52nd US Championship; 2008
May 13-21, 2008
Tulsa, Oklahoma
RTNG RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD7 RD8 RD9 SCORE RESULT
1. Shulman, Yury GM 2664 D11 W16 W10 D 2 W13 W 3 W 9 D 5 D 4 7 -2 +5-0=4
2. Onischuk, Alexander GM 2728 D17 W22 W 5 D 1 D 3 D 9 W13 D 6 W11 6½-2½ +4-0=5
3. Kudrin, Sergey GM 2610 W24 W 8 D13 W 6 D 2 L 1 W14 D 4 D 5 6 -3 +4-1=4
4. Friedel, Josh IM 2511 L13 W23 D 8 W10 D 9 D 5 W12 D 3 D 1 5½-3½ +3-1=5
5. Perelshteyn, Eugene GM 2615 D15 W21 L 2 D11 W16 D 4 W18 D 1 D 3 5½-3½ +3-1=5
6. Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2666 D22 D17 W12 L 3 D18 W15 W 7 D 2 D 9 5½-3½ +3-1=5
7. Finegold, Benjamin IM 2607 D21 D15 D17 D16 W23 D14 L 6 W18 D13 5 -4 +2-1=6
8. Ivanov, Alexander GM 2622 W20 L 3 D 4 L18 W19 D10 L11 W16 W17 5 -4 +4-3=2
9. Becerra, Julio GM 2637 D16 W11 W18 D13 D 4 D 2 L 1 D14 D 6 5 -4 +2-1=6
10. Gulko, Boris GM 2623 W19 D18 L 1 L 4 D20 D 8 W21 D17 W22 5 -4 +3-2=4
11. Fedorowicz, John GM 2531 D 1 L 9 W20 D 5 L14 W23 W 8 D13 L 2 4½-4½ +3-3=3
12. Gurevich, Dmitry GM 2594 W23 L13 L 6 D19 D21 W20 L 4 W24 D14 4½-4½ +3-3=3
13. Kaidanov, Gregory GM 2697 W 4 W12 D 3 D 9 L 1 D18 L 2 D11 D 7 4½-4½ +2-2=5
14. Shabalov, Alexander GM 2697 L18 W19 D15 D17 W11 D 7 L 3 D 9 D12 4½-4½ +2-2=5
15. Ludwig, Daniel FM 2429 D 5 D 7 D14 D20 W17 L 6 L16 D23 D24 4 -5 +1-2=6
16. Pruess, David IM 2497 D 9 L 1 W22 D 7 L 5 D17 W15 L 8 D19 4 -5 +2-3=4
17. Kraai, Jesse GM 2569 D 2 D 6 D 7 D14 L15 D16 W24 D10 L 8 4 -5 +1-2=6
18. Yermolinsky, Alex GM 2587 W14 D10 L 9 W 8 D 6 D13 L 5 L 7 D20 4 -5 +2-3=4
19. Kaufman, Larry IM 2398 L10 L14 W21 D12 L 8 D24 W23 L22 D16 3½-5½ +2-4=3
20. Vigorito, David IM 2471 L8 W24 L11 D15 D10 L12 D22 D21 D18 3½-5½ +1-3=5
21. Langer, Michael FM 2322 D 7 L 5 L19 D24 D12 D22 L10 D20 W23 3½-5½ +1-3=5
22. Ippolito, Dean IM 2499 D 6 L 2 L16 L23 W24 D21 D20 W19 L10 3½-5½ +2-4=3
23. Shankland, Sam NM 2296 L12 L 4 W24 W22 L 7 L11 L19 D15 L21 2½-6½ +2-6=1
24. Galant, Sergey 2176 L 3 L20 L23 D21 L22 D19 L17 L12 D15 1½-7½ +0-6=3
ROUND 1
MEN 1 Onischuk - Kraai, 1/2-1/2
MEN 2 Yermolinsky - Shabalov, 1-0
MEN 3 Kaidanov - Friedel, 1-0
MEN 4 Fedorowicz - Shulman, 1/2-1/2
MEN 5 Akobian - Ippolito, 1/2-1/2
MEN 6 Pruess - Becerra, 1/2-1/2
MEN 7 Ivanov - Vigorito, 1-0
MEN 8 Ludwig - Perelshteyn, 1/2-1/2
MEN 9 Gulko - Kaufman, 1-0
MEN 10 Langer - Finegold, 1/2-1/2
MEN 11 Gurevich - Shankland, 1-0
MEN 12 Galant - Kudrin, 0-1
WOM 1 Airapetian, Chouchanik - Jamison, Courtney, 1-0
WOM 2 Zatonskih, Anna - Zenyuk, Iryna, 1-0
WOM 3 Rohonyan, Katerine - Battsetseg, Tsagaan, 1/2-1/2
WOM 4 Abrahamyan, Tatev - Krush, Irina, 0-1
WOM 5 Epstein, Esther - Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg, 0-1
ROUND 2
MEN 1 Gurevich - Kaidanov, 0-1
MEN 2 Kudrin - Ivanov, 1-0
MEN 3 Yermolinsky - Gulko, 1/2-1/2
MEN 4 Ippolito - Onischuk, 0-1
MEN 5 Shulman - Pruess, 1-0
MEN 6 Kraai - Akobian, 1/2-1/2
MEN 7 Becerra - Fedorowicz, 1-0
MEN 8 Perelshteyn - Langer, 1-0
MEN 9 Finegold - Ludwig, 1/2-1/2
MEN 10 Shabalov - Kaufman, 1-0
MEN 11 Friedel - Shankland, 1-0
MEN 12 Vigorito - Galant, 1-0
WOM 1 Jamison, Courtney - Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg, 0-1
WOM 2 Krush, Irina - Epstein, Esther, 1-0
WOM 3 Battsetseg, Tsagaan - Abrahamyan, Tatev, 0-1
WOM 4 Zenyuk, Iryna - Rohonyan, Katerine, 0-1
WOM 5 Airapetian, Chouchanik - Zatonskih, Anna, 0-1
ROUND 3
MEN 1 Kaidanov - Kudrin, 1/2-1/2
MEN 2 Onischuk - Perelshteyn, 1-0
MEN 3 Gulko - Shulman, 0-1
MEN 4 Becerra - Yermolinsky, 1-0
MEN 5 Ludwig - Shabalov, 1/2-1/2
MEN 6 Akobian - Gurevich, 1-0
MEN 7 Ivanov - Friedel, 1/2-1/2
MEN 8 Kraai - Finegold, 1/2-1/2
MEN 9 Fedorowicz - Vigorito, 1-0
MEN 10 Pruess - Ippolito, 1-0
MEN 11 Kaufman - Langer, 1-0
MEN 12 Shankland - Galant, 1-0
WOM 1 Zatonskih, Anna - Jamison, Courtney, 1-0
WOM 2 Rohonyan, Katerine - Airapetian, Chouchanik, 1-0
WOM 3 Abrahamyan, Tatev - Zenyuk, Iryna, 1-0
WOM 4 Epstein, Esther - Battsetseg, Tsagaan, 1/2-1/2
WOM 5 Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg - Krush, Irina, 0-1
ROUND 4
MEN 4 Shabalov - Kraai, 1/2-1/2
MEN 5 Yermolinsky - Ivanov, 1-0
MEN 6 Perelshteyn - Fedorowicz, 1/2-1/2
MEN 7 Friedel - Gulko, 1-0
MEN 8 Finegold - Pruess, 1/2-1/2
MEN 9 Vigorito - Ludwig, 1/2-1/2
MEN 10 Kaufman - Gurevich, 1/2-1/2
MEN 11 Shankland - Ippolito, 1-0
MEN 12 Langer - Galant, 1/2-1/2
MEN 1 Shulman - Onischuk, 1/2-1/2
MEN 2 Becerra - Kaidanov, 1/2-1/2
MEN 3 Kudrin - Akobian, 1-0
WOM 1 Jamison, Courtney - Krush, Irina, 0-1
WOM 2 Battsetseg, Tsagaan - Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg, 1-0
WOM 3 Zenyuk, Iryna - Epstein, Esther, 1-0
WOM 4 Airapetian, Chouchanik - Abrahamyan, Tatev, 0-1
WOM 5 Zatonskih, Anna - Rohonyan, Katerine, 1-0
ROUND 5
MEN 1 Onischuk - Kudrin, 1/2-1/2
MEN 2 Kaidanov - Shulman, 0-1
MEN 3 Friedel - Becerra, 1/2-1/2
MEN 4 Akobian - Yermolinsky, 1/2-1/2
MEN 5 Fedorowicz - Shabalov, 0-1
MEN 6 Pruess - Perelshteyn, 0-1
MEN 7 Finegold - Shankland, 1-0
MEN 8 Ludwig - Kraai, 1-0
MEN 9 Ivanov - Kaufman, 1-0
MEN 10 Gulko - Vigorito, 1/2-1/2
MEN 11 Gurevich - Langer, 1/2-1/2
MEN 12 Galant - Ippolito, 0-1
WOM 1 Rohonyan, Katerine - Jamison, Courtney, 1-0
WOM 2 Abrahamyan, Tatev - Zatonskih, Anna, 0-1
WOM 3 Epstein, Esther - Airapetian, Chouchanik, 1-0
WOM 4 Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg - Zenyuk, Iryna, 1/2-1/2
WOM 5 Krush, Irina - Battsetseg, Tsagaan, 1-0
ROUND 6
MEN 1 Shulman - Kudrin, 1-0
MEN 2 Onischuk - Becerra, 1/2-1/2
MEN 3 Shabalov - Finegold, 1/2-1/2
MEN 4 Yermolinsky - Kaidanov, 1/2-1/2
MEN 5 Perelshteyn - Friedel, 1/2-1/2
MEN 6 Akobian - Ludwig, 1-0
MEN 7 Gulko - Ivanov, 1/2-1/2
MEN 8 Vigorito - Gurevich, 0-1
MEN 9 Kraai - Pruess, 1/2-1/2
MEN 10 Shankland - Fedorowicz, 0-1
MEN 11 Ippolito - Langer, 1/2-1/2
MEN 12 Galant - Kaufman, 1/2-1/2
WOM 1 Jamison, Courtney - Battsetseg, Tsagaan, 0-1
WOM 2 Zenyuk, Iryna - Krush, Irina, 1/2-1/2
WOM 3 Airapetian, Chouchanik - Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg, 0-1
WOM 4 Zatonskih, Anna - Epstein, Esther, 1-0
WOM 5 Rohonyan, Katerine - Abrahamyan, Tatev, 0-1
ROUND 7
MEN 1 Becerra - Shulman, 0-1
MEN 2 Kaidanov - Onischuk, 0-1
MEN 3 Kudrin - Shabalov, 1-0
MEN 4 Finegold - Akobian, 0-1
MEN 5 Perelshteyn - Yermolinsky, 1-0
MEN 6 Gurevich - Friedel, 0-1
MEN 7 Ivanov - Fedorowicz, 0-1
MEN 8 Ludwig - Pruess, 0-1
MEN 9 Langer - Gulko, 0-1
MEN 10 Kraai - Galant, 1-0
MEN 11 Ippolito - Vigorito, 1/2-1/2
MEN 12 Kaufman - Shankland, 1-0
WOM 1 Abrahamyan, Tatev - Jamison, Courtney, 1-0
WOM 2 Epstein, Esther - Rohonyan, Katerine, 0-1
WOM 3 Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg - Zatonskih, Anna, 1-0
WOM 4 Krush, Irina - Airapetian, Chouchanik, 1-0
WOM 5 Battsetseg, Tsagaan - Zenyuk, Iryna, 1/2-1/2
ROUND 8
MEN 1 Shulman - Perelshteyn, 1/2-1/2
MEN 2 Akobian - Onischuk, 1/2-1/2
MEN 3 Friedel - Kudrin, 1/2-1/2
MEN 4 Shabalov - Becerra, 1/2-1/2
MEN 5 Fedorowicz - Kaidanov, 1/2-1/2
MEN 6 Gulko - Kraai, 1/2-1/2
MEN 7 Yermolinsky - Finegold, 0-1
MEN 8 Pruess - Ivanov, 0-1
MEN 9 Kaufman - Ippolito, 0-1
MEN 10 Shankland - Ludwig, 1/2-1/2
MEN 11 Galant - Gurevich, 0-1
MEN 12 Vigorito - Langer, 1/2-1/2
WOM 1 Jamison, Courtney - Zenyuk, Iryna, 0-1
WOM 2 Airapetian, Chouchanik - Battsetseg, Tsagaan, 0-1
WOM 3 Zatonskih, Anna - Krush, Irina, 1/2-1/2
WOM 4 Rohonyan, Katerine - Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg, 1-0
WOM 5 Abrahamyan, Tatev - Epstein, Esther, 1-0
ROUND 9
MEN 1 Friedel - Shulman, 1/2-1/2
MEN 2 Kudrin - Perelshteyn, 1/2-1/2
MEN 3 Onischuk - Fedorowicz, 1-0
MEN 4 Becerra - Akobian, 1/2-1/2
MEN 5 Kaidanov - Finegold, 1/2-1/2
MEN 6 Gurevich - Shabalov, 1/2-1/2
MEN 7 Ivanov - Kraai, 1-0
MEN 8 Ippolito - Gulko, 0-1
MEN 9 Pruess - Kaufman, 1/2-1/2
MEN 10 Vigorito - Yermolinsky, 1/2-1/2
MEN 11 Langer - Shankland, 1-0
MEN 12 Ludwig - Galant, 1/2-1/2
WOM 1 Epstein, Esther - Jamison, Courtney, 1/2-1/2
WOM 2 Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg - Abrahamyan, Tatev, 1-0
WOM 3 Krush, Irina - Rohonyan, Katerine, 1/2-1/2
WOM 4 Battsetseg, Tsagaan - Zatonskih, Anna, 0-1
WOM 5 Zenyuk, Iryna - Airapetian, Chouchanik, 0-1
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USCF Crosstable
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5
12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5
Nxc3 17. Qxc3 e5 18. Rc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f6 20. Be3 Qb7+ 21. f3
Ne6 22. a4 Rfe8 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rab8 25. b4 a6 26. Rh4
Nd4 27. Qd3 g5 28. Re4 Nb5 29. h4 f5 30. Rc4 e4 31. fxe4 gxh4
32. Bg5 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Re8 34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Qb2+ Kg8 36. Qa2+
Kg7 37. Qa1+ Kg8 38. Qa2+ Kg7 39. Qb2+ Kg8 40. Qb3+ Kg7
41. Qb2+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "36"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. dxc5 Be7 8. Nd4 O-O 9. Be2 Ne5 10. O-O Bxc5 11. Ne6
fxe6 12. Bxc5 Rf7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bf3 Qa5 15. Bf2 Bd7 16. Qd2
Rd8 17. Rad1 Rff8 18. a3 Ne7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 e5 10. e4 Ne8 11. Nh4 Rb8 12. Nf5
b5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. f4 Be6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Qd2
f6 18. a4 Rb3 19. Qf2 Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qxd3 21. Rfd1 Qa6 22. Bxc5
Rf7 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Qc8 25. Bxa7 Bd7 26. Bb6 Qb7 27. a5
Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. e5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "44"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5
Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nfd4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Qd6
12. Be3 Bc7 13. g3 Qd8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Re8 16. Re1 Bh3
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Be4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. f3 Re8
22. Bf2 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Nd2 Qb6
12. g4 d4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. g5 Ng4 15. Ne4 e5 16. Bg3 dxe3
17. Rd5 Qe1+ 18. Rd1 Qa5 19. Rd5 Qe1+ 20. Rd1 Qa5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Pruess"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7
7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd2 e6
12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Qf8 16. Qa4
Ra8 17. c5 a5 18. Qb3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc4 Raa8 21. cxb6
Nxb6 22. Qxc6 Nbd5 23. Qa4 Qb4 24. Qc2 Rec8 25. Rc1 Qb7
26. Qe2 a4 27. Ne5 Rcb8 28. Nd3 Bf8 29. Bg5 Qb6 30. Be3 Qb7
31. h3 Qa6 32. Ne5 Qb7 33. Qf3 Nxe3 34. Qxe3 Bg7 35. Rc2 Rd8
36. Rd1 Rac8 37. Rcd2 Nd5 38. Qf3 Qa7 39. a3 Nxc3 40. bxc3 Qc7
41. Qf4 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Qxc3 44. Kh2 Qxa3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "177"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. d3 O-O 8. h3 Rb8 9. f4 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. a4 Bd7 12. Bf2
Nc7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. d4
Qe7 18. a5 Bb5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Re1 Bc4 21. Ra7 Qd8 22. Ra4
b5 23. Rb4 Ra8 24. Rb2 Qe7 25. Kh1 Ra3 26. Qd2 Rfa8 27. Nc1
exf4 28. gxf4 Bh6 29. Be3 d5 30. e5 f5 31. Nd3 Ne6 32. Nb4 Qd7
33. Rc1 Bf8 34. Bf3 R8a4 35. Bd1 Ra8 36. Bc2 Kh8 37. Bb1 Qd8
38. Qf2 Bh6 39. Bd2 Qf8 40. Rg1 Qe7 41. Bc2 Rg8 42. Rbb1 Bf8
43. Ra1 Qa7 44. Nc6 Qa6 45. Rxa3 Bxa3 46. Qh4 Qxc6 47. Qf6+
Rg7 48. Bxf5 Nxd4 49. cxd4 Qxf6 50. exf6 Rf7 51. Be6 Rxf6
52. f5 Bb2 53. Bg5 Kg7 54. Rd1 gxf5 55. Bxf6+ Kxf6 56. Bd7 Kg5
57. Bxb5 Bxb5 58. Rb1 Bxd4 59. Rxb5 Bf6 60. Rxd5 h5 61. Kg2
Kf4 62. Rd6 Ke5 63. Rb6 h4 64. Kf3 Bg5 65. Rb5+ Ke6 66. Ra5
Kf6 67. Ke2 Bc1 68. Rc5 Bg5 69. Kd3 Ke6 70. Ra5 Bd8 71. Ra8
Bg5 72. Rg8 Be7 73. Ke3 Kf7 74. Rg2 Kf6 75. Kd4 Bd6 76. Kd5
Bg3 77. Ra2 Be1 78. Ra1 Bg3 79. Ra5 Be1 80. Ra6+ Kg5 81. Ke6
f4 82. Ra1 f3 83. Rxe1 Kf4 84. Kd5 f2 85. Ra1 Kf3 86. Kd4 Kf4
87. Kd3 Kg3 88. Ke2 Kxh3 89. Kxf2 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Ludwig"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. c4 h6 12. Nc3
f5 13. h3 Nf6 14. b4 a5 15. Ba3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4
axb4 18. Bxb4 b6 19. a4 Qd7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Bxa5
Ra8 23. Bc3 Qa4 24. Qb1 Qa2 25. Qb7 Qa7 26. Qb5 Qa4 27. Qb7
Qa7 28. Qb5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxc4 Bg7 9. e3 b6 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Rac1 e5
17. dxe5 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. e6 Na5 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Be7 Rxf7 24. Bc4 Nxc4 25. Rd8+ Bf8
26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kg7 28. Rf4 b5 29. Qc3+ Kh6 30. Rf7
Bxf3 31. Qg7+ Kg5 32. Rxf3 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Langer"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "149"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 f6
7. Ng5 Ndxe5 8. dxe5 fxg5 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. f4 gxf4 11. Nf3 g6
12. Qg4 Nb4 13. Nd4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Qe7 15. Ke2 Bh6 16. Rf1 c5
17. Nb3 g5 18. g3 b6 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Bb7
22. Raf1 h5 23. Qh3 Rh7 24. Rf6 Rg8 25. R1f4 Rg5 26. Qe3 Rhg7
27. d4 Ba6+ 28. Kd1 Rg1+ 29. Kc2 R7g2+ 30. Kc3 Kc6 31. Rf7 Qg5
32. dxc5 Rd1 33. Nd4+ Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qg6 35. cxb6 Qc2+ 36. Kb4
axb6 37. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Re2 39. Ra7 Bb5 40. a4 Bc4
41. Rff7 Re3+ 42. Kd2 Rd3+ 43. Kc2 Kc5 44. Rac7+ Kd4 45. Rf4+
Kxe5 46. Rh4 Rf3 47. Rc6 Rf2+ 48. Kc3 Rf3+ 49. Kd2 Rf2+
50. Ke3 Re2+ 51. Kf3 Rxb2 52. Rxh5+ Kd4 53. Rxe6 Rb3+ 54. Kf4
Bd3 55. Rh3 Rb4 56. Ree3 Bc2 57. Rc3 Rc4 58. Rxc4+ dxc4
59. Rh6 Bxa4 60. Rxb6 Kd3 61. Ra6 Bb5 62. Ra5 Bc6 63. Rc5 Ba4
64. Rd5+ Ke2 65. Re5+ Kd2 66. Rd5+ Ke2 67. Ra5 Bc2 68. Ra2 Kd3
69. h4 c3 70. h5 Bb1 71. Ra3 Kd2 72. Ra7 Bd3 73. Rg7 c2
74. Rg2+ Ke1 75. Rxc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 e6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Qa4 Qd7
12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rb1 e5 16. O-O Bd7
17. b4 a6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Nb3 Bd7 21. Na5 Rb6
22. a3 Ke7 23. e4 d4 24. f4 Rc8 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Qc5+ Ke8
27. Nc4 Rb7 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Qxd6 Be6 30. Rxf6 Re7 31. Rh6
Qc7 32. Qxd4 Rd8 33. Qc5 Rxd3 34. Rxh7 Kd7 35. Rc1 Kc8 36. e5
Bd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxc6 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxc6+ 40. Rxc6+ Kb7
41. Rf6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Galant"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Nf3 cxd4
7. Bc4 Qe4+ 8. Be3 Nh6 9. Nb5 Na6 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O Nf5
12. Ng5 Nxe3 13. Nxe4 Nxd1 14. Raxd1 Bd7 15. Nbc3 Rfd8 16. Nd5
Kf8 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nec3 Rac8 19. Bb3 Nc7 20. Nxe7 Kxe7
21. d5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxc3 25. Bxb7
Kd6 26. f3 Ra3 27. Kf2 Rxa2+ 28. Kg3 a5 29. Rc1 a4 30. Rc6+
Ke7 31. Bc8 Bd5 32. Rc7+ Kd6 33. Rd7+ Kc5 34. Rc7+ Kb6 35. Rd7
Bc4 36. Bb7 a3 37. Be4 Ra1 38. Bd5 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Rc1 40. Rd2
Kb5 41. Kf4 f6 42. g4 Kb4 43. Rd7 a2 44. Rb7+ Kc3 45. Rb4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Nh4 Qc8 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. e4 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. f4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "199"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Nbd2 Qc7
12. Rc1 b5 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Ndxc4 bxc4 15. Rxc4 Qxe5 16. Bxe5
Nxe5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nxc4 19. Qxa8 Nxa3 20. Qxa7 Bxb4
21. Qa4 Be7 22. Ra1 h6 23. Rxa3 Bxa3 24. Qxa3 Re8 25. Qd3 Be6
26. f3 f6 27. Kf2 h5 28. h3 Bxh3 29. Qd5+ Be6 30. Qxh5 Bf7
31. Qf5 Re5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. f4 Re8 34. Qd7 Kg8 35. Kf3 Bg6
36. g4 Be4+ 37. Kg3 Bg6 38. Qb5 Re3+ 39. Kf2 Re7 40. Qc6 Kh7
41. Kf3 f5 42. gxf5 Bxf5 43. Qd6 Re6 44. Qd5 Kg6 45. e3 Re7
46. Qc6+ Re6 47. Qd5 Re7 48. Kf2 Re6 49. Qg2+ Kf7 50. Qg5 g6
51. Qd8 Re8 52. Qd4 Re4 53. Qc3 Ke7 54. Kg3 Kd7 55. Qc5 Re6
56. Kh4 Be4 57. Kg5 Bf5 58. Kh6 Re7 59. Qd5+ Ke8 60. Qd4 Re4
61. Qc5 Re7 62. Kg5 Re6 63. Qa7 Be4 64. Kh6 Re7 65. Qb8+ Kd7
66. Kg5 Re6 67. Kh4 Bf5 68. Qa7+ Ke8 69. Kg3 Re7 70. Qc5 Kf7
71. Qa3 Re6 72. Kf3 Re7 73. Ke2 Re4 74. Kd2 Kg7 75. Qa7+ Kf6
76. Kc3 Ke6 77. Qc5 Kf7 78. Qb6 Ke7 79. Kb3 Be6+ 80. Kc2 Bf5
81. Kc3 Kf7 82. Qa7+ Kf6 83. Kd2 Re7 84. Qb8 Kf7 85. Qh8 Re4
86. Ke2 Ke7 87. Kf2 Kd7 88. Qf6 Re6 89. Qc3 Re4 90. Kg3 Re6
91. Kh4 Re4 92. Qc5 Kd8 93. Kg5 Re6 94. Kh6 Re7 95. Qd6+ Ke8
96. Qb8+ Kd7 97. Qh8 Re4 98. Qf6 Re7 99. Kg5 Re6 100. Qb2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "137"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. e3 Bb7
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. Qb3
Na5 17. Qb1 c5 18. h4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. h5 Bd5 23. e4 Bc4 24. Bd1 Ba6 25. d5 Qc3 26. Qc2 Bc4
27. Bb8 a6 28. Bc7 Bxa2 29. Bxb6 Qxc2 30. Bxc2 Nc4 31. Bc5 Kf8
32. Nd4 Nd6 33. Nc6 Bc4 34. f3 Ke8 35. Kf2 Bc3 36. hxg6 hxg6
37. Ba4 Bb5 38. Bxb5 axb5 39. Bxd6 exd6 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kd3
Bg7 42. Na7 Be5 43. Nxb5 Ke7 44. Nd4 Kd7 45. Ke3 Bg7 46. f4
Bf6 47. Nf3 Bb2 48. Ne1 Bc1+ 49. Kf3 Bb2 50. Nd3 Bd4 51. Nb4
Bc3 52. Nc6 Bb2 53. Kg4 Bc3 54. Kf3 Bb2 55. e5 g5 56. fxg5
dxe5 57. Ke4 Kd6 58. Na5 Bc1 59. Nc4+ Ke7 60. g6 fxg6 61. Kxe5
Bg5 62. d6+ Kd8 63. Ke6 Bf4 64. Ne5 Bxe5 65. Kxe5 Kd7 66. g4
g5 67. Kd5 Kd8 68. Ke6 Ke8 69. Kf6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. d4 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Rb1 a6 11. b4 exd4
12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nf5 cxb4 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. Rxb4 h6 16. Bf4
Ne5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rd8
21. Rb1 Rdd7 22. Qa3 Qc5 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ne4 25. Bg4 Rc7
26. c5 Rxc5 27. Rxe4 Rxd5 28. Bc8 Ra5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb7
Rxa2 31. Rxe5 Kf8 32. Bc6 f6 33. Re8+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Rh3 Bd7 13. Rb3 Ne4 14. N4f3 Bc6 15. Rd3 Be7 16. a3 Nxd2
17. Rxd2 O-O 18. e3 Rac8 19. Qc3 Qh5 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Rxd7 Rxc3
22. Rxc3 Bf6 23. Rcd3 Bxb2 24. Rxb7 Qa5+ 25. Kf1 Bxa3 26. Rdd7
Bc5 27. g4 Qa4 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Qg4 30. Rbc7 Qh3+ 31. Kg1
Qg4+ 32. Kh2 Bb6 33. Rc4 Qf5 34. Kg2 Bd8 35. Rf4 Qa5 36. Bc4
Bxg5 37. Rfxf7 Rxf7 38. Bxe6 Bf6 39. Bxf7+ Kf8 40. Be6 Qb6
41. Bd5 Qb5 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Be6 Qb6 44. Bd5 Qd6 45. Ba2 Qa3
46. Be6 Qd6 47. Ba2 Qb4 48. Kg3 Qa3 49. Bc4 Qc5 50. Ba2 Qc2
51. Bd5 Qf5 52. Ba2 Qg6+ 53. Kf4 Qc2 54. Bd5 Qxf2 55. e4 Qc5
56. Rb7 a5 57. Kf5 Qc8+ 58. Kf4 Qc5 59. Kf5 Kd8 60. Ne5 Qf2+
