41st US Championship; 1995
Modesto, CA

                                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1. GM deFirmian, Nick          x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1  8½-4½     2682
*2. GM Wolff, Patrick           ½ x ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½  8½-4½     2679
 3. GM Ivanov, Alexander        0 ½ x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1  8½-4½     2605
 4. GM Yermolinsky, Alex        ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½  8 -5      2633
 5. GM Gulko, Boris             ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  7½-5½     2697
 6. GM Browne, Walter           ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1  6½-6½     2614
 7. GM Benjamin, Joel           ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 x 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1  6 -7      2648
 8. GM Gurevich, Dmitry         ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 x 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½  6 -7      2624
 9. GM Dzindzichashvili, Roman  ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0 1 1 ½ ½  6 -7      2631
10. IM Orlov, Georgi            0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 x 1 ½ ½ 0  5½-7½     2586
11. GM Kaidanov, Gregory        0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 x 0 ½ 1  5½-7½     2663
12. IM Waitzkin, Joshua         ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 x 0 ½  5 -8      2486
13. IM Khmelnitsky, Igor        ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 x 0  5 -8      2644
14. GM Kudrin, Sergey           0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 x  4½-8½     2646

  • Patrick Wolff won a playoff for the Championship Ring, but not the title. Wolff, de Firmian, and Ivanov remained Co-Champions.

  • Article in March, 1996 Chess Life

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    [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joshua Waitzkin"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.Be3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.f4 Na5 13.Bf2 c5 14.Nf3 Bc6 15.e5 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 dxe5 17.Bxc5 Qc8 18.Bb6 Nc4 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.Bd4 Ndxe5 21.Qf2 Nxb2 22.Nd5 Nbc4 23.Rab1 Qf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Bf2 Nd2 26.Rb3 Nxb3 27.axb3 Nc6 28.Rd1 Re2 29.c4 Rae8 30.Nc7 Rd8 31.Nd5 Kh8 32.Rb1 Bd4 33.Bxd4+ Nxd4 34.Rf1 Rg8 35.Kh2 Kg7 36.Rf4 Rd2 37.Ne3 Re8 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Nxf5+ Kf6 40.Nxd4 b6 41.Kg1 Re3 42.b4 Rxg3 43.Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Nb5 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.a4 Rc8 14.Bd2 Bf6 15.Qb1 Qe7 16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Rc4 Qd7 18.h4 h6 19.Qa2 Ncb4 20.Rxb4 Nxb4 21.Bxb4 Bxb5 22.axb5 Qxb5 23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Rxc3 25.Rb1 Qc4 26.e3 e5 27.Bf1 Qe6 28.Qb2 Rdc8 29.Nc1 Rc2 30.Qa1 a5 31.Nd3 R8c3 32.Qa4 e4 33.Nf4 Qc6 34.Bb5 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Qb7 36.Rb2 Rc5 37.Rd2 Qe7 38.Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "29"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Nd4 10.Bg5 Ne6 11.Bd2 c6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Nd4 14.b5 Bg4 15.bxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Georgy Orlov"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "34"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nf1 Nc6 11.Be3 Qb6 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rfe8 15.Ng3 Qb4 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Rb1 Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "23"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qf3 Bg4 8.Qg3 Nbd7 9.Kf1 c6 10.Nf3 Bh5 11.Ne5 Be7 12.Re1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "126"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Qe2 g6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rd1 Rb8 12.f4 Ne8 13.Be3 a6 14.Rac1 e6 15.b4 Qe7 16.Nb3 Nef6 17.c5 bxc5 18.bxc5 Nxc5 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.e5 Nd7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Qxa6 Rfb8 23.Ne4 Bf8 24.Qc6 Kg7 25.Nd6 Rb6 26.Qc7 Qd8 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Nc4 Rb7 29.a4 Rc8 30.a5 Nb8 31.Rb1 Rb4 32.Nd6 Rc6 33.Bd2 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 Bxd6 35.exd6 Nd7 36.Bc3+ Kf8 37.Rd1 Ke8 38.g4 Nb8 39.g5 Kd7 40.Be5 Na6 41.Rd3 c4 42.Rh3 c3 43.Bxc3 Kxd6 44.Be5+ Kd5 45.Rxh7 Rc2 46.Rxf7 Ke4 47.Rb7 Ra2 48.Rb5 Kf3 49.h3 Ra3 50.h4 Kg4 51.Kf2 Kxh4 52.Bd6 Rc3 53.Ke2 Kg4 54.Kd2 Rc8 55.Rb6 Nc5 56.Ke3 Na4 57.Rb8 Rc6 58.Be5 Nc3 59.Kd4 Ne2+ 60.Ke3 Nc3 61.Rb3 Nd5+ 62.Kd2 Kf5 63.Ra3 Nxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Walter Browne"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "113"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. f5 d5 10. Bb3 c4 11. dxc4 dxe4 12. f6 Bxf6 13. Nxe4 Bg7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd6 Na5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Bd2 Nxb3 20. axb3 a6 21. Bb4 axb5 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Qh4 f5 24. Bd6 Qb7 25. Ne5 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ra2 27. Rf3 Rxb2 28. Rh3 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxc2 30. Rg3 Qf7 31. Rd4 Re2 32. Qf4 Bb7 33. Kf1 Re4 34. Rxe4 fxe4 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ra3 Re7 37. Ke2 g5 38. Ke3 Rd7 39. Rb3 Ba6 40. Rxb6 Bxc4 41. Rc6 Bf1 42. Rc2 Kg6 43. Rf2 Rd5 44. Bb2 Bd3 45. g4 Rb5 46. Ba1 Ra5 47. Bb2 Rb5 48. Ba1 e5 49. Rf5 h5 50. Rxe5 Rb1 51. gxh5+ Kxh5 52. Bc3 Rh1 53. Re8 Kg4 54. Rh8 Bb1 55. h3+ Kf5 56. Rh6 g4 57. hxg4+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 Ne7 7.g3 Nxd5 8.cxd5 c6 9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Bg2 Qd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Bc3 f5 15.b5 Nd8 16.Qb3+ Qf7 17.Bb4 Qxb3 18.axb3 Nf7 19.h3 Bh5 20.e3 Rfd8 21.Nh4 g6 22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Rd7 25.Nd2 Bd8 26.Ba3 Rxb5 27.Rc8 Kg7 28.Rb1 Rbb7 29.Kf1 Rdc7 30.Rxc7 Bxc7 31.Ke2 Kf6 32.e4 Ke6 33.f3 d5 34.Rc1 Bd6 35.Bxd6 Nxd6 36.Rc6 Rb6 37.Rc7 Rb7 38.Rc6 Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Joshua Waitzkin"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "116"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.c4 Qa5 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.h3 Bh5 10.c5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Be7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.b4 O-O 14.g3 Rd8 15.Bf4 Qc8 16.Re1 Na6 17.Be5 Nc7 18.b5 Ncd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qb3 b6 22.cxb6 axb6 23.Rec1 Qa4 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Bc7 Re8 26.Qxd5 Qxa2 27.Qxa2 Rxa2 28.Bxb6 Bd6 29.Rc6 Bb8 30.Rd1 Ba7 31.d5 Bxb6 32.Rxb6 Ra7 33.Kg2 Rd7 34.Kf3 f6 35.Rb3 Re5 36.Rbd3 Kf7 37.Kg2 Rd6 38.f4 Re7 39.Kf3 f5 40.g4 g6 41.Re3 Ra7 42.Rdd3 fxg4 43.hxg4 h5 44.g5 Ra4 45.Re4 Ra5 46.Re5 Rd7 47.Ke4 Ra4+ 48.Rd4 Ra1 49.d6 Ra6 50.Red5 Ke6 51.Re5+ Kf7 52.f5 Raxd6 53.Rxd6 Rxd6 54.f6 Re6 55.Kd5 Rxe5+ 56.Kxe5 Kf8 57.Kd5 Kf7 58.Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rab1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Rfc1 Rab8 15.f3 Nd7 16.b4 Qd8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Qc7 19.Qd1 a5 20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 b6 22.f4 Rd8 23.Bf3 Bh6 24.Qb3 e5 25.f5 Bxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Kg7 27.g4 Ra8 28.g5 Ra2 29.Bg4 Kg8 30.Qh3 Qc6 31.Re1 Nf8 32.Rbc1 Rda8 33.Qh6 gxf5 34.Bxf5 Rb2 35.Rc3 Raa2 36.Rh3 Qxc4 37.Bxh7+ Nxh7 38.Qxh7+ Kf8 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Qf6+ Kd7 41.Qf5+ Kc7 42.Rf1 Kc6 43.Qc8+ Kb5 44.Qxc4+ Kxc4 45.Rg3 Rxh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.e3 h6 9.b3 Ba7 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.h3 b5 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Kh2 Re8 14.Ng1 Ne7 15.Nge2 Be6 16.cxb5 axb5 17.d4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bd7 19.Qd2 b4 20.Na4 c5 21.Ne2 Ng6 22.Rfd1 Bb5 23.Qc2 Qe7 24.Nf4 Nxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Walter Shawn Browne"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.h3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.b3 Bb7 15.Bb2 a6 16.a4 Ng6 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.Nd4 Qe5 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.Nd4 Qe5 21.Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "35"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.Bd3 N7f6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Ne5 Nb4 14.Qd1 Qd6 15.a3 Nc6 16.Nb5 Qd8 17.Qf3 Qb6 18.a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Ivanov"] [Black "Georgi Orlov"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "76"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. N1f3 O-O 11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Ba2 h6 14. Nh3 Nbd5 15. c4 Ne7 16. O-O-O Qb6 17. Bc3 Ng4 18. Nd2 e5 19. Ne4 Nc6 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Rhe1 Re8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nf2 Bf5 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rac8 26. Nd3 Nd7 27. g4 Be6 28. Kb1 f6 29. Rc1 Bf7 30. c5 Red8 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Re4 Ra8 33. Kc2 g5 34. h4 Nf8 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rh1 Ne6 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rh2 Rd5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5 9.Nb3 Ba7 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 h5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Qe1 Ng4 14.Bf3 O-O-O 15.Kg2 Rh7 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Bxg4 Rdh8 18.Be3 Rh2+ 19.Kg1 Rh1+ 20.Kf2 R1h2+ 21.Kg1 Rh1+ 22.Kf2 R1h2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.Qc2 b5 7.a4 c6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nd7 11.O-O a6 12.b3 c3 13.Ne4 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Nxc3 c5 16.d5 c4 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.axb5 cxb3 19.Qd3 Nc5 20.Qd4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 O-O 22.bxa6 Nxa6 23.Qd4 Nc5 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.Nh4 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qb7+ 27.Nf3 Ne4 28.Ra4 f5 29.Qf4 Rb8 30.Rad4 Nf6 31.Qe5 Qg7 32.Qxe6 b2 33.Rb1 Rfe8 34.Qxf5 Rxe2 35.Rf4 Ng8 36.Ng5 Nh6 37.Qd3 Rbe8 38.h4 R2e5 39.Rxb2 Rxg5 40.hxg5 Qxb2 41.gxh6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.N4f3 O-O 10.b3 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nc4 Be7 15.bxa4 Nd5 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.Na5 Rfc8 19.Rbc1 Qb6 20.Bd4 Bc5 21.Rb1 Qd8 22.Nxc6 Rxc6 23.Ba1 Be7 24.Rfd1 Qc7 25.Nd4 Rc5 26.Bg4 Nf8 27.g3 Rc8 28.Qd3 Rc4 29.Bf3 Bf6 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Qb3 Nd7 32.Qa3 Nc5 33.Rb4 Ne4 34.Nf5 Nc3 35.Rxc4 Qxc4 36.Bxc3 Qxc3 37.Qxc3 Rxc3 38.Rxd5 g6 39.Nd6 Be7 40.Kg2 Ra3 41.Nc8 Bb4 42.Nb6 Ra2 43.Kf1 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 Ra2 45.Rd3 Be1 46.Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.e5 Ne8 7.h4 d6 8.e6 fxe6 9.h5 exd5 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Qxd5+ e6 12.Qd3 Rf5 13.Nh4 Nc6 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Bh6 Ne5 16.Qd2 Qf6 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.O-O-O Ne5 21.Rh3 Nf7 22.Ne2 Kf8 23.Nf4 Rd8 24.Re1 Ng7 25.Rh7 Ng5 26.Rxg7 Qxg7 27.Rxe6 Nf7 28.Ng6+ Kg8 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Ng6+ Kg8 31.f4 Qh7 32.b3 d5 33.Qc3 d4 34.Qxc5 Qh1+ 35.Kb2 d3 36.Ne7+ Kg7 37.Nxf5+ Kh7 38.Qe7 Qh5 39.Rh6+ Qxh6 40.Qxf7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Georgy Orlov"] [Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "116"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Qe2 e6 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 a6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Kh1 Nc6 13.Nc2 Rfe8 14.f4 Bf8 15.g4 Rac8 16.g5 Nd7 17.b3 Qb8 18.Rf3 g6 19.Rd1 Na7 20.Ne3 b5 21.Rh3 bxc4 22.Nxc4 d5 23.Na5 d4 24.Na4 Ba8 25.Nc4 Nb5 26.Qf2 Nd6 27.Ne5 Qb7 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.Nb6 Qa7 30.Nxa8 Rxa8 31.e5 Nf5 32.Bxa8 Qxa8+ 33.Qg2 Qb8 34.Qe4 Rc8 35.Rf3 Qb5 36.Rff1 Ba3 37.Rf3 a5 38.Be1 Kg7 39.Bf2 Bb2 40.Kg2 Qb4 41.h4 Qc5 42.Rh1 Qc2 43.Qxc2 Rxc2 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rxh5 Bc1 46.Kg1 Rxa2 47.Rfh3 Bxf4 48.Rxh7+ Kg6 49.Rh8 Bxe5 50.Rg8+ Bg7 51.Rf3 a4 52.Rxf5 Kxf5 53.Rxg7 d3 54.Rxf7+ Ke4 55.Kg2 d2 56.Rd7 axb3 57.g6 b2 58.g7 Ra8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joshua Waitzkin"] [Black "Walter Shawn Browne"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Nf1 Ne5 11.Bc2 Rc8 12.Bf4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh3 Bg5 17.Be3 Qf6 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qe3 Qh4 21.f4 Ng4 22.Qf3 d5 23.h3 Nf6 24.e5 Nd7 25.d4 cxd4 26.cxd4 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Rc7 28.Kh2 f5 29.exf6 Qxf6 30.Qe3 Rc6 31.Bd3 Rc7 32.Rde1 Nf8 33.Kh1 Rdd7 34.Rf2 h5 35.Ref1 Rg7 36.Re1 Rcf7 37.Rc1 g5 38.Rcf1 g4 39.f5 Qg5 40.Qxg5 Rxg5 41.h4 Rgg7 42.f6 Rh7 43.Bxh7+ Kxh7 44.Re2 Kg6 45.Re5 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Alexander Ivanov"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "75"] 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. