45th US Championship; August 22 - September 9, 1999
Salt Lake City, UT



    GROUP 1                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
*1. GM Boris Gulko             x ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1  5½-1½
*2. GM Alex Yermolinsky        ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½  4 -3
 3. GM Dmitry Gurevich         0 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ ½  3½-3½
 4. GM Larry Christiansen      1 0 0 x 0 1 1 ½  3½-3½
 5. GM John Fedorowicz         0 ½ ½ 1 x 0 ½ ½  3 -4
 6. GM Sergey Kudrin           0 ½ ½ 0 1 x 0 1  3 -4
 7. IM Igor Shliperman         0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 x ½  3 -4
 8. GM Alex Shabalov           0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x  2½-4½

    GROUP 2                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
*1. GM Gregory Serper          x ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1  4½-2½
*2. GM Yasser Seirawan         ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½  4 -3
 3. GM Joel Benjamin           0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1  4 -3
 4. GM Alexander Ivanov        0 0 ½ x 1 1 ½ 1  4 -3
 5. GM Nick de Firmian         ½ ½ ½ 0 x 1 1 0  3½-3½
 6. GM Gregory Kaidanov        1 ½ 0 0 0 x ½ 1  3 -4
 7. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili  ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½  3 -4
 8. IM Ben Finegold            0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ x  2 -5

Seirawan won a 2nd place playoff against Benjamin and Ivanov
to advance to the Semi-Finals




Semi-Finals

                  1 2 3 4      1 2 3 4
Boris Gulko       1 0 ½ ½  2   ½ ½ ½ 1  2½
Yasser Seirawan   0 1 ½ ½  2   ½ ½ ½ 0  1½


                  1 2 3 4      1 2
Gregory Serper    ½ ½ ½ ½  2   1 1  2
Alex Yermolinsky  ½ ½ ½ ½  2   0 0  0



1999 Finals; 9/7-9/99

                  1 2 3
Boris Gulko       1 1 ½  2½
Gregory Serper    0 0 ½   ½





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