Hikaru Nakamura is the 2019 US Chess Champion

by Antonio Pereira
4/1/2019 – Four years after getting his fourth national title, Hikaru Nakamura became the clear winner of the 2019 US Chess Championship. He defeated Jeffery Xiong with the black pieces, while Leinier Dominguez and Fabiano Caruana — who were tied at the top with him after ten rounds — only added half points to their tallies. It was an exciting final day at the Saint Louis Chess Club, as at some point it seemed like Dominguez would also get a win against Timur Gareyev. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club

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Hikaru's fifth

Not so long ago Hikaru Nakamura was the clear number one in US chess, but the inclusion of Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and now Leinier Dominguez to the federation made it increasingly difficult to claim that spot. However, after a 2018 without much to celebrate in classical chess, Nakamura managed to get clear first at the strongest ever edition of the national championship.

He took home $50,000 and added almost fifteen points to his rating, reaching number 11 in the live ratings list after having stalled at number 16 in previous months.

Hikaru Nakamura, Sam Shankland

The latest two US champions sharing a laugh | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Results of Round 11

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
GM

1
GM
2667
½


3
GM
2663
0

4
GM
2762
½

5
GM
2637
½

6
GM
2642
½

7
GM
2590
½

8
GM
2746
½

9
GM
2557
1

10
GM
2625
½

11
GM
2828
½

Ø 2678
5.5/11
2731
5
½-½
7
GM
GM
2828

1
GM
2642
½

2
GM
2667
½

3
GM
2590
½


5
GM
2746
½

6
GM
2663
1

7
GM
2557
1

8
GM
2762
½

9
GM
2625
1

10
GM
2637
1

11
GM
2731
½

Ø 2669
7.5/11
2828
GM
GM
2663

1
GM
2557
1

2
GM
2625
½

3
GM
2731
1

4
GM
2667
0


6
GM
2828
0

7
GM
2762
½

8
GM
2637
½

9
GM
2642
½

10
GM
2590
½

11
GM
2746
0

Ø 2684
5/11
2663
5
0-1
7
GM

1
GM
2762
½

2
GM
2637
½

3
GM
2642
1

4
GM
2590
½

5
GM
2828
½

6
GM
2557
1

7
GM
2625
1

8
GM
2731
½

9
GM
2667
1


11
GM
2663
1

Ø 2676
8/11
2746
GM

1
GM
2625
½

2
GM
2731
½

3
GM
2667
1

4
GM
2828
½

5
GM
2663
½

6
GM
2762
½

7
GM
2637
1

8
GM
2642
1

9
GM
2590
1

10
GM
2746
½

11
GM
2557
½

Ø 2677
7.5/11
2739
7
½-½
GM
GM
2557

1
GM
2663
0

2
GM
2762
0

3
GM
2637
½

4
GM
2642
½

5
GM
2590
1

6
GM
2746
0

7
GM
2828
0

8
GM
2625
½

9
GM
2731
0

10
GM
2667
1


Ø 2694
4/11
2557
GM
GM
2762

1
GM
2746
½

2
GM
2557
1

3
GM
2625
½

4
GM
2731
½

5
GM
2667
½


7
GM
2663
½

8
GM
2828
½

9
GM
2637
1

10
GM
2642
½

11
GM
2590
0

Ø 2675
6/11
2762
6
0-1
4
GM
GM
2590

1
GM
2637
½

2
GM
2642
0

3
GM
2828
½

4
GM
2746
½

5
GM
2557
0

6
GM
2625
1

7
GM
2731
½

8
GM
2667
½


10
GM
2663
½

11
GM
2762
1

Ø 2691
5/11
2590
GM

1
GM
2590
½

2
GM
2746
½

3
GM
2557
½

4
GM
2625
½

5
GM
2731
½

6
GM
2667
½


8
GM
2663
½

9
GM
2762
0

10
GM
2828
0

11
GM
2642
½

Ø 2686
4/11
2637
½-½
GM
GM
2642

1
GM
2828
½

2
GM
2590
1

3
GM
2746
0

4
GM
2557
½

5
GM
2625
1

6
GM
2731
½

7
GM
2667
1


9
GM
2663
½

10
GM
2762
½

11
GM
2637
½

Ø 2686
6/11
2642
GM
GM
2667

1
GM
2731
½

2
GM
2828
½


4
GM
2663
1

5
GM
2762
½

6
GM
2637
½

7
GM
2642
0

8
GM
2590
½

9
GM
2746
0

10
GM
2557
0

11
GM
2625
0

Ø 2684
3.5/11
2667
0-1
3
GM
GM
2625


2
GM
2663
½

3
GM
2762
½

4
GM
2637
½

5
GM
2642
0

6
GM
2590
0

7
GM
2746
0

8
GM
2557
½

9
GM
2828
0

10
GM
2731
½

11
GM
2667
1

Ø 2687
4/11
2625

It was a three-horse race when the round began, and the first one to finish his game was Fabiano Caruana, who could not create enough play with the black pieces against 2018 champion Sam Shankland.  This was not a surprise for Nakamura, who mentioned in the post-game interview that he expected this to happen — he was almost certain, on the other hand, that Leinier Dominguez would win.

