CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW US CHAMPION, GM* ORLANDO GONZALEZ

Winner of the 2009 US Chess Championship Fantasy Contest!

Your score is 66.0. Your current ranking is #1!
Here are your predictions! Your confidence levels are shown at the right.
GM Gata Kamsky (2798, 2720) <> GM Hikaru Nakamura (2757, 2701) 11

GM Alex Onischuk (2736, 2684) > GM Yury Shulman (2697, 2632) 6
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2664, 2612) <> GM Julio Becerra (2672, 2609) 5

GM Larry Christiansen (2681, 2588) > GM Alex Shabalov (2620, 2569) 12
GM Joel Benjamin (2650, 2583) > GM Gregory Kaidanov (2662, 2595) 5
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2649, 2606) > GM Ildar Ibragimov (2628, 2586) 2
GM Boris Gulko (2631, 2561) > GM Melikset Khachiyan (2632, 2546) 7
GM Josh Friedel (2568, 2516) > GM-elect Robert Hess (2545, 2485) 3
IM Irina Krush (2496, 2452) > IM Anna Zatonskih (2503, 2461) 1
IM Ray Robson (2542, 2465) > IM Sam Shankland (2464, 2446) 9
IM Michael Brooks (2419, 2463) * > IM Enrico Sevillano (2549, 2520) 4
NM Tyler Hughes (2293, 2230) > NM Charles Lawton (2350, None) 10

You have selected GM Hikaru Nakamura to be the 2009 U.S. Champion.

Other top scores from IS 318 included:

10. Ezequiel Quinones (56)

12. JP Garcia (55)

13. (tied) Jakob Kobaljo (54)

16. Carlos Alverez (53)

23. LoveDeep Singh (51)

I scored a miserable 34 points and placed 182-192. Many thanks to Arun Sharma for running such a fun contest.

*Guessing Master