Wesley So je prešao u malo bolju topovsku završnicu koju je uspio pretvoriti u dobijenu pješačku (koju su obojica igrali neprecizno, ali poslednju grešku je napravio Woodward).
So,Wesley (2770) – Woodward,Andy (2619) [D38]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.2), 17.10.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 dxc4 9.Qxc4 gxf6 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Qh4 Ke7 12.g3 Bxc3+ 13.Rxc3 Qb4 14.Qxb4+ Nxb4 15.a3 Nc6 16.Bg2 Bd7 17.Kd2 Rhd8 18.Rhc1 Rac8 19.Ne1 Ne5 20.Nd3 Rxc3 21.Rxc3 Bc6 22.Bxc6 Nxc6 23.Rc5 Ne5 24.b4 b6 25.Rc7+ Rd7 26.Rc8 f5 27.a4 Nxd3 28.exd3 e5 29.Ke3 Rd4 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.dxc4 Kd6 32.Kd3 f6 33.Kc3
33…Kc6? + – (trebalo je 33…a6 i crni se drži) 34.Kb3? (trebalo je 34.h4!) Kd6 35.Kc2 Kc7 36.Kc3 Kc6? + – (crni opet propušta potez a6 kojim može da održi remi) 37.h4! (bijeli konačno igra potez koji dobija) Kd6 38.c5+ bxc5 39.b5 Kd5 40.a5 c4 41.b6 axb6 42.axb6 Kc6 43.Kxc4 f4 44.gxf4 exf4
45.b7 Kxb7 46.Kd5 f3 47.Ke6 Kc6 48.Kxf6 Kd5 49.Kf5 h5 50.Kf4 Ke6 51.Kxf3 Kf5 52.Ke3 1–0
Shankland,Sam (2646) – Niemann,Hans Moke (2717) [C88]
ch-USA 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.1), 17.10.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Na3 Qd7 11.c4 Na5 12.axb5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 axb5 14.cxb5 d5 15.Nxe5 Qe6 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Qd1 Qf5 18.d4 Bb4 19.Re3 Bd6 20.Qd3 Be4 21.Qe2 Bb7 22.Bd2 Ra4 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.bxc6 Rxd4 25.Bc3 Rh4 26.Be5 Bc5 27.Qf3 Qg5 28.Re2 Bb6 29.Rae1 Ra4 30.h3 h6 31.Nb5 Rc4 32.Nxc7 Bxc7 33.Bxc7 Qc5 34.b3 Rc3
35.Bd6 Qd4 36.Be5 Rxf3 37.Bxd4 Rxb3 38.c7 Rb7 39.Bxf6 gxf6 40.Re7 1–0
Šampionat SAD za žene 2026
U osmom kolu odlučene su četiri partije. Posebno je lijepa pobjeda Cervantes Landeiro. Obavezno pogledajte ispod.
Paikidze,Nazi (2309) – Sargsyan,Anna M (2332) [A07]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.1), 17.10.2026
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 c5 6.0–0 0–0 7.c4 d4 8.b4 Nfd7 9.b5 e5 10.d3 f5 11.Nfd2 Nf6 12.Nb3 Nbd7 13.N1d2 Rb8 14.e3 dxe3 15.fxe3 Ng4 16.Qe2 Bh6 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Rf3 Bg7 19.Raf1 Qc7 20.h3 e4 21.Nxe4 Nge5 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Nexc5 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Re8 25.d4 Qe7 26.Kf2 Bh6 27.Re1 f4 28.gxf4 Bxf4 29.Ne4 Bc7 30.Ke2 Rf8 31.Qg2 Bf5 32.Ned2 Rbe8 33.e4 Qh4 34.Rh1 Bg3 35.Kd3 Be6 36.Bxe6 Rf2 37.Qxf2 Bxf2 38.Bd5 Qg3+ 39.Kc2 b6 40.e5 Bg1 41.Bc6 Re7 42.Nf3 Qg2+ 43.Nfd2 Qf2 44.h4 Qe3 45.Nf3 Rf7 46.Nbd2 Bf2 47.Rf1 Bg3 48.e6 Rc7 49.Bd7 Qa3 50.Ng5 Bxh4 51.Nf7+ Kg7 52.Ne5 Qxa2+ 53.Kd3 Qa3+ 54.Ke2 Bg5 55.Rf7+ Kh8 56.Rf3 Qb2 57.Nf7+ Kg7 58.Nxg5 Qxd4 59.Rf7+ Kh8 60.Rf8+ Kg7 61.Rf7+ Kg8 62.Nge4 Qe5 63.Kd3 Kh8
