48th US Chess championship :: Seattle, WA 2003

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1. GM Shabalov, Alexander 2613 USA 5 3 1 44
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19
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8
1
27
1
2
½
3
½
21
1
5
0
9
1
2.-8. GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2629 USA 6 3 6 0 33
1
21
1
16
1
9
½
1
½
13
½
4
½
7
½
6
½
2.-8. GM Gulko, Boris 2584 USA 6 3 6 0 42
1
25
½
29
1
39
½
9
½
1
½
6
½
14
1
4
½
2.-8. GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2554 USA 6 3 6 0 26
½
28
1
19
½
20
½
25
1
14
½
2
½
22
1
3
½
2.-8. GM Benjamin, Joel 2587 USA 6 3 6 0 50
½
18
½
42
1
16
½
39
1
9
½
20
½
1
1
8
½
2.-8. GM Ivanov, Alexander 2520 USA 6 3 6 0 18
½
50
½
17
1
32
½
10
½
39
1
3
½
35
1
2
½
2.-8. GM Goldin, Alexander 2621 USA 6 4 4 1 32
1
27
0
40
½
10
½
33
½
41
1
34
1
2
½
21
1
2.-8. GM Fedorowicz, John 2505 USA 6 4 4 1 45
½
55
1
1
0
36
½
50
½
33
1
29
1
13
1
5
½
9.-17. IM Akobian, Varuzhan 2531 USA 3 5 1 37
1
34
1
27
½
2
½
3
½
5
½
18
½
20
1
1
0
9.-17. IM Sarkar, Justin 2367 USA 2 7 0 31
½
22
½
35
1
7
½
6
½
11
½
25
½
27
1
15
½
9.-17. GM De Firmian, Nick 2537 USA 3 5 1 17
1
20
½
14
½
25
½
21
0
10
½
32
½
33
1
29
1
9.-17. GM Christiansen, Larry 2566 USA 3 5 1 36
1
39
½
25
½
29
1
14
½
21
0
19
½
18
1
17
½
9.-17. GM Seirawan, Yasser 2636 USA 3 5 1 28
½
26
½
44
1
22
½
27
1
2
½
14
½
8
0
19
1
9.-17. IM Nakamura, Hikaru 2520 USA 3 5 1 30
½
41
1
11
½
40
1
12
½
4
½
13
½
3
0
35
1
9.-17. GM Yermolinsky, Alexander 2560 USA 2 7 0 43
1
40
½
20
½
19
½
26
1
18
½
22
½
21
½
10
½
9.-17. GM Zaichik, Gennadi 2516 USA 4 3 2 48
1
49
1
2
0
5
½
19
½
29
½
35
0
32
1
28
1
9.-17. IM Burnett, Ronald 2436 USA 4 3 2 11
0
56
1
6
0
51
1
40
1
19
½
24
½
25
1
12
½
18.-24. FM Muhammad, Stephen 2368 USA 5 2 6 1 6
½
5
½
34
1
24
½
31
1
15
½
9
½
12
0
22
½
18.-24. GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2492 USA 5 2 6 1 51
1
1
½
4
½
15
½
16
½
17
½
12
½
34
1
13
0
18.-24. FM Foygel, Igor 2474 USA 5 2 6 1 56
1
11
½
15
½
4
½
22
½
24
1
5
½
9
0
23
½
18.-24. GM Fishbein, Alexander 2489 USA 5 4 2 3 54
1
2
0
37
½
30
1
11
1
12
1
1
0
15
½
7
0
18.-24. IM Kreiman, Boris 2497 USA 5 2 6 1 55
½
10
½
43
1
13
½
20
½
32
1
15
½
4
0
18
½
18.-24. GM Serper, Grigory 2556 USA 5 2 6 1 41
½
30
½
26
½
37
½
44
1
34
0
42
1
28
½
20
½
18.-24. IM Finegold, Benjamin 2551 USA 5 3 4 2 46
1
29
0
50
1
18
½
32
½
20
0
17
½
26
½
30
1
25.-38. GM Browne, Walter Shawn 2484 USA 2 5 2 38
1
3
½
12
½
11
½
4
0
46
1
10
½
17
0
26
½
25.-38. GM Lein, Anatoly 2402 USA 1 7 1 4
½
13
½
23
½
45
1
15
0
40
½
27
½
24
½
25
½
25.-38. IM Lapshun, Yury 2419 USA 3 3 3 47
1
7
1
9
½
1
0
13
0
42
½
26
½
10
0
45
1
25.-38. IM Donaldson, John 2399 USA 3 3 3 13
½
4
0
45
0
52
1
41
½
37
1
31
1
23
½
16
0
25.-38. IM Kraai, Jesse 2453 USA 4 1 4 53
1
24
1
3
0
12
0
37
1
16
½
8
0
47
1
11
0
25.-38. WIM Shahade, Jennifer 2330 USA 2 5 2 14
½
23
½
33
½
21
0
43
½
36
½
50
1
39
1
24
0
25.-38. GM Kudrin, Sergey 2542 USA 3 3 3 10
½
45
1
39
0
46
½
18
0
43
1
28
0
36
1
34
½
25.-38. IM Paschall, William 2444 USA 3 3 3 7
0
47
1
49
1
6
½
24
½
22
0
11
½
16
0
46
1
25.-38. FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren 2408 USA 3 3 3 2
0
54
1
30
½
41
½
7
½
8
0
46
1
11
0
48
1
25.-38. IM Mulyar, Michael 2446 USA 4 1 4 58
1
9
0
18
0
47
1
36
1
23
1
7
0
19
0
31
½
25.-38. IM Shahade, Gregory 2452 USA 4 1 4 49
0
48
1
10
0
57
1
46
½
50
1
16
1
6
0
14
0
25.-38. IM Kaufman, Larry 2415 USA 3 3 3 12
0
52
½
53
1
8
½
34
0
30
½
55
1
31
0
47
1
25.-38. IM Krush, Irina 2433 USA 3 3 3 9
0
58
1
21
½
23
½
29
0
28
0
57
1
42
1
39
½
25.-38. WIM Hahn, Anna 2219 USA 4 1 4 25
0
42
0
58
1
50
0
57
1
55
0
44
½
52
1
53
1
39.-44. IM Perelshteyn, Eugene 2442 USA 4 2 4 3 52
1
12
½
31
1
3
½
5
0
6
0
47
½
30
0
37
½
39.-44. GM Ashley, Maurice 2485 USA 4 1 6 2 57
1
15
½
7
½
14
0
17
0
26
½
41
½
45
½
43
½
39.-44. IM Watson, John 2345 USA 4 1 6 2 23
½
14
0
55
1
33
½
28
½
7
0
40
