U.S. Championship 2020: Live!

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10/29/2020 – The 2020 U.S. Championship is an elite national championship event, featuring 12 of the strongest chess players in America. Over the course of eleven rounds, these competitors will battle for $150,000 in prize money and the title of 2020 U.S. Chess Champion. The 12-player single round-robin is being played on October 26-19. The action kicks off daily at 13:00 local time (18:00 UT, 19:00 CET). Read the report on Day 3 | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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Rounds 10-11

October 2020 marks an extraordinary chapter in American chess history, as due to the Covid-19 pandemic the Saint Louis Chess Club is hosting the 2020 US Chess Championships online for the first time. Carissa Yip, John Burke, Joel Benjamin and Irina Krush have won the first four tournaments of the series, but the main event is just starting.

US Championship 2020The 2020 US Championship is an elite national championship event, featuring 12 of the strongest chess players in America. Over the course of eleven rounds, these competitors will battle for $150,000 in prize money and the title of 2020 US Chess Champion.

  • Dates: October 26-29
  • Format: 12-player round robin
  • Time control: G/25 + 5
  • Prize fund: $150,000 with $40,000 reserved for first place

Previous reports: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3


Standings after Round 9

US Championship 2020


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1.e4 45 c6 1.9 2.d4 7 d5 3 3.Nc3 3 dxe4 3 4.Nxe4 6 Nf6 3 5.Nxf6+ 12 exf6 5 6.c3 11 Bd6 5 7.Bd3 7 0-0 4 8.Qc2 5 Re8+ 3 B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6. 9.Ne2 4 h5 16 10.Be3 35 Nd7 20 11.0-0-0 20 Nf8 12 12.c4 25 Be6 25 13.Nc3 1:04 Rc8 19 14.Ne4 4:16 Be7 4:43 15.Kb1 7:25 g6 12:39 16.h3 7:08 b5 5:00 17.c5 6:29 f5 6:25 18.Nc3 10:07 Rb8 11:28 19.Ne2 5:14 Bd5 7:37 20.Nf4 4:02 h4 2:57 21.Rhg1 7:52 Ne6 1:18 22.Nxd5 44:53 Qxd5 54 23.Be2 0 f4 4:07 24.Bf3 0 Qd7 7 25.Bc1 0 Nxd4 4:10 26.Bxc6 0 Qxc6 46 27.Rxd4 0 Qxc5 1:19 28.Qxc5 0 Bxc5 9 29.Rxf4 0 Re2 1:47 30.Rf1 0 Be7 7:46 31.Rf3 0 Re8 4:14 32.Rc3 0 Bf6 1:43 33.Rc2 0 Bd4 1:10 34.Bg5 4:26 Re1+ 8:33 35.Rxe1 56 Rxe1+ 9 36.Rc1 4 Bxf2 58 37.Rxe1 9 Bxe1 4 38.Bf6 28 Kf8 43 39.Kc2 9 Ke8 10 40.Kd3 43 Kd7 17 41.Ke4 27 Ke6 19 42.Bg5 21 f5+ 2:38 43.Kf3 47 Bg3 20 44.Be3 42 a5 1:03 45.b3 43 Kd5 38 46.Bb6 51 a4 5 47.Ba7 30 Bd6 2:06 48.Bf2 9 Be7 46 49.Kf4 19 Ke6 3:19 50.Bb6 1:09 g5+ 1:02 51.Ke3 15 Kd5 1:06 52.Kf3 37 Ke5 2:04 53.Bf2 34 Kf6 1:33 54.Bd4+ 24 Kg6 26 55.Be5 26 Kh5 24 56.Bc7 42 Ba3 18 57.Be5 44 Bc1 16 58.Bd6 28 Kg6 1:31 59.Be5 20 Kf7 19 60.Bd4 22 Ke6 6 61.Bf2 14 Kd5 23 62.Bb6 11 Bf4 46 63.Bf2 35 Bc7 43 64.Be3 20 Bd8 9 65.Bf2 5 Kc6 23 66.Bd4 15 Kb7 48 67.Be3 44 Ka6 12 68.Bd2 9 Bf6 46 69.Be1 1:23 Kb6 2:08 70.Bf2+ 38 Kc6 8 71.Be3 13 axb3 36 72.axb3 4 Kd5 3 73.Bb6 25 Be7 51 74.Be3 12 f4 2:48 75.Bb6 14 Bf6 1:02 76.Bf2 2:08 b4 1:42 77.Bb6 37 Be7 23 78.Bf2 38 Ke5 36 79.Bb6 17 Kf5 10 80.Bd4 21 Bd6 33 81.Bf2 26 Be5 17 82.Bc5 12 Bc3 9 83.Bb6 21 Bd2 12 84.Bc5 16 Ke6= 37 ½–½
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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Postlmayer,J2403Csonka,B24599.71212385
Kristoferitsch,D2282Sandhoefner,F22149.81212387
Hajnal,Z2325Dankhazi,A23389.91212390
Diermair,A2445Weber,S23028.181190325
Erdos,V2542Blohberger,F25118.211190328
Wagner,D2440Krasteva,B22575.161200844
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Chasin,N2435Creswell,C19791.11253128
Saxena,V1913Sarkar,J23051.21253129
Muthukumar,H2197Smith,D20061.31253130
Shen,L1998Hebbar,E21751.41253132
Hoffman,L2211Kozower,E19951.51253134
Pan,Z1955Klenoff,C21411.61253135
Mottola,M2121Shankar,P19661.71253136
Knowles,C1968Marsh,J20581.81253138
Dong,K2006Sukhiashvili,A19111.91253139
Zhao,A1806Schaefer,S20501.101253140
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