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GM Alexander Onischuk is having a tough time in the second half of Biel, where Dominguez is poised to take first. As Biel wraps up, American chess fans can watch GM Gata Kamsky pick up the torch at Sochi Grand Prix (July 31-Aug.15).

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GM Alexander Stripunsky took top honors at the Continental Open (July 25-27, Sturbridge, MA). Check out game highlights, photos and learn how reading Chess Life helped author Chris Bird earn his first FIDE rating.

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Pairings for Round 5

2008 Polgar: Polgar 2008

Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name

1 Rita Mirchandani (1813 : b : 3.5) - Courtney Jamison (2046 : b : 4.0)
2 Amelia Wheeless (1711 : w : 3.5) - Linda Diaz (1726 : b : 3.5)
3 Brianna Conley (1573 : WW : 3.0) - Ashley Carter (1877 : b : 3.0)
4 Michelle Xue Chen (1762 : w : 3.0) - Rheanna English (1713 : b : 3.0)
5 Alexandra Wiener (1560 : w : 3.0) - Eve Zhurbinskiy (1747 : b : 3.0)
6 Fiona Lam (1727 : w : 3.0) - Rebekah Liu (1699 : b : 3.0)
7 Sylvia S Yang (1911 : w : 2.5) - Rebecca Lelko (1595 : BB : 2.5)
8 Taylor Bailey (1650 : b : 2.5) - Janice Chen (1772 : b : 2.5)
9 Nisha Deolalikar (1726 : WW : 2.5) - Sayaka Foley (1652 : w : 2.5)
10 Angel Bohannon (1700 : w : 2.5) - WCM Claudia Munoz (1324 : BB : 2.5)
11 Shinan Jin (1686 : w : 2.0) - Hannah Hellwig (1333 : b : 2.0)
12 Melanie Newell (1198 : WW : 2.0) - Ananya Roy (1683 : b : 2.0)
13 Sonya Vohra (1621 : w : 2.0) - Elizabeth Oliver (1322 : BB : 2.0)
14 Michelle Farell (1506 : w : 2.0) - Mira Ensley-field (1258 : b : 2.0)
15 Leanne Hwa (1436 : w : 2.0) - Annie Wang (879 : b : 2.0)
16 Emily Tallo (1349 : w : 2.0) - Ashbea Oyadomari (900 : BB : 2.0)
17 Alexa Lasley (1141 : w : 2.0) - Jamie Olsen-Mills (1617 : b : 1.5)
18 Erica Barkell (1315 : w : 1.5) - Autumn Douthitt (1154 : b : 1.5)
19 Joanna Gossell (1255 : w : 1.5) - Susan Lynn Brown (969 : b : 1.5)
20 Sorel Edes (1098 : w : 1.5) - Georgia Olvera (1292 : b : 1.0)
21 Sarah Garza (1244 : w : 1.0) - Kaitlynn Loos (734 : b : 1.0)
22 Rebecca Deland (1166 : w : 1.0) - Catherine Oliver (719 : b : 1.0)
23 Morgan Mahowald (994 : w : 1.0) - Dhrooti Vyas (1117 : b : 1.0)
24 Crystal Qian (924 : w : 1.0) - Katrina Pritchard (1008 : b : 1.0)
25 Ann Marie Fitch (893 : w : 1.0) - Alisha Chawla (819 : w : 0.0)
26 Faith A Munoz (0 : WW : 0.0) - Hannah Whatley (669 : b : 0.5)

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White to move. How should White proceed? Is it a win, draw or loss?

Bianchetti, 1925, presented by Andreas

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ANATOLY KARPOV INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CHESS
106 SOUTH MAIN, LINDSBORG, KANSAS 67456

CONTACT: Wes Fisk 785-342-1009 or 785-227-4121
Kansan Wins U.S. Junior Chess Championship

A second Kansan has captured one of the coveted national chess titles within the last 60 days. Maxx Coleman, Derby, narrowly won the U.S. Junior Open Championship trophy over Timothy Moroney from Michigan. Sunday afternoon, Coleman and Moroney were tied going into the last round at Smoky Valley High School. Both players went on to win their final games, which left them with identical scores of 5.5 out of a possible 6 points. Coleman and Moroney were declared co-champions, but when Karpov Chess School Director Tom Brownscombe calculated the tie-breaks, he awarded the 1st place trophy to Coleman. “I was very pleased to see Maxx win it,” said Brownscombe. Coleman is a veteran of the chess school, having played here many times.

Coleman’s win culminated three days of intense competition that drew players from as far away as Tennessee and Michigan. “We have been wanting to come to Lindsborg ever since we saw on the news that Gorbachev was here for the Chess for Peace event,” said Kerry Sernel, Germantown, Tennessee. “We decided to come to the chess camp and stay over for the Junior Open.” Her sons, Kenner, 6, and Ragan, 9, are regulars on the national chess circuit that includes major tournaments in Houston, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and St. Louis, Missouri. Ragan Sernel took home the 3rd place trophy in the section for those under 11.

Preceding Maxx Coleman’s win was that of Conrad Holt, Andover, who won the U.S. Cadet Championship that was held in June at the Karpov Chess School in Lindsborg. Coleman, by virtue of his win, will be invited to play in next year’s U.S. Junior Championship, which unlike the Junior Open is by invitation only.