½
43
½
44
½
39.-44. FM Pixton, Aaron 2449 USA 4 3 2 4 3
0
38
1
5
0
43
½
45
1
27
½
23
0
37
0
50
1
39.-44. WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena 2378 USA 4 2 4 3 15
0
57
1
22
0
42
½
30
½
31
0
51
1
41
½
40
½
39.-44. IM Ippolito, Dean 2378 USA 4 3 2 4 1
0
51
1
13
0
49
1
23
0
47
0
38
½
55
1
41
½
45.-49. FM Pruess, David 2346 USA 2 3 4 8
½
31
0
28
1
26
0
42
0
51
½
52
1
40
½
27
0
45.-49. WGM Baginskaite, Camilla 2360 USA 2 3 4 24
0
53
½
52
1
31
½
35
½
25
0
33
0
49
1
32
0
45.-49. WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan 2229 USA 3 1 5 27
0
32
0
56
1
34
0
53
1
44
1
39
½
29
0
36
0
45.-49. FM Markzon, Gregory 2326 USA 2 3 4 16
0
35
0
51
0
56
½
49
1
52
½
53
1
50
½
33
0
45.-49. Shiber, Julia 2182 USA 3 1 5 35
1
16
0
32
0
44
0
48
0
56
1
58
½
46
0
57
1
50.-54. IM Kriventsov, Stanislav 2438 USA 3 1 4 4 5
½
6
½
24
0
38
1
8
½
35
0
30
0
48
½
42
0
50.-54. WIM Epstein, Esther 2200 USA 3 1 4 4 19
0
44
0
48
1
17
0
55
½
45
½
43
0
54
½
56
½
50.-54. WFM Ross, Laura 2136 USA 3 2 2 5 39
0
36
½
46
0
28
0
54
1
48
½
45
0
38
0
58
1
50.-54. WIM Groberman, Elina 2117 USA 3 2 2 5 29
0
46
½
36
0
55
½
47
0
54
1
48
0
58
1
38
0
50.-54. Esserman, Marc 2282 USA 3 2 2 5 21
0
33
0
57
0
58
½
52
0
53
0
56
1
51
½
55
1
55.-56. FM Bennett, Allan 2306 USA 1 3 5 22
½
8
0
41
0
53
½
51
½
38
1
36
0
44
0
54
0
55.-56. WIM Tsai, Cindy 2162 USA 1 3 5 20
0
17
0
47
0
48
½
58
½
49
0
54
0
57
1
51
½
57. WFM Sagalchik, Olga 2116 USA 2 2 0 7 40
0
43
0
54
1
35
0
38
0
58
1
37
0
56
0
49
0
58. WFM Levina, Anna 2095 USA 0 3 6 34
0
37
0
38
0
54
½
56
½
57
0
49
½
53
0
52
0





Round by round results


1st round — 9th January 2003
  IM Kaufman, Larry USA 2415 0 - 1 2566 USA GM Christiansen, Larry
  IM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2330 USA WIM Shahade, Jennifer
  FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren USA 2408 0 - 1 2629 USA GM Kaidanov, Gregory
  GM Goldin, Alexander USA 2621 1 - 0 2444 USA IM Paschall, William
  FM Pixton, Aaron USA 2449 0 - 1 2584 USA GM Gulko, Boris
  GM Seirawan, Yasser USA 2636 ½ - ½ 2399 USA IM Donaldson, John
  WFM Sagalchik, Olga USA 2116 0 - 1 2485 USA GM Ashley, Maurice
  IM Kriventsov, Stanislav USA 2438 ½ - ½ 2587 USA GM Benjamin, Joel
  GM Shabalov, Alexander USA 2613 1 - 0 2378 USA IM Ippolito, Dean
  IM Burnett, Ronald USA 2436 0 - 1 2537 USA GM De Firmian, Nick
  GM Stripunsky, Alexander USA 2554 ½ - ½ 2402 USA GM Lein, Anatoly
  GM Yermolinsky, Alexander USA 2560 1 - 0 2378 USA WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena
  WGM Baginskaite, Camilla USA 2360 0 - 1 2548 USA IM Finegold, Benjamin
  IM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2531 1 - 0 2433 USA IM Krush, Irina
  FM Muhammad, Stephen USA 2368 ½ - ½ 2520 USA GM Ivanov, Alexander
  GM Serper, Grigory USA 2556 ½ - ½ 2345 USA IM Watson, John
  IM Sarkar, Justin USA 2367 ½ - ½ 2542 USA GM Kudrin, Sergey
  FM Pruess, David USA 2346 ½ - ½ 2505 USA GM Fedorowicz, John
  GM Zaichik, Gennadi USA 2468 1 - 0 2326 USA FM Markzon, Gregory
  FM Bennett, Allan USA 2306 ½ - ½ 2497 USA IM Kreiman, Boris
  GM Fishbein, Alexander USA 2489 1 - 0 2282 USA Esserman, Marc
  WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan USA 2229 0 - 1 2419 USA IM Lapshun, Yury
  GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 2484 1 - 0 2219 USA WIM Hahn, Anna
  WIM Epstein, Esther USA 2200 0 - 1 2492 USA GM Gurevich, Dmitry
  FM Foygel, Igor USA 2474 1 - 0 2162 USA WIM Tsai, Cindy
  IM Perelshteyn, Eugene USA 2442 1 - 0 2136 USA WFM Ross, Laura
  WFM Levina, Anna USA 2095 0 - 1 2446 USA IM Mulyar, Michael
  IM Kraai, Jesse USA 2453 1 - 0 2117 USA WIM Groberman, Elina
  Shiber, Julia USA 2182 1 - 0 2452 USA IM Shahade, Gregory
