Caruana and Paikidze are the new US Champions!

by André Schulz
4/26/2016 – Before the last round of the US Championship 2016 Fabiano Caruana was half a point ahead of his rivals and had to play with Black. But Caruana played energetically and this strategy paid off: he won the game and the title. Wesley So finished on place two, Hikaru Nakamura became third. The final round of the US Women's Championship was much more dramatic.
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The final round  (Photo: Austin Fuller)

In the final round of the US Championship 2016 Fabiano Caruana took no chances. Before the round Caruana had half a point more than his closest rivals and was to play with the black pieces but still left no doubt that he was willing to win his last round game against Akshat Chandra. From the start he put pressure on his young opponent who finally cracked - which allowed Caruana to become US Champion 2016.

Fabiano Caruana, US Champion 2016

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.d4 0-0 9...Bg4 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Qe3 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Re8 15.Bd2 Bf8 16.Qf4 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Bxb4 Qc4 19.Bc3 Rxe4= 1/2-1/2 (60) Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai 2014 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.a5 A well-known method to fix Black's pawn on a6, where the black pawn might become vulnerable. However, White's pawn on a5 often turns out to be weak as well. 12.Qe2 h6 13.h3 Qe7 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Be3 Nd7 16.a5 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 Bxb3 18.cxb3 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Nxd4 0-1 (62) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Karjakin,S (2762) Berlin 2015 12...h6 13.Bc4 Bb7 14.c3 Qd6 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Nf1 After 16.Bxa6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 Black regains the pawn with Ra8 Or Black tries to use the position of White's queen to start play on the kingside, e.g. 17...Ng4 18.Rf1 bxc3 19.bxc3 Ra8 20.Qe2 Nxa5 and Black has nothing to complain about. 18.Qb5 Rfb8 and Black has no problems at all. 16...Ne7 17.Ng3 Ng6 18.Be3 bxc3 19.bxc3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Qc6 21.Bf1 Bc8 22.h3 Be6 23.Reb1 Nd7= 24.Rb4 Kh7 25.Rab1 Qc5 26.Bxa6 Qxa5 27.Bf1 Qc5 28.Qxc5 Nxc5 29.Bc4 29.Rb5 keeps the position balanced - the rook on b5 has an eye on e5. 29...Nd3 30.Ra4 Ngf4 31.Ne1 Nxe1 32.Rxe1 Rd2 33.Bf1 Rb8 34.Rb4 Ra8 35.Rb7 Raa2 36.Nh1
If White has to retreat his knight to h1 he usually is in trouble. 36...c5 37.Rc7 Ra5 38.Ng3 Rc2 39.c4 g6 40.Rb1 Kg7
41.Rcb7? Now White loses c4 and the game is practically over. After 41.Rd1 Raa2 42.Nh1 Black is still clearly better but White might hope for Bxc4?! 43.Bxc4 Rxc4 44.Rdd7 with counterplay. 41...Raa2 42.Nh1 Bxc4 43.Bxc4 Rxc4 44.Re7 Rb4 44...Kf6-+ 45.Rd1 45.Rxb4 cxb4 46.Rxe5 Ne2+ 47.Kf1 47.Kh2 b3 48.Rb5 b2 49.Rb8 Nc3-+ 47...b3 48.Rb5 Nd4 49.Rb4 Ra1# 45...Rd4 46.Rb1 Ne6 47.Rbb7 Nd8 48.Rbc7 Kf6 49.f4 Rd1+ 50.Kh2 exf4 50...Rdd2-+ 51.e5+ Kg5 52.Rxc5 Ne6 53.Rc3 Rdd2 0–1
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Chandra,A2477Caruana,F27950–12016C88ch-USA 201611.1

 

Congratulations to the new Champion (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Caruana scored 8.5/11 and this strong performance helped him to become number two in the world again. Wesley So, who won silver, and Hikaru Nakamura, who won bronze, finished one point behind Caruana. The young Jeffery Xiong once again showed his talent and added some more points to his already impressively high rating.

