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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]
Alex Yermolinsky6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Boris Kreiman6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Joel Benjamin6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Alexander Stripunsky6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Alexander Shabalov6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Alexander Ivanov6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Walter Browne5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Boris Gulko5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Gregory Kaidanov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Sergey Kudrin5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Dmitry Schneider5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Yasser Seirawan5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Igor Ivanov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Alexander Fishbein5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
John Fedorowicz5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Donny Ariel5/9(+5 -4 =0)[games]
Guillermo Rey5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Grigory Serper5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Vladimir Strugatsky5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Jesse Kraai5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Igor Foygel5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Michael Mulyar5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Igor Khmelnitsky5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Eugene Perelshteyn5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Jennifer Shahade5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Levon Altounian4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
William Paschall4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Kamile Baginskaite4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Mladen Vucic4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Aaron Pixton4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[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 3 of 11; games 51-75 of 251  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. M Vucic vs V Lipman  ½-½192002United States ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
52. M Hoekstra vs E Akhmilovskaya  ½-½272002United States ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
53. S Mikhailuk vs S H Airapetian  1-0632002United States ChampionshipA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
54. E Epstein vs M Zlotnikov 1-0362002United States ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
55. E Groberman vs A Pixton  0-1462002United States ChampionshipC12 French, McCutcheon
56. A Kaliksteyn vs H Itkis  1-0472002United States ChampionshipA28 English
57. Shabalov vs A Fishbein 1-0622002United States ChampionshipB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
58. B Kreiman vs L Christiansen ½-½372002United States ChampionshipC49 Four Knights
59. I Khmelnitsky vs A Stripunsky  ½-½402002United States ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
60. L Altounian vs Gulko  0-1422002United States ChampionshipA37 English, Symmetrical
61. I Ivanov vs Benjamin  ½-½332002United States ChampionshipA20 English
62. D Schneider vs de Firmian  ½-½232002United States ChampionshipB50 Sicilian
63. Yermolinsky vs V Strugatsky  1-0502002United States ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
64. M Mulyar vs Kudrin 1-0512002United States ChampionshipB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
65. J Fedorowicz vs L Kaufman 1-0502002United States ChampionshipD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
66. J Shahade vs Seirawan ½-½452002United States ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
67. Kaidanov vs A Ambartsoumian  1-0582002United States ChampionshipD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
68. A Ivanov vs Y Lapshun  1-0392002United States ChampionshipB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
69. Serper vs S Mikhailuk  1-0372002United States ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
70. W Paschall vs G Sagalchik  1-0532002United States ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
71. I Foygel vs A Kaliksteyn  1-0282002United States ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
72. C Tsai vs W J Donaldson  ½-½732002United States ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
73. A Pixton vs Browne  ½-½462002United States ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
74. E Perelshteyn vs A Levina  1-0412002United States ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
75. S Kriventsov vs E Epstein  1-0532002United States ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
 page 3 of 11; games 51-75 of 251  PGN Download
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