Group A
Two leader emerged in the pool phase, so play-offs weren't required here.
Final scores in Group A:
| Seed | Name | Rating | points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gata Kamsky | 2733 | 5 |
| 2 | Yury Shulman | 2622 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Ray Robson | 2522 | 4 |
| 6 | Alexander Ivanov | 2540 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Varuzhan Akobian | 2611 | 3 |
| 4 | Jaan Ehlvest | 2586 | 3 |
| 8 | Daniel Naroditsky | 2438 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Alexander Stripunsky | 2578 | 2.5 |
Group B
Robert Hess cruised through, but rapidplay games were required to split the second and third placed players.
Final scores in Group B:
| Seed | Name | Rating | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Robert Hess | 2565 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Alexander Onischuk | 2678 | 4 |
| 7 | Sam Shankland | 2512 | 4 |
| 2 | Yasser Seirawan | 2636 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Alexander Shabalov | 2590 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Gregory Kaidanov | 2569 | 2.5 |
| 4 | Larry Christiansen | 2586 | 3 |
| 8 | Ben Finegold | 2500 | 3 |
| White | Elo | Result | Black | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Onischuk | 2678 | 0.5-0.5 | Sam Shankland | 2512 |
| Sam Shankland | 2512 | 1-0 | Alexander Onischuk | 2678 |
| No | Title | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
| 1 | IM | Irina Krush | 2472 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 2 | WFM | Tatev Abrahamyan | 2326 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | IM | Rusudan Goletiani | 2367 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | IM | Anna Zatonskih | 2499 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | FM | Alisa Melekhina | 2304 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 6 | WIM | Iryna Zenyuk | 2245 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | WGM | Camilla Baginskaite | 2342 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | x | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 8 | WGM | Sabina Foisor | 2350 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | x | 4 |
Anna Zatonskih gave her opponent no quarter with two straight wins.
| White | Elo | Result | Black | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabina Foisor | 2350 | 0-1 | Anna Zatonskih | 2499 |
| Anna Zatonskih | 2499 | 1-0 | Sabina Foisor | 2350 |
So finally it will be Anna Zatonskih in play in Saturday's first set of Semi-final games.
- Live play in the Semi-Finals from 2pm local time (St. Louis) =
8pm London
9pm Paris, Madrid
11pm Moscow
- For more information go to the official site: http://saintlouischessclub.org/2011-us-championships/
- For live play: http://saintlouischessclub.org/live/atc
