2005 US Women's Chess Championship

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.

Name

Rtg

SCORE

TBrk[M]

TBrk[S]

TBrk[C]

GM Alex Stripunsky

2659

W19

W36

D23

W13

7-2

50.5

36.5

GM Hikaru Nakamura

2740

W46

W29

W24

W10

7-2

GM Gregory Kaidanov

2730

W47

W22

W26

W18

6-3

GM Sergey Kudrin

2624

W57

W10

D20

W21

6-3

GM Yury Shulman

2591

W61

D11

W43

W23

D14

6-3

47.5

GM Joel Benjamin

2630

D49

D51

W19

W36

D14

D18

W26

6-3

29.5

GM Gregory Serper

2597

D55

W58

D40

W48

W32

D11

6-3

36.5

42.5

GM Alexander Onischuk

2679

W21

D12

D25

L13

W41

D32

W48

D18

W22

6-3

35.5

28.5

GM Alexander Goldin

2694

W42

D41

W44

D12

W25

W13

5½-3½

GM Ildar Ibragimov

2668

W52

W13

D25

W34

D11

D12

W33

5½-3½

30.5

GM Boris Gulko

2698

W44

D22

D26

W29

D10

D16

D12

5½-3½

38.5

47.5

29.5

GM Julio Becerra

2593

W39

L20

W49

W17

D10

D15

D11

5½-3½

38.5

46.5

28.5

GM Alexander Fishbein

2577

W43

L10

W51

W20

D27

W32

5½-3½

38.5

GM Gata Kamsky

2691

D50

D32

D44

W28

D16

D33

W24

5½-3½

36.5

26.5

GM Varuzhan Akobian

2644

W37

D28

D18

D29

D22

D40

W32

D12

D16

5½-3½

35.5

28.5

GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz

2677

W38

D20

D48

D33

D14

D19

W35

D11

D15

5½-3½

35.5

43.5

28.5

GM Alex Yermolinsky

2644

D40

D50

W52

D34

D25

L12

W44

D21

W19

5½-3½

IM Renier Gonzalez

2542

W54

D30

D15

L23

W37

W20

5-4

38.5

46.5

Salvijus Bercys

2427

W62

W53

W50

D16

D24

W23

L17

5-4

37.5

43.5

24.5

GM Igor Novikov

2689

W41

D16

W12

L13

L18

W50

L26

W33

5-4

44.5

FM Lev Milman

2460

L43

W54

W38

W30

W27

D17

D25

5-4

44.5

23.5

GM Dmitry Gurevich

2566

W56

D11

W45

D15

D24

D23

W40

5-4

GM Alexander Shabalov

2660

L48

W63

W37

W18

D22

L19

W42

5-4

36.5

42.5

GM Nick DeFirmian

2628

W33

D48

W28

D40

D22

D19

L14

W41

5-4

43.5

IM Levon Altounian

2539

D63

W49

D10

D17

D28

W48

D21

5-4

25.5

IM Eugene Perelshteyn

2579

D58

D55

W35

D11

W42

D40

W20

5-4

GM Larry Christiansen

2610

W35

D34

D32

D40

D33

L21

W46

D13

D28

5-4

33.5

41.5

26.5

IM Yury Lapshun

2542

W62

D15

L24

L14

D45

W58

D25

W49

D27

5-4

33.5

23.5

IM Cyrus Lakdawala

2526

W64

W57

D15

L11

D46

D49

D41

W40

5-4

33.5

24.5

IM Ben Finegold

2622

W45

D18

D34

L32

L21

W43

D41

D42

W46

5-4

GM Alexander Ivanov

2646

D51

L40

W56

D41

D48

L33

W52

D36

W44

5-4

34.5

IM Dmitry Schneider

2503

W60

D14

D27

W30

L15

W34

L13

4½-4½

26.5

IM Blas Lugo

2400

L24

W53

W50

D16

D27

W31

D14

L10

L20

4½-4½

25.5

43.5

GM Walter Browne

2514

W59

D27

D30

D17

L10

L48

W38

L32

W45

4½-4½

40.5

23.5

