37th US Championship; 1991
July 28 to August 9
Los Angeles, CA

The second and final US Championship tournament held in Knockout Format. Rules were the same as for the 1990 Tournament.

OCTI-FINALS             QUARTER-FINALS     SEMI-FINALS      FINALS        
Kamsky       ½1
Gurevich     ½0
                        Kamsky      1½
Kudrin       00         Ivanov      0½
Ivanov, A.   11
                                           Kamsky      11
Yermolinsky  ½0                            Fedorowicz  00
Fedorowicz   ½1         Fedorowicz  01½1
                        Wolff       10½0
Rohde        ½½00
Wolff        ½½11                                           Kamsky    101½
                                                            Benjamin  010½
Seirawan     ½½01½½½½1
Ivanov, I.   ½½10½½½½0  
                        Seirawan    ½½100
Dzindzi.     0½         Benjamin    ½½011
Benjamin     1½                            Benjamin    1½
                                           Gulko       0½
Dlugy        01011
Albert       10100
                        Gulko       ½½011
Gulko        11         Dlugy       ½½100
Browne       00


Composite Scores

   1. GM Gata Kamsky             +6-1=3  7½-2½    

   2. GM Joel Benjamin           +5-3=5  7½-5½    

3- 4. GM Boris Gulko             +4-2=3  5½-3½    
3- 4. GM John Fedorowicz         +3-3=2  4 -4     

5- 8. GM Patrick Wolff           +3-2=3  4½-3½    
5- 8. GM Alexander Ivanov        +2-1=1  2½-1½    
5- 8. GM Yasser Seirawan         +3-3=8  7 -7     
5- 8. GM Maxim Dlugy             +4-4=2  5 -5     

9-16. IM Igor Ivanov             +1-2=6  4 -5
9-16. GM Lev Alburt              +2-3=0  2 -3
9-16. GM Michael Rohde           +0-2=2  1 -3
9-16. IM Ilya Gurevich           +0-1=1   ½-1½
9-16. IM Alex Yermolinsky        +0-1=1   ½-1½
9-16. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili  +0-1=1   ½-1½
9-16. GM Sergei Kudrin           +0-2=0  0 -2
9-16. GM Walter Browne           +0-2=0  0 -2


[Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Maxim Dlugy"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "139"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.g3 c5 4.Na3 Nc6 5.Nxc4 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nh6 8.d3 Nf5 9.Rb1 O-O 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.a3 a5 12.Bc3 a4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.e3 Rd8 15.Qc2 Be6 16.b3 axb3 17.Rxb3 Kg8 18.Ng5 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Nd6 20.Qh4 h5 21.Rfb1 b5 22.g4 Ra4 23.f4 Kg7 24.gxh5 Rh8 25.Qe1 Rxh5 26.Qc3+ Kg8 27.Qxc5 Qa7 28.Qxa7 Nxa7 29.Rc1 Kg7 30.Rc7 Nf5 31.Be4 Kf6 32.Bxf5 gxf5 33.Rbc3 Rh8 34.e4 Re8 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Kf3 b4 37.axb4 Nb5 38.Rc8 fxe4 39.dxe4 Rxc8 40.Rxc8 Rxb4 41.Rd8 Nd4+ 42.Ke3 Ne6 43.Nxe6+ fxe6 44.Re8 Rb3+ 45.Kd4 Rh3 46.Rxe7+ Kf6 47.Ra7 Rxh2 48.e5 Kf5 49.Rf7+ Kg4 50.Ke3 Ra2 51.Rg7+ Kh5 52.Kd4 Rc2 53.Re7 Rc6 54.Rd7 Rc8 55.Rd6 Re8 56.Ke4 Kg4 57.Ra6 Rf8 58.Rxe6 Rxf4+ 59.Kd5 Kg5 60.Ra6 Rb4 61.Ke6 Kg6 62.Ke7 Kg7 63.Ra7 Rb8 64.e6 Kg6 65.Ra1 Rb7+ 66.Kd6 Rb6+ 67.Kd7 Rb7+ 68.Kc6 Rb8 69.Kc7 Rh8 70.e7 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nge7 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Bg4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bb4 14.Rf4 O-O 15.Qf3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qe7 17.Rf1 Rac8 18.e4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Na5 20.R4f3 Nc4 21.Rh3 h6 22.Qd3 b5 23.Rg3 Rfd8 24.Qe2 Rd7 25.Bh5 Qh4 26.Rg4 Qd8 27.Qf2 Qf8 28.Qg3 b4 29.cxb4 Nd2 30.Rd1 f5 31.exf6 Qxf6 32.Rf4 Qg5 33.Bg4 Kh8 34.Bxe6 Qh5 35.Qg4 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Walter Shawn Browne"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.a3 a6 11.Ke2 Ke7 12.Rhd1 h6 13.h3 Rhf8 14.Rd3 Nh5 15.Nh4 Nd4+ 16.Kd2 Rf6 17.g4 g5 18.Nf5+ exf5 19.gxh5 Ke6 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Rxd4 