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K Visweswaran (of http://www.chathurangam.com) reports.
The 102nd Annual US Open is in progress at Hotel Sheraton Framingham ( near Boston) The $40000 prize fund tournament which flagged off on August 4th has a winner's purse of $5000. Apart from the generous cash offered, the top 12 of the 483 competitors qualify for the US Closed championship to be held in Seattle In January 2002. The first US Open was staged in Minnesota way back in 1900 making this traditional National tournament one of the oldest of its kind. Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky won the title last year and tied for the first place in 1998 and 1999. The American motto of 'Costumer is the King" is very much evident here too. If nine days ( Aug 4-12) seem too long to spend at Chess, one can sign up for the 6-day, 5-day or weekend schedule. This flexibilty has its side effects that one can't tell who is leading the tournament until after round six when the 'Grand Merger' takes place. Along side the tournament are the USCF National meeting to elect its office bearers, the US Championship for the Blind and various side events such as Blitz, Rapid (Game15/30) and even Bughouse!
Official Website: http://www.uschess.org
Final Standings: 1 GM Alex Wojtkiewicz 2702 7.5 46.5 52.5 37.0 276.5 2 GM Joel Benjamin 2664 7.5 46.0 55.5 39.0 306 3 IM Fabian Doettling 2587 7.5 45.5 54.5 39.0 291.5 4 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2627 7.5 44.5 55.0 38.5 296.5 5 IM Michael Mulyar 2476 7.0 48.5 57.0 39.5 298 6 GM Alexander Fishbein 2578 7.0 48.0 59.0 40.0 308 7 GM Leonid G Yudasin 2673 7.0 47.0 58.0 39.5 309 8 GM Sergey Kudrin 2627 7.0 46.0 56.5 40.0 304.5 9 GM Alexander Kalinin 2612 7.0 46.0 56.0 38.0 301.5 10 GM John Fedorowicz 2607 7.0 44.5 53.0 36.0 292 11 Yury Lapshun 2516 7.0 44.5 52.0 37.5 280 12 IM John Donaldson 2525 7.0 44.5 51.0 37.5 280 13 Alex Kalikshteyn 2366 7.0 44.0 53.0 37.0 282 14 Alexander Danilovic 2499 7.0 44.0 48.5 35.5 261.5 15 GM Suat Atalik 2654 7.0 43.5 53.5 37.0 284.5 16 Josef Friedman 2200 U 7.0 43.5 52.0 36.0 271 17 Igor Schneider 2119 7.0 43.5 51.0 34.5 270.5 18 Igor Foygel 2552 U 7.0 43.0 53.0 38.0 290 19 IM Larry Kaufman 2441 7.0 43.0 52.0 36.0 270.5 20 GM Roland Schmaltz 2549 7.0 43.0 48.0 36.5 253.5 21 GM Maurice A Ashley 2580 7.0 42.5 53.0 37.0 286 22 GM Sam Palatnik 2573 7.0 42.5 52.5 36.5 278.5 23 IM