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2005 US Chess ChampionshipPage 1 / 104
Nakamura and Goletiani champions!
Hikaru Nakamura
of White Plains, NY is the new US Champion! The 16-year-old swept the playoff matchagainst Alex Stripunsky 2-0.
Rusudan Goletiani
, also from NY State, won her playoff against TatevAbrahamyan with the same 2-0 score to win the Women's Championship. Above the new champions posewith AF4C president Erik Anderson
(left)
.12.5.04–
Blogger: 2005 US WOmen's Champion Rusudan Goletiani
Hello everyone, I am back to blog :-) and I am even happier this time, I won the US Women'sChampionship. The playoff was interesting, in first game I surprised my opponent with the opening, so I gotsome advantage in time. The move b6 was not very good for me and she could have played better, but aftertrading queens, I got the better position and won the game. In the second game I was doing really well butlater in the game I gave her some chances, but I managed to win anyways :-)Sooooo the tournament is over. San Diego is a great place to be, especially that we could see the sunset inthe ocean from the lobby. It was an amazing view and it helped me win the tournament. :-)Once again I want thank Erik Anderson and all the sponsors for organizing a fantastic tournament, and tothank everyone supporting me, my dad, my husband, all my friends, my students, you support helped me tobecome 2005 US Women's Champion!!!!! Thank you all!
 
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Blogger: 2005 US champion Hikaru Nakamura!
Hi everyone. The first playoff game was much more interesting, the second one was kind of dry. He couldhave drawn, but tried to win of course. In the first game he was slightly better because I overlooked the Nh5maneuver, which caused me quite a few problems. If I lose the dark-squared bishop then he can play d4 andwhite is better. His f4 was a slight mistake probably. d4 and white is a little better.It probably will feel odd to go down to Mexico next week as US Champion. I'm playing a match againstSergey Karjakin, six classical games in Cuernavaca.My toughest game had to be yesterday's against Ibragimov. So many tricks in the endgame, one move hewins, one he loses. I got a little lucky. I don't think I was losing in any of my other games, at least not aforced loss. I had a cold for the first 2/3 of the tournament and slowly got better. It felt like I gained energyas the tournament went on. I scored 2.5/3 in the final two rounds, so that seems to be true.The title will likely help get invitations to big events. I look forward to playing those 2700s. I think theyhave something to learn from me!I think it's good to settle the championship title on the board, although deciding the playoff participants ontiebreaks is a little strange. Thanks to Erik Anderson, the AF4C and the other sponsors too.
 
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Final crosstable
Stripunsky and Nakamura tied for first on points and will play a two-game playoff match Sunday to decidefirst prize. (1st = $25,000, 2nd = $17,000) Tiebreak details: Two games at G/25 plus 10 seconds per move. If still tied there will be a final game at G/7 for white, G/5 for black plus 2 seconds per move, black havingdraw odds.Six players finished with six points. Prizes 3-5 are decided by tiebreak points. So Kaidanov wins third prize,Kudrin wins fourth prize, Shulman wins fifth prize. All other prizes are aggregated and divided evenlyamong each point group.In the women's championship, Goletiani and Abrahamyan tied for first with 4.5 and will play a rapid playoff match Sunday. If that is tied there will be a sudden-death blitz game to decide first prize. Krush andBattsetseg tied on points at 4.0 and the first three prizes are decided by tiebreak (or playoff) so Krush winsthird prize and Battsetseg, as the only other player with 4.0, wins fourth prize.Congratulations to those who achieved title norms!IM norm: Salvijus Bercys, Josh Friedel, Dmitry Zilberstein, Lev MilmanWGM norm: Tsagaan BattsetsegWIM norm: Tatev Abrahamyan
The table below has the standings in order of official tiebreak formula. An alternative table withrating performance and color information is below.
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. Thesesystems 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 inthis tournament format players who have higher scores earlier almost always face stronger competition.
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Name
Rtg123456789TotTBrk[M]TBrk[S]TBrk[C]1
GM Alex Stripunsky
2640W19W36D2W3D23W13D5D4W97.04150.536.5
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