2003年美国锦标赛第8轮战况

    2003年美国国际象棋锦标赛将于1月9日在西雅图开战。这项赛事是由美国国际象棋基金会(AF4C)举办的。在美国锦标赛第8轮比赛中,领先的Shabalov负于Benjamin，Kaidanov则弈和，Shabalov, Kaidanov, Gulko, Benjamin, Stripunsky, Akobian, Ivanov, Fedorowicz八位棋手积5.5分领先。

比赛官方站点 Official site: http://www.af4c.org  

Round 8 (January 17, 2003) 

1 GM Joel Benjamin 1-0 GM Alexander Shabalov; 
2 GM Gregory Kaidanov draw Alexander Goldin; 
3 GM Boris Gulko 1-0 IM Hikaru Nakamura; 
4 WIM Jennifer Shahade 1-0 IM Eugene Perelshteyn; 
5 WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg 0-1 IM Jesse Kraai; 
6 GM Larry Christiansen 1-0 FM Stephen Muhammad; 
7 GM Yasser Seirawan 0-1 GM John Fedorowicz; 
8 IM Boris Kreiman 0-1 GM Alexander Stripunsky; 
9 GM Alex Fishbein draw GM Alex Yermolinsky; 
10 IM Varuzhan Akobian 1-0 FM Igor Foygel; 
11 IM Greg Shahade 0-1 GM Alexander Ivanov; 
12 GM Gregory Serper draw IM John Donaldson; 
13 GM Walter Browne 0-1 IM Ron Burnett; 
14 WGM Irina Krush 1-0 FM Aaron Pixton; 
15 GM Maurice Ashley draw David Pruess; 
16 GM Nick De Firmian 1-0 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat; 
17 WFM Laura Ross 0-1 WIM Anna Hahn; 
18 IM Ben Finegold draw GM Anatoly Lein; 
19 GM Sergey Kudrin 1-0 IM Larry Kaufman; 
20 IM Michael Mulyar 0-1 GM Dmitry Gurevich; 
21 IM Yury Lapshun 0-1 IM Justin Sarkar; 
22 IM John Watson draw WGM Elena Donaldson; 
23 GM Gennadi Zaitshik 1-0 IM William Paschall; 
24 FM Allan Bennett 0-1 IM Dean Ippolito; 
25 WGM Kamile Baginskaite 1-0 Julia Shiber; 
26 WIM Cindy Tsai 1-0 WIM Olga Sagalchik; 
27 FM Gregory Markzon draw IM Stanislav Kriventsov; 
28 Anna Levina 0-1 WIM Elina Groberman; 
29 WIM Esther Epstein draw Marc Esserman. 

Round 8 Standings: 
1-8 Shabalov, Kaidanov, Gulko, Benjamin, Stripunsky, Akobian, Ivanov, Fedorowicz 5.5/8; 
9-15 Goldin, Yermolinsky, Fishbein, Christiansen, Gurevich, Burnett, Sarkar 5/8. 

作者 叶红 《国际象棋通报》03-01-18