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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
United States Championship Tournament

Wesley So8.5/13(+4 -0 =9)[games]
Fabiano Caruana7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Samuel Sevian6.5/13(+3 -3 =7)[games]
Aleksandr Lenderman6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Leinier Dominguez Perez6/11(+1 -0 =10)[games]
Ray Robson6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Sam Shankland5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
John M Burke5/11(+2 -3 =6)[games]
Dariusz Swiercz5/11(+2 -3 =6)[games]
Jeffery Xiong4.5/11(+2 -4 =5)[games]
Daniel Naroditsky4.5/11(+2 -4 =5)[games]
Lazaro Bruzon Batista4/11(+0 -3 =8)[games]

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 69  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Sevian vs Shankland  ½-½302021United States ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
2. Robson vs Naroditsky 1-0482021United States ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
3. Xiong vs So ½-½482021United States ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
4. Swiercz vs J Burke 0-1472021United States ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
5. Lenderman vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½622021United States ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. Caruana vs L Bruzon Batista ½-½442021United States ChampionshipC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
7. Dominguez Perez vs Caruana  ½-½1082021United States ChampionshipC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
8. J Burke vs Lenderman  ½-½462021United States ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
9. So vs Swiercz 1-0322021United States ChampionshipB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
10. Naroditsky vs Xiong 1-0522021United States ChampionshipD04 Queen's Pawn Game
11. Sevian vs Robson  ½-½402021United States ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
12. Shankland vs L Bruzon Batista  ½-½392021United States ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
13. L Bruzon Batista vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½272021United States ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
14. Xiong vs Sevian 0-1452021United States ChampionshipE03 Catalan, Open
15. Robson vs Shankland ½-½642021United States ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
16. Caruana vs J Burke 1-0292021United States ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
17. Lenderman vs So  ½-½412021United States ChampionshipD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
18. Swiercz vs Naroditsky 1-0592021United States ChampionshipB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
19. So vs Caruana ½-½262021United States ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
20. J Burke vs L Bruzon Batista  ½-½512021United States ChampionshipC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
21. Robson vs Xiong 1-0282021United States ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
22. Sevian vs Swiercz  ½-½1102021United States ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. Shankland vs Dominguez Perez 0-1552021United States ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
24. Naroditsky vs Lenderman 0-1742021United States ChampionshipD04 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Caruana vs Naroditsky 0-1572021United States ChampionshipC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 69  PGN Download
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Oct-15-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  Troller: On <Radjabov> it clearly seems he lowered his ambitions at some point. Maybe marrying the richest heiress in Azerbaijan had something to do with him not wanting to spend 10 hrs/day on chess to stay in the top. Right now he looks to have the chess-spirit back though, very tough customer in his latest events.

<Caruana> has a very demanding style, heavy on concrete opening preparation and often going for sharp tactical positions. It must be exhausting to play this kind of chess; but also missing out in the WC match and Covid kicking in can be factors for his dip in form. Still, I expect it is easier to stay competetive for many years with a Smyslov-style than with the Kasparov-style that Caruana is embracing.

Oct-15-21  fabelhaft: If Caruana can win his three remaining games his rating will be rounded up to 2796 on the next official list.
Oct-15-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Lenderman has paid his dues. I'd like to see him win one of these US championships.
Oct-15-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Looks to me like Wesley will win this event.
(He has Naroditsky, Sevian, and Robson in the final rounds.) One of those guys could pull off an upset, but I don't really see that happening. His play is quite solid, and that's not likely to change at this stage of the event.
Oct-15-21  0ZeR0: <HMM>

100% agree.

Oct-15-21  nok: <If Caruana can win his three remaining games his rating will be rounded up to 2796 on the next official list.>

How earth shaking do you think it is whether it's 2786 or 2796?

Oct-15-21  macer75: <chancho: Looks to me like Wesley will win this event. (He has Naroditsky, Sevian, and Robson in the final rounds.) One of those guys could pull off an upset, but I don't really see that happening. His play is quite solid, and that's not likely to change at this stage of the event.>

Then again, those guys are a combined +2 right now, so in that sense they aren't the most ideal batch of opponents.

