Well – she did it ! Jennifer Yu extended her winning lead to 2.5 points. What a tremendous achievement ! There were four decisive games in the final round; see Official Link at the bottom of this post. [Event “US Women’s Chess Championship 2019”] [Site… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis There were three decisive games in the final round of the U.S. Chess Championship 2019. Hikaru Nakamura played a excellent fighting game for a final round. He selected a Dutch Defense as Black; an excellent choice if one either wants, or must… Continue reading
Jennifer Yu Jennifer Yu has won the U.S. Women’s Championship 2019 and is in the process of possibly extending her lead of 1.5 points. In this penultimate round there were five decisive games out of six. In this round Jennifer took out her primary rival Anna Zatonskih and did… Continue reading
Fabiano Caruana / Hikaru Nakamura / Leinier Dominguez Perez There were two decisive games in the 10th round of the U.S. Chess Championship 2019. As Caruana won his game and Nakamura/Dominguez drew their game, it is now a three-way tie going into “last” round. That is in quotes because… Continue reading
There were five tremendous fighting games out of six in this, the 9th round of the U.S. Chess Championship 2019. There are still two at the top and at least two or three breathing down on the finish line which may well be two rounds away. We’ll see. … Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Leinier Dominguez Perez There was a single decisive game in the 8th round of the U.S. Chess Championship 2019 at the hands of Dominguez Perez. This throws the championship into a tie for first. Below are some light notes to… Continue reading
Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto Timur Gareyev vs Fabiano Caruana [Event “US Chess Championship 2019”] [Site “?”] [Date “2019.03.27”] [Round “7”] [White “Gareyev, Timur”] [Black “Caruana, Fabiano”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “D27”] [PlyCount “250”] [EventDate “2019.03.24”] [SourceDate “2019.03.27”] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3… Continue reading
There were three decisive games in the sixth round of the U.S. Championship 2019. Hikaru Nakamura With all due respect, Gareyev (Black) barely made it out of the opening and was crushed. Hikaru made it look easy. [Event “US Chess Championship 2019”] [Site “?”] [Date “2019.03.25”] [Round… Continue reading
Samuel Sevian In the fifth round there were two decisive games in the U.S. Chess Championship 2019 and two in the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship 2019. In the women’s section Jennifer Yu fought mightily to stave of defeat and succeeded in drawing her game; the first and only… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Ray Robson There was a single decisive game in the fourth round of the U.S. Championship 2019. Despite the fact that it was a hard fought game, I’m extremely disappointed with both players regarding this game. I realize I am most likely… Continue reading
