46th US Championship; September 25 - October 6, 2000
Seattle, WA

For the final US Championship of the millennium, the tournament
returned to the classic 12-man Round Robin format


                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
 1. GM Joel Benjamin       x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½  6½-4½
 2. GM Alex Shabalov       ½ x 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1  6½-4½
 3. GM Yasser Seirawan     0 0 x 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1  6½-4½
 4. GM Dmitry Gurevich     ½ 1 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  6 -5
 5. GM Gregory Kaidanov    ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1  6 -5
 6. GM Nick deFirmian      ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½  5½-5½
 7. GM Larry Christiansen  0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  5½-5½
 8. GM Alexander Ivanov    0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½  5½-5½
 9. GM Boris Gulko         1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ 0  4½-6½
10. GM Gregory Serper      ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½  4½-6½
11. GM John Fedorowicz     ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 x 0  4½-6½
12. GM Alex Yermolinsky    ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 x  4½-6½


FIRST PLACE PLAYOFF

Joel Benjamin won this playoff for the Championship Ring only.
Benjamin, Shabalov, and Seirawan remained Co-Champions.

                        1  2  3
1. GM Joel Benjamin    xx 11 1-  3-0
2. GM Alex Shabalov    00 xx 01  1-3
3. GM Yasser Seirawan  0- 10 xx  1-2


  • As with 1988, this was another tournament won with a +2 score. This was the first tournament ever where a mere 2 points separated first place and last place.


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