Shankland demonstrated he was happy with the overall result of the event, congratulating his long-time comrade on Twitter:

Fabiano Caruana, Sam Shankland

Three players were in the fight for first when the round began | Photo: Lennart Ootes

By the time Sam and Fabiano signed the draw, all eyes were put on Leinier Dominguez v Timur Gareyev, as the prediction made by both Caruana and Nakamura seemed to be about to be confirmed — Leinier did get a large advantage with the white pieces. After having gotten the upper hand, however, the Cuban-born GM missed a big opportunity:

 
Dominguez vs. Gareyev
Position after 25...Rxc4

Try your own variations on the diagram above!

White's 26.fxe5 was not the most challenging, as the computers were screaming for 26.f5, going for a kingside attack. Leinier said afterwards that he had seen the idea but that after 26...♞g5 27.♔g2 ♞f7 28.f6 g6 he could not see a clear way to continue. Thus, he decided to go for the capture on e5, which also looked good. And he was right, as White still was the one putting pressure afterwards in the game. 

When the players reached the time control, White was a piece up, but Black had a pawn on b2 in return:

 
Position after 40...Qe4+

A difficult technical task awaited Dominguez, who had precisely made the most of these sort of small advantages throughout the tournament. 

Gareyev found the right defensive manoeuvres, however, and the draw was signed after 77 moves. White was still a piece up, but the black king was active and controlled the knight's entrance squares, while also threatening to capture the all-important h-pawn:

 
Position after 77.Kf6

Leinier had a great tournament, especially taking into account the fact that he had not played a classical chess tournament for over two years. He shared second place with Fabiano Caruana and took home $25,000.

Leinier Dominguez

The hiatus did not hurt Leinier's chess strength | Photo: Lennart Ootes

A few minutes prior to Leinier and Timur finally agreeing to a draw, Nakamura had already signed the scoresheet of his eleventh round game against Jeffery Xiong with 0-1 as a result. He later confessed that he had prepared mostly for 1.e4. Against 1.d4 he chose an old weapon of his, the Dutch Defence, aware of the fact that Xiong usually does not feel very comfortable in these structures.

By move 30, Black already had an edge, but at that point Jeffery threw away an opportunity to muddy the waters:

 
Xiong vs. Nakamura
Position after 31...Kf6

Instead of 32.b7, Xiong could have gone for 32.♖e6+, giving up the exchange but also getting a strong passed pawn on e6. After the text, however, Hikaru got a strong initiative and never looked back until getting the coveted win in 58 moves. 

 
Position after 55.Rf6

Resignation came after 55...a1+ 56.g2 g1+ 57.h2 g3+ 58.h3 h1+ (58...h5 was mate-in-seven) and White has more than enough reasons to give up at this point.

Jeffery Xiong, Hikaru Nakamura

Keeping an eye... | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Hikaru talked to Maurice Ashley afterwards. When asked about his bad run in classical chess, he pointed out that he felt things could have gone a different way had he found the right moves at some very particular critical moments. This triumph, therefore, is very important for him, as he managed to get crucial victories when he felt he was in must-win situations — Hikaru particularly mentions his games against Robson, Akobian and, of course, Xiong, all wins with the black pieces.

A key factor, according to the champion, was the big support he received from the Twitch community. Hikaru has lately become a regular feature in the streaming world — a whole new way to approach chess improvement? 


