Some news reports from around the world on their Olympiad Teams' (with emphasis on the women's teams) results in R1:
First up, a R1 report by Jen Shahade at the U.S. Chess Federation website
US Olympic Teams Perfect in Round 1
September 21, 2010
Our US Olympic teams swept the Faroe Islands (Open) and Dominican Republic (women's) in round 1 of the Olympiad! US Women's Champion Irina Krush executed a quick attack [you can play through her game at the link].
Azerbaijani chess teams start successfully at Olympic Games
Wed 22 September 2010 05:51 GMT | 0:51 Local Time
The first round of the Chess Olympig Games has been played in Khanti-Mansiysk (Russia). Men and women teams of Azerbaijan started participation with victories. Both teams won with the equal score 3.5:0.5. During the meeting of the women’s teams of Azerbaijan and Tajikistan Zeynab Mammadyarova (2234) beat Marvori Nasriddinzoda (1943), Turkan Mammadyarova (2301) played a draw with Nadejda Antonova (1838), Gulnar Mammadova (2293) beat Lydia Antonova (0), and Nargiz Umudova (2251) defeated Asila Mukhtojzoda.
Chess Olympiad: Indian women thrash Albania 4-0; men dump Wales
India Express.com
Posted: Wed Sep 22 2010, 12:55 hrs
Led by Dronavalli Harika, Indian women started off with a clean 4-0 first-round victory over Albania in the 39th Chess Olympiad here. The girls were quite impressive and made it all look easy without any hiccups. On the top board, Harika won with white against Eglantina Shabanaj in a chance-less game. Tania Sachdev had to sweat it out against Alda Shabanaj on the second board. Playing black, Tania was up against the Queen pawn opening and her choice of the Queen's Indian came good. The middle game saw Shabanaj caught in a tactical web and the Albanian got her queen trapped. On the last two boards for India, Eesha Karavade and S Meenakshi got the better of Rozana Cimaj and Roela Pasku, respectively.
From her popular chess blog, I learned that GM Susan Polgar is now in Mansky Kamsky (a/k/a Khanty-Mansiysk)! Actually, I thought she was already there, as she is the official ambassador for promoting Tromso's bid for the 2014 Chess Olympiad. SP is also co-chair of the FIDE Committee on Women's Chess (along with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, who is playing on Russian Women's Team 1). I don't know if the Women's Chess Committee will be making a report or presentation to the FIDE Congress, but as a committee member SP would want to be present in any event.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Chess Femme News
Chess Notes (The Boston Globe at Boston.com)
By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff
August 21, 2010
Patrick Wolff's column analyzes Iryna Zenyuk's 8th round game against Irina Krush at the U.S. Women's Chess Championship.
Leonard Barden on Chess (guardian.co.uk)
Saturday 21 August 2010
Chess still struggling to capture imagination of the masses in China
Barden talks about the ascent of Chinese chess players to the elite level in the past 30 years, including GM Hou Yifan who convincingly won the latest Women's Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatan, and briefly analyzes a game from the China v. Russia teach match (in which China spanked Russia, particularly the Russian male players fell flat) between chess femmes Bodnaruk and Tan.
In conjunction with the national French championships, there were many other tournaments hosted by the French Chess Federation, including this one exclusively for "up and coming" female chessplayers:
Championnat de France - Accession Féminine
Belfort
August 10 - 20, 2010
Moyenne : 1985 Pays Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts NV
1 mf SASU-DUCSOARA Andreea-Teodora 2227 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10 9
2 ff CHOISY Mathilde 2168 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9,5 9
3 ff BENMESBAH Natacha 2165 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7,5 6
4 ff HAUSSERNOT Cecile 1992 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 6,5 6
5 RIGOLOT Lucie 1902 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6 5
6 NEUHAUSER Salome 2054 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 6 4
7 ARMAS Lara-Maria 1988 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 4
8 VINCKIER Delphine 1830 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3,5 3
9 BISMUTH Lea 1935 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 3,5 3
10 GERTOSIO-SERENA Sophie 1810 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 3 2
11 GRIGGIO Julie 1795 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 2,5 1
12 BONVALOT Isabelle 1952 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 2 1
As for the French Women's Chess Championship, final standings:
85th ch-FRA w Belfort (FRA), 10-20 viii 2010 cat. IV (2333)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2458 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2500
2. Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2367 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6 2397
3. Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2337 0 ½ 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5½ 2367
4. Collas, Silvia m FRA 2333 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2332
5. Guichard, Pauline wm FRA 2320 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 4 2263
6. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2181 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 2 2123
Judit Polgar sighting:
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 10th August 2010
The Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament takes place in Kristiansund 28th-30th August 2010. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer play in a two stage event. Double Round Robin between the four players followed by finals and 3rd-4th placed playoff on the Monday. 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move.
