The 2008 FKB US Chess Championship Pairings PDF Print E-mail

 

Players listed first have white.

 

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 9 Pairings

1 IM Josh Friedel (2539 :5.0) - GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 6.5)
2 GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 5.5) - GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 :5.0)
3 GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 5.5) - GM John Fedorowicz (2514 : 4.5)
4 GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 4.5) - GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 5.0)
5 GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 :4.0) - IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 4.5)
6 GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 4.0) - GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 4.0)
7 GM Alex Ivanov (2628 :4.0) - GM Jesse Kraai (2569 : 4.0)
8 IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 3.5) - GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 4.0)
9 IM David Pruess (2497 : 3.5) - IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 3.0)
10 IM David Vigorito (2439 : 3.5) - GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 :3.5)
11 FM Michael Langer (2307 : 2.0) - NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 2.5)
12 FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 3.5) - Sergey Galant (2176 : 1.0)

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 8 Pairings

1 GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 6.0) - GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 4.5)
2 GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 4.5) - GM Alex Onischuk (2728 :5.0)
3 IM Josh Friedel (2539 : 4.5) - GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 5.0)
4 GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 3.5) - GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 4.0)
5 GM John Fedorowicz (2514 : 4.0) - GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 : 3.5)
6 GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 3.5) - GM Jesse Kraai (2569 :3.5)
7 GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 3.5) - IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 3.5)
8 IM David Pruess (2497 : 3.5) - GM Alex Ivanov (2628 : 3.0)
9 IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 3.0) - IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 2.5)
10 NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 2.0) - FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 3.0)
11Sergey Galant (2176 : 1.00) - GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 3.0)
12 IM David Vigorito (2439 : 2.5) - FM Michael Langer (2307 : 2.0)

 

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 7 Pairings

1 GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 4.0) - GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 5.0)

2 GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 : 3.5) - GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 4.0)
3 GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 4.0) - GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 3.5)
4 IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 3.5) - GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 3.5)
5 GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 3.5) - GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 3.5)
6 GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 3.0) - IM Josh Friedel (2539 : 3.5)
7 GM Alex Ivanov (2628 : 3.0) - GM John Fedorowicz (2514 :3.0)
8 FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 3.0) - IM David Pruess (2497 : 2.5)
9 FM Michael Langer (2307 : 2.0) - GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 2.5)
10 GM Jesse Kraai (2569 : 2.5) - Ex Sergey Galant (2176 : 1.0)
11 IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 2.0) - IM David Vigorito (2439 : 2.0)
12 IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 2.0) - NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 2.0)

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 6 Pairings

1 GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 4.0) - GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 4.0)
2 GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 3.5) - GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 3.5)
3 GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 3.0) - IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 3.0)
4 GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 3.0) - GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 : 3.0)
5 GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 3.0) - IM Josh Friedel (2539 : 3.0)
6 GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 2.5) - FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 3.0)
7 GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 2.0) - GM Alex Ivanov (2628 : 2.5)
8 IM David Vigorito (2439 : 2.0) - GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 2.0)
9 GM Jesse Kraai (2569 : 2.0) - IM David Pruess (2497 : 2.0)
10 NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 2.0) - GM John Fedorowicz (2514 : 2.0)
11 IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 1.5) - FM Michael Langer (2307 : 1.5)
12 Sergey Galant (2176 : 0.5) - IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 1.5)

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 5 Pairings

1 GM Alex Onischuk (2728 :3.0) - GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 3.5)
2 GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 : 3.0) - GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 3.0)
3 IM Josh Friedel (2539 : 2.5) - GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 3.0)
4 GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 2.0) - GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 2.5)
5 GM John Fedorowicz (2514 : 2.0) - GM Alex Shabalov (2709 :2.0)
6 IM David Pruess (2497 : 2.0) - GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 2.0)
7 IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 2.0) - NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 2.0)
8 FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 2.0) - GM Jesse Kraai (2569 : 2.0)
9 GM Alex Ivanov (2628 : 1.5) - IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 1.5)
10 GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 1.5) - IM David Vigorito (2439 : 1.5)
11 GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 1.5) - FM Michael Langer (2307 :1.0)
12 Sergey Galant (2176 : 0.5) - IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 0.5)

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 4 Pairings

1 GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 2.5) - GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 2.5)
2 GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 2.5) - GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 : 2.5)
3 GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 2.5) - GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 2.0)
4 GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 1.5) - GM Jesse Kraai (2569 : 1.5)
5 GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 1.5) - GM Alex Ivanov (2628 :1.5)
6 GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 1.5) - GM John Fedorowicz (2514 : 1.5)
7 IM Josh Friedel (2539 : 1.5) - GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 1.5)
8 IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 1.5) - IM David Pruess (2497 : 1.5)
9 IM David Vigorito (2439 : 1.0) - FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 1.5)
10 IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 1.0) - GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 1.0)
11 NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 1.0) - IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 0.5)
12 FM Michael Langer (2307 : 0.5) - Sergey Galant (2176 : 0.0)

