[Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "137"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O a6 7.d3 h6 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Kh2 Rfe8 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.Qa4 Qc8 16.Nd5 Nh7 17.b5 Nb8 18.Nb3 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Nf6 20.Bg2 Nfd7 21.e3 Bb6 22.Qb4 Nc5 23.Nxc5 Bxc5 24.Qb3 axb5 25.cxb5 Nd7 26.Qd5 c6 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Qxc6 Qb8 29.Rab1 Qb6 30.d4 exd4 31.exd4 Bxa3 32.Bd5 Qxb2 33.Rxb2 Bxb2 34.Rd1 Nf6 35.Bxf7+ Kxf7 36.Qb7+ Rd7 37.Qxb2 d5 38.Rc1 Re4 39.Qb6 Re2 40.Kg1 Ree7 41.Kf1 Rb7 42.Qd8 Kg6 43.Rc6 Kf7 44.Qc8 Rb1+ 45.Kg2 Rd1 46.Rc7 Re1 47.g4 Rxc7 48.Qxc7+ Re7 49.Qc2 Re4 50.Qd2 Ng8 51.f3 Re6 52.Qf4+ Rf6 53.Qc7+ Ne7 54.h4 h5 55.Kg3 hxg4 56.fxg4 g6 57.Qd8 Re6 58.Qh8 Rf6 59.Qh7+ Kf8 60.Kg2 Ng8 61.g5 Rc6 62.h5 gxh5 63.g6 Rf6 64.Kg3 Rf1 65.Qxh5 Nf6 66.Qh8+ Ng8 67.Qh7 Rf6 68.Kg2 Rf4 69.g7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.d5 e5 5.dxe6 Bxe6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 h6 14.Be3 Nh7 15.g3 Ne5 16.Be2 Qd7 17.f4 Nc6 18.Bg4 Qd8 19.Bf3 g5 20.Bf2 Kh8 21.Kh1 gxf4 22.gxf4 Qf6 23.Ne2 Ng5 24.Bh4 Qe6 25.Ng1 Nxf3 26.Qxf3 f5 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Rad1 Nd4 29.Qg4 Rf8 30.Bg3 Rae8 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Bf2 Qxg4 33.hxg4 Re4 34.Nh3 b6 35.b3 Ne2 36.Bh4 Nxf4 37.Nxf4 Rxf4 38.Bd8 Rf7 39.Kg2 Bf6 40.Bxf6+ Rxf6 41.Re1 Kg7 42.Re7+ Rf7 43.Re6 a5 44.Kg3 Rf6 45.Re7+ Rf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "131"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qb3 Nd7 13.Rfd1 Rb8 14.f3 Kh8 15.Rd2 g5 16.Qd1 Rg8 17.Nc2 Nce5 18.Bd4 Qc7 19.Ne3 Nf6 20.Rc1 Bf8 21.b4 Bg7 22.h3 Nh5 23.Na4 Ba8 24.a3 Nf4 25.Bf1 Rgf8 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Bxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rfd8 29.g3 Ng6 30.Kg2 Rbc8 31.Qd2 e5 32.Rd3 b5 33.Nb2 h6 34.Rdc3 Qe7 35.Nd1 Qe8 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.cxb5 Rxc3 38.Rxc3 axb5 39.Rd3 Qc6 40.Nd5 Nxd5 41.Rxd5 Qa6 42.Rxe5 Qxa3 43.Rxb5 Qa1 44.Ra5 Qg7 45.Qa2 Bb7 46.Ra7 f6 47.Ba6 Rd7 48.Qe6 Bc6 49.Rxd7 Bxd7 50.Qxd6 Qf7 51.Qd5 Be6 52.Qd4 Bxg4 53.Be2 Bd7 54.b5 Qe6 55.Kf2 Kg7 56.g4 Qe7 57.Bc4 Be6 58.Bd5 Qd6 59.Kg2 h5 60.gxh5 Bd7 61.b6 Qf4 62.b7 g4 63.Qf2 Kh6 64.e5 g3 65.Qxg3 Qd2+ 66.Kh1 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.Bc4 Qd7 8.Qb3 e6 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Ndc4 Bc5 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.h3 Bf5 15.Ng6 e5 16.Bxe5 Rfe8 17.O-O Qd7 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Rad1 c5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O e6 13.Be3 Be7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Nf3 Nd5 16.Rc1 Qa5 17.a3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 c5 19.Ne5 Bg5 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.d5 exd5 22.Qxd5 Qe7 23.Qf3 Qe6 24.Kh1 Rae8 25.h3 f5 26.b3 g6 27.Rfe1 Re7 28.Rcd1 Qe4 29.Rd5 Rfe8 30.Qd1 Qh4 31.Rxc5 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Rxe3 33.Rxe3 Rxe3 34.Qd6 Rxh3+ 35.gxh3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Tal Shaked"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 Nd7 12.Na4 Qe7 13.b3 Bb6 14.c4 Bb7 15.Qc2 Bd4 16.Bb2 Bxb2 17.Nxb2 d4 18.Bd3 g6 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Qd2 f5 21.Qa5 Nc5 22.b4 Ne6 23.c5 g5 24.Bc4 Bc8 25.Qxa7 Kh8 26.Nd3 gxf4 27.Qa4 Ng5 28.Qxc6 Ne4 29.Rxf4 Nd2 30.Bd5 Qg5 31.g3 Ne4 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Qxe4 Bf5 34.Qf3 Kg7 35.Rf1 Bxd3 36.Rxf8 Bxf1 37.Rxe8 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Kaidanov"] [Black "Alexander Ivanov"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 a5 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc3 b5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. c5 g5 16. Bc1 f5 17. a3 Bf6 18. e3 Qe7 19. b4 a4 20. f3 e5 21. Ne2 e4 22. fxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Tal Shaked"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.Qd2 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Qxb2 9.Qb3 Qxa1 10.e4 Nc6 11.Nh3 e6 12.Qc2 c4 13.Bxc4 Ba3 14.Kd2 e5 15.Be3 d6 16.Rd1 Qb2 17.Qxb2 Bxb2 18.Ng5 f6 19.Nf7 Na5 20.Bd5 Ke7 21.Nxh8 Be6 22.Kc2 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Nc4 24.Bf2 a6 25.Kb3 Rc8 26.Nd2 Nxd2+ 27.Rxd2 Bc1 28.Rd1 Bh6 29.Nf7 Kxf7 30.Rxd6 Ke7 31.Rd5 Rc6 32.a4 g6 33.a5 Ke6 34.Bc5 Bd2 35.Kb4 Be1 36.Rd3 h5 37.Rd5 Rc7 38.Kb3 Rc6 39.Bb4 Bf2 40.Rd8 Rc7 41.Re8+ Kf7 42.Rf8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 Kf7 44.Bd6 Rc6 45.c4 Ke6 46.Bb4+ Rc7 47.Rd6+ Kf7 48.Rd5 Ke6 49.Rd6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 cxd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qd2 Nd5 13.Ne4 Qb4 14.Qc2 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qa5 16.a3 h6 17.Nfd2 f5 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Ng3 Bg5 20.Qb3 Kh7 21.Bf3 Bd7 22.Rc3 Na5 23.Nxa5 Qxa5 24.Ne2 Rac8 25.e4 Rxc3 26.bxc3 b6 27.h3 Qa4 28.Qa2 Re8 29.Ng3 Bb5 30.Be2 Bxe2 31.Qxe2 Qxa3 32.Qd3 g6 33.d5 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 f4 35.dxe6 Rxe6 36.Ne2 Qe3 37.Qxe3 fxe3 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Rxa7 Rd6 40.Nd4 Rxd4 41.cxd4 e2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "85"] 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 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 g6 14.Bh6 Na5 15.Bc2 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Qd2 Nb7 18.Rf1 Nc5 19.Ng5 Ra7 20.h4 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.f4 h6 23.Nf3 Bg4 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Qf4 Rae7 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.d6 Nbd7 29.dxe7 Rxe7 30.Qd4 h5 31.b4 cxb3 32.axb3 Qc7 33.Qe3 Nb6 34.Qf4 Re5 35.Rf2 Be6 36.b4 Nca4 37.Bxa4 Nxa4 38.Ne2 Nxc3 39.Rxa6 Nxe2+ 40.Rxe2 Bc4 41.Rd2 Kh7 42.Ra8 Re7 43.Qf6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "34"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.f3 Bh5 10.O-O Bg6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Be3 d5 13.c5 Nc8 14.a3 N8e7 15.b4 Qd7 16.Qd2 