US Championships: Caruana sole leader, Yip still perfect

by André Schulz
10/15/2024 – Fabiano Caruana took the lead in the US Championship after defeating Abhimanyu Mishra with the white pieces in round 4. In the women's tournament, Carissa Yip still has a perfect score. The defending champion played a spectacular game featuring a number of tactical shots to beat eight-time US women's champion Irina Krush. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Caruana and Robson score

Fabiano Caruana and Ray Robson were the only winners of the fourth round at the US Open Championship. Caruana slowly wore down Abhimanyu Mishra with white in a heavy-piece ending which emerged from the classical variation of the French Defence. The position further simplified into a rook ending in which the 2018 World Championship challenger gradually took all the pawns from his young opponent with sophisticated technique.

In the game between Awonder Liang and Ray Robson, Liang fell behind while playing white out of a Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian and was eventually outplayed tactically.

Awonder Liang, Ray Robson

Awonder Liang and Ray Robson | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Wesley So and Grigoriy Oparin played an interesting game in an unusual variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Playing black, Oparin was able to drive a passed pawn far forward on the d-file and keep his opponent busy. Eventually, an endgame with queens and bishops emerged. In the end, a draw was agreed with bare kings on the board.

In the game between Sam Shankland and Hans Niemann, Black was also able to advance a passed pawn all the way to the third rank. After this pawn was lost, though, Niemann had to fight for a draw in the minor piece endgame, which he managed effortlessly.

Sam Shankland

Sam Shankland pondering | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Standings after round 4

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
Caruana,F
2796
3.0
4
½
½
1
1
5.00
2892
2
Niemann,H
2733
2.5
4
½
½
½
1
5.00
2818
3
So,W
2751
2.5
4
½
½
½
1
4.25
2763
4
Sevian,S
2689
2.5
4
½
1
½
½
3.75
2758
5
Shankland,S
2677
2.0
4
½
½
½
½
4.25
2726
6
Liang,A
2677
2.0
4
½
½
1
0
3.75
2710
7
Oparin,G
2662
2.0
4
½
½
½
½
3.50
2666
8
Aronian,L
2738
1.5
4
½
½
0
½
3.50
2639
9
Dominguez Perez,L
2741
1.5
4
0
½
½
½
3.00
2638
10
Robson,R
2693
1.5
4
0
0
1
½
3.00
2619
11
Mishra,A
2630
1.5
4
0
½
½
½
3.00
2597
12
Yoo,C
2590
1.5
4
0
½
½
½
3.00
2596
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Yip beats Krush in style

Carissa Yip had a strong start in Saint Louis, as she won three consecutive games at the outset of the US Women's Championship. In round 4, she faced the multiple national champion Irina Krush.

After a cautious opening amid a convoluted position, a spectacular and highly dramatic game developed when Yip went on the attack with the black pieces.

Carissa Yip

Carissa Yip now has a full-point lead | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Megan Lee and Thalia Cervantes also won with the black pieces, against Tatev Abrahamyan and Jennifer Yu respectively.

The 15-year-old Alice Lee, sixth in the girls' world rankings, didn't quite get going yet and drew once again, this time against Rose Atwell. It is her fourth draw at this championship so far. The game between Nazi Paikidze and Atousa Pourkashiyan also ended without a winner.

Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova recorded the only win with the white pieces in this round, as she defeated Anna Zatonskih.

Atousa Pourkashiyan

Atousa Pourkashiyan | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Standings after round 4