61. Ke6 Bxe5 62. Rd7+ Ke8 63. Bc6 Qf6+ 64. Kd5 Kf8 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Be7 Rfe8 14. Bh4 Nd5 15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Bb5 c6
17. Ba4 e5 18. O-O-O exd4 19. e4 Nc5 20. Rxd4 Nf4 21. Bc2 Ba6
22. Rd2 Ncd3+ 23. Kb1 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Rcd8 25. Nh3 Nxh3 26. gxh3
Re5 27. f4 Rh5 28. Rg1 Rxh3 29. Rfg2 g6 30. e5 Bc4 31. Be4 Rh4
32. Rc1 Rd4 33. Bxc6 Rhxf4 34. Rg3 Kg7 35. Bf3 Rd2 36. h3 Rd3
37. Rg4 Rdxf3 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxh3 40. Rc7 Re3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "David Pruess"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "115"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Ne4
12. b4 g5 13. Bh2 a6 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Nb6 Bxb6 16. cxb6 Be8
17. Bc7 Nd7 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2 Rf7 21. Nb3 Re7
22. Kd2 e5 23. f3 Bg6 24. h4 Rae8 25. Rae1 exd4 26. Nxd4 Ne5
27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh3 exf3 30. gxf3 Kg7 31. Rg3
Kf6 32. f4 gxf4 33. Rf3 Re4 34. Rxf4+ Rxf4 35. exf4 Be4
36. Nb3 Kf5 37. Kc3 Re7 38. Kd4 Kxf4 39. Nc5 Kg5 40. Rg1+ Kf6
41. Rg8 Bf5 42. Rf8+ Kg5 43. Rb8 Re2 44. Rxb7 Rxb2 45. Kc3
Rc2+ 46. Kb3 Rh2 47. Rf7 Rh3+ 48. Kb2 Rh2+ 49. Kc3 Rh3+
50. Kd4 Rh4+ 51. Ke5 Bc8 52. b7 Bxb7 53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rxb7 Rc4
55. Nxa6 Kg6 56. Nc5 Kh6 57. Kd6 d4 58. Ke5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Daniel Ludwig"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "52"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Bf5
7. Nc3 e6 8. c5 Qc7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bf3 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. b4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6
17. Bb2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Bg6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Qd7 22. Rfe1 Qd5 23. a3 Rf7 24. h3 g6 25. Qe3 Rfe7 26. Kh2 Bg7
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Michael Langer"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2
Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Ng4 Bc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Ne4
Qf5 17. f3 Ne6 18. Be3 b6 19. a4 Qe5 20. a5 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+
22. Kg2 Rab8 23. Qc3 Qe3 24. Rf2 Bd5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qe5
Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rbe8 28. Qd5 Rd8 29. Qc6 Qd4 30. Qxb6 Rb8
31. Qa7 Qxb2 32. Raf1 c4 33. Rxf7 Rfc8 34. R1f2 Qe5 35. R2f5
Qb2 36. d4 Qxe2+ 37. Kh3 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. f4 Neg4 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Nce2 e5
12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. e5
Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. exf6 d6 19. Qe1+ Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1+ Be6
21. fxg7 Rg8 22. Bh6 Kd7 23. Bxh7 Rge8 24. Bg5 Bxa2 25. Rxe8
Rxe8 26. h4 f6 27. Bxf6 Bg8 28. Bf5+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Sergey Galant"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8
12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Qd3 Nd7
17. e3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 b6
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rfd1 Qxb4 24. Rc7 Rad8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8
26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Rxf7 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2
Qe4+ 31. f3 Qc2+ 32. Kh3 Qxa2 33. Rdd7 Qe6+ 34. g4 Qxe3
35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rge7 Qxf3+ 37. Kh4 Qf2+ 38. Kh5 Qxh2+
39. Kg6 Qc2+ 40. Kxh6 Qh2+ 41. Kg5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[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. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6
22. Bb3 Rac8 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. Re3 Be6 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. Red3 Red8
27. Qh5 Qe7 28. h4 Bf4 29. g3 g6 30. Qf3 Bh6 31. Nh2 Kg7
32. Ng4 Bxb3 33. axb3 Rc6 34. Kg2 Qe6 35. Rd5 Rdc8 36. c4 bxc4
37. bxc4 Qe7 38. c5 dxc5 39. Rd7 Qe6 40. Nxh6 Kxh6 41. Rxf7
Qxf7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8
7. Nc4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Bf4 b5 13. Ncd2 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nbd7 16. Rfd1 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5
7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4 Bc5 9. Bd2 Nd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nd7
12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qf6
17. Nd3 b6 18. Bb4 Rd8 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rc7 Bb7 21. Be7 Qf5
22. Qc2 e5 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nb4 d3 25. exd3 Rd7 26. Rxb7 Rbxb7
27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Nxa6 Qxd3 29. Nb4 Qd2 30. Bf8 Rb8 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "83"]
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 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6
13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3
Bd7 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rc1 a5 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 Bb5 22. Rc1
axb4 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qxa2 25. Qxb4 Qa4 26. Rc7 Qxb4
27. Bxb4 Ra4 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxd6 Rea7 30. Bxe5 Bd3 31. Bd4
Rb7 32. d6 Rd7 33. e5 Bc4 34. Rb1 Be6 35. Be3 Ra8 36. Nd4 Rda7
37. Rb4 Ra4 38. Rb6 R4a6 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Rb7 Ra5 41. d7 Rd5
42. Bg5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Bf5 14. d4 Qd7 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8
17. Nf1 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 19. a4 h6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd2 Qb7
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. g4 Bg6 25. Ne3 Bd6 26. Ng2 Bf8
27. b4 Qc6 28. Qd2 Qc4 29. Ne3 Qb3 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. Qa3 Bc2
32. Qxb3 Bxb3 33. Ra3 Rxc3 34. Ra8 g5 35. Bd6 Rxe3 36. Kf2 Re6
37. Bxf8 Kh7 38. Ra7 Kg6 39. Bc5 Bc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5+
12. Kf1 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. h4 Rac8 15. Rh3 Nb8 16. d5 exd5
17. Rg3 f6 18. Nd4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Bxe4 h5 21. Qe6 Bxe4
22. Qxc8+ Kh7 23. Qxb8 Qd2 24. Qe8 Bd5 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nf5+
Kh7 27. Nxe7 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 Bxb3
12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O Qb4 16. Bf3
Qxb3 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ra3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 exd5 20. Bb2+ f6 21. Rc1
c6 22. Rxc6 g5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. Bxf6+ Kg6
26. Be4+ Kh5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kf1 Rc7 29. Ke2 a5 30. Kd2 b4
31. a4 Rf7 32. Bd4 Rd7 33. Kd3 Rc7 34. h3 g4 35. hxg4+ Kxg4
36. f3+ Kg5 37. Be5 Rc8 38. Bxh7 b3 39. Be4 Rc2 40. f4+ Kg4
41. Bd5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Ludwig"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3
Bb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Qd6 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bc7 15. g3 Qg6 16. Bh5 Qf6
17. Qf3 Nf5 18. Bd4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxd5 g6 21. Be2 a5
22. Nd4 Rad8 23. Qxa5 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. Qc3 Re4 26. Kg2
Re6 27. f4 Qe7 28. Bf1 Nc6 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd1 h5 31. h4 Qe6
32. Qb3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "42"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6
7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8
12. Qe2 a6 13. Rfd1 Rc7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qf4 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Rc3 Be8 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21. h4
Nxe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "143"]
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. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8
12. a5 Qc7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. h3 h6 15. Nc1 b6 16. axb6 Qxb6
17. Nd3 Qb7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Be2
Rcd8 22. c4 Bd6 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Ra5 Nd7 25. Qxe4 Qxb2 26. Qf5
Nf6 27. Bf1 Rfe8 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. g3 Rab8 30. Re2 Qb1 31. Qxb1
Rxb1 32. Kg2 f5 33. Rxa6 Bxg3 34. Bxc5 Rc8 35. Rxe4 fxe4
36. Be3 Bxf2 37. Bxf2 Rf8 38. Ra2 e3 39. Bxe3 Rbxf1 40. Rd2
Re1 41. Bf2 Rc1 42. d6 Kf7 43. d7 Rd8 44. Bb6 Ke7 45. Re2+
Kxd7 46. Rd2+ Ke6 47. Rxd8 Rxc4 48. Rf8 Ke7 49. Rf3 Ke6
50. Bf2 g5 51. Rf8 Ke7 52. Rh8 Rc6 53. Rh7+ Kf8 54. Bd4 Kg8
55. Rd7 Re6 56. Kf3 Kf8 57. Be3 Rc6 58. Kg4 Rc4+ 59. Rd4 Rc3
60. Re4 Kf7 61. Kh5 Rc6 62. Bd4 Ra6 63. Bc5 Rc6 64. Bb4 Rb6
65. Rc4 Ke6 66. Ba5 Ra6 67. Rc5 Kf7 68. Rb5 Rd6 69. Rb7+ Ke8
70. Rb3 Kf7 71. Rf3+ Ke8 72. Bc3 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Pruess"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. fxe5
dxe5 7. d3 Ng4 8. Qe2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bd4 10. Bb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
Qxc3+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nd7 14. O-O O-O 15. h3 Ngf6
16. Bb4 c5 17. Bc3 Re8 18. Ng5 Re7 19. g4 h6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7
21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rf5 a5 24. Raf1 Ra6 25. Bxe5 Nxe5
