US Chess Championships 2012 R3 - Kamsky, Nakamura in Joint Lead

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Hi everyone,

Exciting things were happening in the third round at the US Chess Championships 2012. The top two rated players pulled ahead of the group with fine wins. Top seed GM Hikaru Nakamura and defending champion GM Gata Kamsky are in joint lead with 2.5/3.

	White			Black
1	GM Shulman, Yuri	1.0	2571	GM Seirawan, Y	0.0	2643	1-0
2	GM Stripunsky, A	0.0	2562	GM Akobian, V	1.5	2625	1-0
3	GM Lenderman, A	1.5	2587	GM Kaidanov, GS	1.5	2594	½-½
4	GM Kamsky, Gata	1.5	2741	GM Onischuk, A	1.5	2660	1-0
5	GM Nakamura, H	1.5	2775	GM Robson, Ray	0.5	2614	1-0
6	GM Hess, RL	1.0	2635	GM Ramirez, A	0.5	2593	½-½

The standings after Round 3 have Nakamura and Kamsky with 2.5, Kaidanov, Lenderman, and Shulman with 2.0, Onischuk, Hess, and Akobian at 1.5, Ramirez and Stripunsky at 1.0, Robson at 0.5 and Seirawan yet to open score.


In the women's section, overnight leader Anna Zatonskih drew to tie for first place with Irina Krush at 1.5 points each. You can find a detailed report of the entire round by FM Mike Klein here at the official website of the US Chess Championships 2012.

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