50th US Championship (& US Women's Championship); 2006
March 1-12
San Diego, CA
Format: Two 32 Player Swisses, with the winner of each section meeting in a playoff for the title.
Women were in both sections, with the top woman scorer from each section also meeting to determine
the US Women's Championship.
GROUP A Crosstable
No. T Name USCF FIDE Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Pts
1. GM Onischuk, Alexander 2686 2650 W21 W11 W25 D18 D 8 W 7 W19 D 5 D 4 7 -2
2. GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2707 2635 W14 D8 L18 W27 D12 W9 D3 W13 W5 6½-2½
3. GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2642 2564 W9 L25 D26 W11 D13 W17 D2 W19 W10 6½-2½
4. GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2774 2644 L13 D31 L27 W28 W20 W15 W18 W8 D1 6 -3
5. GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2662 2600 L22 D20 W23 D14 W27 W12 W8 D1 L2 5½-3½
6. IM Finegold, Benjamin 2657 2563 D26 W7 D19 L13 L25 W23 W21 D11 W16 5½-3½
7. GM Kudrin, Sergey 2627 2554 D20 L6 W24 W21 W26 L1 W25 D16 D9 5½-3½
8. GM Gurevich, Dmitry 2562 2503 W28 D2 W17 W10 D1 D18 L5 L4 W19 5½-3½
9. IM Fernandez, Daniel 2424 2423 L3 W29 D14 W22 D16 L2 W12 W25 D7 5½-3½
10. GM Goldin, Alexander 2642 2598 D23 W22 D12 L8 D14 W26 D16 W18 L3 5 -4
11. GM Serper, Gregory 2577 2517 W24 L1 D20 L3 D23 W27 W22 D6 D13 5 -4
12. IM Kraai, Jesse 2540 2443 W30 D17 D10 D15 D2 L5 L9 W27 W21 5 -4
13. IM Friedel, Joshua 2513 2455 W4 D18 D16 W6 D3 L19 W17 L2 D11 5 -4
14. FM Stein, Alan 2486 2415 L2 W28 D9 D5 D10 D21 D15 D17 W22 5 -4
15. WGM Goletiani, Rusudan (w) 2393 2378 L16 W32 W22 D12 D17 L4 D14 W26 D18 5 -4
16. GM Benjamin, Joel 2624 2576 W15 D19 D13 D26 D9 D25 D10 D7 L6 4½-4½
17. GM Dlugy, Maxim 2604 2531 W27 D12 L8 W20 D15 L3 L13 D14 W26 4½-4½
18. GM De Firmian, Nick 2600 2547 W31 D13 W2 D1 D19 D8 L4 L10 D15 4½-4½
19. IM Schneider, Dmitry 2525 2486 W32 D16 D6 W25 D18 W13 L1 L3 L8 4½-4½
20. FM Schneider, Igor 2420 2376 D7 D5 D11 L17 L4 L29 W32 W31 W25 4½-4½
21. IM Florean, Andrei 2479 2426 L1 D24 W31 L7 W29 D14 L6 W30 L12 4 -5
22. FM Tate, Emory 2441 2391 W5 L10 L15 L9 W30 W28 L11 W24 L14 4 -5
23. IM Lenderman, Alex 2427 2431 D10 L26 L5 W24 D11 L6 L27 W32 W30 4 -5
24. WFM Ross, Laura (w) 2238 2141 L11 D21 L7 L23 W32 D30 W28 L22 W31 4 -5
25. IM Gonzalez, Renier 2548 2470 W29 W3 L1 L19 W6 D16 L7 L9 L20 3½-5½
26. FM Bercys, Salvijus 2440 2358 D6 W23 D3 D16 L7 L10 W29 L15 L17 3½-5½
27. WGM Baginskaite, Camilla (w) 2331 2299 L17 W30 W4 L2 L5 L11 W23 L12 D28 3½-5½
28. WIM Epstein, Esther (w) 2172 2178 L8 L14 W32 L4 W31 L22 L24 W29 D27 3½-5½
29. WFM Vicary, Elizabeth (w) 2118 2107 L25 L9 D30 W31 L21 W20 L26 L28 W32 3½-5½
30. Zenyuk, Iryna (w) 2101 2194 L12 L27 D29 W32 L22 D24 W31 L21 L23 3 -6
31. Kleiman, Jake 2318 2279 L18 D4 L21 L29 L28 W32 L30 L20 L24 1½-7½
32. Cottrell-Finegold, Kelly (w) 1663 1887 L19 L15 L28 L30 L24 L31 L20 L23 L29 0 -9
GROUP B Crosstable
No. T Name USCF FIDE Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Pts
1 GM Kamsky, Gata 2729 2686 W13 D9 D16 D2 D10 W27 W5 D3 W7 6½-2½
2 GM Christiansen, Larry 2633 2546 D23 W29 W11 D1 D5 D3 D15 W9 W10 6½-2½
3 GM Shulman, Yury 2623 2581 W25 W27 D5 W7 W8 D2 W6 D1 L4 6½-2½
4 GM Fishbein, Alexander 2593 2519 L27 W25 W21 D10 L7 W18 W19 D5 W3 6 -3
5 GM Novikov, Igor 2643 2575 W22 W12 D3 D8 D2 W7 L1 D4 D9 5½-3½
6 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2722 2603 D19 D28 D20 D18 D12 W14 L3 W22 D8 5 -4
7 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2665 2595 W20 D11 W18 L3 W4 L5 D12 W15 L1 5 -4
8 GM Ivanov, Alexander 2657 2606 D21 W14 W9 D5 L3 D19 D11 D12 D6 5 -4
9 IM Perelshteyn, Eugene 2614 2522 W26 D1 L8 W13 D19 D11 W22 L2 D5 5 -4
10 GM Yermolinsky, Alex 2590 2554 D28 D19 W22 D4 D1 D15 W27 D11 L2 5 -4
11 GM Wojtkiewicz, Aleks 2555 2554 W31 D7 L2 W20 D15 D9 D8 D10 D14 5 -4
12 GM Kreiman, Boris 2535 2478 W30 L5 L27 W24 D6 W16 D7 D8 D15 5 -4
13 GM Browne, Walter 2507 2434 L1 D26 W29 L9 L14 W28 D24 W32 W23 5 -4
14 WGM Zatonskih, Anna (w) 2469 2433 D15 L8 W26 D17 W13 L6 D16 W27 D11 5 -4
15 GM Gulko, Boris 2678 2585 D14 D21 W23 D27 D11 D10 D2 L7 D12 4½-4½
16 GM Becerra, Julio 2629 2556 W24 D18 D1 D19 L27 L12 D14 D21 W25 4½-4½
17 GM Fedorowicz, John 2558 2493 D29 D23 D24 D14 D18 L22 W26 D20 D19 4½-4½
18 IM Milman, Lev 2528 2478 W32 D16 L7 D6 D17 L4 D25 W26 D20 4½-4½
19 IM Kriventsov, Stanislav 2491 2449 D6 D10 W28 D16 D9 D8 L4 D23 D17 4½-4½
20 IM Ippolito, Dean 2464 2414 L7 W31 D6 L11 D24 D25 W29 D17 D18 4½-4½
21 FM Muhammad, Stephen 2458 2377 D8 D15 L4 D25 D30 L26 W31 D16 W27 4½-4½
22 IM Lugo, Blas 2440 2412 L5 W30 L10 D23 W28 W17 L9 L6 W29 4½-4½
23 IM Ginsburg, Mark 2425 2367 D2 D17 L15 D22 D25 D29 W30 D19 L13 4 -5
24 IM Vigorito, David 2422 2359 L16 W32 D17 L12 D20 D30 D13 L25 W31 4 -5
25 IM Sarkar, Justin 2399 2323 L3 L4 W32 D21 D23 D20 D18 W24 L16 4 -5
26 WFM Abrahamyan, Tatev (w) 2325 2254 L9 D13 L14 D28 W31 W21 L17 L18 W32 4 -5
27 WIM Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg (w) 2271 2208 W4 L3 W12 D15 W16 L1 L10 L14 L21 3½-5½
28 Liu, Elliott 2266 2139 D10 D6 L19 D26 L22 L13 W32 W31 L30 3½-5½
29 Airapetian, Chouchanik (w) 2162 2130 D17 L2 L13 D31 W32 D23 L20 W30 L22 3½-5½
30 West, Vanessa (w) 2034 2083 L12 L22 D31 W32 D21 D24 L23 L29 W28 3½-5½
31 WFM Itkis, Hana (w) 2149 2105 L11 L20 D30 D29 L26 D32 L21 L28 L24 1½-7½
32 WCM Christiansen, Natasha (w) 1872 2003 L18 L24 L25 L30 L29 D31 L28 L13 L26 ½-8½
(w) indicates eligibility for the US Women's Championship Title
Playoff for US Championship
Group A Winner: Onischuk (7-2)
Group B Winner: Shulman (6½-3½, on tiebreak)
1 2
Onischuk ½ 1 1½
Shulman ½ 0 ½
US WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A Winner: Goletani (5-4)
Group B Winner: Zatonskih (5-4)
1 2
Zatonskih 1 ½ 1½
Goletani 0 ½ ½
PRIZE LIST
US Champion Alexander Onischuk - $25,000
US Women's Champion Anna Zatonskih - $12,500
Second place - Yury Shulman - $17,000
Women's second place - Rusudan Goletiani - $9,200
$5,000 Bent Larsen Fighting Chess Prize to Hikaru Nakamura
$1,000 Joyce Jillson Brilliancy Prize to Batchimeg Tuvshintugs
$300 best blogger prize to Ben Finegold, $100 2nd prize to Greg Serper
Special blogger prize of $50 to Ildar Ibragimov
Title norms achieved:
GM - Josh Friedel;
IM - Alan Stein, Rusudan Goletiani;
WGM - Batchimeg Tuvshintugs
Group A Standings in tiebreak order
USCF 1 2 3 4
Name/Team Rtng Sco Med Solk SBx2
1 GM Onischuk, Alexander (3) 2686 7.0 36.5 44.0 66.5
2 GM Ibragimov, Ildar (2) 2707 6.5 38.0 46.0 66.0
3 GM Stripunsky, Alexander (7) 2642 6.5 36.0 43.0 64.0
4 GM Nakamura, Hikaru (1) 2774 6.0 35.0 40.0 54.5
5 GM Gurevich, Dmitry (13) 2562 5.5 39.0 47.0 53.0
6 GM Akobian, Varuzhan (4) 2662 5.5 37.5 45.0 52.5
7 IM Fernandez, Daniel (23) 2424 5.5 37.0 44.0 47.0
8 GM Kudrin, Sergey (8) 2627 5.5 35.0 42.0 44.5
9 IM Finegold, Benjamin (5) 2657 5.5 32.5 39.5 49.0
10 IM Friedel, Joshua E (17) 2513 5.0 38.5 47.5 52.5
11 GM Serper, Gregory (12) 2577 5.0 36.5 44.0 42.0
12 FM Stein, Alan R (18) 2486 5.0 36.0 43.5 44.5
13 IM Kraai, Jesse (15) 2540 5.0 36.0 42.5 42.0
14 GM Goldin, Alexander (6) 2642 5.0 35.0 42.5 42.5
15 WGM Goletiani, Rusudan (25) 2393 5.0 33.5 37.0 34.0
16 GM De Firmian, Nick E (11) 2600 4.5 26.5 46.0 43.0
17 GM Benjamin, Joel (9) 2624 4.5 25.0 43.0 42.5
18 IM Schneider, Dmitry (16) 2525 4.5 25.0 42.0 31.5
19 GM Dlugy, Maxim (10) 2604 4.5 24.5 43.5 38.0
20 FM Schneider, Igor (24) 2420 4.5 22.0 35.0 26.0
21 FM Tate,Emory A (20) 2441 4.0 30.5 41.5 32.0
22 IM Florean, Andrei (19) 2479 4.0 27.5 40.0 25.0
23 IM Lenderman, Alex (22) 2427 4.0 24.0 35.0 24.0
24 WFM Ross, Laura R (28) 2238 4.0 20.0 30.5 17.0
25 IM Gonzalez, Renier (14) 2548 3.5 33.5 47.0 35.5
26 FM Bercys, Salvijus (21) 2440 3.5 32.0 44.0 31.5
27 WGM Baginskaite, Camilla (26) 2331 3.5 30.5 43.0 29.5
28 WIM Epstein, Esther (29) 2172 3.5 21.5 33.0 13.5
29 WFM Vicary, Elizabeth (30) 2118 3.5 19.0 29.0 15.0
30 Zenyuk, Iryna (31) 2101 3.0 20.5 29.5 10.5
31 Kleiman, Jake (27) 2318 1.5 22.5 33.0 6.0
32 Cottrell-Finegold, Kelly (32) 1663 0.0 24.0 33.5 0.0
Group B standings in tiebreak order
USCF 1 2 3 4
Name/Team Rtng Sco Med Solk SBx2
1 GM Shulman, Yury (9) 2623 6.5 39.5 47.0 63.5
2 GM Kamsky, Gata (1) 2729 6.5 38.5 46.5 65.5
3 GM Christiansen, Larry (7) 2633 6.5 38.0 45.5 64.0
4 GM Fishbein, Alexander (11) 2593 6.0 35.5 43.0 58.5
5 GM Novikov, Igor (6) 2643 5.5 40.5 50.0 58.0
6 GM Shabalov, Alexander (4) 2665 5.0 39.0 48.0 49.0
7 IM Perelshteyn, Eugene (10) 2614 5.0 38.0 46.5 48.5
8 GM Yermolinsky, Alex (12) 2590 5.0 37.5 44.5 46.0
9 GM Ivanov, Alexander (5) 2657 5.0 37.0 46.0 49.5
10 GM Wojtkiewicz,Aleks (14) 2555 5.0 36.0 42.0 41.5
11 GM Kaidanov, Gregory (2) 2722 5.0 35.0 43.0 46.0
12 WGM Zatonskih, Anna (19) 2469 5.0 33.5 41.0 43.5
13 GM Kreiman, Boris (15) 2535 5.0 33.5 40.5 43.5
14 GM Browne, Walter S (17) 2507 5.0 32.0 36.0 31.0
15 GM Gulko, Boris (3) 2678 4.5 24.5 43.5 42.5
16 IM Kriventsov, Stanislav (18) 2491 4.5 24.0 42.5 40.0
17 GM Becerra, Julio (8) 2629 4.5 22.5 41.5 41.0
18 IM Milman, Lev (16) 2528 4.5 22.5 38.0 31.5
19 IM Lugo, Blas (22) 2440 4.5 22.0 39.5 34.0
20 IM Ippolito, Dean J (20) 2464 4.5 22.0 37.0 32.0
21 GM Fedorowicz, John P (13) 2558 4.5 21.5 38.5 38.0
22 FM Muhammad, Stephen (21) 2458 4.5 20.5 36.5 31.5
23 IM Ginsburg, Mark (23) 2425 4.0 29.0 40.5 34.5
24 IM Sarkar, Justin (25) 2399 4.0 26.5 39.0 26.5
25 WFM Abrahamyan, Tatev (26) 2325 4.0 24.0 34.0 21.5
26 IM Vigorito, David E (24) 2422 4.0 23.0 33.0 21.5
27 WIM Tuvshintugs, Batch (27) 2271 3.5 34.5 47.5 35.5
28 Liu, Elliott (28) 2266 3.5 23.5 33.5 18.0
29 Airapetian, Chouch (29) 2162 3.5 23.0 34.5 18.0
30 West, Vanessa A (31) 2034 3.5 21.5 31.0 18.0
31 WFM Itkis,Hana (30) 2149 1.5 23.5 33.0 7.5
32 WCM Christiansen, Nata (32) 1872 0.5 24.0 33.5 1.5
This year marked Joel Benjamin's 23rd consecutive US Championship appearance.
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USCF Crosstable
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Elliott Liu"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "126"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6
7. Nd2 e5 8. d5 c6 9. O-O c5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. Qc2 f5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Rd1 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7
18. Nf1 Bd7 19. Ne3 a5 20. h3 Qc8 21. b3 Qe8 22. Rf1 Nh5
23. Bxh5 Qxh5 24. Bb2 Qg6 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Qb2 Qd4 27. Kf2 b5
28. Rfd1 Qxb2+ 29. Rxb2 b4 30. Ra2 Rfb8 31. Rda1 Kf7 32. axb4
Rxb4 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rxb3 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. Ra8+ Kf7
37. Rh8 Kg6 38. Rd8 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rb3 40. Rxd7 Rxe3+ 41. Kh4
Rc3 42. Rxd6+ Kf7 43. Kg5 Rxc4 44. Kxf5 Rd4 45. Rf6+ Kg7
46. Re6 Rxd5+ 47. Kxe4 Rd2 48. Kf3 c4 49. Re3 Rc2 50. g4 c3
51. Ke4 Kf6 52. g5+ Kg6 53. h4 Kh5 54. Kf5 Kxh4 55. Re7 Rf2
56. Rxh7+ Kg3 57. Rc7 Rxf4+ 58. Ke5 Rf3 59. g6 Kf2 60. Rf7 Ke2
61. Rxf3 Kxf3 62. g7 c2 63. g8=Q c1=Q 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Bxe3 11. Qxe3 e5
12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qb6 Qe7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. c3
Rac8 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rcd7
21. g3 g6 22. f4 f6 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. h4 Rg8 26. Rh1
h6 27. Rf1 Rc7 28. Rfd1 Rd8 29. Kf2 b5 30. Ke3 Rb7 31. Rc2 a5
32. Nc1 Rb6 33. b3 Rc8 34. Rdd2 Nb8 35. b4 Rbc6 36. Bxb5 Rxc3+
37. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 38. Nd3 axb4 39. Rb2 Nd7 40. Rxb4 Bxa2 41. Ra4
Be6 42. Ra7 h5 43. Kd2 Rb3 44. Ba4 Rb8 45. Kc3 Rd8 46. Nb4 Kf8
47. Rc7 Nc5 48. Bc6 Rb8 49. Rh7 Bf7 50. Bd5 Bxd5 51. Nxd5
Nxe4+ 52. Kd3 Rb5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. h3 Nf6
7. g4 O-O 8. gxf5 exf5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rg1 Bd7
12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb1 cxd5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Be6
17. Rxg7+ Qxg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ Rf6 20. O-O-O h6 21. d3
Kf7 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Rxf3 24. exd5 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Bf5+
26. Ka2 Ne5 27. d6+ Kg6 28. Be2 Rxh3 29. Qd4 Rf8 30. Bb5 Be6
31. Qe4+ Kh5 32. Be2+ Kh4 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qe7+
Bg5 36. Qxd7 Rf4 37. f3 Rh2 38. Qd3 Kg3 39. b4 Rf2 40. Kb1 Kg2
41. Bd1 Bh4 42. Qg6+ Bg3 43. Bc2 h5 44. Qxh5 Rc4 45. Be4 Rd4
46. f4+ Rxe4 47. Qd5 Rfe2 48. Qxb7 Kg1 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Ba7 8. Qg4 Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Rxg2 11. Bd2 Nbc6
12. O-O-O Qe5 13. f4 Qg7 14. Qxg7 Rxg7 15. e5 Nb4 16. Be2 Nbd5
17. Ne4 Nf5 18. c4 Nde7 19. Kb1 Kf8 20. Bb4 Be3 21. Ng3 Bxf4
22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Nd4 Rg2 24. Nxf5 Rxe2 25. Bxe7+ Ke8 26. Rhg1
d5 27. Rg8+ Kd7 28. Rxd5+ Kc7 29. Bd8+ Kb8 30. Bb6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Salvijus Bercys"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "305"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4
exf4 13. Rae1 fxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nf5 15. Qd1 Nd4 16. Nf3 Nxe2+
17. Rxe2 h6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. h3 Bh5 21. c5 Rae8
22. b5 Kh8 23. Qa3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxb5 25. cxd6 Qxd5 26. dxc7
Qc6 27. Qg4 f3 28. gxf3 Qxc7 29. Qxg6 Re5 30. h4 Qe7 31. Ng3
Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qxh4 33. Re8 Qf4 34. Re7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6
36. Rxb7 Rxf3 37. Kg2 Rf8 38. f4 Rxf4 39. Rxg7 Ra4 40. Rd7
Rxa2+ 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. Ne4 Kf8 43. Kf4 Ra5 44. Nf6 h5 45. Rh7
h4 46. Kg4 h3 47. Rxh3 Kf7 48. Ne4 Ke6 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Kf4
Kc7 51. Nc3 Kb7 52. Ke4 Rc5 53. Kd4 Rc6 54. Rh5 Rc8 55. Ne4
Rc6 56. Kd5 Rc7 57. Rh6 Rd7+ 58. Kc5 Rc7+ 59. Kb5 Re7 60. Nc5+
Kc7 61. Rg6 Rh7 62. Ne6+ Kb7 63. Nc5+ Kc7 64. Rc6+ Kb8
65. Na6+ Kb7 66. Rd6 Kc8 67. Nb4 Kc7 68. Kc5 Kb7 69. Nd5 Rg7
70. Rh6 Rd7 71. Rh1 Rg7 72. Rh2 Kc8 73. Kd6 Rg6+ 74. Ke7 Rg7+
75. Kf6 Rd7 76. Ke6 Rg7 77. Ne7+ Kc7 78. Rc2+ Kb6 79. Ra2 a5
80. Nf5 Rg4 81. Kd5 Rg5 82. Ke4 Kb5 83. Ne3 Rh5 84. Rb2+ Kc5
85. Rb8 Rh4+ 86. Kd3 Rh3 87. Rc8+ Kb5 88. Kd4 Rh4+ 89. Kc3 Rh3
90. Re8 Rh5 91. Nc2 Rh3+ 92. Kb2 Rh5 93. Rc8 Rh2 94. Rc3 Ka4
95. Rc5 Rg2 96. Rh5 Rg4 97. Ne3 Rg3 98. Re5 Kb4 99. Nc2+ Ka4
100. Nd4 Rg8 101. Nc6 Rg5 102. Re4+ Kb5 103. Nd4+ Kb6 104. Kb3
Rg1 105. Nc2 Rg5 106. Ka4 Rg2 107. Na3 Kc5 108. Rc4+ Kb6
109. Rh4 Kc5 110. Rh5+ Kd4 111. Nb5+ Kc4 112. Kxa5 Rg6
113. Rh1 Kc5 114. Rc1+ Kd5 115. Nc7+ Kd6 116. Kb6 Kd7+
117. Kb7 Rd6 118. Rh1 Rd2 119. Rh7+ Kd6 120. Kb6 Rb2+
121. Nb5+ Ke6 122. Kc5 Rc2+ 123. Kd4 Rd2+ 124. Ke3 Rb2
125. Nd4+ Kd5 126. Rh5+ Kc4 127. Ne6 Rb5 128. Rh4+ Kc3
129. Re4 Rb1 130. Nf4 Rb3 131. Nd5+ Kb2+ 132. Kd4 Rb8 133. Re1
Rd8 134. Re5 Kb3 135. Re7 Kc2 136. Rb7 Rd6 137. Rb8 Rd7
138. Rc8+ Kd2 139. Rh8 Ke2 140. Ke4 Kf2 141. Rf8+ Ke2
142. Nc3+ Kd2 143. Nd5 Ke2 144. Nf6 Re7+ 145. Kd4 Ra7 146. Nd5
Ra4+ 147. Ke5 Ra5 148. Kd4 Ra4+ 149. Kc3 Ra3+ 150. Kb2 Ra7
151. Nc3+ Kd3 152. Rf3+ Kd2 153. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qh4 Nc6 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. g3 d6 14. f4 Bd7 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Be2 Rac8
17. Rd3 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Be8 19. Bf3 b5 20. a3 Bb6 21. Nd4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. R4d3 Ba8 24. b3 Rc5 25. Kb2 Rdc8 26. R1d2 Nf8
27. Ne2 e5 28. Rxd6 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Kxd6 31. f5
Nd7 32. g4 Nb8 33. Kc3 Nc6 34. b4 Bb7 35. h4 h6 36. Bg2 Bc8
37. Bf3 Bd7 38. Bg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Schneider"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bd3
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7
17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. Bf1 Nc5 20. Bh3 Rb8 21. Ne2 b4
22. Nf4 a5 23. Rg1 Kg7 24. Qe3 e5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7
27. Rgd1 Rb6 28. Qd2 Nb7 29. Rf1 Nc5 30. Rd1 Nb7 31. Rf1 Nc5
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alan Stein"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qf7 10. dxc5 Nge7 11. Bd3 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qg3 e5 16. Rb1 Be6
17. Bg5 Rac8 18. Bh4 e4 19. Be2 h6 20. Qe3 Rc7 21. Bg3 Rd7
22. Rfd1 Ne7 23. Bb5 Nf5 24. Qf4 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Rc7 26. Qe3
Rfc8 27. c6 bxc6 28. Be2 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rb7 30. Ba6 Rb6 31. Be2
Qe7 32. Qe5 Rf5 33. Qd4 Qxa3 34. Bg4 Rf6 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. c4
Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Qa4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rb7 Rg6 40. Rxa7 Qxc2
41. g3 Qd3 42. Qxd3 exd3 43. cxd5 Rd6 44. Kf1 Rxd5 45. Ke1
Re5+ 46. Kd2 Re2+ 47. Kxd3 Rxf2 48. Ke4 Rxh2 49. Kf5 Rf2+
50. Kg4 Kg6 51. Rc7 h5+ 52. Kh3 Rc2 53. Rd7 Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kf5
55. Rd7 g5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick de Firmian"]
[Black "Jake Kleiman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Nfd7 11. d4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. Qxb4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 d5 15. Qb7 dxe4 16. Qxa8
Qd1+ 17. Bf1 Qxc1 18. Qxb8+ Bd8 19. Nfd2 O-O 20. Nb3 Qxc2
21. Na3 Qxb2 22. Nc4 Qc3 23. Rc1 Qf3 24. Ne5 Qh5 25. Rc8 Qd1
26. Nc6 e3 27. Rxd8 exf2+ 28. Kg2 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Andrei Florean"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7
12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Be7 14. b4 Rf8 15. c5 Nf6 16. Rc1 h5 17. Nf2
h4 18. g4 f4 19. Bd2 dxc5 20. Nd3 cxb4 21. Nb5 c6 22. d6 Qb6+
23. Kh1 Bd8 24. Nxe5 cxb5 25. Nxg6 Rf7 26. Bxf4 Be6 27. Qd2
Nd7 28. Be3 Qa5 29. Bd4 Kh7 30. f4 b3 31. Qe3 b2 32. Bxb2 Qb6
33. Qd2 Bc4 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Kxg6 36. f5+ Kh7 37. Bxf7
Qb5 38. Rg1 Bf6 39. g5 Nxf5 40. g6+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laura Ross"]
[Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b6 12. f4
Bb7 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. g5 d4 17. f5
Rfd8 18. Qh5 Ne5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. f6 Bf8 22. Rf3
g6 23. Qg4 Qe4 24. Rh3 Ne3 25. Nd2 Qxc2 26. Qh4 h5 27. Qf2
Rac8 28. Re1 Bb4 29. Re2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Qb1+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emory Tate"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bb5+ Nfd7
7. O-O e6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Na3 Rc8 11. d3 a6 12. Nc2
f6 13. Qe1 Bd6 14. e4 O-O 15. Nd2 Bf7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qh4 dxc4
18. dxc4 e5 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bg6
23. f5 Bf7 24. Ne4 h6 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Re3 Ke8 27. Bc1 Qa5
28. Rg3 Bf8 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Nxf6+ Ke7 31. Ng4+ Ke8 32. Re3
Kd7 33. Nxe5+ Kc7 34. Nxf7 Re8 35. Qe1 Qxe1 36. Rfxe1 Rxe3
37. Rxe3 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bd6 40. Nxd6 Kxd6 41. g5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[Black "Daniel Fernandez"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7
7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nf1 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Ne3 Qe8 11. h4 h5 12. Bb3
Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 hxg4 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Nxg4 Bg7 17. Bc2
f5 18. Ne3 f4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qf3 c6 21. Nb4 d5 22. O-O-O d4
23. Rdg1 dxc3 24. bxc3 Rf6 25. h5 Qe7 26. hxg6 Qc5 27. Rh7
Rxg6 28. Rxg6 Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Nb3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O c6 9. f3 h6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. e4
dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. h3 Bxe2
17. Qxe2 Bb6 18. Be3 a6 19. Qg4 Qc8 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. Kh1 Kf8
22. Rf6 Nc6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Bxh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a3 Nf6 11. f3 Nbd7
12. Be3 Bd6 13. Kf2 Ke7 14. Nb3 Rac8 15. Na5 Ba8 16. Rac1 Rc7
17. Na2 Rhc8 18. g3 Rc2 19. Bd4 e5 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21. Bc3 Bxa3
22. bxa3 Rxa2 23. Rd1 Kd8 24. Bb4 Kc7 25. Rc1+ Kb6 26. Rc8 Bb7
27. Rc1 Nb8 28. Nb3 Nc6 29. Bc5+ Kc7 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Ke3 Nd7
32. Bd6+ Kb6 33. Bb4 Bc8 34. Rd6 Ndb8 35. Kd3 Rb2 36. Bd1 Kc7
37. Kc3 Rxh2 38. Rd3 Nxb4 39. axb4 h5 40. f4 exf4 41. gxf4 Bg4
42. Nc5 Bxd1 43. Rxd1 Rh3+ 44. Kb2 h4 45. Rg1 Rg3 46. Rc1 Nc6
47. Nxa6+ Kb6 48. Nc5 Nxb4 49. Nd7+ Kb7 50. Nc5+ Ka7 51. Ra1+
Kb6 52. Nd7+ Kb7 53. Nc5+ Kc6 54. Rc1 Rg2+ 55. Kb3 Rc2 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Rf8 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4
Bxe5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Rhe1 Be6 14. Nc5 Rfe8 15. Nxe6 Rxe6
16. Bg4 Rd6 17. Rd5 Rxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Kb1 Nd3 20. Re2 Bd6
21. g3 Kg7 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Re7 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6
26. Kc2 a5 27. Be2 Kf8 28. Re3 Rb8 29. Re5 Ne6 30. Bc4 Nd4+
31. Kc3 Nb5+ 32. Bxb5 cxb5 33. Kd4 a4 34. b4 Kg7 35. a3 Kf6
36. f4 Rd8+ 37. Rd5 Rb8 38. Kc5 Ke7 39. Rd6 Rc8+ 40. Rc6 Rd8
41. Kxb5 Rd2 42. Kxa4 Rxh2 43. b5 Rb2 44. Rc3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[Black "Renier Gonzalez"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7
12. Nh4 Bg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. g3 Nb6 15. Ba5 c5 16. d5 e5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 f5 19. c4 e4 20. h5 Bg7 21. Kb1 Kb8
22. Rh3 Qe7 23. Rdh1 g5 24. Bd2 Bd4 25. Bc2 Rde8 26. Re1 Qf6
27. Bc1 Nc8 28. g4 Nd6 29. Re3 fxg4 30. Qxg4 Bxe3 31. Bxe3
Nxc4 32. Bc1 Qxf2 33. Rxe4 Nd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qxd2 35. Qf5 a6
36. a3 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Qf4 38. Qxf4+ gxf4 39. Bf3 Rg8 40. Kc2
Rg3 41. Bd1 f3 42. Kd2 f2 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kelly Cottrell"]
[Black "Dmitry Schneider"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 Qa5 5. Qb3 bxc4 6. Qxc4 Ba6
7. Qb3 c4 8. Qf3 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qd1 N8c6 11. Ngf3 Rb8
12. a3 c3 13. Nb3 cxb2 14. Nxa5 bxa1=Q 15. Nb3 Qc3+ 16. Qd2
Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Qxb3 18. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 e5
21. Bb2 f6 22. Nd2 Bc5 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Be3 25. Rg4 Bxd2
26. Rxg7 Be3 27. Bxf6 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 29. Kd3 Ne6 30. Rg4
Ke7 31. Kc4 Rhc8+ 32. Kd3 Rb3+ 33. Kd2 Rf8 34. Kc2 Nd4+
35. Kd2 Rf2+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Rb1# 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[Black "Blas Lugo"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a4 Rh4 14. g4 e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2
Qxe2+ 17. Bxe2 b4 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. Bf3 bxa4 20. Bxa8 a3
21. bxa3 b3 22. h3 Be6 23. Kd2 Na6 24. Rae1 Nc7 25. Bg2 Kd7
26. Kc3 Rh8 27. a4 Rb8 28. Re2 Na6 29. f4 f5 30. Rd1+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Justin Sarkar"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4
Nf7 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 f5 16. g3 fxe4 17. Nxe4
cxd5 18. cxd5 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 e4 20. Nd2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5
22. Bc4 Qe5 23. Qb3 Bg4 24. Rh4 Qf5 25. Bd5 Rae8 26. Rc1 Re5
27. Rxg4 Rxd5 28. Nxe4 Re5 29. Rf4 Qh3 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rc8+
Qxc8 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nxd6+ Ke6 34. Nxc8 Bh6 35. Nxa7 Bxe3
36. fxe3 Ra5 37. Nc8 Ra6 38. b4 b5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "147"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 Ba6 8. Qc3 Bxb5 9. Bxb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qd2 c5
12. c3 O-O 13. Nf3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O-O c4 16. Bc2 b5
17. Rde1 a5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Nxe6 Qb6 21. Nxg7
Ng6 22. Nh5 Rf7 23. Qg5 Ndf8 24. Re2 b4 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qxc4
bxc3 27. bxc3 Rb8 28. Kc2 Qb2+ 29. Kd3 Qb7 30. f3 Rc8 31. Qb3
Qa6+ 32. Kd2 a4 33. Qd5 Rb8 34. Rhe1 Rb5 35. Qc4 Qb7 36. Nf6+
Kh8 37. Ne4 Nf4 38. Rf2 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Nxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Rxg2
41. Qxa4 Qd5 42. Qe8 Rxa2 43. Rg1 Ra8 44. Qe5+ Qxe5 45. dxe5
Ra5 46. f4 Ne6 47. Nf6 Rg7 48. Rb1 Rga7 49. Rg1 Rg7 50. Rb1
Rga7 51. Rb8+ Kg7 52. Ne8+ Kg6 53. Nd6 Ng7 54. Ke4 Ra4+ 55. c4
Ra1 56. f5+ Nxf5 57. Nxf5 Re1+ 58. Ne3 Ra3 59. Rg8+ Kf7
60. Rg3 Ke6 61. Rg6+ Ke7 62. Rg3 Ke6 63. Kd4 Rh1 64. Rg6+ Kf7
65. Rf6+ Ke8 66. Nd5 Rd1+ 67. Kc5 Ra5+ 68. Kc6 Ra6+ 69. Nb6
Re1 70. Kb5 Ra2 71. e6 Rxh2 72. Kc5 Rc1 73. Rg6 Rh8 74. Kd5
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5
7. e5 d4 8. Bxc4 dxc3 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. exf6+ gxf6 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. O-O Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Bg4 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Ng5 fxg5 16. Bxg5+
Kc7 17. Bf6 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Bd6 19. Bxh8 Nc6 20. Bb2 Rf8 21. f3
Bf5 22. Rad1 b5 23. Be6 Bg6 24. Bd5 Nb4 25. a3 Nd3 26. Re2 c4
27. Bg7 Rd8 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxa3 30. Kf1 Bc5 31. Rb1 Kc6
32. Rh4 Rd7 33. Rh6+ Kd5 34. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[Black "Alexander Fishbein"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "139"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Qa5
12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Nxd6 e5 14. Bc4 Bg4 15. Qd5 Rd7 16. Qxa5 Nxa5
17. Rd5 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 exf4 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Nd5 Bh4 21. Nxf4
Bc6 22. g3 Bg5 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Kc1 b6 25. c3 Be7 26. Kc2 Bf8
27. Nd2 Bc5 28. Nb3 Bf8 29. Nd4 Bb7 30. Nd3 Re8 31. e5 g6
32. Nb5 Ra8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 g5 35. c4 Rc8 36. b3 Kf7
37. Nd4 Rc7 38. Ne5+ Kg8 39. Rg6+ Rg7 40. Re6 Re7 41. Rxe7
Bxe7 42. Nec6 Bc5 43. b4 Bf8 44. Kc3 a6 45. Nd8 Bc8 46. N8e6
Be7 47. Nc7 a5 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. Nc6 Bc5 50. Nd5 Bh3 51. Nd4
Kf7 52. Ne3 Bc8 53. Kd3 Bb7 54. Nb3 Bb6 55. c5 Bd8 56. Kc4 Ke6
57. Kb5 Be4 58. Nxa5 Bf6 59. Nac4 Bd4 60. a4 Bd3 61. Kb6 Kd7
62. a5 Kc8 63. Nd6+ Kb8 64. Nd5 Bg1 65. Nb4 Bf1 66. a6 Ka8
67. Ne8 Bg2 68. Nc7+ Kb8 69. a7+ Kc8 70. Nc6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6
12. h3 Nf5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Be6 16. Be3 Qf6
17. Bc5 Bc7 18. Rd1 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Qe3 Ne5 21. Nd4 Bg4
22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf3 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Qd3 Bd6+ 26. Kg1
Bxc5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxa8 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+
31. Ke2 Qxg2 32. Qxb7+ Kf6 33. Qc6+ Ke7 34. Qc7+ Ke6 35. Qc8+
Ke7 36. Qc7+ Ke6 37. Qc6+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e5