26. Rxe5 Rc6 27. Rxg5+ Kf8 28. Bxf7 Kxf7 29. e5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Kaufman"]
[Black "Michael Langer"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bg5 Bf6
12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Ng7 18. Rab1 Be5 19. Rfc1 f5 20. b4 Bxc3 21. Rxc3
fxe4 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. Bg4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Ra4 26. Bxc8
Rxc8 27. Rc4 Re8 28. Bf6 Qa6 29. Qc2 e3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Bxg7
Kxg7 32. b5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Sergey Galant"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3
O-O 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Qf3 Nce4 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nf5 Qc8 16. c4
Bf8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. Nh6+ Kh8
21. Qf4 Qe6 22. Nf5 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxg7 Bxg7 25. Bxf6
Kg8 26. Qg5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 h6 10. Nd5 d6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. a4
Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rab8 14. axb5 axb5 15. c3 Bf6 16. Be3 Rfe8
17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nd8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Nd2 c5
22. Ra7 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rc1
Nd6 27. Rd7 Nc4 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. g3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g4 h6 5. h3 e5 6. Nge2 c6
7. a4 Be7 8. Bg2 g5 9. Ng3 Nf8 10. Nf5 Ng6 11. Be3 Bxf5
12. exf5 Nh4 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bh1 h5 15. d5 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qd7
17. a5 c5 18. Ne4 Nxf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf5 Qxf5 21. Bg2 e4
22. Ra4 Rh4 23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Qg6 25. Rxh4 gxh4 26. Qf1 Ke7
27. Bf4 Bxb2 28. c3 Kf8 29. Qe2 Ba3 30. Qa2 Re8 31. Qxa3 h3
32. Rxh3 Re2 33. Rg3 Re1+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "108"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rhe1 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nc5
17. Ne2 Qc7 18. g4 Ne4 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Nd4 b4 21. h4 a5
22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Re2 a4 25. a3 bxa3 26. Nxa3 Rcc8
27. Nb5 Ba6 28. Na7 Rc7 29. Bxa6 Rxa7 30. Rxe4 Rxa6 31. Rb4
Rc8 32. Rd3 h5 33. gxh5 Kh7 34. Rb7 Rf8 35. f5 Kh6 36. fxe6
Rxe6 37. Rxd5 Kxh5 38. Rb4 Rfe8 39. Re4 Kg6 40. Rg4+ Kh6
41. Rxa4 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Kc1 f5 44. Kd2 Kh5 45. Rd4 g5
46. hxg5 Kxg5 47. Rd8 f4 48. Rf8 Kg4 49. c4 f3 50. Kd3 Kg3
51. b4 f2 52. c5 Re8 53. Rf7 Re7 54. Rf8 Re8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "100"]
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. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4
12. Qb3 d6 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qb5 Nb8 16. Qh5 Qe8
17. Qg4 d5 18. Ng2 h5 19. Qh3 g5 20. f3 Nd7 21. g4 exf3
22. exf3 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Bg7 24. Qxg5 Rf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Qxc7
Rc8 27. Qxa7 Qc6 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 Rxc5
31. Rfe1 Rxf3 32. Rxe6 Ne4 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Re5 Nf2 35. Ne1
Nxd1 36. Nxf3 Nxb2 37. Re2 Nd3 38. Rd2 Nf4 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3
Kf5 41. Nd4+ Kg4 42. Ne2 Ne6 43. Rb2 Rc4 44. a3 d4+ 45. Kd2
Ra4 46. Rb3 Nc5 47. Rg3+ Kf5 48. Rh3 Kg4 49. Rg3+ Kf5 50. Rh3
Kg4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "121"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5
7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. a4 Be8 11. Ba3 a5 12. bxa5
Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Qd6 14. Qa1 Nc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. e3 Nxa5 17. Ne5
Rfb8 18. Rac3 Ra7 19. Bf1 Be8 20. Rc5 c6 21. Be2 Rba8 22. R5c3
Nb7 23. Nxc6 Rxa4 24. Qb1 Nd8 25. Ne5 Ra2 26. R3c2 Rxc2
27. Qxc2 Nd7 28. Bb5 f6 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Nb3
Nb7 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Re8 34. g4 Kf7 35. Kg2 Re7 36. h4
Nd8 37. Rd6 Nb7 38. Ra6 Rd7 39. h5 Ke7 40. Rb6 Rc7 41. Kg3 Nd6
42. Nc5 e5 43. Rb8 Rc8 44. Rb3 Rc7 45. f3 Ra7 46. dxe5 fxe5
47. Rd3 Nb7 48. Rxd5 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 Kd6 50. Rb5 h6 51. Rb6+ Ke7
52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 Ra5 54. e4 Kf7 55. e5 Ra1 56. Rb7+ Ke6
57. Rxg7 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 Re1+ 59. Kf3 Rf1+ 60. Kg2 Rf4 61. Kg3
1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "39"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2
Nxd2 12. Bxd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Re3 Rxc1 16. Qxc1
Qd7 17. Rc3 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Qxc8+ Nxc8 20. Kf1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "David Pruess"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6
17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qe6 20. Nb5 Qh3+ 21. Ke1
Qe6+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Ke1 Qe6+ 24. Be3 Bxe7 25. fxe7 Qxe7
26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6+ Kc7 28. Nxf7 Rxh2 29. Ke2 Rf8 30. Ng5
Kc6 31. Rc1 Nb6 32. Bxc5 Re8+ 33. Be3 Kb5 34. Nf3 Rh7 35. Nd4+
Ka4 36. b3+ Ka3 37. bxc4 Kxa2 38. Rc2+ Kb1 39. Rc1+ Ka2
40. Rc2+ Kb1 41. Rc1+ Ka2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Daniel Ludwig"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qe2 e6
17. f4 f5 18. Rac1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Nc5 Nhxf4 21. Bxf4
Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Nxe6 Qb6 24. Nc4 Qa7 25. Nxf4 Qxd4+
26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27. Nxe3 Bd4 28. Re1 Re8 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Kf3 g5
31. g3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Bxb2 33. Nc4 Bc3 34. Rg1+ Kh8 35. Rg5 Rf7
36. Ke4 h6 37. Rc5 Bb4 38. Re5 Kg7 39. f5 Rf6 40. Nxa5 Bc3
41. Rc5 Bb4 42. Re5 b5 43. axb5 Bxa5 44. bxc6 Bb6 45. Re7+ Kf8
46. c7 Rc6 47. Re6 Rxe6+ 48. fxe6 Bxc7 49. Kf3 Bxh2 50. e7+
Kxe7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Kaufman"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b5 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 d6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. e4 Kh8 15. O-O d5 16. Bf3 dxe4
17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd7 19. Qf3 f5 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. g3 Qd7 24. Re5 Qd6 25. Rc5 Rg4 26. Rc6
Qd7 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Rxa6 Qc8 29. Ra7 Rg7 30. Nxd5 exd5
31. Rxd5 Re8 32. Rxf5 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Qc4 34. Ra8+ Rg8 35. Qc3+
Qxc3 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. bxc3 Rb1 38. Rc5 Rb3 39. Kf3 Rxa3
40. Ke4 Rb3 41. f4 Rb2 42. h4 h6 43. Kf5 Kg7 44. g4 b4
45. cxb4 Rxb4 46. h5 Rb1 47. g5 hxg5 48. fxg5 Rf1+ 49. Kg4
Rg1+ 50. Kf4 Rf1+ 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 52. Kh2 Rg4 53. Kh3 Rg1 54. Kh2
Rg4 55. Kh3 Rg1 56. Kh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2
h6 7. Qf4 Be6 8. Nd4 Qd7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7
12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Bxa7 d4 14. a4 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Bg4+ 16. f3 Bf5
17. Rhd1 Rhe8 18. Bxd4 Bxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc6 20. c3 Bc5 21. Rad1
Be7 22. b3 f6 23. Kf1 Qe6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Qh3 f5 26. Re1
Qxb3 27. Qxf5+ Kb8 28. Qb5 Qc2 29. Rde3 Rg8 30. R3e2 Qg6
31. Rb2 Bb4 32. Qxb4 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Qxf3 34. Rf1 Qd5 35. Rfb1
1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Langer"]
[Black "Sergey Galant"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+
Nxd7 7. Ngf3 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. O-O O-O
11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Kf1 Bd6 13. Rxe8+ Rxe8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3
Bb6 16. Nbd4 Ne4 17. Be3 Ndf6 18. h3 Nd6 19. Bf4 Nde4 20. Rd1
h6 21. Be3 Kf8 22. Nf5 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1
Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Ne4 28. Nxd5 Nxf2 29. Rd2 f5 30. g3
g5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 exd4 10. cxd4 g5 11. Bg3 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Ndb4 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qe2 f4 16. Qc4+ Kg7
17. d5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nc2 19. dxc6 Nxa1 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Ne4 Be6
22. Rd7+ Rf7 23. Nxf6 Bxc4 24. Nh5+ Kf8 25. cxb7 Rb8 26. Ne5
Bxf2+ 27. Kh2 Re7 28. Bxc4 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 f5 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2
Nbd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. f4 Nf7 15. Nf2 h5 16. h3 a6 17. Na4 e5
18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Bd4 Rae8
23. Qd2 Nd8 24. Nb6 Qf7 25. Bb2 Nc6 26. Rfe1 Bh6 27. Bxc6 bxc6
28. Qxd6 Ne4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Qd4 Kh7 31. Rxe4 Rd8 32. Qc3
Bf5 33. Re2 Bxf4 34. Rce1 Bg5 35. Qg3 Bd3 36. Qxg5 Bxe2
37. Kh2 Rde8 38. Bc1 Qg7 39. Qd2 Re4 40. Bb2 Qc7+ 41. Kh1 Rf7
42. Qc3 Re8 43. c5 Qd8 44. a4 Qh4 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Bf1 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Pruess"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "122"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6
