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A victory over Varuzhan Akobian puts Sergey Kudrin in clear first in the Frank Berry U.S. Championship, with 3.5/4. In the women's, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih still have 4/4 each.
Macauley Peterson investigates the upcoming Kamsky-Topalov match. He talks to Kamsky manager Chernenko. Also included is a video interview with Silvio Danailov, who is skeptical that a match will occur in Ukraine.
Jennifer blogs on 
Tom Braunlich holds nothing back in this frank dispatch from Tulsa. Find out which player is a hit with the press, and the various attempts to ease the tourney hall space squeeze.
With his first win, Sam Shankland became the number one key to success in the 2008 Fantasy competition. Tom Allen wins the daily prize, while Daniel Bryant leads the overall contest.
After three rounds of the Frank Berry U.S. Championships, GMs Kudrin, Becerra, Onischuk, Kaidanov and Shulman lead with 2.5/3. In the women's, Anna Zatonskih and Irina Krush lead with perfect 3s.
Elizabeth Vicary interviews Courtney Jamison, wildcard in the U.S. Women's Championship, about how she prepares, friends, role models and the ups and downs of being a woman in chess.
Betsy Dynako reports on the Elementary Nationals last weekend in Pittsburgh. Besides a big photo gallery, enjoy stories on a special Mother's Day present and some parenting and coaching don'ts.
Arun Sharma updates the Fantasy standings. John Stokes won the daily prize, Chimi is one of four top keys to success, and Nick Folino leads the overall contest.
After two rounds of the Frank Berry U.S. Championship, there are just two undefeated players, Gregory Kaidanov and Sergey Kudrin. The women's saw 5 decisive games today: Krush, Zatonskih and Chimi are 2-0.
With just two games to go and 1500$ at stake, U.S. Chess League commissioner Greg Shahade explains why he thinks Martinez-Zilberstein, the third place finisher in the USCL Game of the Year competition should have won by a landslide.
The University of Texas at Dallas squad arrived in China for a match against Nankai University. GM Alejandro Ramirez is both holding down board 1 against Wang Yue and blogging, although his blog can't be accessed from inside China!
Chouchanik Airapetian is the top "key to success" in the
fantasy competition; she is on the roster of 7 of the top ten teams. The daily book prize goes to Lawrence Rostoker. Read full report by Arun Sharma.
Besides the board two shocker, the first round of the Frank Berry U.S. Championship featured few upsets. Some notable games included a hard-fought board 1 draw between Kraai and Onischuk and wins by Zatonskih and Krush in the women's.
Defending U.S. Champion Alexander Shabalov began the 2008 Frank Berry U.S. Championship with a shockingly short loss to Alexander Yermolinsky when Shabalov blundered on move 18.
34 players arrived in Tulsa for the Frank Berry U.S. Championships (May 13-21). First seed Alexander Onischuk chose White, so odd-numbered seeds will play White. Tom Braunlich reports on this and other news.