7. Nf3 Be6 8. Bb3 h6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd5 Na5
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15. c4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bg4
17. h3 Bh5 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. c5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 dxc5
22. Rxc5 Qb8 23. Rec1 b6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Kg2
Qc7 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qd5 Kg8 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qd5 Kg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Bg7
12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. a5 f5 17. Nc5
Ra7 18. Re1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Kh7 20. Ra4 Qd6 21. Rxb4 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 Rd8 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Qxc4 Rg8 25. Rb6 Rg4 26. Rb4 Kg7
27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Re3 e5 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 e4 31. Bxd7 Bxd7
32. Ne5 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Bb5 34. Rc3 Kf7 35. Rd4 e3 36. Rxg4 e2
37. e6+ Kf6 38. Re3 fxg4 39. e7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stephen Muhammad"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "52"]
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4
d6 7. O-O g6 8. a4 e5 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7
12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a5 b5 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qe7
17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf2 Nc5 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Ne2 Rfd8
22. Qb4 Nc5 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Ne2 Nc5
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Hana Itkis"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. a4 Qb6 11. Nc3 b4 12. a5
Qc7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Ng3 Be7 16. Re1 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Qc5 18. Nb3 Qa7 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Rc7 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Ne8 22. Rc4
Nef6 23. h4 Rac8 24. Rec1 Qa8 25. e5 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Nd5 27. Bg5
Rc8 28. Rg4 Qb8 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Rxb4 Nc6 31. Rxb7 Qxb7
32. Bxa6 Qxb3 33. Bxc8 Ndxe5 34. a6 Qa4 35. Bb7 Qa1+ 36. Nf1
Qa4 37. g3 g6 38. Kg2 Nd7 39. Nd2 Nc5 40. b3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Ginsburg"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O b6 5. d3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. e4 dxe4 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Ngxe4 Qc8 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3
Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Bf6 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. a4 Re6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8
21. Rad1 Nf8 22. Ne3 g6 23. Nc4 Kf7 24. h4 a6 25. Nd2 h6
26. h5 gxh5 27. Rh1 h4 28. Nc4 Rc6 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf6 Rxf6
31. gxf4 Re2+ 32. Kf3 Rxc2 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Ke7 35. Ne5
c5 36. a5 Nd7 37. b4 Ke6 38. axb6 Nxb6 39. bxc5 Nd5 40. c6 Nc7
41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Rg6+ Kd5 43. Rxh6 a5 44. Rh7 Nb5 45. Ke3 h3
46. Rxh3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vanessa West"]
[Black "Boris Kreiman"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7
7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 exd4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Bc4 d6
12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. Nd2 Be5 16. Bg5 Nc6
17. b3 Rac8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Be2 d3 20. Bf1 Nb4 21. Re3 Qxa2
22. Bxd3 Nc2 23. Re2 Nd4 24. Re1 Qa5 25. f4 Bg7 26. Nc4 Qc7
27. Ne3 Qb6 28. b4 Ba2 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Nxg5
32. fxg5 Qd4 33. Qf3 Rc3 34. Red1 Re8 35. Qf1 Qh4 36. Bb5 Be5
37. Qg1 Rec8 38. Be2 Qxg5 39. Qxa7 Re3 40. Qxb7 Rf8 41. Bf1
Qh4 42. h3 Qf4 43. Kg1 Rxh3 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qf6
12. Be3 Ng5 13. f4 Nh3+ 14. Kg2 Rde8 15. Qd2 h5 16. Rae1 h4
17. b4 Bg4 18. b5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rh5 20. Rh1 Ng5 21. Be2 Bxe2
22. Qxe2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Qf5 24. fxg5 Qe6 25. Re1 Rh8 26. g4 Be5
27. Rh1 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Milman"]
[Black "Natasha Christiansen"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 e6
7. Nc3 Ne7 8. h4 h5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 Nbc6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. a3
a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Kf1 Bd7 15. Bf6 Rfe8 16. Qg5 b4 17. axb4
Qxb4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nf4 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Nxh5+ Kf8 23. Nf6 Qb5+ 24. Kg1 Red8 25. h5 Ne7 26. Qh6#
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7
7. e3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. O-O Rc8
12. Re1 b5 13. Bf1 c5 14. Qd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bg4 16. N4f3 Nd5
17. h3 Be6 18. Rb1 Nxf4 19. exf4 Qb6 20. Nb3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5
22. b3 Rfc8 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. f5 gxf5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe6 fxe6
27. Qe2 Re5 28. Qf1 a6 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. a4 Bd4 31. axb5 axb5
32. Qe2 Rc5 33. Rd1 Re5 34. Qf3 Rd5 35. g3 Rc5 36. Kg2 Rc3
37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qb7 Rxb3 39. Bxf5 Kf6 40. Bxe6 Rb2 41. Qf3+
Kxe6 42. Qg4+ Ke5 43. Qf4+ Ke6 44. Qg4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Kb8 14. Qe2 e5 15. Ba6 Rhe8 16. Bxb7
Kxb7 17. d5 Rf8 18. Kb1 f5 19. Nd2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. Ng3
Qd7 22. Rd2 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Nf1 c6 25. dxc6+ Qxc6 26. f3 Nh5
27. Ne3 Nf4 28. Qd1 g6 29. Qb3 Qc5 30. Nc4 Rfe8 31. a4 Re7
32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. axb5 Kc7 34. Kc2 d5 35. Rxe5 Rde8 36. Rd4
Rxe5 37. Nxe5 g5 38. Nd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8
12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Ra2 Qd7 15. Re2 Re6 16. Bb2 Rd8
17. Rd1 g6 18. Ree1 h5 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qe7 21. Qf1 Nxe4
22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. dxc5
bxc5 27. c4 Kh7 28. Bf6 Rd7 29. Re8 Kg6 30. Rc8 Rd6 31. Bc3 f4
32. Kf2 f6 33. h3 Kf5 34. Ke2 Ke4 35. Rh8 Ne5 36. Rxh5 Rd3
37. Bd2 Rg3 38. Kf2 Rxa3 39. Rh4 Ra2 40. Ke1 Kd3 41. Bxf4 Rxg2
42. Rh6 Ke4 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Ra6 Rh2 45. Rxa7 Rxh3 46. Rd7
Rc3 47. Kd2 Rxc4 48. Rc7 Kf3 49. Re7 Rd4+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. d5 Nb8 10. b4 Nf6 11. Bg2 O-O
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd2 e4 14. Bd4 Re8 15. Qc2 h5 16. h4 Ne5
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd3
Re7 22. Kh2 Bf5 23. Qd4 Bg6 24. e4 axb4 25. axb4 Rae8 26. f4
Qg4 27. Ra3 f5 28. Rae3 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4
31. Rxe4 Ra8 32. Qf2 Ra3 33. Re3 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Qd1 35. Qe8+
Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. c5 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Qd1 39. cxd6 cxd6
40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Florean"]
[Black "Laura Ross"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "121"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Rb8
7. a4 a6 8. f4 Bd7 9. O-O b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. e5 dxe5
12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Bh6 Ng4 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Rae1 Nf5
17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 h5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Bc6 21. b4 Bxg2+
22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 O-O 24. Qg5 Nd4 25. Re4 Rbd8 26. c3 Rd5
27. Qd2 Rxc5 28. bxc5 Nb3 29. Qe2 Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 Qc6 31. Qg2
Qxc3 32. Rxe7 Qxd3 33. Rfe1 Nd4 34. Nf4 Qb3 35. h3 Nh6
36. R7e3 Qc2 37. Re4 Qc5 38. Qf2 Ne6 39. Qxc5 Nxc5 40. Re5 Nd7
41. Rxb5 Rc8 42. Reb1 Rc3 43. R5b3 Rc2 44. R3b2 Rc3 45. Rb3
Rc2 46. R1b2 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Nf6 48. Ne2 Rd1 49. Rb1 Rd2 50. R1b2
Rd1 51. Rf3 Kg7 52. Nc3 Rc1 53. Rbf2 Nf5 54. Ne2 Rc4 55. Nc3
Ne4 56. Nxe4 Rxe4 57. Ra3 Rb4 58. Rfa2 Rc4 59. Kf2 Rb4 60. Rc3
Nh6 61. Rac2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Fernandez"]
[Black "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3
Rc8 13. Nbd2 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Rc1 h6 17. Bd2
Qe7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Nfxd4 Bd7 21. Qf3 O-O
22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qe4 Qa7 24. Be3 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rc2 26. Nd4
Rxb2 27. Nf5 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qc5 29. Rf1 h5 30. d4 Qc2 31. Ne7+
Kh8 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Rf5 g5
36. Ng6+ Kg7 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. e6 f6 39. Rxf6+ Ke7 40. Rg6
Rxa2 41. d5 Rd2 42. Rg7+ Ke8 43. e4 b4 44. Rb7 a5 45. Rb5 Kd8
46. e5 Rc2 47. d6 Rc8 48. Rb7 a4 49. e7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jake Kleiman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 g5
12. Be2 b6 13. Qd5 Rb8 14. Qxa5 bxa5 15. b3 Bb7 16. f3 Ra8
17. h4 h6 18. Nd5 Rg8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Kf2 d6 21. g3 Kf8
22. Rcd1 Bb2 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Bh3 Bd7 25. Nc7 Nxc7 26. Bxd7 Na6
27. Bc6 Rd8 28. Bb5 Nc7 29. Bc6 Ba3 30. Bxa7 Ne6 31. Rd5 Nc5
32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Bb5 Bb4 34. Ke3 Rb8 35. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O
12. Be3 Qd5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qc2 Qh5 15. Be4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Na5
17. Qb4 Qb5 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. a4 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 Rfb8 21. Rfc1
Nxb2 22. Bd6 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Re8 25. a5 a6
26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. Rb1 Rxa6 28. Rxb2 h5 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Bb4 Rc6
31. h4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Bc8 33. Bd2 Rc2 34. Bg5 Ba6 35. Bxf6 gxf6
36. Rb6 Be2 37. d5 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Ra2 40. dxe6
fxe6 41. a6 Kg6 42. Rxe6 Kf5 43. Rb6 Kg6 44. Kf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salvijus Bercys"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7
12. g5 Ng8 13. e4 Qxb3 14. axb3 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. d5 Bc5
17. Bd2 Bd4 18. Ra3 Ne7 19. O-O Nc8 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. b4 c5 23. b5 Nd6 24. Rc1 O-O-O 25. Rd3 Bc7 26. Be3 Rhe8
27. Rd5 Nb7 28. Nc3 Ba5 29. Na4 Bb4 30. f4 Na5 31. fxe5 Rxe5
32. Bf4 Re6 33. h4 Nb3 34. Rb1 Na5 35. Rc1 Nb3 36. Rb1 Na5
37. Rbd1 Nxc4 38. Bh3 Ba5 39. Kg2 Bc7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7
Kxd7 42. Nxc5+ Kd8 43. Bxe6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. Nfd2 Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Ne4
a6 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Rde8 15. Bd2 f5 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Rae1 h6 18. Nf2 Bd6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nf2 Bd8 21. a3 f5
22. b4 Bf6 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 Nd8 25. a4 Bd5 26. Ra1 Nb7
27. Ne1 h5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Ng2 h4 31. Rfe1 hxg3
32. hxg3 Kb8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Qh5 Rg8 35. Qxf5 Rxg3 36. Re1
Nf8 37. Re8+ Nd8 38. Ng4 Be7 39. Ne5 Kb7 40. Nf7 Qc7 41. Nxd8+
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Igor Schneider"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc5
Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf3 e5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5
exf4 22. exf4 Rcd8 23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Qf2 Bc8
26. Bc2 Be6 27. a3 Nf6 28. h3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bd5 30. Qd4 Kg8
31. b4 a5 32. Bd3 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. Ra1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Schneider"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Qe2 h5 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 h4 13. Qg5 Kf8 14. Bf3 hxg3 15. hxg3 Ne5 16. Be2 b5
17. a3 Bb7 18. f3 Rh5 19. Qf4 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Ke7 21. Rh1 Rah8
22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 d6 25. Nd1 Nc4 26. Nd2 Ne5
27. Kg2 Qc7 28. c3 d5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Qh4+ Nf6 31. Qd4 Qd6
32. Qxd6+ Kxd6 33. Ne3 g5 34. Kf2 Nfd7 35. c4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Nick de Firmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5
12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nd5 Be6
17. Nf5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Qf2 Kh8 20. Rae1 Nxd3 21. cxd3
Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 Bf8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Rd8
26. Qb6 Rd7 27. h3 h6 28. Rf5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Qd4 Qd6+
31. Qf4 f6 32. Kg3 Kg8 33. Kf3 Qb6 34. Qe4 Kf7 35. a5 Qd6
36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Ke4 Rc7 39. Rf2 Rc5 40. b4
Rb5 41. Rb2 b6 42. axb6 a5 43. Kd4 axb4 44. Kc4 Rxb6 45. Rxb4
Rxb4+ 46. Kxb4 Kd5 47. Kc3 f5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Ke2 g5 50. g3
Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[Black "Alan Stein"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. dxe5 Nxe5
7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxb7 O-O 11. O-O a5
12. Qb3 Nxe4 13. Be3 Rab8 14. Qc4 Nd6 15. Qe2 Qc6 16. b3 f5
17. f3 Bf6 18. Nd2 a4 19. Rac1 axb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 21. Qf2 Ra8
22. Rc2 Qd5 23. Rfc1 Qd3 24. Nf1 f4 25. Bc5 e4 26. Qe2 Qxe2
27. Rxe2 e3 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. g3 g5 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Nh2 Kf7 34. Ng4 Rg8 35. Rg2 Rg6 36. Nxf6
Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kxf6 38. Rc2 Ra1 39. b4 Rb1 40. Ra2 Ke5 41. Ra8
Kd5 42. Re8 Kc4 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[Black "Emory Tate"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "42"]
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Nxd5 Bb7
7. e4 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. O-O Bxf4
12. Nexf4 Nd6 13. Bd3 c4 14. Be2 Nxb5 15. Bxc4 a6 16. Qg4 Nc6
17. Nh5 g6 18. Ndf6+ Kh8 19. Qg5 gxh5 20. Qh6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6+
Kg8 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[Black "Kelly Cottrell"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "105"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 h6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7
12. Rc1 Qd8 13. Qc2 Re8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc7 Rb8 16. Bd4 b6
17. Ba1 Ra8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Nc6 Re8
22. e4 Be6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. exd5 Bh3 25. d6 Kh7 26. d4 Rac8
27. Re7 Rxe7 28. dxe7 f5 29. Nc4 Nf6 30. Nd6 Rh8 31. Re1 Ne8
32. Nxf7 Rg8 33. f4 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Nxg5+ Kg6 36. Nxh3
Bh6 37. d5 Kf7 38. d6 Nxd6 39. Bd5+ Kg7 40. Bxg8 Kxg8
41. e8=Q+ Nxe8 42. Rxe8+ Kf7 43. Ra8 Ke6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. b5
a5 46. bxa6 Bg7 47. Rd8+ Kxc6 48. a7 Kb5 49. a8=Q Bc3 50. Qd5+
Ka4 51. Ra8+ Ba5 52. Rxa5+ bxa5 53. Qb3# 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7
12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Bc7 Qe8
17. f4 Kg8 18. Bd6 a5 19. Rhf1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nf6 21. exd5 Ne4
22. Qa3 cxd5 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. Be5 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Ng3 26. Rf2 h5
27. Rc2 Nf5 28. Rh1 Rh6 29. Rc5 a4 30. Qc3 Rg6 31. Qd2 Rg3
32. Qe2 Rg4 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. Rc7 Qb4 35. a3 Qb5 36. Rh3 d4
37. Rc4 Ne3 38. Bxd4 Nxc4 39. dxc4 Qxc4 40. Rc3 Qd5 41. g3 Rd8
42. Be3 Qe4+ 43. Ka1 Rd3 44. Rxd3 Qxd3 45. Qg1 Qg6 46. Bf2 e5
47. fxe5 Qe4 48. Qe1 Qxe1+ 49. Bxe1 Re4 50. Bb4 Re3 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Black "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6
7. O-O b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7
12. a5 O-O 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. Qd2 f6
17. Bd3 f5 18. Qe2 Rf6 19. Rfe1 b3 20. Bh4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Nxg2
22. Kxg2 Nxd4 23. Nce5 f4 24. Qd2 Nxf3 25. Nxf3 Rg6+ 26. Kf1
Bxf3 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxf4 Rf8 29. Qe5 Qh4 30. Bxg6 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Natasha Christiansen"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Nxc6
Qxd1 12. Ne7+ Nxe7 13. Rfxd1 b6 14. Bxc7 Be6 15. Ba6 Bc8
16. Bb5 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. Bd6 Ra7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rd8
21. c4 Be6 22. Ra3 Nc6 23. c5 a5 24. Bb5 Ne5 25. Rc1 Ng4
26. f3 Nf6 27. Rca1 g5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 g4 30. Kf2 gxf3
31. gxf3 Kg7 32. Ra1 Ne8 33. Rg1+ Kh6 34. Bf4+ Kh5 35. Rg8 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Mark Ginsburg"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O b6 9. a3 Bd6 10. f3 c5 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. a4
Bf8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Bb1 a6 16. Nbc3 Na5 17. Bd3
Nc6 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Bb1 Na5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "74"]
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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7
12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Rxc3 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Kb2 Rc5 19. Rd7 Ba8 20. Rd8 Bc6 21. R1d6
b4 22. Rd3 a5 23. e5 Bxf3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxf3 Ke7 26. h4
h5 27. c3 Rc4 28. g3 Re4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a4 Kd7 31. Kb3 Kc6
32. Rf2 Re3+ 33. Kxb4 Rxg3 34. Rc2+ Kb7 35. Rd2 Kc6 36. Rc2+
Kb7 37. Rd2 Kc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Qb1 Qc8 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 Qxe6
12. Qxb7 Nd7 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfb8 16. Qf3 Rc8
17. Bg3 Nb6 18. Rac1 c3 19. Ba6 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qe6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8
22. Qb7 c2 23. Rfc1 Qc4 24. Rxa7 Nd5 25. Ra4 Qc3 26. Ra3 Qc4
27. Ra4 Qc3 28. h3 Rd8 29. Kh2 Qd2 30. Raa1 Nb4 31. Bc7 Rf8
32. Ba5 Qxf2 33. Bxb4 Qxe3 34. Rxc2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Rb8 36. Rc8+
Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Hana Itkis"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "119"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2
12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. f3
Qb7 17. Nf4 Rhc8 18. Nd3 Ke7 19. Qd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Nc5
Qb6 22. b4 Qa7 23. Rc3 Rc6 24. Ra3 Qa8 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. e4 Bxc5
27. dxc5 dxe4 28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Qxe4 h6 30. Qh4+ Kg6 31. Rd3
Qc7 32. Rd8 f6 33. Qd4 e5 34. Qd5 Qe7 35. Rd7 Qe6 36. Qxe6
Rxe6 37. Rb7 Re8 38. Ra7 Re6 39. Kf2 e4 40. Rb7 exf3 41. Kxf3
Re1 42. c6 Rc1 43. Rb6 Kf5 44. Rxa6 Rc3+ 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Rb6
Rc2+ 47. Kf1 Ke3 48. Kg1 Kd4 49. Rxb5 Rxc6 50. a4 Rc2 51. a5
Ra2 52. Rb6 f5 53. a6 f4 54. b5 Ra1+ 55. Kf2 h5 56. h4 Ke4
57. Rb7 Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Ra1+ 59. Kh2 Ra2 60. Rf7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Kreiman"]
[Black "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. g4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Nfxg4 16. gxh6 Bxh4
17. Qxh4 Rxh6 18. Qg5 Rg6 19. Qh4 Rh6 20. Qg5 Rg6 21. Qh4 Qd8
22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ Kf8 24. Qe1 Qb6 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. Nxc6
Bxc6 27. Rd2 Qc5 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Ne2 Bb5 31. Qf2
Rh8 32. Nf4 Rxh3 33. Nxg6 Qxf2 34. Rfxf2 Nxg6 35. Rxd6 Bc6
36. Rd8 Bxe4 37. Rd7 Ne5 38. Rc7 Bc6 39. Re2 Kf6 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Stephen Muhammad"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Bd6
7. d4 Qe7 8. a4 a5 9. Ba3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd2
Nbd7 13. Ndf3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd3 c5 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Qe3
cxd4 18. Qxd4 Ndc5 19. Qb2 f4 20. Nd3 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7
22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxd4 25. Rdxd4 Rxc4
26. Rxc4 Bd5 27. Rc7 Nc5 28. Nd2 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Milman"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nd2 Qg6 11. Qh2 Bd6
12. Nc4 O-O 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 Bc5+ 15. Be3 fxe4 16. d4 Be7
17. Bf4 b5 18. Ne3 Nb6 19. Qg3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qb3 c6
22. Bd2 Qe6 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Qxe5 26. Rxf8+
Rxf8 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. c6 Kh8 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Kg8 31. c4
bxc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4
12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Bxb6 Rc8 16. Bd3
Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Be4 Rc7 19. Rd6 Kd8 20. Bd5 f6 21. Rd1
Kc8 22. f3 Re8 23. Be4 Be6 24. Kc2 h6 25. h4 Kb8 26. g4 Ree7
27. h5 Bd7 28. b3 Rf7 29. Bg6 Re7 30. a4 Ka7 31. a5 Be8
32. Be4 Red7 33. c4 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bd7 35. Kc3 Kb8 36. b4 Kc8
37. Bf5 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Re7 39. Kd3 Kc7 40. Rd5 Re8 41. Ke4 Rb8
42. c5 Rg8 43. Rd6 Ra8 44. Kd5 Re8 45. c6 bxc6+ 46. Rxc6+ Kb7
47. Re6 Rd8+ 48. Rd6 Rb8 49. Rb6+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Fishbein"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. Na3 e5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nc2 d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. Bxe4 exd4
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ncxd4 Qd5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Bf4
Rab8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bxc7 Rb7 19. Bf4 c5 20. c4 Qe6 21. Rab1
Re8 22. b3 Qc6 23. Rbd1 Rbe7 24. Qd3 Nc3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Re1
Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Qe4 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Be3 Nxa2 30. Bxc5 Nc1
31. b4 Nd3 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. Kf1 a6 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5 Kf7
36. b6 Be5 37. Ke1 Ke6 38. Kd2 Kd5 39. Be3 Kc4 40. b7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elliott Liu"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6
13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Qd7 17. Nfg5
Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nb7 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Rad1 Qg6 21. b3 Nd7 22. Be3
h6 23. Qd3 Kh7 24. Kh2 Rff8 25. f3 Nf6 26. c4 Nxe4 27. fxe4
Qe8 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Qxf1 Kg8
32. Bd2 Nd8 33. Qc1 Nf7 34. Be3 b4 35. Bd2 Qd8 36. g3 Qf6
37. Kg2 Nh8 38. Qd1 Qg6 39. Qf3 Nf7 40. Kf2 Ng5 41. Bxg5 Qxg5
42. Qe3 Qh5 43. g4 Qh4+ 44. Qg3 Qg5 45. Qe3 Qf4+ 46. Qxf4 exf4
47. Kf3 g5 48. e5 dxe5 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kf6
52. Kf3 Kg6 53. Ke4 Kg7 54. Kf3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 a5 14. a3 O-O 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nce3 Bxe3
17. Nxe3 Bb7 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. b4 Qb7
22. c4 axb4 23. axb4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxb4 25. Rab1 Qc5 26. Rxb8
Rxb8 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bxe4
31. Nxe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 f5
7. e3 d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 c6
12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Rab1 a6 15. a4 Qe7 16. b5 axb5
17. axb5 Bh6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb7 Qd8 20. h3 Rc7 21. Qb3 Rxb7
22. Qxb7 Qa8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb6 Rc8 26. Nf4 Be7
27. Nd3 Kf8 28. c5 d5 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Bf1 Nd7 31. Rxc6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Blas Lugo"]
[Black "Vanessa West"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "79"]
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 a6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f5 Qc7 13. Be2 Qc5 14. Qxc5 dxc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh5+
Kf8 17. Rhf1 Ra7 18. e5 f5 19. g4 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Rd7 21. Rxd7
Bxd7 22. Ne4 Be3 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Bg4 Ke7 25. Bxf5 Bxf5
26. Rxf5 Ke6 27. Rf3 Bg1 28. Ng5+ Kxe5 29. Rf1 Bd4 30. Nf7+
Ke6 31. Nxh8 Bxh8 32. Rf8 Be5 33. h3 h5 34. c3 Bf6 35. Ra8 Kf5
36. Rxa6 Bg5 37. Ra5 Kf4 38. Rxb5 Be7 39. a4 Kg3 40. a5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8
13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Nc4 17. a4 Be6
18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 Na5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 h6
23. Nf3 Be6 24. Reb1 Reb8 25. Nh2 Qb7 26. Ng4 Nc6 27. b4 Nxg4
28. hxg4 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qc8 30. Bd1 d5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Nf5
Bf8 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Bc2 Ne7 35. Be1 Qc6 36. Rd1 g6 37. Qd3 Bg7
38. Qd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nc6 15. c4 Rad8
16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kh8
21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. f4 a6 25. Rf3 Rg8
26. e5 axb5 27. Rg3+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qxf6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+
Ke7 31. Qf6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Renier Gonzalez"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "137"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Bg5 e6 8. e3 Be7 9. a5 Nbd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Bxe4 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Bf3 Bg5 16. Rfd1 Bxf4
17. exf4 Nf6 18. c5 Bh5 19. Bxh5 Nxh5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Re1 Re8
22. Re2 Qc7 23. Qb6 Qb8 24. Rae1 g6 25. h4 h5 26. Nf3 Nd7
27. Qb4 Ra8 28. Ng5 Qc7 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. f3 Re7
32. b4 Rh8 33. Qd3 Ree8 34. Re5 Nd7 35. R5e2 Nf6 36. Re3 Qb8
37. Qc2 Qc7 38. Qe2 Qb8 39. Re5 Nd7 40. Nxe6+ fxe6 41. Rxe6
Rxe6 42. Qxe6 Nf8 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. f5 Rh7 45. Qg5 Rg7 46. Re7
Rxe7 47. Qxe7 gxf5 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Qxf5+ Kg7 50. Qxh5 Ne6
51. Qf5 Qe8 52. Qe5+ Kf7 53. Kf2 Qg8 54. f4 Qg4 55. h5 Qh3
56. f5 Ng5 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. Qd6+ Kxf5 59. Qf4+ Ke6 60. Qe5+