12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Rad1 Na4
17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ned4 Na4 19. b3 Nc3 20. Rde1 g6 21. Rf2 h5
22. Ng5 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nf5 24. Ngf3 Kd7 25. g3 a4 26. Kg2 axb3
27. axb3 Nd1 28. Rfe2 Nc3 29. Rb2 Rhc8 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Nd4
Ra2 32. Rxa2 Nxa2 33. Ra1 Nc1 34. Kf3 Nxd3 35. Nb5 Nc5
36. Ra7+ Kc6 37. Nd4+ Kb6 38. Rxf7 Nxb3 39. Nxe6 Rc3+ 40. Kg2
d4 41. Rd7 d3 42. Ng7 d2 43. Nxf5 Rc2 44. Kf3 Nc5 45. Rd6+ Kc7
46. Ne3 b3 47. Nd1 b2 48. Nxb2 Rxb2 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Ne4
51. Rd4 d1=Q+ 52. Rxd1 Nf2+ 53. Kg5 Nxd1 54. h4 Rg2+ 55. Kf6
Ne3 56. h5 Nd5+ 57. Kf7 Nxf4 58. h6 Rh2 59. Kg7 Ne6+ 60. Kg6
Kd7 61. h7 Ke7 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Galant"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7
7. a4 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Nh2
Kh7 13. Kh1 Rg8 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. b4 f5 17. b5
Qg5 18. g4 axb5 19. axb5 Ne7 20. Ndf3 Qf6 21. gxf5 exf5
22. Qe2 Ng6 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. dxe4 Bb6 26. Ng4
Raf8 27. Ng1 Nf4 28. Kh2 Nd3 29. f3 h5 30. Rad1 Nf4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5
12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Ne4 Bd7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qh5 Na5
17. Bf1 Bc6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Ng3 Ba4 20. Rf1 Qxc3 21. Qe2 Qxa1
22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxf5 Bf8 24. Bd2 Qb2 25. Bxa5 Re8 26. Qc4
Bd7 27. Ne3 g6 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Bc7 b5 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. axb3
Rc8 32. Be5 Bg7 33. Nd5 Be6 34. Ne3 Bxe5 35. dxe5 Rfc7 36. Rb2
Rc1+ 37. Nf1 R8c3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 Nd7 11. Nge2 Bd6
12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Rde8 14. Be2 h5 15. Rde1 f5 16. Kd2
Nf6 17. f3 Re7 18. Bd3 Rhe8 19. g3 a6 20. Re2 Bh7 21. a3 Rg8
22. Rg1 b5 23. Ke1 Bg6 24. Kf2 Kb7 25. Bb1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "173"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3
Bg6 7. Nge2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Nb5 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Qc6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Ra3 Rc8
17. Re1 Rg8 18. Ng3 Kf8 19. Qh6+ Rg7 20. Rb3 Rc7 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. Rbe3 Rc6 23. h4 Kg8 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf4 f5
27. Nf1 Rge7 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Qb8 Rd7 31. Kg2 Re8
32. Qa7 Re4 33. Kf3 Ng4 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Qxb7+ Ke6 36. Qxa6+
Rd6 37. Qc8+ Rd7 38. a6 Rexd4 39. a7 Rd2 40. Kg2 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1
Rfd2 42. Qxd7+ Kxd7 43. a8=Q Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Rxc2
46. Qa4+ Ke7 47. Ke1 Rc7 48. Qf4 Rd7 49. b4 Nf6 50. b5 Ne4
51. Qe5+ Kf7 52. b6 Nd6 53. Kf2 Nb7 54. Kf3 Nd8 55. Qh8 Ke6
56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Qd4+ Kc6 58. Qa4+ Kd6 59. Kg5 Ne6+ 60. Kh6 Nc5
61. Qa8 Nb7 62. Qb8+ Ke6 63. Qe8+ Re7 64. Qg8+ Kf6 65. Qd5 Rf7
66. Qc6+ Ke5 67. Kg5 Nd6 68. Qc5+ Ke6 69. Kf4 Re7 70. Qc6 Rf7
71. Ke3 Rd7 72. Kd4 Ke7 73. Qc5 Kd8 74. Ke5 Nf7+ 75. Ke6 Ke8
76. Kf6 Nd8 77. Qb5 Nb7 78. Qe5+ Kf8 79. Qb8+ Nd8 80. b7 Rf7+
81. Kg5 Rxb7 82. Qxd8+ Kg7 83. Qd4+ Kg8 84. Qd5+ Rf7 85. Kh6
f4 86. gxf4 g5 87. Qxg5+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Ludwig"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7
12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Bc3 Rae8 16. Ne5 Re7
17. a3 Be8 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nf3 a6 20. Rb1 h6 21. a4 Qc7 22. b5
axb5 23. axb5 Na5 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. Rxb4 Ref7 26. Re1 Rf6
27. Qb1 Nb6 28. Rb2 Nac4 29. Rbe2 Qf7 30. h3 Bd7 31. Nh4 Be8
32. Nf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Qxf3 34. Bf5 Bd7 35. Bg4 Qc3 36. Rd1 Na3
37. Qg6 Rf6 38. Bxe6+ Bxe6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Rxe6 Qf3 41. Rxf6
Qxf6 42. Re1 Nbc4 43. Re6 Qg5 44. h4 Qg4 45. h5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nde2 Re8 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. g4 b5 12. g5
Nd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Ng3 b4 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. f4 Ng6
18. O-O-O Ba6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. h4 c6 21. h5 Nh8 22. Nf6+ gxf6
23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Bf3 a4 25. Nf5 axb3 26. Qg2+ Ng6 27. hxg6
b2+ 28. Kb1 fxg6 29. Rxh7 Nxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Bd4+ Re5
32. fxe5 c5 33. Bxb2 c4 34. Rg1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "48"]
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 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. f4 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 f5 18. Qb5 Qe7 19. Qxb7 h6 20. Nh3 a6 21. Be3 Reb8
22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qb7 Rcb8 24. Qc7 Rc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "114"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nbd2
cxd4 7. Bc4 Qd8 8. Nxd4 Nh6 9. N2f3 O-O 10. O-O Nf5 11. Re1
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb3 a6 14. Bg5 e6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Qe4
Nc6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Nf3 Na5 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Qf4 Nxb3 21. axb3
Bc6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Bc7 Rdc8 24. Bd6 Rd8 25. Bc7 Rdc8 26. Bd6
Bd5 27. Qg3 f6 28. Rad1 e5 29. Nf5 Qxf5 30. Rxd5 Rd8 31. Red1
Rd7 32. c4 Rad8 33. h3 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Qc3 Ke8 36. Qe3
Qe6 37. Qe4 Qf5 38. Qe3 Qe6 39. Qc5 h5 40. f3 h4 41. Qa5 Ke7
42. f4 e4 43. Kf2 Rxd5 44. cxd5 Qd6 45. Ke3 g5 46. Qa3 gxf4+
47. Kxe4 Rg8 48. Rf1 Rxg2 49. Rxf4 Qxa3 50. bxa3 Rg3 51. Rxh4
Rxb3 52. Rh7+ Kd6 53. Rh6 Rxa3 54. Rxf6+ Kc5 55. d6 Kc6
56. Rf7 Rxh3 57. Rc7+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6
12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rhe8 16. Kb1
Re7 17. f4 Kb8 18. Rhe1 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Bf2 Qc7 21. Bh4
Ree8 22. g3 Rg8 23. Ng4 Be7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxf6 gxf6
26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. b3
Qd2 31. h4 Qf2 32. Qa4 Kc7 33. Qxa7+ Kc6 34. Qa4+ Kc7 35. Qc4+
Kd6 36. Qb4+ Kd5 37. Qc4+ Kd6 38. Qb4+ Kd5 39. Qc3 e5 40. Qc4+
Kd6 41. Qxf7 Qg1+ 42. Kb2 Qd4+ 43. c3 Qf2+ 44. Ka3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Michael Langer"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "117"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Qa4+
Qd7 7. Qxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nf3 g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Rd1 O-O 13. b3 Nb5 14. Ncxb5 axb5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. e4 Nf8
17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rxa2 20. Nxb5 Bc6 21. f3 Bf6
22. Na7 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rxa7 25. Rb4 Rd8 26. Rc2
Ra1 27. Kf2 Rb1 28. Be2 Kg7 29. h4 f5 30. Bb5 Bxb5 31. Rxb5
Rd3 32. exf5 Rbxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. g4 Kf6
36. Kg3 Rb4 37. Rc3 b5 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Rb6 Kg7 40. Rb8 Kf7
41. Rb7 Kf6 42. g5+ Ke6 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. f4 Kg7 45. Rb7 Kf7
46. Kg4 Ke6 47. Rb8 Kf7 48. Rb6 Kg7 49. Re6 Kf7 50. Re5 Rb1
51. f5 Rb4+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Re4 Ra4 55. Ke5 Kg7
56. Kd5 Kf7 57. fxg6+ Kxg6 58. Re6+ Kf5 59. Re5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3
bxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 8. Qg3 h5 9. h4 Ne7 10. Bg5 Qe5 11. Qxe5 Bxe5
12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. Be3 Be6 15. a4 a5 16. Be2 f6
17. Rdg1 Kf7 18. g4 hxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Rh5 21. Rhg1
g6 22. f3 Rb8 23. Bf2 Rb7 24. R4g2 Rh8 25. Be1 Ke6 26. Rh2 c5
27. h5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Rh1 f5 30. Rxh5 fxe4 31. fxe4
Nc8 32. e5 Nb6 33. Bg3 dxe5 34. Rxe5+ Kd7 35. Rxc5 Nxa4
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bc1 f5 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bg5
Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. c5 Bc7 15. Rc1 Qe8 16. e3 Nhf6 17. Ne2 Ne4
18. Nf4 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. f3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 g5
23. Ne2 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qf7 27. Rfe1
Bd7 28. Qb4 Rab8 29. Qa5 Qxf4 30. Qxa7 Rf6 31. Rc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rc1 Rd8 13. a3 c5 14. b4 cxd4 15. exd4 Qf4 16. Nb5 Bd7
17. g3 Qb8 18. Ne5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qd6 20. Re1 Qb6 21. Bf1 Rxd4
22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Rc3 Rdd8 25. g4 Rf8 26. Rd3 Qb5
27. g5 Nd5 28. Qg4 Bd6 29. Be4 g6 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxe6 Qb6
32. Bf3 Bxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Nf4 35. Ree3 Nxd3
36. Rxd3 Rf5 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Galant"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "108"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd1 e5
12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Be3 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7+
