See http://www.64.com/chess/00-ELEM/

However, this is not a big surprise. Hikaru Nakamura entered the tournament with a rating of 2313 and the second highest rated player in the tournament was only rated 1830.

Hikaru Nakamura faces Grandmaster Epishin on Board One of New York Open

I am reporting this result primarily as a follow-up to my report on the New York Open because Hikaru Nakamura, who started the New York Open with a draw against Epishin, one of the top players in the world, had to drop out and did not play his last round game because he had to fly to Dallas for the National Elementary Championship.

Epishin is rated number 32 in the world on the new FIDE rating list.

http://www.worldfide.com/fide/html/top100men.html

I guess the organizers of the two events did not realize that there would be a conflict between the New York Open and the National Elementary Championship.

At the New York Open, the mother of Hikaru Nakamura told me that she does not bother to read the chess politics stuff.

For this reason, she could not have known that the National Elementary Championship has been embroiled in the biggest political dispute in all of chess for the past two years.

Sam Sloan

• Hikaru Nakamura, age 12, scores sensational draw on Board One of New York Open Chess Championship
• National Elementary Championship Official Website
• Ilya Smirin Wins 2000 New York Open Chess Championship
• No Losing Chances Rule at the New York Open
• New York Open Chess Championship official web site
• Top 50 Rated US Chess Players aged 11-12
• Armenians Sweep 1998 New York Open Chess Tournament
• NINE-YEAR-OLD WINS $8,000 in NEW YORK OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
• Jose Cuchi, organizer of the New York Open
• Hikaru Nakamura, age 11, defeats Grandmaster Alejandro Hoffman in US Open
• Hikaru Nakamura makes The New York Times
• Hikaru Nakamura leads New York Open Chess Championship under-2200 section
• FIDE List of Top 100 chess players
• World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Interviewed over the Radio
• Maurice Ashley makes The New York Times
• Hikaru Nakamura makes master at 10 years, 2 months