US Championship Rd6: Nazi Paikidze beats Irina Krush
4/5/2017 – Round 6 of US championship saw another topsy-turvy turn of events especially in the women’s section, when Irina Krush declined a draw against Nazi Paikidze, and ended up losing instead. In the men’s, Wesley So came close to losing against Varuzhan Akobian, but held, while Kamsky blundered a pawn early and lost to Caruana. Illustrated report and analyses by Elshan Moradiabadi.
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| Round 6 on 2017/04/04 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa |
0 - 1 |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina |
1 - 0 |
IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 |
In the Women’s section all six games were decisive with white dominating with five wins. That said, it was precisely Black’s only success that was also the most impactful, in which the reigning champion Nazi Paikidze won against seven-time US champion Irina Krush with black after the latter declined her draw offer and immediately blundered into a worse position (although possible to hold) and finally succumbed to the weakness of her pawn on g3.
The game of the round saw Irina Krush lose for the third time to Nazi Paikidze who seems to have her number at the moment
Irina Krush - Nazi Paikidze
This important victory had put Paikidze on +3 score and sole lead after six rounds. Irina Krush graciously participated in the post-game interview and shared her thoughts, from which, I concluded that she overestimated her chances after she got some edge to eventually succumbing to a cheap tactic Nxa2.
Another important shocking result came at the hand of youngest player in the women section, where youngster Carissa Yip, aged barely fourteen, played a creative ( although unsound) opening against top-seed IM Anna Zatonskih to uncork a strong attack along the g-file over black’s king to deliver an important victory.
Carissa Yip - Anna Zatonskih
Carissa Yip described her win as smooth and her control of her nerve after such a huge victory was amazing to me. I am sure we will hear of this young lady a lot in a near future.
This result denied Zatonskih from her fantastic run after her shocking first round loss and dropped her to tie for third as WGM Sabina Foisor scored her fourth victory with white against WGM Tatev Abrahamyan and moved to clear 2nd with 4.0/6.
Sabina Foisor has had a great event so far, winning four games with white and is now clear second
Women's standings after six rounds
| Round 6 on 2017/04/04 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 1 - 0 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 1 - 0 | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 |
In the men’s section, results were less drastic but the roller-coaster games were present here too. Although, incumbent champion and current world no. 3 Fabiano Caruana posted a win which he explained as an ‘easy’ one against ultra-aggressive and somewhat out of shape Gata Kamsky, who blundered a pawn on move 16, the other games of the day were anything but smooth.
Gata Kamsky vs Fabiano Caruana
[Event "U.S. Championships Men 2017"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.04.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] {The world no. 3 and defending champion scored his first victory of the tournament by essaying a number of strong moves in 'always firey' white side of the Sicilian Sveshnikov to move to joint second place at the hand of Gata Kamsky, whose enterprising chess has not paid off so far as he is on -2 after 6 rounds.} 1. e4 {0} c5 {6} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {4} 3. d4 {0} cxd4 {62} 4. Nxd4 {0} Nf6 {188} 5. Nc3 {0} e5 {5} 6. Ndb5 {0} d6 {4} 7. Bg5 {9} a6 {4} 8. Na3 {4} b5 {4} 9. Bxf6 $5 {14 No more 'Karpov' style of handling Sveshnikov. Caruana wants blood!