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VIDEO: 2009 US Chess Championship Wrap Up Round 3
Jennifer Shahade and Macauley Peterson review the third round of the US Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
ZATONSKIH WITHDRAWS FROM CHAMPIONSHIP; REPLACED BY DOUG ECKERT
Saint Louis , May 11 -- Anna Zatonskih withdrew Sunday from the U.S. Chess Championship because of an unspecified medical illness.
"There were some medical issues," said Tony Rich, executive director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, which is hosting the tournament. "I know that she went to the hospital Sunday morning."
Kansas City Chess Star Makes His Move in the U.S. Championship
St. Louis, MO May 10, 2009: Local Kansas City player International Master Michael Brooks is proving to be the dangerous unknown quantity for some of the game's leading Grandmasters in the 2009 U.S. Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
2009 United States Chess Championship Round 3 Photos
Photos from round 3 of the 2009 United States Chess Championship.
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2009 US Chess Championship: Kamsky Time Lapse Game
A time lapse video from Round 1 of the US Chess Championship featuring New York's Gata Kamsky vs Varuzhan Akobian.
Defending Champ Yury Shulman Clashes with Gata Kamsky At Round Three of US Chess Championship
St. Louis, MO May 10, 2009: It's the big clash of the contenders and rivals in round three of the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, with the early top board pairing of the defending champion, Yury Shulman from Illinois, and the #1 seed and favorite for the title, Gata Kamsky from Brooklyn.
High Resolution Images From Round 2
High-Resolution images from Round 2 of the 2009 US Chess Championship (for print media) can be downloaded from the Slay and Associates site HERE: http://www.slayandassociates.com/news/u/2009-chess-championship-high-resolution . Warning: filesize is 74MB.
Kamsky vs Shulman: #1 Seed vs. Defending Champ
Brooklyn’s GM Gata Kamsky will be playing against Illinois’ GM Yury Shulman today during Round 3 of the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship. Kamsky’s USCF rating is 2798, compared with Shulman’s 2697.
Kamsky is currently the highest rated competitor at the championship. Shulman, the winner of the 2008 Championship, is the fourth.
BIG UPSETS DOMINATE U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Saint Louis, May 9, 2009 -- The second day of the U.S. Chess Championship was a repeat of the first, with big upsets and teenagers making the biggest buzz. While it's hardly a surprise that No. 1 ranked Gata Kamsky of Brooklyn, N.Y., is undefeated after round two, it's shocking that one of the two other undefeated players in the 24-competitor championship is Robert Hess, a 17-year-old from New York.
