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US Wins Big vs. Uzbekistan Print E-mail
August 9, 2014
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Today's match vs. Uzbekistan, Photo Cathy Rogers

The US won a key match today at the Olympiad vs. Uzbekistan with a dominating 3.5-.5 score. Nakamura won against Kasimdzhanov on board 1. GM Sam Shankland won again and now has 6/6 and a 3100+ tournament performance rating. Onischuk is also crushing with 5.5/6 and a 2865 performance.
 
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GM Shankland's 36...Rd5 sealed victory, as White has no good defense to ...a5.
 
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GM Ian Rogers pointed out that, "the US team is currently tracking exactly as they did in 2012, when they lost a key medal match against China in the penultimate round. Team captain Donaldson also thought that because of the larger field, a higher score might be needed to secure a medal."

In round eight, the US team faces Hungary.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost today against Naiditsch:

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won a long intense battle vs. Baadur Jobava which looked bound for perpetual check until 62...Ke3 created some chances for White.  

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The women drew against Armenia, with GM Irina Krush losing to GM Elina Danielian. WGM Sabina Foisor stayed perfect (5/5 and a 2800+ TPR) with a win over WGM Maria Kursova.

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Follow along on chess24 and chessresults.com.
 
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