Kf7 61. Qxg5 Qh2+ 62. Kf3 Qh1+ 63. Kg4 Qd1+ 64. Kf5 Qxd4
65. Qf4 Qd3+ 66. Ke5+ Ke8 67. h6 d4 68. g4 Kd7 69. Qxd4+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "121"]
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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8
13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. a4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7
18. Ne3 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Nd2 g6 21. Qf3 Nb7 22. a5 Qc7
23. Nf5 gxf5 24. exf5 Bd5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 d5 27. Bxd5
Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Bg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. h4 Rad8 31. Qf3 Nd6
32. hxg5 e4 33. Qf4 Qc5 34. g4 Qe5 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Rad1 Ree8
37. b4 Kf8 38. Rd5 Nc4 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Rxe4 Rd3 41. f6 Rxc3
42. Re7 Nd6 43. Ra7 Rc6 44. Kg2 Ke8 45. f4 Nc8 46. Rb7 Rc4
47. Kg3 Rxb4 48. f5 Nd6 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. g6 Kg8 51. Kh3 Rb3+
52. Kh4 Rb1 53. Kg5 Rf1 54. Kh5 Rh1+ 55. Kg5 Rf1 56. gxf7+
Nxf7+ 57. Kh4 Rh1+ 58. Kg3 Ra1 59. Re8+ Kh7 60. Re7 Kg8
61. Re8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alan Stein"]
[Black "Daniel Fernandez"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "141"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Bd2
Be6 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Rfe1 c5 15. Nf3 b6 16. Ne2
Bd5 17. Nh2 Nf5 18. Bc3 Bc6 19. Nf4 Be7 20. e6 Bd6 21. Be5 f6
22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Ng6 Re8 24. f3 Nf5 25. c3 Ne7 26. Nf4 Kb7
27. Nf1 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nh5 Rg8 30. Ne3 Be8 31. Nf4 c6
32. Rd1 Kc7 33. Ne2 f5 34. g4 Rf8 35. Ng3 f4 36. Nef5 fxg3
37. Nxe7 g6 38. Kg2 Rf6 39. Re1 Rf8 40. Rd1 Rf6 41. Re1 Rf8
42. Kxg3 Kd6 43. Nc8+ Kc7 44. Rd1 Rf6 45. Nd6 Rxe6 46. Nxe8+
Rxe8 47. Kf2 g5 48. Rd2 a5 49. Re2 Rd8 50. Re7+ Kd6 51. Rh7
Ke5 52. Ke3 Rd6 53. Re7+ Kd5 54. Re4 b5 55. f4 gxf4+ 56. Rxf4
Re6+ 57. Kd2 c4 58. Rf5+ Ke4 59. a4 Rd6+ 60. Ke2 Rd3 61. Rh5
bxa4 62. Rxh6 a3 63. bxa3 Rxc3 64. Rxc6 Kd5 65. Ra6 Rxa3
66. h4 Ra2+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Kf4 c3 69. Ke3 Ra4 70. Kd3 Rxg4
71. Rxa5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kelly Cottrell"]
[Black "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "130"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7
7. Bd3 f5 8. f3 Nf6 9. Nge2 f4 10. Bf2 g5 11. Nc1 Ng6 12. c5
g4 13. Be2 h5 14. Nb3 Bf8 15. Rc1 g3 16. Bg1 Nh4 17. Bf1 gxh2
18. Rxh2 Nd7 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Nb5 Nb6 22. Nxd6+
cxd6 23. Nd2 h4 24. Qb3 O-O 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rf7 27. Qd1
Bd7 28. Kf1 b5 29. Bb3 a5 30. Qe1 Rh7 31. Bd1 b4 32. Be2 Qg5
33. Bd1 h3 34. gxh3 Bxh3+ 35. Ke2 Bf1+ 36. Qxf1 Rxh2 37. Kd3
Qg2 38. Qxg2 Rxg2 39. Rc2 Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rc2 Rh8 42. Re2
Rh1 43. Ba4 Rhh2 44. Rc2 Rxf2 45. Rc6 Rxf3+ 46. Kc4 Rxb2
47. Rxd6+ Kg5 48. Re6 Rc3+ 49. Kb5 f3 50. Kb6 f2 51. Bb5 Rc1
52. d6 f1=Q 53. Bxf1 Rxf1 54. Kxa5 Rd1 55. Kb5 Rd4 56. Kc5
Rc2+ 57. Kb5 Rxa2 58. Kc6 Ra6+ 59. Kc5 Rdxd6 60. Re8 b3
61. Rb8 Rac6+ 62. Kb5 b2 63. Ka5 Ra6+ 64. Kb4 b1=Q+ 65. Kc4
Rac6# 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Schneider"]
[Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "112"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 g6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bd2
O-O 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Qf2 Nc5 16. Bb1 d5 17. cxd5
exd5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ng5 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Be3 Bxe4 24. Qxb2 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Rd6 26. f5
Qg7 27. Qc2 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qd7 30. Qf3 Qc6
31. Qh3 Qd7 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qf3+ Rf6 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Rd1 Nd3
36. h3 b5 37. Kg1 h6 38. Qh4 Rd6 39. Qe4 Rd5 40. h4 Rd6 41. h5
Kg8 42. Rd2 a5 43. Qa8+ Qd8 44. Qxd8+ Rxd8 45. Bb6 Rd5
46. Bxa5 Kf7 47. Bb6 Kf6 48. Be3 Kf5 49. Bxh6 Kg4 50. Be3 Kxh5
51. Kf1 Kg4 52. a3 b4 53. Ke2 bxa3 54. Rxd3 Rxd3 55. Kxd3 a2
56. Bd4 Kg3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "121"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ b5 6. Nxb5
Bd7 7. d6 Bxb5 8. Qxb5+ Nd7 9. Nf3 Bxd6 10. g3 Ngf6 11. Bg2
Rb8 12. Qa4 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qxa7 Ra8 15. Qb7 Nc5 16. Qb5
Qc7 17. Nd2 Rfb8 18. Qc4 Ra4 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. b3 Ra6 21. Bb2
Qa7 22. a3 h5 23. Rac1 h4 24. b4 Na4 25. Ba1 Nb6 26. Bb2 Na4
27. Ba1 Qd7 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 h3 30. Bf3 Nb6 31. Bg4 Qe7
32. Bb2 Na4 33. Ba1 Nb6 34. e3 Rxa3 35. exd4 Ra4 36. dxe5 Bxb4
37. e6 Bc3 38. exf7+ Qxf7 39. Qe6 Bxa1 40. Rxa1 Rxa1 41. Rxa1
Nd5 42. Bxh3 Nf6 43. Ra7 Qxe6 44. Bxe6+ Kh8 45. h4 Rb6 46. Bf5
Rb8 47. Kg2 Rf8 48. Bg6 Ng4 49. f4 Kg8 50. h5 Kh8 51. Kh3 Nf6
52. Kh4 Rd8 53. g4 Rf8 54. Kg5 Ng8 55. Bf5 Nh6 56. Be6 Kh7
57. f5 Kh8 58. Kf4 Re8 59. g5 Ng8 60. Ke5 Ne7 61. Rc7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "105"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 N8c6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O g6 11. Qb3 e6
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Na3 a6 14. Be3 b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8
17. Bb6 Qxb6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxb6 Ke7 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Qb7
Rad8 22. Rac1 Nb8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rc7 Ke8 25. a4 Kf8 26. a5 Kg7
27. a6 Bc6 28. Rxf7+ Kh6 29. Rxd8 Bxb7 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. axb7
Bxb2 32. Kf2 g5 33. Rf8 Bd4+ 34. Kf3 Ba7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. fxg5
Nc6 37. Rf4 Bb8 38. Ra4 Ne5+ 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. h4 Kh5 41. g3 Kg6
42. Rf4 Nd7 43. Rd4 Nc5 44. Kf3 Be5 45. Rb4 Nd7 46. Rc4 Kf7
47. Rc8 Bd6 48. h5 Be5 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. Kh4 Nb8 51. Rc5 Bd6
52. Rc3 Be7 53. Rc7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Dmitry Schneider"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Rd1 c5 11. O-O cxd4
12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bc6 16. Qe2 Qh4
17. f4 Rad8 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 h5 20. g3 g6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8
22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. a3 Bc6 26. Ke3 Kf8
27. Kd4 Ke7 28. Kc5 Kd7 29. Bb3 b6+ 30. Kd4 Ke7 31. Bc2 Kd7
32. Bd3 Ke7 33. Bc4 Ke8 34. h4 Ke7 35. Kc3 Ke8 36. Kb4 Ke7
37. Ba6 Kd7 38. a4 Kc7 39. a5 Bd5 40. Bb5 Bc6 41. axb6+ Kxb6
42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ka5 Kc7 44. Kb5 Kb7 45. Kc5 Kc7 46. b3 Kd7
47. Kb5 Kc7 48. Kc5 Kd7 49. Kb5 Kc7 50. Kc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qxc5 11. Bd3 b5
12. Ne2 b4 13. c3 a5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Ned4 Nc5 16. Bb5 Bd7
17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Qd2
O-O 22. Nfd4 Rfc8 23. O-O Rc4 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Rcd1 h6 26. f5
exf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Qg6 29. Rff1 Nxb2 30. Rde1 Nd3
31. Re2 d4 32. h3 Nc5 33. Nxc5 R8xc5 34. Ref2 Rxe5 35. Qd1 Re7
36. Qb3 Qc6 37. Qg3 Qc7 38. Qf3 Rc1 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qf3 Ree1
41. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 Kg8 44. Qb5 Qe7 45. Qc4
Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qc3 47. Qb5 d3 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qxf7 Qe5+ 50. g3
Qb2+ 51. Kg1 Qc1+ 52. Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick de Firmian"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "77"]
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. Bd3 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. Ba3 c4 12. Be2
Nbc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh4 a6 15. f4 Na7 16. Qd2 Nb5 17. Bc5 Re8
18. g4 Ng6 19. Ng2 Bb7 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Qg3 Qd8 22. Ba3 Nxa3
23. Rxa3 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Qe7 27. Bh5 Rf8
28. Raa1 Nh8 29. Nf4 Rf5 30. h4 e5 31. Ng6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Nxg6
33. Bxg6 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxe5 a4 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qg4
Qd6 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emory Tate"]
[Black "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "122"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 a6
7. e4 d6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. b3
O-O 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 Bf8 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. Rfd1
g6 18. Nde2 Ba8 19. a4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 b5 22. axb5
axb5 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. d6 Qb8 25. h3 b4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxc8
Qxc8 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Ng3 Re6 31. Qa7 Qd8
32. Qc7 Qf6 33. Rf1 Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qxd6 36. Qd8+
Nf8 37. Qg5 Qe7 38. Qd2 Re3 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. gxf3 Qe6 41. Kg2
Qxb3 42. Ne4 Ne6 43. Kg3 Kg7 44. Nc5 Nxc5 45. Qd4+ f6 46. Qxc5
Qc3 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Kg4 Qd4+ 49. f4 f5+ 50. Kg3 Qe4 51. Qc7
Qe3+ 52. Kg2 b3 53. Qb8 Qe2+ 54. Kg3 b2 55. Qf8+ Kh5 56. Qf6
Qd3+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qb3+ 59. Kh2 h6 60. Qe7 Qc2+ 61. Kg3
Qd3+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laura Ross"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qe2
Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bb7
18. f5 Ne5 19. Bh3 Nac6 20. Rf1 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 d5 22. Be3 Nc6
23. fxe6 Nxd4 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Bxd4 Qc7 26. Qe3 Bc5 27. Bxc5
bxc5 28. Qd3 dxe4 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Qe5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[Black "Salvijus Bercys"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O d6
7. d4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be4
Ra7 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Rb7 15. Nd4 Nxe5 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Nc6
Qd6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5+ Bxe5 20. Rxd5 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 gxh6
22. Rd6 Rd7 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Rxh6 Re8 25. Kf1 b4 26. Rxe8+
Kxe8 27. Ne4 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Nd6+ Kd8 30. Nxc4 Be6
31. Kd3 Bxc4+ 32. Kxc4 Rxb2 33. Rxa6 Rxf2 34. g3 Rxh2 35. Kxb4
h5 36. a4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jake Kleiman"]
[Black "Andrei Florean"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. f5 Be7 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Qh3 Nfg4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh4 Bxg5+ 15. Qxg5 O-O 16. Rd2 b5
17. a3 Qc5 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Qxg4 Nxd2+ 21. Ka2 Rf4
22. Qd1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxf1 24. Qf3 Qxd4 25. Qxa8 Qc4+ 26. Ka1
Nd2 27. g4 d5 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Nd4 Qb7 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "117"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8
12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. cxb6 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qxb6 16. Be2 d4
17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bb7 19. Nf5 Ne4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3+ 23. Kf1 Bc8 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Ne7+ Rxe7
26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rxc8 Rxb3 28. Bd1 Ra3 29. h4 g6 30. h5 g5
31. Bc2+ Kg7 32. Rg4 Ba5 33. Re4 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rxe4 35. Bxe4
Rd1 36. f4 gxf4 37. exf4 Bb6 38. Rc6 Re1 39. Bd5 Re7 40. Kf3
Bd4 41. Rd6 Bb2 42. Be4 Rc7 43. Rc6 Rd7 44. Bf5 Rb7 45. Bc8
Re7 46. Ba6 Bd4 47. Rd6 Bc5 48. Rc6 Bb6 49. Rd6 Re3+ 50. Kg4
Rc3 51. Rd7 Rc6 52. Bb7 Rf6 53. Bd5 a5 54. Bb3 Be3 55. f5 Bc5
56. Kf4 Bb4 57. Ra7 Bd2+ 58. Ke4 Be1 59. Bd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[Black "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. Qe2 e5 8. h3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4
Re8 13. Nbd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15. dxc5 dxe4 16. Nh2 Nd4
17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rac1 f5 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Qe3 Be6 21. c6 bxc6
22. Rxc6 Rec8 23. Rdd6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Bd7 25. Rc1 h6 26. h4 Kh7
27. Bf1 a5 28. Rc5 Qd6 29. Bc4 Qd1+ 30. Nf1 Be8 31. Rc7 Kh8
32. Qc5 Qd4 33. Qe7 Qf6 34. Ne3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Lev Milman"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 15. a4 b4 16. Bh4 Rf5
17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 g6 19. Rd2 e3 20. fxe3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
22. b3 Ke8 23. c3 bxc3 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. Rxc3 Rf8 26. Rd3+ Ke7
27. Bf4 Rb8 28. Kf2 Na5 29. Bg5+ Ke8 30. Kf3 Nxb3 31. Bf6 Na5
32. Kf4 Rb4+ 33. Kg5 Rg4+ 34. Kh6 Nc6 35. Rd2 Ne7 36. a5 c5
37. Bxe7 Kxe7 38. Rd6 c4 39. Rxa6 Kd7 40. Rd6+ Kc7 41. a6 Rxg2
42. a7 Ra2 43. Rd4 Rxa7 44. Rxc4+ Kd7 45. Kxg6 Ke7 46. Rb4 Rc7
47. Ra4 Rb7 48. Ra5 Rb3 49. Ra7+ Kd8 50. Kf6 Rxe3 51. Rh7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
Qd7 13. Bc2 g6 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 c6 16. b3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bg7
18. Ra2 Nh5 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 Nxd5 21. fxg6 Nc3 22. gxh7+
Kh8 23. Nh4 Nxd1 24. Ng6+ Kxh7 25. Nf8+ Kh8 26. Nxd7 Nc3
27. Ra1 Nf4 28. Ne3 Bc6 29. Bf5 Nce2+ 30. Kf1 Nd4 31. Bg4 Red8
32. g3 Nd3 33. Nb6 Rab8 34. Nbd5 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 Bxd5 36. Nxd5
Nc2+ 37. Kd1 Nxa1 38. b4 Rf8 39. Be3 Rb7 40. Be6 Nb3 41. Kc2
Re8 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Ginsburg"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6
7. e3 Nf6 8. exd4 cxd4 9. d3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Re8
12. Ng5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. a3 a5
17. Rb1 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bg5 19. b4 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Qh4 21. h3 h5
22. bxa5 hxg4 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 gxh3 25. Bxh3 Nxa5
26. Rb6 Bh5 27. Kf2 g6 28. Nb4 Kg7 29. Nd5 Rh8 30. Kg3 Ra6
31. Rxa6 bxa6 32. c5 Rb8 33. Rc1 Rb3 34. Bf1 Nc6 35. Nb4 Rc3
36. Rb1 Rxc5 37. Nxa6 Ra5 38. Nb4 Nd8 39. Ra1 Ne6 40. Kf2 Nf4
41. Nd5 Nxd5 42. exd5 Rxd5 43. Bg2 Ra5 44. Bc6 Rc5 45. Bd7
Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Be2 47. Bb5 Rc3 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. e5 Bb7
12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Nxe6 Qd7 16. Rhe1
Kf7 17. f5 Nf8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd6 Qc8 20. Ng5+ Kg8
21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nge4+ Ng6 23. fxg6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Blas Lugo"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Ne4
7. Nfd2 f5 8. f3 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 e5
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 f4 15. Rfe1 fxe3 16. Qxe3
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qg5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Be5 Bb4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8
21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Qxb7 Bxd2 23. Re4 Bc1 24. Qxg7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 h3
12. gxh3 Bd6 13. Qh5 Rg8 14. Ng4 Qg6 15. Qxg6 Rxg6 16. axb5
Bb7 17. Bg2 f5 18. Ne3 Bf4 19. Bf3 Rg7 20. Ke2 cxb5 21. Nxb5
a6 22. Na3 Nc6 23. Rhd1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Na5 25. Nc2 Bxf3+
26. Kxf3 Nb7 27. Ra4 Nd6 28. Na3 Rc7 29. Rc1 Ke7 30. Rc2 Rc6
31. Kf4 Rb8 32. Ra5 Kf6 33. Rc5 Rbc8 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rc3 Rc8
36. Rc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natasha Christiansen"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 f5 5. Bc4 e6 6. c3 Qe7
7. h3 e5 8. Bh2 Nh6 9. O-O Nd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Nf7
12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. c4 c5
17. b3 e4 18. Ne1 Rad8 19. Nb1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qd7
22. Nc2 Nc8 23. Nca3 a6 24. Bg3 Ne7 25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Nc2 Qd3
27. Kf1 Bb2 28. Re1 Nfe5 29. Bh4 Rd7 30. Bf6 Nxc4 31. Bxb2
Nxb2 32. Nba3 Nd1 33. Nb1 Kf7 34. f4 exf3 35. gxf3 Nc3
36. Nxc3 Qxc3 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Ke6 39. Qe2 b5 40. f4 c4
41. Nd4+ Kd6 42. bxc4 Nxd4 43. exd4 Qxc4 44. Qxc4 bxc4 45. Ke2
Kd5 46. Ke3 h6 47. h4 h5 48. a3 a5 49. a4 c3 50. Kd3 c2
51. Kxc2 Kxd4 52. Kd2 Ke4 53. Kc3 Kxf4 54. Kc4 Kg4 55. Kb5 f4
56. Kxa5 f3 57. Kb6 f2 58. a5 f1=Q 59. a6 Kxh4 60. a7 Qf3 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stephen Muhammad"]
[Black "Alexander Fishbein"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. a3 Qe7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2
Ne8 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Qf7 16. Be2 a6 17. Nf1
Nef6 18. Ng3 Qg6 19. Rc1 Kh8 20. Rc2 e4 21. Nh1 Rg8 22. Nf2
Bf8 23. g3 h5 24. Nh3 Ng4 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Ng5 Be7 27. h4
gxh3 28. Rh2 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Qh7 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Bxe5+ dxe5
32. Ree2 Rxg5 33. Rxh3 Qxh3 34. Rh2 Rxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxh2+
36. Kxh2 Rg7 37. Qb3 Bd7 38. Qb6 Bc6 39. Ne2 Rag8 40. Ng1 Rg2+
41. Kh3 Rxg1 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[Black "Boris Kreiman"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Be3
Qc7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Bb4 9. Qd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. c3 Be7 16. Rad1 Qc7
17. Bf3 a6 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Rd2 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Na5 Bc8
22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qf4 e5 25. Qxe5 Be6 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Nc6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "98"]
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. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
g5 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 Rf7 15. c5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4 Kh8
18. a6 Rf6 19. axb7 Bxb7 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. Rf2 Bd6 22. Na4 Qe7
23. Rc2 Rg8 24. Nf2 h5 25. Be2 Bc8 26. h3 Nf8 27. Rac1 Nd7
28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 a5 31. Bb5 Qd8 32. Qc2 Nb6
33. Qc5 Qd6 34. Qc2 b3 35. Qc3 Nxa4 36. Bxa4 b2 37. Bc2 Bd7
38. Nd3 Re8 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Nxe5 Qg7 41. Qxb2 g4 42. hxg4
hxg4 43. fxg4 Rff8 44. Ng6+ Kg8 45. e5 Qa7+ 46. Kf1 Qa6+
47. Kg1 Qa7+ 48. Kf1 Qa6+ 49. Kg1 Qa7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elliott Liu"]
[Black "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. f4 Bb7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rae1 Nc5
12. a3 h5 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Bg1 h4 15. Qh3 Nh5 16. Be2 Bf6
17. Bxh5 Rxh5 18. Qg4 Rh6 19. f5 h3 20. g3 e5 21. Nf3 Na4
22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Be3 Rh8 24. c3 Qd7 25. Bg5 Ke7 26. Rd1 Qb5
27. Rf2 Rc4 28. Re2 Rxc3 29. Nxe5 Rb3 30. Bxf6+ gxf6 31. Nxf7
Rd3 32. Rde1 Rh7 33. Nh6 Kd7 34. Qf4 Rd4 35. Kg1 Qc5 36. Kf1
Bc6 37. Rc1 Qb6 38. Ng8 Rf7 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 Bb5+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "141"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. c3 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 h5
17. f4 Bd3 18. Rf3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb4 20. Bf2 Bxd2 21. Rxd3
Bxf4 22. Qf3 Bg5 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. Qf5 Be7 25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Rc1
Ra7 27. Bg3 Rh6 28. Rcf1 Rg6 29. Kh3 c5 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7
31. Rxf7 cxd4 32. R7f4 Bc5 33. b4 Bb6 34. Rf8+ Kd7 35. Rg8 Ke6
36. Rb8 Bc7 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Rg8 Kc6 39. Rf7 d3 40. Rf3 a5
41. bxa5 Bxa5 42. Rxd3 Re7 43. Rc8+ Kb7 44. Rc5 Rh6+ 45. Kg2
Rg6 46. Rxb5+ Bb6 47. Rdxd5 Kc6 48. Rd6+ Rxd6 49. exd6 Re4
50. Rg5 Bd4 51. b4 Bf6 52. b5+ Kd7 53. Kf3 Rc4 54. Rd5 Rc3+
55. Kf2 Rb3 56. Be5 Bxe5 57. Rxe5 Kxd6 58. Rg5 Ke6 59. Ke2 Kf6
60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Rc5 Rg3 62. g5 Kh5 63. Kd2 g6 64. Kc2 Rg2+
65. Kc3 Rg1 66. Kb4 Re1 67. b6 Rb1+ 68. Ka5 Kg4 69. Ka6 Ra1+
70. Ra5 Re1 71. b7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh4 Bc8 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. Bxf5 O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 g6 15. Bh3 Nbd7 16. Nb5 Ne8
17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qf3 f5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 Kg8
22. Ne6 Rf7 23. Rf2 Bf6 24. Raf1 Rc8 25. Qd3 Be5 26. g4 f4
27. Qe4 b5 28. c5 Qe7 29. c6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qxe6 31. Kh1 d5
32. Qf3 Qxc6 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Rfd2 Qc5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5+
Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 Bxb2 38. Rxb5 Bd4 39. Kg2 h6 40. Kf3 Be3
41. Rb7 Kh8 42. h4 Kg8 43. h5 g5 44. Ke4 Bc5 45. Kf5 f3
46. Kg6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hana Itkis"]
[Black "Vanessa West"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5
7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5
Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Re1 c6 15. c5 Ne8 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Na4
Qd8 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nc5 Ba2 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qd2 Rfd8 22. Qc3
Bd5 23. e4 Ba2 24. Ba1 Nb5 25. Qc2 Nbd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
Rxd4 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Rxa2 Qxc5 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Bh3 Rc7 32. Rb1
b5 33. Ra5 Rb4 34. Rba1 Qd4 35. R5a2 Rb3 36. Bf1 Rbc3 37. Ra8
Kg7 38. Qf3 Be7 39. Rb8 Qd7 40. Raa8 Rc8 41. Rxc8 Rxc8
42. Rxc8 Qxc8 43. d4 exd4 44. Bxb5 Qc5 45. Bd3 Qe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Nf1 Bh5
12. Bd3 b5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Bf6 16. Qe4 b4
17. h4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nce7 19. c4 Nb6 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5
22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Bxg5 24. hxg5 g6 25. Rc2 Re8 26. c5 Nd5
27. Qd2 Re7 28. Rec1 Rec7 29. Qa5 Kg7 30. Qd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6
7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4
Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ng5 f4 16. Ne6 fxg3 17. f4 Rf7
18. e4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ndf6 20. f5 Ng7 21. Bg5 Be5 22. Qb3 Qe8
23. Ne2 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 gxf5 25. Bg2 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Qc2
Rg7 28. Bh6 Rg6 29. Be3 Qf7 30. Nf4 Bb3 31. Qd2 Rg7 32. Nd3
Re8 33. Rae1 Bc4 34. Bf4 Qf6 35. Rf3 Ree7 36. Nxe5 dxe5
37. Bh6 Rg6 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qf8+ Ke6 40. Qc8+ Rd7 41. Rfe3
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick de Firmian"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. Re1+ Kf8
12. Bg5 Bf5 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qf3 Be4 16. Qf4
Bd5 17. Nc3 Bxb3 18. axb3 h6 19. Nxb5 Qxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Bxf2+
21. Kxf2 hxg5 22. Nxc7 Rb8 23. Kg1 Rxb3 24. Rxa6 Kg8 25. Ra5
Rxb2 26. Rxg5 Rh5 27. Rxh5 Nxh5 28. Nd5 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6
30. h3 Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "105"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3
Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3 Na6 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. O-O Nc7
12. f4 f5 13. h3 Be7 14. Nf3 f6 15. Ne1 h5 16. h4 e5 17. fxe5
fxe5 18. Nf3 e4 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bh7 22. Bh3
Bd6 23. Bxf5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 O-O-O 26. Bg5 Rd3
27. Kf2 Ne6 28. Rxa7 Kb8 29. Ra4 Nxg5 30. Rxg5 Rd2+ 31. Ke3
Rxb2 32. Rxe4 Rxb3 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Ra3 35. e6 Ra2+
36. Kb3 Rdd2 37. e7 Rdb2+ 38. Kc4 Ra4+ 39. Kd3 Rxe4 40. Kxe4
Re2+ 41. Kf4 Rxe7 42. Rxh5 Kc7 43. Re5 Rf7+ 44. Rf5 Rh7 45. h5
Kd6 46. g4 b5 47. Kg5 Rg7+ 48. Kh4 c5 49. h6 Rb7 50. Rh5 Rh7
51. g5 b4 52. cxb4 cxb4 53. g6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[Black "Jake Kleiman"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. c4 Nb4
12. Be4 Qd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qd8 15. a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Qxd3
17. Rf3 Qe4 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Rf4 Qh6
22. Raf1 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qg5 25. R1f2 Rd7 26. h4
Qh5 27. Bc3 Rfd8 28. Re2 b6 29. Qf2 Qh6 30. Re5 Rd3 31. h5 a5
32. Qh4 R8d7 33. Rg5 Kf8 34. hxg6 Qxh4 35. g7+ Kg8 36. Rxh4
Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxh7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Andrei Florean"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Rg1 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5
Nh5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Qf2
Qc7 18. Nde2 Rdf8 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. a3 f6 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Qe3
Rhf8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4 exf4 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Qd3 Be8
27. Nc3 Ne5 28. Qe2 Rf5 29. Bd4 Bd6 30. Ne4 Bc7 31. Qf2 Ng3
32. Nc5 Ng4 33. Qf3 Ne5 34. Qf2 Ng4 35. Qe1 Bf7 36. Nd7+ Qxd7
37. Ba7+ Kc8 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. Qd1+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salvijus Bercys"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. O-O e5
12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 f5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Na6 16. Rae1 Qh4
17. b4 Bd7 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qf6 20. Qc4 b5 21. Qc1 Qd4+
22. e3 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Na6 25. d6 c6 26. Nf3 Rad8
27. Ne5 Nb8 28. Rfd1 Rf6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Nxc6
Nxc6 32. Rxc6 a3 33. Ra6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "113"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd6
12. g5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. f4 b5 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. Nc3 Rd8
17. Qe2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bd2 c5 20. Bg2 cxd4 21. Nxd5 exd5
22. exd4+ Kf8 23. O-O Kg8 24. Bc3 a5 25. Qd3 Nf8 26. f5 Rh5
27. fxg6 Qxg6 28. Qxg6 Nxg6 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Ra7 Rxg5
31. Rfxf7 Nh4 32. Rf2 Rf8 33. Re2 Rf4 34. Kh2 Rxd4 35. Ra8+
Kh7 36. Rd8 Rd3 37. Rd6 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Nf3+ 39. Kg3 Ne1+