Be5 22.Rc4 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Rf3 24.Rh1 Raf8 25.b3 b5 26.Rc6+ Kd5 27.Rc5+ Kd4 28.c3 Kxe4 29.Re1+ Kf4 30.Rexe5 Rxf2+ 31.Re2 Rd8+ 32.Ke1 Rf3 33.Re6 Rd6 34.Rxd6 cxd6 35.Rc6 Rxh3 36.Rxd6 Rxh5 37.Rxa6 g4 38.a4 bxa4 39.bxa4 g3 40.Kf1 Rh1+ 41.Kg2 Rh2+ 42.Kg1 h5 43.Rf6+ Kg5 44.Rf1 Ra2 45.c4 h4 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.Qe2 c5 8.Nxc5 Bxc5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 b6 13.Qe5 Qxe5 14.Nxe5 Bb7 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Rfd1 Ke7 17.Rd4 a5 18.Bb5 Nd5 19.Nc4 Rc7 20.Rad1 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Be4 22.R1d2 Rb8 23.Rd6 Rcb7 24.Ne5 Rc8 25.R6d4 f6 26.Nd7 Bd5 27.Nxc5+ Rxc5 28.c4 Bc6 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.b3 Rcc7 31.Kf2 Rd7 32.Kf3 h5 33.h4 Ra7 34.Ke4 Rac7 35.Rd1 Rb7 36.Kf3 Rbc7 37.g4 Rxd4 38.exd4 hxg4 39.Kxg4 g6 40.h5 gxh5 41.Kxh5 Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nb3 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Bd2 b6 15.Bc3 Qe7 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Kh8 18.Qh5 f6 19.Bc3 e5 20.Rd2 Be6 21.Bd3 Bg8 22.Rad1 a5 23.Be4 Rad8 24.g4 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Bc2 Qe7 28.h4 Qf7 29.Qf5 Qe6 30.Qf3 Bf7 31.h5 h6 32.Qa8+ Qe8 33.Qe4 Kg8 34.b4 axb4 35.Bxb4 Bxb4 36.Qxb4 Qd8 37.Kf1 Kh8 38.Ke1 Bg8 39.Ke2 Be6 40.Qe4 Qg8 41.Bd3 Bd5 42.Qb4 Qd8 43.Bc4 Bg2 44.Be6 Bc6 45.Bb3 Bd5 46.Bc2 Qc8 47.Kd2 Qd8 48.Kc3 Bf3 49.Qc4 Bd5 50.Qd3 Qc7+ 51.Kb2 Bg8 52.Qb5 Qd8 53.Qb4 Bh7 54.Bg6 Bg8 55.f4 exf4 56.exf4 Be6 57.Bf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ilya M Gurevich"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 Bd6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxb3 12. axb3 a5 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nc3 c6 15. Nh4 Kh7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Ng8 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Rf3 Ng6 20. Ne2 a4 21. bxa4 bxa4 22. Ng3 Nh4 23. Rf1 Qd7 24. h3 Qe6 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Qg3 Rfd8 27. h4 Bf8 28. h5 Ne7 29. Ne3 f6 30. Nc4 Rdb8 31. Rf3 Kh8 32. Raf1 Ng8 33. Qh4 a3 34. bxa3 Bxa3 35. Rg3 Bf8 36. Bc3 Rb5 37. Rg6 Ra2 38. Ne3 Ra3 39. Bd2 Qa2 40. Qe1 Ra8 41. Rg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 b4 7.Na4 e5 8.Nf5 d5 9.Ne3 d4 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Bg2 Ne7 12.O-O Nxd5 13.exd5 Bd7 14.c4 Qa5 15.Qh5 Bxa4 16.Qxe5+ Kd8 17.Bg5+ Kc8 18.Qf5+ Bd7 19.Qxf7 Qc5 20.Rfe1 Bd6 21.Qxg7 Rf8 22.Bf6 Rxf6 23.Qxf6 a5 24.Qh8+ Kc7 25.Rad1 Ra6 26.Rxd4 Bf5 27.Re8 Rb6 28.Rh4 Kb7 29.Be4 Bxe4 30.Rexe4 b3 31.Rxh7+ Ka6 32.axb3 Rxb3 33.Rh6 Ka7 34.Qf6 Rb6 35.Re6 Bc7 36.Rxb6 Bxb6 37.h4 a4 38.h5 Nd7 39.Rh7 Qc7 40.d6 Nxf6 41.dxc7 Kb7 42.c8=Q+ Kxc8 43.Rh6 Bd4 44.Kg2 Bxb2 45.Rh8+ Kc7 46.h6 a3 47.h7 a2 48.Ra8 Nxh7 49.Rxa2 Bd4 50.f4 Kc6 51.Kf3 Kc5 52.Ra7 Nf6 53.Rc7+ Kd6 54.Rc8 Nd7 55.g4 Bc5 56.Re8 Nb6 57.Re4 Nc8 58.g5 Kd7 59.f5 Nd6 60.Re5 Ba3 61.g6 Ne8 62.c5 Bb2 63.c6 Kd8 64.c7 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.28"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Michael Rohde"] [ECO "C03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nd7 6.b4 a5 7.Bb2 Bf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Ngf3 axb4 10.exd5 exd5 11.O-O Nxc5 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.Re1 Ne7 14.Qb1 g6 15.Qxb4 b6 16.Nb3 Ne4 17.Bd3 Bb7 18.a4 Ra7 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nfd2 Kg7 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Nf5 23.Qc4 Raa8 24.Re2 Rac8 25.Qb4 Rc3 26.Rae1 h5 27.Nd2 Rxc2 28.Ne4 Qd4 29.Qxd4+ Nxd4 30.Rxc2 Nxc2 31.Rc1 Nd4 32.Rc4 Ne6 33.Nc3 Rd8 34.g3 Rd2 35.Rb4 Rd3 36.Ne4 Nc5 37.Ng5 f6 38.Nh3 g5 39.Rxb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Ng8 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Nh3 c4 11.Be3 axb5 12.O-O-O Qxe5 13.f4 Qe7 14.Rxd5 d6 15.Rxb5 Nf6 16.Qd2 d5 