Interview with Hikaru Nakamura


Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
GM

1
GM
2762
½

2
GM
2637
½

3
GM
2642
1

4
GM
2590
½

5
GM
2828
½

6
GM
2557
1

7
GM
2625
1

8
GM
2731
½

9
GM
2667
1


11
GM
2663
1

Ø 2676
8/11
2746
8.0
11
40.25
2851
2
GM

1
GM
2625
½

2
GM
2731
½

3
GM
2667
1

4
GM
2828
½

5
GM
2663
½

6
GM
2762
½

7
GM
2637
1

8
GM
2642
1

9
GM
2590
1

10
GM
2746
½

11
GM
2557
½

Ø 2677
7.5/11
2739
7.5
11
38.50
2810
3
GM
GM
2828

1
GM
2642
½

2
GM
2667
½

3
GM
2590
½


5
GM
2746
½

6
GM
2663
1

7
GM
2557
1

8
GM
2762
½

9
GM
2625
1

10
GM
2637
1

11
GM
2731
½

Ø 2669
7.5/11
2828
7.5
11
37.75
2802
4
GM
GM
2762

1
GM
2746
½

2
GM
2557
1

3
GM
2625
½

4
GM
2731
½

5
GM
2667
½


7
GM
2663
½

8
GM
2828
½

9
GM
2637
1

10
GM
2642
½

11
GM
2590
0

Ø 2675
6/11
2762
6.0
11
31.50
2711
5
GM
GM
2642

1
GM
2828
½

2
GM
2590
1

3
GM
2746
0

4
GM
2557
½

5
GM
2625
1

6
GM
2731
½

7
GM
2667
1


9
GM
2663
½

10
GM
2762
½

11
GM
2637
½

Ø 2686
6/11
2642
6.0
11
28.50
2722
6
GM

1
GM
2667
½


3
GM
2663
0

4
GM
2762
½

5
GM
2637
½

6
GM
2642
½

7
GM
2590
½

8
GM
2746
½

9
GM
2557
1

10
GM
2625
½

11
GM
2828
½

Ø 2678
5.5/11
2731
5.5
11
29.75
2678
7
GM
GM
2590

1
GM
2637
½

2
GM
2642
0

3
GM
2828
½

4
GM
2746
½

5
GM
2557
0

6
GM
2625
1

7
GM
2731
½

8
GM
2667
½


10
GM
2663
½

11
GM
2762
1

Ø 2691
5/11
2590
5.0
11
26.75
2655
8
GM
GM
2663

1
GM
2557
1

2
GM
2625
½

3
GM
2731
1

4
GM
2667
0


6
GM
2828
0

7
GM
2762
½

8
GM
2637
½

9
GM
2642
½

10
GM
2590
½

11
GM
2746
0

Ø 2684
5/11
2663
5.0
11
25.75
2648
9
GM

1
GM
2590
½

2
GM
2746
½

3
GM
2557
½

4
GM
2625
½

5
GM
2731
½

6
GM
2667
½


8
GM
2663
½

9
GM
2762
0

10
GM
2828
0

11
GM
2642
½

Ø 2686
4/11
2637
4.0
11
20.50
2584
10
GM
GM
2625


2
GM
2663
½

3
GM
2762
½

4
GM
2637
½

5
GM
2642
0

6
GM
2590
0

7
GM
2746
0

8
GM
2557
½

9
GM
2828
0

10
GM
2731
½

11
GM
2667
1

Ø 2687
4/11
2625
4.0
11
19.50
2585
11
GM
GM
2557

1
GM
2663
0

2
GM
2762
0

3
GM
2637
½

4
GM
2642
½

5
GM
2590
1

6
GM
2746
0

7
GM
2828
0

8
GM
2625
½

9
GM
2731
0

10
GM
2667
1


Ø 2694
4/11
2557
4.0
11
19.25
2592
12
GM
GM
2667

1
GM
2731
½

2
GM
2828
½


4
GM
2663
1

5
GM
2762
½

6
GM
2637
½

7
GM
2642
0

8
GM
2590
½

9
GM
2746
0

10
GM
2557
0

11
GM
2625
0

Ø 2684
3.5/11
2667
3.5
11
19.00
2551
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 The position is equal. 13.g3 B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations 0-0 14.Bg2 g6 15.0-0 Bg7 16.Qd3 Be6 17.a3N Predecessor: 17.b3 Ra7 18.Rfd1 Rb7 19.a3 bxa3 20.Rxa3 Qb8 ½-½ (39) Larsen,L (2448)-Vaclav,J (2481) ICCF email 2009 17...bxa3 18.Qxa3 Qb8 19.Rfd1 Ra7       20.b3 Rb7 21.Rab1 Nd4 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Bf1 h5 24.Bd3 h4 25.Qxa5 Rxb3 26.Qd2 Bxd5 27.exd5 Bf6 28.Qc2 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Qa7 30.Qd2 Kg7 31.Qf4 Qa3 32.Qe4 Rh8 33.Rb7
Threatening mate with Qxg6+. 33...Qc1+ 34.Bf1 hxg3 35.hxg3 Rh5 36.Rb1 Qc3 37.Rd1 Be5 38.Bd3 Qb2 White must now prevent ...Bxg3! 39.Qe2 Qb8 40.Rb1 Qc8 41.Qf3 Bf6 42.Re1 Re5 43.Rxe5 Bxe5 Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 72%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Sevian,S2642Caruana,F2828½–½2019B33US-ch Open 20191.1
Nakamura,H2746So,W2762½–½2019E06US-ch Open 20191.2
Shankland,S2731Robson,R2667½–½2019D11US-ch Open 20191.3
Akobian,V2625Dominguez Perez,L2739½–½2019D35US-ch Open 20191.4
Gareyev,T2557Xiong,J26630–12019A09US-ch Open 20191.5