40. Kh2 Nxg2 41. Kxg2 b3 42. h4 g6 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Kh6
45. Rd8 Kg7 46. Rd6 Kf7 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Rxg6 Rxb2 49. Rb6 Rb1
50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. Kg4 b2 52. Kh5 d4 53. Rb5 Ke7 54. Re5+ Kf6
55. Re2 Kf5 56. Rh2 Kf4 57. Kh6 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[Black "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 Be6
7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. d4 c6 10. Ne3 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3
12. d5 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Bd2 b5 16. cxb5 cxd5
17. exd5 Rc5 18. a4 Re8 19. Ra3 Kf8 20. b4 Rc7 21. Qe2 e4
22. Qf1 Qc8 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Nxe4 Nf5 25. Nxd6 Nxd6 26. O-O Ne5
27. Rb3 Qh3 28. Rc1 Nec4 29. Qd1 Rec8 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4
Rxc4 32. Be3 Qd7 33. Bc5 Kg8 34. Qe2 Bd4 35. Bxd6 Rc1+ 36. Kg2
Qxd6 37. Qe4 Bf6 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. Rxf4 Ra1 41. a5
Rd1 42. Rc4 Rxd5 43. b6 axb6 44. a6 b5 45. a7 Rd8 46. Rc5 Ra8
0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "145"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Re8
12. Rc1 Bf8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. e3 Nb4 16. Ba1 Qa5
17. Nde2 Rad8 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. a4 Bc5 21. Nb5
Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Bxe3 23. Qf3 Rd7 24. Rd1 Nc2 25. Bc3 Qb6
26. Rxd5 Red8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kf1 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Ne3+ 30. Ke2
Re7 31. Kd3 a6 32. Bd4 Qe6 33. Nc3 Nxg2 34. Qxg2 Qxb3 35. Qd5
Qxd5 36. Nxd5 Re1 37. a5 g5 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4 f6 40. Ne3
Rb1 41. Nc4 Kf7 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Ne8 g6 44. Nc7+ Kd7 45. Nd5
Ke6 46. Nc7+ Kf7 47. Ke4 Rh1 48. Bf2 Ra1 49. Bb6 Ra4+ 50. Kd5
Rxh4 51. Kd6 Rh1 52. Kd7 g5 53. Kc8 g4 54. Kxb7 g3 55. Kxa6 g2
56. Nb5 Rb1 57. Bf2 Ke6 58. Kb6 Kd5 59. Ka6 g1=Q 60. Bxg1 Rxg1
61. Ka7 f5 62. a6 f4 63. Kb7 Kc5 64. Nc3 Kc4 65. Ne4 Kd3
66. Nf2+ Ke3 67. Nh3 Rb1+ 68. Kc7 Ra1 69. Kb7 f3 70. a7 f2
71. Nxf2 Kxf2 72. a8=Q Rxa8 73. Kxa8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Igor Schneider"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 h6
7. Bd2 Bd6 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. h3 a6 10. Kb1 dxc4 11. e4 Bc7
12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5+
Bd7 17. Bb4 Bb6 18. Rxd7 Nfxd7 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Rd1 O-O 22. Rxd7 Qg5 23. f4 Qh5 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Bxc5 Rc8
26. b4 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Qe1+ 28. Rd1 Qb4+ 29. Ka1 Rxc5 30. Qb3
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. f4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Rae1 b5 17. e5
bxc4 18. bxc4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. Qc2 Nf5 22. Kh2
Nh4 23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Re4 Bg5 25. Rg4 Rab8 26. Bc3 g6 27. Qf2
Rf8 28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qxd7 Rad8 30. Qb7 Rxd3 31. Bb4 Bh6
32. Bxf8 Qxe5+ 33. Kh1 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Dmitry Schneider"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 b6 6. Nbd2
Ba6 7. Nc4 b5 8. Nce5 b4 9. Qe3 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 h6 11. b3 Qc8
12. Bb2 Qb7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. a4 bxa3 15. Bxa3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nc6
17. Nec4 O-O 18. f3 Nd5 19. Qc5 Ndb4 20. Kd1 Rfd8 21. c3 Nd3
22. Qe3 Qb5 23. Kc2 Nc5 24. Rfa1 Rd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Kxd3
Ne5+ 27. Ke2 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Qc5
31. Ke2 Qg1 32. Ne3 Qc1 33. Rxa7 Qxc3 34. Rb7 g5 35. h3 Qb2+
36. Kd3 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qb2+ 38. Kd3 Qc1 39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Rb4 Qb2+
41. Kd3 Qa2 42. Nc2 c5 43. Rb5 Qb1 44. Rxc5 Qf1+ 45. Kd4 Qf2+
0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Fernandez"]
[Black "Emory Tate"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc4 g6 8. Qe2 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 b5
12. Bb3 Nb6 13. a3 Re8 14. h4 gxf5 15. exf5 Bb7 16. Rh3 d5
17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Bf4 Qc5
22. Rg5 Rad8 23. Qg3 Nbd7 24. Nf3 a5 25. Be5 b4 26. Nxd5 Ne4
27. Qf4 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Nxg5 30. hxg5 Bxe5
31. Qxe5+ Rg7 32. axb4 axb4 33. g6 b3 34. c4 Ra8 35. Kb1 Qa5
36. Kc1 e6 37. gxf7 Rd8 38. fxe6 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Qa5+ 40. Ke2 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Alan Stein"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7
12. a4 Nc6 13. Bd3 d6 14. g4 Na5 15. Be4 O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7
17. Qe4+ Kb8 18. d5 Rde8 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Qd3 Qe5 21. Nf3 Qg7
22. Rb1 Qh7 23. Ke2 Qxd3+ 24. Kxd3 c6 25. Nd4 Kc7 26. e4 Kd7
27. Rh3 cxd5 28. cxd5 Nb7 29. Nb3 exd5 30. exd5 Re5 31. c4 f5
32. Rbh1 fxg4 33. Rxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxh6 Rf5 35. Rh7+ Kc8 36. Rh8+
Kd7 37. Rh7+ Kc8 38. Ke3 Re5+ 39. Kd2 Rf5 40. Ke2 Re5+ 41. Kd3
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Black "Kelly Cottrell"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bd2 Nc6
12. Rfc1 h6 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Ne1 Bf5 15. g4 Be6 16. Nd3 g5
17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Na4 Ra6 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4
Nxg4 22. Bxe7 Rda8 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 Bd8
26. Nc7 Bxc7 27. Rxc7 R8a7 28. a4 b5 29. a5 Rc6 30. Rxc6 bxc6
31. b4 f5 32. Rc1 Ra6 33. Rc5 Kf7 34. d5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 f4
36. exf4 gxf4 37. Rxb5 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd8 40. Rf7
Rg4 41. a6 Ke8 42. Rb7 f3 43. a7 Rd4 44. a8=Q+ Rd8 45. Qxd8+
Kxd8 46. Ke1 Kc8 47. Rh7 Kb8 48. Kd2 Kc8 49. Kd3 Kb8 50. Kc4
Kc8 51. Kc5 Kb8 52. Kc6 h5 53. b5 h4 54. Rh8+ Ka7 55. b6+ Ka6
56. Ra8# 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6
7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. Na3 Rb8 11. exf5 gxf5
12. d4 b6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5
17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 e4 20. Bd4 d5 21. Nc2 Nc6
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Rd4 Rbd8 25. Red1 Rf6 26. c4 Rd6
27. b4 Rc8 28. Qb2 Kg8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5
Qe6 32. Qd4 Rf8 33. Rd6 Qf7 34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. b5
Re6 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Ke2 Re4 39. Rc7 h5 40. h4 Kf8 41. a4 Ke8
42. Rxa7 Rxc4 43. Kxe3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laura Ross"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Nd7 7. Bf4 Nc5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Be3 Ne4
12. Qd5 Re8 13. Bd3 c6 14. Qh5 d5 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Ng5 Bxg5
17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Rg4 19. Rde1 Be6 20. Be3 Rxg2 21. Reg1
Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 f6 23. Kc1 Kf7 24. Kd2 g5 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5
Rxa5 27. Rb1 b5 28. Rb2 Kg6 29. Bc5 Ra4 30. Bb4 Kh5 31. Ke2
Kg4 32. f3+ Kh3 33. Kf2 g4 34. Bd6 gxf3 35. Kxf3 Re4 36. Bg3
Bg4+ 37. Kf2 f5 38. Bd6 f4 39. Rb4 Re2+ 40. Kf1 f3 41. a4 bxa4
42. Rxa4 Rxc2 43. Be5 Bf5 44. Rf4 Bd3+ 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kd1
Bc2+ 47. Kc1 Rxe5 48. Kxc2 Kg2 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Milman"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "198"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8
12. e5 fxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rfe1 Bf6 15. Bd4 Qf8 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Qc4 Nh6 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qd6
21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. b3 Qd5 23. Qf4 Bc3 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. Re1 Rf8
26. Qg4+ Qd7 27. Qh5 b6 28. h3 a5 29. Ne5 Qe6 30. Nf3 Qd7
31. Ne5 Qe6 32. Re3 Kb7 33. Qe2 Qf5 34. Nf3 Rd8 35. Re7 Bf8
36. Re4 Bc5 37. g4 Qf7 38. Re6 Rd6 39. Re5 Rd5 40. Kg2 Bd6
41. Re6 h5 42. g5 Bf4 43. Qe4 Bxg5 44. Rxc6 Qf5 45. Qxf5 Rxf5
46. Re6 Bf6 47. Re8 Rd5 48. Rf8 Rd6 49. Rf7 h6 50. Kf1 Bc3
51. Ke2 Kc6 52. a4 Rf6 53. Re7 Kd6 54. Re3 Bb4 55. Rd3+ Ke6
56. Nd4+ Kf7 57. Nf3 Re6+ 58. Kf1 Rd6 59. Ke2 Kf6 60. Nd4 Bc5
61. Rf3+ Ke5 62. Nc2 Rc6 63. Ne3 Bxe3 64. Rxe3+ Kf4 65. Rf3+
Kg5 66. Rg3+ Kh4 67. Kf1 Rc5 68. Re3 Kg5 69. Ke2 Rc2+ 70. Kf3
Kf5 71. Kg3 h4+ 72. Kxh4 Kf4 73. Re7 Rc3 74. Rf7+ Ke4 75. Kg4
Rxb3 76. Rxc7 Rb4 77. Rb7 Kd5+ 78. f4 Kc6 79. Rh7 Rxa4
80. Rxh6+ Kc5 81. Rh8 b5 82. Rb8 Rd4 83. Kg5 a4 84. f5 b4
85. f6 Rd7 86. Kg6 b3 87. f7 Rxf7 88. Kxf7 Kc4 89. Rc8+ Kd3
90. Rb8 Kc3 91. Rc8+ Kb2 92. h4 a3 93. h5 a2 94. Ra8 a1=Q
95. Rxa1 Kxa1 96. h6 b2 97. h7 b1=Q 98. h8=Q+ Qb2 99. Qxb2+
Kxb2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "146"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Re1
Ne5 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nc2 Be6 15. b3 Nfd7 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5
axb5 18. Rad1 b4 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Qd2 Rb6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. f4
Nc6 23. e5 Ne7 24. Nxb4 cxb4 25. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 26. Kh2 Nxe5
27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Re4 Nf5 29. Rxb4 Qd8 30. Bd5 Nxg3 31. Kg2
Rf6 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. Bxf7 Nf5 34. Qxe5 Qa8+ 35. Qe4 Qxa2+
36. Kg1 Ng3 37. Qg2 Qa7+ 38. Kh2 Rf2 39. Bd5 Qe3 40. Qxf2
Qxf2+ 41. Bg2 Nf5 42. Rf1 Qd2 43. Rbf4 Qb2 44. Rxf5 gxf5
45. Rxf5 Qxb3 46. Rd5 Qe3 47. Rf5 Kg6 48. Rd5 Kf7 49. Rh5 h6
50. Rd5 Qe2 51. Ra5 Ke6 52. Ra8 Qe5+ 53. Kh1 Qg3 54. Re8+ Kf5
55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Re8+ Kd4 57. Re4+ Kd3 58. Re6 h5 59. Rf6 Qe5
60. Rf1 Ke2 61. Rb1 d5 62. Rb3 d4 63. Kg1 Qf5 64. Rb2+ Ke1
65. Rb8 Qf2+ 66. Kh1 Qe3 67. Rb1+ Kf2 68. Rb2+ Kg3 69. Bf1 d3
70. Rg2+ Kh4 71. Kh2 d2 72. Be2 Qe5+ 73. Kh1 Qxe2 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vanessa West"]
[Black "Natasha Christiansen"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "115"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5
7. Qe4 Nb6 8. Bf4 d5 9. exd6 Bf5 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. dxe7 Qxe7
12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. c3 Rhe8 14. Nbd2 Kf8+ 15. Kd1 Nd5 16. Bg3
Rad8 17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Bxc6 Bxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Nb4+ 20. Nd2 Nxc6
21. Re1 Bh6 22. f4 g5 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Be1 Ne5
26. Ke2 Nd3 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Rb1 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Rd5 30. Bf2 a6
31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Rg5 33. g3 Nd3 34. Ke2 Nc5 35. Kd2 Rh5
36. Nf3 Rd5+ 37. Ke2 Na4 38. c4 Rc5 39. Kd3 Rf5 40. Ke3 Rc5
41. b3 Nb6 42. Rd1 Rc6 43. Nd4 Rh6 44. h4 Nd7 45. Nf5 Re6+
46. Kd4 Re2 47. Nd6+ Kf8 48. Nxb7 Rxa2 49. Kd5 Rb2 50. Rd3
Nf6+ 51. Kc6 Ng4 52. Rc3 Nf2 53. Nd6 Ng4 54. Kb6 Ra2 55. c5
Ne5 56. c6 Ke7 57. Nf5+ Kd8 58. c7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 13. c3 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. gxf4 h6
17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Qh3 Rae8 20. b3 Nd7 21. c4 Bf6
22. Be3 Nc5 23. Bg1 Bd3 24. Rfd1 Bh7 25. b4 Nd7 26. Rac1 b6
27. Rf1 Re7 28. Nc6 Re2 29. Rfe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 a5 31. bxa5
bxa5 32. Qb3 Ra8 33. Qb5 Bd3 34. Rd1 Bf5 35. c5 Re8 36. Qxa5
Qxa5 37. Nxa5 dxc5 38. Nb7 Bc2 39. Rc1 Bxa4 40. Nxc5 Nxc5
41. Bxc5 Bd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "130"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O
17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bf4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Qc6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Rxe4 Rad8 25. Kc2 Rc8
26. Bc3 Rc5 27. b4 Rc6 28. Rd1 Rec8 29. Rd7 R6c7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7
31. c5 Kf8 32. Kd3 Rc6 33. Rd4 Rc7 34. Re4 Rc6 35. Rd4 Rc7
36. a3 Bf6 37. Rd6 Be7 38. Rd4 Bf6 39. Rd6 Be7 40. Be5 f6
41. Bg3 Kf7 42. Rd4 e5 43. Re4 Rd7+ 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. f3 Kd5
46. Bh2 b6 47. cxb6 axb6 48. g4 Rc7 49. Kd2 Ra7 50. Re3 Bxb4+
51. axb4 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Rxh2 53. Rd3+ Kc4 54. Rd7 Kxb4 55. Rxg7
b5 56. Rg6 Kc3 57. Rxf6 b4 58. Rxh6 b3 59. Rc6+ Kd3 60. Rb6 b2
61. Kf1 Rh1+ 62. Kg2 b1=Q 63. Rxb1 Rxb1 64. g5 e4 65. g6 Rb2+
0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. a4 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nc5 13. Re1 Bg4 14. e5 Ne6 15. d5 Nc5 16. Ba3 Rc8
17. Qd4 Bxf3 18. Bxc5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8
21. Bxd5 Rxe7 22. f4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Bf3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Ke8 26. Rc1 Kd8 27. Bg4 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Kxc7 29. Kf2 f6 30. exf6
Bxf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5
12. Rf1 Qd8 13. c3 Bb6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Nxc6 Qc7 16. Ne5 O-O
17. Na3 Nd6 18. Nac4 Be6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 Rfd8 21. a5 Bc7
22. d4 exd3 23. Qxd3 Bd5 24. Kf2 Qe6 25. Qh3 Ne4+ 26. Kg1 Qxh3
27. gxh3 Nxc3 28. Bf3 Bd6 29. Bb2 Bxb4 30. Nd3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3
Nd5 32. Nxb4 Nxb4 33. Rg3 g6 34. f5 Nd3 35. Bf6 Rd6 36. Be7
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Black "Elliott Liu"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. O-O f5 18. Re1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re2 Bg6 21. Re1 Bh4
22. g3 e4 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 25. Bd5 Qxf4 26. Bxc6
Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Qxe1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Qg3 Qd1+
31. Ne1 Rf8 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Rd4 Qc1 34. Qf2 d5 35. Rxd5 Bxe4
36. Re5 Qxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxe5 38. Qg3 Re8 39. Qc7 Bc2 40. Qxa5
Bxb3 41. Qb5 Bf7 42. c4 h6 43. Qd7 Bg6 44. c5 Re5 45. c6 Bf5
46. Qd6 Re8 47. c7 Kh7 48. Qd5 Kg6 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. h4 Be6
51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Ke3 Bf5+ 53. Kd4 Bg4 54. Kc5 Bf5 55. h5 Re5+
56. Kd4 Re4+ 57. Kd5 Re8 58. Qd6 Be4+ 59. Kc5 Bf5 60. Qd5+ Kf6
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Fishbein"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 13. a4 Rc8 14. c3 Bg6 15. a5 Bg5 16. Nd2 Nc5
17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 e4 19. b4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Nb6 Rc7
22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Re7 25. Kf1 h5 26. Re3 Re5
27. Qe1 f6 28. Rxe5 fxe5 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. Ke1 Qh4 31. h3 Bf5
32. Kd2 Kh7 33. Kc1 g5 34. Kd2 Kg6 35. c4 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4
37. g3 Qh1 38. Qe1 Qh6+ 39. Qe3 Qh1 40. Qe1 Qh6+ 41. Qe3
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[Black "Hana Itkis"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7
7. O-O-O b4 8. Nce2 a5 9. Kb1 Qc7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Nc1 Bb7
12. h4 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nh3 Bg7 15. Be2 c5 16. Bb5 Bc6
17. Qe2 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 O-O 19. Nf4 Rfb8 20. Rhe1 cxd4 21. Bf2
Nc5 22. Nfd3 Nba4 23. Qc4 Qc6 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Nxd4 Qc8 26. Qb5
Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Nbd7 28. Qc4 Nb6 29. Qb5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Justin Sarkar"]
[Black "Stephen Muhammad"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "135"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. d4 e5
7. Be3 h6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. b4
Ne8 13. c5 f5 14. f3 h5 15. Nc4 f4 16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 Ng6
18. a5 Rf7 19. h3 Bf8 20. c6 b6 21. Bb2 Rg7 22. axb6 cxb6
23. Kh2 Nh4 24. Rh1 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Nf6 27. c7 Qxc7
28. Kg1 f3 29. gxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxc4 31. Rh4 Be7 32. Kg2
Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxh4 34. Rc1 Qxb4 35. Bc3 Qb5 36. Nxd6 Qc5
37. Ne4 Qe3 38. Bxe5 Rxg4+ 39. Bxg4 Qxe4+ 40. Kh3 Qxe5
41. Kxh4 Qe7+ 42. Kh3 Qe3+ 43. Kh4 Qh6+ 44. Kg3 Qd6+ 45. Kh3
Qh6+ 46. Kg3 Qg5 47. d6 Be6 48. Qe2 Re8 49. Rc8 Rxc8 50. Qxe6+
Kg7 51. Qxc8 Qe5+ 52. Kh3 Qxd6 53. Qb7+ Kh6 54. Qxa7 Qd3+
55. Kh4 Qd8+ 56. Kg3 Qd3+ 57. Bf3 Qg6+ 58. Kh2 Qd6+ 59. Kh1
Qf6 60. Qa3 Qh4+ 61. Kg2 Qg5+ 62. Kh3 Qf5+ 63. Bg4 Qf1+
64. Kg3 Qg1+ 65. Kf3 Qd1+ 66. Kf4 Qd4+ 67. Kg3 Qg1+ 68. Kf3
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Kreiman"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. g3 Rc8
12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bf3 Ne4 14. Qb3 Ndf6 15. Bg2 c5 16. Na2 Ba5
17. Qb5 b6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. b3 Ndc3 21. Nxc3 Rxc3
22. Qb5 Qe6 23. b4 a6 24. Qxa6 Bxb4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Bd2 Rc4
27. Bxb4 Rxb4 28. Rfb1 Rb3 29. Rxb3 Qxb3 30. Qb5 Qe6 31. Rb1
g6 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O Bxd4 11. Qa4+
Kf8 12. cxd4 Kg8 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Qb4 Bc6 15. Bf1 h6 16. Bd2
Qb6 17. Rac1 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Kf8 20. Rc5 Ke7
21. Rdc1 Rhd8 22. f3 Ke8 23. R5c2 Rd7 24. Kf2 Ne7 25. Bc3 Nf5
26. Rd2 Rad8 27. Rcd1 Kf8 28. Bb4+ Kg8 29. Bc3 Ba4 30. b3 Bc6
31. Bd3 Ne7 32. Ba5 Rc8 33. Rc2 a6 34. Bb4 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nf6
36. Be3 Ra8 37. Rc5 Kf8 38. h4 Nd5 39. Bd2 Ne7 40. Be3 Nd5
41. Bd2 Ne7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Blas Lugo"]
[Black "Mark Ginsburg"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "150"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 Bb7 9. Qd2 Nfd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 N8d7
12. Qf2 Rc8 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. Kb1 d5 15. e5 Nc4 16. f4 Nc5
17. Rhf1 Be7 18. Bc1 b4 19. b3 Na3+ 20. Bxa3 bxa3 21. Qe3 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. c4 O-O 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Nf5 Qxe3 26. Nxe3
Rfd8 27. Kc2 f6 28. f5 Bc5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Ncd1 exf5
31. Rxf5 Bb4 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 Rd2+ 34. Kb1 Bd6 35. Kc1
Rd4 36. h3 Bc8 37. Nc2 Be5 38. Nxd4 Bxf6 39. Nc2 Bg5+ 40. Nde3
h5 41. Kd1 hxg4 42. hxg4 Be7 43. Kd2 a5 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Nef5
Bb4+ 46. Ke3 a4 47. bxa4 Bxa4 48. Kxe4 Kf7 49. Kd5 Kg6 50. Nf3
Bb3 51. Ne5+ Kg5 52. Nd3 Bxa2 53. Nxb4 Bxc4+ 54. Kxc4 a2
55. Nxa2 Kxg4 56. Ne3+ Kf4 57. Kd4 Kg5 58. Ke5 Kg6 59. Nc3 Kg5
60. Ne4+ Kg6 61. Ke6 Kg7 62. Nd5 Kg6 63. Nf4+ Kg7 64. Ke7 Kh7
65. Kf8 Kh6 66. Kf7 Kh7 67. Ng5+ Kh6 68. Nge6 Kh7 69. Ng7 Kh6
70. Nfe6 Kh7 71. Nf5 Kh8 72. Ne7 Kh7 73. Ng8 Kh8 74. Nf4 Kh7
75. Nf6+ Kh6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6
7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. d5 c6 9. Nh3 b5 10. Nf2 bxc4 11. dxc6 Ne5
12. f4 Nxc6 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bd3 h6
17. Bh4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. b3 Na3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Qb6 23. Kh1 Nb5 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. a4 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Rxc3
27. Bc4 a5 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 h5 30. g3 Qd4 31. Qxd4
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. Ngf3 Bxc5 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. c4 Qh5 10. a3 a5 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Bf4 Qg4 15. Bg3 Bc6 16. h3 Qh5
17. O-O-O O-O 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Rdg1 Bd4 21. h4
Qc5 22. Rg5 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qd4+ 24. Kb1 Qxf4 25. Rhg1 g6
26. h5 Ra6 27. hxg6 Rb6+ 28. Rb5 Rxb5+ 29. cxb5 hxg6 30. Qe3
Qc4 31. Qe5 Kg7 32. Rg4 Qf1+ 33. Ka2 Qxf2 34. Rc4 Rd5 35. Qc3
Rxb5 36. f4 b6 37. a4 Rb4 38. Ka3 Rxc4 39. Qxc4 Nd5 40. Be4
Qc5+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "125"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O e6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2
12. Nxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1
O-O 17. f3 Nc5 18. Rf2 Rfc8 19. Rfc2 Qb7 20. Qd2 b4 21. Qe2
Bf8 22. h4 Nd7 23. f4 g6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Ng5 Ng3
27. Qf2 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. g4 a5 30. f5 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rc8
32. f6 Rc6 33. Qe2 Qc8 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Qc4 Qa8 36. Qc2 h6
37. Kf2 Qb7 38. Ke1 Qa8 39. Kd2 Qb7 40. Qc4 Kh7 41. Ke1 Kg8
42. g5 h5 43. Kd1 Kh7 44. Ke2 Kg8 45. Ke1 Kh7 46. Kf2 Kg8
47. Kg3 Kh7 48. Bc5 Bxc5 49. Qxc5 Qa8 50. Qe7 Kg8 51. Qd7 Kf8
52. Kf4 Kg8 53. Qb5 Kh7 54. Qc4 Kg8 55. Qxe4 Qa6 56. Qg2 Kh7
57. Kg3 Qd3 58. Qf3 Qd2 59. Qf2 Qd3 60. Qf4 Qc3 61. Qd4 Qe1+
62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd5 h6 9. Be3 d6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7
12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qd2 Rae8 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. Nd2
f5 17. f3 c4 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. O-O cxd3 20. cxd3 Rd8 21. Rfc1
Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Nf1 Rf6 24. Rc5 e4 25. fxe4 Bxe4
26. Rxc7 Bd5 27. Rc2 h5 28. a3 h4 29. Re1 Bc4 30. Nd2 Bd5
31. Nf1 Bc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alan Stein"]
[Black "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "123"]
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. Be3 d5 16. Ba4 d4 17. Bc1
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 b5 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bc2 c5 21. Qg3 dxc3 22. bxc3
Rc8 23. Bh6 Bf6 24. Rab1 Qd6 25. Red1 Rfd8 26. Be3 Rc7 27. a3
Rcd7 28. Qg4 Qc6 29. a4 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Rdc1 Qb7 32. Bd2
Nc6 33. a5 Qb5 34. Qd1 Rd6 35. Ba4 Qxd3 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Bxc6
Qxd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxb4 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Bd8 41. Bd5 Kf8
42. Rb8 Ke8 43. Ra8 Ra1 44. Bxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxd8 Rxa5 46. Rh8
h6 47. h4 Ra2 48. f3 a5 49. h5 a4 50. Kh3 a3 51. Ra8 Kf6
52. g3 Ra1 53. Kg4 a2 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Kf5 Rh1 56. Ra7+ Kd6
57. Rxa2 Rxh5+ 58. Kg4 Rg5+ 59. Kh4 Ke7 60. Ra6 Kf7 61. Rb6
Ke7 62. Ra6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. e4 g6 8. a4 Qxb6 9. a5 Qb4 10. Ra4 Qb7 11. f4 Bg7 12. Bc4
O-O 13. Nf3 Ne8 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. e5 Bf5 17. Qd1 Ne4
18. Re1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. exd6 exd6 21. Ra3 Nb5 22. Rb3
Qd7 23. Bd2 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qf1 Rb8 26. h3 h6 27. Nh4
Bc2 28. Rb2 Be4 29. Qe2 Qe8 30. Rb3 Kh7 31. Bd3 Nd4 32. cxd4
Bxd4+ 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34. Bxe4 Re3 35. Bxg6+ fxg6 36. Bxe3 Qxe3
37. Qxe3 Bxe3 38. Kg3 Bxf4+ 39. Kxf4 g5+ 40. Kf5 gxh4 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Rad1
O-O 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. f4 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc2 Rfe8 17. Ba3
Rad8 18. Ne3 b5 19. Kh1 Re6 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Ree8 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Qf2 Qb8 25. Bb2 Rd7 26. Bxe5
Bxe5 27. Rc6 a5 28. Bd3 b4 29. Ra6 Ree7 30. Rxa5 Ra7 31. Rb5
Rab7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Rc6 Qd8 35. g3 Qg5 36. Kg2
h5 37. h4 Qg4 38. Qf3 Qd7 39. Rc2 Ra7 40. Qe2 Qd8 41. Qd2 Rb7
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Schneider"]
[Black "Nick de Firmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 b3 17. Nc3
bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 a3 19. b3 Nc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb8 22. Qc6
Rd8 23. Rh2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 Ne6 26. Bc4 Rxd6 27. Rxd6
Bxd6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rd2 Bf8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Nd3 Qe8
32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. Re2 Bd6 34. Kc2 Kg8 35. Kc3 h6 36. gxh6 gxh6
37. h5 Rf8 38. Rg2+ Kh7 39. Rg6 Rxf3 40. Rxd6 e4 41. Kc4 exd3
42. Rxd3 Rf2 43. Kxc5 Rxa2 44. b4 Rc2+ 45. Kb6 a2 46. Ra3 Kg7
47. b5 Kf6 48. Ka7 Kg5 49. b6 Kxh5 50. b7 Rb2 51. b8=Q Rxb8
52. Kxb8 Kg4 53. Kc7 h5 54. Kd6 h4 55. Ke5 h3 56. Rxa2 Kg3
57. Ra3+ Kg4 58. Ra8 h2 59. Rh8 Kg3 60. Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Renier Gonzalez"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Be7
12. e4 b4 13. exd5 bxc3 14. dxc6 cxd2 15. cxd7+ Nxd7 16. Bxa8
Qxa8 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. Re3 h6 21. Qe2
Rd8 22. Rdd3 Qb6 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Rfe3
a5 27. a4 Rc7 28. Re5 Rd7 29. Qe3 Bd6 30. Rb5 Bc7 31. g3 Bb6
32. Qe5 Kh7 33. d5 exd5 34. cxd5 Re7 35. Qf5+ g6 36. Qf4 Re4
37. Qc1 Re2 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Qc6 Bd4 40. Rb7 h5 41. d6 Re6
42. Qc7 Qf8 43. d7 Rd6 44. Qxa5 Nxd7 45. Rf4 Bf6 46. Qb5 Rd1+
47. Kg2 Qd6 48. Qe2 h4 49. Rxd7 Qxd7 50. gxh4 Rd2 51. Qe4 Rd4
52. Qf3 Bxh4 53. Rxd4 Qxd4 54. Qg4 Qxf2+ 55. Kh1 Bg3 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Ke7
12. Nd3 Bd6 13. f3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Rhd8 15. e4 Nd4 16. Bf1 Nd7
17. Bd2 e5 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Nc4 21. Be1 Ne3
22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Bf2 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bc5 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Nb3
Bb6 27. Na5 Ba8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bxa6 Kc7 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4
f6 32. Kf1 Bc6 33. Bxb6+ Kxb6 34. Ke1 Kc5 35. Bg8 h6 36. Kd2
Kb4 37. h4 Bb5 38. Bd5 Bf1 39. g4 Bb5 40. h5 Kc5 41. Ke3 Be8
42. Be6 Kb4 43. Kd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Florean"]
[Black "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bd3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 g6 16. cxb5 Bg7
17. O-O O-O 18. Bb4 Nxd5 19. Be4 Nxb4 20. Bxa8 d5 21. Qd2 Be6
22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Bc6 Qb6 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Nc4
Qa7 27. Ne3 Bh6 28. Qc3 Na4 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Bxd5 31. Rd1
Bxe3 32. fxe3 e4 33. b3 Nb2 34. Rd4 Nd3 35. a4 Kg7 36. a5 Kf6
37. a6 Ke6 38. a7 Ra8 39. b4 Nxb4 40. Rxb4 Kd6 41. Rbb7 Bxb7
42. Rxb7 Ke6 43. Kf2 h6 44. Ke2 f5 45. Kd2 g5 46. g3 Ke5
47. Rb5+ Kd6 48. Ra5 Kc6 49. Kc3 Kb6 50. Ra2 Kc5 51. Ra1 Kd5
52. Ra5+ Kc6 53. Kd4 Kb6 54. Ra2 f4 55. gxf4 gxf4 56. exf4 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salvijus Bercys"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. Bc4 h6 16. g4 Qc7
17. h4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. Rhg1 Rf6 21. Qe1 Kh7