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Bc5 Qd7 19.Qe3+ Qe6 20.Rxb7 Qxe3+ 21.Bxe3 Nbd7 22.Kb1 O-O-O 23.Ra7 Ng4 24.Bd4 Nb8 25.Nb5 Rd7 26.Rc1 Rxa7 27.Rxc4+ Kd7 28.Bxa7 Nc6 29.Ng5 Be7 30.Nf3 Nxa7 31.Rc7+ Ke6 32.Nbd4+ Kf6 33.Rxa7 g6 34.Ne5 Nxh2 35.Ndc6 Bd6 36.Nxf7 Rc8 37.Nxd6 Rxc6 38.Rxh7 Nf1 39.Ne4+ Kf5 40.Re7 Kxf4 41.Rf7+ Kxe4 42.Rxf1 Rc5 43.b4 Rb5 44.a3 Kd3 45.Rc1 Rf5 46.Rc2 g5 47.Rb2 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Re8 13.b5 cxb5 14.cxb5 g5 15.Bg3 Bb7 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 e4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bc4 Bxa1 20.Qxa1 Rc8 21.Bb3 Rc5 22.Qd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.h3 Nc6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.O-O Be6 14.Qc1 Qe8 15.Nd5 Rc8 16.b4 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.b5 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd4 20.Qa3 Kh8 21.Rad1 f5 22.Rxd4 exd4 23.exf5 Nxf5 24.Bxc7 Qf7 25.Bg4 Ne3 26.Bxc8 Nxf1 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Nd2 29.Bxb7 Nxc4 30.Kf1 d3 31.Bf4 d2 32.Ke2 Na5 33.Bc6 Nxc6 34.bxc6 d1=Q+ 35.Kxd1 Rd8 36.Kc2 Rxd5 37.c7 Rc5+ 38.Kd3 Bc3 39.Bd6 Rc6 40.Ke4 Ba5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Walter Shawn Browne"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bf4 Nbd7 6.h3 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O Re8 10.Bh2 e5 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Nb5 Rec8 13.Nc3 c5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.a4 e4 16.Nd2 Nb8 17.Rad1 Na6 18.Na2 Nd7 19.Nb1 Ne5 20.Nbc3 Nf3+ 21.Kh1 Nxh2 22.Kxh2 Nb4 23.Nxb4 cxb4 24.Nb5 Qe5+ 25.Kg1 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Bxb2 27.Rb1 Be5 28.Rxb4 Rd8 29.Nd4 Bd6 30.Rb2 Rd7 31.Rd1 Rad8 32.Nb3 Bb4 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Nd4 Bc3 35.Rc2 Bxd4 36.Rd2 Bc6 37.exd4 Bxa4 38.d5 f5 39.Ra2 b5 40.cxb5 Bb3 41.Rd2 Rxd5 42.Rb2 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 e5 6.d5 a5 7.Nge2 Na6 8.f3 Nd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nb6 11.b3 c6 12.Qe1 f5 13.Qf2 c5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Rac1 a4 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Nec3 e4 18.Nxe4 Nb4 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Bb1 axb3 21.axb3 Na6 22.Rcd1 Qd8 23.d6 Nd7 24.Qg3 Nf6 25.Bg5 Nb8 26.Rfe1 Nc6 27.Nc7 Ra1 28.Nd5 Kh8 29.Re7 Nh5 30.Qh4 Qxd6 31.Qxh5 Nxe7 32.Bxe7 Qg6 33.Qxg6 hxg6 34.Bxf8 Bxf8 35.Bc2 Ra2 36.Bd3 Be6 37.Nc7 Bf7 38.Bf1 Rb2 39.Rd3 Bg7 40.Nb5 Bf6 41.Rd6 Bg5 42.Rd3 Bc1 43.Nd6 Be6 44.f4 g5 45.g3 gxf4 46.gxf4 b6 47.Bh3 Bxf4 48.Bxf5 Bxh2+ 49.Kf1 Bxd6 50.Bxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Ilya M Gurevich"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Qg3 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qe3+ 20. Kb1 Qe5 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qh4 Qf6 23. Qxh5 Rh8 24. Qg4 Bb7 25. Rhe1 Qh4 26. Qg7 Qf6 27. Qg3 Qh4 28. Qe3 Qxh2 29. Nd4 Bd5 30. b3 Qh6 31. Qe2 Kf8 32. Nb5 Bc6 33. Nd4 Bd5 34. Rf1 Qg6 35. g4 Re8 36. Nb5 Rd8 37. Nc7 Be4 38. Rf4 Nf6 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. Rdf1 Rh1 41. Rxh1 Kg7 42. Rhf1 Nd5 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Qd2 Qxg4 45. d7 Qh4 46. Qa5 Bxc2+ 47. Kb2 Bf5 48. R7xf5 Rxd7 49. Qa8+ Rd8 50. Rg1+ Kh7 51. Qb7+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Nb6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.d5 Nb4 16.Bb1 a5 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.Bc3 Bg4 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Bg5 21.Qe2 Qb6 22.Ng3 g6 23.a4 Rfc8 24.axb5 Bf4 25.Kh1 Rab8 26.Nf1 Qxb5 27.g3 Bh6 28.Nh2 Bg7 29.f4 Qc5 30.Rf1 Qe3 31.Qg2 exf4 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.gxf4 Qd2 34.Qf2 Qxf2 35.Rxf2 Rc5 36.b3 Nb6 37.Nf3 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Rbc8 39.Nd4 Re1 40.Rxa5 Rxb1 41.Nb5 Nd3 42.Rd2 Nxf4+ 43.Kg3 Nh5+ 