2018 USA Chess Championship
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Congratulations to Sam Shankland on a brilliant +6 to become US champion ahead of Caruana on +5.
Annie Wang is busted but may yet be champion if Goletiani holds Paikidze.
Annie Wang is busted but may yet be champion if Goletiani holds Paikidze.
Tim Harding
Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Annie lost and Nazi drew.Tim Harding wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:15 pmCongratulations to Sam Shankland on a brilliant +6 to become US champion ahead of Caruana on +5.
Annie Wang is busted but may yet be champion if Goletiani holds Paikidze.
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Paikidze offered a draw as soon as she saw the Wang result and Goletiani (who was slightly better but low on time) accepted.
So tiebreak tomorrow.
Caruana said in his interview that he thought +4 would be good enough for a tie.
Even after losing in round 4 he still felt confident that he could win the event and he hadn't expected the loss would be so costly.
So tiebreak tomorrow.
Caruana said in his interview that he thought +4 would be good enough for a tie.
Even after losing in round 4 he still felt confident that he could win the event and he hadn't expected the loss would be so costly.
Tim Harding
Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
http://www.chessmail.com
Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
http://www.chessmail.com
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Mike Klein report report on Sam Shankland's victory and he now rises above 2700 and is 45 in the world on the live ratings. If you read Shankland's forward to Aagard's recent publication Thinking Inside the Box then his win perhaps may not as surprising as it looks. He worked a lot on candidate moves with Aagard and that work really seems to have paid off and taken him to the next level.
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Game 1 of the tie-break underway and on move 27 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 018/12/1/1Tim Harding wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:27 pmPaikidze offered a draw as soon as she saw the Wang result and Goletiani (who was slightly better but low on time) accepted.
So tiebreak tomorrow.
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Ending in a convincing win for Annie Wang with white.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:42 pmGame 1 of the tie-break underway and on move 27 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 018/12/1/1Tim Harding wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:27 pmPaikidze offered a draw as soon as she saw the Wang result and Goletiani (who was slightly better but low on time) accepted.
So tiebreak tomorrow.
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Paikidze wins. Armageddon!
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
A convincing win for Nazi to level at 1-1.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:56 pmEnding in a convincing win for Annie Wang with white.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:42 pmGame 1 of the tie-break underway and on move 27 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 018/12/1/1Tim Harding wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:27 pmPaikidze offered a draw as soon as she saw the Wang result and Goletiani (who was slightly better but low on time) accepted.
So tiebreak tomorrow.
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Re: 2018 USA Chess Championship
Another convincing win for Nazi to become the 2018 champion.