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NORTH AMERICAN OPEN

Ballys Hotel/Casino
December 26-29, 2005
Las Vegas, Nevada

The U.S. Champion, 18-year old Hikaru Nakamura, defeated the tournament leader, GM Nikola Mitkov, in the final round to take clear first place in the North American Open, winning over $11,000. The event had 713 entries (658 players, 55 re-entries), 20 Grandmasters, and prizes totaling over $140,000. It was is the final qualifier for the 2006 US Championship, and 31 players paid the optional fee to make their final attempt to qualify. The overall qualifiers were Alan Stein, Jesse Kraai, Mark Ginsburg and Stephen Muhammad, and the women's qualifiers Batchimeg Tuvshintugs and 17-year old Vanessa West.

Open Section

# Name Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot
1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2762 NY W31 W49 D4 W15 W42 D3 W5 6
2 GM Julio Becerra 2624 FL D34 W50 W8 D4 W14 D7 W20 5½
3 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2702 CT W76 W19 W9 W54 D10 D1 D4 5½
4 IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2590 MA W53 W17 D1 D2 W54 W48 D3 5½
5 GM Nikola Mitkov 2635 IL W89 W16 W26 W69 H--- W11 L1 5½
6 GM Alexand Shabalov 2680 PA W85 W57 D15 D70 D12 W27 W10 5½
7 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2678 NY W58 W62 D70 D27 W43 D2 W16 5½
8 Alan R Stein 2452 CA W46 W11 L2 W28 D9 W15 D13 5
9 GM Gregory Serper 2570 WA W28 W23 L3 W21 D8 D12 W37 5
10 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2670 CA W93 W40 W18 D42 D3 W26 L6 5
11 GM Vadim Milov 2693 W59 L8 W29 W64 W18 L5 W33 5
12 IM Jesse Kraai 2515 NM W45 D21 D64 W76 D6 D9 W30 5
13 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2565 FL L60 W44 W58 W17 D27 W19 D8 5
14 IM Mark Ginsburg 2415 AZ D79 W56 D32 W86 L2 X70 W26 5
15 IM Enrico Sevillano 2544 CA W86 W78 D6 L1 W77 L8 W35 4½
16 FM Stephen Muhammad 2439 GA W98 L5 W30 D24 W55 W61 L7 4½
17 IM Timothy W Taylor 2359 HUN W84 L4 W60 L13 W29 W67 D18 4½
18 GM Dashz Sharavdorj 2503 CO W82 W73 L10 W23 L11 W57 D17 4½
19 David Pruess 2448 CA W91 L3 W34 D55 W78 L13 W47 4½
20 GM Michael A Rohde 2524 NY L29 D45 W73 W79 W38 W42 L2 4½
21 IM Justin Sarkar 2361 NY W83 D12 D43 L9 W86 W54 D22 4½
22 FM Joshua E Friedel 2481 NH W68 W55 L42 D78 D56 W31 D21 4½
23 Jake Kleiman 2316 TN W94 L9 W72 L18 W84 W36 D24 4½
24 IM Blas Lugo 2439 FL W99 L26 W90 D16 H--- W56 D23 4½
25 FM Dmitry Zilberstein 2438 CA L55 W68 D62 X74 D69 D28 W53 4½
26 GM Vladimi Georgiev 2617 IL W37 W24 L5 W89 W70 L10 L14 4
27 IM Dean J Ippolito 2472 NJ W80 D29 W47 D7 D13 L6 D28 4
28 Khaled Sharafuddin 2263 MN L9 W88 W36 L8 W90 D25 D27 4
29 Xiao Cheng 2243 GA W20 D27 L11 D44 L17 W85 W57 4
30 IM James A Rizzitano 2371 MA W105 D69 L16 W63 D61 W32 L12 4
31 Michael Langer 2277 TX L1 W66 W33 L43 W89 L22 W56 4
32 GM Alonso Zapata 2569 COL D51 W52 D14 L35 W49 L30 W58 4
33 IM Marlo T Micayabas 2433 NJ D56 D39 L31 W60 W41 W74 L11 4
34 FM Bela Evans 2295 CA D2 D61 L19 L46 W98 W66 W74 4
35 Robert L Hess 2346 NY L73 W46 W71 W32 L48 W43 L15 4
36 IM Vladimir Mezentsev 2518 CA L78 W82 L28 W65 W50 L23 W62 4
37 IM Mladen Vucic 2418 NY L26 L67 W99 W97 W58 W46 L9 4
38 Eugene Yanayt 2312 MA L48 D92 W75 W47 L20 W55 D39 4
39 Gregg H Small 2213 CA D43 D33 L76 W85 D44 W77 D38 4
40 Garush Manukyan 2412 CA W81 L10 L86 D45 W83 D62 W71 4
