ROUND TWO: US WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Eswaran vs Tokhirjonova 0-1

ROUND 2 FIGHTING CHESS AT THE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S US CHAMPIONSHIPS!

An interesting round two today for both the MEN’S and WOMEN’S US CHAMPIONSHIPS! Two decisive games in the men’s or “Open” section and three decisive games in the Womenn’s section. With many hard fought draws with unheard winning melodies! Here are the results from today:

US WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP:

Eswaran (2291) vs Tokhirjonova (2350) 0-1
Abrahamyan (2262) vs Lee (2388) 1-0
Yip (2372) vs Yu (2294) 1-0
Pourkashiyan (2288) vs Yan (2205) 1/2-1/2
Cervantes (2303) vs Krus (2437) 1/2-1/2
Paikidze (2316) vs Zatonskih (2364) 1/2-1/2

US MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

Caruana (2786) vs Dominguez (2745) 1/2-1/2
Swiercz (2621) vs So (2753) 1/2-1/2
Sevian (2698) vs Niemann (2667) 0-1
Shankland (2698) vs Robson (2699) 1/2-1/2
Mishra (2599) vs Tang (2504) 1-0
Aronian (2742) vs Xiong (2693) 1/2-1/2

Round three tomorrow! As always please visit the following websites to keep up on all of your US Chess Championship news:

SAINT LOUIS CHESS CENTER at: https://saintlouischessclub.org
THE WEEK IN CHESS by Mark Crowther: https://theweekinchess.com
CHESSBASE at: https://en.chessbase.com
CHESS.COM at: https://www.chess.com/events/2023-us-chess-championship/games

Always play the best moves in your life! ~ S.