1.-20. Shabalov, Kaidanov, Gulko, Goldin, Akobian, De Firmian, Christiansen, Yermolinsky, Zaichik, Gurevich, Foygel, Fishbein, Finegold, Browne, Lapshun, Kraai, Mulyar, Perelshteyn, Ashley, Shiber — 1; 21.-38. Stripunsky, Benjamin, Ivanov, Fedorowicz, Sarkar, Seirawan, Nakamura, Muhammad, Kreiman, Serper, Lein, Donaldson, J.Shahade, Kudrin, Watson, Pruess, Kriventsov, Bennett — ½; 39.-58. Burnett, Paschall, Enhbat, G.Shahade, Kaufman, Krush, Hahn, Pixton, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Ippolito, Baginskaite, Battsetseg, Markzon, Epstein, Ross, Groberman, Esserman, Tsai, Sagalchik, Levina — 0;




2nd round — 10th January 2003
  GM Kaidanov, Gregory USA 2629 1 - 0 2489 USA GM Fishbein, Alexander
  Shiber, Julia USA 2182 0 - 1 2468 USA GM Zaichik, Gennadi
  GM Gulko, Boris USA 2584 ½ - ½ 2484 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
  GM Gurevich, Dmitry USA 2492 ½ - ½ 2613 USA GM Shabalov, Alexander
  WIM Shahade, Jennifer USA 2330 ½ - ½ 2556 USA GM Serper, Grigory
  GM Christiansen, Larry USA 2566 ½ - ½ 2442 USA IM Perelshteyn, Eugene
  GM Ashley, Maurice USA 2485 ½ - ½ 2560 USA GM Yermolinsky, Alexander
  IM Lapshun, Yury USA 2419 1 - 0 2621 USA GM Goldin, Alexander
  GM De Firmian, Nick USA 2537 ½ - ½ 2474 USA FM Foygel, Igor
  IM Finegold, Benjamin USA 2548 0 - 1 2453 USA IM Kraai, Jesse
  IM Mulyar, Michael USA 2446 0 - 1 2531 USA IM Akobian, Varuzhan
  GM Lein, Anatoly USA 2402 ½ - ½ 2636 USA GM Seirawan, Yasser
  GM Benjamin, Joel USA 2587 ½ - ½ 2368 USA FM Muhammad, Stephen
  IM Donaldson, John USA 2399 0 - 1 2554 USA GM Stripunsky, Alexander
  IM Krush, Irina USA 2433 1 - 0 2095 USA WFM Levina, Anna
  GM Ivanov, Alexander USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2438 USA IM Kriventsov, Stanislav
  GM Kudrin, Sergey USA 2542 1 - 0 2346 USA FM Pruess, David
  IM Watson, John USA 2345 0 - 1 2520 USA IM Nakamura, Hikaru
  IM Kreiman, Boris USA 2497 ½ - ½ 2367 USA IM Sarkar, Justin
  GM Fedorowicz, John USA 2505 1 - 0 2306 USA FM Bennett, Allan
  WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena USA 2378 1 - 0 2116 USA WFM Sagalchik, Olga
  IM Shahade, Gregory USA 2452 1 - 0 2326 USA FM Markzon, Gregory
  Esserman, Marc USA 2282 0 - 1 2408 USA FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren
  IM Paschall, William USA 2444 1 - 0 2229 USA WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan
  WIM Hahn, Anna USA 2219 0 - 1 2449 USA FM Pixton, Aaron
  IM Ippolito, Dean USA 2378 1 - 0 2200 USA WIM Epstein, Esther
  WIM Tsai, Cindy USA 2162 0 - 1 2436 USA IM Burnett, Ronald
  WFM Ross, Laura USA 2136 ½ - ½ 2415 USA IM Kaufman, Larry
  WIM Groberman, Elina USA 2117 ½ - ½ 2360 USA WGM Baginskaite, Camilla
1.-5. Kaidanov, Akobian, Zaichik, Lapshun, Kraai — 2; 6.-19. Shabalov, Gulko, Stripunsky, Fedorowicz, De Firmian, Christiansen, Nakamura, Yermolinsky, Gurevich, Foygel, Browne, Kudrin, Perelshteyn, Ashley — 1½; 20.-42. Benjamin, Ivanov, Goldin, Sarkar, Seirawan, Burnett, Muhammad, Fishbein, Kreiman, Serper, Finegold, Lein, J.Shahade, Paschall, Enhbat, Mulyar, G.Shahade, Krush, Pixton, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Ippolito, Shiber, Kriventsov — 1; 43.-50. Donaldson, Kaufman, Watson, Pruess, Baginskaite, Ross, Groberman, Bennett — ½; 51.-58. Hahn, Battsetseg, Markzon, Epstein, Esserman, Tsai, Sagalchik, Levina — 0;




3rd round — 11th January 2003
  GM Zaichik, Gennadi USA 2468 0 - 1 2629 USA GM Kaidanov, Gregory
  IM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2531 ½ - ½ 2419 USA IM Lapshun, Yury
  IM Kraai, Jesse USA 2453 0 - 1 2584 USA GM Gulko, Boris
  GM Shabalov, Alexander USA 2613 1 - 0 2505 USA GM Fedorowicz, John
  IM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2537 USA GM De Firmian, Nick
  WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena USA 2378 0 - 1 2497 USA IM Kreiman, Boris
  GM Fishbein, Alexander USA 2489 ½ - ½ 2433 USA IM Krush, Irina
  GM Stripunsky, Alexander USA 2554 ½ - ½ 2492 USA GM Gurevich, Dmitry
  GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 2484 ½ - ½ 2566 USA GM Christiansen, Larry
  GM Yermolinsky, Alexander USA 2560 ½ - ½ 2474 USA FM Foygel, Igor
  IM Perelshteyn, Eugene USA 2442 1 - 0 2542 USA GM Kudrin, Sergey
  GM Goldin, Alexander USA 2621 ½ - ½ 2485 USA GM Ashley, Maurice
  GM Seirawan, Yasser USA 2636 1 - 0 2378 USA IM Ippolito, Dean
  FM Pixton, Aaron USA 2449 0 - 1 2587 USA GM Benjamin, Joel
  WGM Baginskaite, Camilla USA 2360 1 - 0 2136 USA WFM Ross, Laura
  IM Kriventsov, Stanislav USA 2438 0 - 1 2548 USA IM Finegold, Benjamin
  IM Burnett, Ronald USA 2436 0 - 1 2520 USA GM Ivanov, Alexander
  GM Serper, Grigory USA 2556 ½ - ½ 2402 USA GM Lein, Anatoly
  FM Muhammad, Stephen USA 2368 1 - 0 2446 USA IM Mulyar, Michael
  IM Sarkar, Justin USA 2367 1 - 0 2452 USA IM Shahade, Gregory
  FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren USA 2408 ½ - ½ 2330 USA WIM Shahade, Jennifer
  IM Paschall, William USA 2444 1 - 0 2182 USA Shiber, Julia
  FM Pruess, David USA 2346 1 - 0 2399 USA IM Donaldson, John
  FM Bennett, Allan USA 2306 0 - 1 2345 USA IM Watson, John
  IM Kaufman, Larry USA 2415 1 - 0 2117 USA WIM Groberman, Elina
  WFM Sagalchik, Olga USA 2116 1 - 0 2282 USA Esserman, Marc
  FM Markzon, Gregory USA 2326 0 - 1 2200 USA WIM Epstein, Esther
  WFM Levina, Anna USA 2095 0 - 1 2219 USA WIM Hahn, Anna
  WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan USA 2229 1 - 0 2162 USA WIM Tsai, Cindy
1. Kaidanov — 3; 2.-6. Shabalov, Gulko, Akobian, Lapshun, Perelshteyn — 2½; 7.-25. Stripunsky, Benjamin, Ivanov, Sarkar, De Firmian, Christiansen, Seirawan, Nakamura, Yermolinsky, Zaichik, Muhammad, Gurevich, Foygel, Kreiman, Finegold, Browne, Kraai, Paschall, Ashley — 2; 26.-38. Goldin, Fedorowicz, Fishbein, Serper, Lein, J.Shahade, Kudrin, Enhbat, Kaufman, Krush, Watson, Pruess, Baginskaite — 1½; 39.-50. Burnett, Mulyar, G.Shahade, Hahn, Pixton, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Ippolito, Battsetseg, Shiber, Kriventsov, Epstein, Sagalchik — 1; 51.-54. Donaldson, Ross, Groberman, Bennett — ½; 55.-58. Markzon, Esserman, Tsai, Levina — 0;




4th round — 12th January 2003
  GM Kaidanov, Gregory USA 2629 ½ - ½ 2531 USA IM Akobian, Varuzhan
  GM Gulko, Boris USA 2584 ½ - ½ 2442 USA IM Perelshteyn, Eugene
  IM Lapshun, Yury USA 2419 0 - 1 2613 USA GM Shabalov, Alexander
  IM Kreiman, Boris USA 2497 ½ - ½ 2636 USA GM Seirawan, Yasser
  GM Benjamin, Joel USA 2587 ½ - ½ 2468 USA GM Zaichik, Gennadi
  GM Kudrin, Sergey USA 2542 ½ - ½ 2360 USA WGM Baginskaite, Camilla
  WIM Shahade, Jennifer USA 2330 0 - 1 2489 USA GM Fishbein, Alexander
  GM De Firmian, Nick USA 2537 ½ - ½ 2484 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
  FM Foygel, Igor USA 2474 ½ - ½ 2554 USA GM Stripunsky, Alexander
  GM Christiansen, Larry USA 2566 1 - 0 2453 USA IM Kraai, Jesse
  GM Gurevich, Dmitry USA 2492 ½ - ½ 2560 USA GM Yermolinsky, Alexander
  IM Finegold, Benjamin USA 2548 ½ - ½ 2368 USA FM Muhammad, Stephen
  GM Ivanov, Alexander USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2444 USA IM Paschall, William
  GM Ashley, Maurice USA 2485 0 - 1 2520 USA IM Nakamura, Hikaru
  GM Goldin, Alexander USA 2621 ½ - ½ 2367 USA IM Sarkar, Justin
  IM Krush, Irina USA 2433 ½ - ½ 2556 USA GM Serper, Grigory
  GM Fedorowicz, John USA 2505 ½ - ½ 2415 USA IM Kaufman, Larry
  IM Watson, John USA 2345 ½ - ½ 2408 USA FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren
  GM Lein, Anatoly USA 2402 1 - 0 2346 USA FM Pruess, David
  IM Mulyar, Michael USA 2446 1 - 0 2229 USA WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan
  IM Shahade, Gregory USA 2452 1 - 0 2116 USA WFM Sagalchik, Olga
  FM Pixton, Aaron USA 2449 ½ - ½ 2378 USA WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena
  WIM Hahn, Anna USA 2219 0 - 1 2438 USA IM Kriventsov, Stanislav
