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The U.S. Championship is a 14-player round-robin featuring the strongest players in the United States. Players compete for $262,000 in prize money and title of U.S. Champion. If two or more players tie for first place a playoff will be held.
The U.S. Women’s Championship is a 14-player round-robin featuring the strongest women players in the United States. Players compete for $160,500 in prize money and title of U.S. Champion. If two or more players tie for first place a playoff will be held.
Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one.
3.h4 against the King's Indian and Grünfeld
It's a great idea to take Grunfeld and King’s Indian players out of their comfort-zone right from the start! Let’s go 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 first and now play 3.h4!?
Commentary by Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila and Anastasiya Karlovich