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "26"] 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 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Qe3 Qc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 d6 6.b4 h5 7.b5 Nd4 8.e3 Ne6 9.Nge2 Nh6 10.a4 h4 11.Ba3 O-O 12.Nd5 f5 13.Qb3 Kh7 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.O-O c6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Bxd6 cxd5 18.Bxf8 Bxf8 19.cxd5 Nc5 20.d4 exd4 21.Nxd4 hxg3 22.hxg3 Ng4 23.Rfc1 Qf6 24.Qc3 Re8 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.dxe6 Rxe6 28.a5 Nfe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e6 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.d4 Rd8 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.g4 d3 15.cxd3 Bg6 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Qd6 18.Bxb7 Be7 19.Bd2 O-O 20.Bb4 Qxb4 21.Rxb4 Bxb4 22.f4 f6 23.Qxe6+ Bf7 24.Qa6 Rxd4 25.Be4 Bc5 26.Kg2 Rb4 27.Kg3 Rb2 28.Qc6 Bb6 29.a4 Rd8 30.g5 Kh8 31.h4 f5 32.Bxf5 Bd5 33.Qc3 Rg2+ 34.Kh3 Re2 35.Re1 Rf2 36.Re7 Rg8 37.Qe5 Bg2+ 38.Kg3 Bf1 39.Be4 Re2 40.Re8 Re3+ 41.Kg4 Be2+ 42.Kf5 Bh5 43.Rxg8+ Kxg8 44.Ke6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.f4 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Qe2 Kh8 12.d3 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Nd1 Re8 15.Nf2 e5 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Qxd5 Qxc2 18.Ne4 Nb6 19.Qc5 Qxd3 20.Nxf6 gxf6 21.fxe5 Bf5 22.exf6 Be4 23.Bh6 Nd7 24.Bg7+ Kg8 25.Qd5+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e3 c5 9.d5 a6 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.a4 O-O 12.Qd1 e6 13.Be2 exd5 14.cxd5 Re8 15.O-O Ne4 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Qc2 Re8 18.a5 Qg5 19.Bc4 b5 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.Rxa6 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Rxb2 23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Qe5 25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.Rxd6 Rd2 27.Rd8+ Kg7 28.d6 h5 29.d7 Kf6 30.Rc1 Rf5 31.f4 Rfd5 32.Rc8 Rxd7 33.R8xc5 Re2 34.Rg5 Rxe3 35.Rc6+ Re6 36.Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "A63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 a6 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.e4 h6 13.Re1 Ne8 14.h4 Rb8 15.Qd2 Kh8 16.Rab1 b5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Ne2 Ne5 19.Ned4 Bd7 20.Rxb4 Nf6 21.Rbb1 Nfg4 22.Bh3 Rfc8 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Nb3 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Rbc1 Rc4 29.Nc5 Qd6 30.Ne6 Rbc8 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Qc3 Kf6 34.f4 Qxd5 35.fxe5 Ke6 36.Qc1 Qc5+ 37.Kg2 Qc6+ 38.Kh2 Ke7 39.Qa3+ Ke8 40.Qc3 Qe6 41.Rb1 Rd8 42.Rb4 f4 43.Rxc4 fxg3 44.Kxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e3 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.h4 g4 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.Qa4 O-O 15.c5 Re8 16.Qxc6 Bd7 17.Qxc7 Nd5 18.Qxd6 Nxe3 19.Qxe7 Rxe7 20.Kd2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "118"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.f3 e6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 a6 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.b4 Qb8 15.Nb3 Bd8 16.Kh1 Bc7 17.Bf4 Ne8 18.a4 Ndf6 19.a5 bxa5 20.Nxa5 Ba8 21.Na4 Nh5 22.Be3 Nef6 23.Bg1 Rcd8 24.Rb1 d5 25.exd5 Bf4 26.Qc2 exd5 27.c5 d4 28.c6 Qe5 29.g4 Nxg4 30.fxg4 Qd5+ 31.Bf3 Qxf3+ 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Bc7 34.Nb7 Nf4+ 35.Kf3 Rb8 36.Nac5 Ne6 37.Bxd4 Nxc5 38.Bxc5 Rfc8 39.h3 Bxb7 40.cxb7 Rxb7 41.Ra1 a5 42.bxa5 Rb5 43.Rdc1 Bxa5 44.Bb6 Rxc1 45.Rxc1 h5 46.Bxa5 Rxa5 47.Rc3 Kh7 48.Kg3 f6 49.Rc7 Kg6 50.Rb7 Kh6 51.Rc7 g6 52.Rc6 Ra3+ 53.Kg2 hxg4 54.hxg4 Kg5 55.Rb6 Ra4 56.Kh3 Rxg4 57.Rxf6 Rh4+ 58.Kg3 Kxf6 59.Kxh4 Kf5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Tal Shaked"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a3 d6 7.Qf3 e6 8.Nge2 Ne7 9.h4 h5 10.Bg5 Nd7 11.Qg3 Qc7 12.O-O Ba6 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5 e5 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Rae1 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Ne4 Nf6 19.Qg5 Qd8 20.Nd4 Kf8 21.Nc6 Nxe4 22.Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rxe4 Bxf1 24.Nxd8 Ba6 25.Rxb4 Bf6 26.Nc6 Kg7 27.g3 Be2 28.Kg2 g5 29.hxg5 Bxg5 30.Bc4 Bd1 31.Bd3 h4 32.gxh4 Bxh4 33.f3 Bg5 34.Ra4 Kf6 35.b4 Bf4 36.b5 Rh2+ 37.Kf1 Rh3 38.Rxf4+ exf4 39.b6 Bxf3 40.b7 Rh8 41.c4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "E30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 Nxe4 9.Be5 O-O 10.Qh5 d6 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qxh6 Ne4 13.Kf1 dxe5 14.Bxe4 f5 15.Qg6+ Kh8 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.Qg6+ Kh8 18.h4 g4 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O 9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.c5 N6d7 13.Bc4 Nc6 14.Nf3 Nd4 15.Ng5 Rf8 16.Nce4 Nf5 17.O-O Nf6 18.Nd6 Nxd6 19.cxd6 Bd7 20.a4 Bc6 21.Rfd1 a6 22.f3 Rad8 23.Bxa6 Nd5 24.Bf2 Bh6 25.h4 Rfe8 26.Bc4 Rxd6 27.Rd3 Rd7 28.Rcd1 Red8 29.Ne4 Kg7 30.Nc5 Rd6 31.a5 Kf8 32.b4 Ke7 33.Ne4 Ne3 34.Nxd6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Na5 9.Re1 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Ba4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nbd2 Bf5 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxd8 Raxd8 16.Ng5 Rd5 17.e6 fxe6 18.Nxe4 a6 19.Ng3 b5 20.Bd1 Bd3 21.Bg4 Kh8 22.Bxe6 Re5 23.Rxe5 Bxe5 24.Bh6 Re8 25.Bf7 Re7 26.Rd1 c4 27.Bd5 Bf6 28.f3 Rd7 29.Re1 Rd8 30.Re6 Bh4 31.Rxa6 Rxd5 32.Rxa5 Kg8 33.a4 Bd8 34.Rxb5 Rxb5 35.axb5 Bb6+ 36.Kh1 Kf7 37.Ne4 Ke6 38.Bg7 Kd5 39.Bd4 Bd8 40.Kg1 Bc2 41.b6 Kc6 42.Kf2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qg4 Kf8 13.Re1 b6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bf1 e5 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh4 Kg7 18.Bd2 f6 19.b4 Ne6 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Bxc4 Nc7 22.Bd3 Be6 23.c4 Rhd8 24.Bf1 Rac8 25.Rac1 Bf8 26.Bc3 Ne8 27.Nd2 Kf7 28.a3 Nd6 29.Bb2 Nf5 30.Ne4 Nd4 31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.c5 bxc5 33.Nxc5 Bxc5 34.bxc5 Bd5 35.Bb5 Bc6 36.a4 Ke6 