46th US Championship; September 25 - October 6, 2000
Seattle, WA

For the final US Championship of the millennium, the tournament
returned to the classic 12-man Round Robin format


                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
 1. GM Joel Benjamin       x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½  6½-4½
 2. GM Alex Shabalov       ½ x 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1  6½-4½
 3. GM Yasser Seirawan     0 0 x 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1  6½-4½
 4. GM Dmitry Gurevich     ½ 1 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  6 -5
 5. GM Gregory Kaidanov    ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1  6 -5
 6. GM Nick deFirmian      ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½  5½-5½
 7. GM Larry Christiansen  0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  5½-5½
 8. GM Alexander Ivanov    0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½  5½-5½
 9. GM Boris Gulko         1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ 0  4½-6½
10. GM Gregory Serper      ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½  4½-6½
11. GM John Fedorowicz     ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 x 0  4½-6½
12. GM Alex Yermolinsky    ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 x  4½-6½


FIRST PLACE PLAYOFF

Joel Benjamin won this playoff for the Championship Ring only.
Benjamin, Shabalov, and Seirawan remained Co-Champions.

                        1  2  3
1. GM Joel Benjamin    xx 11 1-  3-0
2. GM Alex Shabalov    00 xx 01  1-3
3. GM Yasser Seirawan  0- 10 xx  1-2

  • As with 1988, this was another tournament won with a +2 score. This was the first tournament ever where a mere 2 points separated first place and last place.

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    [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.25"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "202"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. Be3 Nxc5 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nbd2 Bb6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Nd4 Bh3 16. e3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Rac1 g6 19. N2f3 Qe7 20. Ne2 Rc6 21. Nfd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Nb3 Nd7 25. a4 f5 26. Nf4 Ne5 27. a5 Bd8 28. Rc5 Bf6 29. Rb5 b6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Rxb6 Nc4 32. Rb7 Bxb2 33. Nc5 Be5 34. Nd5 Rf7 35. Rb4 Nd6 36. h4 Ra7 37. Rb6 Nf7 38. Rc6 Ra8 39. h5 Nd8 40. Rb6 Kf7 41. Nd7 Bg7 42. hxg6+ hxg6 43. Nf4 Ra7 44. Rd6 g5 45. Nh5 Ne6 46. Nxg7 Nxg7 47. Ne5+ Kg8 48. g4 f4 49. Rd4 fxe3 50. fxe3 Ne8 51. Nd7 Kf7 52. Nc5 Nf6 53. Nxe4 Nxe4 54. Rxe4 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ra5 56. Rd4 Re5 57. Rd6+ Kf7 58. Ke2 Re4 59. Rd4 Re5 60. Kd3 Ra5 61. Rb4 Ra6 62. Rb5 Kf6 63. Rf5+ Kg6 64. Rc5 Kf6 65. Kd4 Rd6+ 66. Rd5 Ra6 67. Rf5+ Kg6 68. Rc5 Ra4+ 69. Rc4 Ra3 70. Rc6+ Kf7 71. Ke4 Ra4+ 72. Kf3 Ke7 73. Rg6 Ra5 74. Rg8 Kf7 75. Rd8 Ke7 76. Rd4 Ke6 77. Ke4 Re5+ 78. Kd3 Ra5 79. Rc4 Rd5+ 80. Kc3 Ra5 81. Kb4 Ra1 82. Kc3 Ra5 83. Kd3 Rd5+ 84. Rd4 Ra5 85. Rb4 Rd5+ 86. Kc4 Ra5 87. Rb6+ Ke5 88. Kd3 Ra4 89. Rb5+ Kf6 90. e4 Ra1 91. Kd4 Rd1+ 92. Ke3 Re1+ 93. Kf3 Rf1+ 94. Ke2 Rg1 95. Kf3 Rf1+ 96. Kg2 Re1 97. Rf5+ Kg6 98. Kf3 Rf1+ 99. Ke3 Rg1 100. Kd4 Rxg4 101. Rf1 Rf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.25"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "C03"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "129"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 8. c3 a4 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. b4 axb3 12. Nxb3 Na5 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxc3 21. Rc1 Qxb3 22. Bf6 h5 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bd6 Bd7 25. h3 Bc6 26. Qh4 Qb2 27. Qg5 Ra8 28. Be7 Ra2 29. Bc5 Qd2 30. Be3 Qd5 31. Kh2 Ra5 32. Bf4 Ra4 33. f3 Qd3 34. Be3 Ra2 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Bf2 Qd2 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. h4 Kh7 39. Be3 Re2 40. Bf4 Kg6 41. Rb1 Ra2 42. Rb6 Kf5 43. Bg3 Ra5 44. Kh2 Rb5 45. Rxb5 Bxb5 46. Be1 g6 47. Bc3 Kf4 48. Bd4 Bc6 49. Kg1 Bxf3 50. gxf3 Kxf3 51. Kh2 b5 52. Bc3 Ke3 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Kg2 b4 56. Bxb4 Kxe5 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Bd2 f6 59. Bc1 e5 60. Be3 g5 61. hxg5 fxg5 62. Kg3 g4 63. Bc5 Ke4 64. Bb6 Kd3 65. Kh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.25"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2533"] [PlyCount "51"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O exd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. h3 Ne7 11. d5 Bd7 12. b3 a6 13. Be3 h5 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Nf5 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Kh2 h4 19. Bg5 hxg3+ 20. fxg3 Nh7 21. Bf4 Qd8 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Rce1 Qd8 25. Be3 Re5 26. Bf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.25"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "44"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 h6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5 bxa5 14. Qb5+ Nd7 15. Qxa5 Qxa5 16. Rxa5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Ba3 Nc4 20. Rfb1 Nxa3 21. Rxa3 O-O 22. Kf1 Rfb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.25"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "46"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Rc1 