Round 9 - Sunday, May 17, 10:00 am

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Board White Rating Result Black Rating
1. IM Robert Hess (6) 2545 ½-½ GM Varuzhan Akobian (5½) 2664
2. GM Hikaru Nakamura (6) 2757 1-0 GM Joshua Friedel (5) 2568
3. GM Alexander Onischuk (5½) 2736 1-0 IM Ray Robson (4½) 2542
4. GM Jaan Ehlvest (4) 2649 ½-½ GM Gata Kamsky (5½) 2798
5. GM Yury Shulman (4½) 2697 ½-½ GM Gregory Kaidanov (4) 2662
6. IM Enrico Sevillano (4) 2549 0-1 GM Larry Christiansen (4) 2681
7. GM Joel Benjamin (4) 2650 ½-½ GM Alexander Shabalov (4) 2620
8. GM Ildar Ibragimov (4) 2628 1-0 IM Michael Brooks (4) 2419
9. IM Samuel Shankland (3) 2464 0-1 GM Boris Gulko (3½) 2631
10. GM Julio Becerra (3½) 2672 ½-½ GM Melikset Khachiyan (2½) 2632
11. Tyler Hughes (3) 2293 1-0 FM Doug Eckert (2) 2278
12. IM Irina Krush (3) 2496 ½-½ Charles Lawton (½) 2350

 

Round 9 (May 17, 2009)
Hess, Robert L - Akobian, Varuzhan ½-½ 43 C11 French Defence
Shulman, Yuri - Kaidanov, Gregory S ½-½ 37 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Ibragimov, Ildar - Brooks, Michael A 1-0 42 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Sevillano, Enrico - Christiansen, Larry M 0-1 38 C41 Philidor's Defence
Benjamin, Joel - Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ 56 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Shankland, Samuel L - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 35 B64 Sicilian Rauzer
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Khachiyan, Melikset ½-½ 20 C43 Petroff's Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru - Friedel, Joshua E 1-0 22 C58 Two Knights Defence
Krush, Irina - Lawton,Charles ½-½ 31 B08 Pirc Defence
Hughes, Tyler B - Eckert, Doug D 1-0 27 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Onischuk, Alexander - Robson, Ray 1-0 67 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Ehlvest, Jaan - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 57 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein

 

 

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Submitted by chessfan007 on Wed., 5/20/2009 - 11:16 am

HIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 2009 US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Saint Louis, May 17 -- Hikaru Nakamura, 21, of White Plains, N.Y., won the the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship after winning in the ninth and final round at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

Second-seeded Nakamura, who also won the title in 2004, when he was just 16, won the venerable 164-year-old title and first prize of $40,000 ($35,000, plus a $5,000 outright winner's bonus) after beating Josh Friedel, of New York. Nakamura finished with seven points over nine games, and never lost a game.

Submitted by CCSCSL Info on Sun., 5/17/2009 - 2:21 pm