Greg Shahade 2501 7.0 42.5 52.0 36.5 282 24 Mikhail Perelshteyn 2482 7.0 42.5 52.0 36.0 280 25 IM William Paschall 2506 U 7.0 41.5 51.0 36.5 278 26 Stanislav Ritvin 2310 7.0 41.5 49.5 34.0 261 27 William Kelleher 2417 U 7.0 40.5 48.5 36.0 267 28 GM Gennady Sagalchik 2561 6.5 46.5 56.5 39.0 303.5 29 Emory A Tate 2409 6.5 46.0 55.5 36.5 280.5 30 Stanislav Kriventsov 2470 6.5 45.5 54.0 36.5 280.5 31 Daniel Rensch 2275 6.5 43.0 52.0 34.0 272 32 IM Hikaru Nakamura 2414 6.5 42.5 49.5 35.5 262 33 Renard Anderson 2273 S 6.5 42.0 50.0 33.5 256 34 IM Guillermo Rey 2423 C 6.5 41.0 50.0 33.0 254 35 Louis Mercuri 2378 S 6.5 41.0 49.0 32.0 252 36 Rodion Rubenchik 2366 6.5 40.5 50.0 31.0 259.5 37 GM Arthur Bisguier 2318 6.5 40.0 48.0 34.5 262.5 38 John Readey 2388 6.5 40.0 47.5 35.0 264 39 Milisav Danilovic 2231 6.5 40.0 46.5 31.5 238 40 Carl Haessler 2226 C 6.5 39.5 47.0 33.0 249 41 Jayson Gonzales 2370 6.5 39.0 39.0 34.0 197.5 42 Thomas J Bartell 2195 6.5 38.0 42.0 33.5 225.5 43 John W. Cole 2180 6.5 34.5 34.5 29.5 181.5 487 players Round 9 Pairings 1 GM JOEL BENJAMIN (7) 10 ___ IM FABIAN DOETTLING (7) 2 GM GENNADY SAGALCHIK (6=BD) 1 ___ GM ALEX WOJTKIEWICZ (6=BD) 3 YURY LAPSHUN (6=BD) 2 ___ GM LEONID G YUDASIN (6=BD) 4 IGOR FOYGEL (6=BD) 4 1/2 GM SUAT ATALIK (6=BD) 5 ALEXANDER DANILOVIC (6=BD) 5 ___ GM SERGEY KUDRIN (6=BD) 6 GM ALEXANDER STRIPUNSKY (6=BD) 25 ___ STANISLAV KRIVENTSOV (6==BD) 7 GM ALEXANDER KALININ (6=BD) 13 ___ GM SAM PALATNIK (6=BD) 8 GM JOHN FEDOROWICZ (7) 23 =BD IM MICHAEL MULYAR (7) 9 MIKHAIL PERELSHTEYN (7) 12 =BD GM ALEXANDER FISHBEIN (7) 10 GM MAURICE A ASHLEY (6) 45 ___ MATTHEW HOEKSTRA (6) 11 TAMER KARATEKIN (6) 16 ___ GM ROLAND SCHMALTZ (6) 12 IM W. JOHN DONALDSON (6) 54 ___ DANIEL E SHAPIRO (6) 13 SAMSON BENEN (6) 19 ___ IM WILLIAM PASCHALL (6) 14 MATTHEW BENGSTON (6) 20 0-1 IM GREG SHAHADE (6) 15 MICHAEL SHAHADE (6) 26 ___ IM LARRY KAUFMAN (6) 16 IM GUILLERMO REY (6) 56 ___ RENARD ANDERSON (6) 17 WILLIAM KELLEHER (6) 73 ___ RONALD HENRY (6) 18 ALEX KALIKSHTEYN (6) 65 ___ YEVGENIY GERSHOV (6) 19 JOSEF FRIEDMAN (6) 38 ___ IWM JENNIFER SHAHADE (6) 20 IGOR SCHNEIDER (6) 39 ___ ANTON DEL MUNDO (6) 21 KENT W LEUNG (6) 44 ___ STANISLAV RITVIN (6) 22 IM DEAN IPPOLITO (5=BD) 74 ___ DENIS STRENZWILK (5=BD) 23 IM HIKARU NAKAMURA (5=BD) 71 ___ JOSHUA FRIEDEL (5=BD) 24 HENRY TERRIE (5=BD) 30 ___ EMORY A TATE (5=BD) 25 JOHN CARR (5=BD) 31 ___ JOHN READEY (5=BD) 26 LOUIS