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🏆 Chessmaster US Championship 2005

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk, Gregory Kaidanov, Varuzhan Akobian, Alex Yermolinsky, Yury Shulman, Alexander Shabalov, Boris Gulko, Ildar Ibragimov, Nick de Firmian, Alexander Goldin, Grigory Serper, Larry Christiansen, Joel Benjamin, Julio Becerra Rivero, Igor Novikov, Sergey Kudrin, Alexander Ivanov, Alexander Stripunsky, Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Walter Browne, Eugene Perelshteyn, Dmitry Gurevich, Benjamin Finegold, Joshua E Friedel, Anatoly Lein, Jake Kleiman, Anna Zatonskih, Alexander Fishbein, Jesse Kraai, Renier Gonzalez, Ronald Burnett, Irina Krush, Dmitry Schneider, Lev Milman, Salvijus Bercys, Tegshsuren Enkhbat, Levon Altounian, Yury Lapshun, Stanislav G Kriventsov, Fabio La Rota, Cyrus Lakdawala, Marcel Martinez, Dmitry Zilberstein, Blas Lugo, Rusudan Goletiani, Bruci Lopez, Tatev Abrahamyan, Stephen Muhammad, Jennifer Shahade, Matthew Hoekstra, Robby Adamson, Michael Casella, Iryna Zenyuk, Esther Epstein, Anna Hahn, Tsagaan Battsetseg, Chouchanik Airapetian, Laura Ross, Olga Sagalchik, Vanessa West, Anna V Levina, Tatiana Vayserberg

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Chessmaster US Championship 2005

The tournament was called the 2005 Championship, for legal reasons. (1) Sponsored by Chessmaster (Computer), it took place in San Diego, California from 24 November - 4 December 2004.

Previous edition: US Championship (2003). Next: US Championship (2006).

(1) Wikipedia article: U.S. Chess Championship

 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 288  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Kraai vs Kamsky ½-½372004Chessmaster US Championship 2005B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
2. Kaidanov vs T Enkhbat 1-0312004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
3. I Krush vs Goldin 0-1402004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
4. Gulko vs M Martinez  1-0262004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
5. J Friedel vs I Novikov  0-1582004Chessmaster US Championship 2005B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
6. Shabalov vs A Zatonskih 0-1572004Chessmaster US Championship 2005C02 French, Advance
7. L Milman vs Onischuk  0-1422004Chessmaster US Championship 2005C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
8. Nakamura vs S Muhammad 1-0282004Chessmaster US Championship 2005C78 Ruy Lopez
9. A Lein vs I Ibragimov  0-1522004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
10. V Akobian vs R Burnett  1-0612004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E41 Nimzo-Indian
11. D Zilberstein vs Yermolinsky  ½-½252004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E00 Queen's Pawn Game
12. A Stripunsky vs S Bercys 1-0312004Chessmaster US Championship 2005A07 King's Indian Attack
13. B Lopez vs A Ivanov  ½-½442004Chessmaster US Championship 2005B06 Robatsch
14. de Firmian vs B Lugo  1-0452004Chessmaster US Championship 2005C78 Ruy Lopez
15. M Hoekstra vs B Finegold  0-1372004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5
16. Benjamin vs R Adamson  ½-½342004Chessmaster US Championship 2005D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. R Goletiani vs L Christiansen  0-1572004Chessmaster US Championship 2005A04 Reti Opening
18. Kudrin vs J Shahade 1-0282004Chessmaster US Championship 2005B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. F La Rota vs Serper  ½-½412004Chessmaster US Championship 2005D02 Queen's Pawn Game
20. A Wojtkiewicz vs M Casella  1-0422004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
21. J Kleiman vs Shulman  0-1332004Chessmaster US Championship 2005A13 English
22. J Becerra Rivero vs T Abrahamyan  1-0582004Chessmaster US Championship 2005C18 French, Winawer
23. A Hahn vs E Perelshteyn ½-½502004Chessmaster US Championship 2005E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
24. A Fishbein vs T Battsetseg 1-0322004Chessmaster US Championship 2005A37 English, Symmetrical
25. L Ross vs D Gurevich 0-1312004Chessmaster US Championship 2005B32 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Dec-05-04  iron maiden: We're into the second game; another (slightly more open) Sicilian.
Dec-05-04  acirce: I like Black actually, too early for Naka's fans to relax yet.
Dec-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  tpstar: Could someone please post a link to the official site? Having trouble getting to the live games. Thank you.
Dec-05-04  SnoopDogg: I like black too but why is Stripunsky following what GM Michael Bezold (who is a great guy in person) usually does with a queen on a1 and a bishop in front of it? Its odd but effective.
Dec-05-04  iron maiden: I wouldn't mind Black's position either. Stripunsky deserves credit for persistence.
Dec-05-04  iron maiden: <tpstar> http://uschesschampionship.com/game....
Dec-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  tpstar: <im> Got it - thank you very much. ;>)
Dec-05-04  SnoopDogg: Is there any hope for black's position now? Plans?!
Dec-05-04  iron maiden: Doesn't look like Nakamura can lose this, but I'd be surprised if Stripunsky doesn't play it to the hilt.
Dec-05-04  Where is my mind: nakamura's king-side knight did a lot of work,now there's little chance for black.
Dec-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  tpstar: Hard for Black to generate much play with the reduced material. Looks like a major piece endgame where Nakamura should do well.
Dec-05-04  Morphy Fan: I don't understand why R-C3.
Why not RxR - QxR, NxN PxN, QxN

or even
RxR NxN+, QxN, QxR?

thanks

Dec-05-04  DanielBryant: Tenuous situation for Stripunsky.
Dec-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  tpstar: <Morphy Fan> If 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Nxd4 Black has 30 ... Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ & 32 ... Qxb4 winning the exchange. 29. Rc3 was a waiting move of sorts, since White knew the Knights plus one pair of Rooks were being traded anyway.
Dec-05-04  iron maiden: <DanielBryant> It's Nakamura who should be feeling the stress right now. This is an endgame that only I could lose.
Dec-05-04  Franz the Stampede: huge time advantage for naka...
Dec-05-04  iron maiden: If Naka was so minded, he could probably even win this game.
Dec-05-04  Morphy Fan: tpstar, thanks - but then why didn't black to N-B5 on move 29?
Dec-05-04  Denali: Nakamura is the winner!
Dec-05-04  Denali: 1-0 official
Dec-05-04  Denali: And Goletiani just beat Abrahamyan to win the Women's Championship.
Dec-05-04  iron maiden: Stripunsky's resigned. Congratulations to the new U.S. champion!
Dec-05-04  suenteus po 147: Nakamura is the new US Champion of chess! I'm watching the the 11 o'clock news tonight, baby!
Dec-05-04  stormflyer: Yes, Nakamura has won, according to the US Chess Championship official website. I'm happy that he won, but he was very lucky against Ibragimov.
Dec-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  tpstar: <Morphy Fan> You're right, Black should try to keep material on the board being a Pawn down. After 29. Rc3 Nb5 probably 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qc4 Qd8 31. Ra4 followed by 32. Qc6 and Black's Knight is short on squares. Good suggestion.
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