22. Qxe5 Bh8 23. Bd3 Rg6 24. Qe1 Rb8 25. b3 Qg7 26. Nc4 Qa1+
27. Kd2 Qxa2 28. Rxg6 Bc3+ 29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Kf1 Bxe1 31. Rxe6
Nxe6 32. Bxf5+ Kh8 33. Bd6 Rb5 34. Bxe6 Bxh4 35. Na3 Ra5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Daniel Fernandez"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bc4 c6 11. Bb3 Qc7
12. Ng3 Rad8 13. d4 c5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bd2 exd4
17. cxd4 cxd4 18. h3 d3 19. Qxd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bc3 Qb6
22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd2 h5 25. f4 Qc5+ 26. Kh2 Kh7
27. Rc1 Qb6 28. f5 h4 29. Nf1 Qb5 30. Qg5 Qe5+ 31. Kh1 Kg7
32. Nh2 f6 33. Qxh4 Qxb2 34. Rc2 Qd4 35. Nf3 Qb4 36. Rc4 Qa5
37. Rd1 d5 38. exd5 Nxf5 39. Qf2 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Qxd5 41. Rg4
Qa5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emory Tate"]
[Black "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. g4 h6 12. h4
Nf6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15. Qxh1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nc5
17. Bc4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxd5 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Nf2 23. Qf1 Rxd5 24. Qxf2 Bc5 25. Qe2
Qd6 26. Kc1 Kb7 27. Re1 f6 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Be3 Ba3 30. c4
Rd3 31. bxa3 Qxa3+ 32. Qb2+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "105"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 Bd6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Ne7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bh5
12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Re1 c6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Bd2 Re8 16. h3 Qc7
17. c4 Nf6 18. Bb4 Red8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. h4 f6 23. c5 Qe7 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rxe6 Qf7 26. Ree1 Qxb3
27. axb3 a5 28. Kh2 b6 29. Bxc6 bxc5 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. dxc5
Rc7 32. Rc1 Rb5 33. c6 Rb6 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Ra8 Rxb3 36. Rc2
Rb5 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. f3 g5 39. h5 Kf7 40. Rh8 Rb6 41. Re2 Rbxc6
42. Ree8 Re7 43. Ref8+ Ke6 44. h6 gxh6 45. Rxf6+ Kxf6
46. Rxh6+ Kg7 47. Rxc6 Rb7 48. Rc5 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Rc2
Rb3 51. Rc5 Kg6 52. Rxa5 Rxb2 53. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[Black "Jake Kleiman"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Nc6 8. a4 Nge7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Kh1 e5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bg5
Qc7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qh4 16. c3 Be6 17. Nd2
Rad8 18. b4 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Bg4 21. Rac1 a5 22. h3
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 axb4 24. cxb4 Nd4 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Ne3 g6 27. Bd5
Rc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. h4 h5 30. Qg5 Kh7 31. Qf6 Ne2 32. Nf5
gxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg7 36. Qxe2 Rh8
37. g3 Rh6 38. Rd3 Qd7 39. Kg2 Rf6 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Qxf3 Bd4
42. a5 Ba7 43. b5 Bc5 44. b6 Bd4 45. Qb3 Qc8 46. a6 Qd8 47. a7
Bxb6 48. a8=Q 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Schneider"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. bxa5 Qxb5 16. Qxc8+
Nxc8 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Nb3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. f4
Ng6 22. Bd4 Nxf4 23. Rc7 Be7 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Rc2 h5 26. Kf2
Nd3+ 27. Kg2 hxg4 28. Nc5 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Rh3 30. Nxa6 Bh4+
31. Kg1 bxa6 32. Bf2 Rxa3 33. Bxh4 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Rxh1 35. Bg3
Rc1 36. Ra2 g5 37. Ra3 Kf8 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Rb3 Re4+ 40. Kd2
Rxe5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kelly Cottrell"]
[Black "Laura Ross"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6
7. Bf4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 g5
12. Nb3 Nb6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ba5 Qe7 15. Nfd2 Ng7 16. e4 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qd2 b6 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. Bxa8
Ba6 22. Bg2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 a5 24. a3 Nd5 25. Rc1 a4 26. Na1 Qd7
27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Nc2 Nf5 29. Rd1 Qb5 30. Ne3 Ndxe3 31. fxe3 Qb3
32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Be4 Nxe3 34. Qxe3 Qxd1 35. Bd3 Qg4 36. d5 Rxd5
37. Be4 Re5 38. Qd3 Qxe4 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qe8 Qf5+ 41. Kg2
Re2+ 42. Kh1 Qf1# 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Ginsburg"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "156"]
1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5 9. Nd4 Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bh1 Qf7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Qd2 a4
17. Rad1 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. f3 Nd8 21. Nc3 Be6
22. c5 Nf7 23. f4 Bg4 24. Rc1 dxc5 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Bxc5
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rb8 28. Bd5 Bf8 29. Ne4 Bc6 30. Nf6+ Kh8
31. Bxf8 Bxd5 32. Bb4 Bxa2 33. Bc3 Rd8 34. Re7 Kg7 35. Rxc7 b5
36. Rb7 Bc4 37. g4 h6 38. h4 Rd3 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 a3
41. Ne4+ Rxc3 42. bxc3 Bd5 43. Rxb5 Bxe4 44. Ra5 Nd6 45. Rxa3
Kf7 46. Ra5 Ke6 47. Kf2 Nc4 48. Rc5 Bd3 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Rc8
Kd7 51. Ra8 Kc6 52. Rc8+ Kd7 53. Rf8 Bc2 54. Rf6 Bd3 55. Kf2
Kc7 56. Ra6 Kd7 57. Ra1 Kc6 58. Rd1 Bc2 59. Rd8 Bf5 60. Kg3
Nd6 61. Kf2 Kc5 62. Ke3 Nb5 63. Ra8 Nxc3 64. Ra5+ Kc4 65. Ra1
Nd5+ 66. Kf3 Kd4 67. Ra4+ Kd3 68. Ra3+ Nc3 69. Rb3 Be4+
70. Kg4 Kc4 71. Rb8 Nd5 72. Re8 Kd4 73. Re5 Ne3+ 74. Kg3 Nf5+
75. Kf2 Bd5 76. Re1 Be4 77. Rd1+ Bd3 78. Re1 Be4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stephen Muhammad"]
[Black "Vanessa West"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. Bb2 Qe7
12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ba1 cxd4 15. Qxd4 d5 16. Nh4
Nf8 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. cxd5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Bxd5
21. f3 Bb7 22. e4 Ne8 23. Bf1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 f6 25. Kf2 Qd6
26. Qc2 Qc6 27. Qb3 Kf7 28. Bd4 Nd6 29. a4 Bc8 30. h4 Bd7
31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 a6 33. Bb6 Nb5 34. Bc4 Qd6 35. Qd3 Qc6
36. Ke3 Ke7 37. f4 Qd6 38. Qb3 Qc6 39. Qb4+ Kf7 40. Qc5 Qa8
41. g4 Qb8 42. e5 Qa8 43. exf6 gxf6 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Qh8
46. fxe6+ Bxe6 47. Bxb5 axb5 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Qc2+ Kf7
50. Qc7+ Kg6 51. Qg3+ Kf7 52. a6 Qh6+ 53. Qf4 Qf8 54. Qc7+ Kg6
55. Qc2+ Kh6 56. Kf2 Qb8 57. Qc1+ Kg7 58. Qg1+ Kf7 59. Be3 Qe5
60. a7 Bd5 61. Qg4 Qb2+ 62. Qe2 Qxe2+ 63. Kxe2 b4 64. h5 b3
65. Kd3 Kg7 66. Kc3 Kh7 67. Bc1 Kg7 68. Kd4 Bg2 69. Kc4 b2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 b6 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7
12. Naxc4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. a3 f6
17. Nf3 Qe8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. e4 Ne7 20. Qb3 Ra7 21. Ne3 Qf7
22. Rc3 Nf8 23. Rdc1 Rd7 24. Rc4 Qg6 25. Kg2 h6 26. R1c3 Rb7
27. Qc2 c6 28. Nh4 Qf7 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Nh4 Qf7 31. Nf3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rc1 c6
12. Bh3 h6 13. Re1 d5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. f3 Bh7
17. Nf2 b5 18. e4 Nbd7 19. Bd2 bxc4 20. bxc4 dxe4 21. fxe4 e5
22. d5 Nc5 23. Bg2 Qd6 24. Qf3 Nfd7 25. Bh3 Nf6 26. Bc3 Rfe8
27. Bg2 cxd5 28. cxd5 Rec8 29. Qe3 Nfd7 30. Bh3 Rcb8 31. Re2
Rb5 32. Bb2 Qb6 33. Rcc2 Bg6 34. Ba3 Ra7 35. Kg2 Kh7 36. Re1
Rb7 37. Qc3 f6 38. Qf3 Qa7 39. Rec1 Na6 40. Bf5 Nb4 41. Rc8
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hana Itkis"]
[Black "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 a6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Be2 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Qa7 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Na4 c5 16. Qa3 Rfc8
17. Nxc5 e5 18. Bg3 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bd6 21. Rxc8+
Bxc8 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Qb2 e4 24. Bxd6 exf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 26. Bf4
Bh3 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qb1 Qc4 30. Qd1 Qxa2
31. Be5 h5 32. Kh1 f6 33. Bg3 g5 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Bd6 Qc4
36. Bc5 a5 37. Qe1 g4 38. Bd4 gxf3 39. bxa5 Qc8 40. Kh1 Qg4
41. Bxf6+ Kf7 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Ne5 Be6
12. c5 a5 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Ncxe5 16. dxe5 e6
17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bd6 Rfc8 20. Ra3 Bf8 21. Rb3
Bxd6 22. cxd6 Rc5 23. Rxb7 Rd5 24. Qc2 Rxd6 25. Qc7 Rd5 26. b4
axb4 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Qxb8+ Qd8 29. Qxb4 Rd4 30. Qa3 Rd3
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natasha Christiansen"]
[Black "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nfd7
7. c3 e5 8. Bh2 Nc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. O-O Kh8 11. Nb3 f5 12. d5
Ne7 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. c4 a5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Nbd2 b6 17. Nb1 g5
18. Nc3 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Nd2 h5 22. Bxg4 hxg4
23. Qc2 Qg5 24. Nb5 f4 25. Ne4 Qh6 26. exf4 exf4 27. Bh2 Rf5
28. Nexd6 cxd6 29. Nxd6 Rff8 30. c5 bxc5 31. Qxc5 Ne5 32. Qc7
g3 33. fxg3 Ng4 34. Rxf4 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Rxf4+ 36. gxf4 Qxf4+
0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Alexander Fishbein"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7
7. b3 f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nf6 11. N1c3 a6
12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be4 Ne7
17. Ne3 Bg5 18. Qd3 h6 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Ba3 Nc8 21. Rd2 Kh8
22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Qe2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bb4 Qa7 26. Bf3 Rf4
27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qe7 30. Ra6 e4 31. Ra8+
Kh7 32. Qc2 Bf7 33. Bg4 h5 34. Be2 b4 35. Qc8 Kg6 36. h4 Bh6
37. g3 Rxf2 38. Bxh5+ Kf6 39. Ng4# 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Boris Kreiman"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8
7. a3 Bf8 8. b4 e4 9. Ng1 a5 10. b5 Ne5 11. Bb2 c6 12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 13. Qxe4 Nf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qxb2 15. Qd4 Bxa3 16. Qxb2 Bxb2
17. Ra2 Bf6 18. d4 d6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Kd2 c5 21. Be2 Rb8
22. Rc1 Bg4 23. Rxa5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 cxd4 25. Rb5 dxe3+ 26. fxe3
Rbc8 27. Bd5 Rc7 28. Rcb1 g6 29. Rb7 Ree7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5
Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7
17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rd1 Rhd8 21. Kf1
Rbc8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Na4 Rd6 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. a4
h4 27. a5 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Bxf7 g5 30. Bb3 Bf8 31. Ba4
Bd6 32. Rc4 Be7 33. b4 a6 34. Kd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5
7. Nf1 Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ncd5 Qg5
12. c3 Rb8 13. Qf3 b5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Nce7
17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. d4 c4
22. Rce1 g6 23. g4 Kg7 24. Rf2 Rf7 25. Kg2 Rbf8 26. Ref1 d5
27. e5 h5 28. Rh1 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. gxh5 Nf5 31. Nc2 g5
32. a4 bxa4 33. Ra1 Nh4+ 34. Kg3 Nf5+ 35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kg3 Kh6
37. Rxa4 Rf3+ 38. Kg4 Rf4+ 39. Kg3 Kxh5 40. Nb4 Rf3+ 41. Kh2
Kg4 42. Kg1 Kg3 43. Ra6 Rf2 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Lev Milman"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f5
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rb8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qxb6 Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Bxe4
17. Ba7 Rb7 18. Nxe4 Rxa7 19. Ng5 Kd7 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21. b3 e5
22. Rad1 Rc7 23. Re2 Rc3 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 h6 26. Bd3 a5
27. Bf5+ Kc6 28. Red2 Rb4 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elliott Liu"]
[Black "Blas Lugo"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. c3 d5 8. d4 Nxe4 9. dxe5 Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. Nd4
c5 13. Ne2 g6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Ng3 Ne6 16. f4 Qc7 17. c4 dxc4
18. Be4 cxb3 19. axb3 c4 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. f5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Nd4
23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. b4 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Rg8 26. Ra2 Rd8 27. Qe2
Qxg2+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Nc6 11. Rb1 O-O
12. Bd3 Re8 13. Be4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nd2 f5
17. Bd3 h6 18. Bg3 g5 19. f3 e4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nf5
22. exf5 Rxe3+ 23. Kd2 Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Bxf5+ 25. Kc4 Rc8+
26. Kb4 Bf8+ 27. d6 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Kf7 29. Ka5 Ke6 30. Rxb7
Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Kxd6 32. Rxa7 Rc2 33. a4 h5 34. h4 Rxg2 35. hxg5
Rxg5+ 36. Kb6 Rg4 37. a5 Rb4+ 38. Ka6 h4 39. Rh7 Ke6 40. Ka7
Kf5 41. a6 Kg4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Bg7
7. Be3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qc7
12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Nde5 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 16. hxg4
Bd7 17. Be2 Qb6 18. Qd3 Be5 19. b3 Rac8 20. Nb1 Rfd8 21. Kh1
Bc6 22. Bf3 Qa5 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Qd3 Be8 26. Nd2 b5
27. Qb1 Qd4 28. Rcd1 Qb6 29. Qd3 b4 30. g3 a5 31. Kg2 a4
32. Rb1 axb3 33. Rxb3 Ba4 34. Rbb1 Qc5 35. Rfc1 Bc6 36. Rb3
Ra8 37. Rcb1 Rxa2 38. Rxb4 Kg7 39. R4b3 Ba4 40. Rb5 Bxb5
41. cxb5 Qd4 42. Qxd4 Bxd4 43. Rd1 Rc8 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6
bxc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bf5 14. c3 Re8 15. Rfe1 Be4 16. Nc5
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxf6 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 gxf6 22. a3 Kf8 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. Kg3 Rc4 25. Re3 Ra4
26. f4 f5 27. f3 Kg7 28. Re5 d4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Re3 Rd2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6
7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. Re1 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. d5
Nd7 13. Nbd2 Bf6 14. Rb1 b5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nc4 17. Bd3
Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Bf4
Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxc4 f5 26. Qc3 Qxc3
27. bxc3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxe4 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Rd7
Ke5 32. Rxg7 Kxd5 33. Rxh7 Rc4 34. Rh5 Rxc3 35. Rxf5+ Ke4
36. Rf6 d5 37. h4 d4 38. h5 d3 39. Ke1 Rc1+ 40. Kd2 Rc2+
41. Kd1 c4 42. h6 c3 43. Re6+ Kd5 44. Re5+ Kc4 45. Re4+ Kb3
46. Re3 Rd2+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick de Firmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+
Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 15. f3 Kc7 16. g3
Nh5 17. Kf2 Re5 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rc1 h6 20. b3 Rc5 21. e3 fxe3+
22. Kxe3 Nf6 23. Rd4 Rxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Nd5+ 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Bf1
Re8+ 27. Kd2 Kd6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Re3 Rc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Daniel Fernandez"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. e4 cxd4 8. e5 Ng4 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxg2
12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Kxg2 Nd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Re1 d5
17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qf4+ Qf6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qc7+ Kg6 21. Bf4
Rhe8 22. Qd7 Rad8 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rd1 Kg8
26. Qf3 Kh8 27. Rxd5 Rf8 28. b3 h6 29. h4 Qb2 30. Rd2 Qb1
31. Qd3 Qa1 32. Re2 Qf6 33. h5 Qf7 34. Re5 Qb7+ 35. Qd5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Qe3 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6
12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Rd1 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Ng3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5
17. Be2 Qh4 18. c5 Rf6 19. d6 cxd6 20. cxd6 Rd8 21. Qc5 Bg4
22. g3 Qh5 23. Qxa5 Rdf8 24. Qd5+ R6f7 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. O-O
h5 27. Rfe1 Kh8 28. Qxe4 Qh3 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Qg6 Kg8 31. d7
Rd8 32. Rxe5 Rdxd7 33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxd7 Qxd7
36. Qxh5 Qd2 37. Qf3+ Kg8 38. Qxb7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[Black "Igor Schneider"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7
12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ng3 Qf7 14. Rc1 Ng4 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Bh4 g6
17. Rc3 Qg7 18. h3 Nf6 19. a3 h6 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Re3 Rae8
22. Qc2 Kh7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rc8 25. Qd3 Be8 26. f4 Qf7
27. g4 Ng7 28. Ng3 Bd7 29. Bf6 Ne7 30. Bxe7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "140"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Ba7
12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Rc8 14. b5 Nb8 15. Qb2 a5 16. Na4 Nbd7
17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Be1 Ndc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Re8 21. a4 b6
22. Rac1 Qg5 23. Rc2 h5 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qb3 Rd8 26. Bf3 Rdd6
27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rcd2 Rg6 29. g3 h4 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6
Bxd6 32. Qd1 Bc5 33. Qd7 hxg3 34. hxg3 Qe5 35. Kg2 f6 36. g4
Kh7 37. Qf7 Bd6 38. Bc3 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke1 Qxg4 41. Qd5
Ba3 42. Kf1 Kh6 43. Qc6 Bc5 44. Bxa5 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46. Kg1
Bxe3 47. fxe3 Qxe3+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ 49. Ke1 bxa5 50. b6 Qe3+
51. Kf1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Qg4+ 53. Kf2 Qh4+ 54. Kg2 Qg5+ 55. Kf1
Qf4+ 56. Ke2 Qh2+ 57. Ke3 Qg1+ 58. Ke2 Qg2+ 59. Ke1 Qg3+
60. Kf1 Qd3+ 61. Ke1 e3 62. Qh1+ Kg6 63. Qg2+ Kf7 64. Qa2+ Ke7
65. b7 Qd6 66. Qg2 Kd8 67. b8=Q+ Qxb8 68. Qd5+ Ke7 69. Qxa5
Qg3+ 70. Kd1 Qd6+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[Black "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O c5
12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. h4 Bc8 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Bxg5+
17. Kb1 g6 18. a3 Bg4 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf6
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxd5 Re8 25. f4 Bg7 26. f5 g5
27. Qf3 f6 28. Qb3 Kf8 29. Nf4 gxf4 30. Rxd8 Raxd8 31. Qb4+
Re7 32. Qxf4 Red7 33. Ka2 Rd4 34. Qg3 Rd3 35. Qg6 Rd1 36. Rh7
R8d7 37. Qg3 R1d5 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qh8 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. f4 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2
Bb7 13. Qe3 Nbd7 14. Nb3 g6 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qf3
d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. a5 Bc5 21. Rfc1 Bxe3 22. Qxe3
O-O 23. Qd4 Qc5 24. Ra4 Rac8 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxb4 Ba8
27. Ra1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nxd3 29. cxd3 d4 30. Nxd4 g5 31. g3 Rfc8
32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rb6 gxf4 34. gxf4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Rxa6
Bd5 37. f5 Rh1 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Nxe6+ Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxh2+
41. Kg3 Rxb2 42. a6 Rb3 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Kg4 Ke7 45. a7 Ra3
46. Rh6 Ra1 47. d4 Ra4 48. Kf5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[Black "Emory Tate"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Be2 h5 8. Bg5 Bh6 9. h4 Bf5 10. Bf3 Qa5 11. Nge2 e6 12. Ng3
Bxg5 13. Nxf5 Be7 14. Ne3 Qb4 15. Nc2 Qxb2 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. g3
Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Nh6 19. Ne3 Rc8 20. Kg2 b5 21. Qd3 Qa3 22. Qb1
Na5 23. Rd1 Qa4 24. Nf4 Qb4 25. Qd3 Qa3 26. Qe2 Nc4 27. Nexd5
exd5 28. e6 Qd6 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31. Be4 Rhf8
32. Nxg6 Rf6 33. Nf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Qxf4 35. Qf3 Qxh4 36. Rh1
Qg5+ 37. Qg3 Ng4 38. Bf3 Bd6 39. Rxh5 Qxh5 40. Qxg4+ Qxg4+
41. Bxg4 Rd8 42. Be6 Kf6 43. d5 a5 44. Kf3 b4 45. Rc1 Na3
46. Ke4 Rh8 47. Bd7 Rh4+ 48. Kd3 Ke5 49. Bc6 Rh3+ 50. Ke2 Kd4
51. Rd1+ Kc3 52. Ba4 Kb2 53. Rd2+ Ka1 54. Bb3 Nb1 55. Rd1 Kb2
0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Florean"]
[Black "Alan Stein"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6
7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. h3
Be6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Qxd4 Nd7 18. Be3 Qa5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rec1 Rec8 21. Bd3 Qb6
22. Qb2 Qd8 23. f4 Qh4 24. Qf2 Nb6 25. Kh2 d5 26. f5 Bd7
27. Bc5 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Bc6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6
bxc6 32. a3 Rd8 33. Rc1 Kg8 34. Rxc6 Nc4 35. Qe2 Nd2 36. f6
Qf4 37. fxg7 h5 38. Qxh5 Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Kxf1 Qa1+
41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Kf3 Qd3+ 43. Kf2 Qd4+ 44. Kf3 Qd3+ 45. Kf2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Schneider"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "155"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Ne7 11. f4
O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. f5 b6 14. h4 h5 15. Be3 f6 16. Rxd8+
Kxd8 17. Ne2 g6 18. fxg6 Nxg6 19. Ng3 Rh8 20. Nf5 Ke8 21. Kd2
Kf7 22. Ke2 Ne7 23. Ng3 Ng6 24. f4 Bd6 25. Kf3 c5 26. c4 Ne7
27. b3 Rh7 28. Bc1 Rh8 29. Rh2 Rh7 30. Re2 Ng6 31. Nf5 Ne7
32. Ng3 Ng6 33. Rh2 Rh8 34. Rh3 Rh7 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Nf5 Ne7
37. Ne3 Rg8 38. Bb2 c6 39. Rd1 Rd8 40. e5 Bc7 41. Rxd8 Bxd8
42. exf6 Ng6 43. f5 Nf8 44. Nf1 Nh7 45. Ng3 Nxf6 46. Bxf6 Bxf6
47. Nxh5 Bxh4 48. Ke4 Bd8 49. Nf4 Kf6 50. Ne6 Be7 51. a3 b5
52. a4 bxa4 53. bxa4 a5 54. Nf4 Bf8 55. Nd3 Bd6 56. Nc1 Bc7
57. Nb3 Bb6 58. Kf4 Bc7+ 59. Ke4 Bb6 60. Kf4 Bc7+ 61. Kg4 Bb6
62. Nd2 Ke5 63. Nf3+ Ke4 64. f6 Bc7 65. Ng5+ Ke5 66. f7 Bd6
67. Nh7 Be7 68. Kf3 Kd4 69. Kf4 Kxc4 70. Ke5 Kb3 71. Ke6 c4
72. Kxe7 c3 73. f8=Q c2 74. Qf4 Kb2 75. Qd4+ Kb1 76. Qb6+ Ka2
77. Qc5 Kb1 78. Kd6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Black "Laura Ross"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 e5
17. Bc4 exd4 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bb4 Qxe4+ 21. Bd3
Qxg2 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rhg1 Qxh2 24. Bxg6 Nc5 25. Qc4 b6
26. Rh1 Qe5 27. Rce1 Qd6 28. Reg1 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Bf5
Nf4 31. Rh4 N4d5 32. Rxd4 g6 33. Bd3 Kg7 34. Rg5 Ne7 35. Ra4
a5 36. Re5 Nc6 37. Rb5 Nb4 38. Raxb4 axb4 39. Rxb6 Rd8 40. Bc4
Nd5 41. Bxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxb4 f5 43. a4 Ra5 44. Kc2 Kf6 45. Kb3
g5 46. Rb8 g4 47. Kb4 Ra7 48. Rg8 Rg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 g6 5. Bxd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nc5
12. Rac1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb1 Kh8 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Nd5 Rb8
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b3 Qf7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 f4
22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 Bd7 24. Ba5 f3 25. Nb6 Nf4 26. Nxd7 Rg8
27. Bc3 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Bxc3 29. Qh6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rag8 31. Rf1
Bd2 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jake Kleiman"]
[Black "Kelly Cottrell"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 e6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a3
a6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Rad1 Na4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Bxh7+
Kh8 18. bxc3 Bxa3 19. Ng5 Bb5 20. Bg8 g6 21. Bxf7 Rg8 22. Rd3
Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rg7 24. Qh3+ Rh7 25. Qxh7# 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "145"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. h3 Ba6
12. N1h2 Rbd8 13. Ng4 Nd7 14. h4 Nde5 15. Nfh2 Nxg4 16. Nxg4
Ne5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. h5 Rfe8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. c3 g6
22. Qe2 Bg7 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg2 Qb7 26. Rf1 Qa6
27. Nc4 d5 28. Nd6 Re7 29. Nb5 dxe4 30. dxe4 Nf6 31. e5 Bxf3
32. Rxf3 Ne4 33. Be1 Red7 34. Re3 Nd2 35. Nd6 Nc4 36. Qe2 b5
37. Re4 Nxd6 38. exd6 c4 39. Ra3 Rxd6 40. axb5 Qxb5 41. Rxc4
Rd1 42. Re4 R8d3 43. c4 Qb6+ 44. Kf1 Rxa3 45. bxa3 Rb1 46. Qd3
Qb7 47. Re2 Bf8 48. Qe4 Qxe4 49. Rxe4 Bxa3 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Re5
Bd4 52. Re4 Bb6 53. Bc3 Kf8 54. g4 Rc1 55. Bb4+ Ke8 56. f5 Kd7
57. fxg6 fxg6 58. c5 Bc7 59. Kd2 Rg1 60. c6+ Kxc6 61. Rxe6+
Kb5 62. Re4 g5 63. Ke2 Rg2+ 64. Kf3 Rc2 65. Be7 Bf4 66. Rb4+
Kc6 67. Ra4 Rc3+ 68. Kf2 Kb5 69. Rb4+ Kc6 70. Ra4 Be3+ 71. Ke2
Kd7 72. Bf6 Rb3 73. Re4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[Black "Salvijus Bercys"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 Bd7 9. e3 a6 10. Nd3 Rb8 11. Bd2 e5 12. d5
Na5 13. b3 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 c5 17. Qc3
b6 18. Bg2 Qe7 19. e4 f6 20. f4 Qg7 21. Qa1 Rbe8 22. Bc3 Nb7
23. Re1 b5 24. h3 h5 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Bf3 Qf7 27. Qd1 Kg8
28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxh5 Qh7 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. exf5 Rxe1 32. Qxe1
Qxf5 33. Nf2 b4 34. Ba1 Kf7 35. Ne4 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Kg6 37. Nxf6
Nd8 38. Nxd7 Qxd7 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. Qe2 Nf7 41. Bb2 Ng5 42. g4
Qe4+ 43. Qxe4+ Nxe4 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Ke3 Nf1+ 46. Kf4 Nd2
47. Bc1 Nb1 48. Ke4 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[Black "Mark Ginsburg"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "142"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. f4 d6 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Bb6
Qc6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. f5 Bc4 15. Ra4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Nd2
Qe8 18. Rc4 Nbd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nxb6 21. axb6 Rxc4
