[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: US Championship, Round 2

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
US Championship, Round 2
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210818958.shtml


   First the results:
   Gurevich - Kaidanov 0-1
   Kudrin - Ivanov 1-0
   Yermolinsky - Gulko 1/2-1/2
   Ippolito - Onischuk 0-1
   Shulman - Pruess 1-0
   Kraai - Akobian 1/2-1/2
   Becerra - Fedorowicz 1-0
   Perelshteyn - Langer 1-0
   Finegold - Ludwig 1/2-1/2
   Shabalov - Kaufman 1-0
   Friedel - Shankland 1-0
   Vigorito - Galant 1-0
   Then the pairings, with point totals in parentheses:
   Kaidanov (2.0) - Kudrin (2.0)
   Onischuk (1.5) - Perelshteyn (1.5)
   Gulko (1.5) - Shulman (1.5)
   Becerra (1.5) - Yermolinsky (1.5)
   Ludwig (1.0) - Shabalov (1.0)
   Akobian (1.0) - Gurevich (1.0)
   Ivanov (1.0) - Friedel (1.0)
   Kraai (1.0) - Finegold (1.0)
   Fedorowicz (0.5) - Vigorito (1.0)
   Pruess (0.5) - Ippolito (0.5)
   Kaufman (0.0) - Langer (0.5)
   Shankland (0.0) - Galant (0.0)
   The tournament site is [1]here, while you can replay the attractive
   but strange game Becerra-Fedorowicz [2]here. Its attractiveness is
   self-explanatory, but the strange aspect comes from the loser,
   well-known as a theoretician, playing a line long considered very bad,
   seemingly without a new idea in mind. Another case of errare humanum
   est, I suppose.

References

   1. http://www.monroi.com/the-2008-fkb-us-chess-championship-home.html
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/uschamps2008_rd2.htm