2010 U.S. Championship

Photos By Official Event Photographer Betsy Dynako

2010 US Championship Media Kit

Click here for tiebreaks and playoff procedures.

The 24 invited players include (click here to see a list of player bios):

• The defending U.S. Champion - GM Hikaru Nakamura
• The winner of the 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship - GM Larry Christiansen
• The winner of the 2009 U.S. Junior Championship - GM Ray Robson
• The top five qualifiers from the 2009 U.S. Open Championship - GM Alex Lenderman, GMs Sergey Kudrin, Alex Yermolinsky, Dmitry Gurevich, and Jesse Kraai
• The winner of the 2010 ICC State Champion of Champions - IM Levon Altounian
• The top 11 U.S. players by rating of the United States Chess Federation:
  • GM Gata Kamsky
  • GM Alexander Onischuk
  • GM Varuzhan Akobian
  • GM Yury Shulman
  • GM Jaan Ehlvest
  • GM Alexander Shabalov
  • GM Gregory Kaidanov
  • GM Robert Hess
  • GM Melikset Khachiyan
  • GM Joel Benjamin
  • GM Ben Finegold
• Four wildcard spots:
  • GM Alexander Stripunsky
  • GM Vinay Bhat
  • IM Sam Shankland
  • IM Irina Krush

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