44.Kh4 Nd7 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.29"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Michael Rohde"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 Bxb3 11.axb3 a6 12.cxd4 Rd8 13.Nc4 Nxc4 14.bxc4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4 16.Qf3 Rd7 17.Bf4 Qd3 18.Be3 g6 19.Rad1 Qf5 20.Rxd7 Qxf3 21.Rxe7+ Bxe7 22.gxf3 Kd7 23.Rd1+ Kc6 24.Kf1 Re8 25.Rd5 Bd6 26.h3 f5 27.b3 Re6 28.Rd3 Re8 29.Rd5 Ra8 30.Rd1 Bb4 31.Ke2 Re8 32.Kf1 a5 33.Rd5 Ra8 34.Ke2 a4 35.Rb5 Be7 36.bxa4 Rxa4 37.Rb6+ Kc7 38.Re6 Bd8 39.Kd3 Ra3+ 40.Ke2 Rc3 41.c5 Rc4 42.Kd3 Rh4 43.Bd2 Ra4 44.Bc3 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.30"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxb5 7.Bc3 Qb7 8.e4 d6 9.Nd2 g6 10.Nc4 Bg7 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Ng3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Nb6 14.b3 Nxc4 15.bxc4 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Bd3 Qb4 18.Rb1 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2 a5 20.Nf1 Ba6 21.Ne3 Rfb8 22.Bc2 Rb4 23.a3 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Kf8 25.Ba4 Bc8 26.Bc6 Ra7 27.Nd1 e6 28.Nc3 Ke7 29.f4 Ra6 30.Na4 Kd8 31.Rb3 e5 32.g3 Kc7 33.Rf3 exf4 34.gxf4 Nb6 35.Bb5 Nxa4 36.Bxa4 Rb6 37.Bb5 Rb8 38.a4 Bd7 39.e5 Rg8 40.h4 h6 41.Rb3 Bxb5 42.Rxb5 Re8 43.Rxa5 dxe5 44.Rxc5+ Kb7 45.fxe5 Rxe5 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.30"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Maxim Dlugy"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.cxd5 Qxb3 7.axb3 cxd5 8.Nd4 Bxb1 9.Rxb1 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.d3 e6 12.O-O Kd7 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Ra1 a5 15.Bd2 Bb4 16.Bxb4 axb4 17.Ra4 Rxa4 18.bxa4 b3 19.Ra1 Ra8 20.Bf3 Kc7 21.e3 Nd7 22.a5 Nc5 23.Be2 Nb7 24.a6 Nd6 25.Kf1 Kb6 26.Bd1 Rxa6 27.Rxa6+ Kxa6 28.Bxb3 Kb5 29.Ke2 Kb4 30.Bc2 c5 31.Kd2 e5 32.Bd1 f5 33.Kc2 g5 34.h4 g4 35.f3 h5 36.Kd2 e4 37.dxe4 dxe4 38.fxg4 fxg4 39.Bc2 c4 40.Ke2 c3 41.bxc3+ Kxc3 42.Ba4 Nf5 43.Kf2 Kd2 44.Bc6 Nd6 45.Bd5 Kd3 46.Bc6 Kc4 47.Ke2 Kc5 48.Bd7 Kb6 49.Be6 Kc5 50.Bg8 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.30"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 f5 6.e4 Nf6 7.exf5 gxf5 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nc5 11.Be3 e4 12.Nh4 Nd3 13.f3 f4 14.Bd4 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Ne3 16.Qd2 Kxg7 17.Nxe4 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 Ne5 19.Qc3 b6 20.Re1 Qe7 21.c5 bxc5 22.Nxc5 Qf6 23.Ne4 Qf7 24.Bf1 Kh8 25.Ng2 Qg7 26.gxf4 Rxf4 27.Kh1 Rxf3 28.Qd4 Bb7 29.Be2 c5 30.Qxd6 Bxe4 31.Qxe5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.30"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 c5 8.b4 O-O 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.b5 Nc7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Bb2 f4 15.exf4 Rxf4 16.O-O d6 17.a4 Qe7 18.Bc1 Rg4 19.Ne1 Rg6 20.Bh5 Rf6 21.Bf3 Rxf3 22.Nxf3 Rf8 23.Ra3 e5 24.Re1 Nf6 25.Nh4 Ne6 26.Nf5 Qd7 27.Rh3 g6 28.Nh6+ Kg7 29.f3 Nd4 30.Qd3 Nh5 31.Rf1 Nf4 32.Bxf4 Rxf4 33.Ng4 e4 34.Qe3 h5 35.Nf2 exf3 36.g3 Ne2+ 37.Kh1 Qxh3 38.Rg1 Qg2+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.30"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nd5 a5 6.a3 Bc5 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nb8 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.Qd2 Re8 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxh6 Nf8 18.Rae1 Bd7 19.Re3 Bf6 20.Ne5 Rxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Rfe1 f5 23.f4 Bd4 24.Kh2 Qf6 25.Rg3+ Kf7 26.Qh5+ Ng6 27.Rxg6 Rh8 28.Rh6 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.30"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Michael Rohde"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "116"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Ba7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Na4 Qe7 