U.S. Juniors Championship, Day 2: Xiong and Burke lead

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10/15/2020 – The Saint Louis Chess Club organises the U.S. Championships 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic all events are played online, and this year the U.S. Junior Championship is a 10-player round-robin rapid tournament. After six of nine rounds John Burke and Jeffery Xiong (pictured) share the lead with 4.0/6. In a press release of the Saint Louis Chess Club IM Kostya Kavutskiy recaps the action of day 2. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive)

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2020 U.S. Junior Championship - Day 2 Recap

By IM Kostya Kavutskiy

The second day of the 2020 U.S. Junior Championship experienced chaos at the top of the standings as both of the event’s early leaders, GM Jeffery Xiong and GM Brandon Jacobson ended up losing in the final round of the day, allowing multiple players to catch up within striking distance. With only three rounds left to go, Xiong and GM John Burke are in the lead with 4.0/6 points, Jacobson and IM Christopher Yoo are on 3.5/6, while GM Sam Sevian, IM Praveen Balakrishnan, and IM Joshua Sheng are just a point behind with 3.0/6.

Video replay of the event's live coverage from day 2, featuring WGM Jennifer Shahade, GM Yasser Seirawan, and GM Maurice Ashley.

Standings after Day 2

Round 4

The first round of the day saw GM Jeffery Xiong face off against the other Day 1 leader, GM Brandon Jacobson. In a sharp Open Sicilian Xiong tried a nice pawn sacrifice to seize the initiative and eventually cashed in to reach a promising endgame. But Jacobson defended well and was able to hold the U.S. #5 ranked player to a draw.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3 Bd7 8.0-0-0 a6 9.f4 Qa5?! 9...h6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qe3 b5 13.a3 Be7 14.h4 Rb8 15.g4 g5 16.hxg5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Be2 0-0-0 12.Kb1 Kb8?! 12...Be7 13.Rd2 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Rhg8 17.g3 Kb8 18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.Qxd6 13.Rhf1 Bc8 14.Qe3?! 14.Nd4 14...Be7 15.f5 h6?! 15...d5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.exd5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Qe5 20.Qxe5+ Bxe5 21.h3 Rhe8 22.Bf3 16.Bf4 exf5?! 16...b5 17.a3 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4?! 19.Rxd4 Bg4 19...Be6 20.Be3?! 20.Qb4 Ka8 20...Qc5 21.Qd2 Qc7 22.Qd4 Qc5 23.Qd2?! 23.Qf4 Qe5 24.Qf2 Nd7 25.Ba7+ Ka8 26.Bd4 Qg5 27.Bf3 Rhe8 28.h3 Ne5 29.Be3 Qf5 23...Qc7 24.Rf4 d5 25.Qd4 Bd6? 25...b5 26.a4 26.Qa7+ Kc8 27.Ra4?! 27.Nxd5 Bc5 27...Qb8 28.Rxa6 Qxa7 29.Rxa7 Bxh2 30.Na4 Bb8?! 30...Kb8 31.Ra5 Rd6 32.Bc5 Rc6 33.Bb5 Bg4 34.Bxc6 Bxd1 35.Nb6 Kc7 36.Bxd5 Rd8 37.c4 31.Ra5 Kd7? 31...Be5 32.Rd3 Kd7 33.Rb3 Rb8 34.Ba7 Ne4 35.Rbb5 Bc7 36.Nb6+ Kc6 37.c4 Nd2+ 38.Kc2 32.Nc5+ Ke8?! 32...Kc8 33.Rb5 33.Nxb7 Rc8 34.Bc5 Ne4 35.Bb4?! 35.Bb5+ Bd7 35...f6 36.Ra6 Kf7 37.Bh5+ g6 38.Bxg6+ Kxg6 39.Rxe6 Be5 40.Rxd5? 40.Na5 40...Kf5 41.Re7 Rhg8 42.a4 Rxg2 43.c3 Nd2+ 44.Ka1 Nc4 45.Nd6+?! 45.Bd6 h5 46.Bxe5 fxe5 47.a5 h4 48.Rh7 Rh2 49.Nd6+ Nxd6 50.Rxd6 e4 51.a6 h3 45...Nxd6 46.Bxd6 Rd8 47.Rexe5+ fxe5 48.Rxe5+ Kf6 49.Bc7 Rc8 50.Rc5 Ke6 51.Re5+ Kf6 52.Rc5 Ke6 53.Re5+ Kf6 ½–½
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Jeffery Xiong2790Brandon Jacobson2567½–½2020B622020 US Junior Championship4.2

Meanwhile GM Sam Sevian managed to start to turn his fortune around, taking advantage of a late blunder by IM Praveen Balakrishnan to come back and win from a lost position.