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 g6 16. Ra3 Qd7 17. Rae3 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Nfd5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Re4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Qd5 23. Ng4 Nh7 24. Ne3 Qd7 25. Rg4 g5 26. h4 Nd3 27. Ne4 Rad8 28. hxg5 Bxe4 29. gxh6+ Kh8 30. Rxe4 Nxe1 31. Qxe1 e5 32. Bc2 Ng5 33. Rg4 Ne6 34. h7 Bg7 35. Bf5 Qe7 36. Bg6 Rf8 37. Nf5 Qd7 38. Bh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nc3 e3 7.Qd3 e6 8.Qxe3 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Kb1 Nc6 11.g4 Nb4 12.Bg3 b6 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qe1 Bb7 16.Bd3 c5 17.c4 Nf6 18.dxc5 Qe8 19.Bd6 bxc5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qh4 g6 22.Nh3 Rfd8 23.Ng5 Qf8 24.Be4 Bxe4+ 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Rd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Walter Shawn Browne"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Nd7 12.Bg2 Nf6 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bb7 15.Rc1 O-O 16.c5 Qd7 17.O-O e5 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Qc2 exd4 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Bxc6 Qc8 22.Qe4 Bxc6 23.Qxc6 Qa6 24.a4 Qa5 25.Rd3 h6 26.Qe4 b5 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 bxa4 29.bxa4 Qxa4 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Qd3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "18"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.Na3 Nc6 8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O cxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Joshua Waitzkin"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 a6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.Ne4 Nd4 14.Nc3 c6 15.f3 Bh5 16.e3 Ne6 17.Qc2 g5 18.Rae1 Qd7 19.f4 exf4 20.exf4 f5 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.Kh1 Rae8 23.Qd2 Qg7 24.Ne2 Re7 25.a3 Qh6 26.Ng1 Rh7 27.Bf3 Bf7 28.Bd1 f4 29.Qg2 Kh8 30.Bg4 fxg3 31.Qxg3 Nf4 32.Bf5 Bg6 33.Bxg6 Qxg6 34.Ne2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Qb6 11.Bf2 Qc7 12.Ndb5 Qa5 13.a3 e5 14.Qe1 Bg4 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Be2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 a6 18.Nd6 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd6 20.Bg1 Be7 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Qa4 23.Bc5 Bg5+ 24.Kb1 Rfc8 25.h4 Bf6 26.g4 b6 27.Bd6 Ra7 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Rac7 30.Rc1 b5 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 b4 33.axb4 Qxb4 34.Rd5 Rb8 35.c3 Qb3 36.Rcd1 Rcc8 37.Qc2 Qc4 38.R1d4 Qf1+ 39.Rd1 Qf4 40.Rf5 Qg3 41.Rfd5 Rxc3 42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.Rh1+ Kg6 44.Qd1 Rc1+ 45.Kxc1 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bd2 e6 8.Qe2 Bb4 9.a3 Nbd7 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Bd2 c5 14.Rac1 Bg4 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qe5 Rfc8 17.Qxc7 Rxc7 18.Ne5 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Rac8 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Bd1 23.Be3 a6 24.b4 Be2 25.f3 Nd5 26.Bd2 Bb5 27.Ng4 Kf8 28.Ne3 Nf4 29.h4 f6 30.g3 Nd3 31.Bc3 e5 32.Kg2 Bc6 33.h5 Kf7 34.g4 Nf4+ 35.Kg3 Ne6 36.Nf1 Ng5 37.Nd2 Ke6 38.f4 Nf7 39.fxe5 Nxe5 40.Kf4 Bd5 41.Nf1 Bc4 42.Ne3 Bd3 43.Ng2 g5 44.hxg6 Bxg6 45.Ne3 Nd3+ 46.Kf3 Ne5+ 47.Kg3 Be4 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gregory Kaidanov"] [Black "Georgi Orlov"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "90"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 N7f6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Qh5 f5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Bd2 Bb6 18. Nf3 h6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Bc4 Qc7 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Qd3 Bc6 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Qxf5 Bxd4 25. Bxh6 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 exf5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxf5 gxh6 31. h3 Kf7 32. Rf3 Rc4 33. g4 Kg6 34. Rb3 b5 35. Rd3 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Rd6 a5 38. b3 Rb2 39. Ra6 Rxb3 40. Rxa5 Ne4 41. h4 Rb2 42. Kf3 Nxf2 43. h5+ Kg5 44. a4 Nxg4 45. axb5 Ne5+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Walter Shawn Browne"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 exf4 11.Bxf4 Bg6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.e6 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 fxe6 16.Bxg6+ hxg6 17.Bg5 N5f6 18.Qxe6 Qxb2 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Rab1 Qxc3 21.Rxb7 O-O-O 22.Rfb1 Rxh3+ 23.Qxh3 f5 24.Qh2 f4 25.Qxf4 Qa5 26.g3 g5 27.Qe4 Qc3 28.Rxa7 Bd6 29.Ra8+ Bb8 30.Qd3 Qf6 31.Kg2 g4 32.Qa6+ Kc7 33.Qb7+ Kd6 34.Qb4+ Kc7 35.Qb7+ Kd6 36.Qb4+ Kc7 37.Qxg4 Nb6 38.Ra6 Nd5 39.Re1 Qc3 40.Qe4 Kb7 41.Ra4 Rg8 42.Rb1+ Nb6 43.Qe7+ Bc7 44.Ra7+ Kxa7 45.Qxc7+ Ka8 46.Qxb6 Qxc2+ 47.Kh1 Qh7+ 48.Nh4 Qe4+ 49.Ng2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "27"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3 Qc7 13.Bf4 Bb4+ 14.Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "17"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 Nb6 9.Bf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 c5 8.e4 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc8 11.Be3 a6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.f4 h6 14.Bf2 Nbd7 15.b4 Bf8 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.a4 Rad8 18.a5 bxa5 19.Nxa5 Ba8 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.Na2 e5 22.f5 Nc5 23.bxc5 Qxa5 24.cxd6 Bxd6 25.c5 Bf8 26.Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Georgy Orlov"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "A54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e4 c5 7.Be3 g6 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Bg7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 O-O 12.O-O Nc5 13.Qa3 Ne6 14.Nd5 Qxc4 15.Nxe7+ Kh8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Be5 18.Rac1 Qa6 19.Qxa6 bxa6 20.Rc6 a5 21.Ra6 Rfc8 22.b3 Rc5 23.Be2 Rc2 24.Bc4 Rxa2 25.Nb6 Rd8 26.Rxa7 Bd4 27.Rb7 Nc5 28.Re7 Nxe4 29.Rxe4 Bxb6 30.Bxf7 d5 31.Re6 Bd4 32.Re7 Rb2 33.Be6 Re2 34.Rd7 Rxd7 35.Bxd7 Rd2 36.Be6 Bb6 37.g4 g5 38.Kh1 Bxf2 39.Bxd5 Kg7 40.Bc4 Rc2 41.Bd3 Rd2 42.Bc4 h6 43.Ra1 Bb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joshua Waitzkin"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne2 b5 12.Nf4 Rc8 13.Re1 e6 14.a3 a5 15.c3 b4 16.axb4 axb4 17.Nd3 Nd7 18.h4 bxc3 19.bxc3 Ne7 20.Bd2 h5 21.Qb3 Nf5 22.Ra7 Rc7 23.Ra3 Bh6 24.Bxh6 Nxh6 25.Kg2 Qf6 26.Rea1 Nf5 27.Qd1 Rfc8 28.Qd2 Nd6 29.Rb3 Qf5 30.Re1 Nc4 31.Qc2 Nf6 32.Rc1 Ng4 33.Qe2 Nf6 34.Nc5 Nd6 35.Re1 Ra7 36.Reb1 Kg7 37.Rb6 Nc4 38.Rb7 Rc7 39.Rxc7 Rxc7 40.Ra1 Nd6 41.Qb2 Nc4 42.Qb8 Re7 43.Ra2 Re8 44.Qc7 Ng4 45.Qb7 g5 46.hxg5 Qxg5 47.Re2 h4 48.Nxe6+ Rxe6 49.Rxe6 h3 50.Kf1 Nh2+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Gregory Kaidanov"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2585"] [PlyCount "45"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. h4 Bd7 11. Rh3 Rc8 12. a3 h6 13. h5 a6 14. Rg3 Bf8 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. b3 Bb5 17. Bb1 a5 18. a4 Ba6 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Ng1 Nf5 21. Bxf5 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 exf5 23. Nge2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 