U.S. Chess Champs
In the US Chess championships, the games of the fifth round were played. Liang won against Aronian, Shankland was stronger than Moradiabadi. Yoo – Sevian, Xiong – Lenderman, Caruana – So, Robson – Swiercz and Dominguez – Niemann drew.
Standings after the 5th round:
1. Caruana – 3,5, 2-3. Sevian, Liang – 3, 4-11. So, Dominguez Perez, Shankland, Niemann, Xiong, Robson, Yoo, Lenderman – 2, 12-13. Aronian, Swiercz – 2, 14. Moradiabadi – 1,5.
In the women’s tournament, Yu won against Foisor, Krush was stronger Tokhirjonova, Eswaran won against Zatonskih and Wu defeated Yan. Lee M. – Abrahamyan, Cervantes Landeiro – Paikidze and Morris-Suzuki – Lee A. drew.
Standings after the 5th round:
1. Yu – 4, 2-4. Krush, Abrahamyan, A. Lee – 3,5, 5. M. Lee – 3, 6-8. Tokhirjonova, Wu, Cervantes Landeiro – 2,5, 9-11. Zatonskih, Paikidze, Yan – 2, 12-13. Eswaran, Foisor – 1,5, 14. Morris-Suzuki – 1.