U.S. Chess Championship 2009 - Round 1 Results

GM Yury Shulman (2697) defeats IM Enrico Sevillano (2549) (1-0)
GM Ildar Ibragimov (2628) loses to GM Gata Kamsky (2798) (0-1)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2757) defeats GM Alexander Shabalov (2620) (1-0)
GM Joshua Friedel (2568) draws GM Alexander Onischuk (2736) ( ½-½ )
IM Robert Hess (2545) defeats GM Larry Christiansen (2681) (1-0)
GM Julio Becerra (2672) defeats IM Ray Robson (2542) (1-0)
IM Anna Zatonskih (2503) loses to GM Varuzhan Akobian (2664) (0-1)
GM Gregory Kaidanov (2662) draws IM Irina Krush (2496) ( ½-½ )
IM Samuel Shankland (2464) draws GM Joel Benjamin (2650) ( ½-½ )
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2649) defeats IM Michael Brooks (2419) (1-0)
Charles Lawton (2350) loses to GM Melikset Khachiyan (2632) (0-1)
GM Boris Gulko (2631) loses to Tyler Hughes (2293) (0-1)

STANDINGS

1. GM Kamsky, Gata..................... 1.0
2. GM Nakamura, Hikaru............. 1.0
3. GM Shulman, Yury.................. 1.0
4. GM Becerra, Julio.................... 1.0
5. GM Akobian, Varuzhan............ 1.0
6. GM Ehlvest, Jaan..................... 1.0
7. GM Khachiyan, Melikset.......... 1.0
8. IM Hess, Robert...................... 1.0
9. Hughes, Tyler.......................... 1.0

10. GM Onischuk, Alexander...... 0.5
11. GM Kaidanov, Gregory......... 0.5
12. GM Benjamin, Joel............... 0.5
13. GM Friedel, Joshua.............. 0.5
14. IM Krush, Irina.................... 0.5
15. IM Shankland, Samuel......... 0.5

16. GM Christiansen, Larry....... 0.0
17. GM Gulko, Boris.................. 0.0
18. GM Ibragimov, Ildar........... 0.0
19. GM Shabalov, Alexander.... 0.0
20. IM Sevillano, Enrico.......... 0.0
21. IM Robson, Ray................. 0.0
22. IM Zatonskih, Anna........... 0.0
23. IM Brooks, Michael........... 0.0
24. Lawton, Charles................ 0.0

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