c6 12.Nd3 a5 13.Qb3 cxd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.Rfc1 Bd7 16.Qa3 a4 17.Nb4 Na6 18.Nxa6 Rxa6 19.Rc2 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Rc1 Qd8 22.Qc3 Bd7 23.Qc7 Qxc7 24.Rxc7 Kf8 25.Bf1 Ra8 26.f3 Rb8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5 9.Bf4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Nxc5 fxg3 12.hxg3 d6 13.Nd3 h5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qe1 Kf8 16.Qc3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Ne7 18.Rae1 Bf5 19.Nf4 Rc8 20.Qf3 g5 21.Ne2 Bg4 22.Qf6 Ng6 23.Qxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nd4 Kg7 25.Re3 h4 26.Be4 Ne5 27.Bf5 Bxf5 28.Nxf5+ Kg6 29.f4 Ng4 30.Ne7+ Kh5 31.Re4 hxg3 32.Nf5 Nf6 33.Re7 Nxd5 34.Rxb7 gxf4 35.c4 Rb8 36.Rxf7 Kg6 37.Nxd6 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Walter Shawn Browne"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.e3 d5 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qc7 12.Nc3 Rac8 13.Rac1 a6 14.d4 cxd4 15.exd4 Na5 16.d5 Qxc4 17.Rd3 exd5 18.Nxd5 Qxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 20.Ne1 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Bb4 22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Qxd1 Bxe1 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qxe1 Rc8 26.Qe2 Nc4 27.g4 Rc5 28.h4 h6 29.f4 h5 30.gxh5 Nxh5 31.f5 Nf6 32.Qe6+ Kf8 33.Kg2 Ne8 34.h5 Ncd6 35.h6 gxh6 36.Qxh6+ Ke7 37.Qe6+ Kd8 38.f6 Rc7 39.Qd5 a5 40.Qd4 Kc8 41.Qxb6 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nfd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Nc4 Nbd7 8.Bg5 g6 9.Qd4 Bg7 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Nxe5 Be6 15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Rc8 17.O-O-O Ke8 18.Rd4 b5 19.Na5 Nd7 20.Rd5 a6 21.Re1 f6 22.Bf4 Ne5 23.Bxe5 fxe5 24.Nb3 Rf8 25.f3 Rf4 26.Rc5 Rd8 27.c3 g5 28.Re4 Rxe4 29.fxe4 Rd3 30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Ra8 g4 33.Kc2 Rh6 34.h3 gxh3 35.gxh3 Rxh3 36.Rd8 h5 37.Rd3 Rh1 38.Rd1 Rh2+ 39.Rd2 Rh4 40.Re2 a5 41.c4 bxc4 42.Kc3 Rh1 43.Kxc4 h4 44.Kb5 h3 45.Kxa5 Rg1 46.Rh2 Rg3 47.a4 Bh6 48.Kb5 Be3 49.a5 Bg1 50.Rh1 h2 51.a6 Rg2 52.b4 Ra2 53.Kc6 Ra1 54.Kc7 e6 55.Kb8 Bxc5 56.Rxa1 Bg1 57.a7 h1=Q 58.a8=Q Kg6 59.Qc6 Qh8+ 60.Qc8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "142"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Bxe7 Qxe7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Qb3 O-O 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Ne4 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qc2 Rad8 16.Rfd1 h6 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Rd1 Bxf3 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.gxf3 Qg5+ 21.Kf1 Nd6 22.Bd3 c5 23.b4 b6 24.bxc5 Qxc5 25.Qxc5 bxc5 26.Ke2 g5 27.Bc2 Kg7 28.Kd2 Kf6 29.Kc3 Ke5 30.Bb3 f6 31.h3 f5 32.Ba4 Nc8 33.Bc6 Nb6 34.a3 Ke6 35.Kd3 Ke7 36.Bb5 Kd6 37.Be8 Kd5 38.Bf7+ Ke5 39.Be8 Nc8 40.Bd7 Nb6 41.Bc6 Kd6 42.Bb7 a5 43.Kc3 h5 44.Ba6 h4 45.Bd3 Ke5 46.Be2 Kf6 47.Kd3 Ke6 48.e4 Ke5 49.exf5 Kxf5 50.Kc3 Ke5 51.Ba6 Kd6 52.Bb7 Kc7 53.Be4 Nc8 54.Bc2 Nd6 55.Ba4 Kb6 56.Bd1 Nb5+ 57.Kb3 Kc6 58.f4 gxf4 59.Bh5 Nd6 60.Bf3+ Kb5 61.a4 Kb6 62.Bd5 c4 63.Bxc4 Kc5 64.Be6 Kd4 65.Kc2 Ne4 66.Kd1 f3 67.Ke1 Nc5 68.Bc8 Ke4 69.Kd2 Nxa4 70.Kc2 Nc5 71.Kc3 Kf4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Joshua Waitzkin"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bd2 e6 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qf3 Qf5 11.Qe2 Qxc2 12.Bd3 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.d5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Rxb7 Be7 17.Bb5+ Kf8 18.O-O Nc6 19.Rc1 Nd8 20.Rd7 Rh4 21.Bd3 Bf6 22.g3 Rd4 23.Rc3 Qxa2 24.Rcc7 Kg8 25.Kg2 a5 26.Qe3 a4 27.Bc3 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Qb3 30.Qc5 Qd3 31.Rc8 Qe4+ 32.f3 Qe2+ 33.Kh3 Rxc8 34.Qxc8 Kh7 35.Qxd8 Qf1+ 36.Kg4 Qc4+ 37.Kh3 Qf1+ 38.Kh4 Qxf3 39.g4 Qf2+ 40.Kh3 Qf3+ 41.Kh4 Qf2+ 42.Kh3 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Georgy Orlov"] [ECO "D67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 b6 13.O-O c5 14.e4 Rd8 15.e5 Ng4 16.h3 Nh6 17.d5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Rb8 19.e6 Bb7 20.Nf5 Qxe6 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.Bxe6+ Kf8 23.Nxh6 gxh6 24.Rfe1 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Nf6 26.b4 Rd6 27.bxc5 Rc6 28.cxb6 Rbxb6 29.Bb3 a6 30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Re5 Kg7 32.Kg2 Kg6 33.f4 Rc7 34.Kf3 Rc3+ 35.Re3 Rc5 36.Re5 Rc3+ 37.Re3 Rc5 38.Re6 a5 39.Re5 Rc3+ 40.Re3 Rc7 41.h4 Ra7 42.f5 Kg7 43.Kf4 a4 44.Be6 Ra5 45.Rc3 Nh5+ 46.Ke4 Ra7 47.Ke5 Ra5+ 48.Bd5 a3 49.Rc7+ Kf8 50.f6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "123"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxh8+ Kd7 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bxe7+ Kxe7 13.Nf3 Rb8 14.b3 a5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.f3 c5 17.Nc2 Ng5 18.Kd2 f5 19.Rab1 Nf7 20.Rhe1 Kf6 21.a3 Be6 22.Kc3 Ne5 23.h3 Kf7 24.Ne3 Nc6 25.Nf1 g5 26.e3 Rg8 27.Nd2 Kf6 28.Rg1 Bf7 29.Rbe1 Rb8 30.g4 Bg6 31.f4 gxf4 32.exf4 Nd4 33.g5+ Kf7 34.Re3 Kf8 35.Rge1 Bf7 36.Re7 Rc8 37.h4 Nc6 38.R7e3 Rb8 39.Rb1 Rb7 40.Nf3 Bh5 41.Ne1 Bf7 42.Nd3 Ra7 43.Rh1 Kg7 44.h5 Rb7 45.Rh2 Rb8 46.h6+ Kf8 47.Rb2 Ra8 48.b4 axb4 49.axb4 cxb4 50.Nxb4 Ne7 51.Nd3 Ng6 52.Re1 Be8 53.Reb1 Ke7 54.Rb8 Ra3+ 55.R1b3 Ra1 56.c5 Bf7 57.R3b7 Kd7 58.cxd6 Kxd6 59.Rd8+ Kc6 60.Rb2 Ra3+ 61.Kd4 Ra4+ 62.Rb4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "153"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.f3 d6 11.O-O Ne5 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Nd5 Ned7 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbc3 Bc6 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Bf1 Rb8 18.b4 Bh8 19.Qe2 Bg7 20.Rd2 Bh8 21.Qe1 Bg7 22.Qd1 Qc8 23.Ne2 Qd8 24.Nd4 Bb7 25.Nb3 Qc8 26.a4 Ba8 27.a5 bxa5 28.Nxa5 e6 29.Nxf6+ Nxf6 30.Rxd6 Bf8 31.b5 Bxd6 32.Qxd6 axb5 33.cxb5 Qd7 34.Qe5 Nh5 35.g4 f6 36.Qc7 Qxc7 37.Rxc7 Rec8 38.Rxc8+ Rxc8 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.b6 Rc3 41.Bd4 Rxf3 42.b7 Bxb7 43.Nxb7 Kg7 44.Nc5 e5 45.Bf2 Rc3 46.h4 Kg6 47.Bd3 Kf7 48.Kf1 Kg6 49.Ke2 Rc1 50.Nb3 Rc3 51.Nd2 Ra3 52.Nc4 Ra2+ 53.Kf3 Ra1 54.Ne3 Ra3 55.Bc4 Rc3 56.Be1 Ra3 57.Bb4 Ra7 58.Bd5 Ra4 59.Bf8 Ra1 60.Nf5 h6 61.Nxh6 Rf1+ 62.Kg2 Rb1 63.Bf7+ Kh7 64.Nf5 Re1 65.Ng3 Rc1 66.Bxh5 Rc3 67.Bg4 Kg8 68.Bb4 Rc2+ 69.Kh3 Rb2 70.Ba3 Rb6 71.Bf5 Kg7 72.Kg4 Rc6 73.h5 Rb6 74.h6+ Kf7 75.h7 Rb8 76.Nh5 Ra8 77.Bc1 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Georgy Orlov"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Na3 Nb6 8.Ne5 Bxa3 9.bxa3 Nfd7 10.Qc2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 O-O 12.a4 Qd7 13.a5 Qa4 14.Qxa4 Nxa4 15.Ba3 c5 16.Rfc1 c3 17.Rab1 a6 18.Be4 Bd7 19.Bxb7 Ra7 20.Be4 Bb5 21.Bc2 Rc7 22.Kf1 Rfc8 23.f4 f6 24.exf6 gxf6 25.Rd1 Kf7 26.Bc1 Ke7 27.Rb3 c4 28.Ra3 Nc5 29.Rxc3 Kf7 30.g4 Nd3 31.a4 Nxc1 32.Rxc1 Bd7 33.Bb3 Rb7 34.Bxc4 Rc6 35.f5 Ke7 36.Bxe6 Rxc3 37.Rxc3 Bxe6 