22. Nxc4 f6 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Na5 Qd7 25. Kh1 Kf7 26. Ra3 Bd8
27. Nc4 Be7 28. Rc3 Qa4 29. h3 Rc5 30. Qe2 Rxd5 31. Qh5+ Kg8
32. Qf3 Qb5 33. Na3 e4 34. Rc8+ Bf8 35. Qxe4 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Re5
37. Qc4+ Qxc4 38. Nxc4 Rb5 39. b3 d5 40. Ne3 Rxb6 41. Nxd5 Rd6
42. Nf4 Rc6 43. Rb8 Kf7 44. Rxb7+ Ke8 45. c4 Bd6 46. Kg3 a5
47. Kf3 a4 48. Ne6 axb3 49. Nxg7+ Kf8 50. Ne6+ Kg8 51. Rxb3
Rxc4 52. Rd3 Be5 53. Rd8+ Kf7 54. Rh8 Rh4 55. Rf8+ Ke7 56. Rg8
h5 57. Rg7+ Kd6 58. Rh7 Kd5 59. Rd7+ Kc6 60. Rd3 Ra4 61. g3 h4
62. g4 Rb4 63. Nf8 Rb2 64. Ng6 Bg3 65. g5 fxg5 66. Kg4 Rg2
67. f6 Be5+ 68. Kf5 Bb2 69. Ne7+ Kc5 70. Rf3 Rg3 71. Rf2 Bxf6
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Blas Lugo"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5
7. Ndb5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nb1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Qg6 15. O-O Nd8 16. f4 exf4
17. Bxf4 Ne6 18. Bg3 Qh6 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Qe1 Ba8 21. Rd1 Rbc8
22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Bb1 Nxb3 24. axb3 Rfe8 25. Qf2 Qh5 26. Qf3
Qxf3 27. gxf3 f5 28. exf5 Bf6 29. Bxd6 a5 30. Kg2 Rcd8 31. c5
Bxb2 32. Rf2 Bf6 33. Ra2 Re3 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxa5 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Rd3 Rxh2 39. Bxh2 Rxd3+ 40. Ke2
Rc3 41. Bd6 g6 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. c6 Bd8 44. Ra8 Bb6 45. Rf8+ Kg7
46. f6+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "132"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. Bf4 Ne8 13. e4 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. b3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qb8
17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qxa6
Nf6 22. f3 c4 23. bxc4 Qb4 24. Qa7 Ra8 25. Qf2 Ra3 26. Nb1 Ra5
27. Rd2 Rb8 28. Qe3 h6 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. h4 Rba8 31. a3 Qc5
32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Rc3 Kf8 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Rd1 Rb8
37. Kf1 Rb2 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Rdc1 Ra8 40. Re3 Ra1 41. Rec3 f5
42. exf5 exf5 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ke1 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf2 Rb8
47. Nd2 Rxc1 48. Rxc1 Rb2 49. Ke1 Ra2 50. Rc3 Ba4 51. Bd3 Rb2
52. g4 fxg4 53. fxg4 Bc6 54. Bf5+ Kd6 55. Re3 Ra2 56. Kd1 e4
57. Nxe4+ Nxe4 58. Bxe4 Bxe4 59. Rxe4 Rxa3 60. Ke2 Rc3 61. Kf2
Kc5 62. Re5+ Kxc4 63. Rxg5 Kd4 64. Rf5 Ke4 65. Rf7 Ra3 66. g5
Ra5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Ng3 h5
7. Be2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 O-O 10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Bd2 h4 12. Nf1
f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 axb5 15. Bxb5 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qe2
Rf6 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Ned5 Rg6 20. a4 Ra7 21. O-O-O Qg8 22. Qf3
Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Be1 Rxg2 25. Rxd6 Rag7 26. Bg3 Bxc3
27. Qxc3 Qf7 28. Bf1 h3 29. Bxg2 hxg2 30. Rg1 Bd5 31. Qe5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfe1
Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rad8 15. c5 Be7 16. Bb1 bxc5 17. dxc5
Nf6 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. b4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. h3 Nxe4
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxe4 Bf6 24. Bd3 Kf8 25. Bc4 Qc7 26. g3 a5
27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 Qb8 29. Qd3 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Fishbein"]
[Black "Lev Milman"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "125"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O
Bg4 7. d4 e6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. a4 Bd6
12. a5 a6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. Bf1 Rad8 16. Nce4 Bh2+
17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. g3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 e5 21. Nc3 Nxc3
22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxc3 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nf6 25. Qb4 Rd5 26. Ne4
Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd7 28. Kg2 Rb5 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Rd8
31. Rae1 Rd2 32. g4 Rd6 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Rf8 Re6 35. Rd1 Re7
36. h4 Rd5 37. Rxd5 cxd5 38. Kf3 f6 39. Rc8 Re4 40. Rc5 Rb4
41. b3 Rd4 42. Rc7 Rb4 43. Ke3 Rxg4 44. Rxb7 Rxh4 45. Rb6 Rh3+
46. Kd4 Rf3 47. Rxa6 Rxf2 48. Rc6 g5 49. a6 Rf1 50. Kxd5 g4
51. Rc4 Ra1 52. Rxg4 Ra5+ 53. Kd4 Rxa6 54. b4 g5 55. b5 Ra2
56. c4 Kg6 57. Rg1 Kf5 58. Rb1 Ke6 59. b6 Ra8 60. b7 Rb8
61. Kc5 Ke5 62. Re1+ Kf4 63. Kb6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Justin Sarkar"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Qd2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7
12. Ne2 O-O 13. h4 Nbc6 14. Rh3 Kh8 15. Rg3 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5
17. d5 exd5 18. Bb2 d4 19. Nxd4 Rf7 20. Rd1 fxe4 21. Qc2 Nxd4
22. Rxd4 Qb8 23. Qxe4 Nf5 24. Rg5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qg8 26. h5 Re8
27. Be5 Re6 28. Qg4 Rc6 29. h6 Rxh6 30. Rxg7 Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Rxg7
32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qc8+ Qg8 34. Qc3+ Qg7 35. Qc8+ Qg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Kreiman"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "155"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nc4 Qg6
12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. f4 f6 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 a5 16. Be3 a4
17. d4 b5 18. Nd2 exd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Be3 c4 21. Nf3 a3
22. b3 cxb3 23. cxb3 Kf7 24. Nd4 Rhe8 25. Bf2 b4 26. Rac1 Ra5
27. Rfd1 Nf8 28. g4 Rd5 29. Nf3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nd7 31. Nd4 Nc5
32. Kf1 Ne4 33. Be1 c5 34. Ne6 g6 35. Ke2 gxf5 36. gxf5 Be7
37. Rd7 Rh8 38. Nf4 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40. Kd3 Nd6 41. Nd5 Nxf5
42. Kc4 Nd4 43. Bf2 f5 44. Kxc5 Ne6+ 45. Kxb4 Ng5 46. Bh4 Ke6
47. Kc4 Ke5 48. b4 f4 49. b5 Nf7 50. Bxd8 Nxd8 51. b6 f3
52. Ne3 Ke4 53. Nd1 Nb7 54. Kb4 Nd6 55. h4 Kf4 56. Kc5 Nb7+
57. Kc6 Na5+ 58. Kc7 Kg4 59. b7 Nxb7 60. Kxb7 Kxh4 61. Kc6 Kg3
62. Kc5 Kg2 63. Kb4 Kf1 64. Ne3+ Kf2 65. Nf5 Ke1 66. Kxa3 Kd2
67. Kb3 f2 68. Ng3 Ke3 69. a4 Kf4 70. Nf1 Ke5 71. Kb4 Kd6
72. Kb5 Kc7 73. a5 Kb7 74. a6+ Ka7 75. Ka5 Ka8 76. Kb6 Kb8
77. Ne3 Ka8 78. Nd5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Elliott Liu"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nd5+ Kf8 11. Nxf6
Qxf6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Qf3 Qf6 15. Qe2 g5 16. g3 Qg6
17. Bd2 Rg8 18. Rae1 Rc7 19. c3 Ke8 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. b4 Bb6
22. Bb3 Kg7 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Re8 25. fxg5 Kf8 26. Bxf7
Qxf7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Black "Stephen Muhammad"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Bb3 d5
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rd1 Bf8
12. Nf1 h6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Na5 15. Ba4 c6 16. Kh2 b5
17. Bc2 Nb7 18. Rg1 Nc5 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. N3h4 Ne6 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Kh1 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qe5 26. Rg5
Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Qe6 28. e5 g6 29. Bb3 Nd5 30. Rag1 Bg7 31. Qf3
Rad8 32. h4 Bxe5 33. Qh5 Rd6 34. Qh6 Red8 35. h5 Bh8 36. hxg6
Qf6 37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39. Nd4+ Qxd4 40. cxd4 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 c6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 Qd8
7. Nc3 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d5
Qe7 13. Re1 Na6 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Be5 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Qh5 Kh7 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Nf3 Bb8
22. Qa5 Nc7 23. Nd4 Nd5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. Nf3 Rg8
27. Ne4 Qf4 28. Ng3 Rc2 29. Rd4 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bxg3 31. Rg4
Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxg4 34. hxg4 Rxb2 35. Qc3 Rxa2
36. Qxf6 Kg8 37. Qxh6 Rf2 38. Qf6 a5 39. Kg1 Rc2 40. g5 Rc6
41. g6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vanessa West"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nc3
Bb4 12. Rd1 Qh4 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe4 15. f4 Qxc2 16. Qe1
O-O 17. Bd4 h5 18. Rd2 Qe4 19. Qh4 Bg6 20. Re1 Qf5 21. Rf2 Qe6
22. Rf3 Rfd8 23. g4 c5 24. Bf2 Qc6 25. Rg3 Rd3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3
27. gxh5 Kh7 28. Kh2 Rg8 29. Rg1 Qe6 30. a3 b6 31. Rg5 Bf5
32. Qg3 a5 33. Qf3 Rd8 34. Qg3 Rg8 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Qg3 Rg8
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfe1 e5 11. Bh6 Bb7
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 a6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfd8 18. Bf1 f6 19. d6 Qb6 20. b4 Rac8 21. Ra3
Qc6 22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Rd3 Qa2 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rxg6 Qf7 26. Rh6
Rg8 27. Nf5 Rg5 28. Ng3 Qg7 29. Rh4 f5 30. Rh5 Rxh5 31. Nxh5
Qg6 32. Ng3 f4 33. Bd3 Qxd6 34. Nf5 Qg6 35. f3 Rf8 36. Be4
Qb6+ 37. Kh2 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Qc7 39. Nd6 Qc6 40. Re1 Rf6 41. Ne4
Rf8 42. Rd1 Nf6 43. Nc5 a5 44. Qc3 Re8 45. bxa5 Nd5 46. Qd3
Ne3 47. Qd6 Qxd6 48. Rxd6 Rg8 49. a6 Rxg2+ 50. Kh1 Rxc2 51. a7
Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Rc2+ 53. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hana Itkis"]
[Black "Natasha Christiansen"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Ba5 4. b4 c6 5. bxa5 cxd5 6. cxd5
Qxa5 7. Qc2 Na6 8. e4 Nf6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Nf3 d6 11. Rb5 Qc7
12. Qxc7 Nxc7 13. Rb4 b6 14. Ng1 Na6 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Ne2
Rfc8 17. Ba3 Rc4 18. Rxc4 Bxc4 19. Nc3 Bd3 20. f3 Ne8 21. Kf2
Rc8 22. Ke3 Ba6 23. g3 f6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Rb1 Rc4 26. Rb4 Ke7
27. Rxc4 Bxc4 28. d3 Ba6 29. d4 Kd7 30. Bb4 Nc7 31. a4 Bc4
32. g4 a5 33. Ba3 b5 34. axb5 Nxb5 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. h4 Bf1
37. Bb2 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 Bg2 39. Ba3 g5+ 40. hxg5 fxg5+ 41. Kf5
Bf3 42. Bc1 h6 43. Ba3 a4 44. Bb4 Bh1 45. Kg6 Bxe4+ 46. Kxh6
Bxd5 47. Kxg5 Be6 48. Kf4 Kc6 49. g5 d5 50. Ke5 Bg8 51. g6 Kb5
52. Bc3 a3 53. Kf6 Kc4 54. Ba1 Kb3 55. Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "183"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5
12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ned4 Nc5 15. Kb1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O-O
17. Qf1 Rhe8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ba6
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bxb7+ Qxb7 25. Qc4 Bc7
26. g3 Qc6 27. Kc1 Kb7 28. Kd2 Kb6 29. h4 f5 30. Ke3 fxe4
31. Qxe4 Qd5 32. b3 a4 33. g4 axb3 34. axb3 Kc6 35. Qg6 Qd7
36. g5 hxg5 37. fxg5 Qd6 38. Ke2 Qd5 39. h5 Bf4 40. h6 gxh6
41. gxh6 Bxh6 42. Qxh6 Qe4+ 43. Qe3 Qxc2+ 44. Nd2 Qf5 45. Qf3+
Qd5 46. Nc4 Kc7 47. Qf4+ Kc6 48. Kf2 Kb7 49. Qd6 Qf5+ 50. Ke2
Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ 52. Kc1 Qh1+ 53. Qd1 Qh6+ 54. Qd2 Qh1+
55. Kb2 Qd5 56. Qe2 Qd4+ 57. Ka2 Qd5 58. Qg4 Kc7 59. Qg7+ Kc6
60. Kb2 Qd1 61. Qg2+ Qd5 62. Qh2 Qd4+ 63. Ka2 Qd5 64. Qb8 Qg2+
65. Nb2 Qe2 66. Qc8+ Kd6 67. Qd8+ Ke5 68. Qg5+ Kd6 69. Qg3+
Kc6 70. Kb1 Qf1+ 71. Kc2 Qe2+ 72. Kc1 Qe4 73. Nc4 Qd4 74. Kc2
Qe4+ 75. Kd2 Qd4+ 76. Ke2 Qd5 77. Qg4 Kc7 78. Ke3 Kb7 79. Qg7+
Kc6 80. Qf6 Kc7 81. Qe5+ Kb7 82. Qe4 Kc6 83. Kf4 Kc7 84. Qh7+
Kc6 85. Qg6 Kc7 86. Qg7+ Kd8 87. Ke3 Ke8 88. Qf6 Qc6 89. Qf7+
Kd8 90. Qf8+ Kc7 91. Qe7+ Kb8 92. Qd6+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6
17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4
Qc6 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Bf4 Ka8 24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8
26. Kg1 Nf6 27. Rc1 Re4 28. Qd8+ Kb7 29. Qf8 Nd5 30. Qxf7+ Re7
31. Qf8 Re8 32. Qf7+ Re7 33. Qf8 Re8 34. Qf7+ Ka6 35. Bd2 Re2
36. Rd1 c3 37. bxc3 bxc3 38. Bg5 c2 39. Rf1 Re4 40. Qf3 Qa4
41. h4 Qc4 42. h5 Rg4 43. Qf5 Nc3 44. h6 Ne2+ 45. Kg2 Rxg5
46. Qxg5 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Nxc1 48. Qg6+ Ka5 49. h7 Qd5+ 50. Kh2
Qd4 51. Qf7 Qe5 52. Qxa7+ Kb4 53. Qb7+ Kc3 54. Qc8 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Dmitry Schneider"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4
7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4
12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2
17. Qxd2 Qc7 18. c5 Rfb8 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. e4 a4 21. Qxb4 Ba6
22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Qh6 24. Qxa4 Bb5 25. Qg4 Nxc5 26. Bxb5
Rxb5 27. Qe2 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Nxd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qc5 Bg4 16. Bxg4
Nfxg4 17. N2f3 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nf6 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Qc7 Rfc8
21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nd4 Kf8 23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Nd4 Rcc8 25. f3 g6
26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Nd4 Rcc8 28. Rfd1 a6 29. Ne2 Nb6 30. Nf4 Ke7
31. a4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 g5 33. Nh3 f6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Nxf4 Kd6
36. Rd1 a5 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. e4 Ke5 39. Rxd5+ Kxe4 40. Rb5 f5
41. Rxb7 h5 42. Re7+ Kf4 43. g3+ Kg5 44. Re5 h4 45. Kg2 Kf6
46. Rb5 hxg3 47. Kxg3 Rg8+ 48. Kf2 Rh8 49. Kg2 Rg8+ 50. Kf1
Rh8 51. Kg1 Rg8+ 52. Kh1 Kg5 53. Rxa5 Kf4 54. Rc5 Ke4 55. Rc1
f4 56. Rg1 Rb8 57. Ra1 f3 58. a5 f2 59. a6 Kf3 60. b4 Re8 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. a4 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd5 11. Re1 O-O
12. Qe2 b6 13. Ndc4 Rc8 14. Bd2 Ba8 15. Ng4 Nd5 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Nxh6+ Kg7 18. Ng4 f6 19. Qd2 e5 20. f3 Nf4 21. Nf2 h5
22. h4 Kh7 23. Ne4 Rg8 24. g3 Ne6 25. c3 g5 26. hxg5 Nxg5
27. Kg2 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 f5 29. Rh1 Rg5 30. Ke2 fxe4 31. dxe4
Bxe4 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rhd1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxg3 35. Nxe5 h4
36. Kf2 Rg5 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Nc4 h3
41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Rd6+ Bg6 44. Rd1 Rg2+ 45. Ke3
Bh5 46. Rh1 h2 47. b4 Kg5 48. Nd2 Re2+ 49. Kd3 c4+ 50. Nxc4
Bf3 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emory Tate"]
[Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. d4 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. d5 e4 10. Nd2 h5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rd1
Nf8 13. h3 h4 14. Nb3 a6 15. a4 N6d7 16. a5 Qg5 17. Kf1 f5
18. c5 Ne5 19. b5 dxc5 20. Nxc5 Qe7 21. Ba3 Qf6 22. Qb3 Kh7
23. Bb4 Ned7 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Bc4 Qe5 27. Bf7
Nf6 28. Bxe8 Qxe8 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Qa4 Bd7
32. Qb3 Be6 33. Qa4 Qxa4 34. Nxa4 Bb3 35. Ra1 Nd5 36. Ra3 Bxa4
37. Rxa4 b5 38. Ra3 Nxb4 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. g3 hxg3+ 41. fxg3
0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jake Kleiman"]
[Black "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. d5 Bxb2
12. Bxb2 Qxb2 13. dxc6 Qxa1 14. Qb3 Nxc6 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Rxa1
Nxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Rxd6 Rxc3 20. Rxd7 Rxb3
21. Nd2 Rb2 22. e5 b5 23. Bh3 a5 24. Kg2 a4 25. Ne4 a3 26. Ra7
a2 27. Nd6 Kh8 28. Bg4 b4 29. Nc4 Rc2 30. Ne3 b3 31. Bd1 b2
32. Rxa2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 b1=Q 34. Re2 Rd8 35. Bc2 Qc1 36. Nf1
Rd5 37. Bb3 Qc5+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "191"]
1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O e5 8. b4 a5 9. b5 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. e3
h6 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. d4 e4 16. Ne1 g5 17. Nd5 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Re7 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Bh3 g4 21. Bf1 Bxd5 22. Qc2 Kh8
23. Ng2 Ng6 24. Bc4 Bb7 25. Qb3 Qf8 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Rd8
28. Rc2 h5 29. Kf1 Rdd7 30. Ke2 Qf7 31. Qxf7 Rxf7 32. h4 gxh3
33. Nf4 Nxf4+ 34. gxf4 d5 35. Rh1 Bf6 36. Rxh3 Rh7 37. Rc6 Kg7
38. Kf1 h4 39. Kg2 Rh6 40. Rh1 Rg6+ 41. Kh3 Bd8 42. Rhc1 Rf7
43. Rxg6+ Kxg6 44. Bb2 Kh7 45. a4 Rg7 46. Ba3 Rg6 47. Kh2 Kg8
48. Kh3 Kf7 49. Kh2 Ke8 50. Kh3 Kd7 51. Kh2 c6 52. Kh3 Kc7
53. Bf8 Kc8 54. Ba3 Kd7 55. Bf8 cxb5 56. axb5 Rg8 57. Ba3 Rg6
58. Bf8 Bc7 59. Kxh4 Rg2 60. Rf1 Rg8 61. Ba3 a4 62. Ra1 Bd8+
63. Kh3 Bf6 64. Bb4 Ra8 65. Kg2 Be7 66. Bxe7 Kxe7 67. Ra3 Ra5
68. Kg3 Kd6 69. Kh4 Rxb5 70. Rxa4 Ra5 71. Rb4 Kc6 72. Kg5 Ra2
73. Kxf5 Rxf2 74. Ke6 b5 75. f5 Rf3 76. Rb3 b4 77. Rxb4 Rxe3
78. f6 Rf3 79. f7 e3 80. Rb2 Rf4 81. Re2 Rf3 82. Ke7 Kb5
83. Rc2 Kb4 84. f8=Q Rxf8 85. Kxf8 Kb3 86. Rc1 Kb2 87. Rc8 e2
88. Re8 Kc3 89. Rxe2 Kxd4 90. Re8 Kc3 91. Rc8+ Kd3 92. Ke7 d4
93. Kd6 Ke2 94. Re8+ Kf2 95. Rd8 d3 96. Kc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7
12. Bd2 Qa6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O-O Be7 15. f4 N7f6 16. e4
Nxc3 17. Bxc3 O-O-O 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. Kb1 Rd7 20. d5 exd5
21. g5 Nh5 22. exd5 c5 23. d6 Bd8 24. Bf1 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick de Firmian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "112"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4
12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. a3 b6 15. Kc1 Bb7 16. Nd2 O-O-O
17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Qe3 Rhf8 21. g3 Bc6
22. Re1 b5 23. Bf1 Rd6 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Ne5 Rg8 26. Bg2 Ra6
27. Kb2 Ne8 28. Nf3 Nc7 29. Ng5 Ra4 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qe5 a5
32. Qe3 Kb7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Reb1 Kc8 35. Qe1 Rb8 36. Ne5 Be8
37. Nf3 Rb6 38. Ne5 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxa4 Bxa4 41. Kc1 b3
42. cxb3 Qa3+ 43. Kd2 Qa2+ 44. Ke3 Rxb3 45. Rc1 Qh2 46. Bf1
Nb5 47. Nxc4 dxc4 48. Bxc4 Rb2 49. Bxe6+ Kd8 50. f5 gxf5
51. Bxf5 Nd6 52. Bd3 Rg2 53. d5 Rxg3+ 54. Kd4 Qxh4+ 55. Kc5
Qf4 56. Qe6 Nb7+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "225"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 N5f6
12. O-O b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 O-O 16. f4 Rac8
17. Rg5 Rfd8 18. Qb1 Bd5 19. Qe1 h6 20. Rg3 Re8 21. Qe5 Kh8
22. f5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. f6 Rg8 26. Rf4 Bh7
27. Rh3 g5 28. Rd4 Rc5 29. Rxh6 Rxe5 30. Bxg5 Rexg5 31. Rdh4
Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 R8g7 33. fxg7+ Rxg7 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Rh3 b5
36. Kf3 a5 37. Kf4 b4 38. c4 f6 39. Rxf6 Bf5 40. Re3 Rg4+
41. Ke5 Rxc4 42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rf8 Kh7 45. Ra8 Rh4
46. Rg2 Rh3 47. Rd2 Kg6 48. Rg2+ Kh6 49. Rb2 Rh5 50. Kf6 Bg6
51. Kxe6 Rb5 52. Kd6 Be4 53. Re8 Rd5+ 54. Kc7 Bd3 55. Re3 Bc4
56. Kc6 Rf5 57. Rg3 a4 58. Rg4 Bd5+ 59. Kd6 b3 60. a3 Bf3
61. Rxa4 Bd1 62. Rb4 Bc2 63. R4xb3 Bxb3 64. Rxb3 Ra5 65. Rf3
Kg5 66. h3 Kh4 67. Kc6 Ra8 68. Kb6 Kg5 69. Kb5 Rb8+ 70. Kc4
Rc8+ 71. Kb3 Rb8+ 72. Ka2 Ra8 73. Rb3 Kh4 74. Kb2 Ra7 75. Rc3
Ra8 76. Ka2 Ra7 77. Kb3 Rb7+ 78. Kc4 Rc7+ 79. Kb4 Rb7+ 80. Ka5
Ra7+ 81. Kb5 Ra8 82. a4 Rb8+ 83. Kc5 Rc8+ 84. Kb4 Rb8+ 85. Ka3
Ra8 86. Rd3 Kg5 87. Rd4 Kf5 88. h4 Ke5 89. Rb4 Kd5 90. h5 Ra6
91. Rh4 Rh6 92. Kb4 Kc6 93. Kc4 Kc7 94. Kc5 Kd7 95. a5 Kc7
96. Rh1 Ra6 97. Kb5 Rh6 98. a6 Rb6+ 99. Ka5 Rh6 100. Rh2 Kb8
101. Kb5 Kc7 102. a7 Kb7 103. Kc5 Kxa7 104. Kd5 Kb7 105. Ke5
Kc7 106. Kf5 Kd7 107. Kg5 Rh8 108. h6 Ke6 109. h7 Kf7 110. Kh6
Ra8 111. Rf2+ Ke7 112. Kg7 Ra4 113. Re2+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e5 c5 10. Qd3 dxe5 11. Qxd8+
Bxd8 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Bg5 Bf5 16. Re2
Rfe8 17. Rae1 Re6 18. Nc4 Rae8 19. Rxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6
21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. c3 Bb1 24. a3 Nb6 25. Nf1 Kf7
26. Bc1 Bd3 27. Nf4 Bb5 28. Ng3 e5 29. Nh3 h6 30. f3 a5
31. Nf2 Ke6 32. Nge4 a4 33. Ng4 Bd3 34. Kf2 Be7 35. g3 h5
36. Ne3 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Bg5 38. Ke2 g6 39. Bd2 Bxe3 40. Bxe3 Nc4
41. Bc1 Nd6 42. Kd3 c4+ 43. Ke3 g5 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. Ke3 Kf6
46. Bd2 Kg5 47. Ke2+ Kg6 48. Ke3 Nb7 49. Ke2 Nc5 50. Ke3 Kf6
51. Bc1 Kg7 52. Bd2 Kg6 53. Bc1 h4 54. Bd2 h3 55. Bc1 Nd3
56. Bd2 Nxb2 57. Ke2 Nd3 58. Be3 Kf7 59. Kf1 Ke7 60. Ke2 Kd7
61. Kd2 Kc6 62. Ke2 Kb5 63. Kd1 c5 64. Kd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Andrei Florean"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4
12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 16. b4
a5 17. a3 Bb7 18. Rac1 axb4 19. axb4 Qg5 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Qd2
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Ra7 23. Kf2 h5 24. h4 Kf8 25. Ne2 Ke7 26. c5
bxc5 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Bd7 29. Nd4 Rea8 30. Kg3 f6
31. Rdc2 Ra4 32. Ne2 c6 33. Nf4 Kf7 34. Rd2 Be8 35. Rb2 R4a7
36. e5 fxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc8 38. Rg5 Kf6 39. Rd2 Rg7 40. Kf2 Rcc7
41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Re3 Rh7 44. Ne6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alan Stein"]
[Black "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bb2 e5
12. Nd1 Be6 13. Ne3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 h5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd7
17. Bc3 Bc5 18. Rad1 f6 19. Rd2 b6 20. Rfd1 Kb7 21. b4 Be7
22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxh5 Rxd1+
26. Qxd1 Qf7 27. a4 Qc4 28. Qd3 Qa2 29. h4 Qxa4 30. h5 Qa2
31. Bd2 Qf7 32. Qg3 Nd7 33. c4 Qxh5 34. Qd3 Qf7 35. Qd6 Nb8
36. Be3 Qd7 37. Qf8 Kc7 38. Bxb6+ Kb7 39. f3 Qd2 40. Bf2 Qc1+
41. Kh2 Qh6+ 42. Kg1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salvijus Bercys"]
[Black "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. O-O Bf5 6. Nbd2 e6
7. a3 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Nh4 Bg4 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. f3 Bh5 15. e3 g5 16. Ne4 Qe5
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. g4 gxh4 19. gxh5 Nf5 20. Qe2 Qg7 21. Kh1 Qh6
22. f4 e5 23. Bh3 exf4 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qg4+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Schneider"]
[Black "Kelly Cottrell"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. h3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Be2 b6 12. d5
Nce5 13. Nd4 Nb8 14. f4 Ned7 15. f5 Ne5 16. O-O gxf5 17. Nxf5
Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Kh8 19. Ne4 Nbd7 20. Qc2 Rg8 21. Rh5 Ng6
22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kh7 25. Nxd8 Raxd8
26. Qf5 Bxb2 27. Rf1 Bf6 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Bh6+ Kf7 30. Bg4
Ndf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Be6 Kg7 33. Bxg8 Rxg8 34. Kh1 Kf8
35. Qf5 Ne5 36. g4 Rh8 37. g5 Ke8 38. gxf6 exf6 39. Qc8+ Kf7
40. Qxh8 Nd7 41. Qd8 Ne5 42. Rxf6+ Kg7 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Rh6#
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Fernandez"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. c3 Qd7 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. g3 c5
7. Nf4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Nc6 9. h4 Rc8 10. Kg2 h5 11. Be3 g6 12. f3
Nge7 13. g4 Na5 14. b3 Nec6 15. a3 Bh6 16. Ra2 Qb7 17. Rb2 Qa6
18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Qf2 Nb8 20. Rd1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Be7 22. gxh5
gxh5 23. Bd2 Kd7 24. Nc3 b5 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Nc4 27. Rb5
Qc6 28. Nd3 Na6 29. Bg5 Rhg8 30. f4 Nc7 31. Rc5 Bxc5 32. Nxc5+
Ke8 33. f5 Rb8 34. Kh1 Rb2 35. Qf4 exf5 36. Qxf5 Ne6 37. Rf1
Rxg5 38. Qxf7+ Kd8 39. Nxe6+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laura Ross"]
[Black "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. h3 Nc4 12. Bc1
Bb4 13. Nde2 Rd8 14. b3 Ne5 15. Bb2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Na2
Bc5 18. Nd4 h5 19. Nf3 d4 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Kh1 h4 22. f4 Qc7
23. gxh4 Bf5 24. Nc1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kh2 Bd6 27. Nd3
Rac8 28. Rf2 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Bxf4+ 30. Kh1 Qc6+ 31. Rg2 Be3
32. Rf1 Rd5 33. Qe4 Re8 34. Qg4 Qh6 35. Rg3 Re6 36. Rgf3 Rd7
37. Rf5 Rg6 38. Qe4 Re6 39. Qf3 Ree7 40. Ba3 g6 41. Rf6 Qh5
42. Qxh5 gxh5 43. Bxe7 Rxe7 44. Re1 Kg7 45. Rd6 Rc7 46. Re2 f5
47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Kf3 Rc3 49. Rd7+ Kf6 50. Rxb7 Bg5+ 51. Kg2
Bxh4 52. Rb6+ Kg5 53. Rd6 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 Re3 55. Rg2+ Kf4
56. Rxd4+ Re4 57. Rgd2 Be1 58. R2d3 Bf2 59. Rc4 h4 60. Kg2 Be3
61. Rc6 Ke5 62. Rxa6 Bg5 63. Ra5+ Ke6 64. Rf3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Blas Lugo"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Qe4+ Qe7
12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd5
Bxb2 17. Qb3 Ba3 18. Bc4 Bc5 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rc1
b6 22. Rg1 Rd8 23. Rg4 Qd6 24. Bc3 Rd7 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Rf4+
Ke8 27. Re4 Kf7 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. h4 Rc6 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. Kg1 Qd5
32. Be5 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Rxd2 34. a4 Kf7 35. h5 Rd5 36. Kg2 Rc8
37. Kf3 Rcd8 38. g6+ Kg8 39. gxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rg1 R8d7 41. Rg6
Re7 42. Kg4 Rd2 43. Bg3 Ra2 44. Kg5 Re8 45. h6 Be7+ 46. Kh5
Bf6 47. hxg7 Bxg7 48. Reg4 Re7 49. Be5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5
7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. c3 e6 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4 Bxd5 11. Qc2 Be7
12. e3 b4 13. Bd3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bf6 15. O-O Qxc3 16. Qe2 c4
17. Bc2 O-O 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. e4 Bc6 21. Be3 Qh5
22. Qxc4 d5 23. Qc5 Qe8 24. e5 Be7 25. Qc3 Bb5 26. Rfe1 Na6
27. Nd4 Bc4 28. Nxe6 Bb4 29. Rxb4 Nxb4 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Bb1
a5 32. a3 Nc6 33. h4 Rb8 34. Bc2 Qe7 35. Bg5 Qc5 36. e6 Rb7
37. Ba4 d4 38. Qf3 Bd5 39. Qf5 g6 40. Qf6 Qd6 41. e7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[Black "Alexander Fishbein"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "236"]
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 b5
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. g4 Bb7 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Ng3 d5
17. e5 Ne4 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qxe5 21. Rg1
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qxg5 23. Bg2 Rd8 24. Qe1 Qxg4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4
26. Nxe4 Qf3 27. Rf1 Qh5 28. Rh1 Qf5 29. a3 h6 30. Rg1 Qe5
31. Qh4 Rd4 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Ng4 Qe2 34. Qg3 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 36. Ka2 Qd5+ 37. b3 f6 38. Nf2 Qd4 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Qc7+
