Nakamura and Krush are US Chess Champions 2015!

Red bull = Secret of the US #1!? (pic by Lennart Ootes)

The pre-tournament favorites, Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush won the 2015 US Chess championship for Men & Women respectively.

Nakamura was in the lead from the very beginning and ended up with 8/11 points. Krush had to fight her way back to the top and wrestle the first spot from Nemcova who was in lead for most part of the tourney. Krush ended with 8.5/11 points!

Final Standings (Men)

1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2798 8
2 GM Robson, Ray 2656 7.5
3 GM So, Wesley 2788 6.5
4 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2665 6
5 GM Kamsky, Gata 2683 5.5
6 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2622 5.5
7 GM Sevian, Samuel 2531 5.5
8 GM Shankland, Samuel L 2661 5
9 GM Troff, Kayden W 2532 5
10 GM Holt, Conrad 2530 4.5
11 GM Gareev, Timur 2604 4
12 GM Naroditsky, Daniel 2633 3

Final Standings (Women)

1 GM Krush, Irina 2477 8.5
2 IM Paikidze, Nazi 2333 7.5
3 WGM Nemcova, Katerina 2279 7.5
4 WIM Ni, Viktorija 2188 7
5 WGM Sharevich, Anna 2267 6.5
6 IM Goletiani, Rusudan 2311 6
7 WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2322 5.5
8 WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 2235 5.5
9 WCM Virkud, Apurva 2132 3.5
10 WIM Wang, Annie 1901 3.5
11 FM Melekhina, Alisa 2235 2.5
12 WFM Yu, Jennifer R 2180 2.5

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