No "Fischer prize" at US Championship 2016

by Johannes Fischer
4/17/2016 – 1963/64 Bobby Fischer won the US Championship with 11.0/11. A player winning the event 2016 with the same score was promised 64,000 USD. But no one will. After So and Caruana drew their game in round three and Robson split the point against Xiong, Caruana, So and Robson lead with 2.5/3. In the women's tournament Abrahamyan, Yip and Paikidze lead with 2.5/3 each.
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Open tournament

Results of round three

Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result
1 GM Shankland, Samuel L 1.0 2656 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 0.5 2615 1-0
2 GM So, Wesley 2.0 2773 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2.0 2795 ½-½
3 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 1.5 2787 IM Chandra, Akshat 0.0 2477 ½-½
4 GM Shabalov, Alexander 0.5 2528 GM Kamsky, Gata 0.5 2678 ½-½
5 GM Onischuk, Alexander 0.5 2664 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr 0.5 2618 1-0
6 GM Xiong, Jeffery 1.0 2618 GM Robson, Ray 2.0 2663 ½-½

In the top encounter of round three Fabiano Caruana played with Black against Wesley So but had no trouble at all. Soon after the opening he seized the initiative and could hope that his passed b-pawn would give him winning chances. But So defended tenaciously and after 92 moves the game ended in a draw.

 
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1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6 9.Bb2 0-0 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Rc1 a5 14.Nb5 axb4 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.axb4 Qxb4 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rb1 Qe7 19.Rb5 Rfd8 20.Nd4 Kg7 21.Re1 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Bf5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Be4 25.Qd1 Qb4 26.Rf1 Ra2 27.Qd7 Bg6 28.Bf3 b5 29.h4 Rd2 30.Qh3 h5 31.Qg3 Qd6 32.Qxd6 Rxd6 33.Rd1 Rb6 34.e4 b4 35.Rd2 f5 36.exf5 Bxf5 37.Bxh5 b3 38.Rb2 Bc2 39.Bf3 Rb5 40.Be2 Rb4 41.Bf3 Rxh4 42.Bd5 Rb4 43.Kf1 f5 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.f4 Ke7 46.Bg8 Kf8 47.Bd5 Kg7 48.Ke3 Kg6 49.Bf3 Kf6 50.Bd5 Kg6 51.Bf3 Rc4 52.g4 Rc3+ 53.Kf2 Bd3 54.Bd1 Bc4 55.Ke1 Rg3 56.Kf2 Rh3 57.Ke1 Be6 58.Re2 Bc4 59.Rb2 Kf6 60.Kd2 Rd3+ 61.Kc1 Rc3+ 62.Kd2 Rg3 63.gxf5 Kxf5 64.Kc1 Kxf4 65.Rh2 Ke3 66.Kb2 Kd4 67.Rh4+ Kc5 68.Ka3 Bd5 69.Rh5 Kd4 70.Rxd5+ Kxd5 71.Bxb3+ Kd4 72.Kb2 Rg2+ 73.Ka1 Kc3 74.Ba2 Rg7 75.Bb1 Rb7 76.Ba2 Kc2 77.Bd5 Re7 78.Bg8 Re1+ 79.Ka2 Rh1 80.Bd5 Rh4 81.Bb3+ Kc3 82.Be6 Rf4 83.Bg8 Rf2+ 84.Kb1 Rb2+ 85.Ka1 Kc2 86.Bh7+ Kc1 87.Bg8 Rb1+ 88.Ka2 Rb8 89.Bf7 Rb2+ 90.Ka1 Rb7 91.Bd5 Ra7+ 92.Ba2 Kc2 ½–½
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So,W2773Caruana,F2795½–½2016A35ch-USA 20163.1