Kg6 41. Nd3 e5 42. Qc6 e4 43. Nf4+ Kf5 44. Ne6 Qe5 45. Nxg7+
Kf4 46. Ne6+ Kg3 47. Nc5 f5 48. Nxa6 Qf4 49. Nb4 h5 50. Qg6+
Qg4 51. Qd6+ f4 52. Nd5 h4 53. Qe5 Kf3 54. Nf6 Qg6 55. Nd5 Qg4
56. Nc3 e3 57. Qxb5 Kg2 58. Qc4 h3 59. Nd5 Kg3 60. Qe4 Qf3
61. Qg6+ Kf2 62. Nf6 Qg2 63. Qf5 Kg1 64. Nd5 h2 65. Nxf4 h1=Q
66. Nxg2 Qxg2 67. Qc5 Qf2 68. Kb2 e2 69. Qg5+ Kf1 70. Qb5 Qd4+
71. Kc1 Qf4+ 72. Kb2 Qd4+ 73. Kc1 Qe3+ 74. Kb2 Kf2 75. Qf5+
Qf3 76. Qc5+ Kg2 77. Qg5+ Qg3 78. Qd5+ Kf2 79. Qc5+ Kf1
80. Qf5+ Kg2 81. Qd5+ Qf3 82. Qg5+ Kf1 83. Qb5 Qe4 84. a4 Kf2
85. Qc5+ Kf3 86. Qh5+ Qg4 87. Qd5+ Kf2 88. Qc5+ Kf1 89. Qb5
Qd4+ 90. Kc1 Qa1+ 91. Kd2 Qd4+ 92. Kc1 Qe3+ 93. Kb2 Ke1
94. Qd5 Kf2 95. Qf5+ Qf3 96. Qc5+ Kf1 97. Qb5 Qf6+ 98. Kc1
Qa1+ 99. Kd2 Qe1+ 100. Kd3 Qg3+ 101. Kd4 Qf4+ 102. Kd5 Qf5+
103. Kc6 Qxb5+ 104. axb5 e1=Q 105. c4 Qe4+ 106. Kc7 Qf4+
107. Kb7 Qf3+ 108. Kb6 Ke2 109. c5 Kd3 110. c6 Kd4 111. Ka7
Qf7+ 112. Kb8 Qe8+ 113. Kb7 Kc5 114. b4+ Kxb5 115. c7 Qd7
116. Kb8 Kb6 117. c8=N+ Ka6 118. b5+ Kxb5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Boris Kreiman"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "163"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6
7. g4 Nge7 8. Nb3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 Bd7
12. h4 Nxh4 13. Rxh4 Bxh4 14. g5 e5 15. Qh2 exf4 16. Qxf4 Bxg5
17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. Nd5+ Kf7 21. Nc7 Bg4
22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Nxa6 Rhe8 24. Bxb5 Rxe4 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Nd4
h5 27. b3 g5 28. Bf1 Nf3 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 30. Rxd6 h4 31. Kb2 Rh8
32. Nc5 h3 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Bxh3 Rxh3 35. Bd4 f5 36. Rf6+ Ke7
37. Rg6 g4 38. Be5 Re3 39. c4 Re2+ 40. Kc3 Rxa2 41. b4 Kf7
42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. b5 g3 44. Rg6 g2 45. b6 Ra1 46. Bd4 Rc1+
47. Kb4 Rd1 48. Kc5 f4 49. Rg4 Ke6 50. Bf2 Kf5 51. Rg7 Rd2
52. Bg1 f3 53. Rg8 Rd1 54. Be3 Re1 55. Kd4 Rd1+ 56. Kc5 Bb7
57. Rg7 Ke4 58. Bf2 Rd2 59. Bg1 f2 60. Bxf2 Rxf2 61. Kd6 Rc2
62. Kc7 Ba6 63. b7 Bxb7 64. Kxb7 Kf3 65. Rf7+ Ke3 66. Rg7 Kf2
67. Rf7+ Kg1 68. Rc7 Kf2 69. Rf7+ Kg3 70. Rg7+ Kf3 71. Rf7+
Ke2 72. Rg7 Kf1 73. Rf7+ Kg1 74. Rc7 Rc3 75. c5 Rb3+ 76. Ka8
Ra3+ 77. Kb7 Rb3+ 78. Ka8 Kf2 79. Rf7+ Rf3 80. Rxf3+ Kxf3
81. c6 g1=Q 82. c7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "149"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Ba4 c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Bg5 e6 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Ne5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Nd4 Kh8 16. g3 Rg8
17. Kh1 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. N4f3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nf1 Bf8
22. Ne3 Be7 23. Nd4 Rde8 24. Bb1 Rg7 25. a3 Qa5 26. Nc4 Qc7
27. Nf3 Rd8 28. Ne3 Re8 29. Ng2 Bf8 30. Nfh4 Ne7 31. Qh5 Bc6
32. Nf3 Rd8 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. Ne3 Bc8 35. Nf3 b6 36. f5 Bb7
37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Nd4 Qc8 39. Kg1 Nc6 40. Rf1 Be7 41. Qh3 Nxd4
42. cxd4 d5 43. Ba2 Rdg8 44. exd5 f5 45. Rf2 Bd6 46. Kf1 Rf8
47. dxe6 f4 48. gxf4 Rxf4 49. Rxf4 Bxf4 50. Ke2 Bxe3 51. Qxe3
Qc2+ 52. Ke1 Bf3 53. Rd2 Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Be4 55. Qxe4 Qxd2+
56. Kf3 Qd1+ 57. Ke3 Qc1+ 58. Kd3 Qxb2 59. Qa8+ Rg8 60. Qxg8+
Kxg8 61. e7+ Kg7 62. e8=Q Qxa3+ 63. Ke4 Qxa2 64. Qe5+ Kf7
65. Qc7+ Kf6 66. Qd8+ Kf7 67. Qd7+ Kf6 68. Qf5+ Kg7 69. Qg5+
Kf7 70. Qh5+ Kf8 71. Qh6+ Ke8 72. Qc6+ Ke7 73. Qc7+ Kf6
74. Qf4+ Ke7 75. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 Bc6 6. e3 Bg7
7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5 b6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5
12. Bc4 e6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Nce7 16. Ke2 c6
17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bb4 Rd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rxc6 Bxd4 21. Rd6
Rc8 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. g4 h6 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. h3 Rc8
27. b3 Rc3 28. f4 Rc8 29. Kf3 Rec7 30. Nf2 Bh4 31. Ne4 Be1
32. Rd1 Bb4 33. f5 Be7 34. Rd7 Bh4 35. R1d6 Rc1 36. Rxg6+ Kf8
37. Rxh6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 11. Nc3 d5
12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 15. Qxc4 cxd4 16. Qxd4
Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rad1 Nb3
21. Rd7 Na5 22. Rhd1 Nc4 23. R1d4 Nxb2 24. Nb5 Rc2+ 25. Ke1
Rc1+ 26. Kd2 Rac8 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxa7 Rc5
30. Rg4+ Kh6 31. Rb4 Nc4+ 32. Ke2 Nxa3 33. Rxb6 Rc2+ 34. Ke1
Nc4 35. Rc6 f5 36. Kd1 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Rxc4 Rxa7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "137"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc6 Bxb2
12. Bxb7 Bxa1 13. Rxa1 Ne4 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. h4 h6
17. Ne5 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bh2 Qxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. g4 Bh7
22. Rc7 Bg6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Be5 Nd2 25. Rb7 Rc8 26. Kg2 Rc3
27. b4 a4 28. b5 Nc4 29. b6 Rb3 30. Bc7 a3 31. Ra7 Nxb6
32. Bxb6 Rxb6 33. Rxa3 Kf7 34. Kf3 Rb4 35. Rd3 Rb2 36. Rd1 Kf6
37. Ra1 Rd2 38. Ra7 Rb2 39. Ra6 Rd2 40. Rb6 Kf7 41. Rb1 Kf6
42. Kg2 Kf7 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. Ke1 Ra2 45. Rd1 Rb2 46. Rd2 Rb1+
47. Ke2 Rg1 48. f3 Rh1 49. Rc2 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 Rh3 51. Rf2 Ke7
52. e4 dxe4+ 53. Kxe4 Rh1 54. Ra2 Re1+ 55. Kd3 Rd1+ 56. Ke3
Re1+ 57. Kd2 Rb1 58. Ra7+ Kf6 59. Ra6 Kf7 60. Ra3 Rf1 61. Rd3
Ra1 62. Kc2 Ke7 63. Kb2 Rf1 64. Re3 Kf6 65. Kc3 Rc1+ 66. Kb4
Rc2 67. Rc3 Rb2+ 68. Kc4 Rb8 69. Ra3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natasha Christiansen"]
[Black "Elliott Liu"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 Nfd7
7. Bc4 e5 8. Bh2 Nc6 9. c3 Kh8 10. O-O f5 11. b4 e4 12. Ne1
Nf6 13. a4 g5 14. f3 Ne7 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Be2 Ned5 17. Rxf6
Qxf6 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Nf2 Nxc3 21. Qc1 Ne4
22. Ned3 Rae8 23. Nd1 Bxh3 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. gxh3 Qxd3 26. Bg3
Qf1+ 27. Kh2 Qe2+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stephen Muhammad"]
[Black "Hana Itkis"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 bxc4 6. Nc3 d6
7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bxc4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. a5 Ne8 12. Nd2
Nc7 13. f4 Nb5 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Nc3
Nd4 18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Rb8 20. Rf2 Rfc8 21. Ra3 Qd8
22. Re2 Qc7 23. Bf2 Bd4 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bg3 Bd4 26. Bh2 Ra8
27. Rc2 Rf8 28. Ne2 Bg7 29. Ng1 f6 30. Nf3 Kh8 31. Qe2 Bc8
32. Bd3 Qb7 33. Nd2 Qc7 34. Bg1 Rb8 35. Ra4 Qa7 36. b4 Qb7
37. bxc5 Nxc5 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Rxc5 Bd7 40. Ra1 Rfc8
41. Rxc8+ Bxc8 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Rxb8 Qxb8 44. Bxa6 Bd7 45. Qe3
Bh6 46. Qb6 Bxf4 47. Qxb8+ Bxb8 48. Nc4 Ba4 49. Bb7 Bc2 50. a6
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6
7. Nb5 Ne5 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. N1a3 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+
12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. c5 Nc6 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. Ke3 Rb8
17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Nxa7 Nc2+ 19. Kd3 Nxa1 20. Nb6 d5 21. Naxc8+
Rdxc8 22. Nxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxa1 Rxc5 24. e4 dxe4+ 25. Bxe4 Nd6
26. Bg2 g5 27. a4 Rf5 28. Ke2 Rc5 29. Rd1 b6 30. Rd4 Rc2+
31. Rd2 Rc1 32. Rd1 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. Rd1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Ginsburg"]
[Black "Vanessa West"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
d6 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
12. Rd1 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. e4 Rad8 15. Be2 Bg6 16. O-O d5
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nb6 21. Bc5
Qe6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qxc7 h5 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kh7
26. Qd4 h4 27. Bf1 Qb3 28. f4 Qxa3 29. f5 Bh5 30. e5 g6 31. e6
fxe6 32. fxe6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. d5
Nce5 13. Nd4 Nb6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. f4 c5 16. dxc6 Nec4
17. Ncxb5 Na8 18. c7 Nxc7 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Nxb8
Qxb8 22. Qe2 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 d5 24. Re1 g5 25. Rb1 gxf4 26. Bxf4
Rf5 27. b3 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Qd6 31. Rbd1
Rf6 32. Rxf6 exf6 33. Bxd5 f5 34. Qh5 Bxg3+ 35. Kg2 exd5
36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qxc8 Qg6 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qxd5 f4 40. Kh1 Bh4
41. Qd6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Milman"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "121"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7
7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 a5 9. c3 c6 10. Nf4 bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Nd3 Ba6 14. Nc5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nxc5 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8
17. Bxc5 Nf6 18. Nh3 Nd7 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Bc1 f6 21. Nf2 Rb8
22. Nd3 Kc7 23. Be3 Rb3 24. Ke2 Ba3 25. Rhb1 Rhb8 26. Rxb3
Rxb3 27. Kd2 c5 28. Kc2 c4 29. Ra2 Nb6 30. Bxb6+ Kxb6 31. Nf2
h5 32. Nd1 Bf8 33. Ne3 Kc5 34. Ra1 Bh6 35. Nd5 f5 36. Ne7 fxe4
37. fxe4 Rb7 38. Nxg6 Rg7 39. Nh4 Rg4 40. g3 Rxe4 41. Rb1 Re2+
42. Kd1 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rxh2 44. Rb5+ Kc6 45. Nf3 Rh1+ 46. Ke2 e4
47. Ne5+ Kc7 48. Nxc4 h4 49. gxh4 Rxh4 50. Rxa5 Rh2+ 51. Kd1
Rh1+ 52. Ke2 Rh2+ 53. Kd1 Rh1+ 54. Kc2 Rh2+ 55. Kb3 e3 56. Re5
e2 57. Nb2 Bd2 58. Nd3 Rh3 59. Kc2 Rxd3 60. Rxe2 Rxc3+
61. Kxd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[Black "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. Bb5+ c6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. e5 Ne4 9. O-O c5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 c4 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Ne1 Ba3 16. Rb1 O-O-O
17. f4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 Bd6 20. Rb2 Qc7 21. Qf3 Ne7
22. Qe2 f5 23. Bh5 Rh7 24. g3 Rg7 25. Ng2 Ng8 26. Rfb1 b6
27. Rf1 Nf6 28. Bf3 Kb8 29. Kh1 Rh8 30. Bh5 Ba4 31. Ne1 Qc8
32. Rb1 Ne4 33. Rf3 Rhg8 34. Rb2 Qd8 35. Kg2 Qh4 36. Re3 Nxg3
0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 g6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nd5
12. h3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. a5 Nc4 16. Qc2 c5
17. dxc5 Rfc8 18. Ne4 Nd6 19. Ra4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxc5 21. Qxb7
Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Raxc8 23. Bd2 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. Ra2 Rxd2
26. Raxb2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Rc5 28. Rb7 Rxa5 29. Rxe7 h5 30. g3
Ra2 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. g4 h4 33. g5 Ra5 34. f4 Ra1 35. Kf3 Rg1
36. Rxa7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Qc2 exd5 11. Nxd5 Na6
12. Bf4 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nac5 14. b4 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 Nb7 16. Nd4
Nbd6 17. Rd1 a5 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nh5 21. e5
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. exd6 cxd6 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Nf3 Qf6
26. Rd3 Qa1+ 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Rd3 Qa1+ 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Rd3 Qa1+
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 a6
12. Nxc6 Bxb2 13. Ba4 O-O 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Kf2 bxc6 16. Bb6
Qb8 17. Bxc6 Ra7 18. Qd3 Bf6 19. Qe3 Rb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. c4
Bf5 22. Rb3 Qd7 23. Bd4 Qa4 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Rc1 Qxa2+
26. Kg3 h5 27. h4 Kg7 28. Rb6 Rd8 29. Qd4 Qe2 30. c5 Qe7
31. c6 a5 32. Qc3 Re8 33. c7 a4 34. Rb8 Bc8 35. Ra8 Qd7
36. Re1 Re5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qc4 f5 39. Qxa4 f4+ 40. Kf2 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laura Ross"]
[Black "Emory Tate"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. d5 Nb8 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 c6
7. c4 g6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd4 Nbd7 10. Ng1 e5 11. Bc3 Nc5 12. Qc2
cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Rc1 Bh6 15. f3 Rc8 16. g3 O-O 17. Nh3 b5
18. Nf2 Qb6 19. a3 a5 20. Be2 b4 21. Nc4 Qb8 22. axb4 axb4
23. Bd2 Bxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Nb3 25. Qd1 Nxc1 26. Qxc1 Bb5 27. b3
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nd7 29. Ng4 Qa7 30. Ne3 Nc5 31. Qb1 Ra8 32. O-O
Rfc8 33. Kh1 Qa2 34. Qe1 Qb2 35. Nd1 Qd4 36. Qxb4 Ra1 37. Qe1
Nd3 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Black "Andrei Florean"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 e5 11. b4 Nb7 12. Ne1
Ne8 13. Nd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. f4
cxb4 18. axb4 a5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Qxd6 21. c5 bxc5
22. bxc5 Qe6 23. Na4 Bc6 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. Bc4
Qxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxd1 28. Rfxd1 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nxc5 30. Nxa5 Be4
31. Rb8 Nd3 32. Rf1 Nf6 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nc4 Ke7 35. Kg1 Nd5
36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Nd2 N5f4 38. Ra6+ Kg5 39. Nf3+ Bxf3 40. gxf3
Ng6 41. Ra3 Nde5 42. Kg2 Nh4+ 43. Kg3 Nhxf3 44. Rxf3 Nxf3
45. Kxf3 f4 46. Kf2 Kf5 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. Kf2 Ke4 49. Ke2 f3+
50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Kf1 Ke3 52. Ke1 f2+ 53. Kf1 Kf3 54. h3 Kg3
55. h4 h5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[Black "Nick de Firmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. e4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qc3 a4
17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 Rf4
22. Bg3 Rf7 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Bb1 Raf8 25. Qc2 e4 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. cxd5 Nfd3 28. Re3 b5 29. h3 Qb6 30. Kh2 b4 31. fxe4 b3
32. Qc3 Ne5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qxe5 Nd7 35. Qg3 Rf1 36. Rxf1
Rxf1 37. Bd3 Rd1 38. e5 Qd4 39. e6 Nf6 40. Qb8+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3
bxc6 7. Nd2 d5 8. exd5 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7
11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Ne5+ Ke6 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Nf4+ Bxf4 15. Bxf4
Nf6 16. O-O-O c6 17. Rhe1+ Kf5 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. f3 g5 20. g4+
Kg6 21. Bf2 h5 22. h3 a6 23. Rd3 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Re8 25. Kd1
Nd7 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. Re3 hxg4 28. hxg4 f6 29. Re7 Ne5 30. Ke2
Rh8 31. Bg3 Nc4 32. b3 Na3 33. Re6 Nxc2 34. Be5 Rh2+ 35. Kd1
Ne3+ 36. Kc1 Rc2+ 37. Kb1 Kf7 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Bd4 Rf2
40. Rxc6 Rxf3 41. Rxa6 Nxg4 42. Rg6 Rf5 43. a4 Ne5 44. Rb6 Nf3
45. Bc5+ Kd7 46. a5 d4 47. Bb4 Rd5 48. Rf6 g4 49. a6 Kc7
50. Bd6+ Kd7 51. a7 Ra5 52. Bb4 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Fernandez"]
[Black "Renier Gonzalez"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5
7. f3 Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bb4 10. g4 Bg6 11. dxe5 O-O
12. h4 h6 13. g5 h5 14. Bh3 Qe7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Nc5 17. f5
Nb3 18. Qb1 Nxa1 19. fxg6 Nb3 20. O-O Rf8 21. Rf6 Bc5
22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qg6 Na6 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Be6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Schneider"]
[Black "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "126"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Be7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. Qf3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. b3 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Rfe1
Rfe8 22. Kf1 g5 23. h3 Re6 24. Re2 Kg7 25. Rae1 Kf6 26. Re3
Rce8 27. Rf3+ Kg6 28. Rfe3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 f5 30. g4 Re5
31. gxf5+ Rxf5+ 32. Kg2 h5 33. Re2 Re5 34. Kf3 Re6 35. Kg2 a5
36. Kf3 Re7 37. Re1 Re8 38. Re2 Re6 39. Re1 Rf6+ 40. Kg2 Rc6
41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Re2 Ke5 43. Rg2 Kf5 44. e4+ dxe4+ 45. dxe4+
Kg6 46. Rd2 c4 47. Rd5 cxb3 48. cxb3 Rc3+ 49. Kg2 Rxb3
50. Rxa5 Rb2+ 51. Kf3 h4 52. Ra6+ Kh5 53. Ra8 Rh2 54. Rh8+ Kg6
55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Kg4 Rg2+ 57. Kh5 g4 58. a5 gxh3 59. Rf8+ Ke7
60. Rf1 h2 61. Rh1 b3 62. a6 Ra2 63. a7 b2 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6
12. Qd2 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Rhc1
Kf8 17. Bd3 h6 18. b4 Ne7 19. Be4 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8 21. Kd2
Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. e4 Ke8 24. Nd4 Rxc3 25. Kxc3 Kd7 26. f4
Nc6 27. Nb3 b5 28. e5 Ne7 29. Kd4 Kc6 30. g4 Kb6 31. Ke4 g6
32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Nc2 a5 34. f5 axb4 35. axb4 g5 36. f6 Kc7
37. h3 Kd7 38. Na3 Nxb4 39. Nxb5 Ke8 40. Nd4 Kf8 41. Nf3 Kg8
42. Ne1 Kh7 43. Nd3 Nd5 44. Nc5 h5 45. gxh5 Kh6 46. Kf3 Kxh5
47. Nxe6 Nxf6 48. exf6 Kg6 49. Nf8+ Kxf6 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Nd7
Kh6 52. Ne5 f6 53. Nf3 Kg6 54. Nd4 Kg7 55. Kh5 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 10. b3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 f5 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Rac1 c6 16. f3 Qf6
17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Re2 Nd7
22. Nb1 Bc5 23. Rd1 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Nc5 25. Rfd2 a5 26. Qc3
Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ne2 Rf6
31. Nf4 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. Nd3+ Nxd3 35. Kxd3
f4 36. Kc3 c5 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Kc3 Ke5
41. Kd3 Kf5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Alan Stein"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5
12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ng5
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. f3 e5 20. Rc4 e4 21. Be3
exf3+ 22. exf3 Ne6 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Rc1 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd8
26. b4 h6 27. h4 h5 28. Rc2 Qd7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Qd5
31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Ra2 a6 33. Bb6 Nc5 34. Rc2 Nb3 35. Rc8+
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Schneider"]
[Black "Jake Kleiman"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2
Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. O-O e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe2 Qd8 11. Be3 O-O
12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Bb3 Qa5 14. Bf2 Rae8 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Kh1 h6
17. Nce2 h5 18. Be1 Qa6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bd2 Ndf6 21. Nce4 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Be7 23. Ng3 Qb6 24. c3 a5 25. h3 Nf6 26. f5 exf5
27. Nxf5 Bd8 28. Nd6 a4 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxa4 Qxb2 31. Bb3 h4
32. Bc1 Qb1 33. Bg5 Qb2 34. Bc1 Qb1 35. Bg5 Qb2 36. Bxf6 Bxf6
37. Rde1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Qd2 39. Qe3 Qb2 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Bxf7
Bxf7 42. Qxf7 Kh6 43. Qc4 Qc2 44. Rf1 b5 45. Qxc6 b4 46. Rxf6+
gxf6 47. Qxf6+ Kh5 48. Qe5+ Kg6 49. Qd6+ Kh5 50. cxb4 Qxa2
51. Qe5+ Kh6 52. b5 Kg6 53. Kh2 Qb2 54. Qd6+ Kh5 55. b6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[Black "Salvijus Bercys"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. f3 Re8 13. Kh1 a5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Be3 Bf8
17. f4 Red8 18. f5 Nc5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bg5 Ncd7 21. Qf4 Bg7
22. Rxd6 Re8 23. Bg4 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[Black "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 a6
12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. d5 Qd6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O e5
17. Qa4+ Rd7 18. Qg4 Qg6 19. Qc4 b5 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. a4 b4
22. Na2 e4 23. Rac1 O-O 24. Rc4 f5 25. Nxb4 Qh6 26. g3 f4
27. Qg4 Re7 28. Nc6 Ree8 29. Nd4 e3 30. Nf5 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 e2
32. Re1 f3 33. Qxf3 Qd2 34. Qc3 Qxd5 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+
Bf8 37. Qxa6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "160"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 a6
7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. a5 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Ne3
exd5 13. exd5 c5 14. O-O Re8 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Ra3 Ne5 17. Na2
Nxa2 18. Rxa2 f5 19. Bc3 f4 20. Ng4 Qg5 21. h3 Bxg4 22. Bxg4
Nxc4 23. Be6+ Kh7 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Ne5 26. g5 Re7 27. Ra4
Rf8 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Kh2 Nd7 30. Rh1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne5 32. Kg1
Kg7 33. Rxh4 Nd3 34. c4 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. Ra3 Ne5 37. Rc3
b6 38. axb6 Rb7 39. g3 f3 40. Rb3 a5 41. Bc8 a4 42. Rb1 Rb8
43. b7 Nxc4 44. Bd7 Na5 45. Bxa4 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 Nxb7 47. Bd1
Nd8 48. Bxf3 Nf7 49. Be4 Nxg5 50. Bxg6 Kg7 51. Bd3 Nf3+
52. Kf1 c4 53. Be2 c3 54. Bd3 Kf6 55. Ke2 Nd4+ 56. Ke3 Ke5
57. Be4 c2 58. f4+ Kf6 59. Kd2 c1=Q+ 60. Kxc1 Ne2+ 61. Kd2
Nxg3 62. Ke3 Nh5 63. Bf3 Ng7 64. Bg4 Ke7 65. Ke4 Ne8 66. Kf5
Nf6 67. Bf3 Ne8 68. Kg5 Nf6 69. Kg6 Ne8 70. Be2 Nf6 71. Bc4
Ne8 72. Bb5 Nf6 73. Bc6 Ng8 74. Ba8 Nf6 75. Bb7 Ng8 76. Bc8
Nf6 77. Be6 Ne8 78. f5 Nf6 79. Kg5 Ne8 80. Kg6 Nf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kelly Cottrell"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd2 Qe7
12. Ng5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. O-O f5 16. Rfd1 Rf6
17. Ne2 Rh6 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rh1+ 20. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2
Nxd3 22. Nh4 Qe4 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Nf3
Qxe3 27. Rae1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Qf2 29. Re7 f4 30. Be1 Qf1+
31. Ng1 Rf6 32. gxf4 Rh6+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Kreiman"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "160"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. c3 Bg4 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Ne3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O-O
12. Rd1 Nh6 13. d3 g6 14. b4 f5 15. a4 f4 16. Nc4 g5 17. Qe2
Nf7 18. Qa2 Re8 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qa8+ Kd7
22. Qxb7 Qc6 23. Qxc6+ Kxc6 24. Na5+ Kb6 25. Ba3 Ra8 26. Bxf8
Rhxf8 27. Nb3 c5 28. Kf1 Nd6 29. Ke2 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Rdc1
Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nb5 33. Kd2 f3 34. g4 Nd4 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. e5
Re8 37. Re1 Ra8 38. e6 b3 39. Re4 Kc6 40. e7 Kd7 41. Rxd4+
Kxe7 42. Rb4 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 b2 44. Kxf3 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. Rb3
Kd5 47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Kxf4 b1=Q 49. Rxb1 Rxh2 50. Rb6 h6
51. Kf5 Rh4 52. Rb8 Kd6 53. d4 Rh1 54. Rh8 Rh4 55. Rh7 Kd5
56. Rd7+ Kc6 57. Rd8 Kc7 58. Rd5 Kc6 59. Rc5+ Kd6 60. Kf4 Rh1
61. Rh5 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Kd3
Rd1+ 66. Kc3 Rc1+ 67. Kd2 Rg1 68. Rxh6+ Kd5 69. Rg6 Kxd4
70. Ke2 Ke5 71. Kf2 Rh1 72. Kg3 Rh8 73. Ra6 Rh1 74. Rb6 Rh8
75. Rb5+ Kf6 76. Kf4 Rc8 77. Rb6+ Kg7 78. Kg5 Rc5+ 79. Kh4 Rd5
80. g5 Rd1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Black "Lev Milman"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4
17. Qd3 a5 18. g6 e5 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf4 Ba6
22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qf3 exd4 24. Rg1 Qe5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Nxe7
Qxe7 27. Rg4 f5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Blas Lugo"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nf5 Be5 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. f4 Bf6
12. Re1 Rf8 13. Re3 d6 14. Nxg7 Bxg7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+
Kg8 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qh4 19. Rg3 f6 20. Bf4 Rae8 21. Qg6
Rf7 22. Rf1 Nd4 23. Rg4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxf4 25. Rgxf4 Re1
26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxe1 Bxb2
30. g4 Bf6 31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Kg3 Nd4 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. h4 c5
35. c4 Be5+ 36. Kh3 b5 37. cxb5 c4 38. g5 c3 39. Kg4 Nxb5
40. h5 c2 41. g6 Kh6 42. a4 Nc3 43. Rc1 Nd5 44. Kf5 Bb2
45. Rg1 c1=Q 46. Rxc1 Bxc1 47. Ke6 Nf4+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "105"]
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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nf1 Rdc8 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. Rb1
g6 18. Ng3 h5 19. b3 Nh7 20. Bd2 Ng5 21. Nh2 Nh7 22. Ne2 Nb7
23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Bg5 26. Nf3 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qb6
28. Rec1 Kg7 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3
Nf6 33. Rc7 Ra3 34. Nc3 Nc5 35. bxc5 Rxc3 36. c6 Be8 37. Bxb5
Nxe4 38. Rd7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 g5 40. Rd8 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Nh4
g3+ 43. Kh3 Kh6 44. Kg4 Rc5 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. Ne7+ Kg7 47. Kf5
Nf6 48. Rxd6 Rxb5 49. Rxf6 Rb2 50. Kxe5 Rxg2 51. Rf3 f6+
52. Kd6 Kf7 53. c7 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Qb3 Ne4
12. a4 Be6 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Nb3 Nd7
17. Ba3 Re8 18. f4 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qb1 b6 21. e4 Bc4
22. Nd2 Ba6 23. e5 Nf8 24. Qe4 Bb7 25. c4 Ba8 26. Qe3 Qc8
27. Ne4 Ne6 28. Bb2 Nc7 29. Qb3 f5 30. exf6 exf6 31. d5 cxd5
32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Re8 35. Be5 dxc4
36. Qxc4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Fishbein"]
[Black "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. a4 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. a5 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 b5 12. axb6
Nxb6 13. Bf2 d5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Qb7
18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bb4 21. Qf2 Bxc3 22. bxc3
Na4 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Nxc3 26. Raf2 Rc6
27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 d4 29. Bg5 h6 30. Be7 Nb5 31. Bb4 Re6
32. Rd7 Rxe5 33. Rff7 Rg5 34. h4 Rg4 35. Kh2 a5 36. Kh3 h5
37. Rf5 axb4 38. Rxb5 Ra1 39. Rxh5 Rg6 40. Kh2 Ra2 41. Rg5
