** US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 **
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 719
Dull first round with a bunch of fairly boring draws (bar Liang-Lenderman.) I actually quite enjoyed the aforementioned game. The swings throughout provided some much needed drama to this round and I appreciated the tenacity of Awonder's defense when he seemed lost.
WRT the women's championship: the near upset by Nguyen v Krush was quite the spectacle. I'd bet on one of the teens to take the women's title given their hunger and vitality.