Wesley So (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

In round two Alexander Onischuk suffered a bitter defeat against Ray Robson but in round three he showed his resilience by coming back with a fine win against Aleksandr Lenderman. After an apparently harmless opening Onischuk did not take long to show entertaining and courageous chess that he crowned with spectacular tactics and good endgame technique.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nh4 Be4 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.d5 A seemingly quiet opening suddenly became complicated. exd5 12.Nf5 g6 13.Nd4 White is a pawn down but Black is not yet fully developed, the d-pawn is weak and the knight on c6 will soon suffer from an annoying pin. Qd7 14.Bb5 Bf6 15.Bc3 Kf8 16.0-0 Kg7 17.f3 Black castled "by hand" but his king still is not safe. Nxd4 18.exd4 Qd6?! Now the engines start to like the white position. After 18...Qc7 19.fxe4 dxe4 20.Bc4 the engines evaluate the position as almost equal - which, however, does not mean that it is easy to play for Black. 19.fxe4 dxe4 20.Rae1 Rc8
Black would like to bring his knight on g8 into play but this is just not possible: After 20...Ne7 White wins with 21.Rxf6 Kxf6 22.d5+ Kg5 23.Bd2+ Kf6 24.Qc3+ Qe5 25.Bg5++- and after 20...Nh6 White has 21.Rxf6 Kxf6 22.d5+ Ke7 23.Rxe4+ Kd8 24.Bxh8+- 21.Rxe4 Rc7 Now 21...Ne7 fails to 22.Bb4 Bxd4+ 23.Kh1 and Black loses, e.g. Qd5 24.Rxd4 Qxd4 25.Rxf7+ Kh6 26.Qh3+ Kg5 27.Bxe7+ and Black will be mated soon. 22.Bb4 Bxd4+ 23.Kh1 Qb6
24.Rxd4 White chooses the pragmatic approach. After the game Onischuk explained that he felt that White might have a stronger continuation but that he saw that White was winning after the game move and decided to play it. But Onischuk's feeling did not betray him. As the engines quickly point out 24.Re6! wins immediately. After Qxb5 24...fxe6 25.Bf8# 25.Bf8+ Kxf8 26.Qxb5 White has a queen for two minor pieces and is winning easily. 24...Qxd4 25.Bc3 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Qd6 27.Qxf7+ Kh6 28.Qf8+ Qxf8 29.Rxf8
29...Kg7 Now material is still equal but Black cannot develop and will sooner or later lose some of his pawns. 30.Rb8 b6 31.Rb7+ Kh6 32.Rf7 g5 33.Bd3 g4 34.Kg1 Kg5 35.Rf8 Kh6 36.Ra8 a5 37.Rb8 Kg7 38.Rb7+ Kf8 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.Rxb6 Ne7 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Rxh8 Kxh8
Black finally developed the knight but for the prize of a lost endgame. 44.Be4 Kg7 45.Kf2 Kf6 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.Bxh7 Nd5+ 48.Kd2 Kf4 49.Kd3 g3 50.hxg3+ Kxg3 51.Be4 1–0
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Onischuk,A2664Lenderman,A26181–02016D10ch-USA 20163.6

Alexander Onischuk (Photo: Spectrum Studios)

Aleksandr Lenderman (Photo: Austin Fuller)

Sam Shankland also showed resilience. After his defeat against Fabiano Caruana in round two he used tactical opportunities in the endgame to win against Varuzhian Akobian.

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Qd2 Nd5 10.c3 c4 11.Bc2 Bd6 12.Qe2 b5 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Qe4 g6 16.Qh4 Bf4 17.Be4 Bxd2 18.Nxd2 Rab8 19.g3 a5 20.Rfc1 Nb6 21.Re1 b4 22.Qh6 Nd5 23.Rac1 bxc3 24.bxc3 Nf6 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Qg5 Kg7 27.Qe5 Qxe5 28.Rxe5 Nd5 29.Nxc4
29...Rc7 White won a pawn but the engines still consider the position as equal. A sample line is 29...a4 30.Ne3 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Rb2 32.a3 Rc8 33.c4 Rd2 34.c5 Rxd4 and Black regained material equality to reach an endgame with equal chances. 30.Nxa5 Ra8 31.Nb3 Rxc3 32.Re2 Rd3 Another step into the wrong direction. After 32...Rxc1+ 33.Nxc1 Ra4 34.Rd2 g5 35.Kg2 Kf6 White is a pawn up but has difficulties to make progress. 33.Rb2
33...Nb4? Perhaps overlooking White's reply. After 33...Rb8 the engines still consider the position as equal. 34.a4! Nd5 Of course, Black cannot take the pawn: 34...Rxa4 35.Nc5 35.a5 Rb8 36.Rcb1 Ra8 37.a6 Now Black has to take the pawn. Rxa6 38.Nc5 Raa3 39.Rb7 White does not take the rook but increases the pressure. Rd2 After 39...Kf6 40.Nxd3 Rxd3 41.Ra1 Rxd4 42.Raa7 the white rooks are too active. 40.Nxe6+ Kf6 41.Nd8 Kf5 42.Rxf7+ Ke4 43.Re1+ Kxd4 44.Ne6+ Kc4 45.Rc1+ Nc3 46.Rxh7 Kb5 47.Rb7+ Kc6 48.Rxc3+! Liquidating into a won rook ending. Rxc3 49.Rc7+ Kd6 50.Rxc3 Kxe6 51.Rf3 Rd4 52.h4 Ke5 53.Kg2 Ke6 54.Kh3 Ke5 55.g4 Rd1 56.g5 Rd6 57.h5 1–0
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Shankland,S2656Akobian,V26151–02016C10ch-USA 20163.4

Sam Shankland (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

15-year old Jeffery Xiong (Photo: Austin Fuller) drew with White against Ray Robson.

