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Chess news: Kamsky and Shulman Win and Will Play for U.S. Title -- They’ll play one game for the title. And if it ends in a draw, they’ll play some more. Gata Kamsky and Yuri Shulman will square off Monday in a game that could determine the United States Chess Champion. Kamsky and Shulman are tied for the lead of the chess championship after both won Sunday. Kamsky, the No. 2 seed, was expected to be a factor in the tournament. Sunday, he beat Alexander Onischuk, the No. 3 seed, in the process breaking Onischuk’s 49-game unbeaten streak in U.S. Chess Championships. It was a tense contest, where neither player had much of an edge for most of the game. According to the Web site of the chess championship, Kamsky even offered ... Eljanov Easily Wins Final Chess Grand Prix -- The last Grand Prix tournament ended somewhat anticlimactically on Monday in Astrakhan, Russia, as Pavel Eljanov of Russia easily secured first place. (He had wrapped up at least a tie with a round to go.) The real drama was over who would gain enough points to earn a spot in the Candidates matches or tournament, as the format has still not been settled on. (Nor has a time or a place been announced, which is par for the course with the World Chess Federation.) With a tie for second, Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan finished second in the six-tournament series behind Levon Aronian of Armenia. Radjabov, who was tied for second place in the Grand Prix before the chess ... Kamsky Wins United States Chess Champion -- It took almost 20 years, but Gata Kamsky is once again the United States Chess Champion. Kamsky won the title on Tuesday by drawing a one-game playoff against Yuri Shulman. Kamsky, who had Black, had draw odds, meaning that he only had to draw the game to be declared winner on tie-break. Though Kamsky has been one of the top chess players in the world since the early 1990’s, he had only won the U.S. Chess Championship once before — in 1991, when he was 17. Part of the reason for the long hiatus was that he almost completely quit playing chess between 1996 and 2004, a period in which he went to school and got a law degree. The playoff for the chess championship had ... | |