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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
United States Championship Tournament

Nick de Firmian6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Larry Christiansen6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Boris Kreiman6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Joel Benjamin6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Alexander Stripunsky6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Alexander Ivanov6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Alexander Shabalov6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Alex Yermolinsky6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Gregory Kaidanov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Sergey Kudrin5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Walter Browne5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Dmitry Schneider5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Igor Ivanov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Boris Gulko5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Yasser Seirawan5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Michael Mulyar5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Igor Khmelnitsky5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Vladimir Strugatsky5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Guillermo Rey5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Jesse Kraai5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Donny Ariel5/9(+5 -4 =0)[games]
John Fedorowicz5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Igor Foygel5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Eugene Perelshteyn5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Alexander Fishbein5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Grigory Serper5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Jennifer Shahade5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Armen Ambartsoumian4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Mladen Vucic4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Yury Lapshun4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Aaron Pixton4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Levon Altounian4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
(56 players total; 24 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
United States Championship (2002)

The tournament format was changed to a Swiss System, with both men and women competing. Jennifer Shahade, the top female finisher, became US Women's Champion. Christiansen won the playoff against de Firmian, thereby becoming US Champion.

Source: http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp...

 page 2 of 11; games 26-50 of 251  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. V Strugatsky vs A Levina  ½-½392002United States ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
27. H Itkis vs M Mulyar  0-1332002United States ChampionshipA28 English
28. E Akhmilovskaya vs L Christiansen  0-1282002United States ChampionshipD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
29. Gulko vs J Fedorowicz  ½-½262002United States ChampionshipE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
30. B Kreiman vs Kaidanov  1-0542002United States ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
31. A Ambartsoumian vs Shabalov 0-1622002United States ChampionshipE14 Queen's Indian
32. L Christiansen vs I Foygel 1-0212002United States ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
33. I Khmelnitsky vs A Ivanov  1-0472002United States ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
34. de Firmian vs I Ivanov  ½-½552002United States ChampionshipC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
35. A Stripunsky vs E Perelshteyn  1-0532002United States ChampionshipB50 Sicilian
36. M Mulyar vs Yermolinsky  ½-½202002United States ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
37. Kudrin vs J Shahade  ½-½412002United States ChampionshipB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
38. A Fishbein vs C Tsai  1-0732002United States ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
39. L Kaufman vs Seirawan  ½-½242002United States ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
40. Benjamin vs A Hahn 1-0322002United States ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
41. Y Lapshun vs Serper  ½-½192002United States ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
42. K Baginskaite vs L Altounian  0-1372002United States ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
43. W J Donaldson vs W Paschall  ½-½172002United States ChampionshipA15 English
44. J Friedman vs D Schneider  0-1502002United States ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
45. O Sagalchik vs V Strugatsky  0-1472002United States ChampionshipD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
46. A Levina vs D Gurevich  ½-½542002United States ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
47. G Sagalchik vs D Ariel 1-0542002United States ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
48. Browne vs A Saidy  1-0242002United States ChampionshipA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
49. G Rey vs S Kriventsov  ½-½122002United States ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
50. J Kraai vs T Battsetseg  ½-½682002United States ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
 page 2 of 11; games 26-50 of 251  PGN Download
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