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1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.f3 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.g4 Nb6 8.b3 Bc8 9.Bb2 Nfxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qe2 e6 12.0-0-0 b6 13.Nh3 Bb7 14.f4 Bd6 15.f5 Qe7 16.Bxg7 Rg8 17.Bb2 0-0-0 18.Rhf1 Rde8 19.f6 Qf8 20.g5 h6 21.Rg1 hxg5 22.Nxg5 Rh8 23.h3 Rh6 24.Rdf1 a5 25.Kb1 Kb8 26.Rg4 Rd8 27.h4 Ka7 28.Be5 Rd7 29.Bb5 Rd8 30.Bxd6 cxd6 31.Bc4 Nc7 32.Nxf7 Qxf7 33.Rg7 Qf8 34.Rxc7 Rxf6 35.Rxf6 Qxf6 36.Qxe6 Qxh4 37.Bd5 Rb8 38.Qf7 Qe1+ 39.Kb2 Qe5+ 40.c3 1–0
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Caruana,F2795Akobian,V26151–02016B01ch-USA 20161.1
Nakamura,H2787Lenderman,A26181–02016D43ch-USA 20161.2
So,W2773Kamsky,G26781–02016C95ch-USA 20161.3
Shankland,S2656Chandra,A24771–02016C07ch-USA 20161.4
Onischuk,A2664Xiong,J2618½–½2016D20ch-USA 20161.5
Shabalov,A2528Robson,R26630–12016D43ch-USA 20161.6
Caruana,F2795Shankland,S26561–02016C19ch-USA 20162.1
Kamsky,G2678Nakamura,H2787½–½2016A45ch-USA 20162.2
Chandra,A2477So,W27730–12016B12ch-USA 20162.3
Robson,R2663Onischuk,A26641–02016A46ch-USA 20162.4
Akobian,V2615Xiong,J2618½–½2016D83ch-USA 20162.5
Lenderman,A2618Shabalov,A2528½–½2016D45ch-USA 20162.6
So,W2773Caruana,F2795½–½2016A35ch-USA 20163.1
Xiong,J2618Robson,R2663½–½2016D00ch-USA 20163.2
Nakamura,H2787Chandra,A2477½–½2016A13ch-USA 20163.3
Shankland,S2656Akobian,V26151–02016C10ch-USA 20163.4
Shabalov,A2528Kamsky,G2678½–½2016A05ch-USA 20163.5
Onischuk,A2664Lenderman,A26181–02016D10ch-USA 20163.6

Women's Tournament

Results of round three

Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result
1 WFM Yu, Jennifer R 0.5 2157 WIM Bykovtsev, Agata 1.0 2219 ½-½
2 Yip, Carissa 2.0 2164 WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2.0 2342 ½-½
3 IM Paikidze, Nazi 1.5 2346 WIM Eswaran, Ashritha 0.5 2225 1-0
4 WGM Nemcova, Katerina 1.0 2367 FM Gorti, Akshita 0.0 2184 0-1
5 WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 0.5 2258 IM Zatonskih, Anna 1.0 2470 ½-½
6 FM Melekhina, Alisa 0.5 2205 GM Krush, Irina 1.5 2465 ½-½

In the women's tournament 12-year Carissa Yip was close to losing against Tatev Abrahamyan but managed to hold. After three rounds she now has 2.5/3 and shares the lead with Abrahamyan and Nazi Paikidze.

Carissa Yip (Photo: Spectrum Studios)

However, the most dramatic eoncounter was perhaps the game of Alisa Melekhina against Irina Krush. Melekhina, who now works as a lawyer and thus has very little time for chess, convincingly outplayed full-time professional Irina Krush but just before the time-control failed to seal the deal and failed to win a clearly position.

