Nakamora is now the new U.S. champion (men's) after defeating Stripunsky in a play-off match of short time control. Nakamora, who holds the blitz record on ICC, easily dusted off the ancient twenty-odd year-old Stripunsky. Next, he's off to Mexico to play another phenom, Karjakin, next week. That will be interesting. Nakamura's games were all of the fighting variety, even the draws. He will not accept a draw in an even position. In some of the games he was objectively lost, but still held on to draw or win. some people who have met Nak personally have come away with a bad impression, but I have only access to his games, which are exciting and I would rather have an exciting U.S. champ who has a nasty personality but a winner over the board. Remind you of anybody?
Originally posted by buddy2Indeed! That's good to hear. Thanks Buddy. I haven't been able to follow the games much for the last few days. I believe Nakamora winning is somewhat of an upset isn't it?
Nakamora is now the new U.S. champion (men's) after defeating Stripunsky in a play-off match of short time control. Nakamora, who holds the blitz record on ICC, easily dusted off the ancient twenty-odd year-old Stripunsky. Next, he's off to Mexico to play another phenom, Karjakin, next week. That will be interesting. Nakamura's games were all of the fi ...[text shortened]... ting U.S. champ who has a nasty personality but a winner over the board. Remind you of anybody?
Oh, and do you have the link back to the site where the games are? I'm at work and I don't have it bookmarked here.
Thanks!
Wib
Originally posted by wibThanks TOV!
Indeed! That's good to hear. Thanks Buddy. I haven't been able to follow the games much for the last few days. I believe Nakamora winning is somewhat of an upset isn't it?
Oh, and do you have the link back to the site where the games are? I'm at work and I don't have it bookmarked here.
Thanks!
Wib
Originally posted by ChessMachine2004LOL. That's certainly true. Unless you count something like "Sitting Bull" or "Pocahontas". Any names in that vein would count as American. Other than that, we're all immigrants. 🙂
Yeah. I'd have to say Nakamura isn't exactly an American name Either 😉. But I dunno if there is such thing as an American name, since we're suppose to be the giant melting pot and Such. Oh Well.
Originally posted by wibHere it's all the player in this Tournament. See for your self. 🙂
LOL. That's certainly true. Unless you count something like "Sitting Bull" or "Pocahontas". Any names in that vein would count as American. Other than that, we're all immigrants. 🙂
Alexander Stripunsky 7/9 (+5 -0 =4)
Hikaru Nakamura 7/9 (+5 -0 =4)
Grigory Serper 6/9 (+3 -0 =6)
Gregory Kaidanov 6/9 (+5 -2 =2)
Sergey Kudrin 6/9 (+4 -1 =4)
Alexander Onischuk 6/9 (+4 -1 =4)
Yuri Shulman 6/9 (+3 -0 =6)
Joel Benjamin 6/9 (+3 -0 =6)
Julio J Becerra-Rivero 5.5/9 (+3 -1 =5)
Alexander Fishbein 5.5/9 (+5 -3 =1)
Gata Kamsky 5.5/9 (+2 -0 =7)
Varuzhan Akobian 5.5/9 (+2 -0 =7)
Ildar Ibragimov 5.5/9 (+4 -2 =3)
Alex Yermolinsky 5.5/9 (+3 -1 =5)
Boris Gulko 5.5/9 (+2 -0 =7)
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz 5.5/9 (+2 -0 =7)
Alexander Goldin 5.5/9 (+4 -2 =3)
Yurij Lapshun 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Alexander Shabalov 5/9 (+4 -3 =2)
Alexander Ivanov 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Igor Novikov 5/9 (+4 -3 =2)
Eugene Perelshteyn 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Levon Altounian 5/9 (+2 -1 =6)
Renier Gonzalez 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Lev Milman 5/9 (+4 -3 =2)
Cyrus Lakdawala 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Nick DeFirmian 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Larry Christiansen 5/9 (+2 -1 =6)
Benjamin Finegold 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Dimitri Gurevich 5/9 (+3 -2 =4)
Salvijus Bercys 5/9 (+4 -3 =2)
Michael Casella 4.5/9 (+4 -4 =1)
Rusudan Goletiani 4.5/9 (+4 -4 =1)
Dmitry Schneider 4.5/9 (+3 -3 =3)
Stanislav G Kriventsov 4.5/9 (+3 -3 =3)
Walter S Browne 4.5/9 (+3 -3 =3)
Tatev Abrahamyan 4.5/9 (+4 -4 =1)
Ronald Burnett 4.5/9 (+4 -4 =1)
Blas Lugo 4.5/9 (+3 -3 =3)
Marcel Martinez 4/9 (+3 -4 =2)
Dmitry Zilberstein 4/9 (+1 -2 =6)
Irina Krush 4/9 (+3 -4 =2)
Stephen Muhammad 4/9 (+3 -4 =2)
Joshua E Friedel 4/9 (+2 -3 =4)
Matthew Hoekstra 4/9 (+3 -4 =2)
Tsagaan Battsetseg 4/9 (+3 -4 =2)
Tegshsuren Enhbat 4/9 (+4 -5 =0)
Anatoly Lein 3.5/9 (+2 -4 =3)
Bruci Lopez 3.5/9 (+2 -4 =3)
Robby Adamson 3.5/9 (+2 -4 =3)
Anna Zatonskih 3.5/9 (+2 -4 =3)
Jesse Kraai 3.5/9 (+2 -4 =3)
Chouchanik Airapetian 3.5/9 (+3 -5 =1)
Iryna Zenyuk 3.5/9 (+3 -5 =1)
Tatiana Vayserberg 3/9 (+2 -5 =2)
Jennifer Shahade 3/9 (+2 -5 =2)
Fabio La Rota 3/9 (+1 -4 =4)
Anna Levina 3/9 (+2 -5 =2)
Anna Hahn 3/9 (+2 -5 =2)
Laura Ross 3/9 (+1 -4 =4)
Vanessa West 2.5/9 (+2 -6 =1)
Jake Kleiman 2.5/9 (+2 -6 =1)
Esther Epstein 2.5/9 (+0 -4 =5)
Olga Sagalchik 0.5/9 (+0 -8 =1)
Originally posted by WestWoodNot to get all sentimental or anything, but I'd say that list is a nice representation of exactly why America is so great.
Here it's all the player in this Tournament. See for your self. 🙂
Alexander Stripunsky 7/9 (+5 -0 =4)
Hikaru Nakamura 7/9 (+5 -0 =4)
Grigory Serper 6/9 (+3 -0 =6)
Gregory Kaidanov 6/9 (+5 -2 =2)
Sergey Kudrin 6/9 (+4 -1 =4)
Alexander Onischuk 6/9 (+4 -1 =4)
Yuri Shulman 6/9 (+3 -0 =6)
Joel Benjamin 6/9 (+3 -0 =6)
Julio J Becerra-Rivero ...[text shortened]... Kleiman 2.5/9 (+2 -6 =1)
Esther Epstein 2.5/9 (+0 -4 =5)
Olga Sagalchik 0.5/9 (+0 -8 =1)
Kinda brings a teardrop to my eye.... :'(
Oh, and yeah, I didn't see any "Running Deer" names there. Too bad.
Yea, we're a nation of immigrants. Some are first generation, some are fifteenth. I wager even the Indians originally came from somewhere else. Come to think of it, everybody came from somewhere else, no matter where you areright now. One reason i like chess is because it's not restricted to upper classes or college educated or anything. It brings all levels together. Once, I saw a well-known writer at a New York quad. I thought, maybe i should go up and say something to him. Then i thought. Nah, let him enjoy a game of chess without interference.
