the US Chess Championships, Seattle, 9th-18th January.
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Alexander Shabalov won the US Chess Championships 2003 , which took place 9th-18th January in Seattle.
The participants: Yasser Seirawan 2636, Gregory Kaidanov 2629, Alexander Goldin 2621, Alexander Shabalov 2613, Joel Benjamin 2587, Boris Gulko 2584, Larry Christiansen 2566, Alex Yermolinsky 2560, Gregory Serper 2556, Alexander Stripunsky 2554, Ben Finegold 2551, Sergei Kudrin 2542, Nick de Firmian 2537, Varuzhan Akobian 2531, Alexander Ivanov 2520, Hikaru Nakamura 2520, John Fedorowicz 2505 and others.
The final standings of the leaders :
1 Alexander Shabalov 6.5
2 Gregory Kaidanov 6.0
3 Alexander Goldin 6.0
4 Boris Gulko 6.0
5 Joel Benjamin 6.0
6 Alexander Stripunsky 6.0
7 Alexander Ivanov 6.0
8 John Fedorowicz 6.0
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