41 Elliott Liu 2254 CA L42 W103 L57 W72 L33 W59 W54 4
42 GM Yury Shulman 2625 IL W41 W101 W22 D10 L1 L20 U--- 3½
43 IM Vinay S Bhat 2485 CA D39 W51 D21 W31 L7 L35 D52 3½
44 FM Daniel Rensch 2417 AZ D75 L13 W51 D29 D39 D52 D45 3½
45 FM Teddy Coleman 2237 NY L12 D20 D59 D40 W93 D64 D44 3½
46 Paul Pachta 2188 AUS L8 L35 W88 W34 W59 L37 D49 3½
47 Reynaldo Del Pilar 2243 CA W66 D64 L27 L38 W97 W63 L19 3½
48 GM Alex Yermolinsky 2637 CA W38 W77 L54 D57 W35 L4 U--- 3½
49 WIM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2282 CA W95 L1 L61 W66 L32 W83 D46 3½
50 Gu Ruiz Gonzalez 2280 D100 L2 W81 D83 L36 D65 W80 3½
51 FM Renard W Anderson 2260 CO D32 L43 L44 D87 W72 D76 W75 3½
52 Takashi Iwamoto 2264 CA D61 L32 L83 W103 W96 D44 D43 3½
53 Jorge Beltran 2294 MEX L4 D84 W92 L56 W75 W79 L25 3½
54 IM Ricardo De Guzman 2483 CA W71 W60 W48 L3 L4 L21 L41 3
55 Matthew J Herman 2128 NY W25 L22 W101 D19 L16 L38 D60 3
56 Elizabeth Vicary 2092 NY D33 L14 W93 W53 D22 L24 L31 3
57 IM David E Vigorito 2413 NV W92 L6 W41 D48 D67 L18 L29 3
58 Nicolas A Yap 2263 CA L7 W75 L13 W91 L37 W84 L32 3
59 Shivkumar Shivaji 2336 CA L11 D81 D45 W71 L46 L41 W79 3
60 Brandon Ashe 2239 NY W13 L54 L17 L33 D87 W96 D55 3
61 IM Melikset Khachiyan 2573 CA D52 D34 W49 D77 D30 L16 U--- 3
62 Michael Aigner 2261 CA W--- L7 D25 D84 D64 D40 L36 3
63 Lernik Manukian 2382 CA D67 L89 W102 L30 W80 L47 D65 3
64 IM William Paschall 2390 MA W103 D47 D12 L11 D62 D45 U--- 3
65 Artem E Ruppert 2239 AK L70 W95 L77 L36 W94 D50 D63 3
66 Noah Pang 2098 MA L47 L31 W94 L49 W95 L34 W84 3
67 IM Andranik Matikozyan 2570 CA D63 W37 L69 W96 D57 L17 U--- 3
68 Lucas Davies 2207 NY L22 L25 D103 L75 W82 D87 W83 3
69 GM Jos Gallagher 2576 CA W90 D30 W67 L5 D25 U--- U--- 3
70 GM Alek Wojtkiewicz 2527 MD W65 W72 D7 D6 L26 F14 U--- 3
71 Corey B Acor 2216 FL L54 W87 L35 L59 X102 W93 L40 3
72 Vanessa A West 2031 CA B--- L70 L23 L41 L51 X94 W85 3
73 Cyrill Oseledtes 1827 IL W35 L18 L20 L93 W91 H--- H--- 3
74 Eugene Varshavsky 2200 NJ H--- H--- H--- H--- W76 L33 L34 3
75 Daniel W Schwarz 2157 CA D44 L58 L38 W68 L53 W81 L51 2½
76 FM Alexandre Kretchetov 2337 CA L3 W80 W39 L12 L74 D51 U--- 2½
77 GM Anatoly Y Lein 2374 OH W88 L48 W65 D61 L15 L39 U--- 2½
78 Daniel Pomerleano 2240 VA W36 L15 W100 D22 L19 U--- U--- 2½
79 Wayne Ballantyne 2073 FL D14 D100 W85 L20 H--- L53 L59 2½
80 Jerome B Hanken 2200 CA L27 L76 D87 W81 L63 W97 L50 2½
81 James Chan 1944 BC L40 D59 L50 L80 W88 L75 W96 2½
82 Luis Belliard 2225 DOM L18 L36 L84 D92 L68 W95 W97 2½
83 Paul Szuper 1874 NY L21 D93 W52 D50 L40 L49 L68 2
84 John F Dimercurio 1830 AZ L17 D53 W82 D62 L23 L58 L66 2
85 Gustavo Falcon 2328 LA L6 W91 L79 L39 W92 L29 L72 2
86 FM Ralph P Zimmer 2253 MD L15 W94 W40 L14 L21 U--- U--- 2
87 Harut Keshishian 2010 CA L101 L71 D80 D51 D60 D68 F--- 2
88 Simone Sobel 1802 FL L77 L28 L46 L94 L81 B--- W102 2
89 Emory A Tate Jr 2431 IN L5 W63 W98 L26 L31 U--- U--- 2
90 FM Miles F Ardaman 2395 GA L69 W99 L24 W98 L28 U--- U--- 2
91 Raymond Armagnac 2150 CA L19 L85 W95 L58 L73 W92 F--- 2
92 Daisuke Yamamoto 1965 JPN L57 D38 L53 D82 L85 L91 D95 1½
93 FM Norman Rogers 2322 PA L10 D83 L56 W73 L45 L71 U--- 1½
94 Jennifer Acon 1650 CA L23 L86 L66 W88 L65 F72 D104 1½
95 Richard Pugh III 1414 GA L49 L65 L91 B--- L66 L82 D92 1½
96 Faris Gabbara 2024 MI H--- H--- H--- L67 L52 L60 L81 1½
97 Grover Frank Gray 1900 NV H--- H---