by National Life Master Loal Davis
Varuzhan Akobian
[Event “U.S. Championship 2017”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.06”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Zherebukh, Yaroslav”]
[Black “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “56”]
[EventDate “2017.03.29”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.06”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. b3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qe3 Bf4 17. Qc3 f5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b4 Ne4 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. Nxb6 Rxc2 23. Nd7 Rbc8 24. Bd3 Rb2 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rd4 f5 27. Rad1
Black (Akobian) To Play
Back row problems.
exf3 28. Rxf4 Rd2 0-1
Alexander Onischuk versus Ray Robson
[Event “U.S. Championship 2017”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.06”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Onischuk, Alexander”]
[Black “Robson, Ray”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “129”]
[EventDate “2017.03.29”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.06”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O e6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Nd2 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qb2
White (Onischuk) To Move
Queen Problems
16. Rfb1 Qxc3 17. Nc4 Nf6 18. Ra3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxc3 Bxb1 21. Rc1 cxd4 22. Bg5 d3 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. Rxb1 Rxc4 25. Qxd3 Rc5 26. h4 h5 27. Rd1 Rd5 28. Qf3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 a5 30. Qf3 Ra7 31. Be3 Rc7 32. Bxb6 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc4 34. g3 a4 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qa7 Kg8 37. Qa6 Rb4 38. Bc5 Rb8 39. Qxa4 Bf6 40. Qf4 Rc8 41. Qxf6 Rxc5 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qf8 Rf5 44. Kg2 Rf6 45. Kf1 Rf5 46. Ke2 e5 47. Kf1 Rf6 48. Kg2 Rf5 49. f3 Rf6 50. Qe7 Rf5 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Rf4 53. Kg3 Rf1 54. Qxe5 Rg1+ 55. Kf3 Rb1 56. Qd4 Rc1 57. Kf4 Re1 58. Qb4 Rf1+ 59. Ke5 Kg7 60. Kd6 Rf6+ 61. Kd7 Re6 62. Qc4 g5 63. h5 Re5 64. Qd4 f6 65. Kd6 1-0
Final Position
Daniel Naroditsky versus Fabiano Caruana
[Event “U.S. Championship 2017”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.06”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Naroditsky, Daniel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “57”]
[EventDate “2017.03.29”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.06”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Ne7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. dxc5
A Nice Lateral Pin. White dominates.
bxc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7+ Rxh7 15. Bxh7 Bb7 16. O-O Nbc6 17. Rab1 Ba6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rfd1 Nxe5 20. Qg3 f6 21. Rd6 Bc8 22. Rbd1 Nd5 23. Bf4 Rb8 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd2 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Bg8+ Kg6 28. Qe4+ Kf6 29. Qf3+ 1-0
Final Position
| # | Name | Pts | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So, Wesley | 5 | 19.75 |
| Akobian, Varuzhan | 5 | 19.25 | |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | 4.5 | 17.5 |
| Zherebukh, Yaroslav | 4.5 | 17 | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 4.5 | 16.5 | |
| Onischuk, Alexander | 4.5 | 16.5 | |
| 7 | Naroditsky, Daniel | 3.5 | 15.25 |
| Shankland, Samuel L | 3.5 | 15 | |
| Xiong, Jeffery | 3.5 | 14 | |
| Kamsky, Gata | 3.5 | 12.75 | |
| Robson, Ray | 3.5 | 12 | |
| 12 | Shabalov, Alexander | 2.5 | 10 |