45th US Women's Championship; 2005
November 23 - December 5, 2004
San Diego, CA




This year the US Championship and US Women's Championship were played as a combined Swiss, 
with both men and women competing.  Goletiani scored 2-0 in a Rapid Playoff with 
Abrahamyan to become US Women's Champion.
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SCORE
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TBrk[C]
1 GM Alex Stripunsky 2659 W19 W36 D2 W3 D23 W13 D5 D4 W9 7-2 41 50.5 36.5
2 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2740 W46 W29 D1 W24 D4 D7 W3 D9 W10 7-2 41 50 36
3 GM Gregory Kaidanov 2730 W47 D5 W22 L1 W26 W4 L2 D6 W18 6-3 42 51 31
4 GM Sergey Kudrin 2624 W57 W9 W10 D20 D2 L3 W21 D1 D7 6-3 42 50 34
5 GM Yury Shulman 2591 W61 D3 D11 W43 D6 W23 D1 D7 D14 6-3 41 47.5 32
6 GM Joel Benjamin 2630 D49 D51 W19 W36 D5 D14 D18 D3 W26 6-3 37 44 29.5
7 GM Gregory Serper 2597 D55 W58 D40 W48 W32 D2 D11 D5 D4 6-3 36.5 42.5 32
8 GM Alexander Onischuk 2679 W21 D12 D25 L13 W41 D32 W48 D18 W22 6-3 35.5 43 28.5
9 GM Alexander Goldin 2694 W42 L4 D41 W44 D12 W25 W13 D2 L1 5½-3½ 40 48 29
10 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2668 W52 W13 L4 D25 W34 D11 D12 W33 L2 5½-3½ 39 47 30.5
11 GM Boris Gulko 2698 W44 D22 D5 D26 W29 D10 D7 D16 D12 5½-3½ 38.5 47.5 29.5
12 GM Julio Becerra 2593 W39 D8 L20 W49 D9 W17 D10 D15 D11 5½-3½ 38.5 46.5 28.5
13 GM Alexander Fishbein 2577 W43 L10 W51 W8 W20 L1 L9 D27 W32 5½-3½ 38.5 46 29
14 GM Gata Kamsky 2691 D50 D32 D44 W28 D16 D6 D33 W24 D5 5½-3½ 36.5 44 26.5
15 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2644 W37 D28 D18 D29 D22 D40 W32 D12 D16 5½-3½ 35.5 44 28.5
16 GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz 2677 W38 D20 D48 D33 D14 D19 W35 D11 D15 5½-3½ 35.5 43.5 28.5
17 GM Alex Yermolinsky 2644 D40 D50 W52 D34 D25 L12 W44 D21 W19 5½-3½ 33 40 26
18 IM Renier Gonzalez 2542 W54 D30 D15 L23 W37 W20 D6 D8 L3 5-4 38.5 46.5 28
19 Salvijus Bercys 2427 L1 W62 L6 W53 W50 D16 D24 W23 L17 5-4 37.5 43.5 24.5
20 GM Igor Novikov 2689 W41 D16 W12 D4 L13 L18 W50 L26 W33 5-4 37 44.5 27
21 FM Lev Milman 2460 L8 L43 W54 W38 W30 W27 L4 D17 D25 5-4 37 44.5 23.5
22 GM Dmitry Gurevich 2566 W56 D11 L3 W45 D15 D24 D23 W40 L8 5-4 37 44 27
23 GM Alexander Shabalov 2660 L48 W63 W37 W18 D1 L5 D22 L19 W42 5-4 36.5 42.5 26
24 GM Nick DeFirmian 2628 W33 D48 W28 L2 D40 D22 D19 L14 W41 5-4 36 43.5 27
25 IM Levon Altounian 2539 D63 W49 D8 D10 D17 L9 D28 W48 D21 5-4 36 42 25.5
26 IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2579 D58 D55 W35 D11 L3 W42 D40 W20 L6 5-4 35 41 26
27 GM Larry Christiansen 2610 W35 D34 D32 D40 D33 L21 W46 D13 D28 5-4 33.5 41.5 26.5
28 IM Yury Lapshun 2542 W62 D15 L24 L14 D45 W58 D25 W49 D27 5-4 33.5 39 23.5
29 IM Cyrus Lakdawala 2526 W64 L2 W57 D15 L11 D46 D49 D41 W40 5-4 33.5 37 24.5