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Kristiansund NOR)
Sat 28th Aug 2010 - Mon 30th Aug 2010 - Official Site
Arctic Stars Prelim (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1))
Arctic Stars 3rd-4th (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1))
Arctic Stars Final (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1))
By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff
August 21, 2010
Patrick Wolff's column analyzes Iryna Zenyuk's 8th round game against Irina Krush at the U.S. Women's Chess Championship.
Leonard Barden on Chess (guardian.co.uk)
Saturday 21 August 2010
Chess still struggling to capture imagination of the masses in China
Barden talks about the ascent of Chinese chess players to the elite level in the past 30 years, including GM Hou Yifan who convincingly won the latest Women's Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatan, and briefly analyzes a game from the China v. Russia teach match (in which China spanked Russia, particularly the Russian male players fell flat) between chess femmes Bodnaruk and Tan.
In conjunction with the national French championships, there were many other tournaments hosted by the French Chess Federation, including this one exclusively for "up and coming" female chessplayers:
Championnat de France - Accession Féminine
Belfort
August 10 - 20, 2010
Moyenne : 1985 Pays Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts NV
1 mf SASU-DUCSOARA Andreea-Teodora 2227 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10 9
2 ff CHOISY Mathilde 2168 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9,5 9
3 ff BENMESBAH Natacha 2165 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7,5 6
4 ff HAUSSERNOT Cecile 1992 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 6,5 6
5 RIGOLOT Lucie 1902 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6 5
6 NEUHAUSER Salome 2054 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 6 4
7 ARMAS Lara-Maria 1988 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 4
8 VINCKIER Delphine 1830 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3,5 3
9 BISMUTH Lea 1935 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 3,5 3
10 GERTOSIO-SERENA Sophie 1810 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 3 2
11 GRIGGIO Julie 1795 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 2,5 1
12 BONVALOT Isabelle 1952 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 2 1
As for the French Women's Chess Championship, final standings:
85th ch-FRA w Belfort (FRA), 10-20 viii 2010 cat. IV (2333)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2458 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2500
2. Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2367 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6 2397
3. Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2337 0 ½ 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5½ 2367
4. Collas, Silvia m FRA 2333 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2332
5. Guichard, Pauline wm FRA 2320 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 4 2263
6. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2181 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 2 2123
Judit Polgar sighting:
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 10th August 2010
The Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament takes place in Kristiansund 28th-30th August 2010. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer play in a two stage event. Double Round Robin between the four players followed by finals and 3rd-4th placed playoff on the Monday. 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move.
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Kristiansund NOR)
Sat 28th Aug 2010 - Mon 30th Aug 2010 - Official Site
Arctic Stars Prelim (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1))
Arctic Stars 3rd-4th (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1))
Arctic Stars Final (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1))
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
2010 U.S. Chess Championship
Krush lost R6 game to Christiansen:
Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2556"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2494"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nbd7 5.Qe2 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Bxd7 Bxd7 8.Nc3 Bc6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rae1 b5 12.d3 Qc7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.c4 Bb7 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Ne5 f6 18.Ng4 Rae8 19.Qf2 Kh8 20.Re3 Qf7 21.Qe2 Re7 22.Rf2 Ree8 23.Rh3 Qg6 24.Rg3 Qh5 25.h3 Qf7 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Qe3 Re7 28.h4 h5 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.fxe5 f5 31.Qg5 Kg8 32.Rf4 Rd7 33.Qxh5 Rfd8 34.Qg6 Rxd3 35.Qxe6 Qf7 36.Qxf7 Kxf7 37.e6 Kxe6 38.Rg6 Kd7 39.Rxg7 Kc8 40.Rxf5 1-0
Standings After R6:
Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 4.5 M 2733 2804 +0.54 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
2 GM Kamsky, Gata 4.5 M 2702 2813 +0.83 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½
3 GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.5 M 2699 2818 +0.90 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
4 GM Shulman, Yuri 4.5 M 2613 2773 +1.23 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
5 GM Christiansen, Larry 4.0 M 2578 2712 +1.07 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1
6 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 3.5 M 2599 2626 +0.26 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½
7 GM Shabalov, Alexander 3.5 M 2585 2613 +0.27 ½ 1 0 0 1 1
8 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 3.5 M 2570 2625 +0.48 0 1 1 1 ½ 0
9 GM Finegold, Benjamin 3.5 M 2539 2620 +0.69 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1
10 GM Yermolinsky, Alex 3.5 M 2528 2640 +0.97 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
11 GM Kraai, Jesse 3.5 M 2492 2660 +1.40 ½ 0 1 1 1 0
12 GM Hess, Robert L 3.0 M 2590 2550 -0.32 1 0 1 0 0 1
13 IM Krush, Irina 3.0 F 2455 2584 +1.05 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0
14 GM Lenderman, Alex 2.5 M 2598 2485 -0.97 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1
15 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2.5 M 2591 2475 -0.99 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½
16 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2.5 M 2577 2485 -0.79 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0
17 GM Robson, Ray 2.5 M 2569 2488 -0.71 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½
18 GM Benjamin, Joel 2.5 M 2565 2512 -0.47 0 ½ 1 0 1 0
19 GM Bhat, Vinay S 2.5 M 2547 2464 -0.73 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1
20 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2.0 M 2539 2465 -0.59 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½
21 GM Kudrin, Sergey 1.5 M 2571 2374 -1.53 ½ 1 0 0 0 0
22 IM Shankland, Samuel 1.5 M 2507 2367 -1.07 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0
23 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 1.5 M 2488 2359 -0.98 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½
24 IM Altounian, Levon 1.5 M 2454 2379 -0.54 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0
One more game and the top four go into some kind of "quad" championship - what? This format sucks. What's the point of having a "championship" if all of the invited players don't have a chance to play everyone else? If you want to shorten the championship, invite less players, but give them a chance to play. Geez! If you don't want to do that, why not just divy up the money right now among Onischuk, Kamsky and Nakamura, give Shulman a pat on the head and 4th place $$$, and send everyone home. Next year, just invite the top 3, have them shoot some craps because I don't care to see these guys play chess with each other, give them the prize money and send them home. Boring. I sure hope they don't screw up the Women's Championship like this.
Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2556"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2494"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nbd7 5.Qe2 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Bxd7 Bxd7 8.Nc3 Bc6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rae1 b5 12.d3 Qc7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.c4 Bb7 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Ne5 f6 18.Ng4 Rae8 19.Qf2 Kh8 20.Re3 Qf7 21.Qe2 Re7 22.Rf2 Ree8 23.Rh3 Qg6 24.Rg3 Qh5 25.h3 Qf7 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Qe3 Re7 28.h4 h5 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.fxe5 f5 31.Qg5 Kg8 32.Rf4 Rd7 33.Qxh5 Rfd8 34.Qg6 Rxd3 35.Qxe6 Qf7 36.Qxf7 Kxf7 37.e6 Kxe6 38.Rg6 Kd7 39.Rxg7 Kc8 40.Rxf5 1-0
Standings After R6:
Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 4.5 M 2733 2804 +0.54 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
2 GM Kamsky, Gata 4.5 M 2702 2813 +0.83 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½
3 GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.5 M 2699 2818 +0.90 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
4 GM Shulman, Yuri 4.5 M 2613 2773 +1.23 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
5 GM Christiansen, Larry 4.0 M 2578 2712 +1.07 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1
6 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 3.5 M 2599 2626 +0.26 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½
7 GM Shabalov, Alexander 3.5 M 2585 2613 +0.27 ½ 1 0 0 1 1
8 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 3.5 M 2570 2625 +0.48 0 1 1 1 ½ 0
9 GM Finegold, Benjamin 3.5 M 2539 2620 +0.69 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1
10 GM Yermolinsky, Alex 3.5 M 2528 2640 +0.97 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
11 GM Kraai, Jesse 3.5 M 2492 2660 +1.40 ½ 0 1 1 1 0
