Tournament Leaders after 3 Rounds
GROUP A
1 GM Onischuk, Alexander MD 2686 2650 3.0
2 GM De Firmian, Nick DEN 2600 2547 2.5
3 GM Gurevich, Dmitry IL 2562 2503 2.5
12 WGM Goletiani, Rusudan (w) NY 2393 2378 2.0
13 WGM Baginskaite, Camilla (w) CA 2331 2299 2.0
GROUP B
1 GM Shabalov, Alexander PA 2665 2595 2.5
2 GM Ivanov, Alexander MA 2657 2606 2.5
3 GM Novikov, Igor NY 2643 2575 2.5
4 GM Christiansen, Larry MA 2633 2546 2.5
5 GM Shulman, Yury IL 2623 2581 2.5
12 WIM Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg (w) CA 2271 2208 2.0 
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura is done. This should teach him something about humility. This is a good lesson for him.
Jon
I picked Onischuk to win. Go Alex!
GROUP B
No. T Name St USCF FIDE Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Pts
1 GM Shabalov, Alexander PA 2665 2595 W20 D16 W17 2.5
2 GM Ivanov, Alexander MA 2657 2606 D23 W19 W14 2.5
3 GM Novikov, Igor NY 2643 2575 W24 W22 D5 2.5
4 GM Christiansen, Larry MA 2633 2546 D25 W29 W16 2.5
5 GM Shulman, Yury IL 2623 2581 W26 W12 D3 2.5
6 GM Kamsky, Gata NY 2729 2686 W18 D14 D8 2.0
7 GM Gulko, Boris NJ 2678 2585 D19 D23 W25 2.0
8 GM Becerra, Julio FL 2629 2556 W21 D17 D6 2.0
9 GM Fishbein, Alexander NJ 2593 2519 L12 W26 W23 2.0
10 GM Yermolinsky, Alex CA 2590 2554 D27 D11 W24 2.0
11 IM Kriventsov, Stanislav LA 2491 2449 D13 D10 W27 2.0
12 WIM Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg (w) CA 2271 2208 W9 L5 W22 2.0
GROUP A
No. T Name St USCF FIDE Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Pts
1 GM Onischuk, Alexander MD 2686 2650 W21 W19 W7 3.0
2 GM De Firmian, Nick 2600 2547 W28 D10 W14 2.5
3 GM Gurevich, Dmitry IL 2562 2503 W25 D14 W18 2.5
4 IM Finegold, Benjamin MI 2657 2563 D11 W17 D9 2.0
5 GM Goldin, Alexander KY 2642 2598 D27 W24 D8 2.0
6 GM Benjamin, Joel NJ 2624 2576 W12 D9 D10 2.0
7 IM Gonzalez, Renier FL 2548 2470 W30 W16 L1 2.0
8 IM Kraai, Jesse NM 2540 2443 W31 D18 D5 2.0
9 IM Schneider, Dmitry NY 2525 2486 W32 D6 D4 2.0
10 IM Friedel, Joshua NH 2513 2455 W26 D2 D6 2.0
11 IM Bercys, Salvijus NY 2440 2358 D4 W27 D16 2.0
12 WGM Goletiani, Rusudan (w) NY 2393 2378 L6 W32 W24 2.0
13 WGM Baginskaite, Camilla (w) CA 2331 2299 L18 W31 W26 2.0
Someone that doesn’t get much press, but I think should be watched in this event is GM Yury Shulman.
Shulman is not in the same league as Onischuk. Onischuk has been around 2650 FIDE for a long time. He has more knowledge than Nakamura.
Ted
Onischuk is a good choice for Group A, Shulman is in Group B. If they were to meet in the final and I was a betting man, I would go with Onischuck also. But I’m not a betting man and I always enjoy the cinderella aspect. From that perspective, Shulman is my choice.
Joel Benjamin will win for sure. It’s his year, this 2006.
Shulman all the way!!!