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The Top List for US Chess Players according to the US Chess Federation (Source: www.uschess.org) 1 Nakamura, Hikaru (12641216) NY USA 2824 2 Onischuk, Alexander (12625186) VA USA 2773 3 Kamsky, Gata (12528459) NY USA 2770 4 Seirawan, Yasser (10509459) WA USA 2711 5 Akobian, Varuzhan (12740522) CA USA 2705 6 Shulman, Yury (12741541) IL USA 2696 7 Ehlvest, Jaan (12514557) NY USA 2691 8 Christiansen, Larry M (10460921) MA USA 2663 Shabalov, Alexander (12544264) PA USA 2663 10 Hess, Robert L (12749774) NY USA 2655 11 Kaidanov, Gregory (12543746) KY USA 2643 12 Benjamin, Joel (10102511) NJ USA 2628 13 Ibragimov, Ildar (12576446) CT USA 2619 14 Kudrin, Sergey (11257585) CT USA 2618 Friedel, Joshua Edward (12593986) NH USA 2618 16 Robson, Ray (12847250) FL USA 2614 17 Stripunsky, Alexander (12715435) NJ USA 2612 18 Khachiyan, Melikset (12827326) CA USA 2610 19 Gulko, Boris (12473035) NJ USA 2609 20 Ivanov, Alexander (12513936) MA USA 2602 21 Finegold, Benjamin P (11264417) MI USA 2600 22 De...

After a long game and fighting well, black has just played 47 ... Rcf8. Is it a blunder? White to play and win Solution: 48. Rh1 Rh7 49. Rxh7 Kxh7 50. Bd6 Rf7 51. Re2 Nf5 52. Rxe6 Nxd6 53. Rxd6 and White wins with the material advantage. GM Christiansen chose another route to the inevitable win from that position.