12 GM Hess, Robert L 3.0 M 2590 2550 -0.32 1 0 1 0 0 1
13 IM Krush, Irina 3.0 F 2455 2584 +1.05 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0
14 GM Lenderman, Alex 2.5 M 2598 2485 -0.97 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1
15 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2.5 M 2591 2475 -0.99 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½
16 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2.5 M 2577 2485 -0.79 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0
17 GM Robson, Ray 2.5 M 2569 2488 -0.71 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½
18 GM Benjamin, Joel 2.5 M 2565 2512 -0.47 0 ½ 1 0 1 0
19 GM Bhat, Vinay S 2.5 M 2547 2464 -0.73 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1
20 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 2.0 M 2539 2465 -0.59 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½
21 GM Kudrin, Sergey 1.5 M 2571 2374 -1.53 ½ 1 0 0 0 0
22 IM Shankland, Samuel 1.5 M 2507 2367 -1.07 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0
23 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 1.5 M 2488 2359 -0.98 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½
24 IM Altounian, Levon 1.5 M 2454 2379 -0.54 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0
One more game and the top four go into some kind of "quad" championship - what? This format sucks. What's the point of having a "championship" if all of the invited players don't have a chance to play everyone else? If you want to shorten the championship, invite less players, but give them a chance to play. Geez! If you don't want to do that, why not just divy up the money right now among Onischuk, Kamsky and Nakamura, give Shulman a pat on the head and 4th place $$$, and send everyone home. Next year, just invite the top 3, have them shoot some craps because I don't care to see these guys play chess with each other, give them the prize money and send them home. Boring. I sure hope they don't screw up the Women's Championship like this.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
2010 U.S. Chess Championship
Ah HA! Krush comes back with a vengence and kicks butt in her Round 5 game against Robert Hess. The lady is tired. She wants to get to bed and get a good night's sleep tonight after two in a row head-banger games with Akobian and the USA's youngest GM Ray Robson on May 16th and May 17th.
[Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Hess, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2494"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2641"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 Nd7 12.f5 f6 13.Rf3 Na5 14.g4 Qe7 15.Rg3 Bxc4 16.g5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 fxg5 18.Bxg5 Nf6 19.Kh1 Kh8 20.Rag1 Rae8 21.d5 Nb7 22.Qf3 Qf7 23.Be3 Rg8 24.Rg5 Nc5 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Ng3 c6 27.dxc6 d5 28.exd5 e4 29.Qg2 h6 30.Rg6 Qxd5 31.Ne2 Re7 32.c4 Qe5 33.Nf4 Qxf5 34.Nd5 Qe5 35.Nxf6 1-0
Game from Monroi
Standings after Round 5:
Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5
1 GM Kamsky, Gata 4.0 M 2702 2844 +0.83 1 1 ½ ½ 1
2 GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.0 M 2699 2849 +0.90 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
3 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 3.5 M 2733 2784 +0.34 1 1 ½ ½ ½
4 GM Shulman, Yuri 3.5 M 2613 2731 +0.79 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
5 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 3.5 M 2570 2708 +0.92 0 1 1 1 ½
6 GM Kraai, Jesse 3.5 M 2492 2726 +1.60 ½ 0 1 1 1
7 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 3.0 M 2599 2649 +0.36 ½ 1 1 ½ 0
8 GM Christiansen, Larry 3.0 M 2578 2685 +0.74 1 ½ ½ 1 0
9 GM Yermolinsky, Alex 3.0 M 2528 2652 +0.87 0 1 ½ 1 ½
10 IM Krush, Irina 3.0 F 2455 2657 +1.38 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
11 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2.5 M 2585 2552 -0.22 ½ 1 0 0 1
12 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2.5 M 2577 2534 -0.30 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
13 GM Benjamin, Joel 2.5 M 2565 2575 +0.07 0 ½ 1 0 1
14 GM Finegold, Benjamin 2.5 M 2539 2563 +0.15 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1
15 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2.0 M 2591 2453 -0.96 1 ½ ½ 0 0
16 GM Hess, Robert L 2.0 M 2590 2497 -0.64 1 0 1 0 0
17 GM Robson, Ray 2.0 M 2569 2464 -0.74 0 0 1 ½ ½
18 GM Lenderman, Alex 1.5 M 2598 2387 -1.43 0 ½ ½ ½ 0
19 GM Kudrin, Sergey 1.5 M 2571 2412 -1.07 ½ 1 0 0 0
20 GM Bhat, Vinay S 1.5 M 2547 2375 -1.17 ½ 0 0 ½ ½
21 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 1.5 M 2539 2461 -0.52 1 0 0 ½ 0
22 IM Shankland, Samuel 1.5 M 2507 2413 -0.63 0 ½ 0 ½ ½
23 IM Altounian, Levon 1.5 M 2454 2419 -0.22 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0
24 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 1.0 M 2488 2314 -1.05 0 0 0 ½ ½
Krush has black against Christiansen in Round 6.
[Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Hess, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2494"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2641"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 Nd7 12.f5 f6 13.Rf3 Na5 14.g4 Qe7 15.Rg3 Bxc4 16.g5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 fxg5 18.Bxg5 Nf6 19.Kh1 Kh8 20.Rag1 Rae8 21.d5 Nb7 22.Qf3 Qf7 23.Be3 Rg8 24.Rg5 Nc5 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Ng3 c6 27.dxc6 d5 28.exd5 e4 29.Qg2 h6 30.Rg6 Qxd5 31.Ne2 Re7 32.c4 Qe5 33.Nf4 Qxf5 34.Nd5 Qe5 35.Nxf6 1-0
Game from Monroi
Standings after Round 5:
Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5
1 GM Kamsky, Gata 4.0 M 2702 2844 +0.83 1 1 ½ ½ 1
2 GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.0 M 2699 2849 +0.90 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
3 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 3.5 M 2733 2784 +0.34 1 1 ½ ½ ½
4 GM Shulman, Yuri 3.5 M 2613 2731 +0.79 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
5 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 3.5 M 2570 2708 +0.92 0 1 1 1 ½
6 GM Kraai, Jesse 3.5 M 2492 2726 +1.60 ½ 0 1 1 1
7 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 3.0 M 2599 2649 +0.36 ½ 1 1 ½ 0
8 GM Christiansen, Larry 3.0 M 2578 2685 +0.74 1 ½ ½ 1 0
9 GM Yermolinsky, Alex 3.0 M 2528 2652 +0.87 0 1 ½ 1 ½
10 IM Krush, Irina 3.0 F 2455 2657 +1.38 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
11 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2.5 M 2585 2552 -0.22 ½ 1 0 0 1
12 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2.5 M 2577 2534 -0.30 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
13 GM Benjamin, Joel 2.5 M 2565 2575 +0.07 0 ½ 1 0 1
14 GM Finegold, Benjamin 2.5 M 2539 2563 +0.15 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1
15 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2.0 M 2591 2453 -0.96 1 ½ ½ 0 0
16 GM Hess, Robert L 2.0 M 2590 2497 -0.64 1 0 1 0 0
17 GM Robson, Ray 2.0 M 2569 2464 -0.74 0 0 1 ½ ½
18 GM Lenderman, Alex 1.5 M 2598 2387 -1.43 0 ½ ½ ½ 0
19 GM Kudrin, Sergey 1.5 M 2571 2412 -1.07 ½ 1 0 0 0
20 GM Bhat, Vinay S 1.5 M 2547 2375 -1.17 ½ 0 0 ½ ½
21 GM Khachiyan, Melikset 1.5 M 2539 2461 -0.52 1 0 0 ½ 0
22 IM Shankland, Samuel 1.5 M 2507 2413 -0.63 0 ½ 0 ½ ½
23 IM Altounian, Levon 1.5 M 2454 2419 -0.22 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0
24 GM Gurevich, Dmitry 1.0 M 2488 2314 -1.05 0 0 0 ½ ½
Krush has black against Christiansen in Round 6.
Monday, May 17, 2010
2010 U.S. Chess Championship
I am so ticked off! Last night I cut off listening to the Round 3 live coverage of IM Irina Krush's game against GM Varuzhan Akobian at the last possible moment I could because a particular favorite t.v. show was coming on that was not going to be repeated. At that point, Krush had a promising position. And yet - several GMs in the audience where Jen Shahade and Maurice Ashley were giving commentary declined to pick Krush at the winner.