37.h3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Tal Shaked"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Nb5 f5 14.Ng5 Bh6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Bd2 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 c6 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.g4 d5 21.cxd5 Nfxd5 22.Nxe4 Nf4 23.Bc4 Ned5 24.Qb2 Qc7 25.Ng5 Rae8 26.Rae1 h6 27.Nf3 Rxe6 28.Rxe5 Ref6 29.Rfe1 Qd7 30.h3 Nxh3+ 31.Kh2 Qxg4 32.Bxd5+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ Ke7 6.Bd5 Rf8 7.O-O d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.Qe1 h6 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 hxg5 12.hxg4 Qd7 13.Na3 Qxg4 14.f3 Qh5 15.Nc4 g4 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Qg3 exd4 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.cxd4 gxf3 20.gxf3 g5 21.e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 d5 5.Bb5 dxe4 6.Ne5 Qg5 7.O-O Bd7 8.Nxd7 Kxd7 9.d3 exd3 10.Qxd3+ Kc7 11.Bxc6 Kxc6 12.Rd1 Qd5 13.Qe2 Qf5 14.Na3 a6 15.g4 Qf4 16.Be5 Qb4 17.Nc4 Nf6 18.c3 Qb5 19.a4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Nd4 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Ne2 h5 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 c6 14.Rae1 Qd8 15.Qa3 Re8 16.f4 cxd5 17.cxd5 Qb6 18.Kh1 Bd7 19.Ng1 a5 20.Nf3 Qb4 21.Qxb4 axb4 22.e5 Re7 23.e6 fxe6 24.dxe6 Be8 25.Ng5 Rxa2 26.Rf2 Ra5 27.h4 Bf6 28.Rc2 Kg7 29.Rec1 Bc6 30.Re2 b3 31.Kh2 Bb5 32.Rd1 d5 33.g4 hxg4 34.Kg3 Bc4 35.Kxg4 Ra8 36.Nf7 Rae8 37.Nd6+ Rh8 38.Nxc4 dxc4 39.Bxc4 Rxh4+ 40.Kf3 Rh3+ 41.Ke4 b5 42.Bd5 Re3+ 43.Rxe3 dxe3 44.Kxe3 Bxb2 45.Bxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Qd3 Qb6 9.Nc3 b4 10.Na4 Qa6 11.Qd1 Ne4 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Be3 d6 14.Nd3 Qb5 15.a3 bxa3 16.Rxa3 Bc6 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Nc3 Qf5 19.Nxe4 Qxe4 20.Qc2 Nc6 21.Ra4 Rac8 22.Rc1 a5 23.Rc4 Na7 24.Qa4 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Qb7 26.Qxa5 Nc6 27.Qa4 Rc8 28.b4 d5 29.Rc2 h6 30.b5 Na7 31.Rxc8+ Nxc8 32.Qa6 Qxa6 33.bxa6 Kf8 34.Bd2 Ke8 35.Ba5 Bd8 36.Bxd8 Kxd8 37.Ne5 f6 38.Nc6+ Kc7 39.a7 Nb6 40.Na5 Na8 41.Nb3 Kb6 42.Nc5 e5 43.Ne6 g5 44.dxe5 fxe5 45.Nxg5 e4 46.h4 Kxa7 47.h5 Nc7 48.Nf7 Ne8 49.Nxh6 Nf6 50.g4 Kb6 51.f3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "178"] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Nxe4 5.fxe4 Qh4+ 6.Kd2 Qxe4 7.Qf3 Qg6 8.Qg3 Be7 9.Nc3 f5 10.Qxg6+ hxg6 11.Nh3 Nd7 12.Ke1 c6 13.a4 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.a5 Nd7 16.b4 a6 17.Na4 d5 18.c3 Rb8 19.Be3 d4 20.cxd4 Bxb4+ 21.Bd2 Rh4 22.dxe5 Re4+ 23.Be2 Bxd2+ 24.Kxd2 Rbb4 25.Nc3 Rb2+ 26.Kc1 Rexe2 27.Nxe2 Rxe2 28.Nf4 Rxe5 29.Nxg6 Rc5+ 30.Kd2 Kf7 31.Nf4 g5 32.Nd3 Rd5 33.Rhc1 Ne5 34.Ra3 Nxd3 35.Rxd3 Rxa5 36.Rxc6 Ra2+ 37.Rc2 Rxc2+ 38.Kxc2 Ke6 39.Rb3 Ke5 40.Rb6 f4 41.Kd2 Ke4 42.Rc6 Bb7 43.Rc5+ Bd5 44.Ra5 Kd4 45.Ke2 g4 46.Kf2 Be6 47.Rxa6 Ke5 48.Ra5+ Kf6 49.Ke2 Bf5 50.Rc5 Kg6 51.Rc4 Kg5 52.g3 f3 53.Ke3 Bd7 54.Rc5+ Kg6 55.Ra5 Kf6 56.Rh5 Kg6 57.Rc5 Kf6 58.h3 Kg6 59.Rc7 Bf5 60.Rc6+ Kg5 61.h4+ Kh5 62.Rf6 Bc2 63.Kd4 Bg6 64.Rf4 Be8 65.Ke5 Bb5 66.Rf5+ Kg6 67.Rf6+ Kg7 68.Rf4 Kh6 69.Kf5 Bd7+ 70.Kf6 Bb5 71.Kf7 Kh7 72.Ke6 Bd3 73.Rf6 Bc4+ 74.Ke5 Bb5 75.h5 Kg7 76.h6+ Kh7 77.Ke4 Bc4 78.Ke3 Be2 79.Rf4 Kxh6 80.Rxg4 Bd1 81.Rd4 Be2 82.Rd5 Kg6 83.Kf2 Kf6 84.g4 Kg6 85.Rd6+ Kg5 86.Rd4 Kh4 87.Re4 Kg5 88.Kg3 f2 89.Re5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Tal Shaked"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Bc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qf5 9.Qb3 O-O-O 10.Bxf7 Nd5 11.Bxd5 Rxd5 12.Rg1 e6 13.Rg3 cxd4 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Bd2 Rhd8 16.c4 R5d7 17.O-O-O g6 18.Bg5 Bxg5+ 19.Rxg5 Qf4+ 20.Kb1 d3 21.c5 Qxf3 22.Nd6+ Rxd6 23.cxd6 Rxd6 24.Rg3 Qf5 25.Rgxd3 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Qxf2 27.Qd7+ Kb8 28.Qd6+ Ka8 29.Qd8+ Nb8 30.Qc7 Qf5+ 31.Kc1 Qg5+ 32.Kc2 Qf5+ 33.Kc1 Qg5+ 34.Rd2 a6 35.Qg3 Qe7 36.Qd6 Qf6 37.Re2 Qf1+ 38.Qd1 Qf4+ 39.Qd2 Qc4+ 40.Kb1 Nc6 41.b3 Qg4 42.Rf2 e5 43.Kb2 Qe4 44.Qc3 Qd5 45.Qc4 Qd6 46.Rc2 Nb4 47.Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Nd2 c5 8.d5 e6 9.O-O Nc7 10.Re1 Re8 11.a4 a6 12.a5 exd5 13.exd5 Rb8 14.Nf1 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Ng3 h5 17.h3 h4 18.Nf1 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Bd3 Rxe1 21.Qxe1 Bf6 22.Nd2 Ne8 23.Rb1 Ng7 24.Ne4 Bf5 25.b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d3 b6 9.Be3 e5 10.Qd2 Qd6 11.Bh6 Be6 12.b3 Nh5 13.Ne2 f6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qc3 g5 16.g4 Nf4 17.Nxf4 gxf4 18.Kh2 Kf7 19.Rg1 Rg8 20.Rg2 Rg7 21.a3 a5 22.a4 h6 23.Rag1 Rag8 24.Nh4 Qd4 25.Qe1 Ke7 26.Nf5+ Bxf5 27.gxf5 Rg5 28.h4 Rxg2+ 29.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qd8 31.Qe2 Qg8+ 32.Kf1 Qf7 33.Qg4 h5 34.Qe2 Kd6 35.Ke1 Kc7 36.Kd2 Kd6 37.Qf3 b5 38.Qg2 Ke7 39.Qg1 Kd6 40.f3 bxa4 41.bxa4 Qf8 42.Qb1 Kc7 43.Qg1 Kb6 44.Qb1+ Kc7 45.Qb3 Qg7 46.Qe6 Qg1 47.Qe7+ Kb6 48.Qd8+ Kb7 49.Qd7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "D75"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "19"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.d4 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Kaidanov"] [Black "Alexander Shabalov"] [ECO "A62"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "93"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Nc4 Nfe8 12. Bf4 f5 13. a4 b6 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. b3 b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 a5 20. Re1 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Bd3 Bd4 23. Re2 Ng7 24. Be3 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Qf6 27. Re2 Ra3 28. Bd3 Nh5 29. Rb1 Qg5 30. Rd2 Nf6 31. f4 Qxd5 32. Bxg6 Qe6 33. Re2 Re3 34. Bd3 Re8 35. Rd2 d5 36. Bf1 c4 37. Rc1 Qb6 38. Kh1 Ne4 39. Ra2 c3 40. Qxd5+ Kh8 41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Qxa8+ Kg7 43. Ra1 Nf6 44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. Ra6 Qb3 46. Qc6 Qf7 47. Qc5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "123"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.e4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Bd3 