It's Heating Up! Day 2 in Orlando

Sunday saw two rounds of action in the ‘Quartet’ – the Denker, Barber, Haring, and Senior Championships – and the second round of the traditional schedule in the US Open. With the completion of the Weekend Swiss and the Scholastic to boot, it was a  busy day in a  hot and humid Orlando. INVITATIONALS

Bryce Tiglon (WA) leads the Denker after three rounds at 3/3. He is a half-point ahead of seven players – Ben Li (MI), Aydin Turgut (IN), Andrew Titus (MN), Dex Webster (LA), Akshat Jain (CO), Nguyen Le (UT), and Rithwik Mathur (WI) – who have 2.5 points going into today’s play. Titus and Tiglon play on Board 1 in a key fourth round matchup.

One of the most interesting games of the day in the Denker was this Round 2 matchup between Turgut and Joseph Wan (IA). An uncommon material imbalance and mutual time-trouble made for a fascinating endgame, with Turgut ultimately winning.

[pgn] [Event "2019 Denker"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.08.04"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Turgut, Aydin"] [Black "Wan, Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2382"] [BlackElo "2256"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. Rb1 b6 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Rb3 Rc8 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. Qb4 f5 20. exf6 Nf5 21. Bd3 Kf7 22. Kf2 Ba2 23. Bxf5 Bxb1 24. Re1 Ba2 25. Bh7 Rh8 26. Qe4 Qc5+ 27. Re3 Kxf6 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Kg3 Qh5 31. Rd3+ Bd5 32. a4 Qe2 33. Ba3+ Kc6 34. Rxc3+ Bc4 35. Bd3 Qe3+ 36. Kg4 Rdg8 37. Rxc4+ Kd5 38. Rc7 Rxg7+ 39. Rxg7 a6 40. Bb2 Rxh2 41. g3 Qe1 42. Be5 Qd1+ 43. Kg5 Qh5+ 44. Kf6 Qe8 45. g4 Qd8+ 46. Kg6 Qe8+ 47. Kf6 Qxa4 48. Rc7 b5 49. g5 Rf2 50. c4+ bxc4 51. Bxc4+ Ke4 52. Bxe6 Qe8 53. g6 Qd8+ 54. Re7 Rg2 55. Bf5+ Kf3 56. Kf7 Qd5+ 57. Kf8 Qd8+ 58. Re8 Qd5 59. Kg7 a5 60. Kf6 a4 61. g7 Qc6+ 62. Re6 Qa8 63. Kf7 Qb7+ 64. Re7 Qa8 65. Re8 Qb7+ 66. Re7 Qa8 67. Re8 Qb7+ 68. Kf8 Qb4+ 69. Re7 a3 70. Be6 Rd2 71. Kf7 Rd8 72. Kf6 Qb6 73. Bc7 Qd4+ 74. Kf7 Ra8 75. Rd7 Qc3 76. Bd5+ Kf2 77. Bxa8 a2 78. g8=Q a1=Q 79. Bb6+ Ke2 80. Qg2+ 1-0 [/pgn]

Robert Shlyakhtenko (CAS), Shunkai Peng (OR), Danila Poliannikov (MA) are tied for the lead in the Barber, each player having 3 points. They are followed by Arthur Guo (GA), Samrug Narayanan (MN), Raghav Venkat (FL), Gus Huston (NY), and Bach Ngo (FL), all at 2.5 points entering today’s Round 4. Peng has White against Shlyakhtenko on the top board, while Poliannikov plays Venkat on Board 2 with the Black pieces.

Martha Samadashvili (NY) shares first place in the Haring with Sasha Konovalenko (MI) after three rounds. Both players are perfect at 3/3. Hot on their heels are four players at 2.5 – Anne-Marie Velea ((WA), Alice Lee (MN), Iris Zhou (MO), and Sydney Kong (TN). Samadashvili takes White in her game this afternoon with Konovalenko.

There is a four-way tie at the top of the Senior Championship as today’s play begins. John Fedorowicz (NY), Ronald Burnett (TN), Shelby Getz (MD), and William Schill (WA) are the remaining 3-0 scores, and will face off in Round 4 this afternoon. Getz has White against Fedorowicz on Board 1, while Burnett takes White against Schill on Board 2. Fedorowicz had a good win in Round 3, launching his g-pawn up the board on move 13 to defeat Shawn Hoshall.

[pgn] [Event "2019 Senior"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.08.04"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Fedorowicz, John"] [Black "Hoshall, Shawn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "2487"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 a5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qe2 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 hxg4 15. hxg4 exd4 16. Nxd4 c6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. a3 Na6 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Qe3 a4 22. Rae1 Rf7 23. g5 g6 24. Bc3+ Kg8 25. f4 Rh7 26. f5 Bxg5 27. Qg3 Rh6 28. f6 Bh4 29. Qf4 g5 30. f7+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ 1-0 [/pgn]

US OPEN

18 players (!) share first place in the US Open Traditional Schedule, including four titled players and nine masters. Only two games from the top boards are available as we go to press.

[pgn] [Event "2019 US Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.08.04"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Dragun, Kamil"] [Black "Rea, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A39"] [PlyCount "103"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.05"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Rac1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7 15. b3 e5 16. Be3 Ng4 17. f3 Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 f5 19. Rcd1 Rbd8 20. Rd5 e4 21. f4 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qe6 23. Rfd1 Rd7 24. Qd4 Rfd8 25. a4 g5 26. fxg5 f4 27. Qf6 Qxf6 28. gxf6 fxg3 29. hxg3 Kf7 30. Rf1 Kg6 31. Rf4 Rf8 32. Rxe4 Rxf6 33. Rg4+ Kf7 34. Rf4 Kg7 35. Kf3 Rg6 36. e4 Re7 37. g4 Re5 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Rf5 Rh6 40. Rxe5 Rh3+ 41. Kf4 Rxb3 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Rxa7 Rb4 44. Rb7 Rxc4 45. Rxb6+ Kf7 46. a5 Rc5 47. a6 Ra5 48. e5 Ra1 49. Ke4 Rg1 50. Kd5 Rxg4 51. Kc6 Ke6 52. a7 1-0 [/pgn]

[pgn] [Event "2019 US Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.08.04"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Tarjan, James"] [Black "Luchan, Jason"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E14"] [PlyCount "57"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O d5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 c5 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qe1 h6 15. h3 Ne4 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. f3 Nd6 21. e4 Bb7 22. b5 Nfe8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. bxc6 Nc7 25. Qb4 Kf8 26. a4 Nde8 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Ba3+ Kf6 29. Rd7 1-0 [/pgn]

WEEKEND SWISS

Saint Louis’ Julian Proleiko was perfect in the Weekend Swiss, going 5-0 to win the event by a half-point over Jonathan Chin (NJ). Proleiko defeated Theo Slade (FL) in the final round to claim the $200 first place prize, while Chin could only draw with Ryo Wenyu Chen (TX). 47 players competed in the event. SCHOLASTIC

The Scholastic featured 64 players across four sections. Cole Blakeman (TX) won the Championship section with 3.5 points. Sritej Sai Sattaru (FL) took the Elementary Championship with an umblemished 4-0 score. Fourth seed Rion Okuno (FL) was the U-1200 winner at 4-0, and Jeremy Heberer (FL, also a fourth seed) takes home the U-1000 trophy with 4 points.

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Today sees the fourth rounds of the four Invitationals beginning at noon EDT, with round five played at 7pm EDT. Top boards are available on uschess.live. The third round of the US Open Traditional Schedule is also at 7pm. The Monday Quads are also underway, with more than twenty players taking part.

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