| The 1998 Interplay US Chess Federation will be held from October 30 through November 19 at the Doubletree Hotel
in Denver, Colorado. The top 16 players in the country will compete for an enhanced prize fund of $72,000.
14 year old Irina Krush wins the 1998 Interplay US Women's Championship!
GM Nick de Firmian is the 1998 US Champion!
Crosstable and Results | Playoff Schedule | Ask the Grandmaster
Onsite Report from Carol Jarecki, 11/15
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Features Available
- 1998 Interplay US Chess Championships - General Information
1998 Interplay Overall US Chess Championship
- GM de Firmian wins the title! Official Press Release
- Crosstable and Results
- Player List (official press release)
- Time Controls and Tiebreaks
- Schwartzman out, Browne in
- Game Archives (includes commentary from GM Rohde)
- Round 1, Preliminaries:
Game A1: de Firmian - Shabalov. A game so wild that observers thought the moves were being transmitted incorrectly! 1 - 0
Game B1: Benjamin - Sokolin Draw
- Round 2, Preliminaries:
Gulko - Shaked Draw
Kudrin - Seirawan 1 - 0
- Round 3, Preliminaries:
Browne - Kaidanov 1 - 0
- Round 4, Preliminaries:
Kaidanov - Fedorowicz 0 - 1
Kudrin - de Firmian 0 - 1
- Round 5, Preliminaries
Game A: Dzindzichashvili - Seirawan
Game B: Yermolinsky - Benjamin 0 - 1
- Round 6, Preliminaries (commentary by IM Ben Finegold)
Game A: Benjamin - Browne Draw
Game B: Kudrin - Gurevich Draw
- Round 7, Preliminaries
Game A: Gurevich - Christiansen 1 - 0
Game B: Yermolinsky - Shaked Draw
- SemiFinals, Round 1
Shaked - de Firmian Draw
Gurevich - Benjamin Draw
- SemiFinals, Round 2
de Firmian - Shaked Draw
Benjamin - Gurevich 1-0
- SemiFinals, Round 3
Shaked - de Firmian 0-1
Gurevich - Benjamin 0 - 1 Benjamin advances
- SemiFinals, Round 4
de Firmian - Shaked Draw de Firmian advances
- Finals, Round 1
Benjamin - de Firmian 0 - 1
- Finals, Round 2
de Firmian - Benjamin Draw
- Finals, Round 3
Benjamin - de Firmian Draw
- Finals, Round 4
de Firmian - Benjamin Draw - de Firmian wins the title!
1998 Interplay US Womens Chess Championships
Krush Wins! Khan 2nd
Site for 1999 Championship Announced
1997 US Championship Features
GM Joel Benjamin wins the 1997 Interplay US Championship!
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