US Chess Championships: Surprise commentary guest chess great Garry Kasparov

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The US Chess Championships are down to the finals. In the men's section we have Gata Kamsky taking on Yury Shulman. In the women's section we have Anna Zatonskih taking on Tatev Abrahamyan. Here is how they qualified via the semifinals:

US Championship Semifinal 1

Name	Rtg	G1	G2	Rpd1	Rpd2	Armg	Tot.
Gata Kamsky	2733	½.	1	-	-	-	1.5
Sam Shankland	2512	½.	0	-	-	-	0.5

US Championship Semifinal 2

Name	Rtg	G1	G2	Rpd1	Rpd2	Armg	Tot.
Robert Hess	2565	½.	½.	½.	0	-	1.5
Yury Shulman	2622	½.	½.	½.	1	-	2.5

US Women's Championship Semifinal 1

Name	Rtg	G1	G2	Rpd1	Rpd2	Armg	Tot.
Anna Zatonskih	2499	1.	0	0	1	1	3.0
Irina Krush	2472	0	1	1	0	0	2.0

 US Women's Championship Semifinal 2

Name	Rtg	G1	G2	Rpd1	Rpd2	Armg	Tot.
Tatev Abrahamyan	2326	0.	1	1	1	-	3.0
Camilla Baginskaite	2342	1	0	0	0	-	1.0

Here are all the men's section semifinal games.

Here are all the women's section semifinal games.

Now guess who joined the live commentary team via skype?

You can access the official website here. And, another nice video with a surprise good news. Double congratulations to Yury Shulman. 

The awards ceremony will be Thursday night.US$166,000 total divided as 1st $40,000, 2nd $30,000, 3rd $20,000, 4th $15,000. The runners-up of the round robin tourneys: 3rd $8,000, 4th $6,000, 5th $5,000, 6th $4,000, 7th $3,000, 8th $2,500. $2,000 to the winner of each round robin tourney. Additionally, $5,000 will be set aside to award Best Game Prizes throughout both the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's Championship.

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