b6 14. h3 Qb7 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qd3 a6 17. Rcd1 h6 18. a4 Nd7 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Ne2 Rc5 21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. Re2 Nc5 23. Rde1 e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.25"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rfd1 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Bf3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.26"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "74"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Bg4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. b5 a5 16. h3 Bh5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Ng3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Bg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. g4 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rac1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Nd2 c3 31. Nb3 Nd7 32. Nxa5 Nb6 33. Nb3 Nxa4 34. Nd4 Nb6 35. Ne2 Nd5 36. e4 Nf6 37. Rxc3 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.26"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2574"] [PlyCount "48"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. e3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Be2 Be6 15. Nb3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd5 19. Rh2 Kf8 20. Rah1 Kg7 21. Kc3 Rac8 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Re7 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.26"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "100"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O d6 11. b3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Nd4 15. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc3 17. Ng1 Rb8 18. Qxa7 b5 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Qa4 Nd4 21. Nh3 d5 22. Qa3 Ne6 23. f4 Ra8 24. Qc1 Rxa2 25. f5 Nd4 26. f6 Ne6 27. fxg7 Kxg7 28. Rf5 Qa5 29. Ng1 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Bxd5 Rd1 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Bc4 R8d2+ 34. Ne2 Re1 35. Rf2 f6 36. Nc3 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Re5 38. Nd5 Ng5 39. Nf4 Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Nd2 41. Bd5 f5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Nh5+ Ke7 44. Nf4 Kd6 45. Bg8 Re7 46. Bd5 Re8 47. Bf7 Rb8 48. Nd3 Nxb3 49. Ke3 Rb7 50. Bg8 Nd4 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.26"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "64"] 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. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. g4 a5 16. Nd4 a4 17. Bd3 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 a3 20. b3 d5 21. Rhg1 Kh8 22. h5 Rfd8 23. h6 g6 24. Qe1 Rb6 25. Rg2 gxf5 26. exf5 e4 27. fxe4 Qe5 28. Bc1 dxe4 29. Bc4 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 e3 31. Qg1 Rb8 32. Bxe3 Qb2# 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.26"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "76"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Bf4 b4 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Re5 Qb6 19. Qg3 bxc3 20. Bh6 g6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 Kh8 23. Bxh7 Rf7 24. Bg6 Rg8 25. Be3 c2 26. Rf1 Qxb2 27. Rxa5 Nh7 28. Qg4 Rfg7 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Rxa6 Rxg6 33. g3 Rc8 34. Rc1 Nd5 35. Ra4 Rg7 36. Kf1 Rb7 37. Ke1 Rb1 38. Kd2 Nb4 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.26"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bc4 d6 7. g3 fxg3 8. hxg3 Bg4 9. Rf1 Qd7 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Be3 a6 12. O-O-O Bh5 13. e5 Nge7 14. exd6 cxd6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd4 f6 17. Rde1 O-O 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Nce4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Nc8 21. Qc3 b5 22. Na5 f5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 b4 25. Qd4 Be2 26. Rh1 Re4 27. Rxh6 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Qb5 29. Nc6 f4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.27"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "40"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. O-O-O d6 12. Rxd6 Nd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd6 14. Bc5 Qc7 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. f3 Be6 17. Qb5 Rc8 18. Bd3 a6 19. Qb4+ Kg8 20. Kb1 b6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.27"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2533"] [PlyCount "39"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 Nb4 13. a5 Bc6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bb5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.27"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. O-O Bxc5 12. Rc1 d4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf5 Qa5 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Qb3 Rd7 19. exd4 Rfd8 20. d5 Nd4 21. Qd3 g6 22. Rfe1 Qxd5 23. b3 Qa5 24. Qf1 Nb5 25. Rcd1 Nc3 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bh6 Qd8 28. a4 Bg5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Bd3 a6 31. g3 Qd2 32. Bc4 Kg7 33. Re3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rd1 35. a5 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Ne4 37. Bg2 Nd6 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kd7 41. Kd4 f6 42. g4 Kc7 43. Kd5 Kd7 44. h4 h6 45. Kc5 Kc7 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. Bf3 Nc8 48. Be4 Ne7+ 49. Kc5 Kc7 50. b4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Bd3 Ng8 53. Bf5 Ne7 54. Bd3 Ng8 55. Bf5 Ne7 56. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.27"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "45"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qc2 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxh4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Be7 16. b4 g6 17. Bh3 Bd6 18. a4 Nb6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb3 Nc4 21. b5 a5 22. Rfd1 Qf6 23. Rbc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.27"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c6 10. c4 d6 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Qe2 f6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. O-O c5 17. Nf3 Ne5 18. Rfb1 Qc3 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. a4 g5 21. hxg5 fxg5 22. Ra3 g4 23. Qd2 Rh7 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Re7 26. g3 f3 27. a5 Kf7 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Ke1 Bf5 30. Kd2 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Kxe3 Kf6 34. Kf4 Kg6 35. a6 b6 36. c3 Rf8+ 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.27"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "97"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. d5 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rad1 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qf6 18. Nd4 b5 19. Qg3 Ra7 20. Rd6 Re7 21. Rd1 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rc1 Rfe8 24. f3 g6 25. Kf2 h5 26. h4 b4 27. Rc2 Kg7 28. b3 a5 29. Nc6 Bf5 30. Nxe5 Bxc2 31. Nc6 Ra8 32. Rd2 Bf5 33. Ke3 a4 34. bxa4 Rxa4 35. Rb2 b3 36. axb3 Rxh4 37. Nd4 Bc8 38. Rc2 Bb7 39. b4 Rh1 40. Rc7 Bd5 41. Rc5 Bb7 42. b5 Rb1 43. Kf4 Rb4 44. Ke5 f6+ 45. Ke6 Rxd4 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. Rxb7 Rd2 48. g3 Rd3 49. f4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.28"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. e3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Ba3 Be4 13. Nxa5 Nc2 14. Nxb7 Qd5 15. Nc5 Nxa1 16. Nxe4 Qxb3 17. Bxe7 Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Ne5 Rxa4 20. Bxe4 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Kg7 22. Rc1 c5 23. Bd5 f6 24. Nc6 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Bd6 26. Ne6+ Kh6 27. Nd8 Be7 28. Nf7+ Kg7 29. Rc7 Kf8 30. Nh6 Ra5 31. e4 f5 32. Ng8 Bg5 33. h4 fxe4 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Bc4 Nc2 36. hxg5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Nd4 38. Rc7+ Kh8 39. Nh6 Nf3+ 40. Kh3 Nxg5+ 41. Kg4 Ra5 42. Rd7 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.28"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "102"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nf6 15. h3 Re8 16. a4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 Nf6 19. Bh3 e6 20. Qd4 Bxf3 21. exf3 d5 22. h5 Qe7 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 exd5 25. Rc6 gxh5 26. f4 Qd8 27. Bf5 h6 28. Kf1 Qe7 29. b4 Rd8 30. a5 bxa5 31. bxa5 Rb8 32. Qc3 Rb4 33. Rc7 d4 34. Qc6 Qe8 35. Qxe8 Nxe8 36. Rxa7 Nd6 37. Bd3 Rb3 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Kd1 Rb3 40. Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 Rb3 42. Kc2 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 Nc4+ 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. Rd7 Rc5 46. a6 Ra5 47. Rd6 Ra3 48. Kc2 d3+ 49. Kd2 Kh7 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. f5 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.28"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 c5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bc3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bc3 Rc8 14. Qd6 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qc7 16. Qxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.28"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "41"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O a6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Nb5 axb5 14. Bxb4 d5 15. e5 Bxb4 16. exf6 g6 17. Qg4 Bd6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rfe8 21. Bxd7 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.28"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O e6 7. e4 Qb8 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. a4 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. a5 bxa5 14. bxa5 Qc8 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxd6 21. Rfd1 Qc6 22. Qxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.28"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2574"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 e5 11. f5 h5 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Qe2 Bd4 14. Bh4 O-O-O 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. h3 Rhd8 19. Bb1 b5 20. Rfe1 Qb7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rc1 c4 23. Bg3 Re8 24. a4 Kd8 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Qd2 Nh7 27. Qa5+ Ke7 28. Bxe5 Bc5 29. Qc3 f6 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Kf7 32. Ba2 Ba6 33. Bxc4+ 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.29"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "B57"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2533"] [PlyCount "99"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 Ne5 12. Be2 Kh8 13. Kh1 Rg8 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qa5 Qxa5 16. Nxa5 b6 17. Nc6 Bb7 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bh5 Kg7 21. Rf3 Kf8 22. Rfd3 Nc8 23. Bf3 Ke7 24. Kg1 Rd7 25. R1d2 a6 26. a4 Rc7 27. Kf2 Rc5 28. g4 Bc6 29. Be2 a5 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Rg3 Rg8 32. Rh3 Rg7 33. Rhd3 Rg8 34. Bf3 Rd8 35. Re3 Kf8 36. Red3 Ke7 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Be2 Kg7 39. Red3 Kf8 40. Rh3 Kg7 41. Re3 Kf8 42. Rd1 Ne7 43. Red3 Nc8 44. Rh3 Kg7 45. Ke1 Ne7 46. Rhd3 Nc8 47. R3d2 Bb7 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Nb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.29"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Qf3 Ncd7 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Rad1 g6 18. f4 Ned7 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. g4 Nc5 21. Bg2 Ra6 22. Kh1 Bg7 23. Ba3 Nfd7 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Nde2 Qh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.29"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "27"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 a5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 c6 14. Nf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.29"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "37"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. N1f3 h6 8. Ne4 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Be4 Qc8 13. Bd6 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ne5 c5 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Rad1 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.29"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "32"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxc4 Bc5 8. Bf2 c6 9. dxc6 Qb6 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nh3 Bc8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Nb3 Qb4+ 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.09.29"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Be3 Bc7 14. Nbd2 Qd6 15. Qa4 h5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Bf5 h4 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. Rxd5 Nce5 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Ncxe5 Bxe5 25. Bg5 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qd6+ 27. Ne5 Rxe5 28. Bf4 Rfe8 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Be4 g5 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 33. Kg1 Bb5 34. Qd5 Qf4 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Bxb7 Qxd4 37. cxd4 f5 38. f4 g4 39. g3 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.01"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2574"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Rb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.01"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B60"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "74"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4 h6 16. Bh4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh4 18. f5 d5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Qxd5 Qa7+ 22. Kh1 Be7 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6 O-O-O 25. Rd5 Kb7 26. Rfd1 Qe3 27. Re5 Qb6 28. Qe7 Qc7 29. Qb4+ Bb5 30. Rde1 Qd6 31. Rxb5+ axb5 32. Qxb5+ Kc8 33. h3 Rd7 34. Qxc4+ Rc7 35. Qa4 Qc6 36. Qa5 g6 37. Re3 Rd8 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.01"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Rb1 Rad8 13. Qc1 Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qa3 Qc8 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rd7 20. d5 Rc8 21. Rbc1 Bf8 22. e5 Qb7 23. Qd3 Rdc7 24. e6 Rxc1 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxc1 Bg7 27. Ne6 Bf6 28. f4 Qd7 29. f5 Qa4 30. Rf1 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Qc2 32. Qh5+ Qg6 33. Qh3 Rg8 34. Bg5 Nc4 35. Qc3 b5 36. g3 Rc8 37. Bxf6 exf6 38. Qd4 Nb6 39. Nc5 Qg5 40. Ne4 Qxd5 41. Qxd5+ 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.01"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "46"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 d5 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. d4 exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxd4 Ra8 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.01"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Qe3 d5 14. O-O d4 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 e5 17. a3 Qc7 18. b4 Ne7 19. c5 Bf5 20. Qf3 Rab8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nd5 23. Rd2 a5 24. Qd3 axb4 25. Qc4 Nb6 26. Qb5 Nd5 27. axb4 Nc3 28. Qc4 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.01"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 d5 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Ba6 15. Rc2 b4 16. Qd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Bb7 19. Rc1 Nb8 20. Bd3 g6 21. h4 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Nc6 24. Qa4 Kg7 25. Bb5 Na7 26. Bf1 Nc6 27. Nb3 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Qxa6 29. Nc5 Qb6 30. Qc2 Be7 31. Nd3 h5 32. Kg2 Bd6 33. b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch Seattle"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "134"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Qd2 h6 10.h3 Bb7 11.Rae1 Nf6 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.b4 Rd8 14.b5 a5 15.Nh2 Qc8 16.f3 Nh5 17.Ne2 