GM Michael Rohde

GM Rohde is 39 years old and lives with his wife and family in Manhattan. He is a former National Junior High Champion, National High School Champion, US Junior Champion, and US Open Champion. He has played in the U.S. Championship 5 times, and won the US Championship Brilliancy Prize for 1986, 1987, and 1988. GM Rohde is a Chess Life columnist ("Game of the Month"), Author ("The Great Evans Gambit Debate"), and Contributor to ChessWise University Online - www.chesswise.com.

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Game Commentary

Finals (4-game Match)

• Game F3: Serper - Gulko 1/2 - 1/2

• Game F2: Gulko - Serper 1 - 0

• Game F1: Serper - Gulko 0 - 1

SemiFinals (Two 4-game Matches)

• Game AP1: Seirawan - Gulko, first of two at G/25, 1/2 - 1/2
• Game AP2: Gulko - Seirawan, second of two at G/25, 1/2 - 1/2
• Game AP3: Gulko - Seirawan, first of two at G/15, 1/2 - 1/2
• Game AP4: Seirawan - Gulko, second of two at G/15, 0 - 1

• Game BP1: Serper - Yermolinsky, first of two at G/25, 1 - 0
• Game BP2: Yermolinsky - Serper, second of two at G/25 0 - 1

Serper advances.

• Game A4: Seirawan - Gulko 1/2 - 1/2 (playoff on Monday)
• Game B4: Serper - Yermolinsky 1/2 - 1/2 (playoff on Monday)

• Game A3: Gulko - Seirawan 1/2 - 1/2
• Game B3: Yermolinsky - Serper 1/2 - 1/2

• Game A2: Seirawan - Gulko 1 - 0
• Game B2: Serper - Yermolinsky 1/2 - 1/2

• Game A1: Gulko - Seirawan 1 - 0
• Game B1: Yermolinsky - Serper 1/2 - 1/2

Preliminary Events

Tuesday, August 31 (Playoffs for the Preliminaries)

• Game 1: Seirawan - Benjamin 1-0
• Game 2: Benjamin - Ivanov 0 - 1
• Game 3: Ivanov - Seirawan 1/2 - 1/2
• Game 4: Benjamin - Seirawan 1 - 0
• Game 5: Ivanov - Benjamin 0 - 1
• Game 6: Seirawan - Ivanov 1 - 0

Final scores of playoffs: Seirawan 2.5; Benjamin 2.0; Ivanov 1.5. Seirawan advances.

Monday, August 30 (Game 7 of the Preliminaries)

• Game 1: Seirawan - Benjamin 1/2 - 1/2
• Game 2: Yermolinsky - Shliperman 1/2 - 1/2

Sunday, August 29 (Game 6 of the Preliminaries)

• Game 1: Serper - Seirawan 1/2 - 1/2
• Game 2: Gurevich - Gulko 0 - 1

August 28 (Game 5 of the Preliminaries -- Friday is an off day)

• Game 1: de Firmian - Benjamin 1/2 - 1/2
• Game 2: Ivanov - Serper 0 - 1

August 26 (Game 4 of the Preliminaries)

• Game 1: Shliperman - Kudrin 1 - 0
• Game 2: Dzindzichashvili - Finegold 1/2 - 1/2

August 25 (Game 3 of the Preliminaries)

• Game 1: Christiansen - Shabalov 1/2 - 1/2
• Game 2: Finegold - Benjamin 0-1

August 24 (Game 2 of the Preliminaries)

• Game 1: Fedorowicz - Gurevich 1/2 - 1/2
• Game 2: Seirawan - Kaidanov 1/2 - 1/2

August 23 (Game 1 of the Preliminaries)

• Game 1: Gulko - Shabalov, 1-0

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