Nakamura And 3 Others Lead In U.S. Chess Championship 2010

21 May 2010 – At St. Louis, USA, Nakamura and 3 others are leading with 5.0 points after 7 rounds of play so far. Today is a rest day for the players. It is a 9 round Swiss Tournament. However the top 4 after 9 rounds will be separated to slug it out over a round-robin.

Looks like Gata Kamsky, Yuri Shulman and Alexander Onischuk are the likely three other candidates to join Hikaru Nakamura in the round-robin finals to decide the new U.S. Chess Champion 2010. They all have 5.0 points out of 7 rounds.

Here is a game in round 7 of the US Chess Championships 2010 between IM Irina Krush and IM/GM Alex Lenderman of “The Kings Of New York”-fame. The Exchange Gruenfeld transpired during the game and Alex more or less got into a losing position by move 71. IM Irina Krush has 4.0 points and is currently in the top 11 of the 24 participating players in the tournament. The game was extracted from the ICC website.

Rankings After Round 7