Sunday, August 23, 2009

Nakamura wins US Championship


Round 9 Hikaru Nakamura won with 7/9 Photo © Betsy Dynako. Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009

The 2009 US Chess Championship took place in Saint Louis, United States, May 7th-17th 2009. 24 players competed. Hikaru Nakamura won the US Championship beating Josh Friedel in the final round. Robert Hess couldn't overcome a drawish bishops of opposite colour ending against Akobian and had to settle for a draw. Alexander Onischuk tied with Hess on 6.5/9. Gata Kamsky was a further half point back.

Games in PGN [I've corrected the games to the versions give in the official bulletin]

The women's championship takes place 2nd-12th October 2009 at the same venue.

Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009.

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