Wesley So became second (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Results of the 11. and last round

Br. Tit Name Coun ELO Ergebnis Titel Name Coun ELO
1 IM Akshat Chandra
 
 2501 0 - 1 GM Fabiano Caruana
 
 2794
2 GM Ray Robson
 
 2663 ½ - ½ GM Hikaru Nakamura
 
 2790
3 GM Aleksandr Lenderman
 
 2623 ½ - ½ GM Wesley So
 
 2773
4 GM Alexander Onischuk
 
 2664 ½ - ½ GM Varuzhan Akobian
 
 2610
5 GM Jeffery Xiong
 
 2588 ½ - ½ GM Alexander Shabalov
 
 2520
6 GM Gata Kamsky
 
 2667 ½ - ½ GM Samuel L Shankland
 
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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
So,W2773Nakamura,H2787½–½2016C11ch-USA 20166.1
Caruana,F2795Onischuk,A26641–02016C78ch-USA 20166.2
Kamsky,G2678Robson,R2663½–½2016D43ch-USA 20166.3
Chandra,A2477Xiong,J2618½–½2016E15ch-USA 20166.4
Shankland,S2656Shabalov,A25280–12016B90ch-USA 20166.5
Akobian,V2615Lenderman,A2618½–½2016D31ch-USA 20166.6
Xiong,J2618Caruana,F2795½–½2016C70ch-USA 20167.1
Shabalov,A2528So,W27730–12016D43ch-USA 20167.2
Robson,R2663Chandra,A24771–02016C07ch-USA 20167.3
Nakamura,H2787Akobian,V26151–02016C42ch-USA 20167.4
Onischuk,A2664Shankland,S26561–02016D53ch-USA 20167.5
Lenderman,A2618Kamsky,G2678½–½2016E39ch-USA 20167.6
Caruana,F2795Robson,R2663½–½2016C11ch-USA 20168.1
So,W2773Onischuk,A2664½–½2016C78ch-USA 20168.2
Nakamura,H2787Shabalov,A25281–02016B42ch-USA 20168.3
Shankland,S2656Xiong,J2618½–½2016A45ch-USA 20168.4
Akobian,V2615Kamsky,G2678½–½2016E73ch-USA 20168.5
Chandra,A2477Lenderman,A26180–12016B27ch-USA 20168.6
Xiong,J2618So,W2773½–½2016C80ch-USA 20169.1
Lenderman,A2618Caruana,F27950–12016D31ch-USA 20169.2
Onischuk,A2664Nakamura,H2787½–½2016E53ch-USA 20169.3
Robson,R2663Shankland,S2656½–½2016A07ch-USA 20169.4
Shabalov,A2528Akobian,V26150–12016D30ch-USA 20169.5
Kamsky,G2678Chandra,A24771–02016A01ch-USA 20169.6
Caruana,F2795Kamsky,G2678½–½2016B31ch-USA 201610.1
So,W2773Robson,R2663½–½2016D45ch-USA 201610.2
Nakamura,H2787Xiong,J26181–02016E60ch-USA 201610.3
Shabalov,A2528Onischuk,A2664½–½2016D37ch-USA 201610.4
Shankland,S2656Lenderman,A2618½–½2016E20ch-USA 201610.5
Akobian,V2615Chandra,A24771–02016D45ch-USA 201610.6
Chandra,A2477Caruana,F27950–12016C88ch-USA 201611.1
Robson,R2663Nakamura,H2787½–½2016C67ch-USA 201611.2
Lenderman,A2618So,W2773½–½2016A10ch-USA 201611.3
Onischuk,A2664Akobian,V2615½–½2016D53ch-USA 201611.4
Xiong,J2618Shabalov,A2528½–½2016A31ch-USA 201611.5
Kamsky,G2678Shankland,S2656½–½2016A48ch-USA 201611.6

 

Final standings

 

