Alexander Shabalov wins US Championship
05.25.07 With a last round victory over Sergey Kudrin, GM Alexander Shabalov has won the 2007 US Championship with 7/9. Second place went to Alexander Onischuk who scored 6.5/9. The 2007 US Championship was a nine-round Swiss that took place from May 15 ’Äì 23, 2007, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Official website of the 2007 US Championship
Final Results
1 GM Alex Shabalov 2671 PA 7
2 GM Alex Onischuk 2712 MD 6.5
3 GM Greg Kaidanov 2686 KY 6
4 GM Yury Shulman 2667 IL 6
5 GM Julio Becerra 2608 FL 6
6 GM Sergey Kudrin 2612 CT 5.5
7 GM Boris Gulko 2660 NJ 5.5
8 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2651 CA 5.5
9 GM Alex Stripunsky 2664 NY 5.5
10 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2683 NY 5
11 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2738 NY 5
12 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2680 CT 5
13 GM Alex Ivanov 2623 MA 5
14 GM Melik Khachiyan 2550 CA 5
15 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2611 MA 5
16 FM Joe Bradford 2457 TX 5
17 GM Alex Yermolinsky 2588 CA 4.5
18 IM Enrico Sevillano 2566 CA 4.5
19 GM Dmitry Gurevich 2583 IL 4.5
20 FM Robert Hess 2472 NY 4.5
21 FM Michael Langer 2334 TX 4.5
22 IM David Pruess 2473 CA 4.5
23 IM Ron Burnett 2396 TN 4.5
24 IM Irina Krush 2488 NY 4
25 GM Walter Browne 2520 CA 4
26 IM Michael Mulyar 2420 CO 4
27 IM Joshua Friedel 2542 NH 4
28 IM Bryan Smith 2441 PA 4
29 IM Justin Sarkar 2470 NY 4
30 IM Jay Bonin 2383 NY 3.5
31 FM Ray Robson 2378 FL 3.5
32 WFM Iryna Zenyuk 2229 NY 2.5
33 Michael Aigner 2300 CA 2.5
34 FM Movses Movsisyan 2274 OK 2.5
35 Tom Braunlich 2136 OK 2
36 WFM Chouch Airapetian 2188 WA 1.5
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Comments
Dan, just to share a funny thought..There certainly are
many ex-Russians in chess named Alexander or Alex. Not
as many ex-Russian female players named, say, Alexis.
regards, Jon
Posted by: Jon Malev | May 25, 2007 8:12 AM