Announcement | May 08, 2012 13:48  Coming up: U.S. Championships
& Sigeman & Co tournament  Coming up: U.S. Championships &
Sigeman & Co tournament  Although this month most of us will be
closely following the World Championship match, there are in
fact two big events about to start which are worthy of attention
not only on Moscow rest days. Today in Saint Louis, USA the 2012
U.S. Championships take off, with Hikaru Nakamura returning and
Gata Kamsky defending his title. Tomorrow the Sigeman tournament
starts, with Caruana, Leko, Li Chao, Giri, Berg, Tikkanen,
Hector and Grandelius playing this year.  U.S. Championships
Today is the first round of the U.S. Championships, which are
again (for the fourth time) held in the Chess Club and
Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. (Live games here.) The open
and women's events are scheduled to be held simultaneously May 8
through May 20. Gata Kamsky and Anna Zatonskih each look to
defend their respective titles against strong and determined
fields.  The 2012 U.S. Champio