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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