e5 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 O-O 21.Ng4 Kh7 22.Nf6+ Kh8 23.Ng3 Ng8 24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Qe6 26.Kh2 Bxf6 27.exf6 Qd6 28.Re5 Rde8 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Bc4 Qxf4 31.Rxf4 Rf8 32.Ne2 g5 33.Rf2 Be4 34.Nc3 Bg6 35.Nd5 Kh7 36.Bb3 Rc8 37.g4 h5 38.Kg3 Nh6 39.gxh5 Bxh5 40.Kh2 Bg6 41.Rg2 Nf5 42.Rxg5 Rd8 43.Rg4 Kh6 44.Rf4 Re8 45.Bc4 Re1 46.Kg2 Ne3+ 47.Kf2 Nxd5 48.Bxd5 Re5 49.Bb3 Kg5 50.Rc4 Rc5 51.Rxc5+ bxc5 52.c3 Kxf6 53.h4 Kf5 54.Kg3 Bh5 55.Bc2+ Ke5 56.Bb3 Ke4 57.Bc2+ Ke5 58.Bb3 Ke4 59.Bc2+ Ke3 60.Bf5 Bd1 61.Bd7 c4 62.Be8 f5 63.h5 f4+ 64.Kh2 f3 65.h6 f2 66.h7 f1=Q 67.h8=Q Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.02"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 Bd7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Be2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Bb5 14. Bxb4 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Qb5+ 16. Qd3 Qxb4 17. Rab1 O-O 18. Rhd1 Qa4 19. a3 Rc2+ 20. Rd2 Rxd2+ 21. Nxd2 Rc8 22. Nb3 h6 23. h3 e5 24. Kf1 Ne4 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Nc5 27. Qd2 Qc4+ 28. Ne2 Na4 29. Kg1 Qb3 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 f5 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 e4 35. Kd2 Ke6 36. c4 Kd6 37. Kc3 Kc5 38. h4 g6 39. Kb3 a5 40. a4 Kd6 41. Kc3 Ke5 42. g3 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.02"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Qa4 c5 15. h4 O-O 16. Be3 Rab8 17. a3 Bd2 18. Bxd2 Qxb2 19. Bd3 Qxd2 20. Qxa6 Nc6 21. Rae1 Rb3 22. Kg3 Nd4 23. Qd6 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Qxc5 Rxd3+ 26. Nxd3 Qxd3+ 27. Kh2 Rb8 28. Re1 h6 29. Re3 Qd2 30. Qxa7 Rc8 31. h5 Rxc4 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Qf3 Rd4 34. Kg3 Qc2 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. Kg3 Qd2 37. a4 Ra1 38. Rd3 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.02"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bg5 Qf5 14. Nc3 h6 15. Be3 Nb6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ne2 Nc8 18. Nf4 N8e7 19. Nd3 Rad8 20. Re1 g5 21. h4 gxh4 22. Nxh4 Qf6 23. Nf4 Be8 24. Qg4 e5 25. Ne6 exd4 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. Nxd8 Bh5 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Qxh6+ Bxh6 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Bxd5 Rd8 32. Be4+ Kg8 33. Bf3 Bf7 34. Rad1 d3 35. Nf5 Bg5 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. f4 Bf6 38. Nh6+ 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.02"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2533"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. Ne1 Qxa5 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. a4 Qd8 14. Ra3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. g3 Ng6 18. Ng2 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rf7 20. Nb5 Nc7 21. a5 Na6 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Bg7 24. Be6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rf5 26. Qg4 Qf8 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxf5 Qxd2 29. Qxe4 Rf8 30. f5 Ne7 31. Raf3 Bf6 32. Ne3 Qxa5 33. Ng4 Qc7 34. Rg1 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.02"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "146"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Rd1 a5 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nf1 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. h4 h6 15. Ne3 Re8 16. b3 c5 17. Bb2 Qc8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Red8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 N5a6 25. b5 Nb4 26. Qe2 Ncd5 27. Qg4 Bc5 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. N4f5 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Nhxf7 Rf8 33. Ng5 Rxf2 34. Bd4 Ne3 35. Bxc5 Rg2+ 36. Kh1 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rh2+ 39. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 40. Kh3 Nd5 41. Rxd5 exd5 42. e6 Qa7 43. Bd4+ Kf8 44. Kxg4 Qa4 45. Nf3 Qb4 46. e7+ Kxe7 47. Nc8+ Kd8 48. Na7 Ke8 49. Nc6 Qf8 50. Bf6 Qxf6 51. Ncd4 Qh8 52. Kf4 Ke7 53. g4 Qf6+ 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Nc6 Kc5 56. Ncd4 Kb4 57. g5 Qe7+ 58. Kf4 Qe4+ 59. Kg3 Ka4 60. Kf2 Qg4 61. Ke3 Kb4 62. Kf2 Qe4 63. Ne2 Qe8 64. Ned4 Kc4 65. h5 gxh5 66. g6 Kc5 67. g7 Qg8 68. Nf5 Qh7 69. Ke3 Kxb5 70. N3d4+ Ka4 71. Kf3 b5 72. Kf4 b4 73. Nc6 b3 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.03"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "107"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Bg2 Qc8 7. h3 h5 8. gxh5 Bf5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nge2 Nh6 11. Ng3 Bh7 12. Nce2 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. b3 Qd7 15. a4 Nc8 16. c4 Ne7 17. a5 Nef5 18. a6 Be7 19. Nf4 O-O 20. b4 b5 21. cxb5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rab8 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. e4 dxe4 25. d5 Qc3 26. d6 Bg5 27. Nfe2 Qxe5 28. Ra5 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Qb2 30. d7 f5 31. Qd6 Qxb4 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qe5 Rbd8 34. Rd5 Qa4 35. Qc3 f4 36. Ra1 Qxa1+ 37. Qxa1 f3 38. Qc3 fxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Rf2+ 40. Kh1 Bb6 41. Nd4 e3 42. Ne6 Rf6 43. Re5 Rg8 44. Nxg7 Kxg7 45. Re7+ Nf7 46. Qe5 Bg6 47. h6+ Kxh6 48. Qxf6 Ng5 49. Rg7 Rxg7 50. Nf5+ Kh5 51. Nxg7+ Kh4 52. Qxg6 e2 53. Nf5+ Kxh3 54. Qh5# 