Be6 9.O-O Be7 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 Nf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Be4 Kh8 15.Bd5 Bd7 16.Nc2 f5 17.Qe2 Bf6 18.Rad1 Bg7 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Nb4 Be8 21.Nbd5 Rc8 22.a4 Qh4 23.Nb6 Bh5 24.f3 Rc6 25.a5 e4 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Bf7 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.Ke3 Bh6+ 30.Kd4 e3 31.Rde1 e2 32.Rxe2 Bg7+ 33.Ke3 Re8+ 34.Kd2 Rxe2+ 35.Nxe2 Bxc4 36.Nxc4 Rxc4 37.Nc3 Kg8 38.Rf3 Be5 39.g3 Kg7 40.Kc2 Rc8 41.b4 Rc4 42.Kb3 Rd4 43.h3 h5 44.Re3 Kf6 45.Ne4+ Kf5 46.Nc3 Rd2 47.Ne2 Rd1 48.Kc4 Rh1 49.Nd4+ Kf6 50.g4 Rc1+ 51.Kd5 Rd1 52.Re4 h4 53.Kc4 Kg6 54.g5 Kh5 55.Rg4 Rc1+ 56.Kd5 Rc3 57.g6 Rg3 58.Rxh4+ Kxh4 59.Nf5+ Kxh3 60.Nxg3 Kxg3 61.g7 Bxg7 62.Kxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 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 Ne5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 Qf5 15.Qd4 Nc6 16.Qe3+ Qe6 17.O-O-O O-O 18.Rhe1 Qf5 19.Bg3 d4 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.Rxe4 f5 22.Re6 f4 23.Bh4 Rf5 24.f3 Rh5 25.Bf2 Rxh2 26.Rg1 Rd8 27.Re4 g5 28.Kd2 Rh6 29.Kd3 Kf7 30.b4 a6 31.Bxd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "19"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Bc3 d5 9.Nbd2 c5 10.O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "107"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.O-O Nf6 12.Qh4 cxd4 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Rad1 O-O-O 16.Qxd4 Qc5 17.Be3 Qxd4 18.Bxd4 a6 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 21.Nxh2 gxf6 22.Ng4 f5 23.Ne5 Be8 24.f4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 f6 26.Nd3 Bc6 27.Kf2 Rg8 28.g3 Rd8 29.Re1 Rd6 30.Nc5 Bd5 31.c4 Bxc4 32.Rc1 Bb5 33.Ne4 Rc6 34.Rxc6+ Bxc6 35.Nxf6 Kd8 36.Ng8 h5 37.Nf6 Ke7 38.Nh7 e5 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Ng5+ Kd5 41.fxe5 Kxe5 42.Nh3 Be8 43.Nf4 Kf6 44.Nh3 Ke5 45.Nf2 Bb5 46.b3 a5 47.Nh3 Be8 48.Ng1 f4 49.gxf4+ Kf5 50.a3 h4 51.b4 axb4 52.axb4 Bd7 53.Nh3 Bc6 54.Nf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.b4 Be6 14.b5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 a6 16.Nc3 Rc8 17.Qb2 Nf6 18.a4 Qa5 19.Ne2 Rec7 20.Qd2 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Ng6 22.Nb3 Nd7 23.f4 f5 24.Rfb1 Ne7 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Nc6 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.exd4 Bd7 29.Re1 g6 30.Re5 Bc6 31.a5 Re8 32.Rae1 Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Kf8 34.Kf2 Re7 35.g4 Rxe5 36.dxe5 Bd7 37.Be2 d4 38.Bf3 Bc6 39.Bxc6 bxc6 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Ke2 Ke7 42.Kd3 h5 43.Kxd4 h4 44.Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qc2 Qd7 8.b3 O-O-O 9.h3 Qe6 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.Ne2 Qe8 12.O-O-O Nc5 13.Nf4 h5 14.Be2 Rh6 15.g4 Nd3+ 16.Bxd3 exd3 17.Qc3 hxg4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Rxh6 gxh6 20.Rg1 Qe4 21.Qf6 Qf3 22.Rf1 Bb4 23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 h5 25.Qf6 Bh3 26.Rd1 Rg8 27.Re1 Qxf2 28.Rd1 Qf3 29.Re1 Qf2 30.Rd1 Qf3 31.Re1 Be6 32.Qh6 Qg3 33.Rh1 Bg4 34.Qh7 Bf3 35.Nxh5 Qg2 36.Rh2 Qg1+ 37.Kb2 Qg6 38.Nf4 Qf6+ 39.Ka3 Qe7+ 40.b4 Rg1 41.Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Tal Shaked"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb6 12.Bc2 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Ba4 Ne4 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qc2 c5 17.Ng3 cxd4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Bb7 20.Qxe6+ Qxe6 21.Rxe6 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rac8 23.Bd2 Rc2 24.Bb4 Rd8 25.Rae1 Rxb2 26.a3 d3 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Kf7 29.Re7+ Kf6 30.Rd7 Rb3 31.Kg2 Bh6 32.Rxa7 Ke6 33.Re7+ Kd5 34.Rxh7 Kc6 35.Rxh6 Rxb4 36.Rxg6+ Kc7 37.Rg7+ Kc6 38.Rg6+ Kc7 39.Rg7+ Kc6 40.Rg6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.e4 Nd7 10.Bb5 Bg7 11.O-O a6 12.Ba4 Qe7 13.d5 b5 14.Bb3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Nc5 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Nd4 h5 18.Bc2 g4 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Bb3 Rh6 21.a4 b4 22.Rfd1 bxc3 23.bxc3 c5 24.Nxe6 Rxe6 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Nc4 Be5 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.Na5 Ra7 29.Rab1 Ba8 30.Re1 Kd8 31.Re2 Kc7 32.Reb2 Qf6 33.Rb3 Qg6 34.Rd1 Nf6 35.Nc4 Bxe4 36.Qe3 Qf5 37.Qh6 Nd7 38.Nxe5 Qxe5 39.c4 Qf6 40.Qxh5 Rb7 41.Rxb7+ Kxb7 42.Qxg4 Ne5 43.Qh5 Bc6 44.Qh7+ Bd7 45.Qe4+ Bc6 46.Qh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "22"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.Be3 e5 8.O-O Qe8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 b6 11.a4 Rb8 12.a5 c6 13.axb6 axb6 14.Na4 c5 15.Nc3 Nb4 16.Nd5 Nc6 17.Bg5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Nd4 19.Nb3 h6 20.Bh4 Bd7 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Bd3 b5 23.b3 c4 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "57"] 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 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.f4 Qc5 14.Qd3 Bd7 15.f5 a5 16.a4 bxa4 17.Bxa4 Bxa4 18.Nxa4 Qb4 19.Qd4 Rg8 20.g3 Rg4 21.Rhe1 d5 22.h3 Rxe4 23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.g4 e3 25.Nc3 a4 26.Qxb4 Bxb4 27.Rd3 a3 28.Kb1 Rb8 29.Rxe3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 dxe5 11.dxe5 g6 12.b4 Ne7 13.Nbd2 Bg7 14.Nc4 O-O 15.Bb2 Bd5 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.a4 Nc6 18.b5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Ncxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Bxe5 23.Be4 b6 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.g3 Qc4 26.Rd7 Qxa4 27.Bc6 Bd4 28.Kg2 Qa1 29.h4 Bg7 30.Qe3 h5 31.Qf3 Bf6 32.Qd3 Qc3 33.Qxc3 Bxc3 34.Rxa7 Rd8 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Bxa8 Kg7 37.f4 Kf6 38.Kf3 Be1 39.Bc6 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Tal Shaked"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 a6 16.Bd3 g6 17.Qf3 Bf8 18.c3 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bc2 a5 