TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
US Championship St Louis USA 2009 (3)
Kansas City Chess Star Makes His Move in the U.S. Championship
US Championship Press Release - Monday 11th May 2009
Nakamura playing Hess. | http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009
St. Louis, MO May 10, 2009: Local Kansas City player International Master Michael Brooks is proving to be the dangerous unknown quantity for some of the game's leading Grandmasters in the 2009 U.S. Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
Round 3 Kamsky - Shulman was a 30 move draw. Photo © Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009
Round 3. Hikaru Nakamura was a bridge to far for suprise round 2 leader Robert Hess. Photo © Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009
| Round 3 (May 10, 2009) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krush, Irina | - Gulko, Boris F | 1-0 | 54 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
| Shulman, Yuri | - Kamsky, Gata | ½-½ | 30 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence |
| Onischuk, Alexander | - Ehlvest, Jaan | ½-½ | 41 | E38 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
| Becerra Rivero, Julio | - Hughes, Tyler B | 1-0 | 29 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen |
| Brooks, Michael A | - Sevillano, Enrico | ½-½ | 70 | C19 | French Winawer |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Hess, Robert L | 1-0 | 49 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 |
| Shankland, Samuel L | - Khachiyan, Melikset | ½-½ | 31 | C41 | Philidor's Defence |
| Kaidanov, Gregory S | - Zatonskih, Anna | * | Postponed | ||
| Ibragimov, Ildar | - Christiansen, Larry M | ½-½ | 40 | D10 | Slav Defence |
| Lawton,Charles | - Shabalov, Alexander | 0-1 | 27 | B03 | Alekhine's Defence |
| Akobian, Varuzhan | - Robson, Ray | 1-0 | 51 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations |
| Benjamin, Joel | - Friedel, Joshua E | 0-1 | 60 | A46 | Queen's Pawn Opening |
| ch-USA Saint Louis (USA), 8-16 v 2009 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
| 1. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2720 | +17 | +9 | =2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2½ | 2883 |
| 2. | Shulman, Yuri | g | USA | 2632 | +14 | +13 | =1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2½ | 2868 |
| 3. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2701 | +20 | =5 | +7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2½ | 2826 |
| 4. | Friedel, Joshua E | g | USA | 2516 | =6 | +21 | +10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2½ | 2893 |
| 5. | Ehlvest, Jaan | g | USA | 2606 | +12 | =3 | =6 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2741 |
| 6. | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2684 | =4 | +18 | =5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2575 |
| 7. | Hess, Robert L | m | USA | 2485 | +16 | +8 | -3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2757 |
| 8. | Becerra Rivero, Julio | g | USA | 2609 | +19 | -7 | +18 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2518 |
| 9. | Akobian, Varuzhan | g | USA | 2612 | +22 | -1 | +19 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2673 |
| 10. | Benjamin, Joel | g | USA | 2583 | =11 | +15 | -4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2471 |
| 11. | Shankland, Samuel L | m | USA | 2446 | =10 | =16 | =13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2572 |
| 12. | Brooks, Michael A | m | USA | 2463 | -5 | +20 | =14 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2565 |
| 13. | Khachiyan, Melikset | g | USA | 2546 | +24 | -2 | =11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2359 |
| 14. | Sevillano, Enrico | m | USA | 2520 | -2 | +24 | =12 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2365 |
| 15. | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2452 | =21 | -10 | +23 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2579 |
| 16. | Christiansen, Larry M | g | USA | 2588 | -7 | =11 | =17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2380 |
| 17. | Ibragimov, Ildar | g | USA | 2586 | -1 | =22 | =16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2464 |
| 18. | Hughes, Tyler B | USA | 2230 | +23 | -6 | -8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2493 | |
| 19. | Robson, Ray | m | USA | 2465 | -8 | +23 | -9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2469 |
| 20. | Shabalov, Alexander | g | USA | 2569 | -3 | -12 | +24 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2263 |
| 21. | Kaidanov, Gregory S | g | USA | 2595 | =15 | -4 | ? | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2291 |
| 22. | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2461 | -9 | =17 | ? | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2406 |
| 23. | Gulko, Boris F | g | USA | 2561 | -18 | -19 | -15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | |
| 24. | Lawton,Charles | USA | ---- | -13 | -14 | -20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | ||
St. Louis, MO May 10, 2009: Local Kansas City player International Master Michael Brooks is proving to be the dangerous unknown quantity for some of the game's leading Grandmasters in the 2009 U.S. Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
After narrowly losing to top-rated Grandmaster Jaan Ehlvest from Baltimore, MD, in an epic opening round clash, Brooks, 47, who rarely plays outside of his native state of Missouri, caused the sensation of round two by outplaying and beating one of the pre-championship favorites in four-time U.S. Champion Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov of Pittsburgh, PA. The game proved to be one of best of the day's round and the appreciative local Missouri audience gave their man the biggest cheer of the day with the sensational win over such a high-rated opponent.
Brooks, playing opponents all rated much higher than himself in the elite event of the American game, is now playing to par with a 50 per cent score of 1.5-points from his first three games after he successfully held IM Enrico Sevillano from Tehachapi, CA, to a draw in round three.
Due to a minor ailment, WGM Zatonskih, the only mother in the 24-player field on Mother's Day, had to attend St. Louis University Hospital for treatment for a minor ailment. Unfortunately this meant she was unable to play her round three game and would have had to automatically forfeit the loss to her opponent without a move being played - but, in a true act of sportsmanship, Kaidanov - who could easily have claimed a win by default - magnanimously offered to postpone their match-up until the official rest day on Friday, when they will both play catch-up on the day the rest of the field are on a break.
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