On 26 May 2007 22:26:18 -0700, "Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)"
wrote:

On May 24, 6:05 am, EJAY wrote:
Did any Americans take part?

Sadly very few...No Joel Benjamin,No Nick DeFirmian,No Larry
Christiansen...well at least Jay Bonin was there

Stop this nonsense. All four
chess players which you have
mentioned in your first post
are Americans.

Wlod

But it would be reasonable, and not particularly xenophobic, to ask
about the percentage of players in the U.S. Championship who developed
their skills primarily in the United States.