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.b3 Rac8 23.Be5 Bg7 24.Rd6 Qc7 25.Bg3 Qe7 26.Red1 Rf8 27.a3 h5 28.b4 h4 29.Bh2 Na6 30.Rd7 Qf6 31.Qxf6 Bxf6 32.Bd6 Rfe8 33.Rxb7 Rxc3 34.Bd3 Rd8 35.Bxa6 Rc6 36.Be2 Rcxd6 37.Rxd6 Rxd6 38.bxa5 Rd2 39.Bf1 Bd4 40.a6 Bxf2+ 41.Kh1 Rd1 42.g4 hxg3 43.Kg2 Rd2 44.a7 Bxa7 45.Kxg3 Bf2+ 46.Kf3 Bc5 47.Bb5 Rh2 48.a4 Rxh3+ 49.Kg4 Rb3 50.Rc7 Bd6 51.Rd7 Be5 52.Ra7 Kg7 53.Be8 Kh6 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 g6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qxe5 Bg7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Bf5 12.Qe2 e6 13.Bxb7 Rb8 14.Bf3 h5 15.Rb1 Ng4 16.Ne4 Ne5 17.Bg2 Bg4 18.f3 Bf5 19.Rd1 Qa5 20.a3 Rfc8 21.Bf4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Rd8 24.Re1 Rd5 25.Qe2 Rbd8 26.Be3 Qc4 27.b3 Qxe2 28.Rxe2 a5 29.f4 Rd1+ 30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Ng4 32.Bb6 Rd2 33.h3 Nh6 34.Be4 Nf5 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.c4 Rb2 37.Re3 a4 38.b4 Rb3 39.b5 Kf8 40.Kg2 Ke8 41.Kf3 Bf8 42.Ke2 Rxa3 43.Rxa3 Bxa3 44.Bd4 Kd7 45.c5 f6 46.c6 Kc7 47.Bxf6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Be2 e6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.g4 Bg6 9.h4 dxc4 10.Ndxc4 Be4 11.f3 Bd5 12.e4 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 b5 14.Ne3 Qb6 15.a4 Rd8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nc2 e5 18.Be3 Nc5 19.d5 Qb7 20.b4 Na6 21.Qd3 Nxb4 22.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 23.Kf2 O-O 24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.Qxb5 Qxb5 26.Bxb5 Bd2 27.Bc5 Bc3 28.Bxf8 Bxa1 29.Rxa1 Kxf8 30.Ra7 h6 31.Bc4 Rd7 32.Ra5 Rc7 33.Bd3 Nd7 34.Rd5 Nc5 35.Ke3 f6 36.Rd8+ Ke7 37.Rb8 Ne6 38.h5 Nd4 39.f4 Nc6 40.Rg8 exf4 41.Kxf4 Kd6 42.Be2 Ne5 43.Ke3 Ra7 44.Rd8+ Ke7 45.Rg8 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Kf7 47.Rc8 Rh3 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Bc4+ Nxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 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.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nxb5 Rc8 22.Na3 Ba6 23.Re3 Nbd3 24.Bxd3 cxd3 25.b3 Be7 26.Ndc4 Bg5 27.Nxd6 Rd8 28.Ndc4 Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Bxe3 30.Bxe3 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Qa3 32.c5 f5 33.c6 fxe4 34.c7 Rc8 35.Bf4 Qf8 36.Qg4 d2 37.Bxd2 Rxc7 38.Bxh6 Rf7 39.Be3 Qd6 40.Qxe4 Rd7 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.g4 Qxd5 43.Kh2 Rd8 44.Qe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb7 7.a3 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Qe2+ Be7 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Bxc6+ Bxc6 15.Qa6 O-O 16.Qxa7 Bf6 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.O-O Bxd4 19.Qa4 Rc4 20.Qb3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qf6 22.Rfd1 Rfc8 23.g3 h5 24.Rxd5 Rxc3 25.Qd1 h4 26.Rd6 Qg5 27.Qd2 Qxd2 28.Rxd2 h3 29.Kf1 Rb3 30.a4 Ra8 31.Rd4 Ra5 32.Re1 g5 33.g4 Rc5 34.Rde4 Kg7 35.R4e3 Rb4 36.Rxh3 Rxa4 37.Rg3 Rf4 38.h3 b5 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.Rb1 b4 41.Rb2 Kf6 42.Rgb3 Rcc4 43.Re3 Rce4 44.Ra2 Ke5 45.Ra5+ Kd4 46.Rxg5 Rxe3 47.fxe3+ Kxe3 48.Rb5 Kd3 49.Kg3 Rc4 50.Rb7 Kc3 51.Rxf7 b3 52.Rf1 b2 53.h4 Kb3 54.Rb1 Rc1 55.Rxb2+ Kxb2 56.h5 Kc3 57.Kf4 Kd4 58.h6 Rf1+ 59.Kg5 Ke5 60.h7 Rh1 61.Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Nge2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nb4 12.Kb1 Be6 13.Rhf1 Qa5 14.a3 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Rfc8 16.h3 Rc7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qxd2 19.Nxf6+ exf6 20.Rxd2 f5 21.g4 Re8 22.Nc3 a6 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Nd5 Rc5 26.Nf6+ Kf8 27.Nxe8 Kxe8 28.Rf3 Kd7 29.b4 Rc8 30.Rg2 Rc3 31.Kb2 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Bxd3 33.Rg8 Bf1 34.h4 Be2 35.Kc3 h5 36.Rf8 Ke7 37.Rb8 Bf3 38.Kd4 Kf6 39.Ke3 Bc6 40.Rg8 Ba4 41.Rg5 Bd1 42.Rd5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc2 O-O 9.Rb1 a5 10.b3 Nc5 11.Ba3 Na6 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.a3 b5 16.cxb5 Rxb5 17.Nc4 f6 18.e3 Nc5 19.exd4 Nxd3 20.Re3 Nxb2 21.Rxb2 Nxd4 22.a4 Rbb8 23.Nxa5 Bc5 24.Rc3 Bg4 25.Qd3 Ne2+ 26.Kf1 Nxc3+ 27.Qxc3 Qd1+ 28.Qe1 Be2+ 29.Kg1 Rbd8 30.Bf1 Bxf1 31.Qxf1 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Qd2+ 33.Qe2 Qxa5 34.Ne3 f5 35.Nc4 Qc5+ 36.Qe3 Rd4 37.Nxe5 f4 38.gxf4 Rdxf4+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 d5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Nb3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Bc5 Re8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qd4 Qg5 17.Qc3 Re4 18.Nd2 Bh3 19.g3 Re2 20.Nf3 Qg6 21.Rfe1 Rxc2 22.Qb3 Qf6 23.Qe3 h6 24.Ne5 d4 25.Qxd4 Rd8 26.Qf4 Rdd2 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Nf3 Rxf2 29.Nh4 Rxb2 30.Rac1 Bg2 31.Rb1 Bd5 32.Rxb2 Rxb2 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Ra8 Rb6 35.a4 c5 36.Rd8 Be6 37.Kg2 Rb4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Tal Shaked"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "193"] 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Ne5 9.f4 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bd2 e6 14.h3 Nf6 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Rad1 Ra7 17.Be3 Ne8 18.a5 Raf7 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.Rd2 Qc6 21.Rfd1 Bb7 22.Qc2 Bf6 23.Ng3 Bh4 24.Nh1 Be7 25.Nf2 Nf6 26.b3 Rg7 27.Rd3 Qc8 28.Rxd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Rc7 30.Qd2 Rd7 31.Ng4 Nxg4 32.Rxd7 Nxe3 33.Qd6 Re8 34.Kf2 Nc2 35.Na4 Qc6 36.Nxc5 Qxd6 37.Rxd6 Bc8 38.Nd3 Bb7 39.Nc5 Bc8 40.e5 Nb4 41.Ne4 Rf8 42.Ke3 a5 43.Nf6+ Kg7 44.g4 h6 45.h4 Kf7 46.h5 gxh5 47.gxh5 Ke7 48.c5 Rd8 49.Kd4 Bb7 50.Ng4 Bf3 51.Nf6 Bc6 52.Ke3 Nd5+ 53.Nxd5+ Bxd5 54.Rb6 Rg8 55.f5 Rg3+ 56.Kd4 Rg4+ 57.Kc3 exf5 58.Rxh6 Rb4 59.Rb6 Rh4 60.h6 f4 61.Kd4 Bg2 62.c6 f3 63.Ke3 Kd8 64.Ra6 Kc7 65.h7 f2 66.Kxf2 Bxc6 67.Rxa5 Rxh7 68.Ra7+ Bb7 69.Ke3 Kb6 70.Ra4 Rh3+ 71.Kf4 Rxb3 72.Rc4 Bc6 73.Rc1 Kc7 74.Rd1 Rf3+ 75.Kg4 Rf8 76.Kg5 Bd7 77.Kg6 Bc8 78.Rd2 Re8 79.Rd5 Bb7 80.Kf7 Rh8 81.Rd1 Rh7+ 82.Kf6+ Bc8 83.Rd2 Rh6+ 84.Kg5 Re6 85.Kf4 Rg6 86.Rd6 Rg4+ 87.Kf3 Rh4 88.Ke3 Bd7 89.Rd4 Rh5 90.Kf4 Rf5+ 91.Ke4 Rf1 92.Rd6 Bc6+ 93.Kd4 Re1 94.Re6 Re4+ 95.Kc5 Bd7 96.Kd5 Ra4 97.Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Na6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nb4 8.Qxb4 e5 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qxc6+ Bd7 11.Qxf6 Qxf6 12.Bxe5 Qb6 13.b3 Bb4+ 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Bxb8 Rxb8 16.cxd5 Qa5 17.Bc4 Bg4 18.O-O Bxd2 19.Ne5 Bf5 20.a3 Qc3 21.d6 Kg7 22.Nxf7 Rb6 23.e4 Bc8 24.Rfd1 Bf4 25.e5 Rxb3 26.Bxb3 Qxb3 27.Nd8 Qb6 28.g3 Qxd8 29.gxf4 Qh4 30.f3 Qxf4 31.Kf2 Bb7 32.Rd3 Ba6 33.d7 Qxh2+ 34.Ke3 Qh6+ 35.Ke2 Qh4 36.Kd2 Kf7 37.d5 Ke7 38.e6 Qf2+ 39.Kc3 Qc5+ 40.Kd2 Bxd3 41.Rc1 Qd4 42.Rc8 Bb5 43.Kc2 Bxd7 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 Rc8 9.d5 Na5 10.b3 exd5 11.Nd4 Be7 12.Nf5 O-O 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Re1 Ne4 15.Bb2 dxc4 16.Qd4 f5 17.f3 d5 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.b4 Nc6 20.Qxc4+ Rf7 21.Qb3 Nxb4 22.Ba3 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 a5 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Nd2 Bd5 26.Qb2 Qc3 27.Rab1 Rfc7 28.Nf1 Qxb2 29.Rxb2 Rc1 30.Rxc1 Rxc1 31.Kg1 g6 32.Kf2 Ra1 33.Ke3 Rxa2 34.Rxa2 Bxa2 35.Kd4 Kg7 36.Ne3 Kf6 37.Bf1 g5 38.Nd1 h5 39.h4 Bb1 40.Ne3 gxh4 41.gxh4 b3 42.Nd5+ Kg7 43.Kc3 Bc2 44.Be2 Kf7 45.Bxh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Qd8 9.Qb3 Qc8 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Be3 a6 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bd6 16.Rac1 Re8 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Qc4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Ne4 20.Qf3 g6 21.Ne2 Qd8 22.Rc2 Qf6 23.Bd4 Qxf3 24.gxf3 Ng5 25.Kg2 f5 26.Be3 Nf7 27.Nf4 Re7 28.Nd3 Rd8 29.Bd4 Rde8 30.Nc5 Bxc5 31.Rxc5 b6 32.Rc3 Rd7 33.Be3 c5 34.Rb3 f4 35.Bxf4 b5 36.Re3 Kf8 37.Ra3 Red8 38.d6 Ra8 39.Rd5 b4 40.Ra4 Rc8 41.Be3 c4 42.Rxb4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "105"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nc2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 a6 11.Rb1 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Nxb5 d5 14.Bg5 Bf5 15.Nc3 e6 16.e4 dxe4 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxe4 Bg7 20.a3 Rab8 21.b4 Ne5 22.Rfd1 Rdc8 23.Ne3 Nc4 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Nd6 Nxd6 26.Rxd6 Rc3 27.b5 Rxa3 28.b6 Ra1 29.Rxa1 Bxa1 30.b7 Kf8 31.Rc6 Ke7 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.f4 Bd4+ 34.Kf1 Ba7 35.Rc8 Ke7 36.Ke2 Kd7 37.Bc6+ Kd6 38.Kd3 Kc5 39.Bf3 Kb6 40.h3 h6 41.g4 fxg4 42.hxg4 f6 43.Ke2 Ka6 44.Kf1 Rxb7 45.Bxb7+ Kxb7 46.Re8 Be3 47.Rxe6 Bxf4 48.Rxf6 Bg5+ 49.Rd6 Kc7 50.Rd3 Bf4 51.Kg2 Bd6 52.Kh3 Be7 53.Kg3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "107"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 e5 8.b4 Nc6 9.Kc2 Nd5 10.Bb5 f6 11.Kb2 Be7 12.Be3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 a5 14.a3 O-O-O 15.Rg1 g6 16.Kc2 f5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Rxg5 Nf4 20.Nd2 Rd3 21.Nc4 Rxf3 22.Rf1 Rh3 23.Rg3 Rxh2 24.Nxe5 Kc7 25.Kb3 Re8 26.Nc4 Re2 27.Nxa5 Rhxf2 28.Rxf2 Rxf2 29.Rg1 h5 30.a4 Nd3 31.Nc4 h4 32.a5 h3 33.a6 Kb8 34.Ra1 Ka7 35.Nd6 Rb2+ 36.Kc4 Ne5+ 37.Kd4 Nd7 38.Nc8+ Ka8 39.Nb6+ Ka7 40.Nc8+ Ka8 41.Ke3 h2 42.Nb6+ Nxb6 43.cxb6 Ra2 44.Rh1 g5 45.c4 Rxa6 46.Rxh2 Rxb6 47.Kd4 Rxb4 48.Rh5 Rb7 49.Rxg5 Rf7 50.Ke5 f4+ 51.Ke6 Rf8 52.Ke7 Rh8 53.Kd6 Kb7 54.Kc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Tal Shaked"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Na3 Bg7 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nfxd4 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Nb3 Rfc8 13.Rd1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 Rxc5 15.a4 a6 16.Nd4 e5 17.Nb3 Rd5 18.Rxd5 Nxd5 19.Na5 b6 20.Bf3 e4 21.Bxe4 Re8 22.f3 Nxc3 23.Bc6 Bxc6 24.Nxc6 Nxa4 25.Rxa4 Re1+ 26.Kf2 Rxc1 27.Ne7+ Kf8 28.Nd5 Rc2+ 29.Kg3 Rxb2 30.Rxa6 Bd4 31.f4 Rb3+ 32.Kh4 Kg7 33.Ra7 b5 34.Rb7 Bg1 35.Nc7 Bxh2 36.Ne8+ Kg8 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Ne8+ Kf8 39.Nd6 f6 40.Rf7+ Kg8 41.Rxf6 b4 42.g4 Rf3 43.f5 Bg3+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2148"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Na4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d6 cxd6 12. g3 d5 13. Qxd5 d6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Be2 Be7 17. c4 Rc8 18. Kb1 Rc6 19. Qd2 f6 20. Ne1 Be6 21. Nc2 Kg8 22. Ne3 Nf8 23. c5 Qc8 24. Nd5 Bd8 25. cxd6 Kf7 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Nc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxd6 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. Bc4 a6 31. Ne3 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Nc5 33. f3 Ba5 34. Bxe6+ Nxe6 35. Rd7+ Kg6 36. Nf5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 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 Ne5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.c4 Ne7 17.Be3 Nf5 18.Ke2 Nxe3 19.Kxe3 Rc8 20.Rac1 Rc5 21.f3 Ke7 22.b4 Re5+ 23.Kf2 Rd8 24.Rhd1 Rh5 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.h3 Rh4 27.Ke3 e5 28.Rd1+ Kc7 29.c5 a5 30.Rd5 f6 31.g4 Rxh3 32.b5 Rh1 33.c6 bxc6 34.bxc6 Kxc6 35.Rxa5 Re1+ 36.Kf2 Rb1 37.a4 Rb7 38.g5 Kd6 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.Ra6+ Ke7 41.a5 Rb2+ 42.Kg3 Kf7 43.Ra8 Ra2 44.a6 Kg6 45.Rg8+ Kf5+ 46.Rh8 Ra3 47.Rxh7 e4 48.Kg2 exf3 49.Kg3 Rxa6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "18"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 d5 8.Qe2 b6 9.Na3 Ba6 10.exd5 exd5 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rfe1 h6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nc6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qf3 Rae8 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.Bxd5 Ne5 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nd3 22.Re3 Nxb2 23.Rc1 Rd8 24.Bb3 Rd7 25.Rb1 Nd3 26.Rd1 Nb4 27.Nc2 Nxc2 28.Bxc2 Bc4 29.Bb3 Bxb3 30.Rxb3 Rfd8 31.Ra3 Kf6 32.d5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Na3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Qe4+ 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Re1 Qf5 12.Be5 Rd8 13.Qb3 Ng4 14.Bg3 Na5 15.Qb4 Nxc4 16.Nxc4 Be6 17.h3 a5 18.Qxb7 Nxf2 19.Bxf2 Bxc4 20.Qxe7 Qc2 21.Ne5 Be6 22.Qh4 Qxb2 23.Nc6 Rd2 24.Rad1 h6 25.Ne7+ Kh7 26.Rxd2 Qxd2 27.Nxg6 Re8 28.Nf4 Qxa2 29.Nh5 Bxc3 30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.Qxf6 Rg8 32.Kh2 Rg6 33.Qf4 Rg5 34.Bg3 Qd5 35.Qf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Tal Shaked"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Bf5 10.O-O Na6 11.Bd3 Qd7 12.h3 Nb4 13.Bxf5 Qxf5 14.a3 Nc2 15.Nh4 Qh5 16.Qxc2 Qxh4 17.Bd2 Ng4 18.Rf3 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 Nf2+ 20.Kh2 Ng4+ 21.Kh1 Rfe8 22.Raf1 f5 23.Nb5 Re2 24.Qd1 Rae8 25.Nxd6 R8e7 26.Nc8 R7e4 27.Nd6 Re7 28.Nc8 R7e4 29.d6 Nf2+ 30.R3xf2 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Bxf2 32.d7 Bd4 33.Nd6 Qe7 34.Nxe4 fxe4 35.Qg4 e3 36.Bxe3 Bxe3 37.d8=Q+ Qxd8 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qxe3 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qd6 41.Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "D18"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "145"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Ne4 Rf5 17.a5 g5 18.Bd2 a6 19.b4 Nf8 20.Rab1 Ng6 21.g3 Nc7 22.Be3 h6 23.Nfd2 Nb5 24.Nc4 Qd5 25.Qc2 Re8 26.Rfd1 Kh7 27.Nb6 Qd8 28.Qb3 Nc7 29.Nc5 Bxc5 30.bxc5 Nb5 31.Nc4 Rf7 32.Qd3 Qd5 33.Nd6 Ref8 34.Nxf7 Rxf7 35.f4 gxf4 36.Bxf4 Rf5 37.Rb2 Qd8 38.Rf2 Kg8 39.Be3 Ne7 40.Qb3 Rxf2 41.Bxf2 Nd5 42.Be1 Qg5 43.Qf3 Qg6 44.Bf2 Ndc3 45.Qd3 Qg4 46.Re1 Nd5 47.Qe4 Qh5 48.Kg2 Nbc3 49.Qd3 Qg4 50.Be3 Qh5 51.Bd2 Nb5 52.h3 Ne7 53.g4 Qe8 54.Rf1 Qd8 55.Rf4 Nd5 56.Rf2 Ne7 57.Be3 Qxa5 58.Bxh6 Qc3 59.Qxc3 Nxc3 60.Bd2 Nb5 61.Rf4 Nd5 62.Re4 Kf7 63.Kg3 Kg6 64.h4 b6 65.h5+ Kh7 66.Kh4 Na3 67.cxb6 Nxb6 68.g5 Nd5 69.g6 Kg8 70.Re1 Nb5 71.Ra1 Nxd4 72.Rxa6 Kf8 73.Kg4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.24"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 Nd4 7.c3 Nxd5 8.cxd4 Qxg5 9.Bxb5+ Kd8 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 exd4 14.d3 Nb6 15.Nd2 f6 16.Bc4 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Bd5 18.b3 Kd7 19.Na3 a5 20.Nc2 c5 21.Bf4 Rb7 22.Rfe1 Be7 23.Na3 Ra8 24.Nc4 a4 25.Rab1 g5 26.Bd2 Rab8 27.Na5 Rb5 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.Nc4 axb3 30.axb3 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Rxb3 32.Ra7+ Ke6 33.Ra6+ Kf7 34.Ra7 Bxc4 35.dxc4 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Rb2 37.Ba5 Ra2 38.f4 d3 39.fxg5 fxg5 40.Rd7 Rxa5 41.Rxd3 Ra4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Nf1 Bd6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 c5 14.e3 Rc8 15.Qf5 Nf8 16.Ng3 Ne6 17.Qd3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 g6 20.Qa4 Bc6 21.Qb3 Qe7 22.Rd4 Bb7 23.Rad1 Rc5 24.Ne2 Bc8 25.Nc3 Ng4 26.R1d2 Qh4 27.h3 Nf6 28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Bxh3 30.Rxc5 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Qg4+ 32.Kf1 bxc5 33.Qb7 Qh3+ 34.Ke1 a5 35.Qc6 Rc8 36.Qd5 h5 37.f5 Qxf5 38.Qxf5 gxf5 39.Rd5 Kg7 40.Rxf5 Kg6 41.Rd5 a4 42.a3 f6 43.Kf1 Rc7 44.Kg2 Rc8 45.Kg3 Rc7 46.Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Bxf3 7.gxf3 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Be3 e6 10.Qd2 f5 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.e5 Nh5 13.Ne2 Qb8 14.Ng3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qb5 16.b3 d5 17.g4 Bf8 18.Kb1 a5 19.a4 Qb4 20.Qxb4 Bxb4 21.Rh2 O-O 22.Rdh1 Rf7 23.Kc1 Ra6 24.c4 fxg4 25.fxg4 c5 26.cxd5 cxd4 27.Bxd4 exd5 28.f5 gxf5 29.gxf5 Rxf5 30.Rxh7 Rf1+ 31.Rxf1 Kxh7 32.Rf7+ Kg6 33.Rxc7 Kf5 34.Rh7 Rg6 35.Rh1 Rg3 36.Kc2 Rg2+ 37.Kb1 Rg3 38.Kc2 Rg2+ 39.Kb1 Rg3 40.Ka2 Rg2+ 41.Kb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "30"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 d6 6.a3 Bg7 7.Rb1 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 Bd7 10.b3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Bxb5 13.cxb5 Qb6 14.a4 e6 15.Bd2 d5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bb7 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nf6 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Ng3 d6 11.Be2 Bxg2 12.Rg1 Bc6 13.Nh5 Nxh5 14.Bxh5 Rg8 15.Bxg7 Qh4 16.Qxd6 Qxc4 17.Rd1 Bd5 18.Rg4 Qa6 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qc7+ Ke8 21.Bf6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg5 c4 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Be7 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Rfe8 14.Nd2 a6 15.Bd3 g6 16.Qf3 Ne4 17.Rxe4 Bxg5 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Nf1 h5 20.b4 Kg7 21.Bc2 Re6 22.Qg3 Qe7 23.Bb3 Bh4 24.Qd3 Qd8 25.g3 Bf6 26.b5 axb5 27.Qxb5 Ne7 28.Ne3 Rb6 29.Qa5 Qd6 30.Qa2 Rc6 31.Qd2 Qc7 32.Rc1 Qa5 33.h4 Rb6 34.Qa2 Qxa2 35.Bxa2 Rb2 36.Rc2 Rb5 37.Kf1 g5 38.hxg5 Bxg5 39.f4 Bh6 40.Rf2 Ra5 41.Kg2 h4 42.gxh4 Ra3 43.Rc2 Bxf4 44.Kf3 Bxe3 45.Kxe3 b5 46.Kd2 f5 47.Bb1 f4 48.Rb2 f3 49.Bd3 f2 50.Rb1 Ng6 51.Rf1 b4 52.cxb4 Nf4 53.Bc2 Ne6 54.Rxf2 Nxd4 55.Rf4 Nc6 56.Kc1 Ra1+ 57.Kb2 Ra8 58.Rg4+ Kh8 59.Bd3 Ne5 60.Rd4 Rb8 61.b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 Ng5 13.N1h2 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 O-O 15.g4 Bg6 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 c6 19.f4 f6 20.f5 Bf7 21.Bf4 c5 22.Qf2 Qb6 23.b3 Qc6 24.Rad1 c4 25.b4 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Ra2 28.Re2 Re8 29.Red2 Bf8 30.Qg3 d5 31.e5 fxe5 32.Bxe5 Qb6+ 33.Bd4 Qh6 34.g5 Qh5 35.Rf1 Re2 36.Rxe2 Qxe2 37.Bd1 Qe4 38.Qg4 Bd6 39.Bf3 Qd3 40.Bg2 Bh5 41.f6 Bxg4 42.Bxd5+ Be6 43.Bxe6+ Kf8 44.fxg7+ Ke7 45.Bf6+ Kxe6 46.g8=Q+ Kd7 47.Qd8+ Kc6 48.Qe8+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Tal Shaked"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Rb1 Nc6 9.d3 Nge7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nd4 13.b4 f5 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Qb3 b6 17.f4 fxe4 18.dxe4 Rac8 19.Qc4 Kh8 20.a4 g5 21.e5 gxf4 22.e6 Qd6 23.Rbe1 Rce8 24.a5 b5 25.Qxb5 Qxd5 26.e7 Rg8 27.a6 Be5 28.Qb7 Rxg2+ 29.Kh1 Rg1+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [Black "Lev Alburt"] [ECO "A56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "104"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Bf3 Qc5 11.O-O e5 12.Nb3 Qe7 13.Qd5 Re8 14.Rd1 Nc6 15.Qc5 e4 16.Qxe7 Rxe7 17.Be2 