Javier Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 The US Chess Championship will be held in Saint Louis (May 6th - 17th). The total prize money is 130.000 US dollars, which is not bad at all for a country with little goverment support for chess. The event will be organized by the prestigeous Saint Luis Chess Club. Here's a list of the players who will be taking part: Varuzhan Akobiana Rating Julio Becerra Rating Joel Benjamin Rating Michael Brooks Wildcard Larry Christiansen Rating Jaan Ehlvest Rating Josh Friedel Wildcard Boris Gulko Rating Robert Hess Wildcard Tyler Hughes Qualified - 2008 U.S. Junior Closed Champion Ildar Ibragimov Rating Gregory Kaidanov Rating Gata Kamsky Rating Melik Khachiyan Rating Irina Krush Female, Rating Charles Lawton Wildcard Hikaru Nakamura Rating Alexander Onischuk Rating Ray Robson Wildcard Enrico Sevillano qualified - 2008 U.S. Open Champion Alexander Shabalov Wildcard Sam Shankland State Champion of Champions Yury Shulman Qualified - defending U.S. Champion Anna Zatonskih Female, rating Web oficial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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