Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Kamsky and Krush Win First Games

Uscc finals r102 (jstrand) / CC BY-SA 3.0


Defending U.S. Champion GM Gata Kamsky won with White against GM Yuri Shulman to take a lead in their match. Kamsky won the title last year against Shulman in an Armageddon match. The first game in the battle for third place between GM-elect Sam Shankland and GM Robert Hess ended in a draw.

Uscc finals r101 (jstrand) / CC BY-SA 3.0


In the women's tournament, WFM Tatev Abrahamyan drew against IM Anna Zatonskih in their first game in the title match. But IM Irina Krush pressed hard to win with the black pieces in her bid for third place against WGM Camilla Baginskaite.


2011 10k blitz 07 (jstrand) / CC BY-SA 3.0



Yesterday saw World #8 GM Hikaru Nakamura take top honors at the $10,000 Blitz Open played at St. Louis University's Busch Student Center. Hikaru reprised his win from last year.


Replay the other scores from today after the break.






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