Bf5 18.Rb1 a5 19.Bd2 a4 20.Nc5 b6 21.Na6 Be6 22.b4 axb3 23.axb3 Rd7 24.b4 Ba2 25.Be1 Bxb1 26.Rxd7 Ne5 27.Rd1 Bc2 28.Rd2 Bd3 29.b5 Rc8 30.Bxd3 Nxd3 31.Rd1 Bf8 32.Kf1 f5 33.Rb1 Kf7 34.f3 Ke6 35.fxe4 fxe4 36.Bg3 Bd6 37.Bxd6 Kxd6 38.Nb4 Rc1+ 39.Rxc1 Nxc1 40.Nc6 Kc5 41.Nd4 Kc4 42.h4 Kd3 43.Kf2 Kd2 44.Ne6 Nd3+ 45.Kg3 Kxe3 46.Nf8 Kd2 47.Nxh7 e3 48.Ng5 e2 49.Nf3+ Kd1 50.Kg4 Ne5+ 51.Nxe5 e1=Q 52.Nxg6 Qe2+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 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 Rxa2 20.Kb1 Ra7 21.Rhe1 Nb8 22.Qxh7 Nc6 23.Qg7 Bd7 24.h4 Na5 25.Nd4 Nc6 26.Nb3 Na5 27.Nd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "17"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6 9.O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Tal Shaked"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Ng3 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.a4 h5 13.O-O Nh7 14.Qd2 h4 15.Nh1 f5 16.Nf2 b6 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Nh3 Ng6 19.Kh1 Qf6 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.Bxf4 Ra7 22.Bc4 Re8 23.Rae1 Rae7 24.Rxe7 Qxe7 25.Qd3 Nf6 26.Bg5 h3 27.gxh3 Qf7 28.Rg1 Kh8 29.Bxa6 Bxa6 30.Qxa6 Nh7 31.Bd2 Bd4 32.Rg2 Nf6 33.Qc4 Rg8 34.Rg3 Kh7 35.Ne2 Be5 36.Qh4+ Qh5 37.Qxh5+ Nxh5 38.Rxg8 Kxg8 39.b3 Nf6 40.f4 Bd4 41.Ng3 Kf7 42.Nxf5 Ne4 43.Be1 Kg6 44.Ne7+ Kf6 45.Bh4+ Kf7 46.Nc8 c4 47.bxc4 Ke8 48.Kg2 Kd7 49.Na7 Nd2 50.Bf2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "102"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb7 7.a3 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qa4+ Ke7 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Bd3 a6 15.O-O Ra7 16.Rfe1 Bxd4 17.Bxh7 Qb5 18.Qxb5 axb5 19.Nxd4 Rxd4 20.Be4 b4 21.Re3 Nd7 22.g3 Ne5 23.axb4 Rxb4 24.Bc2 Ra5 25.Bb3 Rab5 26.Rcc3 Rd4 27.h3 g5 28.Kf1 f5 29.Rc7+ Kd6 30.Ra7 f4 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.Rc3 Rd2 33.Ra4 f3 34.Kg1 Nc6 35.Bxe6 Nd4 36.Rxd4+ Rxd4 37.Bg4 Rxb2 38.Rxf3 b5 39.Kg2 b4 40.Rf6+ Kc5 41.Rf5+ Kc4 42.Rf8 b3 43.Rc8+ Kb4 44.Kg3 Rc2 45.Rb8+ Kc3 46.Bf5 Rc1 47.h4 Rg1+ 48.Kh2 Rg7 49.Kh3 b2 50.h5 Rg5 51.Bg6 Rb4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 Qd7 5.h3 Bf5 6.c4 dxc4 7.Nc3 e6 8.e4 Bg6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Be3 b5 12.a3 c6 13.Nh4 Be7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.d5 e5 16.Rad1 a6 17.dxc6 Qxc6 18.f4 exf4 19.e5 Qc8 20.Bxf4 Bc5+ 21.Be3 Nh6 22.Bxa8 Bxe3+ 23.Qxe3 Qxa8 24.Qb6 Nc6 25.Nd5 Qa7 26.Nf6+ gxf6 27.Rd8+ Ke7 28.exf6+ Ke6 29.Qxa7 Nxa7 30.Rxh8 Nf5 31.Ra8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Na4 Nd7 11.e4 Ne7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.O-O c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 bxc5 16.Qe2 Nc6 17.Rac1 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Qf6 21.Be3 Rfc8 22.g3 a5 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.bxa5 Rxa5 25.Rd1 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 e5 27.Bc4 Bg4 28.Rb1 Ra8 29.Kg2 Qe7 30.Bd5 Rd8 31.Rb6 Kg7 32.h3 Bc8 33.Qc3 Re8 34.Rc6 Bd7 35.Rc7 Qd6 36.g4 Re7 37.Ra7 Be8 38.Rxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 Bb7 9.a4 Nbd7 10.Na3 bxa4 11.Nc4 Be7 12.d3 Nd5 13.Bb1 Bc6 14.Bc2 O-O 15.Bd2 N5b6 16.e4 Nxc4 17.dxc4 Bf6 18.Bc1 Qa5 19.e5 Be7 20.Bd2 Qc7 21.Bc3 Rfe8 22.Rfe1 Nf8 23.h4 Qb7 24.h5 h6 25.Nd2 Rad8 26.Ne4 Nh7 27.f4 f5 28.Nd2 Bh4 29.Rf1 Nf8 30.Kh2 Qf7 31.g4 Rd7 32.Rg1 Red8 33.Nf1 Kh8 34.Kh3 fxg4 35.Kxh4 g5 36.hxg6 Nxg6+ 37.Bxg6 Qxg6 38.Rxg4 Qf7 39.f5 Kh7 40.f6 Rg8 41.Rd1 Rxd1 42.Qxd1 Be8 43.Qd3+ Kh8 44.Rxg8+ Qxg8 45.Qe3 Kh7 46. Bd2 Qf8 47. Ng3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "29"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.f3 O-O 10.Kh1 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rfe1 h6 14.Bf1 Be7 15.Rad1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Tal Shaked"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "20"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 cxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Igor N Khmelnitsky"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 Bxd5 12.c4 Bb7 13.e6 f5 14.Rd1 Na6 15.Rd7 Bc6 16.Rxe7 Bf6 17.Bg5 Bxe7 18.Bxe7 Rfe8 19.Ba3 Rxe6 20.Nd4 Re4 21.Bf3 Rxd4 22.Bxc6 Rad8 23.Bd5+ R4xd5 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Re1 Rd7 26.b4 Rd3 27.Bb2 Kf7 28.a3 c5 29.bxc5 Nxc5 30.Bc1 Rb3 31.Bg5 Ne6 32.Bc1 Rb1 33.Bd2 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 Nd4 35.Bd2 Ke6 36.Kh2 b5 37.Kg3 Nc2 38.Bc1 a5 39.h4 a4 40.Kf4 Kd5 41.Kg5 Nxa3 42.Bxa3 Kc4 43.Kh6 b4 44.Bc1 a3 45.Kxh7 a2 46.Bb2 Kb3 47.Bf6 Kc2 48.Kxg6 b3 49.h5 b2 50.h6 a1=Q 51.h7 Qa8 52.Bxb2 Kxb2 53.f4 Qf8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "114"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.Qa4 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 O-O 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Ra1 Nc7 14.dxc5 Bc6 15.Qd1 Qg5 16.e4 Qxc5 17.Be3 Qe5 18.f3 f5 19.Bd4 Qf4 20.e5 b5 21.Bc5 Rfc8 22.Qd6 bxc4 23.g3 Qg5 24.Bxc4 f4 25.Qd2 Qxe5 26.Bd6 Qe3+ 27.Qxe3 fxe3 28.Rae1 Bb5 29.Bxb5 Nxb5 30.Be5 Rc5 31.Rxe3 d6 32.a4 dxe5 33.axb5 Rxb5 34.Re2 Rab8 35.Ra1 a5 36.Ra2 Kf7 37.Kf2 g5 38.h3 h5 39.Ra4 Kf6 40.h4 gxh4 41.Rxh4 Rxb2 42.Rxh5 Rxe2+ 43.Kxe2 Ra8 44.Rh6+ Ke7 45.Kd3 a4 46.Rh2 a3 47.Ra2 Kf6 48.Kc2 Kf5 49.Kb1 e4 50.fxe4 Kg4 51.Rg2 a2 52.Ka1 e5 53.Rg1 Ra4 54.Rf1 Kxg3 55.Rf5 Rxe4 56.Kxa2 Kg4 57.Rf8 Rb4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"] [ECO "B62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 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 h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 e5 12.Be3 b5 13.Kb1 Be7 14.h4 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Qb8 17.Bc4 Bd8 18.Rde1 a5 19.g4 Bb6 20.g5 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Nd7 22.f4 Qa7 23.Bb5 Qxe3 24.Rxe3 hxg5 25.fxe5 Ke7 26.Bxd7 Kxd7 27.Rf1 dxe5 28.hxg5 Kd6 29.a3 Ra7 30.Rf5 Rc7 31.axb4 axb4 32.Rfxe5 b3 33.cxb3 Rh1+ 34.Re1 Rh4 35.Rf5 Rh2 36.Rc1 Rxc1+ 37.Kxc1 Rh5 38.Rxf7 Rxg5 39.Kc2 Kxd5 40.b4 Kc4 41.Rf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Alexander Shabalov"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O 1/2-1/2