Saint Louis: Fireworks in round five

by André Schulz
4/19/2016 – Tournament leader Fabiano Caruana drew in round five of the US Championship in St. Louis and this allowed Wesley So, who won a smooth and powerful attacking game against Varuzhan Akobian, to regain the shared lead. Hikaru Nakamura showed tactical acumen against Sam Shankland while Gata Kamsky boldly attacked Jeffrey Xiong but blundered in the end.
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After the fourth round of the US Championship in St. Louis Fabiano Caruana led the field by half a point but in round five he had to concede a draw against Alexander Shabalov, which allowed Wesley So to catch up to Caruana.

So played a textbook attacking game against Varuzhan Akobian and quickly smashed Black's position in a Rubinstein French.

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.Qc2 h6 12.0-0-0 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rd8 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.Qe2N A new move. In a previous game White put his faith in the two bishops: 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Qc7 18.Qe2 Bf6 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Bc2 b6 21.h4 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Rd8 23.Qe2 Qb7 24.f3 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Nxa6 26.h5 Kg8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Kf8 29.Kc2 Ke7 30.Kd3 Nc7 31.f4 e5 32.Ke4 Kd6 33.Bb3 Ne6 34.fxe5+ Bxe5 35.Kf5 g6+ 36.hxg6 fxg6+ 37.Kxg6 Nf4+ 38.Kf5 Nxg2 39.Bxh6 Nh4+ 40.Kg5 Ng2 41.Kg4 Ne1 42.Kf5 Bg3 43.Ke4 Bf2 44.Bf4+ Kc6 Lilov,V (2412)-Halldorsson,J (2214) Albena 2011 1-0 15...Bc6 16.Rhe1 Bd5
Black is already in deeper trouble than it seems which is why the engines become ballistic. Fritz 15 gives 16...Rxd4 as best and after 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.cxd4 Rb8 19.Bc4 Bb4 20.Rf1 considers the position to be slightly better for White. 17.c4 Bxg2 Inviting White to attack on the g-file but after the retreat 17...Bc6 White has 18.Nxf7 Rxd4 19.Qxe6 and now Black's best choice according to the engines is Rxd3 20.Rxd3 Qxe1+ 21.Qxe1 Kxf7 22.f3 with a clear advantage for White. 18.Bc3 Qb6 19.Rg1 Bc6
Now White smashes Black's position with two strong blows: 20.Nxf7! Kxf7 21.Rxg7+! Kxg7 22.Qxe6 White is rook and piece down but has an irresistible attack. Qxf2 Even Fritz 15 sees no escape for Black. He gives 22...Re8 23.Qf5 Kf8 24.Bxf6 Bd7 25.Bxe7+ Kxe7 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Bg6 with a clear advantage for White as best. 23.Qxe7+ Kg8 24.Bh7+ Now Black loses (almost) everything. 1–0
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So,W2773Akobian,V26151–02016C10ch-USA 20165.2

Hikaru Nakamura ppeared to be well recovered from his loss against Fabiano Caruana and played a fine game against Sam Shankland. The game started as a Caro-Kann but then entered French structures, in which Nakamura showed powerful chess and demolished Black's position with the typical f4-f5 break.

