Results of Round 3 of the Preliminaries

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1999 INTERPLAY US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Standings at the end of Round 3:

Group A Preliminaries (7 Game Round-Robin)
Top 2 will advance to SemiFinals

2.5 Christiansen
1.5 Gulko, Yermolinsky, Kudrin, Gurevich, Shliperman
1.0 Shabalov, Fedorowicz

Group B Preliminaries (7 Game Round-Robin)
Top 2 will advance to SemiFinals

2.5 Ivanov
2.0 Benjamin, Serper
1.5 Kaidanov, Seirawan, de Firmian
1.0 Dzindzichashvili
0.5 Finegold

Separate Women's Championship (9 Game Round-Robin)

2.5 Belakovskaia
2.0 Marinello, Sagalchik, Shahade
1.5 Epstein, Airapetian, Groberman
1.0 Frenklakh, Khan
0.0 Burtman

Results of Day 3

Absolute Championship

The players have been divided into 2 groups of 8. Each group will play a round robin of 7 games. The top two scorers from each group will advance to the SemiFinals. This day saw the third game of the Preliminaries.

In Group A, Christiansen drew with Shabalov. Gulko drew with Yermolinsky. Kudrin defeated Fedorowicz. (See the Commentary Section for the archive of the Christiansen - Shabalov game.)

In Group B, Benjamin defeated Finegold with the black pieces, while Kaidanov defeated Serper with the White. de Firmian and Seirawan drew. Gurevich and Shliperman also drew, giving the Junior Champion his third draw of the event, an excellent result considering the disparity in ratings with the rest of the field. (See the Commentary Section for the archive of the Finegold - Benjamin game.)

Women's Championship: The two leaders let the pack catch up as Epstein defeated Marinello and Frenklakh defeated Sagalchik. Khan lost to Belakovskaia on time, moving Belakovskaia into first position. Airapetian drew with Groberman. Shahade had another good round as she defeated Burton.

Crosstables

Absolute Championship in Two Preliminary Groups

This event is the Absolute championship, and is open to all players without restriction on geography, age, or gender. Players are invited based on rating or performance in specific events like the US Junior Championship. Players are divided into two groups, and play a preliminary round robin. The two top-scoring players from each group go on to the SemiFinals. The eventual winner earns the title of 1999 US Champion. Ratings shown below are from the July 1999 FIDE list.

Group A


                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8   Ttl

1 Gulko         X  =  1  .  .  .  0  .   1.5 

  2618

2 Yermolinsky   =  X  .  .  =  =  .  .   1.5

  2588

3 Shabalov      0  .  X  .  .  .  =  =   1.0

  2566

4 Fedorowicz    .  .  .  X  0  =  .  =   1.0

  2565

5 Kudrin        .  =  .  1  X  .  0  .   1.5

  2525

6 Gurevich      .  =  .  =  .  X  .  .   1.0/2

  2537

7 Christiansen  1  .  =  .  1  .  X  .   2.5 *

  2610

8 Shliperman    .  .  =  =  .  .  .  X   1.0/2

  2466

Group B


                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8   Ttl

1 Seirawan      X  =  =  .  .  =  .  .   1.5

  2653

2 de Firmian    =  X  .  .  1  .  .  0   1.5 +

  2598

3 Kaidanov      =  .  X  .  .  .  1  0   1.5 

  2611

4 Benjamin      .  .  .  X  =  1  0  .   1.5 

  2579

5 Dzindzi-      .  0  .  =  X  .  .  =   1.0

  chashvili

  2544

6 Finegold      =  .  .  0  .  X  0  .   0.5

  2500

7 Serper        .  .  0  1  .  1  X  .   2.0 

  2540

8 Ivanov, A.    1  .  1  .  =  .  .  X   2.5 *

  2515



+Defending 1998 Champion

The Women's Championship

This separate, gender-restricted event, is open to women only, and is intended to promote the participation of women in tournament chess. There is a single section of 10 players. The highest scoring player earns the title of "1999 US Women's Champion". Ratings shown below are from the July 1999 FIDE list.


                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10   Ttl

1 Belakovskaia  X  1  =  .  .  .  .  .  1   .   2.5 *

  2255

2 Khan          0  X  .  1  0  .  .  .  .   .   1.0

  2295

3 Shahade       =  .  X  =  .  .  .  1  .   .   2.0

  2290

4 Epstein       .  0  =  X  1  .  .  .  .   .   1.5

  2236

5 Marinello     .  1  .  0  X  1  .  .  .   .   2.0 

  2221

6 Frenklakh     .  .  .  .  0  X  1  .  .   0   1.0

  2137

7 Sagalchik     .  .  .  .  .  0  X  1  .   1   2.0 

  2137

8 Burtman       .  .  0  .  .  .  0  X  0   .   0.0

  2104

9 Groberman     0  .  .  .  .  .  .  1  X   .   1.0

  2062

  Airapetian    .  .  .  .  .  1  .  0  .   X   1.0

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