2003

2003 CHICAGO OPEN

Hyatt Regency Oak Brook, Oak Brook , Illinois
May 23-26

FINAL STANDINGS

See bottom for US Championship qualifier standings.  Those playing
for qualifacation are also indicated by a "Q" on the standings.
Yury Shulman and Eugene Perelshteyn scored 5 to qualify for the 
2004 US Championship.  Marc Esserman also scored 5 but lost on 
tiebreak points.

Chicago Open: Open Section -- Standings:

#	*Name*	*Rtng*	*Rd 1*	*Rd 2*	*Rd 3*	*Rd 4*	*Rd 5*	*Rd 6*	*Rd 7*	*Total*
1	*Alexander Shabalov GM*	2676	W61	W37	D35	D25	W34	W8	W14	6
2	*Jaan Ehlvest GM*	2705	W44	W69	L6	W74	D16	W23	W21	5½
3	*Alexander Goldin GM*	2683	W81	W26	D34	D13	D7	W16	W22	5½
4	*Alexander Stripunsky GM*	2643	W63	W23	D16	W35	D22	W33	D6	5½
5	*Benjamin Finegold IM*	2636	X---	W39	W78	L8	D23	W26	W29	5½
6	*Nikola Mitkov GM*	2588	W20	W71	W2	W27	H---	H---	D4	5½
7	*Nazar Firman IM*	2555	W75	W57	L10	W72	D3	W40	W31	5½
8	*Gregory Kaidanov GM*	2743	W60	W38	W15	W5	D9	L1	D12	5
9	*Igor Novikov GM*	2686	W55	W94	W33	D10	D8	D21	D13	5
10	*Ildar Ibragimov GM*	2667	W62	W24	W7	D9	D13	L14	W41	5
11	*Leonid G Yudasin GM*	2666	W58	L27	W20	W69	W36	D13	D15	5
12	*Alex Yermolinsky GM*	2622	L105	W114	W56	W50	W24	D22	D8	5
13	*Yury Shulman GM/Q*	2615	W73	W41	W79	D3	D10	D11	D9	5
14	*Mark Bluvshtein IM*	2611	W64	W51	D59	D36	W39	W10	L1	5
15	*Sergey Kudrin GM*	2597	W45	W72	L8	D40	W52	W28	D11	5
16	*Eugene Perelshteyn IM/Q*	2509	W83	W19	D4	W31	D2	L3	W46	5
17	*Mikhail Belorusov*	2349	W118	D36	H---	H---	W30	D32	W33	5
18	*Sean M Nagle*	2326	W111	L35	L99	W83	W68	W34	W36	5
19	*John Bartholomew*	2280	W103	L16	W101	L23	W99	W69	W49	5
20	*Marc R Esserman Q*	2217	L6	W58	L11	B---	W70	W39	W38	5
21	*Alek Wojtkiewicz GM*	2617	W115	D50	D53	W70	W25	D9	L2	4½