Liang,A2590Lenderman,A2637½–½2019B40US-ch Open 20191.6
Xiong,J2663Akobian,V2625½–½2019C14US-ch Open 20192.1
Caruana,F2828Robson,R2667½–½2019C45US-ch Open 20192.2
Lenderman,A2637Nakamura,H2746½–½2019D27US-ch Open 20192.3
So,W2762Gareyev,T25571–02019A40US-ch Open 20192.4
Dominguez Perez,L2739Shankland,S2731½–½2019B48US-ch Open 20192.5
Sevian,S2642Liang,A25901–02019B18US-ch Open 20192.6
Akobian,V2625So,W2762½–½2019D85US-ch Open 20193.1
Nakamura,H2746Sevian,S26421–02019A28US-ch Open 20193.2
Shankland,S2731Xiong,J26630–12019C44US-ch Open 20193.3
Liang,A2590Caruana,F2828½–½2019B22US-ch Open 20193.4
Robson,R2667Dominguez Perez,L27390–12019C65US-ch Open 20193.5
Gareyev,T2557Lenderman,A2637½–½2019E46US-ch Open 20193.6
Xiong,J2663Robson,R26670–12019C67US-ch Open 20194.1
Caruana,F2828Dominguez Perez,L2739½–½2019E06US-ch Open 20194.2
So,W2762Shankland,S2731½–½2019B12US-ch Open 20194.3
Liang,A2590Nakamura,H2746½–½2019C54US-ch Open 20194.4
Lenderman,A2637Akobian,V2625½–½2019D37US-ch Open 20194.5
Sevian,S2642Gareyev,T2557½–½2019C67US-ch Open 20194.6
Nakamura,H2746Caruana,F2828½–½2019B33US-ch Open 20195.1
Dominguez Perez,L2739Xiong,J2663½–½2019B51US-ch Open 20195.2
Robson,R2667So,W2762½–½2019C67US-ch Open 20195.3
Akobian,V2625Sevian,S26420–12019E32US-ch Open 20195.4
Shankland,S2731Lenderman,A2637½–½2019D53US-ch Open 20195.5
Gareyev,T2557Liang,A25901–02019A28US-ch Open 20195.6
So,W2762Dominguez Perez,L2739½–½2019C65US-ch Open 20196.1
Caruana,F2828Xiong,J26631–02019C65US-ch Open 20196.2
Nakamura,H2746Gareyev,T25571–02019A04US-ch Open 20196.3
Sevian,S2642Shankland,S2731½–½2019C67US-ch Open 20196.4
Lenderman,A2637Robson,R2667½–½2019D14US-ch Open 20196.5
Liang,A2590Akobian,V26251–02019C18US-ch Open 20196.6
Akobian,V2625Nakamura,H27460–12019A41US-ch Open 20197.1
Xiong,J2663So,W2762½–½2019D92US-ch Open 20197.2
Gareyev,T2557Caruana,F28280–12019D27US-ch Open 20197.3
Dominguez Perez,L2739Lenderman,A26371–02019B40US-ch Open 20197.4
Robson,R2667Sevian,S26420–12019C65US-ch Open 20197.5
Shankland,S2731Liang,A2590½–½2019A45US-ch Open 20197.6
Nakamura,H2746Shankland,S2731½–½2019D16US-ch Open 20198.1
Caruana,F2828So,W2762½–½2019E04US-ch Open 20198.2
Sevian,S2642Dominguez Perez,L27390–12019D41US-ch Open 20198.3
Lenderman,A2637Xiong,J2663½–½2019A05US-ch Open 20198.4
Liang,A2590Robson,R2667½–½2019C55US-ch Open 20198.5
Gareyev,T2557Akobian,V2625½–½2019E21US-ch Open 20198.6
Robson,R2667Nakamura,H27460–12019B78US-ch Open 20199.1
Dominguez Perez,L2739Liang,A25901–02019C42US-ch Open 20199.2
Akobian,V2625Caruana,F28280–12019A80US-ch Open 20199.3
So,W2762Lenderman,A26371–02019D35US-ch Open 20199.4
Xiong,J2663Sevian,S2642½–½2019E04US-ch Open 20199.5
Shankland,S2731Gareyev,T25571–02019E11US-ch Open 20199.6
Nakamura,H2746Dominguez Perez,L2739½–½2019D41US-ch Open 201910.1
Caruana,F2828Lenderman,A26371–02019C42US-ch Open 201910.2
Sevian,S2642So,W2762½–½2019C54US-ch Open 201910.3
Liang,A2590Xiong,J2663½–½2019B10US-ch Open 201910.4
Akobian,V2625Shankland,S2731½–½2019D48US-ch Open 201910.5
Gareyev,T2557Robson,R26671–02019D70US-ch Open 201910.6
Xiong,J2663Nakamura,H27460–12019A89US-ch Open 201911.1
Dominguez Perez,L2739Gareyev,T2557½–½2019B56US-ch Open 201911.2
Shankland,S2731Caruana,F2828½–½2019E11US-ch Open 201911.3
So,W2762Liang,A25900–12019A28US-ch Open 201911.4
Lenderman,A2637Sevian,S2642½–½2019E32US-ch Open 201911.5
Robson,R2667Akobian,V26250–12019D36US-ch Open 201911.6

