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Draw agreed. Nick deFirmian is the new United States Champion. deFirmian did not lose
a game during the entire event - he led his Prelims Group by a large margin -
and his play sparkled with activity, soundness and defensive tenacity in his
Semi-Finals Match against Tal Shaked, and in the Finals against Benjamin.
Joel Benjamin, the defending U.S. Champion, emerged from a rough-and-tumble
4-player tiebreak in his Prelims Group, and then convincingly defeated Dmitry
Gurevich in the Semi-Finals, before coming up against a brick wall in
deFirmian in the Finals.
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