The
US Chess Championships
took place in Seattle September 25 -
October 6 2000. Playing were: Yasser Seirawan g 2647, Boris Gulko g 2643,
Gregory Kaidanov g 2624, Alexander Shabalov g 2601, Alex Yermolinsky g 2596,
Joel Benjamin g 2577, Grigory Serper g 2574, Nick De Firmian g 2567,
Alexander Ivanov g 2567, Larry Christiansen g 2563, Dmitry Gurevich g 2542,
John Fedorowicz g 2533.
There was a playoff for the special championship rings:
Joel Benjamin
won
the men's ring and
Camilla Baginskaite
the women's.
Final standings (men):
1-3.
J.Benjamin, A.Shabalov, Y.Seirawan - 6.5
4-5.
D.Gurevich, G.Kaidanov - 6.0
6-8.
N.De Firmian, L.Christiansen, A.Ivanov - 5.5
9-12.
B.Gulko, G.Serper, J.Fedorowicz, A.Yermolinsky - 4.5
Final standings (women):
1-2.
C.Baginskaite wm 2287, E.Groberman 2054 - 6.5
3.
J.Shahade m 2238 - 5.5
4-5.
A.Khan wm 2257, E.Epstein wm 2224 - 4.5
6-7.
Y.Gorlin 2110, O.Sagalchik 2145 - 4.0
8.
J.Frenklakh f 2133 - 3.5
9-10.
S.Burtman wm 2089, S.Airapetian 2072 - 3.0
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