White: Krush, Irina
Black: Akobian, Varuzhan
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 d5 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.bxc3 e6 10.Ne2 c5 11.f5 Nc6 12.O-O Nxe5 13.dxe5 c4+ 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Nd4 cxd3 16.Rab1 Qc7 17.Nb5 Qc6 18.cxd3 a6 19.f6 g6 20.Bxc5 axb5 21.Qf2 Bd7 22.Rb2 Rc8 23.Bd4 Qc7 24.Qe3 h5 25.h4 Ra8 26.Rfb1 Ra4 27.Qd2 Bc6 28.Rb4 Ra6 29.R1b2 Kd7 30.Qe3 Kc8 31.Bc5 Rd8 32.Bd6 Rxd6 33.exd6 Qxd6 34.d4 Ra3 35.R4b3 Ra4 36.Re2 Qd8 37.Qf4 Qc7 38.Qxc7+ Kxc7 39.Kf2 Kd6 40.Kg3 Rc4 41.a3 Ra4 42.Kf4 Ra8 43.Kg5 Rh8 44.Rb1 Rh7 45.Re5 Rh8 46.g4 Bd7 47.Rbe1 hxg4 48.Kxg4 Ra8 49.Ra1 Rc8 50.Rc1 Ra8 51.Kg5 Rh8 52.Rh1 Rh5+ 53.Kf4 Rh6 54.Rg5 Bc8 55.Kg3 Bd7 56.Rf1 Rh8 57.h5 gxh5 58.Kh4 e5 59.Rxe5 Be6 60.Rb1 Rh6 61.Rxb5 Rxf6 62.Rxb7 Rf3 63.a4 Rxc3 64.Rb4 Ke7 65.Re1 Kf6 66.Rf1+ Kg6 67.Rg1+ Kh6 68.Rg3 Rc1 69.Rg2 Rh1+ 70.Kg3 h4+ 71.Kf2 h3 72.Rg3 Ra1 73.Rb8 Kh7 74.Rbb3 Ra2+ 75.Kg1 Rxa4 76.Rbd3 Ra1+ 77.Kh2 Ra2+ 78.Kh1 Bf5 79.Rdf3 Be4 80.Rxh3+ Kg7 81.Rhg3+ Kf8 82.Kg1 Bxf3 83.Rxf3 Ke7 84.Rf5 Ke6 85.Re5+ Kd6 86.Rf5 Ra7 87.Kf2 Rd7 88.Ke3 Ke6 89.Re5+ Kd6 90.Rf5 Re7+ 91.Kd3 Ra7 92.Rf6+ Ke7 93.Rf5 Ra3+ 94.Kd2 Ra5 95.Re5+ Kf6 96.Ke3 Kg6 97.Kf4 f6 98.Re1 Ra2 99.Re7 Ra4 100.Ke3 Kf5 101.Re8 Ra3+ 102.Ke2 Kf4 103.Re6 Ra2+ 104.Kd3 f5 105.Re5 Ra5 106.Re1 Ra3+ 107.Kd2 Kg4 108.Rb1 Kf3 109.Re1 Ra2+ 110.Kd3 f4 111.Re5 Ra5 112.Rf5 Ra3+ 113.Kd2 Ke4 0-1
Turns out, they were right, but I'll bet for all the wrong reasons, the jerks! Hope they choke on their Spaghettios next meal.
Krush lost Game 3 and went down in the standings, but she was still at 50%. So, what happened in Round 4?
She played the black pieces against GM Ray Robson, who is not having a good event thus far. They battled and battled and battled, and probably exhausted, finally agreed to a draw:
Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2623"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2494"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Kb1 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Nc1 Rb8 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg5 Qb6 16.N1e2 O-O 17.Bxf6 Ba3 18.b3 Qxf6 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 Bb7 22.Rhf1 a5 23.Nec3 Bc6 24.Rd4 cxb3 25.axb3 Bb4 26.e5 Bxc3 27.Nxc3 Qe7 28.Kb2 Rbe8 29.Re1 f6 30.Nd5 Qc5 31.Red1 fxe5 32.Qg5 Rf2 33.Rc4 Qf8 34.Rg4 Kh8 35.Ne3 Qf6 36.Rd6 Qxg5 37.Rxg5 g6 38.h4 Kg7 39.Ng4 Rf5 40.Ne3 Rxg5 41.hxg5 h6 42.gxh6 Kxh6 43.Kc3 Kg5 44.Kd2 Rf8 45.Ke2 Rf4 46.c3 Rf8 47.Ke1 Rb8 48.Nc4 Rxb3 49.Nxe5 Rxc3 50.Nxd7 Bxg2 51.Nf8 Be4 52.Nxg6 Bxg6 53.Rd5 Kf4 54.Rxa5 Ke3 55.Kf1 Kf3 56.Ke1 Rc1 57.Kd2 Rc2 58.Kd1 Bd3 59.Ra8 Rg2 60.Rh8 Ke3 61.Rh3 Kd4 62.Rh8 Kc3 63.Rc8 Bc4 64.Ke1 Re2 65.Kd1 Re7 66.Rc5 Rf7 67.Re5 Kd3 68.Kc1 Ra7 69.Kb2 Ra2 70.Kb1 Rf2 71.Kc1 Kc3 72.Kd1 Bd3 73.Rc5 Kd4 74.Rc8 Rb2 75.Kc1 Ra2 76.Kd1 Bc4 77.Re8 Kd3 78.Ke1 Bd5 79.Rd8 Ke4 80.Kd1 Ra5 81.Kd2 Rc5 82.Rd7 Kd4 83.Rd8 Ra5 84.Ke2 Ra2 85.Ke1 Ke4 86.Kd1 Bc4 87.Rd2 Ra3 88.Ke1 Bd3 89.Kf2 Kf4 90.Ke1 Kg3 91.Rb2 Kf3 92.Rf2 Ke3 93.Re2 Bxe2 1/2-1/2
Krush currently stands in 12th place (exactly at the half-way point of the 24 players) with 2.0 after Round 4. In Round 5 she will have white against GM Robert Hess, also at 2.0 and currently in 11th place.
