Šampionat SAD-Larry Christiansen u vođstvu

U trećem kolu Larry Christiansen je remizirao sa Nickom De Firmianom, a u četvrtom pobjedio GM Maksima Dlugy-ja pa je poveo na turniru sa 4 poena. Drugi je GM Gurevich Dmitry sa 2,5 poena. On je u četvrtom kolu pobjedio GM Igora Novikova.

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Pairings round 3

TableWhiteRatingBlackRatingResult
1GM Christiansen, Larry2577GM De Firmian, Nick2496½-½
2GM Dlugy, Maxim2513IM Khmelnitsky, Igor24721-0
3GM Benjamin, Joel2496GM Kaidanov, Gregory2548½-½
4GM Akopian, Vladimir2620GM Gurevich, Dmitry2351½-½
5GM Novikov, Igor2547GM Shabalov, Alexander2510½-½

Pairings round 4

TableWhiteRatingBlackRatingResult
1GM De Firmian, Nick2496GM Shabalov, Alexander25100-1
2GM Gurevich, Dmitry2351GM Novikov, Igor25471-0
3GM Kaidanov, Gregory2548GM Akopian, Vladimir2620½-½
4IM Khmelnitsky, Igor2472GM Benjamin, Joel24961-0
5GM Christiansen, Larry2577GM Dlugy, Maxim25131-0

Ranking after round 4

RankNameScoreRating
1GM Christiansen, Larry3.02577
2GM Gurevich, Dmitry2.52351
3GM Akopian, Vladimir2.02620
4GM Kaidanov, Gregory2.02548
5GM Novikov, Igor2.02547
6GM Dlugy, Maxim2.02513
7GM Shabalov, Alexander2.02510
8GM Benjamin, Joel1.52496
9GM De Firmian, Nick1.52496
10IM Khmelnitsky, Igor1.52472