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.03"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "39"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O d6 12. Bg2 c6 13. e3 Bb6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. b4 Qg6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qb3 Be6 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Bg4 20. Rd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.03"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 e5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bh4 16. Re2 Nde5 17. Rg2 O-O 18. Be2 Bg5 19. Nf1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f6 24. Be3 b6 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Rgg1 Bf7 27. b3 a5 28. Bb5 Na7 29. Ba6 Nac6 30. Bb5 Na7 31. Ba6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.03"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2574"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nc3 b6 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 Qb8 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Qe1 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.03"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "125"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qb3 Bc8 17. Rac1 a5 18. h3 Ra6 19. Ng4 Be6 20. Qxb7 Rb6 21. Qa7 Rxb2 22. Rc7 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxa5 Qf4 25. Qc3 Rxa2 26. g3 Qd2 27. Qe3 h5 28. Ne5 Bxh3 29. Nd3 Bf5 30. Nf4 Be4 31. Rc3 Rb8 32. Qxd2 Rxd2 33. f3 Bg6 34. Nxd5 Rbb2 35. Nf4 Rxd4 36. Rce3 Rdd2 37. R1e2 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. Nxe2 Bf5 40. Nf4 g6 41. Kf2 Kg7 42. Nd5 Be6 43. Ne3 Kf6 44. f4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Bh3 46. Nc2 Kd6 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. Nd4 Bd7 49. Nf3 Ba4 50. Ng5 Be8 51. f5 Ke5 52. fxg6 fxg6 53. Nf3+ Kf5 54. Kf2 Ba4 55. Nd4+ Kg4 56. Nf3 Bd1 57. Ne5+ Kf5 58. Nc4 Bb3 59. Ne3+ Ke4 60. Ng2 g5 61. Ne3 Be6 62. Nf1 Kd3 63. Ne3 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.03"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "B60"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 e6 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. a4 a6 10. Na3 Qc7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qd4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 b4 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. f3 e5 22. Be3 d5 23. Ng3 dxe4 24. fxe4 Ng4 25. Ba7 Rb7 26. Kh1 g6 27. h3 Nf6 28. Ra6 Nd7 29. Rxc6 Rxa7 30. Rc8+ Bd8 31. Bc4 f6 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rc6 Rc7 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Rc6+ Ke7 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Bb3 Kf8 38. Red6 Ke7 39. Re6+ Kf8 40. Red6 Ke7 41. Re6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.04"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "81"] 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 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 c6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kh2 cxd5 16. exd5 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nb4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Qb3 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 g5 24. Re2 Ra4 25. Re3 h5 26. Rf3 Qe5 27. Re3 Qf6 28. a3 bxa3 29. bxa3 b6 30. Re4 Ra8 31. Qe3 Bf5 32. Re7 Kg7 33. Rb7 Rc8 34. Qe2 h4 35. gxh4 Bg6 36. Qf3 Qe5+ 37. Qg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Rxc4+ 40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.04"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2533"] [PlyCount "89"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 a6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nfd7 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Bd3 N8d7 13. Re1 c4 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rc1 a5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bb7 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nb5 Ra8 22. Re2 Ba6 23. Rec2 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxc5 Qd6 27. R1c4 h5 28. h4 Ra7 29. g3 Rb8 30. Kg2 Rab7 31. Qd3 Kh7 32. Ba4 Rb4 33. f4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Qa3 35. Qc2 Rd8 36. Rc7 Qb4 37. Rc4 Qe1 38. Qf2 Qa1 39. Qd2 Rb8 40. e5 Rd8 41. Rc7 Qb1 42. Kh2 Qe4 43. Bc6 Bf8 44. d6 Qb1 45. Bd5 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.04"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Be3 Ng6 13. h3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rb3 b6 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Nf4 22. Bg4 Rad8 23. Re3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Rd8 25. Bb3 Kf8 26. Rf3 Rd4 27. h4 Ke7 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rc3 Nc5 30. Re3+ Kf8 31. Bc2 g6 32. a3 a5 33. Kf1 h6 34. Ke1 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Re5 Ne6 38. Bb3 Nc5 39. Bc2 Ne6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.04"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Na6 11. O-O Nxc4 12. dxe6 Nb4 13. Qc1 d5 14. b3 Na5 15. Ne5 Rf6 16. Qb1 d4 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rd1 c5 19. e3 Rxe6 20. Qxf5 Rf6 21. Qg4 Nd6 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc2 24. Nc6 Qf8 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Nd5 Qf7 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxd6 Qxa1+ 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Qd7 Rf8 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Be5 