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Hi everyone,
Big excitement happening in Saint Louis in the first round of the 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship. All but three games in the events produced a decisive result. The tournaments are being hosted by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for the fourth consecutive year.
Results Round 1
1 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2625 GM Seirawan, Yasser 2643 1-0
2 GM Shulman, Yuri 2571 GM Kaidanov, Gregory S 2594 ½-½
3 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2562 GM Onischuk, A 2660 0-1
4 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr 2587 GM Robson, Ray 2614 1-0
5 GM Kamsky, Gata 2741 GM Ramirez, Alejandro 2593 1-0
6 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 GM Hess, Robert L 2635 1-0
In the women's section we had Anna Zatonskih beat Alena Kats, Irina Krush beat Sabina Foisor, Rusudan Goletiani beat Camilla Baginskaite. The other games were drawn.
both defending champs begin with wins
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