US Championship - Playoffs

Playoffs

Over the course of eleven rounds, twelve competitors will battle for $194,000 in prize money ($100,000 in the women’s tournament), qualification into the World Championship cycle, and the coveted title of 2021 US Champion.

Playoffs regulations: If there are three or four Players tied for first, the Players shall contest a rapid round robin (G/10 +2 delay). If no clear winner is produced, the remaining tied players shall contest a blitz (G/3 +2 delay) a) round robin (if three or four players remain tied) or b) 2-game match (if two players remain tied). If the contest is still undecided, the match will be decided by a series of Armageddon Games.

Schedule

• October 6-9: Rounds 1-4
• October 10: Rest day
• October 11-14: Rounds 5-8
• October 15: Rest day
• October 16-18: Rounds 9-11
• October 19: Playoff (if necessary) and closing ceremony

Previous reports: Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 10 | Round 11

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Open tournament - Playoffs

 

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Srihari L R-Balasubramaniam H

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1.Nf3 8.9 Nf6 59 2.g3 18 b6 1:28 3.Bg2 40 Bb7 3 4.0-0 10 g6 25 5.d3 16 Bg7 1:01 6.e4 8 A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6. 0-0 1:24 7.e5 47 Ne8 1:10 8.d4 42 d6 2:16 9.Qe2 50 e6 1:57 9...c5= 10.Rd1 2:06 10.Bf4 c5 11.dxc5 d5 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.c4 Nc7 14.Be3 Qa6 15.Na3 Nd7 16.Nb5 Nxb5 17.cxb5 10...h6 2:22 11.h4 17 Nd7 4:28 12.Bf4 45 c5 8:55 13.c3 18:03 13.exd6 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qc8= 13...cxd4 50 14.exd6 5:04 White should try 14.cxd4 Qe7 15.Nc3 14...Rc8!= 19:34 15.cxd4 23 A sharp opening 15.Nxd4? Bxg2 16.Nxe6 16.Kxg2? perishes. e5-+ 16...Bf3 16...fxe6? 17.Qxe6+ Rf7 18.Kxg2 17.Qxf3 fxe6-+ 15...Ndf6 38 16.d7 1:17 Qxd7 1:27 17.Ne5 18 Qe7 11 18.Nc3 1:20 Bxg2 19 19.Kxg2 2 Nd6 1:33 The position is equal. 19...Nh5 with more complications. 20.Be3 Nd6 21.Qf3 Nf5 20.Qf3 2:58 Nc4 3:02 21.b3 5:04 Nxe5 1:48 22.Bxe5 7 Nd7 1:50 23.Bxg7 5:40 Kxg7 4 24.d5 2:33 Qf6 2:07 25.Rac1 37 Qxf3+ 3:00 26.Kxf3 35 Rc5 34 27.dxe6 1:13 fxe6+ 1:09 28.Kg2 50 Nf6 41 29.Ne2 2:19 next Rxc5 is good for White. Rfc8 46 30.Rxc5 3:23 Rxc5 3 Endgame KRN-KRN 31.Nd4 5:44 Kf7 24 32.Nf3 17 e5 2:28 33.b4 1:30 Rb5 10 34.Rc1 3:12 Ne8 2:01 35.Rc4 2:01 Rd5 1:47 36.Kf1 26 Ke6 39 37.Ke2 56 Nd6 39 38.Rc7 50 a5 1:06 39.bxa5 36 Rxa5 14 40.Rc2 5 b5 1:03 41.Nd2 48 b4 19 42.Nb3 18 Ra3 1:25 43.Nc5+ 1 Kd5 26

and ...Nb5 should not be overlooked 44.Nd3 14 b3 19 45.axb3 2 Rxb3 7 46.Nc1 1:53 Ra3 1:07 47.Rd2+ 35 Ke6 3:42 48.Ra2 17 Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless) Mistake: White=1 Black=1 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=1 OK: White=23 Black=23 Best: White=1 Black=1 Strong: --- Black=1 ½–½