MERCURI (5=BD) 77 ___ LESTER VAN METER (5=BD) 27 RODION RUBENCHIK (5=BD) 83 ___ WIM ESTHER EPSTEIN (5=BD) 28 JOHN W. COLE (5=BD) 37 1-0 VISWESWARAN KAMESWARAN (5=BD) 29 CINDY J TSAI (5=BD) 40 ___ LEONID RASIN (5=BD) 30 TOM BRAUNLICH (5=BD) 42 ___ GM ARTHUR BISGUIER (5=BD) US Open -- Rnd 8 results 1 GM Leonid G Yudasin (2673) 1/2 Igor Foygel (2552) 2 GM Roland Schmaltz (2549) 0-1 GM Joel Benjamin (2664) 3 GM Sergey Kudrin (2627) 1/2 GM Gennady Sagalchik (2561) 4 IM Michael Mulyar (2476) 1/2 GM Alexander Stripunsky (2627) 5 IM Fabian Doettling (2587) 1-0 IM John Donaldson (2525) 6 GM Alexander Fishbein (2578) 1/2 Yury Lapshun (2516) 7 GM Alex Wojtkiewicz (2702) 1-0 Josef Friedman (2200) 8 GM Suat Atalik (2654) 1-0 IM Hikaru Nakamura (2414) 9 John Readey (2388) 0-1 GM Alexander Kalinin (2612) 10 Emory A Tate (2409) N-N GM John Fedorowicz (2607) 11 Anton Del Mundo (2334) 1/2 GM Maurice A Ashley (2580) 12 GM Sam Palatnik (2573) 1-0 Grace Nsubuga (2314) 13 GM Arthur Bisguier (2318) 0-1 Alexander Danilovic (2499) 14 Daniel Rensch (2275) 1-0 Mikhail Perelshteyn (2482) 15 Stanislav Kriventsov (2470) 1-0 Milisav Danilovic (2231) 16 Yevgeniy Gershov (2231) 1/2 William Kelleher (2417) 17 IM William Paschall (2506) 1-0 Oladapo Adu (2264) 18 IM Greg Shahade (2501) 1-0 Jarod Bryan (2254) 19 Zakhar Fayvinov (2263) 1/2 IM Dean Ippolito (2472) 20 IM Larry Kaufman (2441) 1-0 Clark Harmon (2217) Leading Round 7 Standings 1 GM ALEXANDER FISHBEIN 6.0 31.5 35.0 26.5 148.5 2 GM GENNADY SAGALCHIK 6.0 31.5 34.5 26.0 148 3 GM LEONID G YUDASIN 6.0 31.0 35.0 26.0 147.5 4 GM SERGEY KUDRIN 6.0 30.5 34.5 26.5 147.5 5 GM JOEL BENJAMIN 6.0 30.5 34.5 24.5 151.5 6 IM MICHAEL MULYAR 6.0 30.0 33.0 26.0 143 7 GM ALEXANDER STRIPUNSKY 6.0 29.0 33.0 24.5 146 8 IM FABIAN DOETTLING 6.0 29.0 32.5 24.5 138 9 IGOR FOYGEL 6.0 28.5 32.0 24.5 140 10 YURY LAPSHUN 6.0 28.5 31.0 24.0 131.5 11 IM W. JOHN DONALDSON 6.0 28.0 30.5 24.5 135 12 JOSEF FRIEDMAN 6.0 27.0 31.0 23.0 126.5 13 GM ROLAND SCHMALTZ 6.0 27.0 27.0 23.5 115 14 GM ALEX WOJTKIEWICZ 5.5 32.5 32.5 23.0 128.5 15 GM JOHN FEDOROWICZ 5.5 31.0 34.5 22.5 140 16 EMORY A TATE 5.5 31.0 33.0 24.5 132.5 493 players US OPen Round 7 Important Results 1. GM Ronald Schmaltz 6 0.5-0.5 GM Leonid Yudasin 6 2. GM Sergey Kudrin 6 IM Michael Mulyar 6 3. GM Gennady Sagalchik 5.5 1/2 GM Alexander Fishbein 5.5 4. Mikhail Perelshteyn (5.5) 0.5-0.5 GM Alex Wojkeiwicz (5.5) 5. GM Joel Benjamin 6 