Jennifer Yu cannot stop winning

The 2019 Women's US Champion continued her absolutely astounding run after having secured the title with a round to spare. Jennifer took down Carissa Yip to wrap up her performance in Saint Louis with nine wins and two draws, while also getting a 2½-point lead over her closest rivals. Yu already has the three norms required to become an IM and will be looking to increase her rating in order to get the title (she gained around a hundred rating points in this event).

It was a dream tournament for Jennifer | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Second place in the Women's was shared between Tatev Abrahamyan and Anna Zatonskih, after the latter was defeated for a second day in a row, this time against Sabina Foisor. A royal fork gave Sabina the victory:

 
Foisor vs. Zatonskih
Position after 34...Ne5

35.xf6+ xf6 36.d5+ and Black resigned. The fact that, despite finishing with two losses, she managed to tie for second place goes to show how strong Zatonskih's play had been in the first nine rounds.

Tatev Abrahamyan ended up tied for second | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Results of Round 11

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
WGM
WGM
2273

1
WGM
2282
1

2
WIM
2234
1

3
GM
2451
1

4
WIM
2143
1

5
WGM
2304
½

6
WIM
2199
1

7
WGM
2276
1

8
WIM
2272
1

9
WGM
2377
½

10
WGM
2430
1

11
WGM
2279
1

Ø 2295
10/11
2273
9
1-0
WGM
WGM
2279

1
WGM
2276
1

2
WIM
2272
1

3
WGM
2377
0

4
WGM
2430
0

5
WIM
2199
1

6
WGM
2282
½

7
WIM
2234
0

8
GM
2451
0

9
WIM
2143
1

10
WGM
2304
0

11
WGM
2273
0

Ø 2295
4.5/11
2279
WGM
WGM
2304

1
WIM
2234
1

2
GM
2451
½

3
WIM
2143
½

4
WIM
2199
½

5
WGM
2273
½

6
WGM
2276
1

7
WIM
2272
1

8
WGM
2377
½

9
WGM
2430
0

10
WGM
2279
1

11
WGM
2282
½

Ø 2292
7/11
2304
½-½
WGM

1
WGM
2273
0

2
WGM
2276
½

3
WIM
2272
0

4
WGM
2377
0

5
WGM
2430
½

6
WGM
2279
½

7
WIM
2199
1

8
WIM
2234
½

9
GM
2451
½

10
WIM
2143
1

11
WGM
2304
½

Ø 2294
5/11
2282
WGM
WGM
2276

1
WGM
2279
0

2
WGM
2282
½

3
WIM
2234
0

4
GM
2451
1

5
WIM
2143
½

6
WGM
2304
0

7
WGM
2273
0

8
WIM
2199
0

9
WIM
2272
1

10
WGM
2377
0

11
WGM
2430
1

Ø 2295
4/11
2276
3
1-0
WGM

1
WIM
2272
1

2
WGM
2377
½

3
WIM
2199
1

4
WGM
2279
1

5
WGM
2282
½

6
WIM
2234
1

7
GM
2451
1

8
WIM
2143
½

9
WGM
2304
1

10
WGM
2273
0

11
WGM
2276
0

Ø 2281
7.5/11
2430
WIM
WIM
2272

1
WGM
2430
0

2
WGM
2279
0

3
WGM
2282
1

4
WIM
2234
0

5
GM
2451
½

6
WIM
2143
1

7
WGM
2304
0

8
WGM
2273
0

9
WGM
2276
0

10
WIM
2199
1

11
WGM
2377
½

Ø 2295
4/11
2272
½-½
7
WGM

1
WIM
2199
0

2
WGM
2430
½

3
WGM
2279
1

4
WGM
2282
1

5
WIM
2234
1

6
GM
2451
1

7
WIM
2143
½

8
WGM
2304
½

9
WGM
2273
½

10
WGM
2276
1

11
WIM
2272
½

Ø 2286
7.5/11
2377
GM
GM
2451

1
WIM
2143
1

2