 
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Sam Sevian2749Praveen Balakrishnan26121–02020B194.1

IM Christopher Yoo also won his first game of the day against FM Christopher Shen, demonstrating a nice positional squeeze that decided the battle in 40 moves.

 
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Christopher Yoo2540Christopher Shen25031–02020A052020 US Junior Championship4.4

Round 5

In the second round of the day GM Jeffery Xiong grabbed the sole lead with a nice endgame win over IM Praveen Balakrishnan.

 
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Praveen Balakrishnan2612Jeffery Xiong27900–12020D262020 US Junior Championship5.5

Co-leader GM Brandon Jacobson could not get an opening advantage and drew the game by agreement with IM Josh Sheng.

 
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Brandon Jacobson2567Josh Sheng2586½–½2020D112020 US Junior Championship5.4

This allowed GM John Burke to start catching up to the top with a nice technical win over GM Sam Sevian.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 0-0 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Rc8 14.Bc6 Bf6 15.a4 Rb8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Ra6 Bc8 18.Ra5 Rb6 19.Bxb5 c6 20.Bc4 Rxb2 21.Ra8 Rb6 22.Qd2 Qc7 23.Rfa1 Be6?! 23...Rb8 24.Rxb8 Qxb8 25.Bb3 Bg4 26.Qf4 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qc7 28.Qf5 Rb8 29.f4 h6 30.Qg4 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.h4 e5 27.Kh2 h6 28.g4?! 28.Qa5 Bd8 29.Qa2 d5 30.h5 Qd6 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Qxb1 g5 33.hxg6 Kg7 34.g3 Kxg6 28...Be7 29.h5?! 29.g5 29...Kg8 30.g5?! 30.Qa5 Kh7 30...Qc8 31.Qa5 Rb8?! 31...Qg4 32.Qa2+ Kh8 33.gxh6 gxh6 34.Rg1 Qf8 35.Qe6 Qf4+?! 35...Rb2 36.Rg6 Kh7 37.Qc4 Rxc2 38.Qxc2 Qxf3 39.Rg3 Qxh5+ 40.Kg1 Qe8 41.Qb3 Bg5 42.Qb7+ 36.Rg3 Qf6 37.Qxf6+ Bxf6 38.Rg6 Rf8? 38...Be7 39.Rxh6+ 39.Rxh6+ Kg7 40.Rg6+ Kf7 41.Kg3 Rb8? 41...d5 42.Nh2 dxe4 43.dxe4 Rc8 44.f4 Rh8 45.Ng4 Bg7 46.Rg5 exf4+ 47.Kxf4 Bh6 48.Nxh6+ 42.Kg4 Rb1?! 42...Be7 43.Ng5+ 43.Kf5 Be7 44.h6 Rh1 45.Rg7+ Kf8 46.Rh7 Ke8 47.Ke6 Bf8 48.Ng5 Rg1 49.Ra7 1–0
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John Burke2655Sam Sevian27491–02020C842020 US Junior Championship5.1

Round 6

In the final round of the day all mayhem broke loose, as GM Sam Sevian played his best game of the event to take down the tournament’s sole leader, GM Jeffery Xiong. The game started out with a quiet Italian Opening that ended in a long endgame grind which Sevian was ultimately able to convert, completely turning the event around for the young star.

