Epicœne

Irina Krush won her seventh U.S. Chess Championship this past weekend in St. Louis. In doing so, she notched her fourth consecutive U.S. title and became without question the best American woman player of her generation and, really, in history. [Read more].

• Matthew DeBord, This woman just became the greatest American female chess player in history, Business Insider, April 15, 2015

Irina Krush – Kateřina Němcová
55th U.S. Women’s Chess Championship; Saint Louis, April 12, 2015
English Opening A29

“It was very important for me to go into the game with the right mindset”, Krush said. “The way it turned out, obviously there weren’t a lot of fireworks on the board. I was prepared for this game to go in any direction”. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Qxg5 17. Bc5 Qe7 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 f5 22. Qc4+ Qf7 23. Rc1 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rf7 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Rc8+ Rf8 28. Rc7 Rf7 ½ : ½. This is Irina Krush’s seventh U.S. Championship title and fourth in a row.

Irina Krush
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