 
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1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 g6 The main line is 6...Nf6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 z.B.: 8.Qe2 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 g6 11.0-0 Bg7 12.d4 0-0 13.Rd1 a5 14.a4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nd5 16.h4 Re8 17.c3 Qb6 18.Bf3 h6 19.Kg2 Rad8 20.Qc4 Rd7 21.Rb1 Red8 22.Bd2 Qc7 23.Be1 Qb6 24.Bd2 Qc7 25.Be1 Qb6 1/2-1/2 (25) McShane,L (2671)-Anand,V (2811) London 2011 6...Nd7 7.Bg2 7.d4 Bg7 8.Be3 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.0-0-0 f5 10.exf5 exf5 11.Qe3 0-0 12.Re1 Nc8 13.h4 Rf7 14.Bg5 Qd6 15.h5 Nd7 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 Qb4 18.Qe8+ Nf8 19.Rd1 Re7 20.Qd8 Qb6 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Bg5 Re8 23.Bh6 b5 24.a3 Bxh6+ 25.Rxh6 Kg7 26.Rh2 Nd6 27.g4 fxg4 28.Rg2 Ne4 29.Nxe4 Rxe4 30.c3 Nd7 31.Bd3 Rf4 32.f3 Rxf3 33.Rxg4 Nf8 34.Rg2 Re8 35.Kc2 Rf6 1/2-1/2 (35) Hector, J (2500)-Hakulinen,E (2340) Jyvaskyla 1993 8...Nf6 9.Bg2 0-0 10.0-0 Na6 11.e5 Nd7 12.Qd1 c5 13.f4 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nb4 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.c3 Nc6 The position reminds at a French - though Black here no longer has the "bad" white-squared bishop. 17.Be3 Rfc8 18.Kh1 b5 19.Rc1 Bf8 20.g4 Bc5 21.Nd4 Qb6 22.Bg1
Black has to find ways to parry White's advance f4-f5 but that is far from easy. 22...b4 After 22...Re8 White plays 23.b4 23.f5 Ncxe5 24.Qd2∞ 23...Bxd4 24.cxd4 and if Nxb4 White has 25.Qd2 a5 26.f5 with a strong attack. 22...Bxd4 23.cxd4 Ne7 24.Qd2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qd8 25...f5!? 26.Bf2 Rc8 27.Bh4 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Qc8 29.Qxc8+ Nxc8 30.Bf1 a6 31.Kg2 gives White the better endgame. 23.f5 bxc3 24.bxc3 Also strong was 24.fxe6 fxe6 24...Bxd4 25.exd7 Rd8 26.bxc3 Bxg1 27.Qxd5 25.Nxe6 Bxg1 26.Qxd5+- 24...Ncxe5 A better try to save the game is 24...Bxd4 25.cxd4 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.cxd4± 25...Qd8 26.Be3± 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxg1 26...Qxe6 27.Bxd5 27.Rxg1 27.Qxd5+- 27...Kh8 28.Qxd5 Rab8 29.Rge1 Qb2
The dust has settled and White is a pawn up. A strong pawn: 30.c4 Rb6 31.c5 Rbc6 32.Rcd1 h6 After 32...Re8 White plays 33.Ng5 with the nice idea -- 34.Qxd7 Nxd7 35.Rxe8+ Kg7 36.Rxd7+ Kh6 37.h4 followed by -- 38.Rxh7# 33.Nf4 Rf6 34.Nd3 Nxd3 35.Qxd7 Nf2+ 36.Kg1 Rcf8 37.Qd2 37.Qd2 Qxd2 Or 37...Nxd1 38.Qxh6+ Kg8 39.Bd5+ R6f7 40.Bxf7+ Kxf7 41.Qh7+ Qg7 42.Rf1+ and White wins. 38.Rxd2 and the knight is trapped. 1–0
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Nakamura,H2787Shankland,S26561–02016B11ch-USA 20165.4

The 15-year old Jefferey Xiong, the youngest player in the field, started with four draws but in round five scored his first win - and against elo-heavyweight Gata Kamsky to boot. The young talent profited from a blackout of his opponent. Kamsky, who was playing with Black, opted for Alekhine's Defense and sacrificed a piece early on. This investment gave him lots of compensation and a long-term attack. However, Xiong defended stubbornly and in the end Kamsky fell victim to a blunder.

Kamsky played courageously but was not rewarded (Photo: Austin Fuller)

 
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1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 The other option is 5...exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.f3 Bh5 10.0-0 6.Nc3 g6 Black still has to find a way to reach full equality in the exchange variation of Alekhine's Defense - even though this game gives a different impression. 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 0-0 9.b3 Bf5 The main line is 9...Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Be2 f5 12.f4 Ng4 13.Bxg4 fxg4 14.Nge2 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 Black also tried 9...e5 in this position. 10.d5!? After 10.Nf3 d5 11.c5 Black scored rather well. 10...e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Nge2 12.Nf3 Nc6= 12...d5 12...Nc6!? 13.Nf4 d5 13.c5
13...Nc6! Tricky! 14.Nd4 14.cxb6 d4 14...Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Re8?! The immediate 15...Qh4! was stronger: 16.cxb6 16.Be3 d4 16...Nxd4 17.g3 Qf6 16.cxb6 Qh4 17.Ne2 axb6 Black sacrificed a piece for which he has a lot of compensation, first of all because White has big problems to finish his development. 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.Kd1?! 19.Rd1 with the idea to play Be3 was the alternative. Black might continue with Bc2 or 19...Rac8 20.Be3 Nb4 20.Qxc2 Nxd4 and White still has to defend carefully. 19...Rxe2 20.Bxe2 Nxd4 After 20...Qxd4 21.Qxd4 Nxd4 22.Bf3 Nxf3 23.gxf3 Rxa2 is an exchange down but has a strong passed pawn on the d-file. The engines see a clear advantage for Black. 21.f3 Qf2 22.Re1 22.Rf1 more or less forces Black to liquidate into an equal ending: Qxe2+ 23.Qxe2 Nxe2 24.Kxe2 Rxa2+ 25.Ke3 Rxg2 26.Rf2 d4+ 27.Ke2 d3+ 28.Ke3 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 d2 30.Rd1 Bc2 31.Rxd2 Bxb3 32.Rd7 b5 33.Rxb7 Bc4= 22...Be6 23.Rc3 Nc6 24.Bf1 Qh4 25.Bb5 Nd4 26.Bf1 Quietly offering a draw - but Black wants to continue. Nf5 26...Nc6 27.Bb5 27.Rd3 d4 28.g3 Qf6 29.Ke2 Bd7 30.a4 b5 31.a5 Bc6 32.Kf2 Ne3 33.Be2 Rd8 34.Kg1 It took some time and a lot of effort but White finally managed to bring his king to some reasonably safe place. Kg7 34...Bxf3?? 35.Bxf3 Qxf3 36.Rdxe3+- 35.Bd1
35...Bxf3?? A black-out that costs the game. 35...h5∞ 36.Bxf3 Qxf3 37.Rexe3 37.Rxd4+- 37...dxe3 38.Qb2+ 38.Qb2+ Kh6 39.Rxd8 e2 40.Qc1+ g5 41.Re8+- 1–0
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Xiong,J2618Kamsky,G26781–02016B03ch-USA 20165.5