12.Be2 Rd8 13.O-O Bg4 14.Nd4 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxe2 16.Bxf6 Bxd1 17.Bxe7 Bxa4 18.Bxd8 Rxd8 19.Rac1 d4 20.exd4 Nxd4 21.Rc5 Bc6 22.f3 Ne2+ 23.Kf2 Nf4 24.Kg3 Ne6 25.Rc3 Kf8 26.Re1 Rd2 27.h4 Nd4 28.Rc4 Nc2 29.Re5 Nxa3 30.Rf4 Nb5 31.h5 h6 32.Kh3 Rd5 33.Rxd5 Bxd5 34.Kg3 Ke7 35.Kf2 Nc7 36.Rd4 Kd6 37.Ke3 Ne6 38.Rd1 Kc6 39.g4 b6 40.f4 a5 41.f5 Ng5 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.Ra1 Kb5 44.Kd4 Bf3 45.Rb1+ Kc6 46.Rc1+ Kd6 47.Ra1 Bxg4 48.Rxa5 Bxh5 49.Ra6+ Ke7 50.Ke5 f6 51.Kf4 Bf3 52.Ra7+ Kf8 53.Rc7 Kg8 54.Ra7 Kh7 55.Kg3 Be4 56.Ra5 Bd3 57.Kh4 Nf3+ 58.Kh5 Ne5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.30"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Michael Rohde"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.c3 c6 5.d4 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Bb3 Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 c5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.a4 Rad8 14.Bc4 h6 15.f3 Bd7 16.Rfd1 a6 17.a5 Bb5 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.c4 b4 20.Nb3 Qc6 21.Qf2 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rc8 23.Ra1 Nd7 24.Qd2 Nf8 25.Qd5 Ne6 26.Qxe5 Bf6 27.Qd5 Qa6 28.e5 Be7 29.Qe4 Rd8 30.f4 g6 31.Nd2 Nd4 32.b3 Nf5 33.Nf3 Bf8 34.Bf2 Be7 35.g4 Nd4 36.Nxd4 cxd4 37.Bxd4 Bf8 38.Be3 b5 39.c5 Qc8 40.f5 Bxc5 41.Rf1 Qa8 42.Qf4 Rd2 43.Rf3 Qd5 44.e6 g5 45.exf7 Kxf7 46.Qc7+ Kg8 47.Qxc5 Qxf3 48.Bxd2 Qxg4+ 49.Kf2 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.31"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "25"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Nf8 9.O-O-O c6 10.Bc4 h5 11.h4 Qc7 12.Rhe1 Bd7 13.Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.31"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qe1 Be7 14.f5 Qc5 15.Bd3 b4 16.Ne2 e5 17.Nc1 a5 18.Qe2 a4 19.Bc4 Rc8 20.Bd5 Bb5 21.Nd3 Qd4 22.Rd2 a3 23.Qf2 Qxf2 24.Rxf2 Bxd3 25.cxd3 Bd8 26.Rc2 Rxc2 27.Kxc2 axb2 28.Rb1 Ke7 29.Rxb2 Ba5 30.Kb3 Bb6 31.Ka4 Kd7 32.Rxb4 Kc7 33.Bxf7 Ra8+ 34.Kb3 Bc5 35.Rb5 Ra3+ 36.Kc2 Bd4 37.Bd5 Kc8 38.g4 h6 39.Kd2 Ra7 40.Be6+ Kc7 41.h4 Kc6 42.Rb8 Rg7 43.Bd5+ Kc5 44.a4 Bf2 45.d4+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.31"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Maxim Dlugy"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 d5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.a3 b6 11.Rb1 Bb7 12.b4 dxc4 13.dxc4 cxb4 14.axb4 Rc8 15.c5 bxc5 16.bxc5 Na5 17.Nb5 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rxc5 19.Nxa7 Qd7 20.Bxa5 Qxd1 21.Rfxd1 Rxa5 22.Rd7 Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.31"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "1.8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.O-O e5 9.Nd2 e4 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nb3 h5 12.a4 b6 13.a5 Rb8 14.axb6 axb6 15.h3 g6 16.f3 Bf5 17.Qe1 h4 18.Nd2 Kf8 19.fxe4 Nxe4 20.Rf4 Nxc3 21.Bf3 Nb4 22.e4 cxd4 23.Qf2 Qe5 24.Nb3 Nd3 25.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26.Nxd4 Bd7 27.Rf6 Nxc1 28.Rxd6 Ke7 29.Rxd7+ Kxd7 30.Rxc1 Na4 31.e5 Nc5 32.Bc6+ Ke7 33.Ra1 Rbd8 34.Bd5 Kf8 35.Rf1 Rd7 36.e6 Re7 37.exf7 Kg7 38.Rb1 Nd7 39.Nf3 Rh5 40.Nd4 Rhe5 41.Nf3 Rh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.07.31"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f3 Nc5 16. a3 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 a5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ne4 f6 22. Qd4 Nc7 23. Qd2 e5 24. Bc5 Bxc5+ 25. Nexc5 Qb6 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Bf5 28. Nd3 Rfb8 29. Rd1 h5 30. Rc6 Ne6 31. Rc4 Ra2 32. Nbc1 Ra1 33. Re1 Nd4 34. Kf2 b3 35. cxb3 Nxb3 36. Nxb3 Rxe1 37. Nxe1 Rxb3 38. h4 Rxb2+ 39. Kg1 Kh7 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.01"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Nb5 Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Bxd4 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Be3 