SuperNationals VI is the Largest Rated Tourney Ever

SuperNationals VI is the largest rated tournament in history, with the final tally at 5577, surpassing the previous record of 5335 set at SuperNationals V. Franc Guadalupe, Events Director at US Chess, confirmed the total on Friday evening after no-shows and withdrawals were accounted for. He said he was thrilled to surpass the previous record by over 200 participants. "Congrats to all who have contributed to this record-breaking event! The festivities began with blitz and bughouse (full results index here), with Max Lu, formerly the youngest US Chess master in history, shining with two victories, clear first in the K-6 Blitz and first in the bughouse along with his partner Drew Justice. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863090003232075776 Nicolas Checa also started off well in his first Nationals, topping the K-12 Blitz on tiebreak. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863132009996144640 The stars also arrived for festivities, including headliner Former World Champion and author Garry Kasparov: https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/863139517477335042 The Main Event action began on Friday with the top boards in Open sections live each round. Early upsets included Clara McGrew, who defeated Christopher Wu in round 1 in the K-12 Open. https://twitter.com/LeilaDAquin/status/863138776201166848 There were plenty of inspiring players for the Girls' Club to look up to. US Chess caught up with the two most recent US Women's Champions, Sabina Foisor and Nazi Paikidze: https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863126226113789952 Sabina wasn't the only one to get a chess tattoo this round: https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863126704491040768   https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863212653543661568 Chess fashion didn't stop there as IM Greg Shahade, who is taking over the US Chess twitter this weekend, spotted some cool outfits: https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863141420739309572 https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863196250518286336 https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863113427644018688 Jim Doyle, who will also be contributing photography to Chess Life Magazine, also caught some great fashion. Live boards are broadcast from the top boards in each section. Check out some highlights from pre-tournament favorites and follow along as the action gets more intense tomorrow. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863211128926720001

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[Date "2017.04.19"]
[White "Campbell, Harris"]
[Black "Taghizadeh, Raya"]
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[BlackElo "2409"]
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[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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[WhiteClock "0:00:13"]
[BlackClock "0:13:01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be2 d5 8.
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Qxc5 15. Be4 Qe7 16. Qc2 g6 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Bc2 c5 20. Nf3 Be6 21.
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[Date "2017.04.19"]
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[Black "Izumi, Haruki"]
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[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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[WhiteClock "1:34:41"]
[BlackClock "0:43:01"]

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15. Qh5 O-O 16. Qxf5 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Ke2 h6 20. Rc2 c6 21.
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1-0[/pgn]

https://twitter.com/USChess/status/863180488386772992

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[Date "2017.04.19"]
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[Black "Checa, Nicolas"]
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[BlackElo "2528"]
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[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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[WhiteClock "0:00:01"]
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e6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Na2 Re8 14. Bb4 Bb8 15.
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Nc5 28. Qc6 Nxa4 29. Bxa6 Nc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxa6 32. Rfc1 Raa8 33. Nd4
Bg6 34. Nb5 Reb8 35. Nd6 Kh7 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Nxc8 Ra6 38. h3 h5 39. Rc7 Ra1+
40. Kh2 Rf1 41. f4 d4 42. exd4 Rxf4 43. Rd7 Be4 44. Nd6 Bd5 45. Rxf7 Rxd4 46.
Ne8 Kg8 47. Rf2 Re4 48. Nc7 Rxe5 49. Nxd5 exd5 50. Kg3 g6 51. h4 Kg7 52. Rf3
Rf5 53. Re3 Kf6 54. Re8 d4 55. Rd8 Ke5 56. Re8+ Kd5 57. Rd8+ Ke4 58. Rd6 d3 59.
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