Parimarjan Negi Wins D.C. International Chess

12th Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Latest Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013

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The D.C. International Chess was held from June 27-July 1, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. The tournament was played as a single section over nine rounds of Swiss system. 71 players took part in the competition.

Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi took a clear first place with 7,5 points, leaving the second placed Canadian IM Bindi Cheng half a point behind. Prize fund $8000: $2000-1200-800-700-600-500-400-300, top FIDE under 2300 or unrated $1000-500. The 41st Annual World Chess Open continues at the same playing venue.

Final standings:1. GM Parimarjan Negi 2634 IND – 7.5
2. IM Bindi Cheng 2406 CAN – 7.0
3-4. GM Conrad Holt 2531 KS and FM Adarsh Jayakumar 2340 IL – 6.5
5-13. GM Gregory Kaidanov 2577 KY, GM Magesh C Panchanathan 2570 IND, IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2469 CAN, IM Daniel Fernandez 2396 TX, IM Max Cornejo 2395 PER, FM Yian Liou 2385 CA, FM Michael H Bodek 2339 NY, FM Atulya Shetty 2320 MI and Mario Alexis Arias 2130 PER – 6.0 etc

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U.S. Junior Chess Championship 2012 Begins Today

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Round 1 of the 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship begins today in Saint Louis, and the marquee match-up pits GM-elect conrad Holt against IM Darwin Yang, who recently secured his second GM norm last month at the New York International. The first round begins at 11 a.m. CT, Noon EST, and the event will feature live play-by-play from GM Ben Finegold and FM Aviv Friedman. Round two will take place today at 5 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. ET. Access the live commentary by visiting www.uschesschamps.com/live.

Tournament play will run through July 15, and the event will feature two rounds per day. The event features an overall prize fund of $18,000.

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