66.)
In the end Gareyev found a way to lose when he was in sight of the 50-move draw.
The tournament is hotting up with Nakamura, Dominguez, Sevian and Caruana all winning.
Next round:
Caruana(4.5)-So (4)
Sevian-Dominguez (both 4.5)
Nakamura (5)-Shankland (3)
And Jennifer Yu won again from a dubious position to reach 6.5/7. She is still "only" an FM...
He even got R v R+B for the second time, after Caruana (who was a little worse for ages) missed a win at move 66.
(Caruana actually had played very Magnus-like in the spell from his ...a5-a4 break up to move 66.)
In the end Gareyev found a way to lose when he was in sight of the 50-move draw.
The tournament is hotting up with Nakamura, Dominguez, Sevian and Caruana all winning.
Next round:
Caruana(4.5)-So (4)
Sevian-Dominguez (both 4.5)
Nakamura (5)-Shankland (3)
And Jennifer Yu won again from a dubious position to reach 6.5/7. She is still "only" an FM...
Tim Harding
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Re: US Championship 2019
Zatonskih-Yu the big game tonight
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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Tim Harding
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Re: US Championship 2019
You were right. Jennifer is the champion!
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Tim Harding
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Re: US Championship 2019
Three sharing the lead in Open (Dominguez, Nakamura, Caruana).
Robson got crushed by Gareyev and Wesley So could be going down. Sevian wlll be up to fourth if that happens.
Has Wesley So ever lost a game in the US Championship?
Robson got crushed by Gareyev and Wesley So could be going down. Sevian wlll be up to fourth if that happens.
Has Wesley So ever lost a game in the US Championship?
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Re: US Championship 2019
If not, then he still hasn't.
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Nick Burrows
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Re: US Championship 2019
He lost 4 games in 2015: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl ... &pid=95915
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Tim Harding
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Ah yes, I had forgotten 2015. That was when Wesley had a melt-down with one of his losses being an arbiter ruling for note-taking,
Probably Wesley was lost somewhere near the end of yesterday's game but the online engines may be wrong,
Probably Wesley was lost somewhere near the end of yesterday's game but the online engines may be wrong,
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