U.S. Championship

Daaim ShabazzMay 13, 2014
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2014 U.S. Championships (Round #3)

2014 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #3 (Saturday, 10 May 2013) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 1.0 2643 GM Onischuk, Alexander 1.0 2668 ½-½ 2 GM Friedel, Joshua E 0.5 2505 GM Molner, Mackenzie 1.0 2522 ½-½ 3 GM Gareev,…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 13, 2014
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2014 U.S. Championships (Round #2)

2014 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #2 (Friday, 9 May 2013) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Onischuk, Alexander 0.5 2668 GM Erenburg, Sergey 0.0 2633 ½-½ 2 GM Shankland, Samuel L 0.5 2634 GM Robson, Ray 1.0 2631 ½-½ 3 GM Kamsky,…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 13, 2014
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2014 U.S. Championships (Round #1)

2014 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #1 (Thursday, 8 May 2013) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Molner, Mackenzie 0.0 2522 GM Onischuk, Alexander 0.0 2668 ½-½ 2 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 0.0 2643 GM Naroditsky, Daniel 0.0 2543 ½-½ 3 GM Friedel, Joshua…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 9, 2014
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2014 U.S. Chess Championships (St. Louis, USA)

This year’s U.S. Championship brings yet another format from the previous editions. Instead of the 24-player former, the open field will have a 12-player format and be fixed as a round robin tournament. The women’s championship will maintain the 10-player round robin format. Defending champions are Gata Kamsky and Irina…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 18, 2013
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Reflections of 2013 U.S. Championship

St. Louis was settled by Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau and named after French king Saint Louis, this city of 318,000 is known for its baseball and the iconic Gateway Arch. It is also a place of childhood memories for me. When by parents drove from Chicago to East St.…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 17, 2013
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Drum Interviews at ’13 U.S. Champs

National Championships generally bring together the country’s top players and thus a diverse collection of personalities. The 2013 U.S. Chess Championship had a nice mixture of veterans and youth to make the tournament interesting from beginning to end. The Chess Drum conducted the following interviews during the Championship. GM Fidel…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 14, 2013
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Kamsky, Krush… 2013 U.S. Champions!

While Alejandro Ramirez may have been the crowd favorite, his career tournament would not end with a fitting ending. Ramirez had talled a strong 6.5/9 along with Gata Kamsky, but Kamsky won the Armageddon game convincingly to win the 2013 U.S. Championship. The first two games were hard-fought but petered…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 13, 2013
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2013 U.S. Championships (Round #9)

GM Maurice Ashley did an excellent job with on the spot analysis. WGM Jennifer Shahade and GM Yasser Seirawan gave star commentary and kept the broadcast interesting. What a great team the three make! Wow! What an ending. Alejandro Ramirez came through with a clutch win over Larry Christiansen putting…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 12, 2013
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2013 U.S. Championships (Round #8)

In the penultimate round of the 2013 U.S. Championships, excitement simmered at the prospect of clinching results by leaders Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush. The pivotal matchup of Abrahamyan-Krush was going to be the crowd-pleaser. Tatev Abrahamyan tried a bold approach against Irina Krush.Photo by Daaim Shabazz. In this Sicilian…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 11, 2013
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2013 U.S. Championships (Round #7)

GM Gata Kamsky was unable to overcome GM Alejandro Ramirez. The tournament is coming down to the wire with the penultimate round tomorrow. Today at the top of the field changed little, but a few other contenders inched closer. Gata Kamsky-Alejandro Ramirez had an interesting battle in which a tactical…
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