WGM
2304
½

3
WGM
2273
0

4
WGM
2276
0

5
WIM
2272
½

6
WGM
2377
0

7
WGM
2430
0

8
WGM
2279
1

9
WGM
2282
½

10
WIM
2234
½

11
WIM
2199
1

Ø 2279
5/11
2451
4
1-0
4
WIM
WIM
2199

1
WGM
2377
1

2
WIM
2143
½

3
WGM
2430
0

4
WGM
2304
½

5
WGM
2279
0

6
WGM
2273
0

7
WGM
2282
0

8
WGM
2276
1

9
WIM
2234
1

10
WIM
2272
0

11
GM
2451
0

Ø 2302
4/11
2199
WIM
WIM
2143

1
GM
2451
0

2
WIM
2199
½

3
WGM
2304
½

4
WGM
2273
0

5
WGM
2276
½

6
WIM
2272
0

7
WGM
2377
½

8
WGM
2430
½

9
WGM
2279
0

10
WGM
2282
0

11
WIM
2234
0

Ø 2307
2.5/11
2143
0-1
4
WIM
WIM
2234

1
WGM
2304
0

2
WGM
2273
0

3
WGM
2276
1

4
WIM
2272
1

5
WGM
2377
0

6
WGM
2430
0

7
WGM
2279
1

8
WGM
2282
½

9
WIM
2199
0

10
GM
2451
½

11
WIM
2143
1

Ø 2299
5/11
2234

Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
WGM
WGM
2273

1
WGM
2282
1

2
WIM
2234
1

3
GM
2451
1

4
WIM
2143
1

5
WGM
2304
½

6
WIM
2199
1

7
WGM
2276
1

8
WIM
2272
1

9
WGM
2377
½

10
WGM
2430
1

11
WGM
2279
1

Ø 2295
10/11
2273
10.0
11
48.75
2678
2
WGM

1
WIM
2199
0

2
WGM
2430
½

3
WGM
2279
1

4
WGM
2282
1

5
WIM
2234
1

6
GM
2451
1

7
WIM
2143
½

8
WGM
2304
½

9
WGM
2273
½

10
WGM
2276
1

11
WIM
2272
½

Ø 2286
7.5/11
2377
7.5
11
39.00
2419
3
WGM

1
WIM
2272
1

2
WGM
2377
½

3
WIM
2199
1

4
WGM
2279
1

5
WGM
2282
½

6
WIM
2234
1

7
GM
2451
1

8
WIM
2143
½

9
WGM
2304
1

10
WGM
2273
0

11
WGM
2276
0

Ø 2281
7.5/11
2430
7.5
11
37.00
2414
4
WGM
WGM
2304

1
WIM
2234
1

2
GM
2451
½

3
WIM
2143
½

4
WIM
2199
½

5
WGM
2273
½

6
WGM
2276
1

7
WIM
2272
1

8
WGM
2377
½

9
WGM
2430
0

10
WGM
2279
1

11
WGM
2282
½

Ø 2292
7/11
2304
7.0
11
34.50
2394
5
WGM

1
WGM
2273
0

2
WGM
2276
½

3
WIM
2272
0

4
WGM
2377
0

5
WGM
2430
½

6
WGM
2279
½

7
WIM
2199
1

8
WIM
2234
½

9
GM
2451
½

10
WIM
2143
1

11
WGM
2304
½

Ø 2294
5/11
2282
5.0
11
23.00
2258
6
GM
GM
2451

1
WIM
2143
1

2
WGM
2304
½

3
WGM
2273
0

4
WGM
2276
0

5
WIM
2272
½

6
WGM
2377
0

7
WGM
2430
0

8
WGM
2279
1

9
WGM
2282
½

10
WIM
2234
½

11
WIM
2199
1

Ø 2279
5/11
2451
5.0
11
21.50
2243
7
WIM
WIM
2234

1
WGM
2304
0

2
WGM
2273
0

3
WGM
2276
1

4
WIM
2272
1

5
WGM
2377
0

6
WGM
2430
0

7
WGM
2279
1

8
WGM
2282
½

9
WIM
2199
0

10
GM
2451
½

11
WIM
2143
1

Ø 2299
5/11
2234
5.0
11
20.00
2263
8
WGM
WGM
2279

1
WGM
2276
1

2
WIM
2272
1

3
WGM
2377
0

4
WGM
2430
0

5
WIM
2199
1

6
WGM
2282
½

7
WIM
2234
0

8
GM
2451
0

9
WIM
2143
1

10
WGM
2304
0

11
WGM
2273
0

Ø 2295
4.5/11
2279
4.5
11
17.00
2230
9
WIM
WIM
2199

1
WGM
2377
1

2
WIM
2143
½

3
WGM
2430
0

4
WGM
2304
½

5
WGM
2279
0

6
WGM
2273
0

7
WGM
2282
0

8
WGM
2276
1

9
WIM
2234
1

10
WIM
2272
0

11
GM
2451
0

Ø 2302
4/11
2199
4.0
11
21.25
2200
10
WGM
WGM
2276

1
WGM
2279
0

2
WGM
2282
½

3
WIM
2234
0

4
GM
2451
1

5
WIM
2143
½

6
WGM
2304
0

7
WGM
2273
0

8
WIM
2199
0

9