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Heinbuch,D	2263	Mueller,M	2307		6.3	1108589
	Hess,C	2168	Schneider-Zinner,H	2327		6.1	1108587
	Scheckenbach,F	2045	Loew,G	2175		6.6	1108592
	Schrems,H	2114	Kutschenko,R	1994		6.8	1108595
	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2467	Kushal O	2092		3.1	1114382
	Kushagra Mohan	2400	Pranesh M	2572		3.2	1114383
	Srihari L R	2481	Prudhvi Kumar V	2179		3.3	1114385
	Raja Rithvik R	2538	Srihari L R	2481		3.4	1114387
	Schwarz,A	2120	Moritz,H	2001		6.7	1108593
	Templin,K	2039	Kannenberg,K	2113		6.9	1108597
	Mareck,S	2112	Wiendieck,J	1992		6.10	1108585
	Ju,W	2561	Tan,Z	2555		1.1	1105722
	Abrahamyan,T	2310	Lee,A	2386		3.2	1279479
	Pieper,T	2178	Belke,F	2235		6.2	1108588
	Pollmann,S	2071	Cordts,I	2151		6.4	1108590
	Marentini,M	2036	Lindam,I	2151		6.5	1108591
	Rohith Krishna S	2490	Arjun Kalyan	2509		2.1	1100198
	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2467	Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki	1950		2.2	1100199
	Harshad S	2388	Pranesh M	2572		2.3	1100200
	Srihari L R	2481	Balasubramaniam H	2221		2.4	1100202

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Women’s tournament

Mating Patterns

On this DVD, Grandmaster and worldrenowned commentator Maurice Ashley reviews some of the most interesting patterns with examples meant to educate and entertain.

Commentary by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley and Cristian Chirila