Kxd7 17. O-O Bc5 18. Rfd1+ Kc6 19. Rac1 a5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5
21. Ne4 b6 22. Rd6+ Kc7 23. Rd5 Rhb8 24. Nxc5 Kc6 25. Re5 bxc5
26. Rcxc5+ Kd6 27. Rcd5+ Kc6 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Rxb2
30. Ra7 f5 31. Rxg7 Rxa2 32. Rxh7 Kd6 33. Kg2 Ke5 34. Kg3 Ra1
35. f4+ Kf6 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. Rb6 Rg1+ 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Rh6 Ra1
40. Rh5 Kf6 41. h4 Ra3+ 42. Kg2 Ra4 43. Kg3 Ra3+ 44. f3 Ra1
45. Rg5 Rh1 46. Rh5 Ra1 47. Kg2 Ra4 48. Kg3 Ra1 49. Rh6+ Kg7
50. Rb6 Rh1 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Rh6 Kg7 53. Rh5 Kf6 54. Rg5 Ra1
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6
12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. cxd4
Rac8 17. h3 Qc2 18. Bd3 Qa4 19. Bb5 Qc2 20. Re1 Qc3 21. Bd3 e5
22. d5 Nd7 23. Bb5 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Bf6 25. h4 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Nc5
27. Nc4 h6 28. Nxe5 hxg5 29. f3 Kg7 30. Ra3 Ra8 31. Bc6 Rfb8
32. Rc3 f6 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxc5 fxe5 35. Rc6 Re8 36. Kf2 g4
37. Rbc1 gxf3 38. gxf3 Rf7 39. Rc7 Ref8 40. Ke3 Kh6 41. Rxf7
Rxf7 42. Rc6 b5 43. Re6 a5 44. Rxe5 b4 45. Re6 Rb7 46. Ra6 b3
47. axb3 Rxb3+ 48. Kf4 Ra3 49. d6 Kg7 50. Ke5 Rxf3 51. d7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6
12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. a3
Bc5 17. Nf1 Bd4 18. Ne3 g6 19. Kf1 Rhe8 20. Rb1 b5 21. Rd1
Bxe3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxe3 Nc4 24. Ke2 Re8 25. Kd3 Rd8+
26. Ke2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "32"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Nb4
12. a5 Nc6 13. Qf4 Nxa5 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Qh4 g6 16. Rad1 Nh5
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Michael Langer"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4
12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. h3 f5 15. Ng5 Bd4+ 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 d5 22. Re5 Qf6 23. Qg4 Rad8 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Rc1 c4
26. Rd1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qg3 Nc6 29. Rexd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5
Qxb2 31. Qg5 Rxe6 32. f5 Rf6 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Qh6 Rf7 35. Rd6
Rxf5 36. Rxc6 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 Qxf1 38. Rb6 Qf4+ 39. Qxf4 Rxf4
40. Rxb5 Kg7 41. Rc5 Kf6 42. g4 Ke6 43. Kg3 Kd6 44. Rc8 g5
45. h4 h6 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rg8 Rd4 48. Rg6+ Kd5 49. Rxg5+ Ke4
50. Rc5 Kd3 51. g5 c3 52. Rc6 c2 53. g6 Kd2 54. g7 Rd8 55. Kf4
Rg8 56. Rd6+ Kc3 57. Rc6+ Kb2 58. Rb6+ Kc3 59. Rc6+ Kd2
60. Rd6+ Kc1 61. Rg6 Kd1 62. Rd6+ Ke2 63. Rc6 Kd3 64. Rd6+ Kc4
65. Rc6+ Kb3 66. Rb6+ Ka3 67. Rc6 Kb2 68. Rb6+ Kc1 69. Rg6 Kd1
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. a4 b4
13. Nb1 g6 14. h4 e5 15. N1d2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc6 17. Nc4 Nce5
18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Nd2 h5 22. Bc4 Bg4
23. Qd3 O-O 24. Bd5 Rad8 25. Nc4 Rxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. d6 Bxd6
28. Qxd6 Qxc4 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. c3 e3 31. Qd4 Qc6 32. Rf1 Bh3
33. O-O-O e2 34. Rf6 exd1=Q+ 35. Qxd1 Be6 36. Qd3 Qh1+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5
7. a3 Ba5 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 11. Be2 e5
12. Nf3 f5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Ra2 O-O 16. h3 e4
17. hxg4 exf3 18. Bf4 fxg2 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. gxf5 b6 21. Be4 Bb7
22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxg2 Rd7 24. Rae2 h5 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+
Kh7 27. Ke1 bxc5 28. Bxc5 Na5 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. Re7 Rxe7+
31. Bxe7 Nxc4 32. Ke2 Kg8 33. Kd3 Kf7 34. Bc5 Ne5+ 35. Ke4 h4
36. Bd4 Nc4 37. Bxa7 Nxa3 38. Bb8 h3 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Kg3 Kxf5
41. Bd6 Nc4 42. Bc5 g5 43. Kxh3 g4+ 44. Kg3 Nd2 45. Kg2 Ke4
46. Bd4 Nc4 47. Kg3 Kf5 48. Be3 Nd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Daniel Ludwig"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O
12. Ne4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. a3 c5 16. axb4 cxd4
17. bxa5 Be6 18. Qb5 Bc7 19. O-O d3 20. Bd1 Bd5 21. Ng3 Nc4
22. Bc3 Re8 23. Bb3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Rc8 25. Rad1 Rxe3 26. fxe3
Qxg5 27. Rf3 Qh5 28. Qd7 Rf8 29. g4 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "David Pruess"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "102"]
1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Be3 Nc8 16. f3 g5
17. Ne4 Nd6 18. Bf2 Bg6 19. c4 Nf5 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. Rac1 e6
22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Ng3 a6 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. c5
Rfd8 27. Red1 Qe6 28. b4 Qc6 29. a3 Qa4 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3
Bf6 32. h3 Rd8 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. Bg3 Rd5 35. Kh2 Qb5 36. Qe4 Rd4
37. Qf5 Qd3 38. Qxd3 Rxd3 39. a4 Rb3 40. c6 bxc6 41. Rxc6 h5
42. Be1 e4 43. fxe4 Rb1 44. Bc3 Bxc3 45. Rxc3 Rxb4 46. Rc5
Rxa4 47. Rxg5+ Kh6 48. Re5 Ra3 49. h4 f6 50. Re6 Kg7 51. e5
fxe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6
7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Qe2
Qc7 13. Ba2 Na5 14. Rad1 Nc4 15. Bc1 Rfd8 16. g4 Qc5 17. g5
Ne8 18. f5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qf3 Nf6 22. gxf6
Bxf6 23. Qd3 Kh8 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qe3 Rf8 26. Nf3 Qc6 27. Ne2
Rce8 28. Ng3 e5 29. Bd2 Bh3 30. Bb4 Bxf1 31. Nxf1 Be7 32. Ng3
Qa4 33. Qc3 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxb4 35. Qf7 Qa4 36. Nf5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Rb1 b6
12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nf4 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. c4 g6
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Qb3 Ne7 21. a4 Rc7
22. Rbd1 Nf5 23. g3 Re8 24. Bf1 h5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Bh3 Qf6
27. Qc2 h4 28. Qe4 hxg3 29. hxg3 Ne7 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Rc4 a5
32. Bg2 Kg7 33. Rec1 Nb4 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. Bxf3 Rd6 36. Kf1 f5
37. Ke2 Na2 38. Ra1 Nb4 39. Rac1 Na2 40. Rg1 Nb4 41. g4 f4
42. g5 Re7 43. Rg4 b5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. Rc8 fxe3 46. Rh4 exf2+
47. Kxf2 Nd3+ 48. Kg3 Re1 49. Kh2 Rc1 50. Rch8 Kf7 51. d5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "David E Vigorito"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Rc7 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rc3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 d4 21. exd4
Nh5 22. Nd3 Rd7 23. Rc8 Rxd4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rc8+ Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxb7 Qxd3 28. Qb8+ Ke7 29. Qe5+ Kf8
30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qe5+ Kf8 32. Qxh5 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa2 34. Qc5+
Ke8 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6
12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Bd3 Nxg5
17. Nxg5 Ke7 18. Qd1 h6 19. Ne4 c5 20. dxc5 Be5 21. O-O Bxh2+
22. Kh1 Be5 23. Qa4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxc5 25. f4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1
Bc7 27. Rb7 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Bxb8 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. cxb4 Bxf4
31. g4 g6 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf3 Bd6 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4
Bf8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. f5 Ne5 17. f6 Bb7
18. Nd1 g6 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. b3 Nc6 21. Bb2 a5 22. Rad1 Nb4
23. a3 Na6 24. Qf2 Nc5 25. Qh4 h5 26. gxh6 Kh7 27. Rfe1 Bc6
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Na4 30. Bd4 Qb7 31. Ng4 Qc7 32. Ba1 d5
33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qb7 36. Ree5 Nb6 37. Kg1
Nxd5 38. Nf2 Rc8 39. Re2 Rc4 40. Bd4 Nc3 41. Re3 Nd5 42. Re4
Rxc2 43. Nh3 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Rc2+ 45. Kg1 Rc1+ 46. Kf2 Nc3
47. Ng5+ Kh8 48. Bxc3 Rxc3 49. Qf4 Qa7+ 50. Kf1 Rc2 51. h4 Qd7
52. Rd4 Qa7 53. Re4 Bxb4 54. Nxf7+ Qxf7 55. Rxb4 Rc5 56. Kg1
Rf5 57. Qb8+ Kh7 58. Rxb5 Qxf6 59. Qc7+ Kxh6 60. Qc1+ Rf4
61. Rb2 e5 62. Rc2 Qf5 63. Rg2 Qd3 64. Qe1 Qd4+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Ludwig"]
[Black "David Pruess"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5
Ng8 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nb3 Nf5 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Rac1
O-O 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. Rxc6 Bd8 20. Rfc1 Bb6
21. Kf1 h5 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. Bc5 Ne7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc8+
Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. Rb8 Rc7 28. a4 Rc2 29. a5 Rxf2+ 30. Ke1
Be3 31. Nc1 Rxg2 32. Nd3 Rxh2 33. b4 h4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Langer"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. O-O d6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Na3 Bf6 11. c3 Bg7 12. f4
b5 13. Nc2 Nf6 14. Be3 O-O 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb7 17. Nbd4
Nb8 18. Bf2 Nbd7 19. b4 Qc7 20. Ra3 Rfe8 21. Bh4 e5 22. fxe5
