US Seniors and Juniors: Akopian, Yoo and Lee prevail

2024. 7. 29. 20:59카테고리 없음

7/26/2024 – The final round of the US Senior and Junior Championships was played yesterday at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Vladimir Akopian (pictured) won the US Senior Championship with a round to spare, while Christoper Yoo and Alice Lee won the US Junior Championships.


Vladimir Akopian was the dominating player in the 2024 US Senior Championship as he pulled away from the rest of the field very early on in the tournament. The 1999 FIDE World Champion started with three wins in the first three rounds against Igor Novikov, Alexander Shabalov and Larry Christiansen and followed this up with two more victories against Jesse Kraai and Douglas Root.


Before the final round, Akopian had a 1½-point lead and had thus secured tournament victory. In the final round, the new senior champion had a long battle with Joel Benjamin, which ended drawn in a rook ending.

Four of the five games in the final round ended drawn. But Kraai still managed a win against Julio Beccera, which earned him second place in the final standings. Benjamin and Christiansen shared third place.

 

2024년 7월 26일 – 어제 세인트루이스 체스 클럽에서 미국 시니어 및 주니어 선수권 대회 결승전이 열렸습니다. 블라디미르 아코피안(사진)이 미국 시니어 선수권 대회에서 여유 있게 우승을 차지했고, 크리스토퍼 유와 앨리스 리가 미국 주니어 선수권 대회에서 우승을 차지했습니다.
블라디미르 아코피안은 토너먼트 초반에 나머지 필드에서 물러났기 때문에 2024년 미국 시니어 챔피언십에서 압도적인 선수였습니다. 1999년 FIDE 월드 챔피언은 이고르 노비코프, 알렉산더 샤발로프, 래리 크리스찬센을 상대로 첫 세 라운드에서 3승을 거두며 시작했고, 제시 크라이와 더글러스 루트를 상대로 2승을 더 거두며 그 뒤를 이었습니다.

결승전 전에, Akopian은 1 ½ 포인트 리드를 가지고 있어서 토너먼트 승리를 확보했습니다. 결승전에서, 새로운 시니어 챔피언은 Joel Benjamin과 긴 싸움을 했고, 그것은 루킹 엔딩으로 비겼습니다.

마지막 라운드의 다섯 경기 중 네 경기는 무승부로 끝났습니다. 그러나 Kraai는 Julio Becsera를 상대로 승리를 거두었고, 그것은 그를 최종 순위에서 2위를 차지하게 했습니다. Benjamin과 Christiansen은 3위를 공유했습니다.

 

츌처:https://en.chessbase.com/post/us-juniors-seniors-2024-r9

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