U.S. Junior Chess Championship: Parker Zhao takes over lead after four rounds

GM Ray Robson and IM Sam Shankland

who drew their round four match.

Hello Everyone,

GM Ray Robson and IM Sam Shankland - the two-highest rated players - of the U.S. Junior Championship 2010 fought their Caro-Kann game down to a draw while FM Darwin Yang beat tournament-leader FM Warren Harper. Meanwhile, Eric Rosen lost to Parker Zhao giving the latter the lead of the tournament after Round 4.

Pairings Round 4

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1. GM Ray Robson-IM Sam Shankland ½-½

2. NM Tyler Hughes-FM John Bryant 0-1

3. FM Darwin Yang-FM Warren Harper 1-0

4. NM Eric Rosen-NM Parker Zhao 0-1

5. FM Steven Zierk-FM Conrad Holt 1-0

Standings after Round 4

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1. NM Parker Zhao 3.5

2. GM Ray Robson 3.0

3. FM Darwin Yang 3.0

4. FM Warren Harper 3.0

5. FM Steven Zierk 2.0

6. IM Sam Shankland 1.5

7. NM Eric Rosen 1.5

8. FM John Bryant 1.0

9. NM Tyler Hughes 1.0

10. FM Conrad Holt 0.5

Here is the nice game between Robson and Shankland. You can run it in pgnplayer or watch in flash below. You can check the official website for more videos, photos and statistics.

PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Rg1 f5 19. Ne5 Ngxe5 20. dxe5 Kh8 21. Bf4 Nf8 22. Qe3 b6 23. Rd6 Qf7 24. Qg3 Rad8 25. Qh2 Rd7 26. c3 Red8 27. Kc2 Kh7 28. Qh4 Re8 29. Qh2 Red8 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Qh2 Red8 1/2-1/2

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