The Stars Come Out for the World Open |
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By Jennifer Shahade | |
July 1, 2009 | |
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GM Gata Kamsky on board 1 sporting Saint Louis Chess Club gear, Photo Chris Bird
See the full list of 5-day players and standings here. Many top juniors are also participating, including GM-elect Robert Hess, Daniel Naroditsky, Ray Robson, Alex Lenderman and Sam Shankland. In round three of the 7-day, Robson scored a victory over GM Vinay Bhat: 3272 In the five-day there were a number of tough struggles as early as round 1. (The Under 2400 takes away many of the master level players who GMs would normally get paired down to in the early rounds.) Naroditsky and Hess fought it out till 53 moves to reach an imbalanced endgame where Daniel won Robert's knight for a few pawns: 3273 Check live updates on the official World Open website, and be sure to bookmark the live games link, powered by Monroi. At the World Open, much of the action and the fights for big money prizes take place in the rating sections. See an index for all standings on www.worldopen.com. Photos ![]()
GMs Joel Benjamin and Alexander Shabalov
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GM Gata Kamsky in round 1
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GM Yury Shulman
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