R7 at Millionaire Chess Las Vegas: GMs Wesley So, Ray Robson in Lead
Hello chess blog friends, the Millionaire Chess Open Tournament is taking place on 9-13th October 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The total prize fund is One Million US dollars. Tournament Director is GM Maurice Ashley and Chief Arbiter is Franc Guadalupe. The tournament format is 9-round Swiss with the time control 40/2; SD/30 and 5 second delay from the start.
Standings after Round 7
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Strongest-Ever Chess Teams from US for Chess Olympiad 2012
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Two strong teams are set to represent the United States at the 40th Olympiad in Istanbul from August 27th to September 10th, according to the US Chess Federation. The overall team is led by reigning US Chess Champion and World #5 Hikaru Nakamura. The team also includes GMs Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk, Varuzhan Akobian and Ray Robson. GMs Yury Shulman and Ben Finegold will coach the team. Captain IM John Donaldson said, “The 2012 Olympiad will be super strong but our team, the first ever from the United States to average over 2700 FIDE, will have its chances if we play to the best of our ability.”
The women’s team includes reigning US Women’s Champ Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih, Sabina Foisor, Tatev Abrahamyan and Rusudan (Rusa) Goletiani. FIDE Senior trainer Michael Khodarkovsky will be the captain and GM Melikset Khachiyan will coach. Khodarkovsky said, “I feel very good about the team, we all worked together before and I believe we have established a strong bond. Teams like China, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, India among favorites, but we will do our best to join them in the quest for medals.”
USCF Executive director Bill Hall said, “With the Olympics going on in London, this is a thrilling time to see our top players represent our country and root them on on their quest for medals. ”
"Our formidable teams are made possible by our sponsors, the Kasparov Chess Foundation, the US Chess Federation and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis."
Chess Life Online (CLO) editor Jennifer Shahade (former double US Chess Champion, writer, chess promoter, and more) says, "Look for CLO coverage throughout the Olympiad from award-winning journalist FM Mike Klein."
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U.S. Junior Chess Championship: Ray Robson survives mating net
 Defending champion Ray Robson
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The U.S. Junior Chess Championship is being held alongside the U.S. Women's Championship in St. Louis. You can read a nice report on the first two rounds at both the championships at chessbase.com. Here are the Round 1 & 2 results and the standings. Defending champion Ray Robson managed to draw a fiercely-fought game in Round 1 almost losing to an opponent rated at least 400 points below him!
Round 1 results
1. NM Eric Rosen-GM Ray Robson ½-½ 2. FM Steven Zierk- FM Darwin Yang 0-1 3. FM Conrad Holt-NM Tyler Hughes ½-½ 4. NM Parker Zhao-IM Sam Shankland 1-0 5. FM Warren Harper-FM John Bryant 1-0
Round 2 results
1. GM Ray Robson-FM John Bryant 1-0 2. IM Sam Shankland-FM Warren Harper 0-1 3. NM Tyler Hughes-NM Parker Zhao ½-½ 4. FM Darwin Yang-FM Conrad Holt 1-0 5. NM Eric Rosen-FM Steven Zierk 0-1
Standings after Round 2
1. FM Darwin Yang 2.0 2. FM Warren Harper 2.0 3. GM Ray Robson 1.5 4. NM Parker Zhao 1.5 5. FM Steven Zierk 1.0 6. NM Tyler Hughes 1.0 7. FM Conrad Holt 0.5 8. NM Eric Rosen 0.5 9. IM Sam Shankland 0.0 10. FM John Bryant 0.0
Meanwhile, here is the Round 1 game that Robson nearly lost to NM Eric Rosen. Check out the 37th and 39th moves. You can run it in our pgnplayer or watch it in flash below.
PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. Rae1 a6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. h3 b5 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. f4 e6 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qf2 Qb6 18. Kh2 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qh4 Qxb2 21. Nd1 Qd4 22. Nf2 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rc2 24. Nf3 Qc3 25. f5 a5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Ng5 a4 28. Ng4 Nxg4+ 29. Qxg4 Bg7 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Kh1 h5 32. Qd1 Rec8 33. Nxe6 Qe5 34. Nf4 Qg5 35. Qf3 Rf8 36. g3 a3 37. d4 Kh7 38. Ne6 Qd2 39. Nxf8+ Kh6 40. Qf4+ Qxf4 41. Rxf4 a2 42. d5 Rb2 43. Rf6 Kg7 44. Rff1 Ba6 45. Ne6+ Kh6 46. Rf8 Kh7 47. Ng5+ Kg7 48. Ne6+ Kh7 49. Ng5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
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