US Championship 2015 - Round 7

Opening: C89: Ruy Lopez: Marshall counter-attack

Player(s): So, Onischuk

GM Max Dlugy recaps round 7. Another WOW! round in St. Louis, with 5 decisive results, and a lot of interesting games. Onischuk played a novelty in his game against So, and it seemed to be a sound one; Alexander wasn't able to convert the good position into a real advantage and lost the game, but it's very likely that his 17. ... Bf5 will be seen again on the board. Ray Robson had to win his game twice, after missing an easy win and see himself forced to play very carefully to avoid perpetual check. With his win, Ray joins Nakamura in the lead. Sevian is having a good tournament: today Sam managed to hold Nakamura to a draw, which is not the easiest thing in the world to do. The other youngster - Kayden Troff - beat Var Akobian, who blundered a pawn early in the game and had to entry a difficult endings. Gata Kamsky - who is having an up-and-down tournament - got back to win today, against Holt. After this amazing 7th round, Nakamura and Robson lead with 5.0 out of 7, followed by Welsey So half a point behind. A full point behind the leaders, Kamsky, Sevian and Troff.