Rxe5 23. Nf3 Ree8 24. Nd2 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Qxa5
27. Bb5 Rf8 28. Rf3 Qc7 29. Nd4 Ng4 30. Nc4 Nc5 31. Rf1 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Sergey Galant"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4 Qa5+
7. Qxa5 Nxa5 8. O-O Bd7 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Nxc4 Rc8 13. Rac1 b6 14. Bf4 f6 15. Bb7 Rc5 16. b4 Rf5
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nh6 19. Be4 Rh5 20. Bf3 Rf5 21. g4 Nxg4
22. Rc7 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rfc1 Ke7 25. Rxa7 Rd8 26. Kf1
Rf5 27. Be4 Rh5 28. a4 Rxh2 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 f5 31. Bg2
Kd6 32. a6 g5 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Rh3 35. Ra1 Kc7 36. a7 Bc8
37. Bg2 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Kaufman"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qxb3
12. axb3 Be4 13. Bf4 c5 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Bd5 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. b4 Na6 18. b5 Nc5 19. Ne5 Ne8 20. e4 Bb3 21. Nxe8
Rfxe8 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Nc6 bxc6 25. Rxc5 a4
26. bxc6 Rd8 27. Ra1 Rd2 28. e5 Rc8 29. c7 Rd7 30. Rac1 Bd5
31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. f4 f6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 fxe5
36. fxe5 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kd7 38. Kxd5 Ra8 39. c8=Q+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5
12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Nb5 Nce4 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nfd4 Nxf2
17. Kxf2 e5 18. Bc1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Qf5 Re8 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qf3 Re4 23. e3 Ng4+ 24. Kg1 Nxh2 25. Kxh2 Bxd4
26. Kg2 Bf6 27. a4 Rae8 28. Ra2 Qc6 29. b3 h5 30. Rd5 R8e5
31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Rf2 Qg6 33. Qf5 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qg6 35. Qxd7
Rg4 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. Bd2 f6 38. b4 Qg4+ 39. Qxg4 Rxg4 40. Kd3
h4 41. e4 h3 42. Be3 Rg1 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Ne4 Nd5
12. Ng3 Nb4 13. Nf5 Bg5 14. Re1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qf6 16. Ng3 Qxf3
17. gxf3 c5 18. Rxe5 Nc6 19. Rxc5 Nd4 20. Nc3 Nxf3+ 21. Kh1
Ne1 22. Nce4 f5 23. Nd6 Be7 24. Rxc8 Raxc8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8
26. b4 Nxd3 27. Ba3 g6 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Nf1 Rxa2 30. Rb3 Nxf2+
31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Bb2 Kf7 33. d3 Ng5 34. Nd2 Bf6 35. Nc4 Nf3+
36. Kg2 Bxb2 37. Kxf3 Bd4 38. Kg3 g5 39. Ra3 Rxa3 40. Nxa3 Ke6
41. Nc2 Ke5 42. h3 Bb6 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7
12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O
17. h5 Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Ba3 Bc6
22. Qc3 Rg4 23. h6 Rh8 24. h7 Rg7 25. Rb3 Qa7 26. Bc1 Bxa4
27. Qb4 b5 28. Rh5 a5 29. Qc3 Rgxh7 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Qd3 Qc5
32. Nc3 Rh5 33. Nxa4 bxa4 34. Rc3 Kb8 35. Ba3 Qb5 36. Kf2 Rh1
37. Bd6+ Kb7 38. Be2 Qb6+ 39. Kg3 R1h3+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qd6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 c6 11. e3 Bf5
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. b4 Bg4 15. a4 a6 16. h3 Bh5
17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. b5 c5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Qa3 Qf6 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Rxd5 Nc3 24. Rxh5 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 Rc3
26. Qb4 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Ng3+ 28. Kf2 Nxh5 29. Rc1 Re8 30. Qc4
Qg6 31. Qd4 Nf6 32. Kg1 Qe4 33. Re1 Qc2 34. Kh2 Ne4 35. Qd7
Nf6 36. Qd4 Re4 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. a5 Ra4 39. Rd1 Ra3 40. Rd2
Qc3 41. Qb8 Rb3 42. Qe5 Qxe5+ 43. Nxe5 Rxe3 44. Nxf7 Ra3
45. Rd6 Rxa5 46. Rc6 Ra2 47. Nd6 a5 48. Ra6 a4 49. Ra7 Kg6
50. Ra6 h5 51. Ne4 h4 52. Nc3 Rc2 53. Nxa4 Kf5 54. Ra5+
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "76"]
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 Nd7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Nb6
18. Bd3 axb4 19. Bxb5 Bd7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Bxd7 Nbxd7 22. Bb2
Na4 23. Nc4 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Nc5 25. Re3 bxa3 26. Raxa3 Rxa3
27. Qxa3 Qc7 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 Ra8 30. Nc6 Bf8 31. Ne1 Ra4
32. f3 g6 33. Rc3 Bh6 34. Nc2 Bd2 35. Ra3 Rc4 36. Ra2 Nd3
37. Kf1 Bg5 38. g3 Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "62"]
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. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 Bb4
12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 h3 15. gxh3 Bb7 16. axb5
a6 17. Rg1 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Nb4 Qf4 20. Rg3 Ke7 21. Nc2
Be4 22. Ne3 Rb8 23. Rg4 Qxh2 24. Nf1 Qh1 25. Rg3 b4 26. f3 Bf5
27. cxb4 Bxh3 28. Kf2 Bxf1 29. Bxf1 Qh2+ 30. Rg2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1
Qf4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Larry Kaufman"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "164"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 N5b6
12. Qc2 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 c5 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bc6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. O-O Be7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. a3 bxa3 20. bxa3 O-O 21. Rab1
Qa7 22. Qe4 Rfb8 23. Rbd1 Qb7 24. Qf4 Bxa3 25. Ng5 Nf8 26. h4
Bb2 27. h5 h6 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Qg3 Kh8 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Nf6
Nh7 32. Rd7 Bxe5 33. Rxe7 Bxg3 34. fxg3 Ng5 35. Ng4 Kg7
36. Ne5 Rf8 37. Rb7 Rab8 38. Ra7 Rb5 39. Ng6 Rfb8 40. Nf4 R8b6
41. Ra1 Rb1+ 42. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kd4
Kf6 46. Ne2 Kf5 47. Ra8 Kg4 48. Rh8 e5+ 49. Kc4 Re3 50. Nc3
Kxh5 51. g4+ Kg6 52. Ra8 Rg3 53. Rxa6+ f6 54. Nd5 Rxg4+
55. Kb3 Ne4 56. Ra8 Rg3+ 57. Kc4 Kf5 58. Rh8 Nd2+ 59. Kc5 Ne4+
60. Kc4 Ke6 61. Re8+ Kd7 62. Rf8 Rxg2 63. Nxf6+ Ke7 64. Nh7
Rg7 65. Ra8 Ke6 66. Nf8+ Kf5 67. Ra6 Rc7+ 68. Kb4 Rb7+ 69. Kc4
Rc7+ 70. Kb4 Rf7 71. Ra1 Ng3 72. Ra2 Nh5 73. Ra8 Nf6 74. Kc4
h5 75. Kd3 h4 76. Ke2 h3 77. Kf3 Rg7 78. Ra1 Rg8 79. Rh1 Rxf8
80. Rxh3 Ra8 81. Ke2 Ra2+ 82. Ke1 Ke4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Galant"]
[Black "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 Nxe4
7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6
12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bc2 Nd5 16. O-O Bd7
17. Rad1 Bb5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc4 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rfd1
Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Qxf4 24. Rd7 e5 25. Rxb7 Rd8
26. Rb4 Qc1+ 27. Kf2 a5 28. Rb7 Qf4 29. Qe3 Qf5 30. Rb5 Bf6
31. Rxa5 g5 32. h3 h5 33. Kg1 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 g4 35. Nxe5 Bg5
36. Nc4 Bf4+ 37. g3 Qc2+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "29"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6
7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bc2 h6 11. O-O d5 12. h3
Be6 13. Be3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "153"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6
7. a4 b4 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Ba6 10. Qb3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 g6
12. a5 Bg7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Nh3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxb2
17. Rd1 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 Nf6 19. Bc7 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxd8
Rxd8 22. Kg2 b3 23. Nf4 Bxa5 24. f3 Nc3 25. Ra1 Bb4 26. Nd3 a5
27. e4 f5 28. Rhe1 c4 29. Nb2 Nxd5 30. Nxc4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Nc3
32. Re3 a4 33. Rxc3 Rc8 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Kf2 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 a3
37. Rc3 a2 38. Rxb3 a1=Q 39. Rb4 Qh1 40. Rh4 Kg7 41. Rh5 Kg6
42. Rh3 Qd1 43. Rh4 Qd2+ 44. Kf1 h6 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+
47. Kg1 Qxf3 48. Rf4 Qd5 49. Rh4 Kg5 50. Rf4 Qc6 51. Rh4 Qf3
52. Rf4 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Rh4 Ke5 55. Kf1 Qd2 56. Kg1 Qe2
57. Rf4 Qe3+ 58. Kg2 Qxf4 59. gxf4+ Kxf4 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. Ke2
f4 62. Kf2 f3 63. Ke1 Kf5 64. Kf1 Kf4 65. Ke1 Ke3 66. Kf1 Ke4
67. Ke1 h5 68. Kf2 Kf4 69. Kf1 Ke4 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. Kf1 Ke3
72. Ke1 h4 73. Kf1 Ke4 74. Kf2 Kf4 75. Ke1 Ke3 76. Kf1 f2
77. h3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Michael Langer"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bg5 Bf6
12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. g4 Nhf6 15. Rfe1 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Re8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. fxe5 Bxb5
22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Nxb5 Qxb2 24. Nc7 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 Rc8 27. Qh4 Qf4 28. Ne8 g5 29. Qh6 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+
31. Kf1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a5 15. a4 Rxc3 16. bxc3
Qc7 17. Kb1 b5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. Qd2 Bxb5 21. Ka1
Bc4 22. Rb1 Bxa2 23. Kxa2 Rc8 24. Rb4 Nc4 25. Qe2 Qc5 26. Rhb1
