36th US Championship; 1990 Jacksonville, FLFor the first time, a Knockout Format was adopted for this tournament. The Octi, Quarter and Semi-Finals were 2 game matches, with additional 2-game matches to break any ties. The Finals were Best of 5.
OCTI-FINALS QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINALS Alburt 11 Seirawan 00 Alburt ½½01½½1 Dlugy ½½10½½0 Dlugy 1011 Ivanov, A. 0100 Alburt 1½ deFirmian 0½ deFirmian 1½ Scherzer 0½ deFirmian 1½ Rachels 0½ Rachels 1½ Alburt 111 Brooks 0½ Christiansen 000 Gulko ½1 Kudrin ½0 Gulko ½½100 Gurevich 00 Dzindzi ½½011 Dzindz 11 Dzindzi ½0 Benjamin ½1 Christiansen ½1 Ivanov, I. ½0 Benjamin 0½ Christiansen 1½ Christiansen 11 Browne 00 COMPOSITE SCORES 1. Lev Alburt +8-1=5 10½-3½ 2. Larry Christiansen +4-3=2 5 -4 3-4. Roman Dzindzichashvili +4-2=3 5½-3½ 3-4. Nick deFirmian +2-1=3 3½-2½ 5-8. Maxim Dlugy +4-3=4 6 -5 5-8. Boris Gulko +2-2=3 3½-3½ 5-8. Joel Benjamin +1-1=2 2 -2 5-8. Stuart Rachels +1-1=2 2 -2 9-16. Alexander Ivanov +1-3=0 1 -3 9-16. Alex Sherzer +0-1=1 ½-1½ 9-16. Michael Brooks +0-1=1 ½-1½ 9-16. Sergei Kudrin +0-1=1 ½-1½ 9-16. Igor Ivanov +0-1=1 ½-1½ 9-16. Dmitry Gurevich +0-2=0 0 -2 9-16. Walter Browne +0-2=0 0 -2 9-16. Yasser Seirawan +0-2=0 0 -2