U.S. CHESS CHAMPS

The games of the sixth round were played in St. Louis. Dariusz Swiercz defeated Levon Aronian with black, Fabiano Caruana beat Elshan Moradiabadi with black and Ray Robson also won against Hans Niemann. W. So – L. Dominguez Perez, A. Lenderman – S. Shankland, S. Sevian – J. Xiong, A. Liang – C. Yoo played a draw.

Standings after the 6th round:

1. F. Caruana – 4,5, 2-4. R. Robson, S. Sevian, A. Liang – 3,5, 5-11. W. So, L. Dominguez Perez, S. Shankland, J. Xiong, D. Swiercz, C. Yoo, A. Lenderman – 3, 12. H. Niemann – 2,5, 13. L. Aronian – 2, 14. E. Moradiabadi – 1,5.

In the women’s tournament, Ashritha Eswaran beat Tatev Abrahamyan with black, Megan Lee beat Sabina-Francesca Foisor, Irina Krush was stronger than Thalia Cervantes Landeiro, Yan Ruiyang won with black against Nazi Paikidze, Sophie Morris-Suzuki won Rochelle Wu. Anna Zatonskih – Gulrukhbegim
Tokhirjonova, Yu Jennifer – Alice Lee drew.

Standings after the 6th round:

1-2. I. Krush, J. Yu – 4,5, 3-4. A. Lee, M. Lee – 4, 5. T. Abrahamyan – 3,5, 6-7. R. Yan, G. Tokhirjonova – 3, 8-11. A. Eswaran, T. Cervantes Landeiro, A. Zatonskih, R. Wu – 2,5, 12-13. S. Morris-Suzuki, N. Paikidze – 2, 14. Sabina-Francesca Foisor – 1,5.

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