WIM
2272
1

10
WGM
2377
0

11
WGM
2430
1

Ø 2295
4/11
2276
4.0
11
20.25
2193
11
WIM
WIM
2272

1
WGM
2430
0

2
WGM
2279
0

3
WGM
2282
1

4
WIM
2234
0

5
GM
2451
½

6
WIM
2143
1

7
WGM
2304
0

8
WGM
2273
0

9
WGM
2276
0

10
WIM
2199
1

11
WGM
2377
½

Ø 2295
4/11
2272
4.0
11
17.75
2193
12
WIM
WIM
2143

1
GM
2451
0

2
WIM
2199
½

3
WGM
2304
½

4
WGM
2273
0

5
WGM
2276
½

6
WIM
2272
0

7
WGM
2377
½

8
WGM
2430
½

9
WGM
2279
0

10
WGM
2282
0

11
WIM
2234
0

Ø 2307
2.5/11
2143
2.5
11
15.00
2096
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4 6.Qb3 with more complications. b5 7.c5 Nbd7 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.a4 6...Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.0-0 White has an edge. Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 b5 11.cxd5N Predecessor: 11.cxb5 axb5 12.a4 Ne4 13.Ba3 Rxa4 ½-½ (42) Ding,L (2816)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Shenzhen 2018 11...exd5 12.Nd2 0-0 13.f3 Nbd7 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4 c5 16.Qf3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc5 18.Bb2 And now e5 would win. Na4 19.Qb3! Ra7 20.Kh1 Rd7 21.d5 Black must now prevent Bxf6. Nxb2 22.Qxb2 Re8       Black is really pushing. 23.Rf4 Nh5 23...Qb6 24.Rf5= Nf6 25.Qd4 Qe7 26.Re1 Qxa3 27.h3 Better is 27.Nf3 27...Rc8 27...Qd6 28.Rc1 h6 28.Re3 28.Rf3 Qd6 29.Rfe3 28...Qc5 29.Qd3 29.Qxc5 Rxc5 30.Rg3 29...Qc2 30.Qd4 Black should prevent Rxf6. Qc5 31.Qd3! Ne8 32.Rff3 Nd6 32...f6 Strongly threatening ...a5. 33.Nb3 Qc2 33.e5 Nc4 34.Qf5! Nxe3??       34...Nxd2 keeps the upper hand. 35.Qxd7 Nxf3 36.Rxf3 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Qc7 38.Qxc7 Rxc7 35.Qxd7+- Rf8 35...Qc7 36.Qxc7 Rxc7 36.e6 Qc1+
37.Kh2! Qxd2 38.exf7+ Kh8
39.Rxe3!       Qf2 39...Qxe3 40.Qd6 40.Qe8 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 40%.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Krush,I2451Nguyen,E21431–02019D12US-ch Women 20191.1
Zatonskih,A2430Gorti,A22721–02019E17US-ch Women 20191.2
Abrahamyan,T2377Feng,M21990–12019C18US-ch Women 20191.3
Eswaran,A2234Wang,A23040–12019B20US-ch Women 20191.4
Sharevich,A2282Yu,J22730–12019D30US-ch Women 20191.5
Yip,C2279Foisor,S22761–02019C28US-ch Women 20191.6
Wang,A2304Krush,I2451½–½2019E59US-ch Women 20192.1
Abrahamyan,T2377Zatonskih,A2430½–½2019C42US-ch Women 20192.2
Yu,J2273Eswaran,A22341–02019A61US-ch Women 20192.3
Gorti,A2272Yip,C22790–12019A05US-ch Women 20192.4
Feng,M2199Nguyen,E2143½–½2019A06US-ch Women 20192.5
Foisor,S2276Sharevich,A2282½–½2019D00US-ch Women 20192.6
Krush,I2451Yu,J22730–12019B13US-ch Women 20193.1
Yip,C2279Abrahamyan,T23770–12019C00US-ch Women 20193.2
Zatonskih,A2430Feng,M21991–02019D02US-ch Women 20193.3
Nguyen,E2143Wang,A2304½–½2019C01US-ch Women 20193.4
