#SharjahMasters finishes with 7 players tying for first with 7 points after 9 rounds.
Ernesto Inarkiev takes the champion title due to better tie-breaks. Congratulations!

#ShamkirChess Round 1: all games end in a draw.

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Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Carlsen, Magnus

Round 1 #ShamkirChess

Wow! Vishy misses 41...Rd1+!!, drawing on the spot! If White takes it's a perpetual after Qd4+

🔹 6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019
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Nakamura Wins 5th U.S. Championship.
Congratulations to 2019 US Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura!

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He claimed his 5th victory with an excellent win as Black against Jeffery Xiong with the Dutch Defense!

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Hikaru Nakamura won the US chess championship (beat Xiong in the final rd), scoring 8 out of 11, and winning $50,000. Caruana & Dominguez tied for 2nd with 7.5 points. They earned $30,000 each. So & Sevian tied for 4th and won $17,500 each. shankland took 6th and won $10,000.

🔹 US Chess Championships 2019
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Congratulations to 17-year-old Jennifer Yu on winning her first US Women's Championship!

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