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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