 
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Sam Sevian2749Jeffery Xiong27901–02020C502020 US Junior Championship6.1

Opening up the field even further, IM Christopher Yoo made a somewhat speculative piece sacrifice against GM Brandon Jacobson, but quickly got the better of his opponent who wasn’t able to deal with the threats in the position.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Ne2 d6?! 4...Nc6 5.0-0 d6 6.d3 e6 7.Nd2 Nge7 8.c3 0-0 9.Nf3 5.0-0?! 5.c3 Nc6 6.d4 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Na3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qa5 5...Nc6 6.c3 Nf6?! 6...e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.c4 Nd4 9.Nbc3 0-0 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 7.d4 0-0 8.h3 Qb6 9.Na3 Rd8 10.Nc4?! 10.d5 Na5 10...Qa6 11.Ne3 cxd4 12.cxd4 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Re1 Bd7 19.Qd2?! 19.Be7 19...Bb5?! 19...Rac8 20.Qf4?! 20.Be7 Rac8 20...f6 21.Bh6 g5 22.Qxd4? 22.Qf5 22...Bxh6 23.d6 Bd7?? 23...Rad8 24.a4 24.Re7 Rxe7 25.dxe7 Qa4 26.Rd1 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 Re8 28.Rxd7 f5 29.Bf3?? 29.Bd5+ Kg7 30.Bxb7 Kf7 31.Bd5+ Kf6 32.Rd6+ Ke5 33.Rxh6 Kxd5 34.Rxh7 a5 35.Kg2 Ke6 29...g4 30.hxg4 fxg4 31.Bxg4 Bg5 32.Rxb7 Rxe7 33.Rb5 Bf6 34.Kg2 Bd4 35.Kf3 Rc7 36.Bf5 Bb6 37.Rb4 h6 38.Rg4+ Kf7 39.Rg6 Rc5 40.Be4 h5 41.Rd6 Ke7 42.Rd2 Kf6 43.Kg2 Rc1 44.Bf3 Rc5 45.Rd6+ Kg7 46.Rd2 Kf6 47.Bd1 Kg7 48.f4 Kf6?! 48...h4 49.gxh4 Rc4 50.Kf3 Bc7 51.Rd7+ Kf8 52.Rf7+ Kxf7 53.Bb3 Kg6 54.Bxc4 Kh5 55.Kg3 49.Kf3 Kg7 50.Bb3 Rc1 51.Rd5 Rf1+ 52.Kg2 Rf2+ 53.Kh3 Rxb2 54.Rxh5 Rb1 55.Kg4 Rg1 56.Rh2 Kf6 57.Re2 Bc5 58.Re6+ Kg7 59.Re5 Bb6 60.a4 Kf6?! 60...Bf2 61.Rg5+ Kf6 62.Kf3 Bb6 63.Rd5 Rc1 64.Rd3 Bc5 65.Kg4 Bf2 66.Rd2 Bxg3 67.Kxg3 61.Rf5+?! 61.Re6+ Kg7 62.f5 Kf8 63.Rc6 Bd8 64.Bc4 Kg7 65.Rg6+ Kh7 66.Bd5 Re1 67.Rd6 Bb6 61...Ke7 62.Rg5 Rb1 63.Bc4 Rb4 64.Bb5 Kf6 65.Rf5+ Kg7 66.Rd5 Rb3 67.Rd2 Kf6 68.Rh2 Kg7 69.Rg2 Kf6 70.Kh5?? 70.Rc2 70...Rc3? 70...Ba5 71.Kg4 Be1 72.Bc6 Re3 73.Bf3 Re7 74.Bd5 Re3 75.a5 Bxa5 76.Ra2 Bb6 77.Rc2 71.Kh4 Rb3 72.Re2 Be3 73.Kg4 Bb6 74.Rc2 Kg7 75.Bc6?! 75.Rd2 Kf8 75...Kf6?! 75...Ra3 76.Bf3?! 76.Bb5 Kg7 77.Rd2 Bc5 78.Rd3 Rxd3 79.Bxd3 Kf6 80.Kf3 Ke6 81.Ke4 Kd6 82.g4 Ba3 76...Rb4 77.Bd1 Rb1 78.Rd2 Ra1?! 78...Rc1 79.Rd6+ Ke7 80.Rd3 Kf6 81.Bb3 Rc7 82.Rd6+ Ke7 83.Re6+ Kd7 84.f5 Rc3 85.Bd5 79.Rd3?! 79.Rd6+ 79...Rc1 80.Kf3 Bc7 81.Rd7 Rc3+ 82.Ke4 Rc4+?! 82...Bb6 83.Kd3 Rc1 84.Bc2 Bb6 85.a5 Bf2? 85...Ke6 86.g4 Rg1 87.Ke2 Bc5 88.Bf5 Rg3?! 88...Ra1 89.Rd5 89.Rd5 Be3?! 89...Bg1 90.g5+ Kf7 91.Rd7+ Ke8 92.Rc7 Bd4 93.g6 Re3+ 94.Kd2 Rg3 95.a6 Be3+ 96.Kc2 90.g5+ Ke7?? 90...Kf7 91.Re5+ 1–0
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Christopher Yoo2540Brandon Jacobson25671–02020B202020 US Junior Championship6.3

The volatile Round 6 results, leaving seven players within a point of first place.

