Nakamura and Pruess finish first at the 2007 North American Open

GM Hiraku Nakamura and IM David Pruess finished first with 6 points out of the possible seven at the North American Open chess tournament 2007.

Shabalov, Becerra and Kretchetov finished next with 5.5 points.

Final Standings:

1 Hikaru Nakamura and IM David Pruess 6
3- GM Alexander Shabalov, GM Julio Becerra and FM Alex Kretchetov- 5.5
6-10- GM Varuzhan Akobian, GM Jesse Kraai, Denys K.Shmelov, GM Gildardo J. Garcia and IM Vladimir Mezentsev- 5

North American Open 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada

Six rounds of the North American open have been completed. GM Alexander Shabalov is leading the strong field with 5.5 points. He has won all his games except one. GM Hiraku Nakamura and GM Varuzhan Akobian along with IM David Pruess.

FMs Alex Kretchetov and Jake Kleiman are ranked high in a strong field.

Nakamura was held to two draws by IM Joshua Friedel and GM Jesse Kraai.

No results of a few rounds of Irina Krush have been published.

The top 20 after round 6:

1 GM Alexander Shabalov 5½
2 GM Hikaru Nakamura 5
3 GM Varuzhan Akobian 5
4 IM David Pruess 5
5 GM Ildar Ibragimov 4½
6 GM Julio J Becerra 4½
7 FM Alex Kretchetov 4½
8 FM Jake Kleiman 4½
9 GM Nikola Mitkov 4
10 GM Jesse Kraai 4
11 GM Gildardo J Garcia 4
12 GM Dashze Sharavdorj 4
13 IM Vladimi Mezentsev 4
14 FM Slava Mikhailuk 4
15 Denys K Shmelov 4
16 FM Robby Adamson 4
17 Dennis Monokroussos 4
18 GM Anatoly Y Lein 4
19 FM Matthew Beelby 4
20 Rodelay Medina 4