Saturday, April 23, 2011

Men Draw, Women Fight

Uscc semifinals r102 (jstrand) / CC BY-SA 3.0
Today's semi-final matches in the 2011 U.S. Chess Championships ended in draws for the men and wins for IM Anna Zatonskih and WGM Camilla Baginskaite. GM-elect Sam Shankland held a draw with the white pieces against defending champion GM Gata Kamsky and GM Robert Hess did the same with the black pieces against GM Yuri Shulman. Zatonskih snipped a pawn against IM Irina Krush to win with the white pieces and Baginskaite prevailed with the black pieces against WFM Abrahamyan. Tomorrow the colors will reverse in the matches. Check out today's full game scores after the break.
Uscc semifinals r104 (jstrand) / CC BY-SA 3.0








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