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US Championships 2002
The US Championships took place 5th-13th
January 2002 in Seattle. There were 56 players in the event including for the
first time 12 women (the highest placed woman takes their title). Larry
Christiansen won the US Championships after a blitz playoff against Nick De
Firmian. They tied a four game blitz match at 4 games of 5 minutes + 1 sec a
move, Christiansen won a one off final game with white against De Firmian white
having 6 mins and black 5 mins black had draw odds. Jennifer Shahade took the
women's event.
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Official site:
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/events.asp
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