California Player Scores from US Open

(My student Nicholas Karas, rated 1788, has 3.5 out of 6, having faced five opponents rated above 2000. He has beaten two experts and drawn with a third. Way to go!)

After six rounds, seven co-leaders have 5.5 at the 109th US Open in Dallas, Texas: GM Alex Yermolinsky, IM Douglas Root, IM Enrico Sevillano, IM Joe Bradford, IM Michael Mulyar, SM Gabriel Battaglini and IM Kirill Kuderinov

Here are the individual scores for Northern California players after 6 rounds. Three rounds remain to be played, one per day through Sunday.

• NM Michael Aigner 4.5
• NM Steven Zierk 4.5
• IM Walter Shipman 4.0
• Rohan Sathe 4.0
• Nicholas Karas 3.5
• Mukund Chillakanti 3.0
• Mike Goodall 3.0
• Arnav Shah 3.0
• Kartik Chillakanti 3.0
• Tony Pabon 2.5
• Pratap Chillakanti 2.5
• Jessica Lauser 2.0