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May-01-12
 | | chessgames.com: The field (US national ratings shown)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2848)
GM Gata Kamsky (2804)
GM Alexander Onischuk (2736)
GM Yasser Seirawan (2723)
GM Robert Hess (2717)
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2709)
GM Alexander Stripunsky (2700)
GM Ray Robson (2674)
GM Alejandro Ramirez (2668)
GM Yury Shulman (2666)
GM Aleksandr Lenderman (2665)
GM Gregory Kaidanov (2658)
Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/... |
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| May-01-12 | | wordfunph: my chessbucks to Gata.. |
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May-01-12
 | | TheFocus: Mine too. Go Gata!! |
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| May-01-12 | | Mudphudder: Either Naka or Gata will take it. Period. |
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May-02-12
 | | Shams: I'm assuming another major format change this year? |
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May-02-12
 | | Check It Out: <The 2012 U.S. Championship will feature an elite field of just 12 players and a guaranteed prize fund of at least $160,000. In addition, the CCSCSL will sponsor the “$64K Fischer Prize,” to be awarded to anyone that scores a perfect 11-0 in the U.S. Championship, in honor of Bobby Fischer’s result at the 1963-64 U.S. Championship. > |
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| May-02-12 | | JustWon: Is Freidel gonna be flown in for Nakas last game? |
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May-02-12
 | | PhilFeeley: Hikaru should win this. Has Gata even been playing lately? |
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| May-02-12 | | Namawiz: Is the uscf rating system different from that of fide? |
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May-02-12
 | | talisman: <Namawiz> use to be...if i remember right bout 100pts higher. |
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May-02-12
 | | Strongest Force: I like Nak and Gata but love THE YAZ! I see NYC is in the house (Hess). |
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May-02-12
 | | cro777: <I'm assuming another major format change this year?> The 2012 US Chess Championships tournament format is 12 players round robin. Last year 16 competitors were divided into two groups of 8 who played separate single round-robin contests with the top two in each group going forward to play semi-final matches, and then the last two standing met in the final. |
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May-02-12
 | | Robin01: I like this format. This is a strong event. I believe Naka will will this. |
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May-02-12
| | cro777: <Is the uscf rating system different from that of fide?> US national and corresponding FIDE ratings:
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2848) (2775)
GM Gata Kamsky (2804) (2741)
GM Alexander Onischuk (2736) (2660)
GM Yasser Seirawan (2723) (2643)
GM Robert Hess (2717) (2635)
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2709) (2625)
GM Alexander Stripunsky (2700) (2562)
GM Ray Robson (2674) (2614)
GM Alejandro Ramirez (2668) (2593)
GM Yury Shulman (2666) (2571)
GM Aleksandr Lenderman (2665) (2587)
GM Gregory Kaidanov (2658) (2594) |
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| May-02-12 | | Namawiz: Thanks talisman and cro777 for that information. |
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May-02-12
 | | Caissanist: Wow, have USCF ratings inflated even more than FIDE ones? My last USCF rating, from 30 years ago, was 1594--it looks like I could probably win a few class prizes, through what might be called "historical soundbagging". |
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May-02-12
 | | OneArmedScissor: go Yasser! |
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| May-02-12 | | Agent Bouncy: Where is Sam Shankland this year? He must have been invited because he is rated higher than the lower players here. Last year he finished 3rd, and his play was very exciting! Why isn't he playing, I wonder. |
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May-02-12
| | Strongest Force: I didn't see that LP was playing...the guy is a genuis in normal life. |
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May-02-12
 | | moronovich: <Robin01: I like this format. This is a strong event. I believe Naka will will this.> I am shure he will will ;) |
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May-02-12
 | | Vulcano: How are the players chosen? |
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May-02-12
 | | HeMateMe: <Strongest Force> Lenderman is also a New York boy, played his high school chess for one of the national champion Brooklyn High schools. They didn't have that competition when Fischer was a kid, but you can bet they would have promised him free lunch and other bennies to attend their high school(s). |
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May-02-12
| | Robin01: <moronovich>Yes, I guess I messed that up! "Naka will <win> this." |
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May-02-12
| | Check It Out: Not so sure about Naka in this one... |
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May-02-12
| | HeMateMe: Naka is not all that consistent. There are five people who could win this event by one point. |
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