  IM Ippolito, Dean USA 2378 1 - 0 2182 USA Shiber, Julia
  WIM Epstein, Esther USA 2200 0 - 1 2436 USA IM Burnett, Ronald
  WIM Groberman, Elina USA 2117 ½ - ½ 2306 USA FM Bennett, Allan
  IM Donaldson, John USA 2399 1 - 0 2136 USA WFM Ross, Laura
  FM Markzon, Gregory USA 2326 ½ - ½ 2162 USA WIM Tsai, Cindy
  Esserman, Marc USA 2282 ½ - ½ 2095 USA WFM Levina, Anna
1.-2. Shabalov, Kaidanov — 3½; 3.-7. Gulko, Akobian, Christiansen, Nakamura, Perelshteyn — 3; 8.-25. Stripunsky, Benjamin, Ivanov, Sarkar, De Firmian, Seirawan, Yermolinsky, Zaichik, Muhammad, Gurevich, Foygel, Fishbein, Kreiman, Finegold, Browne, Lein, Lapshun, Paschall — 2½; 26.-41. Goldin, Fedorowicz, Burnett, Serper, Kraai, Kudrin, Enhbat, Mulyar, G.Shahade, Kaufman, Krush, Ashley, Watson, Ippolito, Baginskaite, Kriventsov — 2; 42.-46. Donaldson, J.Shahade, Pixton, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Pruess — 1½; 47.-53. Hahn, Battsetseg, Shiber, Epstein, Groberman, Bennett, Sagalchik — 1; 54.-58. Markzon, Ross, Esserman, Tsai, Levina — ½;




5th round — 13th January 2003
  GM Shabalov, Alexander USA 2613 ½ - ½ 2629 USA GM Kaidanov, Gregory
  IM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2531 ½ - ½ 2584 USA GM Gulko, Boris
  IM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2566 USA GM Christiansen, Larry
  IM Perelshteyn, Eugene USA 2442 0 - 1 2587 USA GM Benjamin, Joel
  GM Seirawan, Yasser USA 2636 1 - 0 2419 USA IM Lapshun, Yury
  WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena USA 2378 ½ - ½ 2330 USA WIM Shahade, Jennifer
  GM Fishbein, Alexander USA 2489 1 - 0 2537 USA GM De Firmian, Nick
  GM Stripunsky, Alexander USA 2554 1 - 0 2484 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
  GM Yermolinsky, Alexander USA 2560 1 - 0 2402 USA GM Lein, Anatoly
  IM Paschall, William USA 2444 ½ - ½ 2548 USA IM Finegold, Benjamin
  IM Kraai, Jesse USA 2453 1 - 0 2433 USA IM Krush, Irina
  IM Sarkar, Justin USA 2367 ½ - ½ 2520 USA GM Ivanov, Alexander
  GM Zaichik, Gennadi USA 2468 ½ - ½ 2492 USA GM Gurevich, Dmitry
  FM Foygel, Igor USA 2474 ½ - ½ 2497 USA IM Kreiman, Boris
  WGM Baginskaite, Camilla USA 2360 ½ - ½ 2452 USA IM Shahade, Gregory
  FM Muhammad, Stephen USA 2368 1 - 0 2542 USA GM Kudrin, Sergey
  FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren USA 2408 ½ - ½ 2621 USA GM Goldin, Alexander
  GM Serper, Grigory USA 2556 1 - 0 2378 USA IM Ippolito, Dean
  WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan USA 2229 1 - 0 2117 USA WIM Groberman, Elina
  IM Burnett, Ronald USA 2436 1 - 0 2485 USA GM Ashley, Maurice
  IM Kaufman, Larry USA 2415 0 - 1 2446 USA IM Mulyar, Michael
  FM Pruess, David USA 2346 0 - 1 2449 USA FM Pixton, Aaron
  IM Donaldson, John USA 2399 ½ - ½ 2345 USA IM Watson, John
  FM Bennett, Allan USA 2306 ½ - ½ 2200 USA WIM Epstein, Esther
  IM Kriventsov, Stanislav USA 2438 ½ - ½ 2505 USA GM Fedorowicz, John
  WFM Sagalchik, Olga USA 2116 0 - 1 2219 USA WIM Hahn, Anna
  Shiber, Julia USA 2182 0 - 1 2326 USA FM Markzon, Gregory
  WFM Ross, Laura USA 2136 1 - 0 2282 USA Esserman, Marc
  WIM Tsai, Cindy USA 2162 ½ - ½ 2095 USA WFM Levina, Anna
1.-2. Shabalov, Kaidanov — 4; 3.-12. Gulko, Stripunsky, Benjamin, Akobian, Christiansen, Seirawan, Nakamura, Yermolinsky, Muhammad, Fishbein — 3½; 13.-25. Ivanov, Sarkar, Zaichik, Burnett, Gurevich, Foygel, Kreiman, Serper, Finegold, Kraai, Paschall, Mulyar, Perelshteyn — 3; 26.-37. Goldin, Fedorowicz, De Firmian, Browne, Lein, Lapshun, Enhbat, G.Shahade, Watson, Pixton, Baginskaite, Kriventsov — 2½; 38.-47. Donaldson, J.Shahade, Kudrin, Kaufman, Krush, Hahn, Ashley, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Ippolito, Battsetseg — 2; 48.-52. Pruess, Markzon, Epstein, Ross, Bennett — 1½; 53.-57. Shiber, Groberman, Tsai, Sagalchik, Levina — 1; 58. Esserman — ½;




6th round — 15th January 2003
