Final round results:
| Board | White | Rating | Result | Black | Rating |
| 1. | IM Robert Hess (6) | 2545 | ½-½ | GM Varuzhan Akobian (5½) | 2664 |
| 2. | GM Hikaru Nakamura (6) | 2757 | 1-0 | GM Joshua Friedel (5) | 2568 |
| 3. | GM Alexander Onischuk (5½) | 2736 | 1-0 | IM Ray Robson (4½) | 2542 |
| 4. | GM Jaan Ehlvest (4) | 2649 | ½-½ | GM Gata Kamsky (5½) | 2798 |
| 5. | GM Yury Shulman (4½) | 2697 | ½-½ | GM Gregory Kaidanov (4) | 2662 |
| 6. | IM Enrico Sevillano (4) | 2549 | 0-1 | GM Larry Christiansen (4) | 2681 |
| 7. | GM Joel Benjamin (4) | 2650 | ½-½ | GM Alexander Shabalov (4) | 2620 |
| 8. | GM Ildar Ibragimov (4) | 2628 | 1-0 | IM Michael Brooks (4) | 2419 |
| 9. | IM Samuel Shankland (3) | 2464 | 0-1 | GM Boris Gulko (3½) | 2631 |
| 10. | GM Julio Becerra (3½) | 2672 | ½-½ | GM Melikset Khachiyan (2½) | 2632 |
| 11. | Tyler Hughes (3) | 2293 | 1-0 | FM Doug Eckert (2) | 2278 |
| 12. | IM Irina Krush (3) | 2496 | ½-½ | Charles Lawton (½) | 2350 |
No. Name St Rate Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Score TB1 TB2 Prize
1. GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2)…. NY 2757 W14 D10 W2 D6 D4 D3 W5 W16 W7 7.0 39.5 48.0 $40,000.00
2. IM Hess, Robert (17)……. NY 2545 W9 W19 L1 D3 W22 D4 W7 W6 D5 6.5 40.5 47.5 $12,500.00
3. GM Onischuk, Alexander (3). VA 2736 D7 W17 D10 D2 W21 D1 W6 D4 W11 6.5 38.5 45.5 $12,500.00
4. GM Kamsky, Gata (1)…….. NY 2798 W8 W5 D6 D7 D1 D2 W13 D3 D10 6.0 41.0 50.0 $ 7,500.00
5. GM Akobian, Varuzhan (7)… CA 2664 W25 L4 W11 W19 W10 D6 L1 W13 D2 6.0 38.0 46.0 $ 7,500.00
6. GM Shulman, Yury (4)……. IL 2697 W18 W22 D4 D1 W7 D5 L3 L2 D12 5.0 41.0 48.0 $ 4,650.00
7. GM Friedel, Joshua (15)…. NH 2568 D3 W12 W13 D4 L6 W16 L2 W10 L1 5.0 40.0 48.0 $ 4,650.00
8. GM Ibragimov, Ildar (13)… CT 2628 L4 D25 D9 L11 D15 W17 W22 D12 W16 5.0 32.0 39.0 $ 4,650.00
9. GM Christiansen, Larry (5). MA 2681 L2 D21 D8 D14 D20 L11 W23 W17 W18 5.0 32.0 38.5 $ 4,650.00
10. GM Ehlvest, Jaan (10)…… NY 2649 W16 D1 D3 D12 L5 D18 W20 L7 D4 4.5 25.0 46.0 $ 2,833.33
11. IM Robson, Ray (18)…….. FL 2542 L19 W15 L5 W8 D12 W9 L16 W18 L3 4.5 22.5 43.0 $ 2,833.33
12. GM Kaidanov, Gregory (8)… KY 2662 D20 L7 -X- D10 D11 W21 L18 D8 D6 4.5 21.5 34.5 $ 2,833.33
13. GM Benjamin, Joel (9)…… NJ 2650 D21 W20 L7 D16 W17 W22 L4 L5 D14 4.5 21.0 39.0 $ 2,833.33
14. GM Shabalov, Alexander (14) PA 2620 L1 L16 W24 D9 L18 W23 D15 W20 D13 4.5 20.5 37.0 $ 2,833.33
15. GM Gulko, Boris (12)……. NJ 2631 L17 L11 L20 W23 D8 W24 D14 D19 W21 4.5 19.5 33.0 $ 2,833.33
16. IM Brooks, Michael (22)…. MO 2419 L10 W14 D18 D13 W19 L7 W11 L1 L8 4.0 31.0 43.0 $ 2,375.00
17. Hughes, Tyler (24)……… CO 2293 W15 L3 L19 W24 L13 L8 W21 L9 W23 4.0 25.5 37.0 $ 2,375.00
18. IM Sevillano, Enrico (16).. CA 2549 L6 W24 D16 L21 W14 D10 W12 L11 L9 4.0 25.5 35.5 $ 2,375.00
19. GM Becerra, Julio (6)…… FL 2672 W11 L2 W17 L5 L16 L20 W24 D15 D22 4.0 24.5 37.0 $ 2,375.00
20. IM Krush, Irina (20)……. NY 2496 D12 L13 W15 L22 D9 W19 L10 L14 D24 3.5 25.5 35.0 $ 2,000.00
21. IM Shankland, Samuel (21).. CA 2464 D13 D9 D22 W18 L3 L12 L17 D24 L15 3.0 24.5 36.0 $ 2,000.00
22. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (11) CA 2632 W24 L6 D21 W20 L2 L13 L8 L23 D19 3.0 24.5 36.0 $ 2,000.00
23. FM Eckert, Doug D (25)….. IL 2278 -U- -U- -U- L15 W24 L14 L9 W22 L17 2.0 12.5 22.0 $ 2,000.00
24. Lawton, Charles (23)……. MO 2350 L22 L18 L14 L17 L23 L15 L19 D21 D20 1.0 25.0 34.0 $ 2,000.00
25. IM Zatonskih, Anna (19)…. NY 2503 L5 D8 -F- -U- -U- -U- -U- -U- -U- 0.5 0.0 11.0 $ 2,000.00
i wish i could play one tournament and make enough to live on for one year…
I wonder … were there any IM or GM norms made at this tournament? (I presume Robert Hess got a “spare” norm for his fine score.)
Anonymous, I feel your pain. I console myself that whatever amount of money I could make, I could spend it just as fast or faster.
I remember reading about San Antonio 1972, big money for the time, where the top three finishers split $7,000. From 9th to 16th the payoff was $25 a point. Anthony Saidy dragged out his final game against Larry Evans to a stupefying 106 moves just to try to win an extra $12.50.