Bg7 16.Rad1 c5 17.dxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.01"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qf2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Rxd5 15.Rxd5 exd5 16.Bb5 Bf5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Bc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Re8 20.g3 Qb6 21.Kd2 h6 22.a4 h5 23.Ra1 Qc7 24.f4 Be4 25.Nd4 Rc8 26.a5 Qd7 27.Re1 h4 28.f5 Qd8 29.Re3 Qg5 30.b4 a6 31.Qd6 hxg3 32.hxg3 Bxf5 33.Qe5 g6 34.c3 Qg4 35.Nxc6 Rxc6 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Qxc6 d4 38.Rf3 Qg5+ 39.Rf4 Qxg3 40.Qf3 Qh2+ 41.Qf2 dxc3 42.Kxc3 Qh1 43.Qd4+ Kg8 44.Kd2 Qg2+ 45.Rf2 Qc6 46.Re2 Qc2+ 47.Ke1 Qc1+ 48.Kf2 Qc6 49.Qf4 Kg7 50.Qe5+ Kh7 51.Kg3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.01"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "21"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 h6 9.exf6 hxg5 10.fxg7 Rg8 11.h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.01"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nge2 Qa5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Nc1 Qc7 9. d5 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. a4 Qb7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rad1 Bc4 17. Bh6 Bxd3 18. Bxd3 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 c4 20. Be2 a6 21. f4 b5 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. d6 Qd8 26. Qf4 Nfd7 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nxb5 Rc5 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. Ne4 Rc6 31. Rd2 Rbb6 32. Qh6 Qf8 33. Qh4 Rb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.Qg4 Nc6 9.dxc5 Ndxe5 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Bd7 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Qh6 Rg6 14.Qe3 Ng4 15.Qe1 Kf8 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nh3 Qxc5 18.Kb1 d4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 f5 21.Qe1 e5 22.Ng5 Nb4 23.c3 Ba4 24.Rc1 Nd5 25.cxd4 Qxd4 26.Rc4 Qd1+ 27.Qxd1 Bxd1 28.Bd3 Ne3 29.Rc1 Ba4 30.g4 Rd6 31.Bxf5 Bc6 32.Rhe1 Nxf5 33.gxf5 Rf6 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E75"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "105"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bxd6 Re8 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.O-O Nd4 13.e5 Nd7 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Qxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.b3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Rd2 21.Bf3 Rxa2 22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.Be4 Ra3 24.Bc2 a5 25.Re3 Kg7 26.h3 Rc8 27.Rb1 a4 28.bxa4 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Rxc4 30.Bd1 Rc3 31.Ra1 Bc4 32.Kf2 Rd3 33.Bf3 Rd2+ 34.Ke1 Rb2 35.a5 Ba6 36.Bd5 Re2+ 37.Kd1 Rxe3 38.Kc2 Re5 39.Bf3 g5 40.Kc3 f5 41.Kb4 Rb5+ 42.Ka4 Rc5 43.Rb1 g4 44.hxg4 fxg4 45.Bxg4 Rc2 46.Bf3 Ra2+ 47.Kb4 Kf6 48.Bd5 Rd2 49.Kc5 Ke5 50.Bf3 Bd3 51.Ra1 Rc2+ 52.Kb6 Kd6 53.Rd1 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.b4 Ndxe5 10.Nd4 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 Be7 12.f4 Nd7 13.f5 e5 14.Nf3 e4 15.Nd4 Nde5 16.Bf4 a6 17.Rb2 Bf6 18.Rd2 Qd7 19.b5 axb5 20.Nxb5 O-O 21.Rxd5 Qe7 22.a4 Bg5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.f6 g6 25.Nd6 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Qxc3 27.Nxe4 Qb4 28.Qc1 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "B69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.f5 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bh3 Bc8 17.Rhe1 b4 18.Ne2 d5 19.Qd3 dxe4 20.Qxe4 f5 21.Qf4+ Qc7 22.Qc4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Re1 e5 25.Nh4 Bxh4 26.Qxh4 Nd4 27.Nxd4 Rxd4 28.Qh6 Qd6 29.Qxd6+ Rxd6 30.Bf1 Rd2 31.Be2 Kc7 32.Kc1 Rd4 33.Bf1 Kd6 34.c3 bxc3 35.bxc3 Ra4 36.Kb2 Be6 37.a3 h5 38.Rd1+ Ke7 39.Rc1 Ra5 40.c4 Kd6 41.Rd1+ Kc5 42.Rd8 e4 43.Be2 h4 44.Re8 Kd6 45.Rd8+ Ke7 46.Rb8 hxg3 