64.Nf6 Qf5+ 65.Kc3 Qe5+ 66.Kb3 Qe3+ 67.Ka4 1–0
Yu,Jennifer (2354) – Krush,Irina (2404) [A30]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.2), 17.10.2026
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3 9.Bc4 Nd5 10.Bxd5 e6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.0–0 Qd5 13.Qc2 f6 14.b3 Kf7 15.Be3 Bb7 16.Rfd1 Be7 17.Ne1 Rad8 18.f3 g5 19.Nd3 h5 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Rac1 g4 22.Qe4 Rdg8 23.Kf2 h4 24.Bf4 Rh5 25.Qxd5 exd5 26.Nd3 g3+ 27.Kg1 Bd7 28.b4 Bd8 29.Re1 Rhh8 30.a4 Rg7 31.a5 a6 32.Nc5 Bc8 33.Nd3 Bd7 34.Bd6 Re8 35.Rxe8 Kxe8 36.hxg3 hxg3 37.Re1+ Kf7 38.Nf4 Rg8 39.Nh5 f5 40.Nxg3 Bf6 41.Ne2 Re8 42.Kf2 Bg5 43.Be5 Be7 44.Rb1 Ra8 45.Nf4 Ra7 46.Nd3 Rb7 47.Ke3 Bf8 48.Bf4 Kg8 49.Kd2 Be8 50.Kc3 Rg7 51.Rg1 Rh7 52.Re1 Re7 53.Be5 Re6 54.Rh1 Rg6 55.Rh8+ Kf7 56.g3 Be7 57.Rh7+ Kf8
58.Nf4 1–0
Sjajna igra Cervantes Landerio koja je efektno savladala prošlogodišnju šampionku:
Yip,Carissa (2484) – Cervantes Landeiro,Thalia (2247) [B95]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.5), 17.10.2026
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.h4 h6 9.Bd2 e5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Nc6 12.0–0–0 Rc8 13.Kb1 b5 14.f3 d5 15.Rh3 Qc7 16.Rc1 b4 17.Na4 0–0 18.g4 Nd4 19.Qe3 Qc6 20.Qxe5
20… Nxc2 21.Qxe7 Rfe8 22.Qa7
22…Re1!! 23.Qc5 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Qe8 25.Qf2 Qxa4 26.Bd3 b3 27.axb3
27…Qa1# 0–1
Paragua,Megan Althea (2234) – Atwell,Rose (2325) [C65]
ch-USA w 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.6), 17.10.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 c6 6.Bc4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qb6 8.Qe5+ Be7 9.0–0 d6 10.Qg3 0–0 11.Nc3 Kh8 12.b3 Be6 13.Be2 d5 14.Bb2 Rg8 15.e5 Nd7 16.Na4 Qc7 17.f4 f5 18.Kh1 c5 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Nc3 Nb6 21.a4 a6 22.a5 Nc8 23.Rfd1 d4 24.Na4 Na7 25.b4 cxb4 26.Bxd4 Nb5 27.Bb6 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Qc4 29.Kg1 Bd8 30.Qe3 Bxb6 31.Nxb6 Qc7 32.Qd2 Qe7 33.Be2 Rd8 34.Qe3 Nd4 35.Bd3 b3 36.cxb3 Nxb3 37.Rb1 Nxa5 38.Bf1 Nc6 39.Qc3 a5 40.Bb5 Nb4 41.Ra1 Nd5 42.Nxd5 Rxd5 43.Be2 Rc5 44.Qd2 Qc7 45.Bf3 h6 46.Qd6 Rc1+ 47.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 48.Kf2 Qc4 49.Qd8+ Kh7 50.Qxa5 Qxf4 51.h3 Qd4+ 52.Kg3 b6 53.Qb5 Qc5 54.Qxc5 bxc5 55.Kf2 Kg6 56.Ke3 Kf7 57.h4 g5 58.hxg5 hxg5 59.g3 Bb3 60.Bb7
60…Ke6 61.Ba6 Kxe5 62.Be2 c4 63.Bf3 f4+ 64.gxf4+ gxf4+ 65.Kd2 Kd4 66.Bh5 c3+ 67.Ke2 Bc4+ 68.Kd1 Bd3 0–1