30 IM Ben Finegold 2622 W45 D18 D34 L32 L21 W43 D41 D42 W46 5-4 31 39 24
31 GM Alexander Ivanov 2646 D51 L40 W56 D41 D48 L33 W52 D36 W44 5-4 28 34.5 22
32 IM Dmitry Schneider 2503 W60 D14 D27 W30 L7 D8 L15 W34 L13 4½-4½ 26.5 46 26.5
33 IM Blas Lugo 2400 L24 W53 W50 D16 D27 W31 D14 L10 L20 4½-4½ 25.5 43.5 26
34 GM Walter Browne 2514 W59 D27 D30 D17 L10 L48 W38 L32 W45 4½-4½ 23 40.5 23.5
35 WGM Rusudan Goletiani 2342 L27 W60 L26 W47 D42 W36 L16 L37 W48 4½-4½ 22 39 21.5
36 IM Stanislav Kriventsov 2491 W53 L1 W55 L6 D43 L35 W61 D31 D37 4½-4½ 21.5 40 23
37 IM Ron Burnett 2435 L15 W64 L23 W56 L18 L50 W43 W35 D36 4½-4½ 21.5 35.5 19.5
38 FM Michael Casella 2328 L16 L42 W62 L21 D56 W53 L34 W61 W51 4½-4½ 18.5 34 16.5
39 WFM Tatev Abrahamyan 2284 L12 L41 L53 W59 W60 D52 L42 W58 W49 4½-4½ 17.5 33 16
40 FM Dmitry Zilberstein 2410 D17 W31 D7 D27 D24 D15 D26 L22 L29 4-5 35.5 47 25
41 FM Joshua Friedel 2469 L20 W39 D9 D31 L8 W55 D30 D29 L24 4-5 32.5 44 21
42 IM Irina Krush 2450 L9 W38 L43 W57 D35 L26 W39 D30 L23 4-5 30.5 41 20.5
43 WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg 2239 L13 W21 W42 L5 D36 L30 L37 W52 D50 4-5 30 41.5 20
44 FM Marcel Martinez 2467 L11 W61 D14 L9 D49 W45 L17 W55 L31 4-5 29 40 20
45 FM Matt Hoekstra 2415 L30 D59 W63 L22 D28 L44 W56 W50 L34 4-5 25.5 35.5 18.5
46 FM Stephen Muhammad 2443 L2 L56 W64 D55 W61 D29 L27 W47 L30 4-5 23 35 19
47 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat 2482 L3 L57 W59 L35 W63 L49 W58 L46 W55 4-5 22 32.5 16
48 WGM Anna Zatonskih 2450 W23 D24 D16 L7 D31 W34 L8 L25 L35 3½-5½ 34.5 46.5 23
49 FM Robby Adamson 2375 D6 L25 W58 L12 D44 W47 D29 L28 L39 3½-5½ 30.5 42 19.5
50 IM Jesse Kraai 2500 D14 D17 L33 W51 L19 W37 L20 L45 D43 3½-5½ 30.5 41.5 19
51 FM Bruci Lopez 2434 D31 D6 L13 L50 L58 W54 W59 D57 L38 3½-5½ 25.5 37 16.5
52 GM Anatoly Lein 2438 L10 W54 L17 D61 D55 D39 L31 L43 W57 3½-5½ 25.5 36.5 16.5
53 Iryna Zenyuk 2027 L36 L33 W39 L19 D59 L38 L57 W64 W63 3½-5½ 22.5 32 12.5
54 Chouchanik Airapetian 2154 L18 L52 L21 L62 W64 L51 W60 D56 W61 3½-5½ 18.5 28.5 10
55 FM Fabio La Rota 2349 D7 D26 L36 D46 D52 L41 W62 L44 L47 3-6 26.5 37.5 17
56 WFM Laura Ross 2200 L22 W46 L31 L37 D38 D57 L45 D54 D60 3-6 26.5 36.5 14
57 WIM Jennifer Shahade 2334 L4 W47 L29 L42 L62 D56 W53 D51 L52 3-6 24 35 14
58 WIM Anna Hahn 2258 D26 L7 L49 D63 W51 L28 L47 L39 W64 3-6 23.5 34.5 13.5
59 WFM Anna Levina 2100 L34 D45 L47 L39 D53 W64 L51 L60 W62 3-6 21 30 11.5
60 Tatiana Vayserberg 2033 L32 L35 L61 W64 L39 D63 L54 W59 D56 3-6 19.5 28.5 10.5
61 Jake Kleiman 2314 L5 L44 W60 D52 L46 W62 L36 L38 L54 2½-6½ 25 35.5 14
62 Vanessa West 2060 L28 L19 L38 W54 W57 L61 L55 D63 L59 2½-6½ 22 32 12
63 WIM Esther Epstein 2185 D25 L23 L45 D58 L47 D60 D64 D62 L53 2½-6½ 20.5 30.5 12
64 WFM Olga Sagalchik 2154 L29 L37 L46 L60 L54 L59 D63 L53 L58 ½-8½ 22.5 32 1.5

