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!
https://goo.gl/D8vja4
Congratulations to 2019 US Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura!
πππ
He claimed his 5th victory with an excellent win as Black against Jeffery Xiong with the Dutch Defense!
https://goo.gl/D8vja4
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.
Gashimov Memorial: Carlsen, Ding, Karjakin Open Score
Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karyakin and Ding Liren won their games in round two of #ShamkirChess. The trio now leads after two rounds. Round 2 report:
https://goo.gl/mDfcuZ
Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karyakin and Ding Liren won their games in round two of #ShamkirChess. The trio now leads after two rounds. Round 2 report:
https://goo.gl/mDfcuZ
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