Final standings

Open tournament

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB	Perf.
1	GM	Caruana,F GM Caruana,F 2800 1 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ 2 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 3 GM Burke,J 2554 1 4 GM So,W 2778 ½ 5 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 0 6 GM Sevian,S 2654 0 7 GM Robson,R 2669 1 8 GM Xiong,J 2700 ½ 9 GM Swiercz,D 2647 1 10 GM Lenderman,A 2607 1 11 GM Shankland,S 2714 ½ Ø 2668 6.5/11	2800		6.5	11		½	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	0	½	½	35.25	2733
2	GM	So,W GM So,W 2778 1 GM Xiong,J 2700 ½ 2 GM Swiercz,D 2647 1 3 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ 4 GM Caruana,F 2800 ½ 5 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ 6 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 7 GM Burke,J 2554 1 8 GM Shankland,S 2714 ½ 9 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 ½ 10 GM Sevian,S 2654 ½ 11 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ Ø 2670 6.5/11	2778		6.5	11	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	34.75	2735
3	GM	Sevian,S GM Sevian,S 2654 1 GM Shankland,S 2714 ½ 2 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ 3 GM Xiong,J 2700 1 4 GM Swiercz,D 2647 ½ 5 GM Lenderman,A 2607 0 6 GM Caruana,F 2800 1 7 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 1 8 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 9 GM Burke,J 2554 ½ 10 GM So,W 2778 ½ 11 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 ½ Ø 2682 6.5/11	2654		6.5	11	1	½		½	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	34.25	2747
4	GM	Dominguez Perez,L GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 1 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ 2 GM Caruana,F 2800 ½ 3 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ 4 GM Shankland,S 2714 1 5 GM Burke,J 2554 ½ 6 GM So,W 2778 ½ 7 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 ½ 8 GM Sevian,S 2654 ½ 9 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ 10 GM Xiong,J 2700 ½ 11 GM Swiercz,D 2647 ½ Ø 2672 6/11	2760		6.0	11	½	½	½		½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	32.75	2708
5	GM	Lenderman,A GM Lenderman,A 2607 1 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 2 GM Burke,J 2554 ½ 3 GM So,W 2778 ½ 4 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 1 5 GM Sevian,S 2654 1 6 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ 7 GM Xiong,J 2700 ½ 8 GM Swiercz,D 2647 ½ 9 GM Shankland,S 2714 ½ 10 GM Caruana,F 2800 0 11 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ Ø 2686 6/11	2607		6.0	11	0	½	1	½		½	½	½	½	1	½	½	32.25	2722
6	GM	Robson,R GM Robson,R 2669 1 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 1 2 GM Sevian,S 2654 ½ 3 GM Shankland,S 2714 ½ 4 GM Xiong,J 2700 1 5 GM Swiercz,D 2647 ½ 6 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ 7 GM Caruana,F 2800 0 8 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ 9 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 10 GM Burke,J 2554 ½ 11 GM So,W 2778 ½ Ø 2680 6/11	2669		6.0	11	0	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	1	1	½	31.25	2716
7	GM	Shankland,S GM Shankland,S 2714 1 GM Sevian,S 2654 ½ 2 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ 3 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ 4 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 0 5 GM Xiong,J 2700 0 6 GM Burke,J 2554 1 7 GM Swiercz,D 2647 ½ 8 GM So,W 2778 ½ 9 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ 10 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 1 11 GM Caruana,F 2800 ½ Ø 2676 5.5/11	2714		5.5	11	½	½	½	0	½	½		1	½	1	0	½	29.75	2676
8	GM	Burke,J GM Burke,J 2554 1 GM Swiercz,D 2647 1 2 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ 3 GM Caruana,F 2800 0 4 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ 5 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 6 GM Shankland,S 2714 0 7 GM So,W 2778 0 8 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 ½ 9 GM Sevian,S 2654 ½ 10 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ 11 GM Xiong,J 2700 1 Ø 2691 5/11	2554		5.0	11	0	0	½	½	½	½	0		1	½	1	½	26.00	2655
9	GM	Swiercz,D GM Swiercz,D 2647 1 GM Burke,J 2554 0 2 GM So,W 2778 0 3 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 1 4 GM Sevian,S 2654 ½ 5 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ 6 GM Xiong,J 2700 ½ 7 GM Shankland,S 2714 ½ 8 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ 9 GM Caruana,F 2800 0 10 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 1 11 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ Ø 2682 5/11	2647		5.0	11	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0		1	½	1	25.75	2646
10	GM	Naroditsky,D GM Naroditsky,D 2623 1 GM Robson,R 2669 0 2 GM Xiong,J 2700 1 3 GM Swiercz,D 2647 0 4 GM Lenderman,A 2607 0 5 GM Caruana,F 2800 1 6 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 ½ 7 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 8 GM Burke,J 2554 ½ 9 GM So,W 2778 ½ 10 GM Shankland,S 2714 0 11 GM Sevian,S 2654 ½ Ø 2684 4.5/11	2623		4.5	11	1	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	0		1	½	25.00	2619
11	GM	Xiong,J GM Xiong,J 2700 1 GM So,W 2778 ½ 2 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 0 3 GM Sevian,S 2654 0 4 GM Robson,R 2669 0 5 GM Shankland,S 2714 1 6 GM Swiercz,D 2647 ½ 7 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ 8 GM Caruana,F 2800 ½ 9 GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 1 10 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 11 GM Burke,J 2554 0 Ø 2677 4.5/11	2700		4.5	11	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	0		1	24.50	2612
12	GM	Bruzon Batista,L GM Bruzon Batista,L 2645 1 GM Caruana,F 2800 ½ 2 GM Shankland,S 2714 ½ 3 GM Dominguez Perez,L 2760 ½ 4 GM Burke,J 2554 ½ 5 GM So,W 2778 ½ 6 GM Naroditsky,D 2623 ½ 7 GM Sevian,S 2654 0 8 GM Robson,R 2669 ½ 9 GM Xiong,J 2700 0 10 GM Swiercz,D 2647 0 11 GM Lenderman,A 2607 ½ Ø 2682 4/11	2645		4.0	11	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0		23.00	2580
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Women’s tournament

