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Kamsky Reigns Supreme, Women Head to Tiebreak

[imagefield_assist|fid=9877|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=GM Gata Kamsky successfully defended his title against a strong field. His next challenge: GM Veselin Topalov In a Candidates Match next month.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=464]

By FM Mike Klein

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Kamsky Edges Shulman; Zatonskih, Abrahamyan Draw

[imagefield_assist|fid=9875|preset=fullsize|title=Tatev Abrahamyan and Anna Zatonskih agreed to a draw in the first game of the U.S. Women's Championship Finals.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=464]

By FM Mike Klein

At the 2011 U.S. Championship, the defending champion took a large step Tuesday toward repeating his title. GM Gata Kamsky unearthed a win from seemingly infertile ground against GM Yury Shulman in the first game of their two-game title match. Shulman will take White tomorrow and has to win to extend the match into a Thursday playoff.

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U.S. Championship, U.S. Women's Championship Finals Set

[imagefield_assist|fid=9839|preset=fullsize|title=GM Yury Shulman, right, outlasted the charging 19-year-old GM Robert Hess to advance to the finals against GM Gata Kamsky.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=463]

By FM Mike Klein

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Kamsky Advances, Others Need Tiebreak

[imagefield_assist|fid=9805|preset=fullsize|title=Tatev Abrahamyan scored a victory in a must-win game today to force a playoff for the finals.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=464]

By FM Mike Klein

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Women’s Games Decisive, Men Decide Nothing

[imagefield_assist|fid=9802|preset=fullsize|title=WGM Camilla Baginskaite can secure her place in the finals of the U.S. Women's Championship with a win or draw over Tatev Abrahamyan.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=592]

By FM Mike Klein

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Zatonskih, Shankland Survive Playoffs to Advance

 

[imagefield_assist|fid=9772|preset=fullsize|title=GM-elect Sam Shankland outlasted and outplayed GM Alexander Onischuk in a playoff for the last spot in the Quad Finals.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=464]

By FM Mike Klein

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Semifinals Still Murky, Tiebreaks Await

 

[imagefield_assist|fid=9752|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=GM Yury Shulman agreed to an early draw against GM Gata Kamsky to secure his spot in the Quad Finals.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=376]

By FM Mike Klein

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Hess and Krush Ride Winning Streaks to Qualification

[imagefield_assist|fid=9710|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=IM Anna Zatonskih, right, kept hope alive with a round six victory over IM Rusudan Goletiani.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=464]

By FM Mike Klein

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Desperate Push for Qualification Continues

[imagefield_assist|fid=9670|preset=fullsize|title=IM Daniel Naroditsky, right, scored a big upset in round 5 against GM Ray Robson.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=464]

By FM Mike Klein

Round five of the U.S. Championship produced the most fighting chess so far at the 2011 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship. Players of the Black pieces won an astounding six games, and half of the games went into the sixth hour. Three-fourths of the games ended with a winner, and even the defending champion could not get an easy day off.

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Youth Movement Continues at U.S. Championships

[imagefield_assist|fid=9613|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=IM Anna Zatonskih suffered a pivotal loss against reigning champion IM Irina Krush in round four.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=464]

By FM Mike Klein

Past the halfway point at the 2011 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, the students are schooling the veterans. After four rounds at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, most of the leaders could not tell you what life was like in the 1980s.

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