2005 Us Chess Championship (reportage)

2005 US Chess Championship Nakamura and Goletiani champions! Hikaru Nakamura of White Plains, NY is the new US Champion! The 16-year-old swept the playoff match against Alex Stripunsky 2-0. Rusudan Goletiani, also from NY State, won her playoff against Tatev Abrahamyan with the same 2-0 score to win the Women's Championship. Above the new champions pose with AF4C president Erik Anderson (left). 12.5.04 – Blogger: 2005 US WOmen's Champion Rusudan Goletiani Hello everyone, I am back to blog :-) and I am even happier this time, I won the US Women's Championship. The playoff was interesting, in first game I surprised my opponent with the opening, so I got some advantage in time. The move b6 was not very good for me and she could have played better, but after trading queens, I got the better position and won the game. In the second game I was doing really well but later in the game I gave her some chances, but I managed to win anyways :-) Sooooo the tournament is over. San Diego is a great place to be, especially that we could see the sunset in the ocean from the lobby. It was an amazing view and it helped me win the tournament. :-) Once again I want thank Erik Anderson and all the sponsors for organizing a fantastic tournament, and to thank everyone supporting me, my dad, my husband, all my friends, my students, you support helped me to become 2005 US Women's Champion!!!!! Thank you all! Page 1 / 104 2005 US Chess Championship Blogger: 2005 US champion Hikaru Nakamura! Hi everyone. The first playoff game was much more interesting, the second one was kind of dry. He could have drawn, but tried to win of course. In the first game he was slightly better because I overlooked the Nh5 maneuver, which caused me quite a few problems. If I lose the dark-squared bishop then he can play d4 and white is better. His f4 was a slight mistake probably. d4 and white is a li