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US Top Chess Players

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...
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Nakamura and Pruess finish first at the 2007 North American Open

GM Hiraku Nakamura and IM David Pruess finished first with 6 points out of the possible seven at the North American Open chess tournament 2007. Shabalov, Becerra and Kretchetov finished next with 5.5 points. Final Standings: 1 Hikaru Nakamura and IM David Pruess 6 3- GM Alexander Shabalov, GM Julio Becerra and FM Alex Kretchetov- 5.5 6-10- GM Varuzhan Akobian, GM Jesse Kraai, Denys K.Shmelov, GM Gildardo J. Garcia and IM Vladimir Mezentsev- 5
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North American Open 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada

Six rounds of the North American open have been completed. GM Alexander Shabalov is leading the strong field with 5.5 points. He has won all his games except one. GM Hiraku Nakamura and GM Varuzhan Akobian along with IM David Pruess. FMs Alex Kretchetov and Jake Kleiman are ranked high in a strong field. Nakamura was held to two draws by IM Joshua Friedel and GM Jesse Kraai. No results of a few rounds of Irina Krush have been published. The top 20 after round 6: 1 GM Alexander Shabalov 5½ 2 GM Hikaru Nakamura 5 3 GM Varuzhan Akobian 5 4 IM David Pruess 5 5 GM Ildar Ibragimov 4½ 6 GM Julio J Becerra 4½ 7 FM Alex Kretchetov 4½ 8 FM Jake Kleiman 4½ 9 GM Nikola Mitkov 4 10 GM Jesse Kraai 4 11 GM Gildardo J Garcia 4 12 GM Dashze Sharavdorj 4 13 IM Vladimi Mezentsev 4 14 FM Slava Mikhailuk 4 15 Denys K Shmelov 4 16 FM Robby Adamson 4 17 Dennis Monokroussos 4 18 GM Anatoly Y Lein 4 19 FM Matthew Beelby 4 20 Rodelay Medina 4
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