1-0 IM Greg Shahade 5 6. Stanislav Kriventsov 5.5 0.5-0.5 GM Suat Atalik 5.5 7. GM Alexander Stripunsky 1-0 IM Larry Kaufman 8. GM Alexander Kalinin 5.5 0.5-0.5 Emory E tate 5.5 9. Alex Kalikshteryn 5 0-1 IM Fabrian Doetling 6 10. Igor Foygel 6 1-0 Donny Ariel 5 11. IM John Donaldson 6 1-0 Jennifer Shahade 5 12. Yury Lapshun 6 1-0 Leonid Rasin 5 13. Josef Friedman (6) 1-0 IM William Paschall (5) 14. GM John Fedorowicz (5.5) 1-0 Kent W Leung (5) 15. Milisav (5.5) 1-0 GM Pavel Blatny (4.5) 16. GM Maurice Ashley (5.5) 1-0 Joshua Friedel (4.5) US OPEN ROUND 6 (aug 9) Important results 1. GM Alex Fishbein 5.5 1/2 GM Kudrin 5.5 2. GM Wojkeiwicz 1/2 IM John Donaldson 3. GM Leonid Yudasin 1-0 William Kelleher 4. Michael Mulyar 1-0 GM Maurice Ashley 5. Charles Roldan 0-1 GM Gennady Sagalchik 6. Kent Wheung 1/2 GM Igor Foygel 7. Roland Schmaltz 1-0 Mark Gaudreau 8. Stephen Brundo 0-1 GM Joel Benjamin 5 9. GM Suat Atalik 1-0 Leon Schorr 10. Joan Cudro 0-1 GM A Stripunsky 11. Samson Benen 0-1 GM Alexander Kallin 12. IM William Pascall 1-0 Ronald Henry 13. Daniel Rensch 1/2 GM John Fedorowicz Round 5 Important Results Evening (7.30PM-1.30AM) Aug 4-12 Joel Benjamin 4 .5-.5 Michael Mulyar William Kelleher 4.5 1-0 Pavel Blatny 3.5 Alexander Kalinin 4 0-1 Alex Fishbein 5 Hikaru Nakamura 4 .5-.5 Fabian Doettling 4 Mathew Hoekstra 3.5 0-1 Ronald Schmalty Jennifer Shadade 4 .5-.5 William Paschall Leonid Rasin 4 .5-.5 Greg Shahade 4 Mikhail Perelshteyn 4 1-0 Braden Bournival 3 Matinee (12.30Pm-6.30PM) Aug 4-12 Igor Foygel 4.5 1-0 John Curdo (4) John Donaldson (4.5) 1-0 Zakhar Fayvinov (3.5) David Mc Kee (3) 0-1 Arthur Bisguer (4) Esther Epstein 4 1-0 Katherine Gasser Harold Dondis 3 0-1 Jared Becker Peter Sherwood 3 0-1 Miguel Santana 4 6 Day (Aug 7-12) Alex Kalikshteyn (4) Sergey Kudrin (4) Alexander Stripinsky (4) .5-.5 Dony Ariel (4) Maurice Ashley (4) .5-.5 Carl Hassler (4) Charles Riordan (4.5) 1-0 Palatnik (3.5) Harry Cohen (3) 0-1 Suat Atalik (4) Mathew Bengston (3) Antonia Angel (3) Bryan Gast (3.5) .5-.5 Joshua Freidel Tom Braunlich (4) 1-0 David Blair (3) Visweswaran Kameswaran (3.5) 1-0 Aditya Prasetyo (2.5) Ananth Papu (2.5) Daniel Shipro (2.5) 5 Day (Aug 8-12) Gennady Sagalchik (4.5) .5-.5 Leonid Yudasin (4.5) A Wojtkiewicz (4.5) 1-0 Emory Tate Stanislav Kriventsov .5-.5 John Fedorowicz Yuri Lapshun 1-0 Maaricio Reiz Alexander Danilovic 1-0 Boris Privman John Readey 1-0 Olga Sagalchik