WGM Rusudan Goletiani

2342

L27

W60

L26

W47

D42

W36

L16

L37

W48

4½-4½

21.5

IM Stanislav Kriventsov

2491

W53

W55

D43

L35

W61

D31

D37

4½-4½

21.5

IM Ron Burnett

2435

L15

W64

L23

W56

L18

L50

W43

W35

D36

4½-4½

21.5

35.5

19.5

FM Michael Casella

2328

L16

L42

W62

L21

D56

W53

L34

W61

W51

4½-4½

18.5

16.5

WFM Tatev Abrahamyan

2284

L12

L41

L53

W59

W60

D52

L42

W58

W49

4½-4½

17.5

FM Dmitry Zilberstein

2410

D17

W31

D27

D24

D15

D26

L22

L29

4-5

35.5

FM Joshua Friedel

2469

L20

W39

D31

W55

D30

D29

L24

4-5

32.5

IM Irina Krush

2450

W38

L43

W57

D35

L26

W39

D30

L23

4-5

30.5

20.5

WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg

2239

L13

W21

W42

D36

L30

L37

W52

D50

4-5

41.5

FM Marcel Martinez

2467

L11

W61

D14

D49

W45

L17

W55

L31

4-5

FM Matt Hoekstra

2415

L30

D59

W63

L22

D28

L44

W56

W50

L34

4-5

25.5

35.5

18.5

FM Stephen Muhammad

2443

L56

W64

D55

W61

D29

L27

W47

L30

4-5

FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat

2482

L57

W59

L35

W63

L49

W58

L46

W55

4-5

32.5

WGM Anna Zatonskih

2450

W23

D24

D16

D31

W34

L25

L35

3½-5½

34.5

46.5

FM Robby Adamson

2375

L25

W58

L12

D44

W47

D29

L28

L39

3½-5½

30.5

19.5

IM Jesse Kraai

2500

D14

D17

L33

W51

L19

W37

L20

L45

D43

3½-5½

30.5

41.5

FM Bruci Lopez

2434

D31

L13

L50

L58

W54

W59

D57

L38

3½-5½

25.5

16.5

GM Anatoly Lein

2438

L10

W54

L17

D61

D55

D39

L31

L43

W57

3½-5½

25.5

36.5

16.5

Iryna Zenyuk

2027

L36

L33

W39

L19

D59

L38

L57

W64

W63

3½-5½

22.5

12.5

Chouchanik Airapetian

2154

L18

L52

L21

L62

W64

L51

W60

D56

W61

3½-5½

18.5

28.5

FM Fabio La Rota

2349

D26

L36

D46

D52

L41

W62

L44

L47

3-6

26.5

37.5

WFM Laura Ross

2200

L22

W46

L31

L37

D38

D57

L45

D54

D60

3-6

26.5

36.5

WIM Jennifer Shahade

2334

W47

L29

L42

L62

D56

W53

D51

L52

3-6

WIM Anna Hahn

2258

D26

L49

D63

W51

L28

L47

L39

W64

3-6

23.5

34.5

13.5

WFM Anna Levina

2100

L34

D45

L47

L39

D53

W64

L51

L60

W62

3-6

11.5

Tatiana Vayserberg

2033

L32

L35

L61

W64

L39

D63

L54

W59

D56

3-6

19.5

28.5

10.5

Jake Kleiman

2314

L44

W60

D52

L46

W62

L36

L38

L54

2½-6½

35.5

Vanessa West

2060

L28

L19

L38

W54

W57

L61

L55

D63

L59

2½-6½

WIM Esther Epstein

2185

D25

L23

L45

D58

L47

D60

D64

D62

L53

2½-6½

20.5

30.5

WFM Olga Sagalchik

2154

L29

L37

L46

L60

L54

L59

D63

L53

L58

½-8½

22.5

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

                               ____  ____  ___

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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