1 GM ALEX SHABALOV 2671 7
2 GM ALEX ONISCHUK 2712 6.5
3 GM GREG KAIDANOV 2686 6
4 GM YURY SHULMAN 2667 6
5 GM JULIO BECERRA 2608 6
The top 5 qualify for the World Championship cycle.
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6 GM SERGEY KUDRIN 2612 5.5
7 GM BORIS GULKO 2660 5.5
8 GM VARUZHAN AKOBIAN 2651 5.5
9 GM ALEX STRIPUNSKY 2664 5.5
10 GM JAAN EHLVEST 2683 5
11 GM HIKARU NAKAMURA 2738 5
12 GM ILDAR IBRAGIMOV 2680 5
13 GM ALEX IVANOV 2623 5
14 GM MELIK KHACHIYAN 2550 5
15 GM EUGENE PERELSHTEYN 2611 5
16 FM JOE BRADFORD 2457 5 (IM norm and title)
17 GM ALEX YERMOLINSKY 2588 4.5
18 IM ENRICO SEVILLANO 2566 4.5
19 GM DMITRY GUREVICH 2583 4.5
20 FM ROBERT HESS 2472 4.5
21 FM MICHAEL LANGER 2334 4.5 (IM norm)
22 IM DAVID PRUESS 2473 4.5
23 IM RON BURNETT 2396 4.5
24 IM IRINA KRUSH 2488 4
25 GM WALTER BROWNE 2520 4
26 IM MICHAEL MULYAR 2420 4
27 IM JOSHUA FRIEDEL 2542 4
28 IM BRYAN SMITH 2441 4
29 IM JUSTIN SARKAR 2470 4
30 IM JAY BONIN 2383 3.5
31 FM RAY ROBSON 2378 3.5
32 WFM IRYNA ZENYUK 2229 2.5
33 MICHAEL AIGNER 2300 2.5
34 FM MOVSES MOVSISYAN 2274 2.5
35 TOM BRAUNLICH 2136 2
36 WFM CHOUCH AIRAPETIAN 2188 1.5
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Susan,
Most reports are saying that it is Shabalov’s 4th US Championship title but I count 5 titles:
2007, 2004, 2003, 2000 (with Joel Benjamin and Yasser Seirawan) and 1993 with Alex Yermolinsky.
How many does he have?
He was a champion / co champion in 1993, 2000, 2003 and 2007. There was no US Championship in 2004.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
I feel bad for Irina. I was hoping she could build on her recent successes.
Can you go over the Aigner game or just mention it explaining, because I feel that Aigner was winning… then he lost. Was it just a horrible blunder?
I feel sorry for Nakumara. What a letdown not making it to the Candidates.