22	*J Sammour-Hasbun*	2576	W66	D52	W42	W59	D4	D12	L3	4½
23	*Justin Sarkar IM/Q*	2426	W85	L4	W64	W19	D5	L2	W53	4½
24	*John L Watson IM*	2405	W99	L10	W45	W82	L12	D60	W57	4½
25	*Jan Van De Mortel*	2399	W67	W93	D31	D1	L21	D63	W60	4½
26	*Angelo Young IM*	2395	W68	L3	W65	W99	H---	L5	W61	4½
27	*Osmand Palos IM*	2384	W76	W11	L69	L6	D45	W62	W63	4½
28	*Yevgeniy Gershov*	2357	W101	H---	H---	D32	W67	L15	W65	4½
29	*Gregory Markzon Q*	2305	W112	L34	D90	W48	W78	W37	L5	4½
30	*Igor M Tsyganov*	2207	L33	D102	W77	W94	L17	W79	W51	4½
31	*Hikaru Nakamura GM*	2632	W95	W40	D25	L16	D42	W55	L7	4
32	*Gregory Serper GM*	2596	D65	W97	D50	D28	W43	D17	U---	4
33	*Julio J Becerra GM*	2572	W30	W43	L9	W41	W57	L4	L17	4
34	*Pavel Blatny GM*	2558	W96	W29	D3	H---	L1	L18	W67	4
35	*Walter S Browne GM*	2556	W47	W18	D1	L4	D53	D57	H---	4
36	*Dmitry Gurevich GM/Q*	2541	W46	D17	W52	D14	L11	W42	L18	4
37	*Mark Ginsburg IM/Q*	2432	W98	L1	W95	D55	W59	L29	D43	4
38	*Dmitry Zilberstein Q*	2429	W84	L8	W105	L57	W64	W54	L20	4
39	*Beenish Bhatia*	2390	W100	L5	W66	W60	L14	L20	W74	4
40	*Matthew Hoekstra Q*	2358	W87	L31	W47	D15	W61	L7	D45	4
41	*Peter J Bereolos Q*	2356	W107	L13	W75	L33	W96	W74	L10	4
42	*Todd D Andrews*	2332	D90	W89	L22	W97	D31	L36	W75	4
43	*Robby Adamson Q*	2329	W108	L33	W86	D78	L32	W82	D37	4
44	*Alessandro Steinfl*	2276	L2	L74	W76	L71	W90	W98	W77	4
45	*Albert C Chow*	2217	L15	W88	L24	W100	D27	W50	D40	4
46	*Jerry T Wheeler*	2210	L36	W116	D94	D49	W72	W71	L16	4
47	*Richard Francisco*	2201	L35	W108	L40	W91	L54	W99	W72	4
48	*Stephen L Wygle*	2200	L49	D103	W114	L29	D77	W93	W70	4
49	*Vladimir Strugatsky Q*	2491	W48	L59	D61	D46	W95	D53	L19	3½
50	*Ronald L Cusi*	2384	W91	D21	D32	L12	D65	L45	W82	3½