47.hxg3 Kf6 48.Rb6 Ke5 49.Rc6 Bd7 50.Rc7 Kd6 51.Rb7 Be6 52.Kc3 Rxa3+ 53.Kd4 Ra2 54.c5 Kc6 55.Rb6+ Kc7 56.Bxa6 Bc8 57.Bc4 Rg2 58.Rb3 Rd2+ 59.Kc3 Rd1 60.Kb4 Rd4 61.Kc3 Rxc4+ 62.Kxc4 Be6+ 63.Kc3 Bxb3 64.Kxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qf2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Rxd5 15.Rxd5 exd5 16.Bb5 Ne5 17.Rd1 Nc4 18.Bc5 Bg5+ 19.Kb1 Be6 20.h4 Bf4 21.Bd4 Bg3 22.Qe2 Bxh4 23.Bxc4 Qxc4 24.Qe5 Bf6 25.Qe3 Bf5 26.Rc1 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 Bg6 28.b3 Qc5 29.Kb2 b6 30.c3 Rc8 31.g4 Qd6 32.f4 Be4 33.a4 a6 34.Rg1 Re8 35.g5 h5 36.g6 fxg6 37.f5 Qh2+ 38.Ka3 Re5 39.Qg5 Bxf5 40.Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.d5 Na6 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Rb1 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Rb8 13.b5 cxb5 14.cxb5 Nc5 15.Nc6 Ra8 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5+ Kh8 18.Bb2 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 f4 20.Rc2 Bh3 21.Re1 fxg3 22.hxg3 Nd7 23.Kh2 Rxf2+ 24.Kxh3 Nf6 25.g4 Qf8 26.g5 Nh5 27.Qd4+ e5 28.Nxe5 Nf4+ 29.Kg3 Nh5+ 30.Kh3 Nf4+ 31.Kh4 Rh2+ 32.Kg3 Rh3+ 33.Kf2 Nd3+ 34.Kg2 dxe5 35.Rf1 exd4 36.Rxf8+ Rxf8 37.exd3 Rxd3 38.Rc4 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.O-O b6 9.Bf4 Bb7 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nh5 12.Bc1 f5 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.e3 Rc8 15.a4 a5 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Qe7 18.Raa1 Nhf6 19.Rfd1 Ne4 20.Ne2 g5 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Nc5 23.Nd4 g4 24.Qc3 Nd7 25.Ne2 Nb8 26.Nf4 Na6 27.h3 gxh3 28.Bxh3 Nb4 29.Bg2 Rcd8 30.Nh5 c5 31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.Rd2 d4 33.exd4 cxd4 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Qxd4 Nc2 36.Qh4 Nxa1 37.Qxh7+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.02"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "2.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Maxim Dlugy"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc2 Bf5 11.Ne3 Ng4 12.Bxg7 Nxe3 13.Qc1 Nxf1 14.Bxf8 Nxg3+ 15.hxg3 Qxf8 16.Nc3 Qg7 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.Rd1 Qe5 19.Qe1 Be6 20.Qd2 Kg7 21.Ne4 Kg8 22.Ng5 Rf8 23.f4 Qc5+ 24.e3 Bg4 25.Re1 h6 26.Ne4 Qa5 27.Nc3 a6 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Qb2 Be6 30.Kf2 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.Bxd5 Na7 34.Rxc8+ Nxc8 35.Qc2 Kg7 36.Qb2+ f6 37.Qc2 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.03"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "3.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 c6 6.Ng3 a6 7.a4 a5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O e5 10.Be3 Na6 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Kh1 f6 18.Qf4 Bxc4 19.Rxd6 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.e5 Bf7 24.exf6 Qxf6 25.Qc7 Qd4 26.h3 Nxa4 27.Nxa4 Qxa4 28.Qe5+ Kg8 29.Ne4 Qb5 30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Qe7 Bg8 32.Qe8 Qc4 33.Nxg8 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kh1 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.03"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "3.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 e5 9.O-O Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.b4 Nh5 12.Re1 Kh8 13.Qc2 f6 14.Nc4 Nd8 15.Nfd2 Nf4 16.Bf1 Nde6 17.f3 Bd7 18.a4 Rd8 19.Bf2 a6 20.Na5 Bc8 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Ng5 23.Kh1 f5 24.b6 fxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 cxb6 27.Nc4 Qc6 28.Qxc6 bxc6 29.Bxb6 Rd5 30.Bc7 Nd3 31.Bxd3 Rxd3 32.Nxe5 Bxe5 33.Bxe5+ Kg8 34.Bd4 Rd8 35.Ra7 Rd7 36.Ra8 Rd8 37.h4 c5 38.Bf6 Rf8 39.Re7 Rd7 40.Kh2 Rxe7 41.Bxe7 Re8 42.Bxc5 Kf7 43.Ra7+ Ke6 44.Bd4 Re7 45.Ra8 Rc7 46.Kg3 Kd5 47.Rb8 Kc4 48.Rb6 Bf5 49.h5 gxh5 50.Rxh6 Rh7 51.Rxh7 Bxh7 52.Kh4 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.04"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "3.