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United States Championship Tournament

Alexander Shabalov7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Alexander Onischuk6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Julio Becerra Rivero6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Yury Shulman6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Gregory Kaidanov6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Alexander Stripunsky5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Boris Gulko5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Varuzhan Akobian5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Sergey Kudrin5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Ildar Ibragimov5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Eugene Perelshteyn5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Melikset Khachiyan5/9(+1 -0 =8)[games]
Alexander Ivanov5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Jaan Ehlvest5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Hikaru Nakamura5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Joseph Bradford5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
David Pruess4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Alex Yermolinsky4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Dmitry Gurevich4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Ronald Burnett4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Enrico Sevillano4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Robert Hess4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Michael Langer4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Joshua E Friedel4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Irina Krush4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Justin Sarkar4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Bryan G Smith4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Walter Browne4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Michael Mulyar4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Ray Robson3.5/9(+3 -5 =1)[games]
Jay Bonin3.5/9(+1 -3 =5)[games]
Iryna Zenyuk2.5/9(+2 -6 =1)[games]
(36 players total; 4 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
United States Championship (2007)

Previous edition: US Championship (2006). Next: US Championship (2008). See also US Women's Championship (2007).

 page 5 of 7; games 101-125 of 162  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
101. M Mulyar vs D Gurevich  0-1322007United States ChampionshipB64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
102. J Friedel vs I Krush  0-1332007United States ChampionshipB65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
103. J Bradford vs R Hess  0-1282007United States ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
104. J Sarkar vs R Burnett  ½-½302007United States ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
105. I Zenyuk vs Robson 0-1452007United States ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
106. D Pruess vs J Bonin  ½-½492007United States ChampionshipC13 French
107. C Airapetian vs M Movsisyan  0-1652007United States ChampionshipB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
108. M Aigner vs T Braunlich  0-1722007United States ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
109. Shabalov vs Ehlvest ½-½302007United States ChampionshipB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
110. Nakamura vs Onischuk 0-1752007United States ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
111. I Ibragimov vs Kudrin 0-1332007United States ChampionshipA33 English, Symmetrical
112. A Ivanov vs Shulman  ½-½492007United States ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
113. D Gurevich vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½232007United States ChampionshipE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
114. Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov 0-1412007United States ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
115. I Krush vs Gulko 0-1482007United States ChampionshipE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
116. V Akobian vs E Perelshteyn 0-1242007United States ChampionshipD94 Grunfeld
117. M Khachiyan vs A Stripunsky  ½-½362007United States ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
118. R Hess vs E Sevillano  ½-½172007United States ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
119. M Langer vs B G Smith  1-0462007United States ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
120. M Mulyar vs Browne 1-0462007United States ChampionshipA25 English
121. Robson vs J Sarkar 1-0592007United States ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
122. R Burnett vs J Friedel  0-1462007United States ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
123. D Pruess vs I Zenyuk  1-0272007United States ChampionshipC11 French
124. T Braunlich vs J Bradford  0-1292007United States ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
125. J Bonin vs C Airapetian  1-0492007United States ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
 page 5 of 7; games 101-125 of 162  PGN Download
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May-23-07  Temugin73: <chesstoplay: Shabalov WON>

Yeah!!
Best congratulations to him!!
It has always played in order to win in this US championship... otherwise it would have had at least means point in more.. brave, concentrated and very prepared... and truly much strong..

May-23-07  whiskeyrebel: Shaba had a great tournament. Congrats. Two players from my area ( Austin Tx ) were near IM norms..Bradford and Langer. Does anybody know if there's any official word on that?
May-23-07  chesstoplay: Monroi site reports:

"FM Michael Langer from Stillwater Oklahoma, and FM Joseph Bradford from Austin Texas earned IM norms!"

May-23-07  Wild Bill: <"FM Michael Langer from Stillwater Oklahoma, and FM Joseph Bradford from Austin Texas earned IM norms!">

Hartiest congratulation to Langer and Bradford as well.

May-23-07  RonB52734: A quote from Shabalov after the game: "Huge thanks to all the fans! I'm so happy I was finally able to pull it out after so many misses earlier in the tournament. In the last round game Sergey surprised me with 2…Nc6!, which totally killed all my preparation versus Dragon or 2…g6. But I couldn't remember a single game of his after 3.Bb5. Does it matter that I'm not playing it? No! So the resulting position was very much in the spirit of pet variation 1.e4 c5 2. Na3 and I did the grinding!"

Congrats, US Champion Shabalov!

