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43rd US Championship; 1997 Chandler, AZAnother new format. Two 8 man divisions produced four qualifiers, who played a 2-round knockout for the title. This format used again in 1998 and 1999.
Division 1 Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score USCF ST AG FIDE *1. GM Joel Benjamin x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 -2 2659 NY 33 2580 *2. GM Larry Christiansen ½ x ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5 -2 2632 CA 41 2550 3. GM John Fedorowicz ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½-2½ 2613 NY 38 2510 4. GM Boris Gulko 0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½-3½ 2680 NJ 50 2580 5. GM Alex Yermolinsky ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 3½-3½ 2678 OH 39 2650 6. GM Walter Browne 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1 3 -4 2630 CA 48 2530 7. NM Jorge Zamora Jr. ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 2½-4½ 2441 RI 18 US Jr Ch 8. GM Alexander Ivanov 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 x 1 -6 2629 MA 41 2565 Division 2 Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score USCF ST AG FIDE *1. GM Gregory Kaidanov x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½-2½ 2690 KY 37 2600 *2. GM Yasser Seirawan ½ x ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 4½-2½ 2689 WA 37 2630 3. GM Nick de Firmian ½ ½ x 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 4 -3 2668 NY 40 2570 4. GM Gabriel Schwartzman 0 1 1 x ½ 0 ½ ½ 3½-3½ 2618 FL 20 2515 5. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 3½-3½ 2633 MA 53 2540 6. GM Alexander Shabalov ½ 0 0 1 ½ x 1 ½ 3½-3½ 2682 PA 29 2585 7. GM Sergey Kudrin ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 x ½ 2½-4½ 2615 MA 37 2535 8. GM Dmitry Gurevich 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x 2 -5 2670 IL 40 2575 ~~~~~~~~~~~ SEMI-FINALS Player 1 2 3 4 GM Joel Benjamin 1 ½ 1 - 2½ GM Gregory Kaidanov 0 ½ 0 - ½ Player 1 2 3 4 GM Larry Christiansen 0 ½ 1 ½ 2 GM Yasser Seirawan 1 ½ 0 ½ 2 Christiansen advances after playoff. ~~~~~~ FINALS Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 GM Joel Benjamin 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ GM Larry Christiansen 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½