National HS: Livestream Starts Tonight!

Three rounds are in the books at the 2019 National High School Championships in Schaumburg, IL, and round four is currently underway.

Chief TD Glenn Panner Opens Saturday's Play

Fifteen perfect scores remain in the Championship, a number that will surely be winnowed down by the end of the day’s play. Some of those fifteen have had to win multiple upset victories, including Joseph Truelson, a 2140 rated player from Washington who has defeated Ben Li (2476) and Justin Paul (2337) on his way to the top boards.

Joseph Truelson

[pgn] [Event "2019 HS Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.03.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Li, Ben"] [Black "Truelson, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A84"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Ne2 Be8 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. a3 g5 15. Kh1 g4 16. Nf4 gxf3 17. gxf3 Nh5 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Nxh5 Bxh5 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. e5 Qh4 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Rf7 26. Qd3 Qe1 27. exd6 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Rg1 30. d7 Qg2+ 0-1 [/pgn]

[pgn] [Event "2019 HS Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.03.16"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Truelson, Joseph"] [Black "Paul, Justin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O a6 8. a4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qd3 e6 15. Rfe1 c5 16. dxc5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qe4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bc3 20. Qxf4 Bxf3 21. Re3 Bd2 22. Qg3+ Qg5 23. Rxf3 Qxg3 24. Rxg3+ Kh8 25. Rd3 Bb4 26. Bxe6 Bxc5 27. Bd5 Rae8 28. Rc3 b6 29. a5 Bb4 30. Rf3 Bxa5 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Re2 33. Bg6 b5 34. Bd3 Rd2 35. Ra1 Bc3 36. Rxa6 b4 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Rg4 Rd1+ 40. Bf1 Rc1 41. g3 Rxc2 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Bc4 Kd6 44. Bg8 Ke5 45. Rf4 Rd2 46. h4 Rd8 47. Bf7 Rb8 48. Rf3 Kd4 49. Bb3 Rh8 50. Kh3 Ke4 51. Re3+ Kf5 52. Bc2+ Kf6 53. g4 Bd2 54. Rd3 Bf4 55. Rd4 Bg5 56. h5 Rc8 57. Bf5 Rb8 58. f4 Bxf4 59. Rxf4 b3 60. Kh4 b2 61. Rf1 Kg7 62. g5 Rb4+ 63. Kg3 Rb5 64. h6+ Kh8 65. g6 Rxf5 66. Rxf5 b1=Q 67. Rf8# 1-0 [/pgn]

Truelson drew New York’s Brandon Nydick in the fourth round. SIMULS AND LECTURES WGM Jennifer Shahade, the new Women Program's Director for US Chess, gave a tandem simul this morning in the Girls Club this morning with WIM Carolina Blanco.

No news yet on winners, but CLO will pass their names along as they become available! GM Vladimir Georgiev was also on-site this morning to give a lecture on the bishop pair. He plays "All Comers" Blitz this afternoon.

LIVESTREAM STARTS TONIGHT

Beginning tonight at 7pm CST with the fifth round, US Chess will be livestreaming coverage of top boards from Schaumburg. Be sure to join GM Mesgen Amatov and WGM Jennifer Shahade for all the action! Coverage will continue Sunday morning at 9am for round six and at 2pm for round seven. You can also join us on social media on a number of platforms: Standings, pairings, etc.: http://www.uschess.org/results/2019/hs/ Live game coverage: http://www.uschess.live/ Livestream on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/uschess Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/us_chess/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/USChess Use the hashtag #HSChessChamps for your posts and tweets!

LINKS TO SECTION STANDINGS

Championship Standings: Individual Team

U1900 Standings: Individual Team

U1600 Standings: Individual Team

U1200 Standings: Individual Team

U800 Standings: Individual Team

Unrated Standings: Individual Team