Qg6 34. Qd8+ Qe8 35. Qd7 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.04"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 h5 9. a4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. Bh6 Nd7 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Nxd6 Qd8 17. Nxc8 Nxc8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Qxh5 Nd6 20. b3 Qg7 21. O-O Bg5 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. Rfe1 Kg7 25. g3 Rh8 26. Rd3 Bf4 27. Qf3 Rh5 28. Qg2 Bh6 29. Kf1 Rg5 30. Qf3 Ng4 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. h3 Nge3+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 34. Qxe3 Rh5 35. f4 Qg4 36. h4 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Rxh4+ 38. Qh3 Rxh3+ 39. Rxh3 Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 Qxf3 41. Nd1 exf4 42. Kg1 Qxb3 43. e5 Kf8 44. d6 Ke8 45. a5 Qg3+ 46. Kf1 f3 47. Ne3 f2 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.04"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "A62"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2567"] [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 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. e4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Qe2 Rb6 17. Ra7 Qd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Nd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rb7 24. Ra8 Qd6 25. Qe5 Rd7 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Ra7 Bd7 28. b3 Rc8 29. Re7 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Raxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 c3 33. Be4 c2 34. Bxc2 Rxc2 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 Rc2 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Ke4 Rc2 42. f3 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. Rd8 Ke7 45. Ra8 Rg1 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.05"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Ne1 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Nc2 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Ne7 19. Rf2 Ned5 20. Bb2 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qd7 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Be4 f5 24. Bc6 Qxd3 25. Qe1 Bd5 26. Bxa5 Qe4 27. Bxd5+ Nxd5 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Bc3 Raa8 30. Bd4 Bxa3 31. Qf1 Bf8 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 g6 34. Be5 Rab8 35. b6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.05"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. e4 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qd3 Rc7 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bf4 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd6 21. Qg3 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Rd7 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rd2 Rfd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.05"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qe3 Nxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Bb6 Qd5 20. Kh1 a4 21. c4 Qc6 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. c5 Re4 24. Qf3 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Qg3 h5 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Qd6 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. c6 Rc4 31. c7 Kh7 32. Re1 d4 33. Kg1 d3 34. Rd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.05"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Nick de Firmian"] [Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "108"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. c3 Bd6 16. Qg4 O-O-O 17. Qxg7 Qf5 18. Nh4 Qe4+ 19. Kd1 Rh7 20. f3 Qxh4 21. Rxh4 Rxg7 22. g4 Rh8 23. Kc2 Be7 24. Rh2 Bg5 25. f4 Bd8 26. Rg1 Nf6 27. Rhg2 Ne4 28. Kd3 f5 29. Be3 Nf6 30. g5 hxg5 31. h6 Rg6 32. fxg5 Ng4 33. c4 Bxg5 34. Rxg4 fxg4 35. Rxg4 Bxe3 36. Rxg6 Bxh6 37. Rxe6 Kd7 38. Rg6 Bf8 39. c5 Rh2 40. Kc3 Rh3+ 41. Kc4 Rh2 42. Kc3 Ke7 43. a4 Rh4 44. b4 Kf7 45. Rg3 Bg7 46. Rd3 Ke6 47. Kc4 Re4 48. Rd1 Bf6 49. b5 a6 50. Rd3 a5 51. Rd1 Bxd4 52. Rxd4 Ke5 53. Rxe4+ Kxe4 54. bxc6 bxc6 0-1 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.05"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Yasser Seirawan"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "145"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Rd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd4 Bc5 18. Rc4 Kb8 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxd7 Qxc2 21. Qd6+ Ka8 22. Qxf6 Rc8 23. h3 Rc6 24. Qd4 Rc4 25. Qh8+ Rc8 26. Qe5 Rc5 27. Qe3 Rc8 28. Qb3 Qe2 29. a4 h5 30. Qb4 Rc4 31. Qf8+ Ka7 32. b3 Rc3 33. Qb4 Qd3 34. Re1 Qd2 35. Rf1 Qd3 36. h4 Rxb3 37. Qc5+ Ka8 38. Qc8+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ Ka8 40. Qxh5 Qe4 41. Rd1 Rb1 42. g3 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kh2 Rxd1 45. Qxd1 Kb7 46. h5 Kc6 47. h6 b4 48. Qh5 Qh7 49. Kg2 Kb6 50. Qg4 Ka5 51. Qg7 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 Qf3 53. Qa7+ Kb5 54. h7 Qh5+ 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kg1 Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qh5+ 58. Kg1 Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qd5+ 60. f3 Qd2+ 61. Qf2 Qh6 62. Qe2+ Kb6 63. Qd3 Kc5 64. g4 Qg7 65. Qf5+ Kd6 66. g5 b3 67. Qf6+ Qxf6 68. gxf6 b2 69. f7 b1=Q 70. f8=Q+ Kc6 71. Qf6+ Kd5 72. Qg5+ Ke6 73. h8=Q 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.05"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [Black "John Fedorowicz"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2533"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bd3 b5 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Nf4 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ng6 fxg6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxg6+ Kf8 21. Qxd7 Kg7 22. Qxe7+ Kxg6 23. Rd7 Qc5 24. Qg7+ Kf5 25. g4+ Kf4 26. Qxf6+ Kg3 27. Rd2 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.06"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "John Fedorowicz"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "27"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.06"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Yasser Seirawan"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "107"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Bg3 Nh6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 f5 11. f3 f4 12. exf4 exf4 13. Bf2 Bh4 14. O-O Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 a6 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Nde4 Be6 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Bf1 Rad8 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rc1 Ne3 24. Qg5 Qc7 25. Qh4 h6 26. Nc3 Qa5 27. Qf2 Rfe8 28. b3 Nb4 29. g3 Qf5 30. a3 fxg3 31. hxg3 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Nd3 33. g4 Qg6 34. Qg3 Ne5 35. Nd5 Rf8 36. Rg2 b5 37. f4 Qf7 38. Rff2 bxc4 39. bxc4 Nxc4 40. Qd3 Rc8 41. g5 Rc5 42. gxh6 gxh6 43. Qh3 h5 44. Nc3 Re8 45. f5 Ne3 46. Rg5 Rg8 47. Qxe3 Rxg5+ 48. Qxg5 Rxc3 49. Rg2 Kh7 50. f6 Rc4 51. Qf5+ Kh6 52. Qg5+ Kh7 53. Rh2 Rc5 54. Rxh5+ 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.06"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "144"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxe2 16. Re3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Re7 Rab8 19. Rxc7 b5 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. b3 Ra5 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Rd2 Re5 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Rad1 Ra5 27. f4 g6 28. Re1 Rc3 29. Kf2 d5 30. Re3 d4 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. fxe5 Bf5 33. Bd5 Bd3 34. b4 Ke7 35. Bb3 f6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ke1 Ke5 38. Rf2 Bf5 39. Re2+ Be4 40. Rf2 Rc1+ 41. Kd2 Rh1 42. Bc4 Rb1 43. a3 d3 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Ra1 46. Ke3 g5 47. Rd2 Rxa3 48. Ra2 Rxa2 49. Bxa2 Bd5 50. Bb1 d2 51. Kxd2 Be4 52. Ba2 Kd4 53. h4 h6 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Be6 Bd5 56. Bd7 Kc4 57. b5 Kd4 58. Ke2 Kc5 59. Ke3 Bc4 60. Ke4 Bxb5 61. Be6 a5 62. Bb3 Kb4 63. Bd1 Ba4 64. Bg4 Kc3 65. Ke5 Bb3 66. Bd7 g4 67. Kf4 Bd1 68. Be8 Kb4 69. Ke3 Ba4 70. Bh5 Bd7 71. Kd2 Kb3 72. Kc1 Ka2 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.06"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"] [Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2574"] [PlyCount "240"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Bb1 Nbd7 14. Nf3 Rfc8 15. b3 Ne8 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. Qb2 Ba8 20. f3 Qh5 21. Qd2 Rc7 22. Nce2 Rbc8 23. Kh1 Be5 24. f4 Bh8 25. f5 Be5 26. Nf3 exf5 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Ng3 Qg4 29. exf5 Nef6 30. Bd3 Nc5 31. Be2 Qh3 32. Bf1 gxf5 33. Bxc5 f4 34. Kg1 Qe6 35. Ba3 Rd7 36. Qe1 fxg3 37. Qxg3+ Kh8 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. Rd1 Nc5 40. Qe3 f6 41. Qd2 Rg8 42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. Qd7 Qxd7 44. Rxd7 Be4 45. Rd6 f5 46. Rxa6 Rd8 47. Re6 Rd1 48. Kf2 Rd2+ 49. Be2 Rxa2 50. Rxe5 Rb2 51. g4 Bd3 52. gxf5 Kg7 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Re3 Bxf5 55. Kf4 Bc2 56. Bg4 Bxb3 57. Re6+ Kg7 58. Rb6 Rb1 59. Be6 Ba2 60. Rc6 Rf1+ 61. Ke5 Re1+ 62. Kd6 Rh1 63. h3 Bxc4 64. Bxc4 Rxh3 65. Rxc5 Re3 66. Be6 Kf6 67. Rf5+ Kg6 68. Rf1 h5 69. Bf7+ Kg5 70. Rg1+ Kf6 71. Bxh5 Rd3+ 72. Kc5 Ke5 73. Bf7 Rc3+ 74. Bc4 Re3 75. Rg8 Re4 76. Bd5 Re3 77. Rg5+ Kf4 78. Rh5 Re1 79. Kd6 Rd1 80. Rh4+ Ke3 81. Ke5 Rd3 82. Bc4 Rd8 83. Rh3+ Kd2 84. Bd5 Rd7 85. Kd4 Rd8 86. Rh2+ Kd1 87. Ke4 Rd7 88. Bb3+ Kc1 89. Ke3 Rd8 90. Bc4 Rd7 91. Bd3 Rc7 92. Kd4 Kd1 93. Bf5 Kc1 94. Kd3 Rc6 95. Be4 Rc8 96. Bf5 Rc6 97. Kd4 Rd6+ 98. Ke3 Rc6 99. Bd3 Rc8 100. Rf2 Rc7 101. Rf1+ Kb2 102. Rb1+ Ka2 103. Rb6 Ka3 104. Kd4 Ka4 105. Bc4 Ka5 106. Rb8 Rc6 107. Kd5 Rb6 108. Rh8 Kb4 109. Rh3 Ka5 110. Kc5 Rb5+ 111. Kd4 Rb6 112. Ra3+ Kb4 113. Ra1 Rd6+ 114. Bd5 Rb6 115. Ra8 Rb5 116. Ra6 Ra5 117. Rf6 Rb5 118. Rf1 Rb6 119. Rc1 Rb5 120. Bc6 Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.06"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"] [Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 Be7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Ne5 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. a3 Nd3 13. Nxc4 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 O-O 15. Qd4 Ne8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Ne4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Qd2 b6 21. Nb3 Qd7 22. Nd4 Rbe8 23. b3 a5 24. Nxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "Seattle, WA USA"] [Date "2000.10.06"] [EventDate "2000.09.25"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"] [Black "Nick de Firmian"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be5 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. b4 g6 18. b5 Bc8 19. e3 1/2-1/2

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