White: Krush, Irina
Black: Akobian, Varuzhan
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 d5 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.bxc3 e6 10.Ne2 c5 11.f5 Nc6 12.O-O Nxe5 13.dxe5 c4+ 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Nd4 cxd3 16.Rab1 Qc7 17.Nb5 Qc6 18.cxd3 a6 19.f6 g6 20.Bxc5 axb5 21.Qf2 Bd7 22.Rb2 Rc8 23.Bd4 Qc7 24.Qe3 h5 25.h4 Ra8 26.Rfb1 Ra4 27.Qd2 Bc6 28.Rb4 Ra6 29.R1b2 Kd7 30.Qe3 Kc8 31.Bc5 Rd8 32.Bd6 Rxd6 33.exd6 Qxd6 34.d4 Ra3 35.R4b3 Ra4 36.Re2 Qd8 37.Qf4 Qc7 38.Qxc7+ Kxc7 39.Kf2 Kd6 40.Kg3 Rc4 41.a3 Ra4 42.Kf4 Ra8 43.Kg5 Rh8 44.Rb1 Rh7 45.Re5 Rh8 46.g4 Bd7 47.Rbe1 hxg4 48.Kxg4 Ra8 49.Ra1 Rc8 50.Rc1 Ra8 51.Kg5 Rh8 52.Rh1 Rh5+ 53.Kf4 Rh6 54.Rg5 Bc8 55.Kg3 Bd7 56.Rf1 Rh8 57.h5 gxh5 58.Kh4 e5 59.Rxe5 Be6 60.Rb1 Rh6 61.Rxb5 Rxf6 62.Rxb7 Rf3 63.a4 Rxc3 64.Rb4 Ke7 65.Re1 Kf6 66.Rf1+ Kg6 67.Rg1+ Kh6 68.Rg3 Rc1 69.Rg2 Rh1+ 70.Kg3 h4+ 71.Kf2 h3 72.Rg3 Ra1 73.Rb8 Kh7 74.Rbb3 Ra2+ 75.Kg1 Rxa4 76.Rbd3 Ra1+ 77.Kh2 Ra2+ 78.Kh1 Bf5 79.Rdf3 Be4 80.Rxh3+ Kg7 81.Rhg3+ Kf8 82.Kg1 Bxf3 83.Rxf3 Ke7 84.Rf5 Ke6 85.Re5+ Kd6 86.Rf5 Ra7 87.Kf2 Rd7 88.Ke3 Ke6 89.Re5+ Kd6 90.Rf5 Re7+ 91.Kd3 Ra7 92.Rf6+ Ke7 93.Rf5 Ra3+ 94.Kd2 Ra5 95.Re5+ Kf6 96.Ke3 Kg6 97.Kf4 f6 98.Re1 Ra2 99.Re7 Ra4 100.Ke3 Kf5 101.Re8 Ra3+ 102.Ke2 Kf4 103.Re6 Ra2+ 104.Kd3 f5 105.Re5 Ra5 106.Re1 Ra3+ 107.Kd2 Kg4 108.Rb1 Kf3 109.Re1 Ra2+ 110.Kd3 f4 111.Re5 Ra5 112.Rf5 Ra3+ 113.Kd2 Ke4 0-1
Turns out, they were right, but I'll bet for all the wrong reasons, the jerks! Hope they choke on their Spaghettios next meal.
