U.S. chess championship
April 14 - 28, 2011
St.Louis, The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
The time control : 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by the rest of the game in 30 minutes with a 30 second increment from move one.
Kamsky won the US chess champion title.
Final
game 2: Shulman, Yuri - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½ (Slav accepted)
game 1: Kamsky, Gata - Shulman, Yuri : 1-0 (Catalan)
Third place
game 3: Shankland, Samuel L - Hess, Robert L : 1-0 (Nimzo Indian)
game 2: Hess, Robert L - Shankland, Samuel L : ½-½ (Caro Kann)
game 1: Shankland, Samuel L - Hess, Robert L : ½-½ (Catalan)
Semi Finals Tiebreak games
Hess, Robert L - Shulman, Yuri : ½-½
Shulman, Yuri - Hess, Robert L : 1-0
Semi Finals game 2
Kamsky, Gata - Shankland, Samuel L : 1-0
Hess, Robert L - Shulman, Yuri : ½-½
Semi Finals game 1
Shankland, Samuel L - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½
Shulman, Yuri - Hess, Robert L : ½-½
watch the games
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| Group A |
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| Players
| Rating
| Points
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| 1 |
Kamsky, Gata (Q) | 2733 |
5 |
| 2 |
Shulman, Yuri (Q) | 2622 |
4,5 |
| 3 |
Robson, Ray | 2522 |
4 |
| 4 |
Ivanov, Alexander | 2540 |
3,5 |
| 5 |
Akobian, Varuzhan | 2611 |
3 |
| 6 |
Ehlvest, Jaan | 2586 |
3 |
| 7 |
Stripunsky, Alexander | 2578 |
2,5 |
| 8 |
Naroditsky, Daniel | 2438 |
2,5 |
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| Group B |
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| Players
| Rating
| Points
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| 1 |
Hess, Robert (Q) | 2565 |
5,5 |
| 2 |
Shankland, Samuel (Q) | 2512 |
4 |
| 3 |
Onischuk, Alexander | 2678 |
4 |
| 4 |
Seirawan, Yasser | 2636 |
3,5 |
| 5 |
Shabalov, Alexander | 2590 |
3 |
| 6 |
Kaidanov, Gregory S | 2569 |
3 |
| 7 |
Christiansen, Larry | 2586 |
2,5 |
| 8 |
Finegold, Benjamin | 2500 |
2,5 |
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Kamsky, Shulman and Hess are qualified to the semi finals.
Shankland is qualified after tiebreak games.[ two-game rapid match (G/25+5 second increment). ]
tiebreak: Shankland - Onischuk: 1,5 - 0,5
Onischuk, Alexander - Shankland, Samuel L : ½-½
Shankland, Samuel L - Onischuk, Alexander : 1-0
Round 7 - Group A
Akobian, Varuzhan - Ehlvest, Jaan : ½-½
Robson, Ray - Ivanov, Alexander : 1-0
Kamsky, Gata - Shulman, Yuri : ½-½
Stripunsky, Alexander - Naroditsky, Daniel: 1-0
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Round 7 - Group B
Finegold, Benjamin - Shabalov, Alexander : 0-1
Onischuk, Alexander - Shankland, Samuel L : ½-½
Hess, Robert L - Seirawan, Yasser : ½-½
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Christiansen, Larry M : 1-0
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Round 6 - Group A
Ehlvest, Jaan - Stripunsky, Alexander: 1-0
Naroditsky, Daniel - Kamsky, Gata : 0-1
Shulman, Yuri - Robson, Ray : ½-½
Ivanov, Alexander - Akobian, Varuzhan : 1-0
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Round 6 - Group B
Shabalov, Alexander - Kaidanov, Gregory S : 0-1
Christiansen, Larry M - Hess, Robert L : 0-1
Seirawan, Yasser - Onischuk, Alexander : ½-½
Shankland, Samuel L - Finegold, Benjamin : ½-½
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Round 5 - Group A
Ivanov, Alexander - Ehlvest, Jaan : ½-½
Akobian, Varuzhan - Shulman, Yuri : ½-½
Robson, Ray - Naroditsky, Daniel : 0-1
Kamsky, Gata - Stripunsky, Alexander : ½-½
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Round 5 - Group B
Shankland, Samuel - Shabalov, Alexander : 0-1
Finegold, Benjamin - Seirawan, Yasser : 0-1
Onischuk, Alexander - Christiansen, Larry : 1-0
Hess, Robert L - Kaidanov, Gregory S : 1-0
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Round 4 - Group A
Ehlvest, Jaan - Kamsky, Gata : 0-1
Stripunsky, Alexander - Robson, Ray : 0-1
Naroditsky, Daniel - Akobian, Varuzhan: ½-½
Shulman, Yuri - Ivanov, Alexander : 1-0
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Round 4 - Group B
Shabalov, Alexander - Hess, Robert L: 0-1
Kaidanov, Gregory - Onischuk, Alexander : ½-½
Christiansen, Larry - Finegold, Benjamin : ½-½
Seirawan, Yasser - Shankland, Samuel L : ½-½
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Round 3 - Group A
Shulman, Yuri - Ehlvest, Jaan : 1-0
Ivanov, Alexander - Naroditsky, Daniel : 1-0
Akobian, Varuzhan - Stripunsky, Alexander : 1-0
Robson, Ray - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½
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Round 3 - Group B
Seirawan, Yasser - Shabalov, Alexander : ½-½
Shankland, Samuel L - Christiansen, Larry M : 1-0
Finegold, Benjamin - Kaidanov, Gregory S : 1-0
Onischuk, Alexander - Hess, Robert L : 0-1
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Round 2 - Group A
Ehlvest, Jaan - Robson, Ray: ½-½
Kamsky, Gata - Akobian, Varuzhan : 1-0
Stripunsky, Alexander - Ivanov, Alexander : ½-½
Naroditsky, Daniel - Shulman, Yuri: ½-½
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Round 2 - Group B
Shabalov, Alexander - Onischuk, Alexander: ½-½
Hess, Robert L - Finegold, Benjamin : ½-½
Kaidanov, Gregory S - IM Shankland, Samuel: 0-1
Christiansen, Larry M - Seirawan, Yasser: 1-0
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Round 1 - Group A
Naroditsky, Daniel - Ehlvest, Jaan : ½-½
Shulman, Yuri - Stripunsky, Alexander : ½-½
Ivanov, Alexander - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½
Akobian, Varuzhan - Robson, Ray : ½-½
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Round 1 - Group B
Christiansen, Larry M - Shabalov, Alexander: 1-0
Seirawan, Yasser - Kaidanov, Gregory S : ½-½
Shankland, Samuel L - Hess, Robert L : ½-½
Finegold, Benjamin - Onischuk, Alexander : 0-1
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