Women's Tournament

In the women's tournament the situation before the last round was similar. After ten rounds Tatev Abrahamyan was leading by half a point and "only" needed to win in the last round to secure the title. However, she was less lucky than Caruana in the open event and lost her last game against Ashritha Eswaran. The 16-year old Eswaran completely outplayed her opponent.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 b6 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Ne3 0-0 12...h6 13.Bh4 Qc5 14.0-0 g6 15.Bd3 Bd8 16.Qd2 Nh5 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Ncd5 Nhf6 19.b4 Qc8 20.c4 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 a5 22.bxa5 Bxd5 23.cxd5 bxa5 24.Bb5 Ke7 25.Rac1 Nc5 26.Qxa5 g5 27.Rc4 Kf6 28.Bc6 Kg7 29.Rb1 Qg4 30.Qc7 Rb8 31.Rf1 Nd3 32.Bd7 Qf4 33.Qxd6 Rb2 34.Qa3 Rd2 35.Qc3 Rb8 36.g3 Qf3 37.Qxd2 Nf4 38.gxf4 Qg4+ 39.Bxg4 1-0 (39) Van der Wiel,J (2570)-Hoeksema,H (2405) Amsterdam 1994 13.0-0 Rfe8 14.Bc4 Rac8 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Qd3 Ashritha Eswaran, who is coached by GM Dejan Bojkov, fights the Najdorf in classical positional style à la Anatoly Karpov. Ra8 17.Rfd1 Red8 18.Bd5 White has a strong grip on d5. Rac8 19.Ra3 Rd7 20.Rb3 Attacking another weakness: b6. Bd8 21.Bc4 Ra8 22.Ncd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5
24...Rc8? This loses. Black has no counterplay but had to remain in joyless passivity. 24...Rb8 25.Rc3 Qb7 26.Rc6 Bc7 with a clear advantage to White. 25.Rc3 Qb8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Nc4 Now Black loses a pawn. h6 28.Nxe5 Rc7 29.Qxd6 Bf6 30.c3 Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Rd7 32.Rd5 b5 33.Qf5 White won in textbook fashion. 33.Qf5 Rc7 34.Qxc8+ Rxc8 35.axb5 axb5 36.Rxb5+- 1–0
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Eswaran,A2225Abrahamyan,T23421–02016B92ch-USA w 201611.1

A big disappointment for Tatev Abrahamyan (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Played like Karpov: Ashritha Eswaran (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

This gave Nazi Paikidze a chance to win the title - if she managed to win with Black against Irina Krush. Paikidze managed to spice up a rather quiet opening and this courage was rewarded:

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qe1 e5 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 0-0 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Bd2 b6 14.Nh4 Rfe8 14...Ne8 15.Kh2 f6 16.b3 Nd6 17.Nb2 Rfe8 18.Nd3 Nf7 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Bc3 Ne6 0-1 (86) Aronian,L (2783)-Kramnik,V (2780) Shanghai 2010 15.Kh1 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.f4 b5 18.Bxa5 Qc8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Nd2 exf4 21.gxf4 Nd5 22.Rf3
22...f5?! Black had to win the game to keep chances to win the tournament and strives for complications. Safer is 22...N7f6!? 23.e5 g5 24.fxg5? After this White's position falls apart. Good for White was 24.b4 Bb6 25.Qd1 gxf4 25...Nxf4? 26.Rxf4 26.Nf1 Ne7 26...Ne3 27.Rxe3 fxe3 28.Bd5+ Kf8 29.Qh5+- 27.Rxf4± 24...Nxe5 25.Rf2? Slightly better was 25.Rf1 Ne3 26.Qe2 26.Bxa8 Qxa8+ 27.Nf3 Nxf3-+ 26...Ng6 27.Bxa8 Qxa8+ 28.Qf3 Qc8-+ 25...Ne3 25...Bxf2? 26.Bxd5++- 26.Nb3
26...Nxg2 Missing 26...Nd3! 27.cxd3 Nxg2-+ 27.Rxg2 f4 28.Qc3 Nc4 More energetic was 28...f3! 29.Rh2 Rxa5 30.Qxa5 f2 31.Rf1 31.Qxb5 Nf3-+ 31...Qc6+-+ 29.Qf3 Qf5 30.Nxc5 30.g6! Rac8 31.Qg4 30...Qxc5 31.b4 Qf5 32.Rf2 Re4 33.Rg1 Rae8
34.Bc7? Now Black crushes through. White had to defend h3. 34.Kh2 Re3 35.Qg4 Black is better but White can fight. 34...Re3 35.Qxf4 Rxh3+ 36.Kg2 Ne3+ 37.Qxe3 Qg4+ 38.Qg3 Rxg3+ 39.Bxg3 Re3-+ Game over. 40.Kh2 Qh5+ 41.Kg2 Qxg5 42.Kh2 Re6 43.Rgg2 Qh5+ 44.Kg1 Qd1+ 45.Rf1 Qd4+ 46.Rff2 Re1+ 47.Kh2 Qd1 48.Bf4 Qh5+ 49.Kg3 Rh1 50.Rh2 Rg1+ 51.Rhg2 Rh1 52.Rh2 Qg6+ 53.Kh3 Qe6+ 54.Kg3 Re1 55.Rhg2 Qg6+ 56.Kh2 Qe4 57.Bg5 Qxb4 58.Bf4 Qe7 59.Kg3 Re6 60.Kh3 Qd7 61.Kh2 Re4 62.Kg3 Qf5 63.Rf3 g5 64.Bxg5 Rg4+ 0–1
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Krush,I2465Paikidze,N23460–12016A07ch-USA w 201611.2