Krush lost Game 3 and went down in the standings, but she was still at 50%. So, what happened in Round 4?
She played the black pieces against GM Ray Robson, who is not having a good event thus far. They battled and battled and battled, and probably exhausted, finally agreed to a draw:
Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2623"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2494"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Kb1 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Nc1 Rb8 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg5 Qb6 16.N1e2 O-O 17.Bxf6 Ba3 18.b3 Qxf6 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 Bb7 22.Rhf1 a5 23.Nec3 Bc6 24.Rd4 cxb3 25.axb3 Bb4 26.e5 Bxc3 27.Nxc3 Qe7 28.Kb2 Rbe8 29.Re1 f6 30.Nd5 Qc5 31.Red1 fxe5 32.Qg5 Rf2 33.Rc4 Qf8 34.Rg4 Kh8 35.Ne3 Qf6 36.Rd6 Qxg5 37.Rxg5 g6 38.h4 Kg7 39.Ng4 Rf5 40.Ne3 Rxg5 41.hxg5 h6 42.gxh6 Kxh6 43.Kc3 Kg5 44.Kd2 Rf8 45.Ke2 Rf4 46.c3 Rf8 47.Ke1 Rb8 48.Nc4 Rxb3 49.Nxe5 Rxc3 50.Nxd7 Bxg2 51.Nf8 Be4 52.Nxg6 Bxg6 53.Rd5 Kf4 54.Rxa5 Ke3 55.Kf1 Kf3 56.Ke1 Rc1 57.Kd2 Rc2 58.Kd1 Bd3 59.Ra8 Rg2 60.Rh8 Ke3 61.Rh3 Kd4 62.Rh8 Kc3 63.Rc8 Bc4 64.Ke1 Re2 65.Kd1 Re7 66.Rc5 Rf7 67.Re5 Kd3 68.Kc1 Ra7 69.Kb2 Ra2 70.Kb1 Rf2 71.Kc1 Kc3 72.Kd1 Bd3 73.Rc5 Kd4 74.Rc8 Rb2 75.Kc1 Ra2 76.Kd1 Bc4 77.Re8 Kd3 78.Ke1 Bd5 79.Rd8 Ke4 80.Kd1 Ra5 81.Kd2 Rc5 82.Rd7 Kd4 83.Rd8 Ra5 84.Ke2 Ra2 85.Ke1 Ke4 86.Kd1 Bc4 87.Rd2 Ra3 88.Ke1 Bd3 89.Kf2 Kf4 90.Ke1 Kg3 91.Rb2 Kf3 92.Rf2 Ke3 93.Re2 Bxe2 1/2-1/2
Krush currently stands in 12th place (exactly at the half-way point of the 24 players) with 2.0 after Round 4. In Round 5 she will have white against GM Robert Hess, also at 2.0 and currently in 11th place.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
2010 U.S. Chess Championship
After a draw in Round 2, IM Irina Krush jumps from 8th place to 4th place. Way to go - but still a long way to go...
Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2673"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2494"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.Ne4 f6 11.b4 Qd7 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Rc1 a5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Nd5 16.Qc2 Nde7 17.Qb1 Nf5 18.Rfd1 Nfd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Rd2 a4 21.Rb2 Na5 22.Rb4 Nb3 23.Rc2 c6 24.Qb2 Ra5 25.h4 b5 26.Kh2 Ra7 27.Kg1 Rc7 28.Kh2 Bg4 29.Nd2 Be6 30.Nf3 Bg4 31.Nd2 Be6 32.Nf3 Bg4 1/2-1/2
Event "2010 US Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2673"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2494"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.Ne4 f6 11.b4 Qd7 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Rc1 a5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Nd5 16.Qc2 Nde7 17.Qb1 Nf5 18.Rfd1 Nfd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Rd2 a4 21.Rb2 Na5 22.Rb4 Nb3 23.Rc2 c6 24.Qb2 Ra5 25.h4 b5 26.Kh2 Ra7 27.Kg1 Rc7 28.Kh2 Bg4 29.Nd2 Be6 30.Nf3 Bg4 31.Nd2 Be6 32.Nf3 Bg4 1/2-1/2
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