Oct-15-21  fabelhaft: <How earth shaking do you think it is whether it's 2786 or 2796?>

With three draws instead it would be 2781 and the earth would shake for sure.

Oct-15-21  Albertan: Yip stars, while Logjam continues at US Championship:

https://kasparovchess.com/articles/...

Oct-15-21  RookFile: Bobby Fischer would be like 7/8 at this point.
Oct-15-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: His age or his score?
Oct-16-21  Albertan: Thé résilience of Wesley So 2-time US Champion:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/re...

Oct-16-21  RookFile: <MissScarlett: His age or his score? >

Actually, 8 would be the number of times he won the US Championship.

Oct-17-21  Albertan: US Chess Championships Round 9:Leaders draw,Caruana wins:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/us-...

Oct-17-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: how did sparsely populated Norway give us a chess genius yet the USA has only one world champion (bobby Fischer) and China's 1.3B population has never produced a world champion candidate?
Oct-17-21  fabelhaft: Once upon a time Germany had Anderssen, Paulsen, Tarrasch, Lasker etc but nowadays their best player is #99, until recently Romanian and 45 years old.
Oct-17-21  fabelhaft: Norway has one player in the top 100 while the US has Caruana, So, Aronian, Dominguez, Nakamura just in the top 20.
Oct-17-21  RookFile: The Germans did produce some correspondence world chess chamnpions.

Maybe they just preferred licking stamps to traveling.

Oct-17-21  metatron2: <HeMateMe: how did sparsely populated Norway give us a chess genius>

For the probability of once-in-a-generation-level-genius being born, your domain is the entire human race and not a specific country (I guess that goes by definition). And if you want to give more weight to specific countries, you probably need to do it based on their culture and wealth, and not based on the size of their population (and Norway is way up with those parameters).

So that single individual (Carlsen) just happened to being born in Noraway.

Before the times of strong Engines, Internet, and huge chess real-time databases, the chances for such individual to actually live up to his potential were significantly lower in case he was born in a country that doesn't have strong "chess culture" and strong support for chess players.

That is the reason that B Fischer achievements are so amazing, and so are Anands achievements (although Anand did have computers databases from his mid 20s and engines in his 30s).

In any case, these days, a genius like Carlsen has no problem to live up to his potential (if he has the motivation for it). He can access all the information that he needs, get the best engines, and just pay for services of the best players/trainers around the world to help him (and can do most of his work with them, without even physically meeting them).

Oct-17-21  optimal play: <fabelhaft: Norway has one player in the top 100 while the US has Caruana, So, Aronian, Dominguez, Nakamura just in the top 20.>

That's meant as a joke, right?

Caruana, began his international career playing for Italy.

So, Filipino.

Aronian, Armenian.

Dominguez, Cuban.

Nakamura, born in Japan.

Oct-17-21  fabelhaft: <That's meant as a joke, right?

Caruana, began his international career playing for Italy>

You have to be pretty eager to get rid of people if Caruana and Nakamura both are discounted for opposite reasons :-)

Oct-17-21  optimal play: <You have to be pretty eager to get rid of people if Caruana and Nakamura both are discounted for opposite reasons :-)>

I'm not trying to get rid of anyone, or discount anybody, I just assumed you were making a joke.

I thought it was funny and got a laugh out of it.

Oct-17-21  fabelhaft: Of course many of the US top players have a non US background but either Caruana or Naka should count as more American than Aronian at least :-)
Oct-17-21  fabelhaft: Sevian-So and Lenderman-Caruana today, any winner there will have good reasons to feel good before the final round, no winners and Lenderman will feel most happy before the final round.
Oct-17-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Nak grew up here, the rest didnt.

Fischer had the chess rich culture of NYC to help him. BF was by no means alone.

China and india have been pouring money and people into chess, 2.5B people. Yet just one WC, Anand. I do think china will have one in the near future

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