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.e5 Nd7 16.Kb1 Bb6 17.f4 f6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Be2 O-O-O 20.Bf3 Qf7 21.Be3 Rhe8 22.Qe2 Qh7 23.Rhe1 Kb8 24.Qf2 Bc7 25.Bg4 Re7 26.Bxe6 Rxe6 27.Ba7+ Ka8 28.Rxe6 Qf5 29.Rde1 Qxf4 30.Re8 Rxe8 31.Rxe8+ Nb8 32.Rh8 Qxh2 33.Bd4 Be5 34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Qf8 e4 36.Ne2 h5 37.g3 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.04"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "3.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Qd7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Bc2 Bf5 14.Nb3 Bg6 15.Nbd4 Na5 16.e6 Qd6 17.exf7 Rxf7 18.a4 Nc4 19.axb5 Nxe3 20.Rxe3 axb5 21.Nxb5 Qb6 22.Nbd4 c5 23.Nb3 Bf6 24.Rb1 d4 25.cxd4 cxd4 26.Rd3 Kh8 27.Nc1 Qc7 28.Ra1 Rff8 29.Nb3 Ng5 30.Rd2 Nxf3+ 31.gxf3 Bg5 32.Bxg6 Bxd2 33.Be4 Bf4 34.Qd3 g6 35.h3 Be5 36.Nd2 Qe7 37.Nc4 Bg7 38.Ra5 Rc8 39.b3 Qb4 40.Ra7 Qc5 41.Ra5 Qe7 42.Kf1 Rc7 43.Qd2 Rd8 44.Bd3 Rb7 45.Qd1 Rdb8 46.Bc2 Ra7 47.Rxa7 Qxa7 48.f4 Rf8 49.f5 gxf5 50.Qh5 Qd7 51.Bd3 Qd5 52.b4 Qh1+ 53.Ke2 Qc6 54.Kd2 Qb5 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.06"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "4.1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "154"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Qd7 14.d3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7 16.Nd2 f5 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qh4 c5 20.Nf3 Bb7 21.Ng5 h6 22.Bd2 Qc6 23.f3 c4 24.Bd1 cxd3 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.Kg2 Bc5 27.Ng5 Rff8 28.Ne6 Ng4 29.Nxf8 Rxf8 30.b4 Bd6 31.Qh5 Qb6 32.Rf1 Ne3+ 33.Bxe3 Qxe3 34.Bb3 Qd2+ 35.Rf2 Qxc3 36.Rd1 Bxb4 37.Qg6 d2 38.Rdxd2 Bxf3+ 39.Rxf3 Qxd2+ 40.Rf2 Qe3 41.Bf7 Qe4+ 42.Kh3 Qg4+ 43.Kg2 Qxg6 44.Bxg6 Rf6 45.Bxf5 Bc5 46.Rf1 g5 47.Bd3 Rd6 48.Rd1 Kg7 49.Be2 Bd4 50.Bf3 b4 51.Rc1 Bc3 52.Rd1 Rb6 53.Rd7+ Kf6 54.Bd5 Ke5 55.Bb3 Rf6 56.h4 g4 57.Rg7 h5 58.Re7+ Kd4 59.Rd7+ Ke4 60.Rf7 Rd6 61.Rf2 a5 62.Bf7 Rh6 63.Bb3 Ke3 64.Kf1 Ra6 65.Ba4 Rd6 66.Be8 Rd1+ 67.Kg2 Be1 68.Rc2 Rd5 69.Rb2 Re5 70.Bd7 Kd3 71.Kf1 Bd2 72.Rb3+ Bc3 73.Rb1 Kc2 74.Rb3 Re1+ 75.Kf2 Kd2 76.Bb5 Ra1 77.Bc4 a4 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.07"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "4.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 O-O 8.Be2 Be6 9.O-O Qb6 10.Qc1 Nc6 11.Na3 Rac8 12.Re1 Bd5 13.Nc2 Be4 14.Bd1 Rfe8 15.Ng5 Bd5 16.Bf3 e5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Rd1 Rcd8 21.Nf3 e4 22.Nfe1 Ne5 23.Bh6 Nxc3 24.Rxd8 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Rxd8 26.Qe3 Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Qb6 28.Ne3 Qxb2 29.N1c2 Nd3 30.Qh4 Rd6 31.Rf1 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Rxf6 33.Ng4 Rc6 34.Nge3 f5 35.g3 g5 36.Na3 f4 37.gxf4 gxf4 38.Nd5 Kf7 39.Nb5 a6 40.Na7 Rh6 41.Kh2 Rh5 42.Nb6 f3 43.Nc4 Ndf4 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.08"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "4.3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d3 Ne7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.Nbd2 c5 9.Nc4 Qe6 10.Ng5 Qf6 11.Qh5 Bd6 12.f4 exf4 13.e5 Nxe5 14.Bxf4 Nxc4 15.Bxd6 Qd4+ 16.Kh1 Nxd6 17.Rxf7 Qg4 18.Re1+ Kd8 19.Qxg4 Bxg4 20.Rxg7 h6 21.Nh7 Bd7 22.Nf6 Bc6 23.Kg1 Kc8 24.Ree7 Kb8 25.Rxc7 Ne8 26.Nxe8 Rxe8 27.Kf2 Re6 28.Rce7 Rf6+ 29.Kg3 Ka7 30.Ref7 Rxf7 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1991.08.09"] [EventDate "1991.07.28"] [Round "4.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bc1 c6 13.h3 Nh6 14.a3 Nc5 15.Be3 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.c5 Nf7 18.b4 f5 19.Bc4 Bf6 20.Ra2 Kg7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Re2 a5 23.b5 e4 24.Nd4 Nxc5 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Nxc6 Nd3 27.Nd5 Bb7 1/2-1/2


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