Sharevich,A2282Gorti,A22720–12019E09US-ch Women 20193.5
Eswaran,A2234Foisor,S22761–02019B08US-ch Women 20193.6
Yu,J2273Nguyen,E21431–02019C50US-ch Women 20194.1
Zatonskih,A2430Yip,C22791–02019D77US-ch Women 20194.2
Feng,M2199Wang,A2304½–½2019A06US-ch Women 20194.3
Foisor,S2276Krush,I24511–02019B62US-ch Women 20194.4
Abrahamyan,T2377Sharevich,A22821–02019B23US-ch Women 20194.5
Gorti,A2272Eswaran,A22340–12019A61US-ch Women 20194.6
Wang,A2304Yu,J2273½–½2019D17US-ch Women 20195.1
Sharevich,A2282Zatonskih,A2430½–½2019E04US-ch Women 20195.2
Eswaran,A2234Abrahamyan,T23770–12019C16US-ch Women 20195.3
Krush,I2451Gorti,A2272½–½2019E10US-ch Women 20195.4
Yip,C2279Feng,M21991–02019C03US-ch Women 20195.5
Nguyen,E2143Foisor,S2276½–½2019D25US-ch Women 20195.6
Feng,M2199Yu,J22730–12019A05US-ch Women 20196.1
Zatonskih,A2430Eswaran,A22341–02019D61US-ch Women 20196.2
Abrahamyan,T2377Krush,I24511–02019B35US-ch Women 20196.3
Foisor,S2276Wang,A23040–12019D37US-ch Women 20196.4
Yip,C2279Sharevich,A2282½–½2019B43US-ch Women 20196.5
Gorti,A2272Nguyen,E21431–02019A06US-ch Women 20196.6
Yu,J2273Foisor,S22761–02019A20US-ch Women 20197.1
Krush,I2451Zatonskih,A24300–12019D31US-ch Women 20197.2
Nguyen,E2143Abrahamyan,T2377½–½2019E19US-ch Women 20197.3
Wang,A2304Gorti,A22721–02019E32US-ch Women 20197.4
Eswaran,A2234Yip,C22791–02019B67US-ch Women 20197.5
Sharevich,A2282Feng,M21991–02019A40US-ch Women 20197.6
Gorti,A2272Yu,J22730–12019D00US-ch Women 20198.1
Zatonskih,A2430Nguyen,E2143½–½2019D70US-ch Women 20198.2
Abrahamyan,T2377Wang,A2304½–½2019B56US-ch Women 20198.3
Yip,C2279Krush,I24510–12019B35US-ch Women 20198.4
Sharevich,A2282Eswaran,A2234½–½2019A46US-ch Women 20198.5
Feng,M2199Foisor,S22761–02019A06US-ch Women 20198.6
Yu,J2273Abrahamyan,T2377½–½2019E46US-ch Women 20199.1
Wang,A2304Zatonskih,A24300–12019E36US-ch Women 20199.2
Eswaran,A2234Feng,M21990–12019C18US-ch Women 20199.3
Nguyen,E2143Yip,C22790–12019D76US-ch Women 20199.4
Krush,I2451Sharevich,A2282½–½2019D31US-ch Women 20199.5
Foisor,S2276Gorti,A22721–02019A40US-ch Women 20199.6
Zatonskih,A2430Yu,J22730–12019D17US-ch Women 201910.1
Abrahamyan,T2377Foisor,S22761–02019C67US-ch Women 201910.2
Yip,C2279Wang,A23040–12019B69US-ch Women 201910.3
Feng,M2199Gorti,A22720–12019E08US-ch Women 201910.4
Eswaran,A2234Krush,I2451½–½2019B38US-ch Women 201910.5
Sharevich,A2282Nguyen,E21431–02019D43US-ch Women 201910.6
Yu,J2273Yip,C22791–02019A10US-ch Women 201911.1
Foisor,S2276Zatonskih,A24301–02019D37US-ch Women 201911.2
Gorti,A2272Abrahamyan,T2377½–½2019E18US-ch Women 201911.3
Wang,A2304Sharevich,A2282½–½2019D31US-ch Women 201911.4
Krush,I2451Feng,M21991–02019A25US-ch Women 201911.5
Nguyen,E2143Eswaran,A22340–12019A45US-ch Women 201911.6

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