} (9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 {is of course the most common way of handling the Sveshnikov.}) 9... gxf6 {278} 10. Nd5 {9} Bg7 {271} 11. Bd3 $5 {14 Another less common choice by Caruana. He might have caught Gata off-guard as the development of the game from here is all in Caruana's favor.} Ne7 {16} 12. Nxe7 {6} Qxe7 {4} 13. c3 {9} f5 {273} 14. Nc2 {33} f4 {1113 After a long thought, Kamsky chose a rare and a bit passive move. By pushing this pawn, Black kills all of his active play in the center with d5 and f5 as we will see in the game. Recent handling of this line by two strong teenagers of the chess world seem to promise more chances for black than Kamsky's choice. Although, I am sure Fabiano might have something there.} (14... Qg5 15. O-O (15. g3 $6 Bb7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. h4 Qf6 18. O-O-O d5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Kb1 a5 21. Ne3 b4 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Nxf5 Bf8 24. Rc1 b3 25. a3 Rcb8 26. Qe3 Kh8 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Rhe1 Re8 29. g4 Qe6 30. Rc3 Ra5 31. Kc1 Bc5 32. Qh6 Qg6 33. Be4 Be6 34. h5 Qxh6+ 35. Nxh6 Be7 36. Nf5 Bg5+ 37. Ne3 Rd8 38. Kb1 Ra4 39. Rd1 Rad4 40. Rdc1 h6 41. Ka1 Rd2 42. Rb1 Kg7 43. Nc4 Re2 44. Bf5 Bxf5 45. gxf5 Rc8 46. Rg1 Rc2 47. Rg4 e4 48. Rxb3 R2xc4 49. fxe4 Re8 50. Re3 Re5 51. b3 Rc2 52. b4 Kf6 53. Re1 Re8 54. Rd1 Ra8 55. Rd3 Re2 56. b5 Rc8 57. Rb3 Rc1+ 58. Rb1 Rcc2 59. Rb3 Be3 60. e5+ Kxe5 {0-1 (60) Firouzja,A (2475)-Aravindh,C (2506) Moscow 2016}) 15... Bb7 16. f3 O-O 17. exf5 d5 {if I were to try my chances I would have chosen this line but Kamsky might think that it is not a wise decision to opt for the main line against a player like Caruana.}) 15. Qh5 {826} h6 {617 Extremely rare.} (15... O-O 16. O-O-O Be6 17. g3 {1-0 (69) Lafarga Santorroman,D (2639)-Kerr,S (2580) ICCF email 2007 In fact there are only four games in this line, three of which are in correspondence chess with two draws and a win for white.}) 16. Nb4 {182} Be6 $4 {1131 After almost 20 minutes thought, Kamksy blunders a pawn! The game is basically over after this!} (16... Bb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. f3 Rab8 21. a4 a5 22. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 (22) Besztercsenyi,T (2270)-Ladanyi,T (2215) Hungary 1999}) 17. Nxa6 {579} O-O {50} 18. Nb4 {37} f5 {15 Kamsky tries to complicate matters but Caruana's technique is flawless in this game.} 19. O-O $1 {570} (19. exf5 Bf7 20. Qe2 (20. Qf3 e4 {with complications}) 20... d5 { is unnecessary}) 19... fxe4 {375} 20. Bxe4 {6} Rac8 {13} 21. Rad1 {213 White is dominating light squares. The game is strategically over!} Rc4 {554} 22. Qg6 {304} Rxe4 {304 desparation....} 23. Qxe4 {7} f3 {2} 24. Nd5 {683} Qg5 {257} 25. g3 {47} Rf7 {76} 26. Kh1 {417} Bh3 {172} 27. Rfe1 {96} Bf5 {43} 28. Qb4 {79 } Bf8 {137} 29. Qxb5 {133} h5 {14} 30. Ne3 {64} Bh3 {39} 31. Qc4 {34} Qg6 {19} 32. a4 {94} Kh8 {135} 33. Qh4 {194} Be6 {39} 34. a5 {145} e4 {47} 35. Qd8 {57} Kh7 {63} 36. a6 {39} Bh6 {18} 37. Qb6 {236} h4 {13} 38. g4 {66} Bxg4 {21} 39. Rg1 {36} Bxe3 {50} 40. Qxe3 {0 Time control is reached and Gata decides that he has had 'enough'.} 1-0
Right after he had made his pawn-losing blunder, Gata Kamsky was seen utterly aghast at what he had done, even before Fabiano Caruana grabbed it
In fact, early on in the game, world no.2 and current leader Wesley So got into a lot of trouble against Varuzhan Akobian and twice got into a nearly lost position only to save the day by squeezing Akobian on time.
Wesley So vs Varuzhan Akobian
Varuzhan did not express disappointment with the draw during the interview but I am sure he really wished he had been able to pull off this important win with black.
