US Men's Championship Seattle, Washington September 25-October 6
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.com/2000uschamp.html
Benjamin won the playoff
Final standings 11 rounds
1- 3 6.5 Benjamin(2650) Seirawan(2703) Shabalov(2672)
4- 5 6.0 Gurevich(2650) Kaidanov(2695)
6- 8 5.5 Christiansen(2662) de Firmian(2668) Ivanov(2634)
9-12 4.5 Fedorowicz(2620) Gulko(2748) Serper(2647) Yermolinsky(2683)