 

The new US Women Champion:

Nazi Paikidze

 

Results of the 11. and last round

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

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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
Yip,C2164Paikidze,N2346½–½2016B12ch-USA w 20166.1
Abrahamyan,T2342Foisor,S22581–02016C84ch-USA w 20166.2
Gorti,A2184Krush,I24650–12016D38ch-USA w 20166.3
Bykovtsev,A2219Zatonskih,A24700–12016C05ch-USA w 20166.4
Yu,J2157Nemcova,K23670–12016A25ch-USA w 20166.5
Eswaran,A2225Melekhina,A22051–02016C77ch-USA w 20166.6
Paikidze,N2346Bykovtsev,A22191–02016A05ch-USA w 20167.1
Krush,I2465Eswaran,A2225½–½2016A37ch-USA w 20167.2
Melekhina,A2205Abrahamyan,T23420–12016C15ch-USA w 20167.3
Zatonskih,A2470Gorti,A21841–02016C02ch-USA w 20167.4
Nemcova,K2367Yip,C21641–02016B52ch-USA w 20167.5
Foisor,S2258Yu,J21571–02016D11ch-USA w 20167.6
Abrahamyan,T2342Krush,I2465½–½2016B43ch-USA w 20168.1
Paikidze,N2346Nemcova,K2367½–½2016E06ch-USA w 20168.2
Eswaran,A2225Zatonskih,A24700–12016C09ch-USA w 20168.3
Yip,C2164Foisor,S22580–12016C07ch-USA w 20168.4
Bykovtsev,A2219Gorti,A21840–12016C06ch-USA w 20168.5
Yu,J2157Melekhina,A22051–02016A37ch-USA w 20168.6
Zatonskih,A2470Abrahamyan,T23420–12016E00ch-USA w 20169.1
Foisor,S2258Paikidze,N2346½–½2016E14ch-USA w 20169.2
Krush,I2465Yu,J2157½–½2016A07ch-USA w 20169.3
Nemcova,K2367Bykovtsev,A2219½–½2016B51ch-USA w 20169.4
Gorti,A2184Eswaran,A2225½–½2016A40ch-USA w 20169.5
Melekhina,A2205Yip,C2164½–½2016E98ch-USA w 20169.6
Abrahamyan,T2342Gorti,A21841–02016C05ch-USA w 201610.1
Paikidze,N2346Melekhina,A22051–02016A48ch-USA w 201610.2
Yip,C2164Krush,I24651–02016B43ch-USA w 201610.3
Yu,J2157Zatonskih,A24701–02016D31ch-USA w 201610.4
Nemcova,K2367Foisor,S2258½–½2016C47ch-USA w 201610.5
Bykovtsev,A2219Eswaran,A22250–12016B03ch-USA w 201610.6
Eswaran,A2225Abrahamyan,T23421–02016B92ch-USA w 201611.1
Krush,I2465Paikidze,N23460–12016A07ch-USA w 201611.2
Zatonskih,A2470Yip,C21641–02016A49ch-USA w 201611.3
Foisor,S2258Bykovtsev,A22191–02016E61ch-USA w 201611.4
Melekhina,A2205Nemcova,K23670–12016B07ch-USA w 201611.5
Gorti,A2184Yu,J2157½–½2016D12ch-USA w 201611.6

 

Final standings

 

Jennifer Shahade and Yasser Seirawan provided the entertaining live commentary
together with Maurice Ashley and Alejandro Ramirez (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

 

On Thursday and Friday Garry Kasparov will play a blitz tournament with Caruana, Nakamura and So, the top three finishers of the US Championship 2016. (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Photos: Tournament page (Lennart Ootes, Austin Fuller, Spectrum Studios)

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