| PLAYERS IN THE 2007 US CHAMPIONSHIP | |||||||
| USCF | FIDE | ||||||
| 1 | GM | Hikaru Nakamura | 2755 | 2658 | seeded by rating | ||
| 2 | GM | Alexander Onischuk | 2712 | 2663 | 2006 US Champion | ||
| 3 | GM | Gregory Kaidanov | 2686 | 2595 | seeded by rating | ||
| 4 | GM | Jaan Ehlvest | 2669 | 2640 | Grand Prix Champion | ||
| 5 | GM | Ildar Ibragimov | 2664 | 2602 | World Open | ||
| 6 | GM | Yury Shulman | 2662 | 2600 | US Open | ||
| 7 | GM | Boris Gulko | 2660 | 2576 | replaces Kamsky | ||
| 8 | GM | Alexander Shabalov | 2660 | 2606 | Foxwoods Open | ||
| 9 | GM | Varuzhan Akobian | 2651 | 2574 | National Open | ||
| 10 | GM | Alexander Stripunsky | 2647 | 2565 | Foxwoods Open | ||
| 11 | GM | Alexander Ivanov | 2626 | 2569 | Foxwoods Open | ||
| 12 | GM | Sergey Kudrin | 2612 | 2556 | Western States Open | ||
| 13 | GM | Eugene Perelshteyn | 2612 | 2531 | Foxwoods Open | ||
| 14 | GM | Julio Becerra | 2608 | 2544 | Online qualifier | ||
| 15 | GM | Dmitry Gurevich | 2591 | 2518 | North American Open | ||
| 16 | GM | Alex Yermolinsky | 2571 | 2511 | replaces Benjamin | ||
| 17 | IM | Enrico Sevillano | 2566 | 2493 | Western States Open | ||
| 18 | GM | Melikset Khachiyan | 2550 | 2475 | American Open | ||
| 19 | IM | Josh Friedel | 2544 | 2474 | replaces DeFirmian | ||
| 20 | GM | Walter Browne | 2520 | 2447 | patron | ||
| 21 | IM | Irina Krush | 2480 | 2464 | seeded by rating (women) | ||
| 22 | FM | Joseph Bradford | 2475 | 2424 | US Senior Champion | ||
| 23 | IM | David Pruess | 2461 | 2408 | American Open | ||
| 24 | FM | Robert Hess | 2448 | 2412 | US Junior Champion | ||
| 25 | IM | Justin Sarkar | 2442 | 2418 | National Chess Congress | ||
| 26 | IM | Bryan Smith | 2441 | 2386 | US Masters | ||
| 27 | IM | Michael Mulyar | 2440 | 2376 | North American Open | ||
| 28 | IM | Ron Burnett | 2396 | 2376 | US Masters | ||
| 29 | IM | Jay Bonin | 2381 | 2352 | patron | ||
| 30 | FM | Ray Robson | 2359 | 2293 | National Chess Congress | ||
| 31 | FM | Michael Langer | 2334 | 2315 | sponsor's invitee | ||
| 32 | FM | Movses Movsisyan | 2292 | 2280 | sponsor's invitee | ||
| 33 | NM | Michael Aigner | 2282 | 2260 | US Open | ||
| 34 | WFM | Chouchanik Airapetian | 2188 | 2180 | replaces Zatonskih | ||
| 35 | WFM | Iryna Zenyuk | 2186 | 2177 | replaces Polgar | ||
| 36 | Tom Braunlich | 2148 | 2199 | sponsor's invitee | |||
| average = | 2509 | 2459 | |||||
| QUALIFIED BUT DECLINED TO PLAY | |||||||
| USCF | FIDE | ||||||
| GM | Gata Kamsky | 2752 | 2705 | seeded by rating | |||
| GM | Joel Benjamin | 2650 | 2576 | World Open | |||
| GM | Susan Polgar | 2597 | 2577 | seeded by rating (women) | |||
| GM | Nick DeFirmian | 2585 | 2541 | National Open | |||
| WGM | Anna Zatonskih | 2491 | 2462 | US Women's Champion | |||