38.Re3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "D07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "120"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.dxc6 Bxc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4 Bb4 8.f3 f5 9.exf5 exf5 10.Be2 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qe7 12.Qd3 Nf6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Qxf5 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 O-O 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Ra2 Ng4 18.O-O Ne3 19.Rf2 Bd5 20.Ra1 Nc4 21.a4 a5 22.Qd1 Qd7 23.Bf4 Qc6 24.Rb1 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 Bxf3 26.Rb5 b6 27.Qe1 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 Re8 29.Qf1 Nd6 30.Bxd6 Qxd6 31.Rf5 Qc6 32.Qf3 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Qxf3+ 34.Rxf3 Ra1 35.Ke3 Rxa4 36.Rf5 Ra2 37.Rd5 Rxh2 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Rd7+ Kf6 40.Rxc7 Rb2 41.Ke4 h5 42.Rc6+ Kg5 43.d5 a4 44.Rc7 g6 45.Ra7 Rg2 46.d6 Kf6 47.Kd5 Rxg3 48.Rxa4 g5 49.Rc4 b5 50.Rc5 Rd3+ 51.Ke4 Rxd6 52.Rf5+ Kg6 53.Rxb5 Re6+ 54.Kd5 Re1 55.Rb8 h4 56.Rh8 Kf5 57.c4 Rd1+ 58.Kc6 Kf4 59.c5 Kg3 60.Ra8 h3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joshua Waitzkin"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Bd6 6.Be3 c4 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Ne7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nbc6 11.Qd2 Ng6 12.c4 a5 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.cxd5 Bf5 15.Bc4 h6 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Bb8 18.h3 Qd6 19.Nb5 Qd8 20.d6 Bxd6 21.d5 Be4 22.Bb6 Qxb6 23.Rxe4 Rc5 24.Nc3 Qd8 25.Rce1 Qd7 26.Nd4 Rcc8 27.Ndb5 Rc5 28.h4 Rd8 29.h5 Nf8 30.Qe2 Qf5 31.Nxd6 Rxd6 32.Re8 Rc8 33.Re5 Qf4 34.g3 Qf6 35.Nb5 Rd7 36.d6 Nc6 37.Re4 Rcd8 38.Rf4 Qg5 39.Nc3 Qc5 40.Ne4 Qb4 41.Qe3 Kh8 42.Bxf7 Qb5 43.Bc4 Qe5 44.Nc5 Qxd6 45.Nxd7 Qxd7 46.Re4 Nd4 47.Rxd4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "120"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 Qb6 5.c3 e6 6.Nd2 h5 7.Nb3 Nd7 8.Be2 g6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bf4 Bh6 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Ne7 13.O-O Nf5 14.g3 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nd4 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Ne4 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.Bf4 O-O-O 20.Kh2 Kb8 21.f3 Nc5 22.Rfd1 Na4 23.Rd2 Rc8 24.Be3 Qa6 25.Qf2 b6 26.Rad1 Rhg8 27.Rd4 Nc5 28.b3 Nb7 29.Qd2 Na5 30.Bf4 Rc7 31.Rd3 Rgc8 32.Rc1 Nc6 33.Kh3 Ne7 34.Bg5 Nc6 35.Re1 Qa5 36.Bf6 d4 37.c4 Qa3 38.Re2 Rd7 39.Qf4 Qc5 40.g4 Nb4 41.Rdd2 d3 42.Rg2 Rd4 43.Qe3 Rg8 44.Be7 hxg4 45.fxg4 fxg4 46.Kg3 Qxe7 47.Qxd4 Rd8 48.Qxg4 Nc6 49.Qg5 Qc7 50.Kh3 Nxe5 51.Rg3 Ng6 52.Rf2 d2 53.Rxd2 Nf4+ 54.Qxf4 Qxf4 55.Rxd8+ Kc7 56.Rdg8 Qf1+ 57.Kh2 f5 58.Rh3 f4 59.h5 f3 60.Rg1 Qe2+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Walter Browne"] [Black "Alexander Ivanov"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "122"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Ne5 Nce4 16. e3 Qe7 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Qb4 Nfe4 20. f3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 f6 22. Ng4 Rd6 23. f5 Rad8 24. Qd4 Ba6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rc2 Bc4 27. Re1 b5 28. f4 a5 29. Rd2 axb4 30. axb4 R6d7 31. Rb1 Rd6 32. Kf2 Qc7 33. Bf3 Qb6 34. Qxb6 Nxb6 35. Ra1 Na4 36. h3 h5 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Bxh5 Kf8 39. Bd1 d4 40. exd4 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Bxa4 bxa4 43. Rxa4 Rxf4+ 44. Kg3 Rxf5 45. Ra5 Bb5 46. Ra7 Rd5 47. h4 Bd7 48. Rc7 Ke7 49. Rc4 Kf7 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Ke3 Re5+ 52. Kf4 Re1 53. Rd4 Be6 54. b5 Rf1+ 55. Kg3 Rb1 56. h5+ Kf7 57. Ra4 Rxb5 58. Ra6 Kf8 59. h6 Rh5 60. h7 Bf7 61. Kg4 Rxh7 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Georgy Orlov"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "145"] 1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Bf4 Qd8 9.b4 Ngf6 10.h3 Be7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Be2 g5 13.Bh2 h5 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Nf8 16.Qd1 Bg6 17.Qb3 a6 18.a4 Nd7 19.O-O g4 20.b5 Ra7 21.b6 Ra8 22.Bc7 Qc8 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.Bxg4 Nf6 25.Be2 Kd7 26.f3 Rh4 27.Kf2 Qh8 28.Ke1 Qh6 29.Nd1 Rh1 30.Nf2 Rxf1+ 31.Bxf1 Qh4 32.g4 Nh7 33.Ke2 f5 34.Bg2 Qf6 35.Nd3 Rg8 36.Ne5+ Ke8 37.Rh1 fxg4 38.Nxg4 Qf8 39.Bf4 Bf5 40.Bh6 Qf7 41.Bh3 Nf6 42.Nf2 Nh5 43.Bf4 Ng3+ 44.Bxg3 Rxg3 45.Bxf5 Qxf5 46.f4 Rg2 47.Kf1 Qg6 48.e4 Rg3 49.f5 exf5 50.exf5 Qg5 51.Qd1 Kd7 52.Qe2 Qc1+ 53.Qe1 Qc4+ 54.Qe2 Rg5 55.Qxc4 dxc4 56.Ke2 Rxf5 57.Ng4 Rf4 58.Ne5+ Ke6 59.Rh6+ Kd5 60.Rh7 Re4+ 61.Kf3 Kxd4 62.Nxc4 Rh4 63.Rxe7 Kxc4 64.Rxb7 Kxc5 65.a5 Ra4 66.Re7 Kd6 67.Re8 Rb4 68.Rd8+ Kc5 69.Ke3 Rb5 70.Ra8 Kb4 71.Rxa6 Ka4 72.Kd4 Rb1 73.Ra8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nfd2 Nxe4 6.cxd6 Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Qe5+ 9.Be2 Bg4 10.f3 O-O-O 11.O-O Nb5 12.Bd3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Qf6 15.Be3 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Qxc3 17.Bxa7 Qxd3 18.Qc1 e6 19.Re4 Qa6 20.Bf2 Rd5 21.Bg3 g5 22.Qc3 Rg8 23.Rae1 Bg7 24.Qc2 Rgd8 25.h3 Qd3 26.Qf2 Qb5 27.f4 Bc3 28.R1e2 Rf5 29.Qe3 Rd3 30.Qf2 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Qd3 32.Qf3 Qb1 33.Bf2 gxf4 34.Rxf4 Be5 35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Qc3+ Nc6 37.Rxf5 Rh1+ 38.Kg3 Qxf5 39.Qh8+ Kd7 40.Nc5+ Ke7 41.Qc8 Qe5+ 42.Kf3 Qf5+ 43.Kg3 Qe5+ 44.Kf3 Qd5+ 45.Kg3 Qg5+ 46.Kf3 Ne5+ 47.Ke2 Qxg2 48.Qc7+ Kf6 49.Qd8+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "D28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nc3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Rfd1 Rb8 15.Qc2 Qe5 16.Be4 g6 17.Bc6+ Kf8 18.Rd2 Kg7 19.Rad1 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.g3 Rc8 22.Qe4 Qxe4 23.Nxe4 Rc6 24.h4 h6 25.Nd6 Rb8 26.Ne4 Rc7 27.Kg2 Rb6 28.Kf3 Rbc6 29.Nd6 Kf8 30.Ne4 Ke8 31.Nd6+ Kf8 32.Ne4 Rc2 33.Rxc2 Rxc2 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Nxd2 Bf6 36.b3 Bd4 37.Ke2 Ke7 38.f3 h5 39.Kd3 Bf2 40.Ne4 Bb6 41.a4 bxa4 42.bxa4 f5 43.Nd2 Bf2 44.Nf1 f4 45.gxf4 Bxh4 46.Nd2 Kd7 47.Ne4 Be7 48.Nf2 Kc6 49.Kc4 Bd6 50.Nh3 h4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.N2f3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 10.c4 Nb4 11.Be4 Qe7 12.a3 N4c6 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Qc2 g6 15.Be3 Rd8 16.Rad1 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 a5 18.c5 a4 19.Rd6 Bd7 20.h4 Na5 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Bc6 23.Bxc6 Nxc6 24.Qd2 e5 25.Nh2 Nd4 26.Ng4 Rd8 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.Qe3 Nf5 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Qxe5 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qd4 32.Nh5+ Kf8 33.Qb8+ Ke7 34.Qxb7+ Kd8 35.Qb8+ Ke7 36.Nf6 Qh4+ 37.Kg1 Qxg5 38.Qe5+ Kd8 39.Qe8+ Kc7 