Month: April 2017

So and Akobian Lead US Chess Championship 2017 after Round 9, with 2 Rounds to go

In Round 9 action of the US Chess Championship 2017, Wesley So won against Jeffery Xiong, while Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana both lost to Alexander Onischuk and Varuzhan Akobian, respectively.

US Chess Championship 2017 Round 9 Results

#WhiteResultBlack
1Akobian, Varuzhan1-0Caruana, Fabiano
2Nakamura, Hikaru0-1Onischuk, Alexander
3Naroditsky, Daniel½-½Shabalov, Alexander
4Robson, Ray½-½Zherebukh, Yaroslav
5Kamsky, Gata½-½Shankland, Samuel L
6Xiong, Jeffery0-1So, Wesley

Replay all Round 9 games below:[replay]

Thus, at the end of Round 9, Wesley So and Varuzhan Akobian share the lead, with two more rounds to go.

Round 6 US Chess Championship 2017 – Caruana Wins

Fabiano Caruana clinched a win against Gata Kamsky in Round 6 of US Chess Championship 2017, to share the second place with 4 others at the end of the round. This is Caruana’s first win in the tournament.

Wesley So still leads with 4 points out of six games.

US Chess Championship 2017 Round 6 Results

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Wesley So Retains Lead By the End of Round 5 – US Chess Championship 2017

Wesley So drew his game against Yaroslav Zherebukh in Round 5 of the US Chess Championship 2017, to retain his lead going into the break day.

Varuzhan Akobian and Ray Robson won their games in Round 5 to join the 3 others in second place. Gata Kamsky won too. Check out the results of Round 5 below:

US Chess Championship 2017 Round 5 Results

Gm.WhiteResultBlack
1Nakamura, Hikaru½-½Naroditsky, Daniel
2Zherebukh, Yaroslav½-½So, Wesley
3Akobian, Varuzhan1-0Shankland, Samuel L
4Robson, Ray1-0Shabalov, Alexander
5Onischuk, Alexander½-½Caruana, Fabiano
6Xiong, Jeffery0-1Kamsky, Gata

Replay all Round 5 games below:[replay]

5 rounds down, and 6 more rounds to go for the tournament. Today is rest day for the players. And here’s how the standings look so far:

Wesley So Leads US Chess Championship 2017 after Round 4

Wesley So won with white against Alexander Onischuk in Round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2017, to take the solo lead of the tournament. Replay the game below:[replay]

The rest of the Round 4 games were drawn:

US Chess Championship 2017 Round 4 Results

GameWhiteResultBlack
1So, Wesley1-0Onischuk, Alexander
2Naroditsky, Daniel½-½Robson, Ray
3Caruana, Fabiano½-½Xiong, Jeffery
4Shankland, Samuel L½-½Zherebukh, Yaroslav
5Kamsky, Gata½-½Nakamura, Hikaru
6Shabalov, Alexander½-½Akobian, Varuzhan

This is the 60th consecutive no-loss game of Wesley So.