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1999 INTERPLAY US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
StandingsAbsolute Championship Group A Preliminaries (7 Game Round-Robin)Top 2 will advance to SemiFinalsStandings at the end of Round 5:
Absolute Championship Group B Preliminaries (7 Game Round-Robin)Top 2 will advance to SemiFinalsStandings at the end of Round 5:
Separate Women's Championship (9 Game Round-Robin)Standings at the end of Round 6:
ResultsAbsolute Championships, Day 5The 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 fifth game of the Preliminaries. What a difference a day makes! Instead of 4 players at the top of each section, we now have only one. In Group A, Junior Champion Igor Shliperman finally lost a game, to the top-seeded player in this section, Boris Gulko. This knocks the 19 year old out of the leader group. Kudrin and Gurevich drew, as did Yermolinsky and Shabalov. John Fedorowicz scored his first win, against Larry Christiansen. This leaves Gulko half a point ahead of the field with 2 games left to play in the Preliminaries. In Group B, Kaidanov defeated Finegold. de Firmian and Benjamin drew, as did Seirawan and Dzindzichashvili. Ivanov lost to Serper when his flag fell. This leads serve in sole lead in this group. Women's Championships, Day 6In what would have to be seen as an upset, #10 seed Airapetian defeated former US Women's Champion Esther Epstein. Jen Shahade also scored a full point against Olgar Sagalchik. Groberman drew with Marinello, and Frenklakh drew with Khan. Meanwhile, Belakovskaia moved into sole possession of first by defeating Burtman.CrosstablesAbsolute Championship in Two Preliminary GroupsThis 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 1 . . 0 1 3.5 *
2618
2 Yermolinsky = X = . = = 1 . 3.0
2588
3 Shabalov 0 = X . . = = = 2.0
2566
4 Fedorowicz 0 . . X 0 = 1 = 2.0
2565
5 Kudrin . = . 1 X = 0 0 2.0
2525
6 Gurevich . = = = = X . = 2.5
2537
7 Christiansen 1 0 = 0 1 . X . 2.5
2610
8 Shliperman 0 . = = 1 . . X 2.5
2466
Group B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ttl
1 Seirawan X = = . = = . 1 3.0
2653
2 de Firmian = X . = 1 . = 0 2.5 +
2598
3 Kaidanov = . X 0 . 1 1 0 2.5
2611
4 Benjamin . = 1 X = 1 0 . 3.0
2579
5 Dzindzi- = 0 . = X = . = 2.0
chashvili
2544
6 Finegold = . 0 0 = X 0 . 1.0
2500
7 Serper . = 0 1 . 1 X 1 3.5 *
2540
8 Ivanov, A. 0 1 1 . = . 0 X 2.5
2515
+Defending 1998 Champion
The Women's ChampionshipThis 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 . . 1 1 . 5.0 *
2255
2 Khan 0 X . 1 0 = . 1 . = 3.0
2295
3 Shahade = . X = . 0 1 1 . 1 4.0
2290
4 Epstein = 0 = X 1 . . 1 . 0 3.0
2236
5 Marinello 0 1 . 0 X 1 0 . = . 2.5
2221
6 Frenklakh . = 1 . 0 X 1 . 1 0 3.5
2137
7 Sagalchik . . 0 . 1 0 X 1 1 1 4.0
2137
8 Burtman 0 0 0 0 . . 0 X 0 . 0.0
2104
9 Groberman 0 . . . = 0 0 1 X = 2.0
2062
10 Airapetian . = 0 1 . 1 . 0 = X 3.0
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