Round 7 - Thursday, May 14, 2:00 pm

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Board White Rating Result Black Rating
1. GM Yury Shulman (4½) 2697 0-1 GM Alexander Onischuk (4) 2736
2. GM Hikaru Nakamura (4) 2757 1-0 GM Varuzhan Akobian (4½) 2664
3. GM Joel Benjamin (4) 2650 0-1 GM Gata Kamsky (4) 2798
4. GM Joshua Friedel (4) 2568 0-1 IM Robert Hess (4) 2545
5. IM Enrico Sevillano (3) 2549 1-0 GM Gregory Kaidanov (3½) 2662
6. IM Ray Robson (3½) 2542 0-1 IM Michael Brooks (3) 2419
7. GM Jaan Ehlvest (3) 2649 1-0 IM Irina Krush (3) 2496
8. GM Ildar Ibragimov (2½) 2628 1-0 GM Melikset Khachiyan (2½) 2632
9. GM Boris Gulko (2½) 2631 ½-½ GM Alexander Shabalov (2½) 2620
10. IM Samuel Shankland (2½) 2464 0-1 Tyler Hughes (2) 2293
11. FM Doug Eckert (1) 2278 0-1 GM Larry Christiansen (2) 2681
12. GM Julio Becerra (2) 2672 1-0 Charles Lawton (0) 2350

 

Round 7 (May 14, 2009)
Gulko, Boris F - Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ 46 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Shankland, Samuel L - Hughes, Tyler B 0-1 67 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Lawton,Charles 1-0 39 B07 Pirc Defence
Ibragimov, Ildar - Khachiyan, Melikset 1-0 38 D81 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Robson, Ray - Brooks, Michael A 0-1 76 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Ehlvest, Jaan - Krush, Irina 1-0 93 A07 Barcza System
Eckert, Doug D - Christiansen, Larry M 0-1 46 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Sevillano, Enrico - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1-0 60 C02 French Advance
Friedel, Joshua E - Hess, Robert L 0-1 29 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Benjamin, Joel - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 50 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Nakamura, Hikaru - Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 40 C11 French Defence
Shulman, Yuri - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 58 E94 King's Indian Classical

Round 7 News and Media Coverage


VIDEO: 2009 US Chess Championship Wrap Up Round 7

Jennifer Shahade and Macauley Peterson review the seventh round of the US Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

TOP 3 SEEDS, RISING STAR TAKE CHARGE AT U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

St. Louis, Mo., 14 May, 2009 -- The leaderboard flipped Thursday in the seventh of nine rounds of the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. At the end of the day, the three top seeds coming into the tournament, and a 17-year-old rising star, shared first place.

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