US Chess Championship 2016

2016 US Chess Championship

US Chess Championship 2016 ( Eng. US Chess Championship 2016 ) - a competition that took place from April 14 to 30 in St. Louis .

Referee: Carol Jarecki

Content

1 Regulation
2 members
3 Prizes
4 Tours
5 table
6 Blitz
- 6.1 Results
7 notes
8 References

Rules

2016 US Chess Champion Fabiano Caruana

Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes until the end of the game, with the addition of 30 seconds for each move made, starting from the 1st move.
Participants are not allowed to agree to a draw until move 30.

Members

Fabiano Caruana (2795)
Hikaru Nakamura (2787)
Wesley So (2773)
Gata Kamsky (2678)
Alexander Onischuk (2664)
Ray Robson (2663)

Samuel Shankland (2656)
Alexander Lenderman (2618)
Jeffrey Xiong (2618)
Varujan Hakobyan (2615)
Alexander Shabalov (2528)
Akshat Chandra (2477)

¹) ratings are given for April 2016

Prizes

Total Prize Pool $ 194,000

1. $ 50,000
2. $ 35,000
3. $ 25,000
4. $ 20,000
5. $ 15,000
6. $ 10,000

7. $ 9,000
8. $ 8,000
9. $ 7,000
10. $ 6,000
11. $ 5,000
12. $ 4,000

Tour Movement

1st round 04/14/2016
Caruana	0	1-0	0	Hakobyan
Shankland	0	1-0	0	Chandra
With	0	1-0	0	Kama
Nakamura	0	1-0	0	Lenderman
Shabalov	0	0: 1	0	Robson
Onischuk	0	½: ½	0	Xiong
4th round 04/17/2016
Hakobyan	½	½: ½	2½	Robson
Lenderman	½	½: ½	1½	Xiong
Kama	one	½: ½	1½	Onischuk
Chandra	½	½: ½	one	Shabalov
Caruana	2½	1-0	2	Nakamura
Shankland	2	½: ½	2½	With
7th round 04/21/2016
Nakamura	3½	1-0	1½	Hakobyan
Shabalov	3	0: 1	4½	With
Onischuk	3	1-0	2½	Shankland
Xiong	3½	½: ½	5	Caruana
Robson	four	1-0	1½	Chandra
Lenderman	2	½: ½	2	Kama
10th round 04.24.2016
Hakobyan	3	1-0	1½	Chandra
Caruana	7	½: ½	four	Kama
Shankland	3½	½: ½	3½	Lenderman
With	6½	½: ½	6	Robson
Nakamura	6	1-0	5	Xiong
Shabalov	3	½: ½	5	Onischuk

2nd round 04/15/2016
Hakobyan	0	½: ½	½	Xiong
Robson	one	1-0	½	Onischuk
Lenderman	0	½: ½	0	Shabalov
Kama	0	½: ½	one	Nakamura
Chandra	0	0: 1	one	With
Caruana	one	1-0	one	Shankland
5th round 04/18/2016
With	3	1-0	one	Hakobyan
Nakamura	2	1-0	2½	Shankland
Shabalov	1½	½: ½	3½	Caruana
Onischuk	2	1-0	one	Chandra
Xiong	2	1-0	1½	Kama
Robson	3	½: ½	one	Lenderman
8th round 04/22/2016
Hakobyan	1½	½: ½	2½	Kama
Chandra	1½	0: 1	2½	Lenderman
Caruana	5½	½: ½	5	Robson
Shankland	2½	½: ½	four	Xiong
With	5½	½: ½	four	Onischuk
Nakamura	4½	1-0	3	Shabalov
11th round 04/25/2016
Onischuk	5½	½: ½	four	Hakobyan
Xiong	5	½: ½	3½	Shabalov
Robson	6½	½: ½	7	Nakamura
Lenderman	four	½: ½	7	With
Kama	4½	½: ½	four	Shankland
Chandra	1½	0: 1	7½	Caruana

