Today the vote count concluded for the 2010 USCF Special Executive Board election to fill two vacant one-year Executive Board seats. Mike Nietman and Gary Walters were elected.
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As IM Irina Krush was wrapping up the US Women's, the US Junior Closed saw an unlikely tie, creating a three-way tiebreak between GM Ray Robson, IM Sam Shankland and Parker Zhao. Armageddon playoff, Tuesday at 11 AM EST.
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GM Nikola Mitkov won the 2010 Chicago Class with 4.5/5, giving up a draw only to GM Dmitry Gurevich. Timur Aliyev took clear second place.
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With one round to go at the US Women's, two players have astonishing 7/8 scores: Anna Zatonskih and Irina Krush. In the US Juniors, Parker Zhao is half a point behind GM Ray Robson.
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Andrea Rosen writes about accompanying her son Eric to the 2010 US Junior Closed at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, which she calls "a new place on the chess continuum."
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