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!
👏🏆👏
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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Anish Giri on the tempting 20.Bxh6 possibility: "I should have considered this more seriously."
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After his win vs Anand today, Magnus Carlsen was kind enough to give a small masterclass at the press conference on how White wins rook endings with an extra passer on a7. Very instructive!
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44...a3! [Black correctly chooses his outside passed pawn to push.]
[44...c3? 45.Kd3 Kf5 46.Kxc3 Kxf4 47.d6 Rd1 48.Rxa4+ Ke5 49.Ra5+ Kxd6 50.Rh5 Ke6 51.Rxh6=]
45.d6 a2 46.d7 Re1+! [△Rd1]
[46...Rd1? 47.Rxa2 Rxd7 48.Rg2+! Kf7 49.f5 Rd3 50.h4 Rh3 51.Ra2 Ke7 52.Kd5 c3 53.Ra7+=]
47.Kf3 [White is obliged to move his king to the worse square.]
[47.Kd5?? a1Q 48.Rxa1 Rxa1–+]
47...Rd1 48.h4 Rxd7 49.h5+ Kf7 50.Rxa2 c3! [This pawn decides the game. White will have to bring his rook back to a passive position and then Black's king can penetrate through kingside.]
51.Ke2 Ke6 52.Ra5 Rd2+ 53.Ke3 Rd5 54.Ra6+ Rd6 55.Ra2 [55.Ra5 Rc6 56.Ra1 c2 57.Rc1 Kf5–+]
55...Rc6 56.Rc2 Kf5–+
[44...c3? 45.Kd3 Kf5 46.Kxc3 Kxf4 47.d6 Rd1 48.Rxa4+ Ke5 49.Ra5+ Kxd6 50.Rh5 Ke6 51.Rxh6=]
45.d6 a2 46.d7 Re1+! [△Rd1]
[46...Rd1? 47.Rxa2 Rxd7 48.Rg2+! Kf7 49.f5 Rd3 50.h4 Rh3 51.Ra2 Ke7 52.Kd5 c3 53.Ra7+=]
47.Kf3 [White is obliged to move his king to the worse square.]
[47.Kd5?? a1Q 48.Rxa1 Rxa1–+]
47...Rd1 48.h4 Rxd7 49.h5+ Kf7 50.Rxa2 c3! [This pawn decides the game. White will have to bring his rook back to a passive position and then Black's king can penetrate through kingside.]
51.Ke2 Ke6 52.Ra5 Rd2+ 53.Ke3 Rd5 54.Ra6+ Rd6 55.Ra2 [55.Ra5 Rc6 56.Ra1 c2 57.Rc1 Kf5–+]
55...Rc6 56.Rc2 Kf5–+