Rxg5 42. hxg5 Kh7 43. Rxd4 Rd2 44. Rxb4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Justin Sarkar"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+
12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 16. axb5
Nb4+ 17. Kc3 cxb5 18. Rd1 Na2+ 19. Kb3 bxc4+ 20. Kxa2 Qa5+
21. Kb1 O-O 22. Qxc4 Rab8 23. Bd3 Rfc8 24. Qa2 Qg5 25. g3 a5
26. Rhe1 Rc3 27. Bc4 h5 28. Rc1 Qd2 29. Rxc3 Qxe1+ 30. Rc1 Qf2
31. b3 Qf5+ 32. Qc2 Qe5 33. Ka2 Rd8 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 g6
36. Qe2 Qc3 37. Qd3 Qf6 38. h4 Qf2+ 39. Ka3 Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qf2+
41. Kc3 Qe1+ 42. Kd4 Kg7 43. Qe3 Qa1+ 44. Qc3 e5+ 45. Kd3 Qb1+
46. Kd2 Qe4 47. Qe3 Qg2+ 48. Kc1 f6 49. Qa7+ Kh6 50. Bg8 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "109"]
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 b5
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ng3 a4 16. Nh5 b3 17. Rh2
bxa2+ 18. Ka1 e5 19. Qc4 Qb6 20. Qb5 Rb8 21. Qxb6 Rxb6
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Be3 Rb4 24. Bd2 Rb7 25. Bh6 Rd8 26. Bc4 Be6
27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Bf8 29. Bc1 h5 30. g5 Be7 31. Kxa2 Kh7
32. gxf6 Bxf6 33. Bd2 Rc8 34. Bc3 Be7 35. Ba5 Rc4 36. c3 f5
37. exf5 Rf4 38. Rh3 Rxh4 39. Rxh4 Bxh4 40. Rxd6 Bg3 41. c4 h4
42. Bd2 Bf4 43. c5 h3 44. c6 Rb5 45. c7 Rc5 46. Rd7+ Kh6
47. Bb4 Rxc7 48. Rxc7 h2 49. Bf8+ Kg5 50. Rh7 Kxf5 51. Rh5+
Ke6 52. Ka3 Kd5 53. Kxa4 Kd4 54. b4 Ke3 55. Bh6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Stephen Muhammad"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "137"]
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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2
c6 13. b4 Nb7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bb2 Nd8 16. a4 Ne6 17. h3 Bh5
18. Bd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Bg6 20. g3 Ne6 21. Nh4 Bh5 22. Nf5 Rae8
23. axb5 axb5 24. Qb1 Bg6 25. Nh4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxh4 27. Ra5
Rb8 28. gxh4 d5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxe5 Bxe4 31. b5 Qc5 32. Rxe4
dxe4 33. Bxb8 Rxb8 34. Qxe4 c3 35. Bd3 g6 36. Ra4 Rd8 37. Rc4
Qxb5 38. Rxc3 Qa5 39. Qc4 Rd4 40. Qb3 Nc5 41. Qb8+ Rd8 42. Qe5
Qa1+ 43. Bf1 Ne4 44. Rc5 Qa7 45. Rc2 Nd2 46. Bg2 Qa3 47. Qg5
Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. h5 h6 50. Qg3 g5 51. Rc6 Kh7 52. Qe3 Qxe3
53. fxe3 Kg7 54. Rc7 Rd6 55. Kg3 Re6 56. Bd5 Rf6 57. Kg2 Nf1
58. Rc3 Nd2 59. Rd3 Nb1 60. Rb3 Nd2 61. Rb2 Nf1 62. Re2 Rf5
63. Bf3 Rf6 64. e4 Nh2 65. e5 Rxf3 66. e6 fxe6 67. Rxe6 Rf6
68. Rxf6 Kxf6 69. Kxh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Ginsburg"]
[Black "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Nd4
Bf6 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Bf4 Ne7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Bb1
Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Rab8 20. b4 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. b5 Nc8 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxa6 Bc6 25. Bxc5 Qa5 26. Be3 Bf8
27. Bd3 Ba3 28. Rc2 Bb4 29. Bd2 Na7 30. h3 Rd4 31. Nb1 Bb5
32. Bxb5 Nxb5 33. Be3 Rd8 34. a4 Qxa4 35. Ra2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2
Qxe2 37. Rxe2 Nd4 38. Ra2 Ra8 39. Nd2 Bxd2 40. Bxd2 Nc6 41. h4
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e3 Be6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. O-O Nh5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3
Qc7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nf4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Ne6 23. Bg4 Bd4 24. Bxe6 Bxe3 25. Bc4
Bd4 26. b3 Kg7 27. Qd3 Qe5 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. g3 b5 30. Bd3 Qa3
31. Qe2 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc3 33. h4 h6 34. Qc2 Qxc2 35. Bxc2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[Black "Vanessa West"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. g4 b5
12. Bb3 a5 13. Ncxb5 a4 14. Bc4 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxb5
17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Bd4 Qb8 19. h4 Rc8 20. c3 a3 21. b3 e5
22. Bf2 d5 23. Qc2 dxe4 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Bxb5 Nb4 26. cxb4
Rxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Qxb5 28. Bc5 h6 29. Rhe1 Qc6 30. Rd6 Qb7 31. h5
gxh5 32. gxh5 f5 33. Rg1 Kh7 34. Rdg6 Bh8 35. Re6 Qc8 36. Re7+
Bg7 37. Rgxg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elliott Liu"]
[Black "Hana Itkis"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "123"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. Qd2 Nbd7
7. O-O-O g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Nge2 c5 10. Nd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ndf6
12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Rhe1 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qb6 16. Re3
Qc5 17. Qc3 Qxd5 18. Bc4 Qc5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Qb3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
e6 22. f4 a5 23. Rf3 d5 24. Be2 Qb6 25. Qc3 Ke7 26. Rd1 g4
27. Re3 Rd8 28. Rd4 h5 29. f5 axb4 30. Rxb4 d4 31. Qb2 Qa5
32. Re4 Qxa2 33. fxe6 Qxb2+ 34. Kxb2 fxe6 35. Rb5 Bd7 36. Rxh5
Bc6 37. Rxg4 Bxg2 38. Rh7+ Kf6 39. Rf4+ Ke5 40. Rh5+ Kd6
41. Rxd4+ Kc6 42. Rb4 Bd5 43. g4 Rf8 44. g5 Rf2 45. Bd3 Ra2+
46. Kb1 Rd2 47. Kc1 Rg2 48. Rf4 Ra1+ 49. Kb2 Ra2+ 50. Kb1 e5
51. Rf1 Ra4 52. c4 e4 53. cxd5+ Kxd5 54. Bc2 Rb4+ 55. Kc1 Rc4
56. Rd1+ Kc5 57. Rd2 Rg1+ 58. Kb2 e3 59. g6+ Kc6 60. Re2 Rg3
61. Re5 Rb4+ 62. Kc3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natasha Christiansen"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7
7. c3 Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 e5 10. Bh2 f5 11. O-O Qe7
12. Rc1 Kh8 13. Nb3 a5 14. a4 Nb6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nf3 e4
17. Nd2 g5 18. b3 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. c5 d5 21. Nb1 f4 22. Bg4
Rf7 23. Nc3 c6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qh5 Nd3 26. Rc2 Raf8 27. Qxg5
Rf5 28. Qg4 fxe3 29. Bd6 Nxf2 30. Rcxf2 exf2+ 31. Rxf2 h5
32. Qe2 Rxf2 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Ne2 Qf5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. a4 Rfc8 14. a5 Qe6 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Bf2 a6
17. Rb3 Rc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qe5 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. c3 Qf5
22. Rb4 Bf6 23. g4 Qg5 24. Be3 Qh4 25. g5 Qh5 26. gxf6 Ne5
27. Bg2 exf6 28. Qf2 Re7 29. Rh4 Qf5 30. Rf4 Qh5 31. Bd4 f5
32. Rh4 Qg5 33. Qg3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Fishbein"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O
12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bg6 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Bxg6 hxg6
17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Nbd4 a6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Re1 Qf6 24. h4 Qf5 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. Rd1
f6 27. g3 Kf7 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qb6 Rd7 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Nd4 Ne5
32. Qb3 Nc6 33. Rd1 Ne5 34. Qc2 Rd8 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qh7 Qf8
37. Qxh5+ Ng6 38. Re1 Qh8 39. Qg4 Rd6 40. Nf5 Rb6 41. Nh6+
Qxh6 42. Qd7+ Ne7 43. Qxe7+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kf5 45. g4+ Kxg4
46. Qe2+ Kf5 47. Qd3+ Kg4 48. Qf3+ Kg5 49. Qe3+ Kg4 50. Qxb6
1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "130"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1
Qc7 13. Bf4 b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Bc4 Nh5 16. Bh2 h6 17. g4 Nhf6
18. Rad1 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. Bg3 Re7 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Rde1 Bc8
23. Kh2 b5 24. e5 h4 25. Bf4 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Qd7 27. Bxg7 Qxh3+
28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Nh2 Bxe2 32. Bxe2
Kxg7 33. axb5 Re5 34. f4 Re3 35. Kh1 axb5 36. Nxb5 Rg3 37. Bf1
Rxe1 38. Qxe1 Qf5 39. Qd2 Qe4+ 40. Bg2 Qb1+ 41. Bf1 Qe4+
42. Bg2 Qe7 43. Nc3 Re3 44. Ng4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 f6 46. gxf6+ Nxf6
47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. b4 cxb4 49. Qd4+ Kf7 50. Ne4 b3 51. Qb4 Re3
52. Ng5+ Kg8 53. Ne6 Rg3 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Ng5+ Kg7 56. Ne6+
Kh7 57. Ng5+ Rxg5 58. fxg5 Qe5+ 59. Kh1 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+
61. Kh1 b2 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kf7 64. Qb7+ Ke8 65. Qb8+ Ke7
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a4 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Qc2 Ra7 13. e3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4 c6 16. Ne4 Qe7
17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Nc3 c5 19. Ndb5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd7 21. Qe4
Qf6 22. Nxa4 g5 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Nac3 Rd2 25. a3 Ba5 26. h3
Kg7 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Na4 Nd3 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. Qf3 Ra2 31. Na7
Be1 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. g4 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qg3 35. Qxg3 Bxg3
36. Nxb6 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nxh3+ 38. Kh1 Rh2# 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Daniel Fernandez"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8
17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nd5 Bb7
22. O-O Rc8 23. Qd3 Rc5 24. Rd1 Qh4 25. h3 e4 26. Qe2 Ne7
27. Nxe7 Qxe7 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Rad2 d5 30. Bxd5 Rxc3 31. Qa7
Bxd5 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxd5 Rc2 34. Rxa5 Rcxf2 35. Re1 Rb2
36. Rb5 h6 37. Rxe4 Rf7 38. h4 Kh7 39. Rg4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rb2
41. Rb6 Re7 42. Rb5 Rd7 43. h5 Re7 44. Kh3 Rb1 45. Rf4 Re2
46. Rf3 Rh1+ 47. Kg3 Rc1 48. Kh2 Re4 49. g3 Rb1 50. Rf8 Re2+
51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kf3 Ree1 54. Kg4 Re4+ 55. Rf4
Re3 56. b4 Rd1 57. Kh3 Re7 58. Rf8 Re4 59. Rf4 Re3 60. Kg4
Rdd3 61. Kf5 Rxg3 62. Ke6 Rge3+ 63. Re5 Rxe5+ 64. Kxe5 Rh3
65. Rf5 Rb3 66. Rf4 Rh3 67. Rf5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salvijus Bercys"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. a4 b4
12. a5 O-O 13. Nc4 Ra7 14. Bf4 Bd5 15. Nfe5 Nc6 16. Be3 b3
17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Rfc1 Qa8 20. f3 Qb7 21. h4 Rc8
22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Rc7 26. Kf2
Ne8 27. Qb4 f6 28. Ng4 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qxb3 Rxd4 31. Ne3
Rxh4 32. Rd1 Rh5 33. Nc4 Qc5+ 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Qc3 Nc7 36. Nb6
Qe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 38. Kf2 Rxa5 39. Rd7 Rb5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "25"]
1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e4
Qb6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Qd2 O-O-O 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Nb5 Nxe4
11. Nxa7+ Kc7 12. Nxc6 Nxd2 13. Nxd8 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Yevgenyevich Stripunsky"]
[Black "Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6
7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 h6 10. Bh4 Nb8 11. Ne3 Nbd7
12. Bc2 b5 13. g4 Qe8 14. Rg1 Nc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 hxg5
17. Nxg5 Qd8 18. h4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Ne6 20. Qf3 Nf4 21. O-O-O
Kg7 22. d4 Qe7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bb7 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Be4
Rh8 27. Rg3 Rh4 28. Qe3 Rah8 29. f3 Bc8 30. Rgg1 Qd6 31. Rde1
Bb7 32. Rd1 R8h5 33. a3 Bc8 34. Kb1 Rf4 35. Rde1 Bf5 36. Ka1
Rh3 37. Qe2 Qc5 38. Rh1 Rh5 39. Rxh5 gxh5 40. Bxf5 Rxf5 41. f4
Qc4 42. Qxh5 Rxf4 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. g6 fxg6 45. Qxg6+ Kf8
46. Qh6+ Kf7 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qh3 Qxd5 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qxc7+
Kf6 51. Rg1 Rg4 52. Rf1+ Rf4 53. Re1 Rh4 54. Qb6+ Kf5 55. Rf1+
Rf4 56. Rg1 Rg4 57. Qf2+ Ke6 58. Re1 Rg2 59. Qb6+ Qd6 60. Qe3
Rd2 61. Qh3+ Ke7 62. Qh5 Ke6 63. Rg1 Qd3 64. Qe8+ Kf6 65. Qh8+
Ke6 66. Qg8+ Kf6 67. Qg7+ Ke6 68. Rg6+ Kf5 69. Rg5+ Ke6 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Florean"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 f6
7. d4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5
12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 Rxf4 14. gxf4 Nf8 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5
17. b4 Bb6 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Ne2 Nfg6 20. Bh3 Nxh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4
22. Qg3 Qh5 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rd8+ Kh7
27. Red1 c5 28. R8d2 cxb4 29. axb4 a5 30. b5 a4 31. Nc3 Ba5
32. Rc2 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Bd7 34. Rxc4 Bxb5 35. Rb4 Bc6 36. Bg2
Qe8 37. Bxc6 Qxc6 38. Qg2 Qc2 39. Ra1 a3 40. Qxb7 Rd8 41. Qa6
Ne3 42. fxe3 Rd2 43. Qb7 Qg6+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1
Bb7 13. a5 O-O 14. Nf2 e5 15. g4 d5 16. g5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nd7 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rf2 exf4 22. Bxf4
Bd6 23. Rd1 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Ne5 26. Rd5 Ng6
27. Rxb4 Rxc2 28. Rd2 Rc7 29. Rb6 f6 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6
gxf6 32. Rd6 Rc2 33. Rxf6 Rxb2 34. Nd4 Ne5 35. Rxa6 Rd2
36. Re6 Rxd4 37. Rxe5 Ra4 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Rb5 Kg6
41. Kg3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[Black "Esther Danilovna Epstein"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nh3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. Nf4 Bf5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O
Nf6 12. Rad1 h6 13. Nfd5 Re8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8
16. Qb4 Qc8 17. c5 Nc6 18. Qc3 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Be4 20. Bb5 Bxg2
21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1
Qf3+ 26. Kg1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 d6 8. e3 e5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 gxf6
12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O Na6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Rb3 Qa5
17. Qc1 Nb4 18. Ra3 Qb6 19. Qb2 Kb8 20. Rb1 f5 21. Rb3 Ba4
22. a3 Bxb3 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Qxb3 fxe4 25. Qa4 a5 26. Nb3 Kc7
27. Rc1 Ra8 28. c5 Qa7 29. Qb5 Rhd8 30. Qc4 Kb8 31. c6 Kc7
32. cxb7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick de Firmian"]
[Black "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Qg4 h5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Ng4 11. h3 Be7 12. g3
Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Be3 b5 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. e5
Bb7 18. Be4 d5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Rad1 O-O 21. Bg2 Ba8 22. Ne4
Be7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bxa8 Rxa8
27. Rd1 Nb7 28. Bb6 Qc6 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. Rd3 Qe4 31. Rd2 Rd5
32. Bc3 Nd6 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Qd4 Qg6 35. Be1 Qxc2 36. Qxd5
Qb1 37. Qxd6 Qxe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+
41. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Igor Schneider"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "134"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. c3 Nf6 6. g3 dxe4
7. dxe4 a5 8. a4 Bc5 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Nb3 Bb6
12. Bg2 Ne8 13. O-O Nd6 14. Kh2 Be6 15. Nbd2 Rad8 16. b3 f6
17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Rab1 Nb8 19. Ne1 Qd7 20. Nc2 Rfe8 21. Ne3 Nb5
22. axb5 Qxd2 23. Rfe1 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd2 26. Kg1
Red8 27. Ree1 Nd7 28. c4 c6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Red1 Nb8
31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Bc5 Nd7 33. Be3 Ra2 34. Bf1 Kf7 35. Kg2 Ke7
36. Kf3 Kf7 37. b4 a4 38. b5 cxb5 39. Rxb5 Rc2 40. Rb4 a3
41. Ra4 a2 42. g4 Rb2 43. Bd3 Nb8 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Bc5 Nc6
46. Ra8+ Kd7 47. Ke3 Kc7 48. Ra3 Nd8 49. Bf8 Nb7 50. Ra8 Kd7
51. Be2 g6 52. Bd3 Nd8 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Bc5 Nb7 55. Ra8+ Kf7
56. Bf8 a1=Q 57. Rxa1 Kxf8 58. Ra8+ Ke7 59. Rh8 Nc5 60. Rxh7+
Kd6 61. Be2 Rb3+ 62. Kd2 Nxe4+ 63. Kc2 Rc3+ 64. Kb2 Bxc4
65. Bxc4 Rxc4 66. Rh6 Ke6 67. Rxg6 Kf7 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alan Stein"]
[Black "Emory Tate"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4
e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. a4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bc4 b6
12. Nh4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 a5 16. Nd5 Rb8
17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Bb5 N6d7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd3 Red8 21. Qxd6
Qh4 22. h3 Qe4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. b4
axb4 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. a5 Ra8 29. a6 Ra7 30. Rd1 g5 31. Rd8
Kg7 32. f6+ Kxf6 33. Rxf8 Ke7 34. Rb8 Kd6 35. Rb6+ Kd5 36. Rb7
Ra8 37. Rxf7 c4 38. Rc7 b3 39. cxb3 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[Black "Kelly Cottrell"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Be3 g6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd4 f6 10. a4 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nge2
e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. b3 Nc6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. O-O
Nc5 18. Be2 f5 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Ne4 22. Bd4
Bh6 23. Ba1 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Kh6 26. Rcd1 Bxd5
27. Qxd5 Qb6 28. Rd3 Rad8 29. a5 Qc7 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. b4 b6
32. Ra1 bxa5 33. Rxa5 Rde8 34. Re3 Rf7 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. Ra3
Nf6 37. Rd3 Kg7 38. g4 fxg4 39. Bxg4 Re7 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. Bd5
Re7 42. Rf3 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Qe7 44. Ra3 Re5 45. Rxa7 Nd7 46. f4
Qh4 47. Rxd7+ Kh6 48. Bf3 Re7 49. Rxe7 Qxe7 50. b5 Qc7 51. b6
Qb8 52. b7 Qc7 53. f5 Qd8 54. f6 Qb8 55. Qh4# 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Dmitry Schneider"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "168"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Rfd1
Nbd7 17. Bb1 Nb6 18. Nd2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Bd3
R4c7 22. Na2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bb8 25. Nb3 Nd7
26. Na5 Ba8 27. Qc2 f5 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Qxa6 Bd5 30. Bxb5 Qg5
31. Bf1 f4 32. Qd3 Ne5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. exf4 Qxf4 35. g3 Qc1
36. Nc4 Bxc4 37. Qxc4 Qxa3 38. Qe4 Bd6 39. b5 Qc5 40. Bc4 Qe5
41. Qxh7 Bc5 42. Kg2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 Qd4+ 44. Ke2 Qxc4+ 45. Qd3
Qb4 46. h4 Ke7 47. Kf3 Qc5 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Ke4 Qb4+ 50. Kf3
Ke7 51. h5 Qc5 52. Kg4 Kf8 53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qd8+
Kf7 56. Qg5 Qb6 57. Qf4+ Kg8 58. Qe5 Kh7 59. Qe4+ Kh8 60. Qa8+
Kh7 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Qc4 Qe3 63. Kh4 e5 64. Qc8+ Kh7 65. Qf5+
Kh8 66. h6 gxh6 67. Kh5 e4 68. Qf6+ Kg8 69. b6 Qe2+ 70. Kxh6
Qh2+ 71. Qh4 Qb2 72. Qd8+ Kf7 73. Qd7+ Kf8 74. Qf5+ Kg8
75. Qxe4 Qd2+ 76. Qf4 Qh2+ 77. Qh4 Qg2 78. Qd8+ Kf7 79. Qc7+
Kf6 80. Qf4+ Ke6 81. g4 Qb2 82. Kg6 Qg2 83. b7 Kd7 84. b8=Q
Qe4+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jake Kleiman"]
[Black "Laura Ross"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 Bh6 14. g3 Be6 15. Bg2 Ne7 16. Ncb4 a5
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. O-O Rac8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Qe2
Bxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Qe4 Qb5 24. Rfb1 f5 25. Qxa4 Qe2 26. Qd1
Qa6 27. Qe1 f4 28. b4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qc2 31. Be4
Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. bxa5 Rxg3+ 34. Bg2 Be3+ 35. Kh2 Rg4
36. Rd3 Rxh4+ 37. Bh3 Rf3 38. Kg2 Rhxh3 39. Raa3 e4 40. Rdb3
Rhg3+ 41. Kh1 Ba7 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Milman"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7
12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qb5
17. Nxd6 Qxd3 18. cxd3 cxd6 19. Bg3 d5 20. Re7 Rf7 21. Rae1
Raf8 22. Bd6 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Nc8 24. Rd7 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Rc8
26. g4 Rc2 27. Rxd5 Rxa2 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Rxb7
Ra3 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Stanislav G Kriventsov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Ke7
12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Be1 Bd7 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 b6
17. e4 Rhc8 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Be3 Na5 21. Rxc8 Bxc8
22. Nc3 Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. f3 f6 26. Kf2 Rc7
27. Rc1 Kd8 28. Rd1+ Ke7 29. Rc1 Kd8 30. Rd1+ Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "56"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc8
12. O-O-O Bxf1 13. Rhxf1 c5 14. d5 Re8 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxf6
Rxf6 17. e5 Rh6 18. Qe4 Nf8 19. Rd6 Re6 20. Qd5 Qe8 21. Rd1
Rc8 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Qxd8 Qa4 24. Qa8 Re8 25. Qd5 Re7 26. Qa8
Re8 27. Qd5 Re7 28. Qa8 Re8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6
7. e4 a6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5
12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Rc8 14. Re1 Re8 15. a4 Qb6 16. Qe2 Bf8
17. Qf1 Rb8 18. Ra2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 g6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd2 Bg7
22. Bc3 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Qc7 25. Ra6 Nxd5 26. exd5
Bxc3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rc6 Qa5 29. Rxd6 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[Black "Blas Lugo"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O g5
12. Bg3 Ng4 13. Na4 h5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. f3 h4
17. Bf2 h3 18. g3 Bb7 19. Re1 c5 20. a4 Qd7 21. c3 f5 22. Bb5
Bc6 23. c4 O-O-O 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Ra3 Rhf8
27. Be3 Ne5 28. f4 Qe4 29. Re2 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Qxc4 31. Qd3 Ne5
32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. Rc3 Nxe3+ 34. Rexe3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Rxf4+
36. Ke2 Rdf8 37. Rxh3 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Rxb2 39. Ke4 Rb4+ 40. Kd5
Kb7 41. Ke6 Re4+ 42. Kd7 Rf7+ 43. Kd8 Kc6 44. Rh8 Rxa4 45. Ke8
Rd7 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qb3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 a6 12. Ne5
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. e3 Rfb8 16. Bf1 Ne8 17. Ne2
Nd6 18. Bb4 a5 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5
Rc8 23. Qd1 g6 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Be7
28. Rc2 Rc6 29. Qc1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Bd8 31. Qc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hana Itkis"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "124"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O d6
7. Nbc3 Be6 8. d3 Qd7 9. Nd5 Nh7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 h5
12. d4 Bh3 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nef5 g6
17. Nh4 O-O-O 18. Re1 Rhe8 19. Qd3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxe4 21. Nf3
c5 22. Qd3 Qc6 23. Rad1 f5 24. Re2 h4 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5
hxg3 27. hxg3 Kc7 28. Rd1 a6 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Nd2
Nxd2 32. Rxd2 b5 33. b3 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rb8 35. Kh3 Rh8+ 36. Kg2
Re8 37. Kh3 Re4 38. Kh4 Rxc4 39. Kg5 Rd4 40. Rc2 Rd3 41. Rg2
c4 42. Kxg6 c3 43. Kxf5 Rd2 44. Rg1 c2 45. Rc1 d5 46. g4 d4
47. g5 d3 48. g6 Rg2 49. Ke4 d2 50. Rxc2+ Kd6 51. Ke3 d1=Q
52. Rxg2 Qe1+ 53. Kf3 Qf1+ 54. Kg3 Ke7 55. Rd2 Qg1+ 56. Rg2
Qe3+ 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. Rg3 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Qxa2 60. g7 Qg8 61. Kg2
Kf7 62. Kf2 a5 0-1
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "27"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Na3 a6 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qa4 e6 10. Bf4 Qc5 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stephen Muhammad"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Qb4
12. Be2 Qxb2 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxe4 Qxa2 16. d6
Qe6 17. Qd4 Rd8 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Bxe6 Nxd4 20. Rxc8 Raxc8
21. Bxc8 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 exd6 23. Bxb7 f5 24. Ba6 Nf4 25. exf4
fxe4 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Bd5 a5 28. Bxe4 d5 29. Rd1 d4 30. g4 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Boris Kreiman"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4
12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Qb2 c5 14. dxc5 Nexc5 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxd7
Nxd7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. a5 Nc5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qe5
Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bc2 23. Rd6 Kf8 24. Ra2 Ke7 25. Rd4 Bh7 26. Rb2
Rc7 27. f4 f6 28. Ng4 Be4 29. Rb5 Bg6 30. Ne3 Be8 31. Rb2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4
7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bb5+ c6
12. Qxd4 cxb5 13. Ba3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qg4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 b4
17. Bxb4 h5 18. Qf3 Kf7 19. Bc3 Rh6 20. Rb4 Bd7 21. Rf4 Qd8
22. Rxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxh5+ Kf8 24. Re3 Rf5 25. Bb4+ Kg7 26. Rg3+
Kf6 27. Rg6+ Ke5 28. Qe2+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Black "Natasha Christiansen"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. f4 d6 11. h3 Bd7
12. Qe2 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bb3 Bc6 15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Rad1 a6
17. Bh4 Rfe8 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. f5 Rc7
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qh5+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Mark Ginsburg"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qa5
12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. Qd2 Bc5
17. Ndxe6 fxe6 18. Ng6 Qf6 19. Nxh8 g5 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Bb3 Be7
22. h4 Bd7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Ng6 Qxg6 25. Rh8+ Bf8 26. Rxf8+
Kxf8 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Qxe5 Rd8 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Qc5+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vanessa West"]
[Black "Elliott Liu"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nd2 b5 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 h5 14. Qe2 h4 15. Nf3 Nh5 16. Bd4 Qb7
17. Qe3 Rh6 18. a4 b4 19. Rac1 Kd7 20. Kg1 Rg8 21. c3 g5
22. fxg5 Rhg6 23. cxb4 Ke8 24. b5 axb5 25. Rxc6 e5 26. Bxb5
Kf8 27. Bb6 Nf4 28. Rc7 Qb8 29. Rfc1 1-0
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