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1999 INTERPLAY US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Preliminaries and Women's
StandingsAbsolute Championship Group A Preliminaries (7 Game Round-Robin)Top 2 will advance to SemiFinals. Gulko and Yermolinsky advance.Standings at the end of Round 7:
Absolute Championship Group B Preliminaries (7 Game Round-Robin)Top 2 will advance to SemiFinals. Serper advances. A playoff was held Tuesday between the players with 4.0 to determine the other SemiFinalist from Group B. Seirawan won and will advance.Standings at the end of Round 7:Separate Women's Championship (9 Game Round-Robin)Standings at the end of Round 9 (Final):Belakovskaia is the 1999 US Women's Champion
ResultsAbsolute Championships, Day 7The 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 last regulation game of the Preliminaries. Gulko finished up with a bang, defeating Kudrin to lead the section with 5.5 and advance to the SemiFinals. Fedorowicz drew with Shabalov. Yermolinsky also drew with Shliperman. Although Shliperman, the 1998 US Junior Champion, does not advance to the Semis, he had an excellent result, finishing with 3.0 in this very strong group. Christiansen lost to Gurevich. Yermolinsky will play Serper in one SemiFinals match. Gulko's challenger was determined by a Tuesday playoff (See the Group B results). In Group B, Serper drew with Dzindzichashvili, which was enough to qualify Serper for the Semis. Seirawan drew with Benjamin, while Ivanov defeated Finegold. The defending champion, Nick de Firmian, defeated Kudrin in the last round, but it was not enough to move him into play-off position and both were eliminated. So Serper will advance to the SemiFinals and play Yermolinsky in one SemiFinal match. Benjamin, Ivanov, and Seirawan were in a playoff on Tuesday to determine Gulko's SemiFinals challenger. Seirawan split his two games with Benjamin, then scored 1.5 against Ivanov to win the playoff and advance. Women's Championships, Day 9 (Final)This was the final round of the Women's Championship. Belakovskaia drew with Sagalchik, but that was enough to earn Belakovskaia the title of 1999 US Women's Champion. Khan lost to Shahade. Burtman also lost, to Frenklakh. The other two games were also decisive, as Epstein defeated Groberman and Marinello defeated Airapetian.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 1 1 0 1 5.5 * advances
2618
2 Yermolinsky = X = = = = 1 = 4.0 * advances
2588
3 Shabalov 0 = X = 0 = = = 2.5
2566
4 Fedorowicz 0 = = X 0 = 1 = 3.0
2565
5 Kudrin 0 = 1 1 X = 0 0 3.0
2525
6 Gurevich 0 = = = = X 1 = 3.5
2537
7 Christiansen 1 0 = 0 1 0 X 1 3.5
2610
8 Shliperman 0 = = = 1 = 0 X 3.0
2466
Group B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ttl
1 Seirawan X = = = = = = 1 4.0 Playoff 2.5 Advances
2653
2 de Firmian = X 1 = 1 0 = 0 3.5 +
2598
3 Kaidanov = 0 X 0 = 1 1 0 3.0
2611
4 Benjamin = = 1 X = 1 0 = 4.0 Playoff 2.0
2579
5 Dzindzi- = 0 = = X = = = 3.0
chashvili
2544
6 Finegold = 1 0 0 = X 0 0 2.0
2500
7 Serper = = 0 1 = 1 X 1 4.5 * Advances to SemiFinals
2540
8 Ivanov, A. 0 1 1 = = 1 0 X 4.0 Playoff 1.5
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 1 7.0 * 1st
2255
2 Khan 0 X 0 1 0 = = 1 1 = 4.5
2295
3 Shahade = 1 X = = 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2nd
2290
4 Epstein = 0 = X 1 1 = 1 1 0 5.5
2236
5 Marinello 0 1 = 0 X 1 0 1 = 1 5.0
2221
6 Frenklakh = = 1 0 0 X 1 1 1 0 5.0
2137
7 Sagalchik = = 0 = 1 0 X 1 1 1 5.5
2137
8 Burtman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0.0
2104
9 Groberman 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 X = 2.0
2062
10 Airapetian 0 = 0 1 0 1 1 0 = X 4.0
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