e5 27. Nb5 d5 28. Rxa4 Rb8 29. exd5 Nb6 30. Ra6 Nfxd5 31. Rb3
Nc4 32. Ra4 Ncb6 33. Ra6 Nc4 34. Ra4 Ncb6 35. Ra6 Nc4 36. Ra4
Ncb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Daniel Ludwig"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7
7. Bd3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. Qe1 b5 12. Bd2
b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Nf2 Bb7 15. a3 b3 16. Bc3 d5 17. e5 Nfe4
18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Qe3 a4 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qa5 22. Qe3 f5
23. Rad1 e6 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Ne1 Qb5 26. Rg1 g5 27. g3 g4
28. Kg2 Rfd8 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. Ng2 Rcd8 31. Rd2 Ba6 32. Rgd1 Bf8
33. Qe1 Qc6 34. Ne3 Bd3 35. Qh1 Rc7 36. h3 h5 37. Qg2 Rdd7
38. Rh1 Qb7 39. Rdd1 Rh7 40. Rd2 Qb5 41. h4 Rhd7 42. Rhd1 Rc8
43. Kg1 Be7 44. Qf2 Rb8 45. Kh2 Rbd8 46. Kg1 Rxd4 47. cxd4
Rxd4 48. Kg2 Bc5 49. Rc1 Kf7 50. Qe1 Rd8 51. Nc4 Qc6 52. Kh2
Rd4 53. Nd6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. e3 d4
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qb5 Qd8 14. Qxc5 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Bg4 16. Rd1
Qb6 17. Qb4 Qxb4+ 18. axb4 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Rxd5 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rc2 23. Rd2 Rc1+ 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. O-O
Rfc8 26. b3 R8c3 27. Rb1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rc6 29. Rfe1 Rb6
30. Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxb4 32. Rc3 f5 33. f4 a5 34. f3 b5
35. Kf2 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Rc5 g6 38. Ra5 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rb3
40. Rxa4 Rxe3 41. h4 Kh6 42. Ra8 Re1 43. h5 gxh5 44. Ra6+ Kg7
45. Kh4 Rg1 46. Kxh5 Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Ra7+
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Pruess"]
[Black "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "84"]
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 Bd7 11. g4 Ne7
12. Bf4 Kc8 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Ne2 h5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Bd2 Bxg5
17. Bxg5 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. c4 Nb4 21. b3 Nxa2
22. Be7 Re8 23. Ba3 a5 24. Ra1 a4 25. Rxa2 axb3 26. Raa1 Bxc4
27. Rf2 Rxe5 28. Nc3 Rea5 29. Rh2 b6 30. Rh8+ Kb7 31. Rxa8
Rxa8 32. Kf2 c5 33. Bb2 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 f6 35. Ne4 Bd3 36. Ng3
Bg6 37. Ke3 b5 38. f4 b4 39. f5 Bf7 40. Ne2 c4 41. Bd4 c5
42. Bb2 Bh5 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Langer"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d6 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5
Nxe5 13. Bxc5 Qc7 14. d4 Rd8 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qe2 Bd6
17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. Qf2 Bxb5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Qxe6+
Kh8 22. Rf7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Ludwig"]
[Black "Sergey Galant"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "83"]
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. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Bb5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Qa3 f6 16. Bg3
cxd4 17. O-O dxc3 18. bxc3 Kf7 19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Qa5 Rhe8
21. Rb6 Qc8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rb4 e5 24. f4 Bg4 25. Qh4 e4
26. Re1 e3 27. h3 Bf5 28. Qh5 b5 29. Qf3 Qxc3 30. Rb3 Qc5
31. Rbxe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Re8 33. Bf2 Rxe3 34. Bxe3 Qc4 35. Qa8+
Bc8 36. a3 h6 37. Qa7 Qe4 38. Qd4 Bb7 39. Qxe4 Bxe4 40. Bc5
Kf7 41. Kf2 g6 42. g3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "21"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3
c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rfe1 f6 11. Bh4
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. dxc5 Qa5+
7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Bc3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Rb1 a6 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. e4 Be6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Qb6 Qxb6
17. Rxb6 Na5 18. Nd4 Nxc4 19. Nxe6 Nxb6 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Rb1
Nfd7 22. e5 d5 23. a4 a5 24. Rb5 Nxa4 25. Rxb7 Nxe5 26. f4 Nd3
27. Bxd5 Nxc3 28. Bf3 Rd8 29. Rb3 Rc8 30. Ra3 a4 31. Bb7 Rc7
32. Ba6 Nb2 33. Bf1 e6 34. h4 Ke7 35. Kh2 Nd5 36. Kh3 Rc3
37. Ra2 Nxf4+ 38. Kg4 Nh5 39. Kg5 Rxg3+ 40. Kh6 a3 41. Kxh7
Nf6+ 42. Kg7 g5 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Pruess"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Ne2 c5 10. b4 cxb4 11. O-O Qa6
12. Qf3 Nf5 13. a3 bxa3 14. c4 Nc6 15. cxd5 Ncxd4 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. Qe4 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nc3 19. Qf3 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Rc8
21. Rfb1 Rc4 22. Rb3 Qc6 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rdb1 a2 25. Ra1 Ra4
26. Qd3 Bb4 27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Rb2 Nc3 29. Rd2 Nd5 30. Rdxa2 Rxa2
31. Rxa2 Qc4 32. Ra1 Qd4 33. Rc1 Qxe5 34. Rc8+ Kd7 35. Rxf8
Bxf8 36. Qxf7+ Be7 37. Nc5+ Kc6 38. Nxe6 Bxg5 39. hxg5 Kd6
40. Nxg7 Qxg5 41. Qxb7 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2
Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Borisovich Gurevich"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 a5 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5
12. dxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bxe6 14. Bb5 h5 15. h3 a4 16. Ke2 Bd6
17. Rd1 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Ne4 19. Bd2 Bb3 20. Rdc1 Nxg3+ 21. Kf3
Nf5 22. Rc5 Nd6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Bc3 Rf7 25. Kf4 Rd8 26. Be5 b6
27. Rc6 Ne4 28. Bxe4 fxe4+ 29. Kg3 Rd5 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Re8
Bc4 32. Bd4 Rg5+ 33. Kh2 Bf1 34. Re5 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Rg3
36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. Rh4 Kg5 38. Rf4 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Bc4 40. Rc1
Bb3 41. Rxf7 Bxf7 42. Rc7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 f5 12. exf5
Nxf5 13. Nd2 Nd4 14. Nde4 Bf5 15. h4 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 g4 17. h5
h6 18. c5 Na6 19. c6 Qc8 20. O-O b6 21. f3 Rf7 22. Qc4 Nc5
23. b4 Qa6 24. Qxa6 Nxa6 25. a3 Raf8 26. Rae1 gxf3 27. Rxf3
Bg4 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Nb5 Bxh5 30. Nxa7 Rf8 31. Nb5 Bg6
32. Nbc3 h5 33. Rf1 Bh6 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Kf2 Bc1 36. b5 Nc5
37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. b6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "118"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. g3
Bd6 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Kb1 Rd7 21. Nf3
Rhd8 22. Rc1 Qc5 23. Rh4 Nxh5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxh5 f6
26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Qb4 28. Rxe6 Rd2 29. Qe5 Rd1 30. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Qc3 Qa4+ 33. Qb3 Qxb3+ 34. axb3 Rf8
35. f4 h5 36. Re4 g5 37. Kd3 gxf4 38. gxf4 h4 39. Ke3 h3
40. Kf3 Rh8 41. Re1 Kd7 42. Kg3 h2 43. Rh1 Rg8+ 44. Kxh2 Ke6
45. Rd1 Kf5 46. Rd7 Kxf4 47. Rxb7 Rd8 48. b4 Rd2+ 49. Kh3 Rxb2
50. c5 Ke5 51. Rb6 Kd5 52. Kg3 a5 53. Rd6+ Kc4 54. c6 Kb5
55. bxa5 Rc2 56. a6 Kxa6 57. Kf4 Kb6 58. Ke5 Rxc6 59. Rxc6+
Kxc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David E Vigorito"]
[Black "Alexey Vladislavovich Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "27"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8
12. h3 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Bh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6
7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 Nb6 13. Ne2 Nc4 14. Qc3 b5 15. b3 N4a5 16. Bxb5 Bd7
17. exf6 gxf6 18. O-O Rb8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nc1 Be8 21. f5
exf5 22. Nh4 Kh8 23. b4 Nc4 24. Nd3 Rg8 25. Nc5 Rg4 26. Nxf5
Bg6 27. h3 Rg5 28. Ne6 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg8 30. Nfg7 Bf7 31. Qg3
Nd2 32. Rfe1 Rc8 33. Ra2 Ne4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. d5 Rc1 36. Nf5
Bxe6 37. dxe6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Gennadyevich Kudrin"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O
7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6
12. Qe3 Ba6 13. Re1 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 e5 16. Nxc5 bxc5
17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe8 19. Be3 Qf7 20. Qh4 h6 21. Rad1 Rab8
22. b3 Rb6 23. f3 Rf6 24. c4 d4 25. Qe4 g5 26. Bd2 Re6
27. Bxa5 Bc8 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Qg6+ Qxg6 30. Bxg6 Kg7 31. Bb1
Bb7 32. Re2 Rfe8 33. Rde1 e4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. a4 Kf7 36. Bxe4
Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. a5 Bb7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. g4
Ke5 42. Kg3 Ke4 43. h4 Kd3 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Bxg5 Kc3 46. Kf4
Kxb3 47. Ke5 Kxc4 48. Bd2 Kb5 49. g5 Bf3 50. g6 Bh5 51. g7 Bf7
52. Be1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa, OK USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "33"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2
Be7 12. dxc5 Qc6 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Bxe5
16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 1/2-1/2
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