2016 US Chess Championships

Ranking after round 3

Rank	Name	Score		Rating	TPR	W-We			SB	1	2	3	4
1	GM So, Wesley	2.5		2773	2923	+0.55			2.75	1	1	½
2	GM Caruana, Fabiano	2.5		2795	2954	+0.54			3.75	1	1	½
3	GM Robson, Ray	2.5		2663	2876	+0.76			3.25	1	1	½
4	GM Nakamura, Hikaru	2.0		2787	2716	-0.23			1.25	1	½	½
5	GM Shankland, Samuel L	2.0		2656	2754	+0.40			1.0	1	0	1
6	GM Xiong, Jeffery	1.5		2618	2647	+0.12			2.25	½	½	½
7	GM Onischuk, Alexander	1.5		2664	2633	-0.12			1.25	½	0	1
8	GM Kamsky, Gata	1.0		2678	2571	-0.42			1.5	0	½	½
9	GM Shabalov, Alexander	1.0		2528	2528	+0.00			0.75	0	½	½
10	IM Chandra, Akshat	0.5		2477	2466	-0.06			1.0	0	0	½
11	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	0.5		2615	2417	-0.70			0.75	0	½	0
12	GM Lenderman, Aleksandr	0.5		2618	2387	-0.84			0.5	0	½	0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A45"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Rb8 15. Ke2 Ba6+ 16. Ke3
Rfd8 17. f4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bf2 h5 21. b3
Bb5 22. c4 Bd7 23. h3 g6 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Kg7 26. g5 Be7
27. Kd3 Kf8 28. a4 a5 29. Be3 Ke8 30. Bf2 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Round "2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nh3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Nf4 Ne7 15. h4 h6 16. Qe2 Bd7
17. g4 b5 18. f3 a5 19. Kf2 Rab8 20. Kg3 Be8 21. Bd2 b4
22. axb4 axb4 23. Rhb1 Nc6 24. Qe3 b3 25. Bc1 Bd7 26. Ba3 bxc2
27. Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. Rca2 Be8 30. Bd6 Rxa2 31. Rxa2
Qd7 32. Qc1 Bf7 33. Qb1 Qe8 34. Qb7 Kh7 35. Ra6 Kg8 36. Bc7
Ne7 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Kh3 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Nh3
Kg8 42. g5 h5 43. Nf4 Kh7 44. Ng2 Bg8 45. Ne3 Bf7 46. Nc2 Bg8
47. Na3 Bf7 48. Kf2 Bg8 49. Ke3 Bf7 50. Kd2 Bg8 51. Kc2 Bf7
52. Kc1 Kg8 53. Nb5 Ne7 54. Na7 1-0

[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akshat Chandra"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb4
12. O-O Qb6 13. Bg5 Nc2 14. Rc1 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Bxh5 16. Nxh5
Nxe5 17. Re1 Nef3+ 18. gxf3 Rxh5 19. f4 g6 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Re4
Bg7 22. Nc5 Qxb2 23. Rc4 Rxg5+ 24. fxg5 O-O-O 25. Nb3 Nxb3
26. Qxb3 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Rd1 28. Qc2 Kd8 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Rb4 Rc1
31. Qe2 b5 32. Rb3 Rh1 33. Kg4 Kf8 34. Rg3 Kg8 35. Ree3 Qd4+
36. Re4 f5+ 37. gxf6 Qxf6 38. f4 Qxh4+ 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Qd3
Qh5+ 0-1

[Round "2"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Bh4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 Rg8 16. O-O h5
17. Qd1 Rg4 18. Bg3 Qh7 19. Rc1 a5 20. Re1 Ba6 21. cxd5 cxd5
22. e4 d4 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qb3 1-0

[Round "2"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. b3 c5 8. cxd5 Bg4 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Nbd7
12. g3 Nh5 13. Qb4 Nb6 14. Bg2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Qc5
Ndxf4+ 17. gxf4 Rc8 18. Qd5 Qb6 19. Qxb7 Qe6 20. Be4 Rfd8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Bf3 Rc2+ 24. Rd2 Rc1 25. Rd1
Rc2+ 26. Rd2 Rc1 27. Rd1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O b5 9. cxb5 c5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Nd4 Qe7 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Be1 Qe8 15. g4 Bf8 16. g5 Nh5
17. Be2 g6 18. f4 a6 19. Rc1 axb5 20. Bxb5 Qd8 21. Qe2 e5
22. fxe5 Qxg5 23. Bd2 Qxe5 24. Rcf1 Bg7 25. Be1 Ne4 26. Nxe4
dxe4 27. Rhg1 Nf6 28. h4 Nd5 29. Bg3 Qe7 30. Rc1 Nb4 31. Rxc8+
Rxc8 32. h5 Qc5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. a3 Nd5 35. Bf2 Qb6 36. Ka1
Bxd4 37. exd4 e3 38. Bg3 Qxd4 39. Rd1 Qe4 40. Bd3 Qa4 41. Bb1
Nf4 42. Qg4 f5 43. Bxf5 e2 44. Rb1 Rc3 45. Be6+ Kg7 46. Qxf4
Rxa3+ 47. bxa3 Qxa3+ 48. Ba2 Qc3+ 49. Rb2 e1=Q+ 50. Bxe1 Qxe1+
51. Bb1 Qa5+ 52. Ba2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Akshat Chandra"]
[ECO "A13"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 a6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. a4 c5 10. d3 Bd5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3
Bc6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 Qc7
17. Qb3 b4 18. Nb1 Nb6 19. Bg5 Nfd7 20. Nd2 O-O 21. Ne4 h6
22. Be3 Be7 23. Rfa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Qa2
Nab6 27. Nd2 Qc6 28. Ne1 Qa4 29. Qxa4 Nxa4 30. b3 Nc3 31. Kf1
f5 32. Nc4 Kf7 33. Bd2 Nb5 34. Nc2 Bf6 35. e4 Ne5 36. exf5
exf5 37. Be3 Nd7 38. h4 Ke6 39. Ne1 Nd4 40. Bxd4 Bxd4 41. Nf3
Bf6 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A05"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c6
7. Nbd2 a5 8. a4 d5 9. O-O Bf5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Ne4
12. Nf3 Nd6 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nfe5 Rfd8 15. e3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8
17. Qe2 Nc7 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Nf2 Re8 21. Rce1 Re7
22. Qd2 Ne8 23. Bd4 Qc7 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Be6 26. Rc1 Rd8
27. Qe2 f5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qb2+ Kg8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Bf5
32. Nf2 h5 33. Qc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "A Lenderman"]
[ECO "D10"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nh4 Be4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. d5 exd5
12. Nf5 g6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Bb5 Bf6 15. Bc3 Kf8 16. O-O Kg7
17. f3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qd6 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Rae1 Rc8 21. Rxe4
Rc7 22. Bb4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Bc3 Rxc3
26. bxc3 Qd6 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8 Kg7 30. Rb8
b6 31. Rb7+ Kh6 32. Rf7 g5 33. Bd3 g4 34. Kg1 Kg5 35. Rf8 Kh6
36. Ra8 a5 37. Rb8 Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf8
41. Rxb6 Ne7 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rxh8 Kxh8 44. Be4 Kg7 45. Kf2
Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Bxh7 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Kd3 g3 50. hxg3+
Kxg3 51. Be4 1-0