  GM Kaidanov, Gregory USA 2629 ½ - ½ 2636 USA GM Seirawan, Yasser
  GM Gulko, Boris USA 2584 ½ - ½ 2613 USA GM Shabalov, Alexander
  GM Benjamin, Joel USA 2587 ½ - ½ 2531 USA IM Akobian, Varuzhan
  IM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2554 USA GM Stripunsky, Alexander
  GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 2484 1 - 0 2360 USA WGM Baginskaite, Camilla
  GM Christiansen, Larry USA 2566 0 - 1 2489 USA GM Fishbein, Alexander
  FM Muhammad, Stephen USA 2368 ½ - ½ 2560 USA GM Yermolinsky, Alexander
  IM Finegold, Benjamin USA 2548 0 - 1 2474 USA FM Foygel, Igor
  GM Ivanov, Alexander USA 2520 1 - 0 2442 USA IM Perelshteyn, Eugene
  IM Mulyar, Michael USA 2446 1 - 0 2556 USA GM Serper, Grigory
  GM Kudrin, Sergey USA 2542 1 - 0 2378 USA WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena
  IM Kraai, Jesse USA 2453 ½ - ½ 2468 USA GM Zaichik, Gennadi
  IM Ippolito, Dean USA 2378 0 - 1 2229 USA WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan
  IM Kreiman, Boris USA 2497 1 - 0 2444 USA IM Paschall, William
  IM Krush, Irina USA 2433 0 - 1 2399 USA IM Donaldson, John
  IM Watson, John USA 2345 0 - 1 2621 USA GM Goldin, Alexander
  WIM Shahade, Jennifer USA 2330 ½ - ½ 2415 USA IM Kaufman, Larry
  GM Gurevich, Dmitry USA 2492 ½ - ½ 2436 USA IM Burnett, Ronald
  WIM Hahn, Anna USA 2219 0 - 1 2306 USA FM Bennett, Allan
  GM Fedorowicz, John USA 2505 1 - 0 2408 USA FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren
  GM De Firmian, Nick USA 2537 ½ - ½ 2367 USA IM Sarkar, Justin
  GM Lein, Anatoly USA 2402 ½ - ½ 2485 USA GM Ashley, Maurice
  IM Lapshun, Yury USA 2419 ½ - ½ 2449 USA FM Pixton, Aaron
  IM Shahade, Gregory USA 2452 1 - 0 2438 USA IM Kriventsov, Stanislav
  WIM Epstein, Esther USA 2200 ½ - ½ 2346 USA FM Pruess, David
  WFM Ross, Laura USA 2136 ½ - ½ 2326 USA FM Markzon, Gregory
  WIM Tsai, Cindy USA 2162 0 - 1 2182 USA Shiber, Julia
  WFM Levina, Anna USA 2095 0 - 1 2116 USA WFM Sagalchik, Olga
  WIM Groberman, Elina USA 2117 1 - 0 2282 USA Esserman, Marc
1.-3. Shabalov, Kaidanov, Fishbein — 4½; 4.-15. Gulko, Stripunsky, Benjamin, Ivanov, Akobian, Seirawan, Nakamura, Yermolinsky, Muhammad, Foygel, Kreiman, Mulyar — 4; 16.-25. Goldin, Fedorowicz, Sarkar, Christiansen, Zaichik, Burnett, Gurevich, Browne, Kraai, G.Shahade — 3½; 26.-36. De Firmian, Serper, Finegold, Lein, Lapshun, Donaldson, Kudrin, Paschall, Perelshteyn, Pixton, Battsetseg — 3; 37.-44. J.Shahade, Enhbat, Kaufman, Ashley, Watson, Baginskaite, Kriventsov, Bennett — 2½; 45.-55. Krush, Hahn, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Ippolito, Pruess, Markzon, Shiber, Epstein, Ross, Groberman, Sagalchik — 2; 56.-57. Tsai, Levina — 1; 58. Esserman — ½;




7th round — 16th January 2003
  GM Shabalov, Alexander USA 2613 1 - 0 2489 USA GM Fishbein, Alexander
  GM Stripunsky, Alexander USA 2554 ½ - ½ 2629 USA GM Kaidanov, Gregory
  GM Ivanov, Alexander USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2584 USA GM Gulko, Boris
  GM Seirawan, Yasser USA 2636 ½ - ½ 2520 USA IM Nakamura, Hikaru
  FM Foygel, Igor USA 2474 ½ - ½ 2587 USA GM Benjamin, Joel
  IM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2531 ½ - ½ 2368 USA FM Muhammad, Stephen
  IM Perelshteyn, Eugene USA 2442 ½ - ½ 2229 USA WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan
  GM Yermolinsky, Alexander USA 2560 ½ - ½ 2497 USA IM Kreiman, Boris
  GM Goldin, Alexander USA 2621 1 - 0 2446 USA IM Mulyar, Michael
  GM Gurevich, Dmitry USA 2492 ½ - ½ 2566 USA GM Christiansen, Larry
  FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren USA 2408 1 - 0 2360 USA WGM Baginskaite, Camilla
  GM Fedorowicz, John USA 2505 1 - 0 2453 USA IM Kraai, Jesse
  GM Zaichik, Gennadi USA 2468 0 - 1 2452 USA IM Shahade, Gregory
  IM Sarkar, Justin USA 2367 ½ - ½ 2484 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