#	*Name*	*Rtng*	*Rd 1*	*Rd 2*	*Rd 3*	*Rd 4*	*Rd 5*	*Rd 6*	*Rd 7*	*Total*
51	*Edward W Formanek IM*	2330	W102	L14	D67	D73	D82	W85	L30	3½
52	*Andrew Karklins Q*	2330	W92	D22	L36	W85	L15	L65	W83	3½
53	*Slavisa Peric IM*	2327	W110	H---	D21	D79	D35	D49	L23	3½
54	*Ilye Figler*	2318	H---	D90	D85	D87	W47	L38	D68	3½
55	*Mark J Geist*	2288	L9	W68	W104	D37	W79	L31	U---	3½
56	*Darko N Dimitrijevic*	2279	H---	W77	L12	L67	L85	W101	W84	3½
57	*Daniel Rensch*	2274	W109	L7	W93	W38	L33	D35	L24	3½
58	*Alexandre Vuilleumier*	2273	L11	L20	B---	D76	L89	W88	W87	3½
59	*Renard W Anderson Q*	2271	W104	W49	D14	L22	L37	L67	W85	3½
60	*John D Bick*	2264	L8	W84	W91	L39	W75	D24	L25	3½
61	*Alexander Betaneli*	2263	L1	W98	D49	W90	L40	W78	L26	3½
62	*Nicholas Adams*	2249	L10	L99	D88	W102	W76	L27	W91	3½
63	*Ronald G Luther*	2241	L4	L85	W92	W98	W87	D25	L27	3½
64	*Jim H Dean*	2220	L14	W107	L23	W104	L38	D87	W89	3½
65	*Sunil Weeramantry*	2217	D32	D80	L26	W86	D50	W52	L28	3½
66	*Lester Van Meter Q*	2213	L22	W92	L39	W107	L71	D84	W90	3½
67	*Keaton F Kiewra*	2154	L25	X---	D51	W56	L28	W59	L34	3½
68	*Fabiano Caruana Q*	2149	L26	L55	W111	W105	L18	W95	D54	3½
69	*Emory A Tate*	2431	W74	L2	W27	L11	W73	L19	U---	3
70	*Pedram Atoofi*	2383	L86	W106	W96	L21	L20	W89	L48	3
71	*Anthony F Saidy IM/Q*	2379	W117	L6	L74	W44	W66	L46	U---	3
72	*Felix Barrios Movilla*	2352	W88	L15	W83	L7	L46	W97	L47	3
73	*Chuck Cadman*	2231	L13	D87	W89	D51	L69	L77	W101	3
74	*Paul A Gallegos Q*	2200	L69	W44	W71	L2	W80	L41	L39	3
75	*James S Ellis*	2200	L7	W112	L41	W101	L60	W80	L42	3
76	*Andrey Gorlin*	2139	L27	B---	L44	D58	L62	D102	W104	3
77	*Daniel Goffstein*	1998	H---	L56	L30	W88	D48	W73	L44	3
78	*Rashid Ziatdinov IM*	2498	W82	W86	L5	D43	L29	L61	U---	2½
79	*Anatoly Y Lein GM/Q*	2464	W106	W105	L13	D53	L55	L30	U---	2½
80	*Oladapo Adu*	2337	D89	D65	L82	W106	L74	L75	D86	2½
81	*Jim Mc Laughlin*	2287	L3	L91	L107	L110	X---	D92	W102	2½
82	*William B Wright*	2200	L78	W109	W80	L24	D51	L43	L50	2½
83	*Pappu L N Murthy*	2200	L16	W111	L72	L18	D91	W108	L52	2½
84	*Mike Sailer*	2162	L38	L60	W112	L95	W92	D66	L56	2½
85	*William J Aramil*	2153	L23	W63	D54	L52	W56	L51	L59	2½
86	*Paul Nemeth*	2076	W70	L78	L43	L65	L93	W110	D80	2½
87	*Stephen Cheyney*	2071	L40	D73	W103	D54	L63	D64	L58	2½
88	*Magdalena* *Matyszewska*	2071	L72	L45	D62	L77	W104	L58	W108	2½
89	*Jason Myun Drake*	2068	D80	L42	L73	W103	W58	L70	L64	2½
90	*William Brock*	2068	D42	D54	D29	L61	L44	W100	L66	2½
91	*Robert Loncarevic*	2044	L50	W81	L60	L47	D83	W107	L62	2½
92	*Michael E Aaron*	1942	L52	L66	L63	W111	L84	D81	W107	2½
93	*Jeremy Lynch*	1886	W119	L25	L57	L96	W86	L48	H---	2½
94	*Andrei A Zaremba Q*	2389	W116	L9	D46	L30	D97	U---	U---	2
95	*Aleksandar Stamnov*	2238	L31	W100	L37	W84	L49	L68	U---	2
96	*Craig Stauffer*	2206	L34	W110	L70	W93	L41	U---	U---	2
97	*Sam Barsky*	2200	H---	L32	W102	L42	D94	L72	U---	2
98	*Tim R Mc Entee*	2169	L37	L61	W108	L63	W110	L44	U---	2
99	*Nathan E Hoover*	2142	L24	W62	W18	L26	L19	L47	U---	2
*100*	*Steven C Miller*	2111	L39	L95	W109	L45	D108	L90	H---	2

#	*Name*	*Rtng*	*Rd 1*	*Rd 2*	*Rd 3*	*Rd 4*	*Rd 5*	*Rd 6*	*Rd 7*	*Total*
*101*	*David M Friedman*	2012	L28	B---	L19	L75	W106	L56	L73	2
*102*	*Scott W Bent*	2011	L51	D30	L97