 
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1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bb5 Rc8 6.0-0 e6 7.Bxc6+ Rxc6 8.d3 Nf6 9.Qe1 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 Be7 11.f5 Nd7 12.Qe2 Ne5 13.Rh3 Bf6 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Rf1 a6 16.Nd1 g6 17.c3 0-0 18.Nf2 Rcc8 19.Qd2 Bg7 20.Bh6
After avoiding the sharp theoretical lines of the Sicilian Alisa Melekhina has completely outplayed her much higher rated opponent and is almost winning. 20...f6 21.fxe6 Rfe8?! Now White is material up and has a strong attack. 21...Bxh6 A bit better was 22.Qxh6 f5 though White is also clearly better here. 22.b3 Nc6 23.Bxg7 Qxg7 24.d4 cxd4 25.cxd4 Ne7 26.Ng4 Rf8 27.Qf4 f5 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Qxd6
Now White is two pawns up. But both players were already short of time. 29...Nc6 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.exf5 Qxd4+ 32.Qxd4 Nxd4 33.Nd6 A pretty way to stop Black's counterplay was 33.Rd3 with the idea Nxf5? 34.Rxf5 gxf5 35.Rg3# 33...Rc7 34.g4 gxf5 35.gxf5 Rg7+ 36.Rg3
Giving up the exchange is White's best continuation. After 36.Kh1 Nxe6 Black wins an important pawn - though after 37.Rg3 Nc5 38.Rfg1 Rxg3 39.Rxg3+ the engines still evaluate the position as won for White. 36...Ne2+ 37.Kg2 Nxg3 38.hxg3 Rd8 39.f6? The passed pawns should guarantee the win for White. However, White is too hasty. After 39.Rd1 or 39.Rc1 White should win. But in time-trouble and being so close to a fine win against tournament favorite and defending champion Irina Krush Alisa Melekhina shows nerves. 39...Rxd6 After this simple move White can no longer win. 40.fxg7 After 40.f7+ Rxf7 But not 40...Kf8?? 41.e7+ winning. 41.Rxf7 Rxe6 42.Rxb7 Re2+ 43.Kf3 Rxa2 Black managed to save herself. 40...Rxe6 41.Rd1 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2 43.Rd8+ Kxg7 44.Rd7+ Kg6 45.Rxb7 ½–½
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Melekhina,A2205Krush,I2465½–½2016B00ch-USA w 20163.2

Alisa Melekhina (Photo: Spectrum Studios)

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1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nd3 Na6 13.Nd2 f5 14.Be5 Nb4 15.Nxb4 Bxb4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.f3 exf3 18.exf3 Qe7 19.c5 bxc5 20.a3 Ba5 21.dxc5 Ba6 22.Rf2 Rad8 23.Qb2 Bc7 24.Bxc7 Qxc7 25.Re1 Rfe8 26.f4 d4 27.Re5 d3 28.Rd2 Rb8 29.Qc3 Qb7 30.b4 Qd7 31.Be4 Rbd8 32.Kg2 Re7 33.Rh5 g6 34.Re5 Bb5 35.h4 Qd4 36.Qxd4 Rxd4 37.Kf2 a5 38.bxa5 Kf7 39.h5 Ra7 40.Ke3 Ra4 41.hxg6+ hxg6 42.Rg5 R4xa5 43.Rxg6 Rxa3 44.Rh6 R7a4 45.Rh7+ Kg8 46.Rd7 Rc4 47.R2xd3 Rxd3+ 48.Bxd3 Rc3 49.Ke4 Bxd3+ 50.Rxd3 Rxc5 51.Rd7 Kf8 52.g4 Rd5 53.Rc7 Rc5 54.Kd4 Rd5+ 55.Ke3 Rc5 56.Ke4 Ke8 57.g5 Kf8 58.g6 Rf5 59.Rxc6 Rf6 60.Ke5 Rf5+ 61.Ke4 Rf6 62.Ke5 Rf5+ 63.Kxe6 Rxf4 64.Rc7 Kg8 65.Ke5 Rf1 ½–½
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Paikidze,N2346Zatonskih,A2470½–½2016D02ch-USA w 20161.1
Nemcova,K2367Krush,I2465½–½2016B47ch-USA w 20161.2
Abrahamyan,T2342Bykovtsev,A22191–02016B90ch-USA w 20161.3
Foisor,S2258Melekhina,A2205½–½2016B39ch-USA w 20161.4
Yu,J2157Eswaran,A2225½–½2016A18ch-USA w 20161.5
Yip,C2164Gorti,A21841–02016C04ch-USA w 20161.6
Abrahamyan,T2342Yu,J21571–02016B90ch-USA w 20162.1
Eswaran,A2225Yip,C21640–12016B92ch-USA w 20162.2
Zatonskih,A2470Nemcova,K2367½–½2016E10ch-USA w 20162.3
Krush,I2465Foisor,S22581–02016A07ch-USA w 20162.4
Gorti,A2184Paikidze,N23460–12016D45ch-USA w 20162.5
Bykovtsev,A2219Melekhina,A22051–02016B27ch-USA w 20162.6
Yip,C2164Abrahamyan,T2342½–½2016C03ch-USA w 20163.1
Melekhina,A2205Krush,I2465½–½2016B00ch-USA w 20163.2
Paikidze,N2346Eswaran,A22251–02016A46ch-USA w 20163.3
Foisor,S2258Zatonskih,A2470½–½2016E14ch-USA w 20163.4
Nemcova,K2367Gorti,A21840–12016C06ch-USA w 20163.5
Yu,J2157Bykovtsev,A2219½–½2016E62ch-USA w 20163.6

 

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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