  IM Kriventsov, Stanislav USA 2438 0 - 1 2330 USA WIM Shahade, Jennifer
  IM Burnett, Ronald USA 2436 ½ - ½ 2548 USA IM Finegold, Benjamin
  IM Paschall, William USA 2444 ½ - ½ 2537 USA GM De Firmian, Nick
  FM Pixton, Aaron USA 2449 0 - 1 2556 USA GM Serper, Grigory
  WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena USA 2378 1 - 0 2200 USA WIM Epstein, Esther
  WIM Hahn, Anna USA 2219 ½ - ½ 2378 USA IM Ippolito, Dean
  GM Lein, Anatoly USA 2402 ½ - ½ 2419 USA IM Lapshun, Yury
  GM Ashley, Maurice USA 2485 ½ - ½ 2345 USA IM Watson, John
  IM Donaldson, John USA 2399 1 - 0 2542 USA GM Kudrin, Sergey
  IM Kaufman, Larry USA 2415 1 - 0 2306 USA FM Bennett, Allan
  WFM Sagalchik, Olga USA 2116 0 - 1 2433 USA IM Krush, Irina
  FM Pruess, David USA 2346 1 - 0 2136 USA WFM Ross, Laura
  FM Markzon, Gregory USA 2326 1 - 0 2117 USA WIM Groberman, Elina
  Shiber, Julia USA 2182 ½ - ½ 2095 USA WFM Levina, Anna
  Esserman, Marc USA 2282 1 - 0 2162 USA WIM Tsai, Cindy
1. Shabalov — 5½; 2. Kaidanov — 5; 3.-17. Gulko, Stripunsky, Benjamin, Ivanov, Goldin, Fedorowicz, Akobian, Seirawan, Nakamura, Yermolinsky, Muhammad, Foygel, Fishbein, Kreiman, G.Shahade — 4½; 18.-25. Sarkar, Christiansen, Burnett, Gurevich, Serper, Browne, Donaldson, Mulyar — 4; 26.-37. De Firmian, Zaichik, Finegold, Lein, Lapshun, Kraai, J.Shahade, Paschall, Enhbat, Kaufman, Perelshteyn, Battsetseg — 3½; 38.-45. Kudrin, Krush, Ashley, Watson, Pixton, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Pruess, Markzon — 3; 46.-51. Hahn, Ippolito, Baginskaite, Shiber, Kriventsov, Bennett — 2½; 52.-55. Epstein, Ross, Groberman, Sagalchik — 2; 56.-57. Esserman, Levina — 1½; 58. Tsai — 1;




8th round — 17th January 2003
  GM Benjamin, Joel USA 2587 1 - 0 2613 USA GM Shabalov, Alexander
  GM Kaidanov, Gregory USA 2629 ½ - ½ 2621 USA GM Goldin, Alexander
  GM Gulko, Boris USA 2584 1 - 0 2520 USA IM Nakamura, Hikaru
  WIM Shahade, Jennifer USA 2330 1 - 0 2442 USA IM Perelshteyn, Eugene
  WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan USA 2229 0 - 1 2453 USA IM Kraai, Jesse
  GM Christiansen, Larry USA 2566 1 - 0 2368 USA FM Muhammad, Stephen
  GM Seirawan, Yasser USA 2636 0 - 1 2505 USA GM Fedorowicz, John
  IM Kreiman, Boris USA 2497 0 - 1 2554 USA GM Stripunsky, Alexander
  GM Fishbein, Alexander USA 2489 ½ - ½ 2560 USA GM Yermolinsky, Alexander
  IM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2531 1 - 0 2474 USA FM Foygel, Igor
  IM Shahade, Gregory USA 2452 0 - 1 2520 USA GM Ivanov, Alexander
  GM Serper, Grigory USA 2556 ½ - ½ 2399 USA IM Donaldson, John
  GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 2484 0 - 1 2436 USA IM Burnett, Ronald
  IM Krush, Irina USA 2433 1 - 0 2449 USA FM Pixton, Aaron
  GM Ashley, Maurice USA 2485 ½ - ½ 2346 USA FM Pruess, David
  GM De Firmian, Nick USA 2537 1 - 0 2408 USA FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren
  WFM Ross, Laura USA 2136 0 - 1 2219 USA WIM Hahn, Anna
  IM Finegold, Benjamin USA 2548 ½ - ½ 2402 USA GM Lein, Anatoly
  GM Kudrin, Sergey USA 2542 1 - 0 2415 USA IM Kaufman, Larry
  IM Mulyar, Michael USA 2446 0 - 1 2492 USA GM Gurevich, Dmitry
  IM Lapshun, Yury USA 2419 0 - 1 2367 USA IM Sarkar, Justin
  IM Watson, John USA 2345 ½ - ½ 2378 USA WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena
  GM Zaichik, Gennadi USA 2468 1 - 0 2444 USA IM Paschall, William
  FM Bennett, Allan USA 2306 0 - 1 2378 USA IM Ippolito, Dean
  WGM Baginskaite, Camilla USA 2360 1 - 0 2182 USA Shiber, Julia
  WIM Tsai, Cindy USA 2162 1 - 0 2116 USA WFM Sagalchik, Olga
  FM Markzon, Gregory USA 2326 ½ - ½ 2438 USA IM Kriventsov, Stanislav
  WFM Levina, Anna USA 2095 0 - 1 2117 USA WIM Groberman, Elina
  WIM Epstein, Esther USA 2200 ½ - ½ 2282 USA Esserman, Marc