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1.e4 3 c5 28 2.Nf3 12 Nc6 21 3.Bb5 13 d6 43 4.0-0 59 Bd7 28 5.Re1 25 Nf6 33 6.c3 33 a6 36 7.Bf1 1:16 Bg4 45 8.h3 1:27 Bxf3 41 9.Qxf3 4 e6 31 10.d3 5:43 Be7 26 11.Be3 21 d5 4:43 12.Bg5 18:08 0-0 1:38 13.exd5 3:06 Nxd5 11:32 14.Bxe7 12 Qxe7 28 15.Nd2 1:34 Rfd8 6:27 16.Rad1 8:54 b5 8:21 17.Nb3 6:42 Rac8 12:23 18.d4 2:40 cxd4 4:08 19.Nxd4 22 Qc7 6:35 20.Nxc6 26:05 Qxc6 6 21.Rd4 46 Ne7 2:10 22.Qd3 5:09 Rxd4 8:53 23.Qxd4 6 Nf5 12 24.Qd2 5:24 g6 2:10 25.Rd1 1:19 Kg7 43 26.Qe2 3:15 Qc5 6:06 27.Rd3 46 Ne7 4:46 28.g3 1:44 Nc6 2:06 29.Bg2 1:42 Ne5 4:17 30.Rd4 53 Nc4 1:18 31.Bb7 2:34 Rc7 11 32.Bxa6 2:43 e5 2:34 33.Rd1 25 Ra7 54 34.b3 1:04 Na3 3:41 35.c4 37 Rxa6 31 36.Rd5 3 Qc7 1:37 37.cxb5 35 Re6 2:02 38.Qb2 44 Qb7 1:50 39.Rxe5 38 Rxe5 20 40.Qxe5+ 3 f6 11 41.Qc5 2:29 Nxb5 36 42.a4 3:20 Na7 24 43.b4 7 Nc6 3:39 44.b5 2:27 Ne5 6:15 45.b6 8:52 Nf3+ 2:20 46.Kf1 1:06 Nd2+ 5:38 47.Kg1 4:11 Ne4 1:08 48.Qd4 3:31 Ng5 59 49.Qc5 2:03 Ne4 4:09 50.Qd4 11 Qc6 2:00 51.Qb2 5:14 Nc5 3:02 52.a5 23 Nd3 41 53.Qd2 1:41 Ne5 17 54.Qb2 1:08 Nf3+ 1:40 55.Kf1 3 Qc4+ 54 56.Kg2 45 Ne1+ 2:05 57.Kg1 12 Nf3+ 3 58.Kg2 5 Ne1+ 3 59.Kg1 17 Qe4 1:30 60.Kf1 1:14 Qh1+ 2:30 61.Ke2 1 Qe4+ 4 62.Kf1 6 Nd3 2:17 63.Qc2 2:05 Qe1+ 35 64.Kg2 1 Qxa5 40 65.Qxd3 14 Qxb6 4 66.Qd7+ 9 Kg8 2 67.Qe8+ 9 Kg7 4 68.Qd7+ 3 Kg8 4 69.Qe8+ 1 Kg7 5 70.Qd7+ 17 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Abrahamyan,T2327Lee,A2395½–½2024B51USA-ch Women 20241.1
Paikidze,N2314Tokhirjonova,G23740–12024D45USA-ch Women 20241.2
Pourkashiyan,A2269Krush,I2388½–½2024B41USA-ch Women 20241.3
Lee,M2253Yu,J2267½–½2024B75USA-ch Women 20241.4
Zatonskih,A2312Atwell,R21850–12024A05USA-ch Women 20241.5
Yip,C2418Cervantes Landeiro,T23021–02024D34USA-ch Women 20241.6
Lee,A2395Cervantes Landeiro,T2302½–½2024D87USA-ch Women 20242.1
Abrahamyan,T2327Paikidze,N23141–02024B12USA-ch Women 20242.2
Atwell,R2185Yip,C24180–12024A11USA-ch Women 20242.3
Krush,I2388Lee,M22531–02024D91USA-ch Women 20242.4
Tokhirjonova,G2374Pourkashiyan,A22690–12024D48USA-ch Women 20242.5
Yu,J2267Zatonskih,A2312½–½2024D02USA-ch Women 20242.6
Yip,C2418Yu,J22671–02024B75USA-ch Women 20243.1
Zatonskih,A2312Krush,I2388½–½2024D00USA-ch Women 20243.2
Cervantes Landeiro,T2302Atwell,R2185½–½2024D27USA-ch Women 20243.3
Paikidze,N2314Lee,A2395½–½2024E04USA-ch Women 20243.4
Pourkashiyan,A2269Abrahamyan,T23270–12024C04USA-ch Women 20243.5
Lee,M2253Tokhirjonova,G23740–12024B06USA-ch Women 20243.6
Tokhirjonova,G2374Zatonskih,A23121–02024C13USA-ch Women 20244.1
Yu,J2267Cervantes Landeiro,T23020–12024D02USA-ch Women 20244.2
Abrahamyan,T2327Lee,M22530–12024C55USA-ch Women 20244.3
