U.S. Chess Championship 2009 - Round 3 Results

Board White Rating Result Black Rating
1. GM Yury Shulman (2) 2697 ½-½ GM Gata Kamsky (2) 2798
2. GM Hikaru Nakamura (1½) 2757 1-0 IM Robert Hess (2) 2545
3. GM Alexander Onischuk (1½) 2736 ½-½ GM Jaan Ehlvest (1½) 2649
4. GM Joel Benjamin (1½) 2650 0-1 GM Joshua Friedel (1½) 2568
5. GM Julio Becerra (1) 2672 1-0 Tyler Hughes (1) 2293
6. GM Varuzhan Akobian (1) 2664 1-0 IM Ray Robson (1) 2542
7. IM Samuel Shankland (1) 2464 ½-½ GM Melikset Khachiyan (1) 2632
8. IM Michael Brooks (1) 2419 ½-½ IM Enrico Sevillano (1) 2549
9. GM Ildar Ibragimov (½) 2628 ½-½ GM Larry Christiansen (½) 2681
10. GM Gregory Kaidanov (½) 2662 PPD IM Anna Zatonskih (½) 2503
11. IM Irina Krush (½) 2496 1-0 GM Boris Gulko (0) 2631
12. Charles Lawton (0) 2350 0-1 GM Alexander Shabalov (0) 2620

Unfortunately, IM Anna Zatonskih has been taken ill. Her game against GM Gregory Kaidanov has been postponed until further notice.

Standings
No. Name Score

1. GM Kamsky, Gata (1)........... 2.5
2. GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2)....... 2.5
3. GM Shulman, Yury (4).......... 2.5
4. GM Friedel, Joshua (15)....... 2.5

5. GM Onischuk, Alexander (3).... 2.0
6. GM Becerra, Julio (6)......... 2.0
7. GM Akobian, Varuzhan (7)...... 2.0
8. GM Ehlvest, Jaan (10)......... 2.0
9. IM Hess, Robert (17).......... 2.0

10. GM Kaidanov, Gregory (8)...... 1.5
11. GM Benjamin, Joel (9)......... 1.5
12. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (11)... 1.5
13. IM Sevillano, Enrico (16)..... 1.5
14. IM Krush, Irina (20).......... 1.5
15. IM Shankland, Samuel (21)..... 1.5
16. IM Brooks, Michael (22)....... 1.5

17. GM Christiansen, Larry (5).... 1.0
18. GM Ibragimov, Ildar (13)...... 1.0
19. GM Shabalov, Alexander (14)... 1.0
20. IM Robson, Ray (18)........... 1.0
21. Hughes, Tyler (24)............ 1.0

22. IM Zatonskih, Anna (19)....... 0.5
23. GM Gulko, Boris (12).......... 0.0
24. Lawton, Charles (23).......... 0.0
25. Eckert, Doug D (25)........... 0.0

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