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 3 Pairings

1 GM Gregory Kaidanov (2697 : 2.0) - GM Sergey Kudrin (2588 : 2.0)
2 GM Alex Onischuk (2728 : 1.5) - GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2626 : 1.5)
3 GM Boris Gulko (2623 : 1.5) - GM Yuri Shulman (2676 : 1.5)
4 GM Julio Becerra (2648 : 1.5) - GM Alex Yermolinsky (2568 : 1.5)
5 FM Daniel Ludwig (2429 : 1.0) - GM Alex Shabalov (2709 : 1.0)
6 GM Varuzhan Akobian (2666 : 1.0) - GM Dmitry Gurevich (2594 : 1.0)
7 GM Alex Ivanov (2628 : 1.0) - IM Josh Friedel (2539 : 1.0)
8 GM Jesse Kraai (2569 : 1.0) - IM Ben Finegold (2613 : 1.0)
9 GM John Fedorowicz (2514 : 0.5) - IM David Vigorito (2439 : 1.0)
10 IM David Pruess (2497 : 0.5) - IM Dean Ippolito (2512 : 0.5)
11 IM Larry Kaufman (2384 : 0.0) - FM Michael Langer (2307 : 0.5)
12 NM Sam Shankland (2299 : 0.0) - Sergey Galant (2176 : 0.0)

 

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 2 Pairings

1 Gurevich, Dmitry 2594 - Kaidanov, Gregory 2697
2 Kudrin, Sergey 2588 - Ivanov, Alexander 2628

3 Yermolinsky, Alex 2568 - Gulko, Boris 2623
4 Ippolito, Dean 2512 - Onischuk, Alexander 2728

5 Shulman, Yury 2676 - Pruess, David 2497
6 Kraai, Jesse 2569 - Akobian, Varuzhan 2666
7 Becerra, Julio 2648 - Fedorowicz, John 2514
8 Perelshteyn, Eugene 2626 - Langer, Michael 2307
9 Finegold, Benjamin 2613 - Ludwig, Daniel 2429
10 Shabalov, Alexander 2709 - Kaufman, Larry 2398
11 Friedel, Josh 2539 - Shankland, Sam 2299
12 Vigorito, David 2439 - Galant, Sergey 2176

 

Frank Berry US Chess Championship Round 1 Pairings

1 Onischuk, Alexander 2728 - Kraai, Jesse 2569
2 Yermolinsky, Alex 2568 - Shabalov, Alexander 2709

3 Kaidanov, Gregory 2697- Friedel, Josh 2539
4 Fedorowicz, John 2514 - Shulman, Yury 2676

5 Akobian, Varuzhan 2666 - Ippolito, Dean 2512
6 Pruess, David 2497 - Becerra, Julio 2648
7 Ivanov, Alexander 2628 - Vigorito, David 2439
8 Ludwig, Daniel 2429 - Perelshteyn, Eugene 2626
9 Gulko, Boris 2623 - Kaufman, Larry 2398
10 Langer, Michael 2307 - Finegold, Benjamin 2613
11 Gurevich, Dmitry 2594 - Shankland, Sam 2299
12 Galant, Sergey 2176 - Kudrin, Sergey 2588

 

The Women's Championship

The draws have already been made and the pairings provided by IA Frank K. Berry:

 

Player Draw (pairing numbers)

1. Chouchanik Airapetian (WFM)

2. Anna Zatonskih (WGM, IM)

3. Katerine Rohonyan (WGM)

4. Tatev Abrahamyan (WFM)

5. Esther Epstein (WM)*

6. Chimi Tuvshintugs (WIM)

7. Irina Krush (WGM, IM)

8. Tsagaan Battsetseg (WIM)

9. Iryna Zenyuk (WFM, CM)

10. Courtney Jamison


PAIRINGS (number listed first is white)

May 13 - Tuesday, Round 1 — 1v10, 2v9, 3v8, 4v7, 5v6
May 14 - Wednesday, Round 2 — 10v6, 7v5, 8v4, 9v3, 1v2
May 15 - Thursday, Round 3 — 2v10, 3v1, 4v9, 5v8, 6v7
May 16 - Friday, Round 4 — 10v7, 8v6, 9v5, 1v4, 2v3
May 17 - Saturday, Round 5 — 3v10, 4v2, 5v1, 6v9, 7v8
May 18 - Sunday, Round 6 — 10v8, 9v7, 1v6, 2v5, 3v4
May 19 - Monday, Round 7 — 4v10, 5v3, 6v2, 7v1, 8v9
May 20 - Tuesday, Round 8 — 10v9, 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5
May 21 - Wednesday, Round 9 — 5v10, 6v4, 7v3, 8v2, 9v1

*Esther is the replacement for WGM Rusa Goletiani, who has had to drop out.
 
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