U.S. Championship: Nimzo-Indian Classical

Hess is just fine on the black side of this Nimzo-Indian after Krush's novelty of 13.f5.  He's even in command of the game after14.Qe7.  From there, however, Krush manages a slow buildup until Hess collapses at 33.Qxf5. 

U.S. Championship: French Burn Variation

Hess plays a good game. Review 5...Nbd7, the secondary move in the variation, being played about half as often as 5...Be7. The ending is not looking easy to convert until the very nice move 31.c5.

World Team Championship: Panov-Botvinnik Attack

So far so good at the World Team Championship!

. Team win draw loss MP GP . 1 Armenia 3 0 1 6 10 . 2 USA 3 0 1 6 10 . 3 Russia 3 0 1 6 9.5 . 4 Israel 3 0 1 6 9.5 . 5 India 3 0 1 6 9 . 6 Azerbaijan 2 0 2 4 8.5 . 7 Greece 1 0 3 2 7 . 8 Brazil 1 0 3 2 7 . 9 Egypt 1 0 3 2 6 . 10 Turkey 0 0 4 0 3.5

A good solid game by Hess.