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8 October 2000

Three-way tie for first place

The US Championship tournament is taking place in Seattle 25th September to 6th October.

Yasser Seirawan joined Shabalov and Benjamin at the top by winning his last round game as all other games were drawn. Joel Benjamin won the rapid play-off.

Final standings:


 1. Benjamin       6
    Shabalov
    Seirawan
 4. Gurevich       5˝   
    Kaidanov
 6. Christiansen   5
    de Firmian
    Ivanov
 9. Gulko          4˝
    Serper          
    Fedorowicz
    Yermolinsky 


Round 1

de Firmian, Nick - Gurevich, Dmitry ˝-˝
Gulko, Boris - Fedorowicz, John ˝-˝
Kaidanov, Gregory - Ivanov, Alexander ˝-˝
Christiansen, Larry - Seirawan, Yasser ˝-˝
Serper, Grigory - Yermolinsky, Alex ˝-˝
Benjamin, Joel - Shabalov, Alexander ˝-˝

Round 2

Seirawan, Yasser - de Firmian, Nick 0-1
Yermolinsky, Alex - Kaidanov, Gregory 0-1
Benjamin, Joel - Gulko, Boris 0-1
Shabalov, Alexander - Ivanov, Alexander ˝-˝
Gurevich, Dmitry - Serper, Grigory ˝-˝
Fedorowicz, John - Christiansen, Larry ˝-˝

Round 3

Gulko - Shabalov ˝-˝
Christiansen - Benjamin 0-1
de Firmian - Fedorowicz ˝-˝
Serper - Seirawan ˝-˝
Kaidanov - Gurevich ˝-˝
Ivanov - Yermolinsky ˝-˝

Round 4

Shabalov - Yermolinsky 1-0
Gurevich - Ivanov ˝-˝
Seirawan - Kaidanov 1-0
Fedorowicz - Serper 1-0
Benjamin - de Firmian ˝-˝
Gulko - Christiansen ˝-˝

Round 5

Christiansen - Shabalov 1-0
de Firmian - Gulko ˝-˝
Serper - Benjamin ˝-˝
Kaidanov - Fedorowicz ˝-˝
Ivanov - Seirawan ˝-˝
Yermolinsky - Gurevich 0-1

Round 6

Shabalov - Gurevich 0-1
Seirawan - Yermolinsky 1-0
Fedorowicz - Ivanov ˝-˝
Benjamin - Kaidanov ˝-˝
Gulko - Serper ˝-˝
Christiansen - de Firmian ˝-˝

Round 7

de Firmian - Shabalov ˝-˝
Serper - Christiansen ˝-˝
Kaidanov - Gulko 1-0
Ivanov - Benjamin 0-1
Yermolinsky - Fedorowicz 1-0
Gurevich - Seirawan 0-1

Round 8

Shabalov - Seirawan 1-0
Fedorowicz - Gurevich ˝-˝
Benjamin - Yermolinsky ˝-˝
Gulko - Ivanov ˝-˝
Christiansen - Kaidanov ˝-˝
de Firmian - Serper ˝-˝

Round 9

Serper - Shabalov 0-1
Kaidanov - de Firmian ˝-˝
Ivanov - Christiansen ˝-˝
Yermolinsky - Gulko 1-0
Gurevich - Benjamin ˝-˝
Seirawan - Fedorowicz 1-0

Round 10

Shabalov - Fedorowicz 1-0
Benjamin - Seirawan 1-0
Gulko - Gurevich ˝-˝
Christiansen - Yermolinsky ˝-˝
de Firmian - Ivanov 0-1
Serper - Kaidanov ˝-˝

Round 11

Seirawan - Gulko 1-0
Gurevich - Christiansen ˝-˝
Kaidanov - Shabalov ˝-˝
Ivanov - Serper ˝-˝
Fedorowicz - Benjamin ˝-˝
Yermolinsky - De Firmian ˝-˝

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