China 2½ - USA 1½

Photo Tony Rich of STL Chess Club

Ouch! Look for the report at Chess Life Online.

USA-China 2-2 tie: monster win for Yury Shulman!

Local boy makes good in Siberia. Shulman lost to Grischuk in this line five years ago; that game was also in Khanty Mansiysk. The Marshall Gambit in the Semi-Slav (4.e4) is incredibly difficult...and very entertaining!