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4?! 4...dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4 c5 9.0-0 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Qh4 Ke7 12.g3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qa3?! 13...b6 14.Rc2 e5 15.Bh3 Bxh3 16.Qxh3 Qa4 17.Rb2 b6 18.Nh4 h5 19.0-0 Rad8 20.Qg2?! 20.Qf5 20...Qc4 21.Qf3 Qe6 22.e4 Qg4 23.Qe3 Qd7 24.f4 Kf8 25.Rbf2 Qd3 26.Qe1 Rd6 27.fxe5 Nxe5 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Rxf6 Ke7 30.Rf5 Ke6 31.Rf1 Nc4?! 31...Kd7 32.Nf5 Qd2? 32...Nd2 33.Nd4+ 33.Nd4+ Ke7?! 33...Kd6 34.Nc6+?? 34.Nf5+ Ke6 35.Qb1 Qxc3 36.Qd1 Nd2 37.Rf4 a5 38.h4 f6 39.a4 Qd3 40.Kh2 Rd8 34...Kd6 35.Nxa7?! 35.Qxd2+ Nxd2 36.Rf6+ Kc5 37.Nxa7 Nxe4 38.Rxf7 Nxc3 39.Rc7+ Kd4 40.Nc6+ Kc5 41.Ne5+ Kd4 35...Qxe1 36.Rxe1 Ra8 37.Nb5+ Ke5?! 37...Kc5 38.Nd4 Rxa2 39.Nb3+ Kd6 40.Rd1+ Ke7 41.Nd4 Nd2 42.e5 Ne4 43.Re1 Nxc3 44.e6 38.Re2 Ra5 39.Nd4 Ra3 40.Nb3 Nd6 41.Nd2 Rxc3 42.Kf2 Nc4 43.Nxc4+ Rxc4 44.Kf3 f5? 44...b5 45.exf5+ Kxf5 46.Rb2 Rc3+ 47.Kg2 Rc6 48.h4 Kg6 49.a4 Rf6 50.Rb4 Kh6 51.Rf4 Rc6 52.Rb4 Rf6 53.Rb5 Kg6 54.Rb2 Kh6 55.Rf2 Rc6 56.Rf4?! 56.Kh3 Rg6 57.Rf4 Rd6 58.Kg2 Rc6 59.Re4 Rf6 60.Rc4 Kg7 61.Rc7+ Kh6 62.Kh3 Kg6 56...Rc2+ 57.Kh3 Rc6?! 57...Ra2 58.Rf7 Kg6 59.Rb7 Rf6 60.Kg2 Kh6 61.Rb8 Kg6 62.Kh3 Rc6 63.Rg8+ Kh6 64.Rb8 Kg6 65.Kg2 Rf6 66.Rc8 Kh6 67.Rc4 Kg6 68.Rb4?? 68.Rf4 Rd6 69.g4 hxg4 70.Rxg4+ Kh7 71.Rb4 Rf6 72.Kg3 Kh6 73.Rb5 Kg6 74.Kg4 Kh6 68...Kh6 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Christopher Yoo2540Sam Sevian2749½–½2020D382020 US Junior Championship1.1
Bryce Tiglon2498Josh Sheng25860–12020B122020 US Junior Championship1.2
John Burke2655Jeffery Xiong27900–12020B042020 US Junior Championship1.3
Christopher Shen2503Praveen Balakrishnan26120–12020A302020 US Junior Championship1.4
Nicolas Checa2645Brandon Jacobson2567½–½2020A092020 US Junior Championship1.5
Sam Sevian2749Brandon Jacobson25670–12020A072020 US Junior Championship2.1
Praveen Balakrishnan2612Nicolas Checa26451–02020C162020 US Junior Championship2.2
Jeffery Xiong2790Christopher Shen2503½–½2020A482020 US Junior Championship2.3
Josh Sheng2586John Burke26550–12020A282020 US Junior Championship2.4
Christopher Yoo2540Bryce Tiglon24981–02020B232020 US Junior Championship2.5
Bryce Tiglon2498Sam Sevian2749½–½2020B312020 US Junior Championship3.1
John Burke2655Christopher Yoo25401–02020C032020 US Junior Championship3.2
Christopher Shen2503Josh Sheng2586½–½2020D302020 US Junior Championship3.3
Nicolas Checa2645Jeffery Xiong27900–12020A402020 US Junior Championship3.4
Brandon Jacobson2567Praveen Balakrishnan26121–02020D022020 US Junior Championship3.5
Jeffery Xiong2790Brandon Jacobson2567½–½2020B622020 US Junior Championship4.2
Josh Sheng2586Nicolas Checa26451–02020C102020 US Junior Championship4.3
