USA-ch playoff
Seattle 2000
| Date | Players | Type | Elo Average | Games | Rounds |
| Oct 07, 2000 | 3 | Tourn | 2608 | 5 | 4 |
| Name | ELO | Points | ||
|
GM Benjamin, Joel | 2577 | 3.0 | |
|
GM Seirawan, Yasser | 2647 | 1.0 | |
|
GM Shabalov, Alexander | 2601 | 1.0 | |
USA-ch playoff Games
| White | Black | Result | Round | Date | Opening | View |
| Seirawan, Y | Shabalov, A | 1-0  |
1 | Oct 07, 2000 | E32 Nimzo-Indian, classical variation |   |
| Shabalov, A | Benjamin, J | 0-1 |
2 | Oct 07, 2000 | B00 King's pawn opening |   |
| Benjamin, J | Seirawan, Y | 1-0 |
3 | Oct 07, 2000 | B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6 | |
| Shabalov, A | Seirawan, Y | 1-0 |
4 | Oct 07, 2000 | B12 Caro-Kann defence | |
| Benjamin, J | Shabalov, A | 1-0 |
5 | Oct 07, 2000 | C03 French, Tarrasch | |