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB	Perf.
1	WGM	Yip,C WGM Yip,C 2402 1 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 ½ 2 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 1 3 WIM Lee,M 2211 ½ 4 GM Krush,I 2429 1 5 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 0 6 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 1 7 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 1 8 WGM Foisor,S 2205 1 9 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 1 10 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 1 11 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 ½ Ø 2303 8.5/11	2402		8.5	11		0	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	43.00	2514
2		Tokhirjonova,G	2322		7.0	11	1		½	1	1	1	½	1	0	0	½	½	40.75	2412
3	GM	Krush,I GM Krush,I 2429 1 WIM Lee,M 2211 1 2 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 ½ 3 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 ½ 4 WGM Yip,C 2402 0 5 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 1 6 WGM Foisor,S 2205 ½ 7 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 1 8 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 ½ 9 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 1 10 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 ½ 11 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 0 Ø 2301 6.5/11	2429		6.5	11	0	½		0	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	32.75	2366
4	WGM	Abrahamyan,T WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 1 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 0 2 WGM Yip,C 2402 0 3 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 1 4 WGM Foisor,S 2205 0 5 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 ½ 6 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 ½ 7 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 ½ 8 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 ½ 9 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 1 10 WIM Lee,M 2211 1 11 GM Krush,I 2429 1 Ø 2308 6/11	2344		6.0	11	0	0	1		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	29.75	2344
5	WGM	Nemcova,K WGM Nemcova,K 2331 1 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 1 2 WGM Foisor,S 2205 1 3 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 ½ 4 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 ½ 5 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 ½ 6 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 ½ 7 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 ½ 8 WIM Lee,M 2211 1 9 GM Krush,I 2429 0 10 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 0 11 WGM Yip,C 2402 ½ Ø 2309 6/11	2331		6.0	11	½	0	0	½		½	½	½	1	1	½	1	29.50	2345
6	WIM	Eswaran,A WIM Eswaran,A 2244 1 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 1 2 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 ½ 3 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 ½ 4 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 ½ 5 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 ½ 6 WIM Lee,M 2211 1 7 GM Krush,I 2429 0 8 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 0 9 WGM Yip,C 2402 0 10 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 1 11 WGM Foisor,S 2205 1 Ø 2317 6/11	2244		6.0	11	0	0	0	½	½		½	½	1	1	1	1	27.25	2353
7	WGM	Cervantes Landeiro,T WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 1 WGM Yip,C 2402 ½ 2 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 ½ 3 WGM Foisor,S 2205 1 4 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 ½ 5 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 0 6 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 ½ 7 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 0 8 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 ½ 9 WIM Lee,M 2211 ½ 10 GM Krush,I 2429 ½ 11 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 ½ Ø 2324 5/11	2175		5.0	11	½	½	½	½	½	½		0	½	½	0	1	28.25	2288
8	WGM	Paikidze,N WGM Paikidze,N 2374 1 WGM Foisor,S 2205 ½ 2 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 ½ 3 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 ½ 4 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 ½ 5 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 1 6 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 ½ 7 WIM Lee,M 2211 0 8 GM Krush,I 2429 ½ 9 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 0 10 WGM Yip,C 2402 0 11 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 ½ Ø 2306 4.5/11	2374		4.5	11	0	0	½	½	½	½	1		½	0	½	½	23.50	2241
9	WGM	Zatonskih,A WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 1 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 0 2 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 ½ 3 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 0 4 WIM Lee,M 2211 ½ 5 GM Krush,I 2429 0 6 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 1 7 WGM Yip,C 2402 0 8 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 1 9 WGM Foisor,S 2205 1 10 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 0 11 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 ½ Ø 2301 4.5/11	2422		4.5	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	½		½	1	1	21.75	2236
10	WIM	Lee,M WIM Lee,M 2211 1 GM Krush,I 2429 0 2 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 1 3 WGM Yip,C 2402 ½ 4 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 ½ 5 WGM Foisor,S 2205 0 6 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 0 7 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 1 8 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 0 9 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 ½ 10 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 0 11 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 ½ Ø 2320 4/11	2211		4.0	11	½	1	0	0	0	0	½	1	½		½	0	22.50	2218
11	WGM	Sharevich,A WGM Sharevich,A 2276 1 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 0 2 GM Krush,I 2429 ½ 3 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 ½ 4 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 ½ 5 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 ½ 6 WGM Yip,C 2402 0 7 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 1 8 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 0 9 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 0 10 WGM Foisor,S 2205 ½ 11 WIM Lee,M 2211 ½ Ø 2314 4/11	2276		4.0	11	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	0	½		½	21.00	2212
12	WGM	Foisor,S WGM Foisor,S 2205 1 WGM Paikidze,N 2374 ½ 2 WGM Nemcova,K 2331 0 3 WGM Cervantes Landeiro,T 2175 0 4 WGM Abrahamyan,T 2344 1 5 WIM Lee,M 2211 1 6 GM Krush,I 2429 ½ 7 Tokhirjonova,G 2322 ½ 8 WGM Yip,C 2402 0 9 WGM Zatonskih,A 2422 0 10 WGM Sharevich,A 2276 ½ 11 WIM Eswaran,A 2244 0 Ø 2321 4/11	2205		4.0	11	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	1	½		21.00	2219
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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