The young hopefuls came to Lindsborg to try to win bragging rights, because the U.S. Junior Open is considered one of major U.S. chess events for young people. “When I told my son we were going to go to the U.S. Junior Open in Lindsborg, he got all excited,” said Raghu Kurella. His son, Nikith, 7, had recently been to a major chess tournament in Dallas. And what did Nikith think about this tournament. “It’s awesome; it’s big!”

Garret Wirka, Wahoo, Nebraska, outdistanced Kenny Lin from Tulsa, Oklahoma to win 1st place in the section for those under 15 years old. Charles Kinzel, McPherson, took home the 3rd place trophy.

The entrants got a special treat when Grandmaster Var Akobian played a simultaneous exhibition with many of the players before the start of the tournament. Afterward, he mingled with the young players, signing autographs, and posing for photographs with them. Akobian often sat with the players after their games were finished and went over their games play by play to help them better understand their strengths and weaknesses. Akobian stayed over in Lindsborg after holding two weeks of chess camps at the Karpov Chess School. Akobian has met and played Karpov in tournaments. “Karpov is one of my heroes,” said Akobian. Akobian will be going to Beijing, China this fall to represent the United States in the China Mind Games. In December, he will be part of a five-person team that will represent the United States in the Chess Olympiads that will be played in Dresden, Germany.

Joseph Stafford, Memphis, Tennessee, won the 1st place trophy in the section for players under 11 years of age. Zach Surch, a Kansan, won 2nd, and Ragen Sernel, Germantown, Tennessee, placed 3rd.

Kevin Nyberg, Garden City, was the assistant tournament director. “I considered this the calmest and most cordial scholastic chess tournament I have ever experienced in 30 years. I attribute this partially to the pleasantness of the tournament location, accommodations, and the friendliness of local volunteers,” said Nyberg. Volunteers stepped forward and worked the long hours in the concession stand at the high school.

The U.S. Chess Federation awarded the bid for the event to Lindsborg when organizers in New York failed to arrive at an agreement with the owners of the proposed site. Lindsborg also hosted the event in 2004. The U.S. Chess Federation, the Kansas Department of Commerce, and the Anatoly Karpov School of Chess made funding for the event possible.

The chess school hosts social chess every first and third Thursday of the month. It’s free and beginners are welcome. Additional details and photos of this event and other chess events can be found on the Karpov Chess School Web site: http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org/ ###

World Champion Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess 106 South Main Street Lindsborg, Kansas 67456 (785) 227-2224 http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org/

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Round 9 results:

Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Onischuk, Alexander - Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1
Pelletier, Yannick - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½

Standings after 9 rounds:

1. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2708 6½
2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 5½
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 5½
4. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2691 4½
5. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 3½
6. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2569 1½

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GM Dominguez (2708) - GM Carlsen (2775) [B35]
30.07.2008 / Biel - Round 9

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Bh6 e6 17.Rdg1 Qf6 18.fxg4 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Qg7 20.Qe3 Nf6 21.g5 Nh5 22.Nde2 a5 23.Rxh5 gxh5 24.Nf4 Ng4 25.Qh3 Qd4 26.Nce2 Qxe4 27.Qxh5 a4 28.Rh1 Qxh1+ 29.Qxh1 axb3 30.axb3 Bc6 31.Qh4 Be4 32.Nc3 Bf5 33.Nh5 f6 34.Ng3 Rc7 35.Nxf5 exf5 36.gxf6 Nxf6 37.Qg5+ Kf7 38.Qxf5 Re7 39.b4 Re5 40.Qf2 Rd8 41.b3 Rd7 42.Kb2 Rde7 43.Qb6 Rd7 44.Qd4 Ke7 45.Qd3 Kf7 46.Nb5 Ke7 47.Nd4 Kf7 48.Qf3 Rh5 49.Nf5 Ke6 50.Nd4+ Kf7 51.Nf5 Ke6 52.Nd4+ Game drawn ½–½

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GM Onischuk (2670) - GM Alekseev (2708) [E15]
30.07.2008 / Biel - Round 9

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Ne5 Re8 13.Rc1 h6 14.Nb5 Bf8 15.Nc6 Qd7 16.Nbxa7 Rxa7 17.Nxa7 Ra8 18.Qc2 c5 19.a3 Rxa7 20.Rfd1 Qe6 21.Qd3 Ra8 22.Qb5 Nd7 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Qb5 Ne8 25.Qd3 Nac7 26.a4 Rc8 27.Qe3 Nf6 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Qxe6 Nxe6 30.Be5 Rd8 31.e3 Ba8 32.Rd3 Ne8 33.Rcd1 N8c7 34.f4 Na6 35.Bc3 Nec7 36.Ba5 Rb8 37.Rc3 Bd6 38.Rdc1 Kf8 39.Kf2 Ne8 40.Bf1 Nac7 41.Bg2 Na6 42.Bf1 Nb4 43.Bb5 Na2 44.Rxc5 Nxc1 45.Rxc1 Ke7 46.Ke2 Bb7 47.Kd3 Bc8 48.e4 dxe4+ 49.Kxe4 Ba3 50.Re1 Nd6+ 51.Kd5+ Be6+ 52.Kc6 Rc8+ Black wins 0–1

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Some of the players from the SPNI had a chance to show case their talents on the basketball earlier today.

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