Photo Jennifer Shahade

Jerry Hanken annotates ten of his favorite games from the 2006 Chicago Open for www.uschess.org while Michael Aigner discusses his crucial last round game against Grandmaster John Fedorowicz.

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Yury Shulman, Winner of 2006 U.S. Open. Photo by Black/Toby Photography

GM Yury Shulman just missed out on winning the U.S. Championship in San Diego because of a playoff loss to Alex Onischuk. However, with a superb performance in Chicago he becomes the U.S. Open Champion.

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Nelson Lopez II, 2006 Denker Tournament Winner. Photo by Chris Bird

The Ohio high school champion gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the competition and the atmosphere in one of America’s premier scholastic events, including making friends with the Polgar participants.

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Abby Marshall. Photo by Chris Bird

The two-time champion gives us a glimpse into her thoughts as she went about defending her title.

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Elliot Lui and Tatev Abrahamyan

After a difficult journey to Ecuador, our team gathers itself to win a number of medals, including top honors for Elliott Liu and Tatev Abrahamyan.

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Aleksander Wojtkiewicz. Photo by Chris Bird

Right up to his death, Aleks Wojtkiewicz was among America’s leading grandmasters. One of our newest grandmasters, a college teammate of Wojo’s, provides us with a remembrance.

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