Congratulations to the 2009 US Champion: Hikaru Nakamura!
He had a beautiful win over GM Joshua Friedel in the Two Knights. It was strange to see the two knights played so poorly by a GM! In the after interview, Nakamura mentioned of the mainline 8. Bd3 "Morozevich plays it so it must be good!" It was strange to see Friedel respond with the dubious 8... Be7 instead of engaging the mainline!
Still a great tourney with some great chess! Minus the horrible on site spectating conditions and a few hiccups with online relays... the St. Louis Chess Club delivered a fantastic performance in prize fund, player conditions, good chess and enthusiasm! A thank you to all the players and volunteers that made it possible.... and congratulations again to Nakamura!
Nakamura also said one other thing after his round9 victory... his intentions are to shoot for a world championship match! Talk about work! Good luck to him in that endeavor!
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