3rd round 04/16/2016
Shankland	one	1-0	½	Hakobyan
With	2	½: ½	2	Caruana
Nakamura	1½	½: ½	0	Chandra
Shabalov	½	½: ½	½	Kama
Onischuk	½	1-0	½	Lenderman
Xiong	one	½: ½	2	Robson
6th round 04/20/2016
Hakobyan	one	½: ½	1½	Lenderman
Kama	1½	½: ½	3½	Robson
Chandra	one	½: ½	3	Xiong
Caruana	four	1-0	3	Onischuk
Shankland	2½	0: 1	2	Shabalov
With	four	½: ½	3	Nakamura
9th round 04/23/2016
Shabalov	3	0: 1	2	Hakobyan
Onischuk	4½	½: ½	5½	Nakamura
Xiong	4½	½: ½	6	With
Robson	5½	½: ½	3	Shankland
Lenderman	3½	0: 1	6	Caruana
Kama	3	1-0	1½	Chandra

Table

No.	Participant	Rating	one	2	3	four	5	6	7	8	9	10	eleven	12	+	-	=	Glasses	A place
one	Fabiano Caruana	2795		½	one	½	one	½	½	one	one	one	½	one	6	0	5	8½
2	Wesley So	2773	½		½	½	½	½	one	½	one	½	one	one	four	0	7	7½
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2787	0	½		½	½	one	½	one	one	one	one	½	5	one	5	7½
four	Ray Robson	2663	½	½	½		one	½	½	½	½	½	one	one	3	0	8	7	four
5	Alexander Onischuk	2664	0	½	½	0		½	½	one	½	one	½	one	3	2	6	6	5
6	Jeffrey Xiong	2618	½	½	0	½	½		one	½	½	½	½	½	one	one	9	5½	6
7	Gata Kamsky	2678	½	0	½	½	½	0		½	½	½	½	one	one	2	8	5	7
8	Alexander Lenderman	2618	0	½	0	½	0	½	½		½	½	½	one	one	3	7	4½	8
9	Varujan Hakobyan	2615	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½		0	one	one	2	four	5	4½	9
10	Samuel Shankland	2656	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	one		0	one	2	four	5	4½	10
eleven	Alexander Shabalov	2528	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	one		½	one	four	6	four	eleven
12	Akshat Chandra	2477	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½		0	8	3	1½	12

Blitz

In addition to the main championship, there was a friendly blitz chess tournament Ultimate Blitz Challenge . Former world champion Garry Kasparov played against the three strongest Americans: Fabiano Caruana , Wesley So , and Hikaru Nakamura ^[1] . This was Kasparov’s first appearance since ending his career in 2005. The prize of 50,000 USD was divided by the result into $ 20,000, $ 15,000, $ 10,000, and $ 5,000 respectively.

Results

Pl.	Player	Rating	one	2	3	four	Points
one	Hikaru Nakamura ( USA )	2883	X	0 1 ½ 1 1 ½	½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0	1 0 1 ½ 1 1	eleven
2	Wesley So ( USA )	2726	1 0 ½ 0 0 ½	X	0 1 1 1 ½ ½	0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1	10
3	Garry Kasparov ( RUS )	2812	½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1	1 0 0 0 1/2 ½	X	½ ½ 1 1 0 1	9½
four	Fabiano Caruana ( USA )	2665	0 1 0 ½ 0 0	1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0	½ ½ 0 0 1 0	X	5½

Notes

↑ Kasparov To Face Caruana, Nakamura, So In Ultimate Blitz Challenge (English) . Chess.com . Date of treatment April 28, 2016.

Links

Official page
US Chess Championships 2016 on The Week in Chess

[1] Kasparov To Face Caruana, Nakamura, So In Ultimate Blitz Challenge (English) . Chess.com . Date of treatment April 28, 2016.