 

Results of round five

Br. Tit Name Coun ELO Ergebnis Titel Name Coun ELO
1 GM Alexander Shabalov
 
 2520 ½ - ½ GM Fabiano Caruana
 
 2794
2 GM Wesley So
 
 2773 1 - 0 GM Varuzhan Akobian
 
 2610
3 GM Ray Robson
 
 2663 ½ - ½ GM Aleksandr Lenderman
 
 2623
4 GM Hikaru Nakamura
 
 2790 1 - 0 GM Samuel L Shankland
 
 2648
5 GM Jeffery Xiong
 
 2588 1 - 0 GM Gata Kamsky
 
 2667
6 GM Alexander Onischuk
 
 2664 1 - 0 IM Akshat Chandra
 
 2501

 

Alexander Onischuk won against Akshat Chandra (Photo: Spectrum Studios)

Alexander Shabalov drew against Caruana (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

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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
Caruana,F2795Nakamura,H27871–02016B90ch-USA 20164.1
Shankland,S2656So,W2773½–½2016D37ch-USA 20164.2
Akobian,V2615Robson,R2663½–½2016D45ch-USA 20164.3
Kamsky,G2678Onischuk,A2664½–½2016A45ch-USA 20164.4
Lenderman,A2618Xiong,J2618½–½2016D83ch-USA 20164.5
Chandra,A2477Shabalov,A2528½–½2016B19ch-USA 20164.6
Shabalov,A2528Caruana,F2795½–½2016A07ch-USA 20165.1
So,W2773Akobian,V26151–02016C10ch-USA 20165.2
Robson,R2663Lenderman,A2618½–½2016A07ch-USA 20165.3
Nakamura,H2787Shankland,S26561–02016B11ch-USA 20165.4
Xiong,J2618Kamsky,G26781–02016B03ch-USA 20165.5
Onischuk,A2664Chandra,A24771–02016E32ch-USA 20165.6

 

Standings after five rounds

Women's Tournament

The Women's tournament (Photo: Austin Fuller)

Tatev Abrahamyan has a lot of fans (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Irina Krush and... (Photo: Spectrum Studios)

... Anna Zatonskih drew (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

In the women's tournament Irina Krush played against Anna Zatonskih - and these two players have been dominating the US Women's Championship for the last ten years. But after they drew a long game Nazi Paikidze took the sole lead. She won against Jennifer Yu and is the only player with 4.0/5.

Results of round five

Br. Tit Name Coun ELO Ergebnis Titel Name Coun ELO
1 GM Irina Krush
 
 2458 ½ - ½ IM Anna Zatonskih
 
 2469
2 IM Nazi Paikidze
 
 2346 1 - 0 WFM Jennifer R Yu
 
 2102
3 WGM Katerina Nemcova
 
 2367 ½ - ½ WGM Tatev Abrahamyan
 
 2324
4   Carissa Yip
 
 2109 0 - 1 WIM Agata Bykovtsev
 
 2176
5 WGM Sabina Francesca Foisor
 
 2258 ½ - ½ WIM Ashritha Eswaran
 
 2149
6 FM Alisa Melekhina
 
 2205 0 - 1 FM Akshita Gorti
 
 2242

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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
Abrahamyan,T2342Paikidze,N2346½–½2016B06ch-USA w 20164.1
Yu,J2157Yip,C21641–02016A16ch-USA w 20164.2
Bykovtsev,A2219Krush,I24650–12016B88ch-USA w 20164.3
Zatonskih,A2470Melekhina,A22051–02016A58ch-USA w 20164.4
Gorti,A2184Foisor,S22580–12016D37ch-USA w 20164.5
Eswaran,A2225Nemcova,K2367½–½2016C41ch-USA w 20164.6
Krush,I2465Zatonskih,A2470½–½2016D35ch-USA w 20165.1
Paikidze,N2346Yu,J21571–02016B91ch-USA w 20165.2
Nemcova,K2367Abrahamyan,T2342½–½2016C15ch-USA w 20165.3
Yip,C2164Bykovtsev,A22190–12016B99ch-USA w 20165.4
Foisor,S2258Eswaran,A2225½–½2016A46ch-USA w 20165.5
Melekhina,A2205Gorti,A21840–12016C02ch-USA w 20165.6

Standings after five rounds

 

Maurice Ashley with students and fans (Photo: Austin Fuller)

Jennifer Shahade and Yasser Seirawan in the chess studio (Photo: Austin Fuller)

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