Though held in 2004, this tournament was actually called the 2005 US Chessmaster Championships, for legal reasons.

Players listed in official tiebreak order.

  • The first tiebreak formula is "modified median" which is based on the scores of the players' opponents, dropping the two lowest scores.
  • Second is "Solkoff," the opponent's scores including the lowest. These systems are based on rewarding players for playing more successful opponents.
  • Third is cumulative scoring, in which you add up number of points the players had in each round. This rewards early success, since in this tournament format players who have higher scores earlier almost always face stronger competition.

    US CHAMPIONSHIP

    Stripunsky and Nakamura tied for first with 7 points, and played off the day after the tournament, to decide the title.

    Tiebreak details: Two games at G/25 plus 10 seconds per move. If still tied there would be a final game at G/7 for white, G/5 for black plus 2 seconds per move, black having draw odds.

    Nakamura won the playoff 2-0, and got $25,000 and the US Championship Title. Stripunsky got $17,000.

    Six players finished with six points. Prizes 3-5 were decided by tiebreak points, with Kaidanov finishing third, Kudrin fourth, and Shulman fifth. All other prizes were aggregated and divided evenly among each point group.

    US WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

    Goletiani and Abrahamyan tied for first with 4½-4½, and played a rapid playoff match Sunday, the day after the tournament. Goletiani won the playoff 2-0 to become US Women's Champion.

    Krush and Battsetseg tied on points at 4-5. Krush finished third on tiebreak, and Battsetseg finished fourth.

    Title Norms achieved in this tournament!

    IM norm: Salvijus Bercys, Josh Friedel, Dmitry Zilberstein, Lev Milman
    WGM norm: Tsagaan Battsetseg
    WIM norm: Tatev Abrahamyan

  • Average Rating of Women Players: 2218. 

  • PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN PLAYERS

                Score   W/L/D  PRE   POST  CHANGE
Goletiani	4½-4½  +4-4=1  2342  2361  +19
Abrahamyan	4½-4½  +4-4=1  2284  2288  +4
Krush		4 -5   +3-4=2  2450  2443  -7
Battsetseg	4 -5   +3-4=2  2239  2272  +33
Zatonskih	3½-5½  +2-4=3  2450  2458  +8
Zenyuk		3½-5½  +3-5=1  2027  2053  +26
Airapetian	3½-5½  +3-5=1  2154  2159  +5
Ross		3 -6   +1-4=4  2200  2204  +4
Shahade		3 -6   +2-5=2  2334  2318  -16
Hahn		3 -6   +2-5=2  2258  2257  -1
Levina		3 -6   +2-5=2  2100  2102  +2
Vayserberg	3 -6   +2-5=2  2033  2045  +12
West		2½-6½  +2-6=1  2060  2067  +7
Epstein		2½-6½  +0-4=5  2185  2169  -16
Sagalchik	 ½-8½  +0-8=1  2154  2111  -43
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AVERAGE                        2218  2220  +2

  • Laura Ross is also known as Laura R. Smith or Laura Ross Smith.

  • http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200412059280-12807449

  • Chess Life, February 2005, pp. 85-94.

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