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US Championships 2002Round 9 ResultsJoel Benjamin 1/2 Larry Christiansen Nick De Firmian 1-0 Alex Yermolinsky. White had an edge in the endgame. Boris Kreiman 1/2 Yasser Seirawan Walter Browne 1/2 Boris Gulko. Interesting is 11. e6. Round 8 Results Larry Christiansen 1/2 Nick De Firmian Alex Yermolinsky 1/2 Yasser Seirawan. Black had a small edge in the endgame. Joel Benjamin 1-0 Alex Shabalov. Interesting is 12...Bxe3. Armen Ambarcumjan 0-1 Jennifer Shahade. Better was 18. Qb4. Sergey Kudrin 1-0 Alexander Fishbein. White attacked on the kingside. Round 7 Results Alex Yermolinsky 1/2 Alex Shabalov. A quick draw in the QGD. Alexander Fishbein 0-1 Larry Christiansen. Black had an edge in the Dragon Sicilian. Boris Kreiman 1/2 Joel Benjamin. White had a strong attack in the Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence. Better was 24. Bf5+! Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+! fxe6 27. Bxe6+ winning. Gregory Kaidanov 1/2 Gregory Serper. Black obtained a minimal advantage in the Sicilian. More precise is 17...Be6. John Fedorowicz 1/2 Jennifer Shahade. Black levelled the game in the Queen's Indian. Round 6 Results Larry Christiansen 0-1 Alex Yermolinsky. Black equalized in the Sicilian. Better was 29. Qxd5. Alex Shabalov 1/2 Boris Kreiman. Black had a good position in the Slav, but then played badly and could lose. Alex Stripunsky 1/2 Gregory Kaidanov. A complicated endgame. Joel Benjamin 1/2 Nick De Firmian. A quick draw in the Modern Benoni. Jennifer Shahade 1/2 Dmitry Schneider. White had an edge in the French. Round 5 Results Alexander Shabalov 0-1 Larry Christiansen. Necessary was 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Ne5 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Be6 with equal ending. Boris Kreiman 1/2 Alex Yermolinsky. A quick draw in the Caro-Kann. Nick de Firmian 1/2 Gregory Kaidanov. Black had some advantage in the Ruy Lopez. Yasser Seirawan 1/2 Alexander Fishbein. White had an extra piece. Interesting is 21. Re2 with the idea of 22. 0-0-0. Eugene Perelshteyn 0-1 Sergey Kudrin. After 13...d5! Black took an initiative. Round 4 Results Boris Gulko 0-1 Alexander Shabalov. An unclear position in the Nimzo-Indian. Gulko made a mistake 19. Qf3?, better was 19. Qc1. Also interesting is 18. Bc3. So Black had a strong attack and won with 26...Nd2!. Larry Christiansen 1-0 John Fedorowicz. More precise was 21...Rc8. Alex Stripunsky 0-1 Boris Kreiman. Black grabbed a pawn... Alex Yermolinsky 1-0 Igor Khmelnitsky. White had an edge in the Budapest Gambit. Gregory Kaidanov 1-0 Michael Mulyar Round 3 Results Alexander Shabalov 1-0 Alexander Fishbein. Double-edged game. Boris Kreiman 1/2 Larry Christiansen. Black has a small advantage in the Four Knights' Game, then White took an initiative with the strong 28. Bg5!. Igor Khmelnitsky 1/2 Alex Stripunsky. An equal play in the Ragozin Defence. Perpetual check. Levon Altounian 0-1 Boris Gulko. The English Opening. Interesting is 23. f4!. Igor Ivanov 1/2 Joel Benjamin. Black had no problems in the English Opening. Round 2 Results Boris Gulko 1/2 John Fedorowicz. White had some advantage in the Nimzo-Indian Defence. More precise was 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rfe1. Boris Kreiman 1-0 Gregory Kaidanov. White attacked in the French. Larry Christiansen 1-0 Igor Foygel. Interesting but risky rook sacrifice. Armen Ambarcumjan 0-1 Alexander Shabalov. White had an edge in the Queen's Indian, but then made an error. Sergei Kudrin 1/2 Jennifer Shahade. White had two bishop's advantage in the Sicilian. Round 1 Results Yasser Seirawan 1/2 Yury Lapshun. All pieces were exchanged. Stanislav Kriventsov 0-1 Boris Gulko. Better was 34. Rg1. Gregory Kaidanov 1-0 Jesse Kraai. White had a small edge and won with the strong blow 30. Nxe5!. William Paschall 1/2 Joel Benjamin. Donny Ariel 0-1 Sergey Kudrin. Ariel made a mistake 15. Rd1?, correct was 15. Nxd8 with equality. Kudrin won a pawn and the game. © 2000-2002 Boris Schipkov |