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 “6”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Gareyev, Timur”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “65”]
[EventDate “2019.03.24”]
[SourceDate “2019.03.25”]
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Nd3 Qc7 9. Qa4 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Qc8 15. Qb4 Re8 16. a4 Nbd7 17. Ne5 a5 18. Qb5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd7 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. Qd4 Qf5 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. b4 Qc8 24. Ne3 b6 25. Red1 Ba8 26. b5 h5 27. Rac1 Bf8 28. Bxf6 exf6 29. Qxb6 Re6 30. Qxa5 Bc5 31. Nxd5 Rde8 32. e3 Kg7 33. Qc7 1-0
Final Position
Fabiano Caruana
The ending here was rather amusing. Xiong (Black) was playing for a Pawn promotion. Fabiano had the position well in hand and was ready to win it on a skewer.
[Event “US Chess Championship 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.03.25”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Xiong, Jeffery”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “89”]
[EventDate “2019.03.24”]
[SourceDate “2019.03.25”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 Bb6 13. bxa5 Bxa5 14. Bb2 f6 15. Nxa5 Rxa5 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Kh2 c5 19. h4 c4 20. h5 Bf7 21. Rg1 cxd3 22. cxd3 Rb5 23. Bc1 Kh8 24. Be3 Rb3 25. Rg3 c5 26. Qe2 g5 27. hxg6 Bxg6 28. a4 Qa6 29. Bh6 Rg8 30. Rag1 Qxa4 31. Ne7 Qd4 32. Qd1 c4 33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34. dxc4 Rxg3 35. Qxd4 exd4 36. Kxg3 Bxe4 37. Rd1 d3 38. f3 Bg6 39. Ra1 Kf7 40. Ra7 Nc5 41. Be3 Ke8 42. Bxc5 d2 43. Ra8+ Kd7 44. Bb6 Kc6 45. Ba5 1-0
Final Position
Awonder Liang
Akobians’s French Defense was dealt a crushing blow in a Winawer Poisoned Pawn Variation. Black was under such pressure that he attempted the launch of an Exhange Sacrifice – which failed. Awonder played a very strong game.
[Event “US Chess Championship 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.03.25”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Liang, Awonder”]
[Black “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “99”]
[EventDate “2019.03.24”]
[SourceDate “2019.03.25”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nbc6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 Nxe5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Qh4 N5g6 16. Bxc7 Nxh4 17. Bxd8 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Kxd8 19. Rab1 e5 20. Rxb7 Bc6 21. Rb8+ Kc7 22. Rh8 d4 23. f3 Neg6 24. Bxg6 Nxg6 25. Kxg2 Nxh8 26. h4 f6 27. Kf2 Kd6 28. h5 Ba4 29. Rg1 Nf7 30. Rb1 Bxc2 31. Rb7 Nh6 32. Rxa7 Bb3 33. a4 Bc4 34. a5 c2 35. Nc1 f5 36. Rh7 Ng8 37. h6 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Rd7+ Kxd7 40. h7 e3+ 41. Kf3 e2 42. Kf2 Nf6 43. h8=Q Ke7 44. Qh4 d3 45. Qxc4 d2 46. Qxe2+ Kf8 47. Qxd2 Ne4+ 48. Ke2 Nxd2 49. Kxd2 Ke7 50. a6 1-0
Final Position