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 draw for her out of a perfect first four rounds.
[Event “US Chess Championship 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.03.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Black “Sevian, Samuel”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “68”]
[EventDate “2019.03.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.03.24”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. Qe3 f5 11. b3 Qf6 12. Bb2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qg6 15. O-O Rae8 16. Qf4 a6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Rbd1 Ne5 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Rf1 Qf7 21. Nd4 Qh5 22. h3 Ngf6 23. Qf3 Qg6 24. e3 Ng5 25. Qxb7 f4 26. exf4 Nxh3+ 27. Bxh3 Bxh3 28. Rfe1 Ne4 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Ne2 Bf5 31. Kg2 Nc5 32. Nc3 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Nd3 34. Re4 Bxe4+ 0-1
Final Position
[Event “US Chess Championship 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.03.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Gareyev, Timur”]
[Black “Liang, Awonder”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “143”]
[EventDate “2019.03.24”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e3 Ndb4 8. Qb1 Bf5 9. Ne4 O-O 10. a3 Nd5 11. Be2 a5 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Bc3 Bd6 15. O-O a4 16. Qb1 Bg6 17. Qa2 f5 18. Neg5 Qe7 19. e4 Rae8 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne4 Bf7 22. Qb1 Nd5 23. Bd2 Be6 24. Rfe1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Bd1 Bg4 27. Nfd2 Bxd1 28. Rcxd1 Bc5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Ne4 Qb6 31. Qc2 Ref8 32. Qxa4 Qxb2 33. Rb1 Qxf2+ 34. Nxf2 Rxa4 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. Rxc7 Nd4 37. Ng4 Ra2 38. Nxe5 Kg8 39. h4 Ne2+ 40. Kh1 Nf4 41. Rf1 Ng6 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Nxg6+ hxg6 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Rf4+ Kg8 46. Rd4 Kh7 47. Kh2 Kh6 48. Rd5 g5 49. hxg5+ Kg6 50. Kg3 Kh5 51. Kh3 Kg6 52. Rd7 Re2 53. g3 Rd2 54. Kg4 Rd1 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Rd4 Kg6 57. Rd7 Ra1 58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. Rd4 Kg6 60. Re4 Ra5 61. Kf4 Rf5+ 62. Ke3 Rxg5 63. g4 Ra5 64. d4 Kf6 65. Kd3 g5 66. Kc4 Ra1 67. d5 Rc1+ 68. Kb5 Rb1+ 69. Kc6 Rc1+ 70. Kd7 Kf7 71. Re5 Kg6 72. Ke6 1-0
Final Position
[Event “US Women’s Chess Championship 2019 “]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.03.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Eswaran, Ashritha (USA)”]
[Black “Abrahamyan, Tatev (USA)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “82”]
[EventDate “2019.03.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.03.24”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nh3 h6 11. Nf4 g5 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. a4 Nec6 16. Ng3 f4 17. Nh5 Na5 18. Nf6 Qf7 19. Qh3 Nc4 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qxh8 Rxh8 22. Rxh8+ Kb7 23. Rh6 Nd7 24. Kf1 Nxf6 25. exf6 Nd6 26. a5 Nf5 27. Rh3 Qxf6 28. Rd3 Nd6 29. Bd2 Nc4 30. axb6 cxb6 31. f3 Nb2 32. Be1 Nxd3 33. cxd3 Qf5 34. Rd1 a5 35. Rd2 a4 36. Ke2 e5 37. Ra2 b5 38. Bf2 e4 39. dxe4 dxe4 40. Rb2 e3 41. Be1 a3 0-1
Final Position
[Event “US Women’s Chess Championship 2019 “]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.03.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Yip, Carissa (USA)”]
[Black “Feng, Maggie (USA)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “91”]
[EventDate “2019.03.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.03.24”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 h5 8. Qf4 Nh6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be3 Be7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Ne2 Kg8 13. h3 h4 14. Rg1 Kf8 15. g3 g5 16. Nxg5 Qxe5 17. Nh7+ Rxh7 18. Bxh7 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Kg7 20. Bc2 f5 21. O-O-O Nf7 22. gxh4+ Kh7 23. Bg5 Nd6 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rg5 Nf7 26. Rg3 Bd7 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. c4 Rxg3 29. fxg3 Nd6 30. cxd5 e5 31. Re1 e4 32. g4 Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kg6 34. Ng3 Nxd5 35. gxf5+ Bxf5 36. Nxe4 Nb5 37. Ng3 Bxc2 38. Kxc2 Nd4+ 39. Kd3 Nf3 40. h5+ Kg5 41. Rc1 Kf4 42. Ne2+ Ke5 43. h6 Ng5 44. Rg1 Nh7 45. Rg7 Ndf6 46. Rxb7 1-0
Final Position
Images Below Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto
