26 May 2010, St. Louis- In the tie-breaker game between Gata Kamsky against Yuri Shulman where Kamsky playing black only needs to draw to win the championship and that was what he managed to do as black.
With that draw, it secures the 2010 US Chess Championship for GM Gata Kamsky and the title of US Champion 2010. Here is a copy of the game with the diagram at move 66…Nd2. White has a pawn and a white-coloured bishop while black has two pawns and an active knight.
GM Yuri Shulman vs GM Gata Kamsky.
The final rankings are shown below:-
Last year’s US Champion, GM Nakamura ended in third place with 6.0 points. GM Christiansen in 9th place with 5.0 points, GM Benjamin in 13th place with 4.5 points, IM Irina Krush (the only lady chess player) at 15th place and 4.5 points and GM Alex Lenderman, of Kings Of New York-fame, is in 18th place and with 3.5 points.
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