Congrats to the 2020 U.S. Chess Champion, 27-year-old GM Wesley So!! #USChessChamps

Congrats to the 2020 U.S. Chess Champion, 27-year-old GM Wesley So!! #USChessChamps

As an early birthday gift to himself, just yesterday Xiong won the second prize of $25,000 at the U.S. Championship!10:35 2020.10.30.

Je[1]ffery Xiong (born October 30, 2000) is an American chess player. He is the third youngest in the US (after Awonder Liang and Samuel Sevian) to qualify, at age fourteen, for the title Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in September 2015.

Wesley So második amerikai bajnoki címét ünnepelheti, Jeffery Xiong az ezüstérmes

Saint Louisban a 27 éves Wesley So sikerével fejeződött be az online amerikai bajnokság. Xiong szerezte meg az ezüstérmet, Robson a bronzérmet.
A címvédő, az ötszörös bajnok Hikaru Nakamura hetedik lett. A bajnokság díjalapja 150 ezer dollár volt, So 40 ezret nyert.

 

ch-USA 2020 lichess.org INT (INT), 9-29 x 2020															cat. XVII (2666)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2770	*	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	9	2918
2.	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2709	0	*	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2873
3.	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2673	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	7½	2798
4.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2758	½	0	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	6	2693
5.	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2691	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	0	1	½	1	½	5½	2663
6.	Liang, Awonder	g	USA	2592	0	0	0	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	5½	2672
7.	Sevian, Samuel	g	USA	2660	½	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	5	2630
8.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2736	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	5	2623
9.	Lenderman, Aleksandr	g	USA	2634	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	4½	2604
10.	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	USA	2649	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	3½	2534
11.	Ramirez, Alejandro	g	USA	2567	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	*	½	3	2500
12.	Moradiabadi, Elshan	g	USA	2555	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	3	2501

Round 1 (October 26, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Lenderman, Aleksandr	1-0	99	C41	Philidor’s Defence
Xiong, Jeffery	– Liang, Awonder	1-0	47	A48	King’s Indian Defence /c2-c4
Robson, Ray	– Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	52	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	49	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Sevian, Samuel	– Swiercz, Dariusz	½-½	66	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Moradiabadi, Elshan	– Shankland, Sam	½-½	49	A48	King’s Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 2 (October 26, 2020)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	– Sevian, Samuel	0-1	70	A20	English Opening
Shankland, Sam	– Xiong, Jeffery	½-½	29	D23	QGA
Liang, Awonder	– Robson, Ray	0-1	32	B10	Caro Kann
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Lenderman, Aleksandr	½-½	144	B10	Caro Kann
Swiercz, Dariusz	– Moradiabadi, Elshan	½-½	44	C11	French Defence
Ramirez, Alejandro	– So, Wesley	0-1	62	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 3 (October 26, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Liang, Awonder	1-0	52	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Xiong, Jeffery	– Swiercz, Dariusz	1-0	49	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Robson, Ray	– Shankland, Sam	1-0	40	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Sevian, Samuel	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	30	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Lenderman, Aleksandr	– Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	42	D15	Slav Defence
Moradiabadi, Elshan	– Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	35	D02	Queen’s Pawn Game
Round 4 (October 27, 2020)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	– Xiong, Jeffery	0-1	30	A30	English Symmetrical
Shankland, Sam	– So, Wesley	0-1	34	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Liang, Awonder	– Lenderman, Aleksandr	½-½	119	A39	English Symmetrical
Sevian, Samuel	– Moradiabadi, Elshan	½-½	46	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Ramirez, Alejandro	1-0	39	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Swiercz, Dariusz	– Robson, Ray	0-1	42	E94	King’s Indian Classical
Round 5 (October 27, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Swiercz, Dariusz	1-0	35	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Xiong, Jeffery	– Sevian, Samuel	½-½	36	A20	English Opening
Robson, Ray	– Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	55	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Lenderman, Aleksandr	– Shankland, Sam	0-1	45	E60	King’s Indian without Nc3
Ramirez, Alejandro	– Liang, Awonder	0-1	56	B10	Caro Kann
Moradiabadi, Elshan	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	27	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 6 (October 27, 2020)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	– So, Wesley	½-½	29	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shankland, Sam	– Ramirez, Alejandro	1-0	59	D12	Slav Defence
Sevian, Samuel	– Robson, Ray	0-1	43	E73	King’s Indian Averbakh
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Liang, Awonder	0-1	57	B18	Caro Kann
Swiercz, Dariusz	– Lenderman, Aleksandr	1-0	71	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Moradiabadi, Elshan	– Xiong, Jeffery	0-1	53	A48	King’s Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 7 (October 28, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Sevian, Samuel	½-½	28	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Xiong, Jeffery	– Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	33	B08	Pirc Defence
Robson, Ray	– Moradiabadi, Elshan	1-0	37	C11	French Defence
Liang, Awonder	– Shankland, Sam	0-1	38	A05	Various
Lenderman, Aleksandr	– Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0-1	55	A08	Barcza System
Ramirez, Alejandro	– Swiercz, Dariusz	½-½	98	B10	Caro Kann
Round 8 (October 28, 2020)
Xiong, Jeffery	– Robson, Ray	1-0	47	C45	Scotch Game
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	– Ramirez, Alejandro	1-0	37	D12	Slav Defence
Sevian, Samuel	– Lenderman, Aleksandr	½-½	74	C10	French Rubinstein
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Shankland, Sam	1-0	48	A00	Irregular Openings
Swiercz, Dariusz	– Liang, Awonder	0-1	28	B10	Caro Kann
Moradiabadi, Elshan	– So, Wesley	0-1	33	A13	Reti Opening
Round 9 (October 28, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Xiong, Jeffery	1-0	52	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Robson, Ray	– Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	63	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Shankland, Sam	– Swiercz, Dariusz	½-½	83	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Liang, Awonder	– Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	83	A08	Barcza System
Lenderman, Aleksandr	– Moradiabadi, Elshan	1-0	46	A01	Larsen Opening
Ramirez, Alejandro	– Sevian, Samuel	1-0	67	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Round 10 (October 29, 2020)
Xiong, Jeffery	– Lenderman, Aleksandr	½-½	36	D26	QGA
Robson, Ray	– So, Wesley	½-½	30	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	– Shankland, Sam	½-½	26	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Sevian, Samuel	– Liang, Awonder	½-½	60	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Swiercz, Dariusz	½-½	70	A00	Irregular Openings
Moradiabadi, Elshan	– Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	23	D12	Slav Defence
Round 11 (October 29, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	30	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shankland, Sam	– Sevian, Samuel	½-½	67	A20	English Opening
Liang, Awonder	– Moradiabadi, Elshan	1-0	36	C53	Giuoco Piano
Lenderman, Aleksandr	– Robson, Ray	1-0	59	E62	King’s Indian 6…Nc6
Swiercz, Dariusz	– Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0-1	43	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ramirez, Alejandro	– Xiong, Jeffery	0-1	38	B50	Sicilian Defence