US Chess Championships 2019 - Games and Results
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The US Chess Championships took place 20th March to 2nd April 2019.
Players: Open: Caruana, So, Nakamura, Dominguez Perez, Shankland, Robson, Xiong, Sevian, Lenderman, Akobian, Liang, Gareyev.
Women's Championship: Krush, Zatonskih, Abrahamyan, Wang, Sharevich, Yip, Foisor, Yu, Gorti, Eswaran, Feng, Nguyen.:
Hikarua Nakamura shared the lead with Leinier Dominguez and Fabiano Caruana going into the final round, he was the only one of these players to manage a win so he won his fifth title with 8/11 half a point clear of these rivals.
The women's championship saw a remarkable performance by 17 year old Jennifer Yu, she was not at all one of the favourites but demolished the field with a fine 10/11 score.