May-23-07  RonB52734: The top multiple-time US Champions since it went to tournament style in 1936:

Bobby Fischer: 8 (span of 9 years)
Samuel Reshevsky: 6 (33 years!)
Walter Browne: 6 (9 years)
Larry Evans: 4 (29 years)
Alexander Shabalov: 4 (14 years)
Larry Christiansen: 3 (22 years)
Yasser Sierawan: 3 (19 years)
Joel Benjamin: 3 (13 years)
Lev Alburt: 3 (6 years)
Nick DiFirmian: 2 (11 years)
Roman Dzindzichashvili: 2 (6 years)
Boris Gulko: 2 (5 years)
Alexander Yermolinsky: 2 (3 years)

Apologies if I miscounted.

May-23-07  Dr.Lecter: Congrats to the new U.S. champion, Alexander Shabalov!
May-24-07  BIDMONFA: US Championships (2007)

HISTORY CHAMPIONSHIP

http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_...
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May-24-07  MrPatzer: <RonB52734> Not to quibble, but DiFirmian has won three championships. And you left off Patrick Wolff, who has won twice. I hear both of them want to have a few words with you outside in the parking lot.

Random thought: If Fischer is still telling people that he's the "real" world champ, is it possible he thinks he's still the "real" U.S. champ, too?

May-24-07  suenteus po 147: <MrPatzer: If Fischer is still telling people that he's the "real" world champ, is it possible he thinks he's still the "real" U.S. champ, too?> He wouldn't deign to claim so meager and insignificant a title. Besides, he has some views on America these days that make him want to put as much distance from us as possible.
May-24-07  russep: WHo's in the lead in this tournament?
May-24-07  chessmoron: It's over! Alexander Shabalov win the US crown.
May-24-07  RonB52734: <Mr. Patzer> Thanks for pointing out the errors. Let's consider them corrected by your post. My eyes got crossed trying to compile that from the table on Monroi. Tx again.
May-24-07  chessmoron: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Chessbase is so CRUEL!!!

<You have to go sixteen places down the list to hit on the first American sounding name.>

But so true. (-:

May-24-07  RonB52734: <chessbase is so CRUEL> or racist. My name is Scots-Irish. My middle name is French. Whose name is American-sounding? Sacageweia? Pocahontas?
May-25-07  Chess Classics: Hmm, according to chessbase, the first prize was $12,000. I seem to remember last year that it was $25,000. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that their sponsor withdrew? Just maybe?!

Regards,
CC

May-25-07  Pulse: <RonB52734: <chessbase is so CRUEL> or racist. My name is Scots-Irish. My middle name is French. Whose name is American-sounding? Sacageweia? Pocahontas?>

Well, would you say "Smith" is American-sounding? Or "Joe?" Speaking of which, congrats to Joe Bradford for his 4th IM norm!

May-25-07  RonB52734: <Chess Classics> Absolutely. This thing was a shadow of its former self.
May-25-07  MrPatzer: <You have to go sixteen places down the list to hit on the first American sounding name.> This will shock the brainiacs at Chessbase.com, but there are plenty of native-born Americans with names like (for example) "Alex Stripunsky" who have never set foot in any other country.
May-25-07  RonB52734: <Mr. Patzer> This is my point. We are all immigrants or the children of immigrants, or else we are the descendants of Pocahontas or the like. Throughout American history there has always been some "us vs. them" mentality based on how many generations of your family have been here. To my ear, this is merely a form of racism. I've met Alex Shabalov, Alex Yermolinsky and Gregory Kaidanov. Nothing about them struck me as non-American.
May-25-07  Prugno: All this discussion in the last few posts is besides the point. There is nothing philosophical or ethnical in the ChessBase remark: they were merely pointing out the plain fact that 14 of the top finishers in the US Championship (the 15th is Nakamura, who learned chess in America althought born in Japan) were already very strong players when they left their home countries in the former Soviet Union (or Cuba in the case of Becerra), and therefore are not the product of US chess culture.
May-25-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  plang: I think the only point being made was that the majority of grandmasters currently in the US were not born in the US and, in fact, were already grandmasters when they came to the US.
May-25-07  pazzed paun: <Chess Classics> not only was a sponser lost from last year-(thanks to the gentleman who stepped up this year BTW) leaving a lower prize fund in an obscure goegraphic place, but the previous sponsers sole reason to exist is to promote chess--how do you lose a sponser like that?? scandal--in other things you would see a revolt, or buyout of the USCF? I wonder how the players felt about this tournament?
May-26-07  MrPatzer: It really shouldn't be hard to find a rich celebrity who's willing to put up his/her own money to sponsor the U.S. Championships. A lot of famous people like to associate themselves with "good causes," and we've all heard of celebrities who like to play chess. Plus, it would attract popular attention to the event.
May-29-07  Dr.Lecter: Seems like Shabalov will move up to about third in rating after this.
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