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| Res | Age | FIDE | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | Total | |
| GM Joel Benjamin |
NY | 34 | 2595 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| GM Nick de Firmian |
DEN | 40 | 2605 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Shaked and Gurevich have White in Rounds 1 and 3. Defending Champion Joel Benjamin advances to the Finals! He will meet GM Nick de Firmian in a 4 game Finals match. Game 1 on Sunday.
Click on a round number to see that game with commentary from GM Michael Rohde
| Res | Age | FIDE | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | Total | ||
| GM Nick de Firmian |
DEN | 40 | 2605 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| GM Tal Shaked |
AZ | 20 | 2490 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| Res | Age | FIDE | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | Total | ||
| GM Joel Benjamin |
NY | 34 | 2595 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | ||
| GM Dmitry Gurevich |
IL | 42 | 2505 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||
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Defending Champion Joel Benjamin defeats Dmitry Gurevich in a 45 move game to win their match 2.5 - 0.5 and advance to the Finals. There will be no 4th game for the Benjamin - Gurevich match. The last game of the de Firmian - Shaked match to determine the other Finalist will be played on Friday, November 13, at 3 pm local time.
| Name | State | Age | FIDE | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | Total | |
| A1 | GM Alexander Shabalov |
PA | 30 | 2645 | X | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.0 |
| A2 | GM Nick de Firmian |
Denmark | 40 | 2605 | 1 | X | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| A3 | GM Yasser Seirawan |
WA | 38 | 2630 | 0.5 | 0.5 | X | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 |
| A4 | GM Larry Christiansen |
MA | 42 | 2610 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | X | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.5 |
| A5 | GM Roman Dzindzichashvili |
MA | 54 | 2545 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| A6 | GM Dmitry Gurevich |
IL | 42 | 2505 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 1 | 4.5 |
| A7 | GM Sergei Kudrin |
MA | 38 | 2540 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | X | 1 | 4.0 |
| A8 | IM Igor Ivanov |
AZ | 51 | 2505 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | X | 2.0 |
White Black Status
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de Firmian Dzindzichashvili Draw
Kudrin Shabalov Draw
Ivanov, I Seirawan 0-1
Gurevich Christiansen 1-0
[Note: Ivanov qualified for entry into this event as the
1997 Grand Prix winner.]
de Firmian and Gurevich qualify for the two Semi-Final spots from this
group and do not need to go through the play-offs. Kudrin wins the
play-offs to take third in the section and qualify for the WCT.
| Name | State | Age | FIDE | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | B8 | Total | |
| B1 | GM Gregory Kaidanov |
KY | 38 | 2625 | X | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| B2 | GM Alex Yermolinsky |
OH | 40 | 2625 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| B3 | GM Boris Gulko |
NJ | 51 | 2585 | 0.5 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| B4 | GM Joel Benjamin |
NY | 34 | 2595 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.0 |
| B5 | GM Walter Browne |
CA | 49 | 2515 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 |
| B6 | GM John Fedorowicz |
NY | 41 | 2540 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 0 | 4.0 |
| B7 | IM Leonid Sokolin |
NY | 31 | 2515 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| B8 | GM Tal Shaked |
AZ | 20 | 2490 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | X | 4.0 |
White Black Status
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Sokolin Kaidanov 0-1
Gulko Benjamin Draw
Browne Fedorowicz Draw
Yermolinsky Shaked Draw
[Note: Shaked qualified for entry into this event as the
1997 US Junior Championship winner.]
There was a play-off on Sunday between Gulko, Benjamin,
Fedorowicz and Shaked to determine both the two who would advance to the
Semi-Finals on Monday and the 3rd place who would also qualify for the
1999 FIDE World Championship Tournament event. Benjamin and Shaked advanced to the SemiFinals; Gulko took 3rd.
| Name | State | Age | FIDE | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | A10 | Total | |
| 1 | Anjelina Belakovskaia |
NY | 29 | 2380 | X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Esther Epstein |
MA | 44 | 2240 | 1 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Irina Krush |
NY | 14 | 2275 | 1 | 1 | X | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 4 | Anna Khan |
NJ | 22 | 2265 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Jennifer Shahade |
PA | 17 | 2185 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Ivona Jezierska |
CA | 40 | 2100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Olga Sagalchik |
NY | 31 | 2140 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Zitserman |
MN | 51 | 2060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | Jennie Frenklakh |
CA | 18 | 2110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 10 | Sharon Burtman |
CA | 30 | 2090 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | X | 5.5 |
White Black Status
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Burtman Khan 0 - 1
Jezierska Krush 0 - 1
Shahade Belakovskaia 1 - 0
Epstein Zitserman 1 - 0
Frenklakh Sagalchik 1 - 0
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