Lee,A2395Atwell,R2185½–½2024D87USA-ch Women 20244.4
Krush,I2388Yip,C24180–12024A40USA-ch Women 20244.5
Paikidze,N2314Pourkashiyan,A2269½–½2024B23USA-ch Women 20244.6
Cervantes Landeiro,T2302Krush,I23880–12024A42USA-ch Women 20245.1
Pourkashiyan,A2269Lee,A23950–12024B50USA-ch Women 20245.2
Zatonskih,A2312Abrahamyan,T23270–12024C02USA-ch Women 20245.3
Yip,C2418Tokhirjonova,G23741–02024A08USA-ch Women 20245.4
Lee,M2253Paikidze,N23141–02024B67USA-ch Women 20245.5
Atwell,R2185Yu,J22670–12024E11USA-ch Women 20245.6
Pourkashiyan,A2269Lee,M2253½–½2024D00USA-ch Women 20246.1
Krush,I2388Atwell,R21851–02024A28USA-ch Women 20246.2
Lee,A2395Yu,J22671–02024D30USA-ch Women 20246.3
Abrahamyan,T2327Yip,C24180–12024C54USA-ch Women 20246.4
Paikidze,N2314Zatonskih,A2312½–½2024D05USA-ch Women 20246.5
Tokhirjonova,G2374Cervantes Landeiro,T23021–02024D00USA-ch Women 20246.6
Atwell,R2185Tokhirjonova,G23740–12024C88USA-ch Women 20247.1
Cervantes Landeiro,T2302Abrahamyan,T23271–02024E29USA-ch Women 20247.2
Lee,M2253Lee,A23951–02024B30USA-ch Women 20247.3
Yip,C2418Paikidze,N23141–02024B12USA-ch Women 20247.4
Yu,J2267Krush,I23881–02024B21USA-ch Women 20247.5
Zatonskih,A2312Pourkashiyan,A2269½–½2024E17USA-ch Women 20247.6
Lee,A2395Krush,I23881–02024E94USA-ch Women 20248.1
Lee,M2253Zatonskih,A2312½–½2024C11USA-ch Women 20248.2
Paikidze,N2314Cervantes Landeiro,T2302½–½2024D30USA-ch Women 20248.3
Tokhirjonova,G2374Yu,J2267½–½2024A11USA-ch Women 20248.4
Pourkashiyan,A2269Yip,C24180–12024B06USA-ch Women 20248.5
Abrahamyan,T2327Atwell,R21851–02024B57USA-ch Women 20248.6
Krush,I2388Tokhirjonova,G23740–12024A25USA-ch Women 20249.1
Yu,J2267Abrahamyan,T23271–02024A17USA-ch Women 20249.2
Yip,C2418Lee,M22530–12024C54USA-ch Women 20249.3
Zatonskih,A2312Lee,A2395½–½2024C00USA-ch Women 20249.4
Atwell,R2185Paikidze,N2314½–½2024B06USA-ch Women 20249.5
Cervantes Landeiro,T2302Pourkashiyan,A2269½–½2024D02USA-ch Women 20249.6
Lee,M2253Cervantes Landeiro,T23020–12024B32USA-ch Women 202410.1
Lee,A2395Tokhirjonova,G23741–02024D07USA-ch Women 202410.2
Abrahamyan,T2327Krush,I23880–12024B43USA-ch Women 202410.3
Zatonskih,A2312Yip,C24181–02024B07USA-ch Women 202410.4
Paikidze,N2314Yu,J2267½–½2024D02USA-ch Women 202410.5
Pourkashiyan,A2269Atwell,R21850–12024D00USA-ch Women 202410.6
Yip,C2418Lee,A2395½–½2024C42USA-ch Women 202411.1
Atwell,R2185Lee,M22530–12024A12USA-ch Women 202411.2
Tokhirjonova,G2374Abrahamyan,T23271–02024C18USA-ch Women 202411.3
Yu,J2267Pourkashiyan,A2269½–½2024A07USA-ch Women 202411.4
Cervantes Landeiro,T2302Zatonskih,A2312½–½2024D02USA-ch Women 202411.5
Krush,I2388Paikidze,N2314½–½2024E27USA-ch Women 202411.6

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