Varuzhan Akobian (right) came close to being the one who ended Wesley So's great streak
In another decisive game of the day in the open section, Sam Shankland did not get much out of the opening against Ray Robson but Robson showed a self-destructive tendency in this game by giving up his pawn voluntarily and then weakening his king, leaving Shankland to choose with a wealth of ways to finish him off, which he did.
Sam Shankland had to be wondering what his opponent was thinking as he self-destructed on the board
Sam Shankland vs Ray Robson
Men's standings after six rounds
US Championship pairings/results
| Round 1 on 2017/03/29 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | ½ - ½ | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | 1 - 0 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | ½ - ½ | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | 0 - 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| Round 2 on 2017/03/30 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | ½ - ½ | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 0 - 1 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 0 - 1 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | ½ - ½ | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 |
| Round 3 on 2017/03/31 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 1 - 0 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 0 - 1 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | 1 - 0 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| 6 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| Round 4 on 2017/04/01 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | ½ - ½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | ½ - ½ | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | 1 - 0 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 |
| Round 5 on 2017/04/02 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | ½ - ½ | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 1 - 0 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | 1 - 0 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 0 - 1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| Round 6 on 2017/04/04 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 1 - 0 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 1 - 0 | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 |
| Round 7 on 2017/04/05 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 | |
| 2 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 | |
| 3 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 | |
| 4 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 | |
| 5 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 | |
| 6 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 | |
| Round 8 on 2017/04/06 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 | |
| 2 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 | |
| Round 9 on 2017/04/07 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 | |
| 2 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 | |
| 3 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 | |
| 4 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 | |
| 5 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 | |
| Round 10 on 2017/04/08 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 | |
| 5 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 | |
| Round 11 on 2017/04/09 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 | |
| 2 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 | |
| 4 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 | |
| 5 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 | |
US Women's Championship pairings/results
| Round 1 on 2017/03/29 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | ½ - ½ | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie | ½ - ½ | GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 1 - 0 | WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 1 - 0 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 1 - 0 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | ½ - ½ | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| Round 2 on 2017/03/30 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 0 - 1 | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 1 - 0 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 1 - 0 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa | ½ - ½ | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina | 1 - 0 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | ½ - ½ | WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 |
| Round 3 on 2017/03/31 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev |
0 - 1 |
GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R |
½ - ½ |
WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily |
0 - 1 |
WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| 6 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi |
0 - 1 |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| Round 4 on 2017/04/01 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina |
½ - ½ |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva |
0 - 1 |
IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina |
0 - 1 |
WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 |
| Round 5 on 2017/04/02 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev |
1 - 0 |
WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R |
0 - 1 |
WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily |
0 - 1 |
GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| Round 6 on 2017/04/04 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa |
0 - 1 |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina |
1 - 0 |
IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 |
| Round 7 on 2017/04/05 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 | |
| 2 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 | |
| 3 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 | |
| 4 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi | WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 | |
| 5 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 | |
| 6 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 | |
| Round 8 on 2017/04/06 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 | |
| 2 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 | |
| Round 9 on 2017/04/07 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 | |
| 2 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 | |
| 3 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 | |
| 4 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 | |
| 5 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa | GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 | |
| Round 10 on 2017/04/08 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 | |
| 5 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 | |
| Round 11 on 2017/04/09 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 | |
| 2 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 | |
| 4 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 | |
| 5 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa | WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina | WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 | |
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I noticed, with some pleasure, some small comment about some small deed that I'm not sure ought to be just left so little. When the well-written peice told of some 'courteous' behaviour, by Krush, upon some post interview participation despite some loss? Would that we could ALL have such kudos. And by the way, well played to the winner, Paikidze.
Can't you accept Elshan that Wesley is the World No. 2? Move on man.
Why in the notes to Caruana-Kamsky, does the author refer to Caruana as the "world no 2 player"? By rating, Wesley So is #2, or, you could make an argument that Karjakin occupies that position by virtue of his match with Magnus.
In the table below the Header picture, two of the Women's Round 6 results seem to be the wrong way round - the table shows Krush beating Paikidze and Zatonskih beating Yip. All other games are correct - only the two games you've given for replaying. Just saying.
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