40.Nd5+ Kb7 41.Qd7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "92"] 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.c3 e6 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Qc2 d5 9.b3 Ne4 10.Ba3 Rf7 11.Rad1 a5 12.Bc1 Qe7 13.a4 Bd7 14.Bb2 Raf8 15.Qc1 Re8 16.c4 Bh6 17.e3 Bg7 18.Ne1 Bc8 19.Nd3 Nb4 20.Nxb4 axb4 21.f3 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 e5 23.cxd5 exd4 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Qxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Rxe3 27.Rxb4 f4 28.Rxf4 Rxf4 29.gxf4 Bd7 30.Rc1 c6 31.dxc6 Bxc6 32.Bf1 Rxf3 33.Rc4 Kf8 34.Rb4 Rc3 35.a5 Rc5 36.a6 bxa6 37.Bxa6 Rc2 38.Rc4 Rg2+ 39.Kf1 Bf3 40.Rc3 Ra2 41.Rxf3 Rxa6 42.Kg2 Rb6 43.Kf2 Ke7 44.Ke2 Kd6 45.Kd2 Kc5 46.Kc3 Rf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Joshua Waitzkin"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.e3 b5 13.Be2 e6 14.Kd2 Bd6 15.b3 Na5 16.b4 Nc6 17.a4 Rxa4 18.Rxa4 bxa4 19.Bxc4 Na7 20.Bg3 Bxg3 21.hxg3 b5 22.Be2 Kd7 23.g4 Kc6 24.Rh5 f6 25.Rc5+ Kb6 26.Kc2 Rc8 27.g5 Rxc5 28.dxc5+ Kc6 29.gxf6 gxf6 30.c4 bxc4 31.Bxc4 e5 32.Kb2 Nc8 33.Ka3 Ne7 34.Be6 f5 35.Kxa4 f4 36.Kb3 Ng6 37.Bf5 Kd5 38.Bxg6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Walter Shawn Browne"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb3 b5 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.a3 Rd8 14.Bg5 O-O 15.Rad1 Nh5 16.Qh4 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Nf6 18.Rd3 h6 19.Qh4 Qc5 20.Qf4 Rd7 21.Red1 Rfd8 22.Qe3 Kf8 23.f3 Qxe3+ 24.Rxe3 Rc8 25.Red3 Ke7 26.Rd4 Rc5 27.a4 e5 28.Rb4 Bc6 29.axb5 axb5 30.Ra1 Rb7 31.Ra6 Bd7 32.Kf2 g5 33.Nd1 d5 34.exd5 Nxd5 35.Re4 Nf6 36.Re2 Rbc7 37.c3 R7c6 38.Ra7 Rd6 39.Ne3 Kf8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "132"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.Bd4 Qc7 13.O-O Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qe2 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 e5 17.Kxh2 exd4 18.f4 dxc3 19.Qf2 Bd7 20.Qd4 Rac8 21.Qxc3 Qxc5 22.Qb2 Bc6 23.f5 Rce8 24.Qf6 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.f6 Re6 27.a5 Rd8 28.Rae1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rd6 30.Rf1 Kf8 31.g4 h6 32.h4 Re6 33.Kg3 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rf5 Ke8 36.Rxg5 Rxf6 37.Re5+ Kd7 38.g5 Kd6 39.Re1 Re6 40.Rf1 Re3+ 41.Kf4 d4 42.Kf5 Ke7 43.Rb1 Rf3+ 44.Ke5 Rg3 45.Kf4 Rh3 46.Kf5 Rh4 47.Re1+ Kd6 48.Kf6 Rf4+ 49.Kg7 Rg4 50.Kf6 Rf4+ 51.Kg7 Rf2 52.Bh7 Rg2 53.Kf6 Rf2+ 54.Kg7 Ba4 55.Rc1 Rg2 56.Kf6 Rf2+ 57.Kg7 Ke5 58.c3 dxc3 59.Rxc3 Bc6 60.Rc5+ Ke6 61.Rc2 Rxc2 62.Bxc2 Bd5 63.Bh7 Ke7 64.Bg8 Be6 65.Bh7 Bd5 66.Bg8 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "123"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.Bd3 d4 10.Ne2 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.b4 O-O 13.O-O Bd7 14.f4 Rac8 15.Ng3 e5 16.f5 Ne7 17.a4 Kh8 18.Kh1 a6 19.Nh5 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 f6 21.Rf3 Ng8 22.Rh3 h6 23.Rg3 Be8 24.Qe2 Rf7 25.h3 Rfc7 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Qd6 28.Qg4 Qe7 29.Kh2 Qf7 30.Bb4 Qh5 31.Ra7 Qxg4 32.hxg4 b6 33.Ra4 Rb7 34.Rf3 h5 35.gxh5 Nh6 36.Kg3 Bxh5 37.Rf1 Be8 38.Rfa1 Kh7 39.Ra7 Rcc7 40.Ra8 Bd7 41.Rf8 Rc8 42.Rxc8 Bxc8 43.Ra8 Rc7 44.Bd6 Bb7 45.Bxc7 Bxa8 46.Kf2 Nf7 47.c3 dxc3 48.Ke3 Kh6 49.Bxb6 Nd6 50.Ba5 c2 51.Bd2 Kh5 52.Bc1 Kg4 53.b6 Kg3 54.Bxc2 Nc4+ 55.Ke2 Nxb6 56.Ba3 Nd7 57.Ke3 Bc6 58.Bd3 Kxg2 59.Bc4 Kg3 60.Be6 Kg4 61.Bxd7 Bxd7 62.Bf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "168"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.g3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 Nxc3 9.Rxc3 d6 10.Bg2 e5 11.O-O e4 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nb3 c6 14.f3 exf3 15.Rcxf3 Re8 16.R1f2 Na6 17.Qf1 Be6 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nd4 Nc5 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Rxf5 Ne4 22.cxd5 Qc8 23.Bxe4 Rxe4 24.h4 h6 25.Kh2 Re7 26.R5f4 Qe8 27.Qd1 Qg6 28.Qd4 a6 29.Rg4 Qh5 30.Re4 Rxe4 31.Qxe4 Re8 32.Qd3 Qe5 33.b3 b5 34.a4 bxa4 35.bxa4 Qe4 36.Qxa6 Qxd5 37.Qd3 Qe4 38.Qb3+ d5 39.a5 Qd4 40.Kg2 Ra8 41.Qa3 Qe4+ 42.Kh2 Ra6 43.e3 Kh7 44.Qc5 Qc4 45.Rc2 Qd3 46.Rb2 Ra8 47.Ra2 Qc4 48.Qxc4 dxc4 49.g4 c3 50.Kg3 Kg6 51.Kf4 Kf6 52.Ke4 c2 53.Rxc2 Rxa5 54.Rc6+ Kf7 55.h5 Ra1 56.Ke5 Rg1 57.Rc4 Kg8 58.Rc8+ Kf7 59.Rc7+ Kg8 60.Rc4 Kf7 61.Rf4+ Ke7 62.e4 Ra1 63.Kf5 Kf7 64.e5 Re1 65.Rf2 Re3 66.Ra2 Rf3+ 67.Ke4+ Rf1 68.Ra7+ Kf8 69.Kd5 Rb1 70.Ke6 Rb6+ 71.Kf5 Rb4 72.Rd7 Ra4 73.Ke6 Ra6+ 74.Rd6 Ra8 75.Rc6 Ke8 76.Kf5 Ra4 77.Rc5 Kf8 78.Rd5 Rb4 79.e6 Ra4 80.g5 hxg5 81.Rd8+ Ke7 82.Rd7+ Kf8 83.Rf7+ Ke8 84.Rxg7 Kf8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.h4 h5 9.g5 Nfd7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 g6 12.e4 c6 13.exd5 exd5 14.O-O-O Bb4 15.Re1+ Kf8 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Na6 18.Rh2 Kg8 19.Rhe2 Nc7 20.Qd3 Kg7 21.Nh3 a5 22.Re7 a4 23.Bxc7 Qxc7 24.R1e6 Kg8 25.Rxf7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joshua Waitzkin"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 e6 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Nf1 Rc8 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.d4 Ng6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 d5 16.e5 Ne4 17.Be3 f5 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Nd2 Nf4 21.Qg4 Rcf8 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Qxf4 Rxf4 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Re2 cxd4 26.cxd4 Rd8 27.d5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Rxd5 29.Nxe4 Rd7 30.f3 Rf5 31.Rc2 Rfd5 32.Kf2 Kg8 33.Ke2 Kf7 34.Rc6 Ra5 35.Rc2 Bf6 36.h3 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Be5 39.Nd2 Re7 40.Ne4 Rd7 41.f4 Bxf4 42.Rf1 g5 43.Nxg5+ Kg6 44.Ne4 Rc7 45.Rxc7 Bxc7 46.a3 Be5 47.Rb1 Ra4 48.Kd3 Rd4+ 49.Ke3 Ra4 50.Kf3 Bd4 51.Kf4 a5 52.Kf3 b5 53.Nd2 Be5 54.Ne4 Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Georgi Orlov"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Rhg1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. g4 Nd5 20. g5 h5 21. Ne5 Nf4 22. Qe3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Bd5 26. b3 Qc5 27. Bd4 Qd6 28. Be5 Qc5 29. Bd4 Qd6 30. Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Walter Browne"] [Black "Gregory Kaidanov"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2585"] [PlyCount "62"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Qb1 Rfd8 14. Qa1 Bf8 15. h3 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Qb7 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxc4 e5 25. Qc1 Qd5 26. Kh2 Qd2 27. Rc2 Qxc1 28. Bxc1 Bc5 29. Kg3 Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. e4 Rd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d4 Nd7 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Rfe1 Bf5 11.c5 Qxb3 12.axb3 h6 13.b4 a6 14.Na2 a5 15.Bc7 axb4 16.Nxb4 Rfc8 17.Bf4 Ne4 18.Nd3 g5 19.Be3 Bf6 20.Rec1 Kg7 21.Nfe1 Bd8 22.f3 Nef6 23.Bf2 Bg6 24.g4 Ne8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.e4 a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Qb3 Nd7 12.Rd1 Rb8 13.Na3 O-O 14.f3 Re8 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.Qd2 Ba8 18.Bf2 Ncb8 19.Bf1 Qc7 20.Nc2 Ne5 21.Ne3 Nbd7 22.Ne2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Joshua Waitzkin"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.d3 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qe1 Qc7 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Qh4 O-O-O 12.Ne5 Rhf8 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.e5 Ne8 15.Be3 h5 16.Rae1 f6 17.f5 Qxe5 18.fxg6 Qc7 19.Qxh5 Rh8 20.Qg4+ Kb7 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.Qe6 Qxe6 23.Rxe6 Rd7 24.Ne2 Bf8 25.Ng3 Rg8 26.Nf5 Rxg6 27.Rfe1 Nc7 28.Nxe7 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Nxe6 30.Rxe6 Bxe7 31.h4 Bf8 32.h5 Bg7 33.h6 Bh8 34.Bd6 f5 35.c3 Kc8 36.Kf3 Rh7 37.Kf4 Kd7 38.Rg6 Rf7 39.Be5 Bxe5+ 40.Kxe5 f4 41.Rg7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O a6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Rae1 Nb4 14.Qg3 g6 15.a3 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Rc8 17.Nd2 Nh5 18.Qh3 f5 19.d4 O-O 20.d5 Qd7 21.dxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Georgy Orlov"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "154"] 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.d4 Qe8 8.O-O Ne4 9.Nfd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Nc6 11.d5 exd5 12.cxd5 Ne5 13.Rc1 Bd8 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Rxc4 Bd7 16.Qd2 a5 17.a3 a4 18.b4 Bb5 19.Rc2 Qg6 20.Rfc1 Rf7 21.Rc3 h5 22.Re3 Bd7 23.Re6 Bxe6 24.dxe6 Re7 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Bd5 Kh7 27.Bd4 Rxe6 28.Bxe6 Qxe6 29.Qc2 c5 30.bxc5 dxc5 31.Qxc5 Be7 32.Qa7 Rb3 33.e3 h4 34.Qxa4 Rxa3 35.Qd1 hxg3 36.hxg3 Ra8 37.Rc7 Kg8 38.Qc2 Rf8 39.Rc6 Qd5 40.Rg6 Rf7 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Rb6 Bd8 43.Rc6 Qd7 44.Qxd7 Rxd7 45.Kg2 Kg8 46.Kf3 Kf7 47.Kf4 Rd5 48.Ra6 Bf6 49.Ra4 Ke6 50.g4 fxg4 51.Kxg4 Bxd4 52.exd4 Rd8 53.Kf4 Kd5 54.Ke3 Re8+ 55.Kd3 Rf8 56.Ra5+ Kd6 57.Ke3 Re8+ 58.Kf4 Rf8+ 59.Kg3 Ke6 60.Re5+ Kf6 61.Kf4 Ra8 62.Rc5 Ra2 63.Rc6+ Kf7 64.Ke3 Ra3+ 65.Ke4 Ra2 66.f4 Re2+ 67.Kf5 Rd2 68.Rc7+ Ke8 69.Rc4 Kd7 70.Ra4 Rg2 71.Ra6 Rd2 72.Ra7+ Ke8 73.Ke6 Re2+ 74.Kd6+ Re4 75.d5 Rxf4 76.Rxg7 Rf6+ 77.Kc7 Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Walter Shawn Browne"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "20"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.11.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 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.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Bd3 Ba6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a4 18.Nbd2 Bc8 19.Nf1 Nc5 20.Be3 Nba6 21.Ng3 g6 22.Bh6 Re8 23.h3 Bf8 24.Bg5 Be7 25.Bd2 Bd7 26.Bc2 b4 27.Nf1 Bb5 28.Be3 Rb8 29.b3 a3 30.Qd2 h5 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Bd7 33.N3h2 Kh7 34.Ng3 Bf6 35.Bd1 Rh8 36.g5 Bg7 37.Bg4 Kg8 38.f3 Bb5 39.Rec1 Nd3 40.Rc2 Nf4 41.Kh1 Qxg5 42.Rg1 Qf6 43.Rgc1 Qh4 44.Rc8+ Bf8 45.Rxb8 Nxb8 46.Nf1 Na6 47.Bxf4 exf4 48.Qxf4 Qf2 49.Qg3 Qb2 50.Qf4 Nc5 51.Qd2 Bh6 52.Qxb4 Bxc1 53.Qxb5 Bf4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.a3 Nf6 10.Kh1 h5 11.f4 Ng4 12.Bg1 g5 13.Be2 gxf4 14.Bxg4 hxg4 15.Qxg4 O-O-O 16.Nxc6 dxc6 17.Rad1 Bd6 18.Bd4 Rdg8 19.Qf3 Rh6 20.b4 Rg3 21.Qe2 e5 22.Ba7 Rxc3 23.Qg4+ Re6 24.Rd2 Qe7 25.Rfd1 Kc7 26.Bc5 Bxc5 27.Rd7+ Qxd7 28.Rxd7+ Kxd7 29.bxc5 Rxc5 30.h4 Rc3 31.Qg7 Ke7 32.Qg5+ Kd7 33.Qg7 c5 34.Qxf7+ Re7 35.Qf5+ Kc7 36.h5 Re3 37.Qf6 Kd7 38.Qf5+ Ke8 39.Qg6+ Kd8 40.Qd6+ Ke8 41.Qg6+ Kd7 42.Qf5+ Kc7 43.Qf6 Rd7 44.Qxe5+ Kb6 45.Qxf4 Rxe4 46.Qf6+ Bc6 47.h6 Re2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.f3 Qa5 13.b4 Qxb4 14.Rab1 Qa5 15.Rxb7 Rfb8 16.Rfb1 Rxb7 17.Rxb7 Nd7 18.Nd5 Qxd2 19.Bxd2 Kf8 20.Bg5 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Bd4+ 22.Kf1 f6 23.Bd2 Nc5 24.Rb4 Ba1 25.Be3 g5 26.g3 Rc8 27.Rb1 Bc3 28.Rc1 Bb2 29.Rc2 Rb8 30.Bxc5 dxc5 31.Bxa6 Bd4 32.Ke2 Rb1 33.Bc8 h5 34.f4 Ke8 35.Bf5 Kd8 36.Bg6 Rh1 37.Kd3 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.Bf5 Rf1 40.Rg2 Rg1 41.Rxg1 Bxg1 42.h3 c4 43.Kxc4 Bh2 44.a4 Bxf4 45.a5 Kc7 46.a6 Kb6 47.Bc8 Be5 48.Kd3 Bd6 49.Ke3 Ka7 50.Kf3 Kb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.d3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 e4 9.Nd4 h6 10.dxe4 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Ba3 Ne6 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.Nxe6 Rxe6 15.c5 Rb8 16.Bd5 Ra6 17.Bb4 b5 18.Qe4 Nc4 19.Rd3 Rf6 20.a4 a5 21.axb5 Nb2 22.Bxa5 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 d6 24.c4 Bf5 25.Qd4 Qe7 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Re1 Rg6 28.Bc3 h5 29.e4 Bh3 30.Ra1 Qg5 31.b6 Be6 32.Bc6 Qc5 33.Qxc5 dxc5 34.b7 Bxc4 35.Ra8 Rxc6 36.Rxb8+ Kh7 37.Rc8 Rd6 38.b8=Q Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Bf1+ 40.Kf3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "120"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Nd7 14.g5 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 b6 16.Bg2 Bb7 17.f5 Ne5 18.Rad1 Bc6 19.f6 Bf8 20.fxg7 Bxg7 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Rbc8 23.Rb1 Nc4 24.Rd3 Red8 25.Bf4 Rxd3 26.cxd3 Nxb2 27.Rxb2 Bxc3 28.Rxb6 a5 29.Bd6 Bxa4 30.h4 Bc2 31.Bf1 Bd4 32.Ra6 a4 33.e5 Kg7 34.Bg2 h6 35.Be4 hxg5 36.hxg5 Rh8+ 37.Kg2 Rh5 38.Be7 Bxe5 39.Rc6 Bb3 40.Rc5 Bd4 41.Rc8 f5 42.gxf6 Bxf6 43.Bxf6+ Kxf6 44.Ra8 Rc5 45.Kf3 Rc1 46.Ke3 e5 47.Ra6+ Ke7 48.Kd2 Rc2+ 49.Ke3 Ra2 50.Ra5 a3 51.Rxe5+ Kd6 52.Kd4 Re2 53.Ra5 a2 54.Ra6+ Kc7 55.Bd5 Bxd5 56.Kxd5 Rc2 57.d4 Kb7 58.Ra4 Kb6 59.Ra8 Kb5 60.Kd6 Rc6+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joshua Waitzkin"] [Black "Georgy Orlov"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 N7f6 11.O-O h6 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Ne5 Bc6 15.Qh5 Rf8 16.Be3 Bc7 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rac1 Qd6 19.Rc2 Rb8 20.g3 Rb3 21.Qe2 Kd7 22.Rfc1 Rfb8 23.Bc4 R3b6 24.b4 Bd8 25.Bb3 Bf6 26.Rc5 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Ke7 28.Qc4 Kf8 29.Kf2 g6 30.Ba4 h5 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Qxc6 Qxc6 33.Rxc6 Bd8 34.h3 Bb6 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Ke7 37.Bb3 Rh8 38.Kg2 Kd7 39.Ba4 Ke7 40.Bd1 Kd7 41.Ba4 Ke7 42.Rc1 Kd8 43.Bd1 Bc7 44.Kf3 Rh1 45.Ke2 Rh2+ 46.Kd3 Rh3 47.Kd2 f5 48.Rc6 Rh2+ 49.Kd3 Rh1 50.Bb3 fxg4 51.Rxe6 Rh6 52.Re4 g3 53.Rg4 Ke7 54.e4 Rh3 55.e5 g2 56.Kc4 Bxe5 57.Rxg2 Bxd4 58.Rxg6 Bb2 59.b5 Bxa3 60.Rg7+ Kd6 61.Bd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Walter Shawn Browne"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Be7 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Rc1 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rc2 Rc8 14.Qa1 Nxd2 15.Nxd2 Bf6 16.Rfc1 Qe7 17.Bf5 cxd4 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.exd4 Ba6 22.Qc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Ivanov"] [Black "Gregory Kaidanov"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2585"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Bc4 Qxb2 8. Bb3 Qa3 9. Ne5 e6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 b6 14. Bf4 Qb7 15. a5 b5 16. a6 Qd7 17. Nxb5 Nd5 18. Bxb8 cxb5 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Bc7 Be6 22. Ba5 Qc8 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. c3 Re8 25. Bb4 f6 26. Nd3 Qc4 27. Nc5 Bf5 28. Qa3 Bf8 29. Rfe1 Rbc8 30. h3 h5 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Nb7 Bxb4 33. Qxb4 Qxb4 34. cxb4 Bd3 35. Na5 Rc8 36. Nb3 Rc4 37. Na5 Bf5 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Nb7 h4 40. Nd6+ Kg6 41. Re7 Rxd4 42. Rxa7 Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "128"] 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Ne7 7.d3 c6 8.e4 O-O 9.Qd2 e5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc3 d4 12.Ne2 f6 13.Nh4 a5 14.f4 Bb4 15.Qd1 g5 16.fxg5 fxg5 17.Nf5 Nxf5 18.exf5 g4 19.h4 Nf6 20.a3 Bc5 21.Qd2 Bf7 22.Kh2 Bd5 23.Qg5+ Kf7 24.Bxd5+ Qxd5 25.Rae1 Rg8 26.Qh6 Bf8 27.Qd2 c5 28.c4 Qd6 29.Bc1 b6 30.Ng1 Re8 31.Qg2 h6 32.Rf2 Bg7 33.Rfe2 Re7 34.Bd2 Rge8 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Qd7 37.Rf1 e4 38.dxe4 d3 39.Ree1 Rxe4 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Rb1 R8e7 42.Bc3 Rxc4 43.Qb2 Rce4 44.Rf2 Qd5 45.Ra1 Qd6 46.Ra8 c4 47.Rg2 Re3 48.Qb5 Qd5 49.Qa6 Re8 50.Ra7+ R3e7 51.Rb2 Rxa7 52.Qxa7+ Re7 53.Qa6 Qxf5 54.Qxc4+ Qd5 55.Qf4 Qe4 56.Qf1 Kg6 57.Rb6 Qf5 58.Qg2 Re6 59.Rb7 Bf8 60.Rb8 Bd6 61.Rb2 Nh5 62.Qa8 Nxg3 63.Qg8+ Kh5 64.Rb5 Ne2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Georgy Orlov"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nc2 d5 8.Nba3 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne3 Be6 12.Qd3 Rfd8 13.h3 Rac8 14.Kh2 a6 15.f4 Nb4 16.Qb3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 d4 18.Qf2 Nc2 19.Nxc2 Rxc2 20.Rd1 Bc4 21.Bf3 Re8 22.Re1 Bxe2 23.b3 Qb5 24.Bb2 Ne4 25.Qxd4 Bxf3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Walter Shawn Browne"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "14"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nc6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "19"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Be7 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 exd5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Nc4 Qd7 9.a4 c5 10.b3 Ne7 11.Ba3 Nc6 12.d3 Be7 13.Ne3 O-O-O 14.a5 g5 15.Nd2 Nd4 16.Qd1 h5 17.Ndc4 g4 18.Rb1 h4 19.b4 Nb5 20.bxc5 Nxa3 21.Nxa3 Bxc5 22.Nac4 Bxc4 23.Nxc4 g3 24.Qf3 Bxf2+ 25.Kh1 b5 26.Rxf2 gxf2 27.g3 Qd4 28.Rf1 Rhf8 29.Qf5+ Kb8 30.Rxf2 Qa1+ 31.Rf1 Qc3 32.Ne3 Qd2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nd4 Rc8 12.f4 Qc7 13.h4 Rfd8 14.Kb1 h6 15.f5 e5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.g4 Be7 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Bxg5 21.f6 Bxf6 22.Qf3 Qd7 23.Ne2 Qe6 24.Rdf1 Bg5 25.Qh5 f6 26.Ng3 Qe8 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Nh5 Qg8 29.Qf5 Ke7 30.Nxg7 d5 31.Rh7 Kd6 32.Qh3 c5 33.Nf5+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Patrick Wolff"] [Black "Joshua Waitzkin"] [ECO "B57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "155"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Be2 Be7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f4 Ng6 12.Bd3 a6 13.a4 b6 14.O-O O-O 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Rae1 Bb7 17.Qf2 Ng4 18.Bxb6 Qxc3 19.bxc3 Nxf2 20.Rxf2 Rab8 21.Be3 Rec8 22.Bd2 Bd8 23.a5 Bf6 24.c4 Rc7 25.g3 Rbc8 26.Bb4 Be7 27.Rd2 Rd7 28.Bf1 Rcd8 29.Bg2 Rc7 30.c5 dxc5 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Bxc5 Rd7 33.Bf1 Ne7 34.c4 Nc6 35.Bb6 Be7 36.e5 Bb4 37.Rb1 f6 38.Bh3 Kf7 39.f5 exf5 40.Bxf5 Re7 41.e6 Ke8 42.Nc5 Bc8 43.Be4 Bxc5+ 44.Bxc5 Rxe6 45.Bd5 Kd7 46.Rd1 Ke8 47.Bxe6 Bxe6 48.Rd6 Bd7 49.Bb6 Ke7 50.Bc7 Be8 51.Rd2 Bd7 52.Kf2 Be6 53.Rd6 Bd7 54.Ke3 Be8 55.Rd2 Bf7 56.c5 Be6 57.Rb2 Bc8 58.Bd6+ Kd7 59.Ke4 Nxa5 60.Kd5 Nc6 61.Bf8 g6 62.Rb6 f5 63.Bh6 a5 64.Kc4 a4 65.Kb5 Nd4+ 66.Kxa4 Ne6 67.Rd6+ Ke7 68.Be3 g5 69.Kb5 Bd7+ 70.Kb6 h6 71.Rd1 Nd8 72.Re1 Ne6 73.c6 Bc8 74.Bc5+ Kf6 75.Ra1 f4 76.Ra8 fxg3 77.hxg3 Nxc5 78.Rxc8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Patrick Wolff"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.f4 Rac8 13.Nb3 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.g4 Qb4 16.g5 Ne8 17.Qd2 Bd8 18.Ra3 Ba5 19.Rb3 Qc4 20.Qf2 f6 21.Qg3 fxg5 22.Qxg5 Bd8 23.Qg3 Bc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.d3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 e4 9.Nd4 d6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bg5 exd3 12.Qxd3 Bd7 13.c5 h6 14.Bf4 d5 15.Rab1 Qc8 16.Qd4 Bh3 17.Qa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nb6 5.a4 a5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Nbd2 Qe6+ 10.Be2 Nd5 11.h3 Bf5 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.O-O Qg6 14.c3 Bc2 15.Qd2 Be4 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.g4 h6 18.gxf5 Qxg5+ 19.Qxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 f6 21.Bd2 Rxh3 22.Kg2 Rh8 23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 N7b6 25.Nxb6 Nxb6 26.b3 Nd5 27.Bh5+ Kd7 28.Bf7 Nc7 29.Re1 Ra6 30.c4 Ra8 31.Kf3 b6 32.Kg4 Rd8 33.Kh5 c5 34.d5 g5 35.fxg6 Bg7 36.Bf4 Rh8+ 37.Kg4 Ne8 38.Bxe8+ Kxe8 39.Re6 Bh6 40.d6 Bf8 41.dxe7 Bxe7 42.Bd6 Kd7 43.Rxe7+ Kxd6 44.Rh7 Rg8 45.Kf5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.e5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.Bxc3 Qa6 10.d5 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.e6 fxe6 13.dxe6 O-O-O 14.Qd5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rg8 16.f4 g6 17.f5 gxf5 18.O-O-O Bg7 19.Bxg7 Rxg7 20.Kb1 Rf8 21.c4 Qc6 22.Rhg1 Rg6 23.Rxg6 hxg6 24.Rg1 Rf6 25.f4 Kc7 26.h4 b5 27.b3 bxc4 28.bxc4 Qb7+ 29.Ka1 Qc6 30.Rg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Modesto, CA USA"] [Date "1995.12.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Walter Browne"] [Black "Georgi Orlov"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "109"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Re8 12. Qb2 Ng4 13. Qc3 a5 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. h4 Qh6 16. Rd1 axb4 17. axb4 Ra6 18. Rh3 Rf6 19. Bc1 Qh5 20. f3 Ne5 21. g4 Nxg4 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Re3 Qxh4+ 24. Kd2 Ra8 25. Kc2 Bf5+ 26. Kb3 Be6 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Rxh3 Qg4 29. Rdd3 h6 30. Rhf3 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Qg2 32. Bb2 h5 33. Qe3 f6 34. Rg3 Qh2 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qxf6+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. Qxa8 Qxe2 42. Qxb7 Qd1+ 43. Kc3 Qe1+ 44. Kb3 Qd1+ 45. Ka3 Qd3+ 46. Ka4 Qc2+ 47. Kb5 Qxb2 48. Qd5+ Kc8 49. Qxh5 Qf6 50. Qd5 Qb6+ 51. Ka4 Qa6+ 52. Kb3 Qa1 53. b5 Qb1+ 54. Kc3 Qc1+ 55. Kd4 1-0

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