US Chess Championships: Surprise commentary guest chess great Garry Kasparov
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Hi everyone,
The US Chess Championships are down to the finals. In the men's section we have Gata Kamsky taking on Yury Shulman. In the women's section we have Anna Zatonskih taking on Tatev Abrahamyan. Here is how they qualified via the semifinals:
Here are all the men's section semifinal games.
Hi everyone,
The US Chess Championships are down to the finals. In the men's section we have Gata Kamsky taking on Yury Shulman. In the women's section we have Anna Zatonskih taking on Tatev Abrahamyan. Here is how they qualified via the semifinals:
US Championship Semifinal 1
Name | Rtg | G1 | G2 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Armg | Tot. |
Gata Kamsky | 2733 | ½. | 1 | - | - | - | 1.5 |
Sam Shankland | 2512 | ½. | 0 | - | - | - | 0.5 |
US Championship Semifinal 2
Name | Rtg | G1 | G2 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Armg | Tot. |
Robert Hess | 2565 | ½. | ½. | ½. | 0 | - | 1.5 |
Yury Shulman | 2622 | ½. | ½. | ½. | 1 | - | 2.5 |
US Women's Championship Semifinal 1
Name | Rtg | G1 | G2 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Armg | Tot. |
Anna Zatonskih | 2499 | 1. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 |
Irina Krush | 2472 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
US Women's Championship Semifinal 2
Name | Rtg | G1 | G2 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Armg | Tot. |
Tatev Abrahamyan | 2326 | 0. | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3.0 |
Camilla Baginskaite | 2342 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1.0 |
Here are all the men's section semifinal games.
Here are all the women's section semifinal games.
Now guess who joined the live commentary team via skype?
You can access the official website here. And, another nice video with a surprise good news. Double congratulations to Yury Shulman.
The awards ceremony will be Thursday night.US$166,000 total divided as 1st $40,000, 2nd $30,000, 3rd $20,000, 4th $15,000. The runners-up of the round robin tourneys: 3rd $8,000, 4th $6,000, 5th $5,000, 6th $4,000, 7th $3,000, 8th $2,500. $2,000 to the winner of each round robin tourney. Additionally, $5,000 will be set aside to award Best Game Prizes throughout both the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's Championship.
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1 Comments:
At April 26, 2011 at 10:06 AM ,
saira, madrid said...
Amazing Kasparov and more amazing Korchnoi. I like the bit where he says Korchnoi draws power from the pieces on the board and becomes younger. Wow.
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