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		<title>Winners of the 2010 World Amateur Chess Championship</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overall
	
1st place
	Andrew Hubbard (USA) &#8211; 7.5/9
	FM Title, FIDE 2200 rating, and Texas Tech Scholarship
	$3,500 (includes clear first bonus of $500)
2nd &#8211; 5th place (in order of tie breaks)
	Alybaev Djekshenbek (KGZ), Mohammad Shaikh (IND), Richard Huang (CAN), Jeff S. Dixon (USA) &#8211; 7/9
	Alybaev Djekshenbek is awarded the rating of 2100
	Mohammad Shaikh is awarded the rating of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><u><strong>Overall<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st place</strong><br />
	Andrew Hubbard (USA) &#8211; 7.5/9<br />
	FM Title, FIDE 2200 rating, and Texas Tech Scholarship<br />
	$3,500 (includes clear first bonus of $500)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>2nd &#8211; 5th place (in order of tie breaks)</strong><br />
	Alybaev Djekshenbek (KGZ), Mohammad Shaikh (IND), Richard Huang (CAN), Jeff S. Dixon (USA) &#8211; 7/9<br />
	Alybaev Djekshenbek is awarded the rating of 2100<br />
	Mohammad Shaikh is awarded the rating of 2050<br />
	$1000 each (minus taxes for non-US)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><u><strong>Women<br />
	</strong></u></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st &#8211; 2nd place (in order of tie breaks)</strong><br />
	Fan Yun (USA), Anu Bayar (MGL) &#8211; 6.5/9<br />
	Fan Yun wins the WFM title, FIDE 2050 rating, and&nbsp; Texas Tech Scholarship<br />
	$800 each (minus taxes for non-US)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>3rd &#8211; 4th place</strong><br />
	Bianca Jeremias (POR), Denitza Dragieva (BUL) &#8211; 6/9<br />
	$400 (Jeremias), $600 (Dragieva &#8211; highest of 2 prizes qualified for)<br />
	(both minus taxes for non-US)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>5th place</strong><br />
	Regina Veronicka Kalaydina (CAN) &#8211; 5.5/9<br />
	$200 (minus taxes for non-US)<br />
	&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><u><strong>FIDE/USCF 1799 &#8211; 1600<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st place</strong><br />
	Bhaskar Gupta (IND) &#8211; 6.5/9<br />
	$1000 (minus taxes for non-US)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>2nd place</strong><br />
	Chris Girardo (USA) &#8211; 6/9<br />
	$400<br />
	*Note &#8211; $600 second place prize for this rating category went to Denitza Dragieva &#8211; highest of 2 prizes qualified for)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>4th place</strong><br />
	Gee Leong (USA) &#8211; 5.5/9<br />
	$200</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><u><strong>FIDE/USCF 1599 &#8211; 1400<br />
	</strong></u></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st place</strong><br />
	Mark Spitzig (USA) &#8211; 5/9<br />
	$1000</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>2nd &#8211; 4th place</strong><br />
	Otis Lewis (USA), Abe Sun (USA), Ryan Toepfer (USA) &#8211; 4/9<br />
	$334 each</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">**An error in the prize calculations was found in this section and now is corrected.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>FIDE/USCF Under 1400<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st &#8211; 3rd place</strong><br />
	Tony Brown (USA), Anthony Gasunas (USA), Mindren Lu (USA) &#8211; 4/9<br />
	$667 each</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>4th &#8211; 8th place</strong><br />
	David Peng (USA), Adam Crutcher (USA), David Braun (USA), John Gao (USA), Akhil Kalghatgi (USA) &#8211; 3/9<br />
	$40 each</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><u><strong>FIDE Unrated<br />
	</strong></u></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st place</strong><br />
	Ariel Ofek (USA) &#8211; 7/9<br />
	$1000</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>2nd place</strong><br />
	Kevin Velazquez (USA) &#8211; 6.5/9<br />
	$600</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>3rd &#8211; 5th place</strong><br />
	Luis Torino Caballero (ARG), Joe Cima (USA), James Wei (USA) &#8211; 6/9<br />
	$200 each (minus taxes for non-US)</p>
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