1.-8. Shabalov, Kaidanov, Gulko, Stripunsky, Benjamin, Ivanov, Fedorowicz, Akobian — 5½; 9.-15. Goldin, Sarkar, Christiansen, Yermolinsky, Burnett, Gurevich, Fishbein — 5; 16.-27. De Firmian, Seirawan, Nakamura, Zaichik, Muhammad, Foygel, Kreiman, Serper, Donaldson, Kraai, J.Shahade, G.Shahade — 4½; 28.-33. Finegold, Browne, Lein, Kudrin, Mulyar, Krush — 4; 34.-47. Lapshun, Paschall, Enhbat, Kaufman, Hahn, Perelshteyn, Ashley, Watson, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Ippolito, Pruess, Baginskaite, Battsetseg, Markzon — 3½; 48.-50. Pixton, Kriventsov, Groberman — 3; 51.-53. Shiber, Epstein, Bennett — 2½; 54.-57. Ross, Esserman, Tsai, Sagalchik — 2; 58. Levina — 1½;




9th round — 18th January 2003
  GM Ivanov, Alexander USA 2520 ½ - ½ 2629 USA GM Kaidanov, Gregory
  GM Stripunsky, Alexander USA 2554 ½ - ½ 2584 USA GM Gulko, Boris
  GM Fedorowicz, John USA 2505 ½ - ½ 2587 USA GM Benjamin, Joel
  GM Shabalov, Alexander USA 2613 1 - 0 2531 USA IM Akobian, Varuzhan
  IM Finegold, Benjamin USA 2548 1 - 0 2330 USA WIM Shahade, Jennifer
  GM Goldin, Alexander USA 2621 1 - 0 2489 USA GM Fishbein, Alexander
  IM Burnett, Ronald USA 2436 ½ - ½ 2566 USA GM Christiansen, Larry
  GM Yermolinsky, Alexander USA 2560 ½ - ½ 2367 USA IM Sarkar, Justin
  GM Gurevich, Dmitry USA 2492 0 - 1 2636 USA GM Seirawan, Yasser
  IM Kraai, Jesse USA 2453 0 - 1 2537 USA GM De Firmian, Nick
  WGM Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena USA 2378 ½ - ½ 2485 USA GM Ashley, Maurice
  IM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2520 1 - 0 2452 USA IM Shahade, Gregory
  FM Foygel, Igor USA 2474 ½ - ½ 2556 USA GM Serper, Grigory
  IM Donaldson, John USA 2399 0 - 1 2468 USA GM Zaichik, Gennadi
  FM Muhammad, Stephen USA 2368 ½ - ½ 2497 USA IM Kreiman, Boris
  IM Perelshteyn, Eugene USA 2442 ½ - ½ 2433 USA IM Krush, Irina
  GM Lein, Anatoly USA 2402 ½ - ½ 2484 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
  IM Kaufman, Larry USA 2415 1 - 0 2229 USA WIM Battsetseg, Tsagaan
  WIM Epstein, Esther USA 2200 ½ - ½ 2162 USA WIM Tsai, Cindy
  IM Mulyar, Michael USA 2446 ½ - ½ 2542 USA GM Kudrin, Sergey
  IM Paschall, William USA 2444 1 - 0 2360 USA WGM Baginskaite, Camilla
  FM Pruess, David USA 2346 0 - 1 2419 USA IM Lapshun, Yury
  IM Ippolito, Dean USA 2378 ½ - ½ 2345 USA IM Watson, John
  FM Enhbat, Tegshsuren USA 2408 1 - 0 2326 USA FM Markzon, Gregory
  WIM Groberman, Elina USA 2117 0 - 1 2219 USA WIM Hahn, Anna
  FM Pixton, Aaron USA 2449 1 - 0 2438 USA IM Kriventsov, Stanislav
  Shiber, Julia USA 2182 1 - 0 2116 USA WFM Sagalchik, Olga
  Esserman, Marc USA 2282 1 - 0 2306 USA FM Bennett, Allan
  WFM Levina, Anna USA 2095 0 - 1 2136 USA WFM Ross, Laura
1. Shabalov — 6½; 2.-8. Kaidanov, Gulko, Stripunsky, Benjamin, Ivanov, Goldin, Fedorowicz — 6; 9.-17. Akobian, Sarkar, De Firmian, Christiansen, Seirawan, Nakamura, Yermolinsky, Zaichik, Burnett — 5½; 18.-24. Muhammad, Gurevich, Foygel, Fishbein, Kreiman, Serper, Finegold — 5; 25.-38. Browne, Lein, Lapshun, Donaldson, Kraai, J.Shahade, Kudrin, Paschall, Enhbat, Mulyar, G.Shahade, Kaufman, Krush, Hahn — 4½; 39.-44. Perelshteyn, Ashley, Watson, Pixton, Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Ippolito — 4; 45.-49. Pruess, Baginskaite, Battsetseg, Markzon, Shiber — 3½; 50.-54. Kriventsov, Epstein, Ross, Groberman, Esserman — 3; 55.-56. Bennett, Tsai — 2½; 57. Sagalchik — 2; 58. Levina — 1½;








Information

48th US Chess championship
Dates: 9th - 19th January 2003
City: Seattle, WA (United States)
Venue: Seattle Center
Organizers: America's Foundation for Chess
Tournament Director: Mr. Erik. J. Anderson (AF4C)
Chief Arbiter: Mrs. Carol Jarecki (IVB)
Arbiters: Mr. Jonathan Berry (USA)
Players participating: 58 (incl. 20 GMs, 18 IMs, 2 WGMs, 7 FMs, 6 WIMs, 3 WFMs)
Games played: 261
Competition format: Nine round Swiss
Tie-breaks: none
Time control: 100m/40 + 50m/20 + 10m/all + 30s/incr.
PGN game file: usa-2003.pgn