Christopher Yoo2540Christopher Shen25031–02020A052020 US Junior Championship4.4
Bryce Tiglon2498John Burke2655½–½2020C782020 US Junior Championship4.5
John Burke2655Sam Sevian27491–02020C842020 US Junior Championship5.1
Christopher Shen2503Bryce Tiglon24981–02020D902020 US Junior Championship5.2
Nicolas Checa2645Christopher Yoo25401–02020A582020 US Junior Championship5.3
Brandon Jacobson2567Josh Sheng2586½–½2020D112020 US Junior Championship5.4
Praveen Balakrishnan2612Jeffery Xiong27900–12020D262020 US Junior Championship5.5
Sam Sevian2749Jeffery Xiong27901–02020C502020 US Junior Championship6.1
Josh Sheng2586Praveen Balakrishnan26120–12020A212020 US Junior Championship6.2
Christopher Yoo2540Brandon Jacobson25671–02020B202020 US Junior Championship6.3
Bryce Tiglon2498Nicolas Checa26450–12020C102020 US Junior Championship6.4
John Burke2655Christopher Shen2503½–½2020C072020 US Junior Championship6.5
Nicolas Checa2645John Burke2655½–½2020D852020 US Junior Championship7.2
Brandon Jacobson2567Bryce Tiglon24981–02020D852020 US Junior Championship7.3
Praveen Balakrishnan2612Christopher Yoo2540½–½2020B402020 US Junior Championship7.4
Jeffery Xiong2790Josh Sheng25861–02020D022020 US Junior Championship7.5
Sam Sevian2749Josh Sheng25861–02020B122020 US Junior Championship8.1
Christopher Yoo2540Jeffery Xiong27900–12020A152020 US Junior Championship8.2
Bryce Tiglon2498Praveen Balakrishnan2612½–½2020B122020 US Junior Championship8.3
John Burke2655Brandon Jacobson25671–02020B012020 US Junior Championship8.4
Christopher Shen2503Nicolas Checa26450–12020D132020 US Junior Championship8.5
Nicolas Checa2645Sam Sevian27490–12020D972020 US Junior Championship9.1
Brandon Jacobson2567Christopher Shen25031–02020E712020 US Junior Championship9.2
Praveen Balakrishnan2612John Burke26550–12020B512020 US Junior Championship9.3
Jeffery Xiong2790Bryce Tiglon2498½–½2020D802020 US Junior Championship9.4
Josh Sheng2586Christopher Yoo25400–12020A102020 US Junior Championship9.5
John Burke2655Jeffery Xiong2790½–½2020B302020 US Junior Championship10.1
Jeffery Xiong2790John Burke2655½–½2020C452020 US Junior Championship11.1
Jeffery Xiong2790John Burke26550–12020C472020 US Junior Championship12.1

Rounds 7-9 of the 2020 U.S. Junior Championship will take place tomorrow, October 15, with live coverage from WGM Jennifer Shahade, GM Yasser Seirawan, and GM Maurice Ashley starting at 12:50 PM CDT on USChessChamps.com, YouTube, and Twitch.

The 2020 U.S. Championships features a series of five national title events, all taking place online from Oct 8-29, starting with the 2020 U.S. Girls Junior Championship. For full details, pairings, and results of the events, make sure to check out USChessChamps.com.


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