53rd US Championship; 2009
May 8-17, 2009
Saint Louis, Missouri
No. Name T St Rk Rtng RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD7 RD8 RD9 Score TB1 TB2 Prize Result
1. Nakamura, Hikaru GM NY 2 2757 W14 D10 W2 D6 D4 D3 W5 W16 W7 7 -2 39.5 48.0 $40,000.00 +5-0=4
2. Hess, Robert IM NY 17 2545 W9 W19 L1 D3 W22 D4 W7 W6 D5 6½-2½ 40.5 47.5 $12,500.00 +5-1=3
3. Onischuk, Alexander GM VA 3 2736 D7 W17 D10 D2 W21 D1 W6 D4 W11 6½-2½ 38.5 45.5 $12,500.00 +4-0=5
4. Kamsky, Gata GM NY 1 2798 W8 W5 D6 D7 D1 D2 W13 D3 D10 6 -3 41.0 50.0 $ 7,500.00 +3-0=6
5. Akobian, Varuzhan GM CA 7 2664 W25 L4 W11 W19 W10 D6 L1 W13 D2 6 -3 38.0 46.0 $ 7,500.00 +5-2=2
6. Shulman, Yury GM IL 4 2697 W18 W22 D4 D1 W7 D5 L3 L2 D12 5 -4 41.0 48.0 $ 4,650.00 +3-2=4
7. Friedel, Joshua GM NH 15 2568 D3 W12 W13 D4 L6 W16 L2 W10 L1 5 -4 40.0 48.0 $ 4,650.00 +4-3=2
8. Ibragimov, Ildar GM CT 13 2628 L4 D25 D9 L11 D15 W17 W22 D12 W16 5 -4 32.0 39.0 $ 4,650.00 +3-2=4
9. Christiansen, Larry GM MA 5 2681 L2 D21 D8 D14 D20 L11 W23 W17 W18 5 -4 32.0 38.5 $ 4,650.00 +3-2=4
10. Ehlvest, Jaan GM NY 10 2649 W16 D1 D3 D12 L5 D18 W20 L7 D4 4½-4½ 25.0 46.0 $ 2,833.33 +2-2=5
11. Robson, Ray IM FL 18 2542 L19 W15 L5 W8 D12 W9 L16 W18 L3 4½-4½ 22.5 43.0 $ 2,833.33 +4-4=1
12. Kaidanov, Gregory GM KY 8 2662 D20 L7 -X- D10 D11 W21 L18 D8 D6 4½-4½ 21.5 34.5 $ 2,833.33 +1-2=5 *
13. Benjamin, Joel GM NJ 9 2650 D21 W20 L7 D16 W17 W22 L4 L5 D14 4½-4½ 21.0 39.0 $ 2,833.33 +3-3=3
14. Shabalov, Alexander GM PA 14 2620 L1 L16 W24 D9 L18 W23 D15 W20 D13 4½-4½ 20.5 37.0 $ 2,833.33 +3-3=3
15. Gulko, Boris GM NJ 12 2631 L17 L11 L20 W23 D8 W24 D14 D19 W21 4½-4½ 19.5 33.0 $ 2,833.33 +3-3=3
16. Brooks, Michael IM MO 22 2419 L10 W14 D18 D13 W19 L7 W11 L1 L8 4 -5 31.0 43.0 $ 2,375.00 +3-4=2
17. Hughes, Tyler CO 24 2293 W15 L3 L19 W24 L13 L8 W21 L9 W23 4 -5 25.5 37.0 $ 2,375.00 +4-5=0
18. Sevillano, Enrico IM CA 16 2549 L6 W24 D16 L21 W14 D10 W12 L11 L9 4 -5 25.5 35.5 $ 2,375.00 +3-4=2
19. Becerra, Julio GM FL 6 2672 W11 L2 W17 L5 L16 L20 W24 D15 D22 4 -5 24.5 37.0 $ 2,375.00 +3-4=2
20. Krush, Irina IM NY 20 2496 D12 L13 W15 L22 D9 W19 L10 L14 D24 3½-5½ 25.5 35.0 $ 2,000.00 +2-4=3
21. Shankland, Samuel IM CA 21 2464 D13 D9 D22 W18 L3 L12 L17 D24 L15 3 -6 24.5 36.0 $ 2,000.00 +1-4=4
22. Khachiyan, Melikset GM CA 11 2632 W24 L6 D21 W20 L2 L13 L8 L23 D19 3 -6 24.5 36.0 $ 2,000.00
23. Eckert, Doug D FM IL 25 2278 -U- -U- -U- L15 W24 L14 L9 W22 L17 2 -7 12.5 22.0 $ 2,000.00 +2-4-0 *
24. Lawton, Charles MO 23 2350 L22 L18 L14 L17 L23 L15 L19 D21 D20 1-8 25.0 34.0 $ 2,000.00 +0-7=2
25. Zatonskih, Anna IM NY 19 2503 L5 D8 -F- -U- -U- -U- -U- -U- -U- ½-1½ 0.0 11.0 $ 2,000.00 +0-1=1 *
-X- = Full Point Bye
-U- = Unplayed Game
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[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. h4 h6 9. d4 Na5 10. e4 b6 11. e5 Be6 12. Nh3
Bd5 13. Bf3 c6 14. Nf4 e6 15. O-O Bxa2 16. Ra1 Bd5 17. Be2 Bb3
18. Qe1 O-O 19. Rxa5 bxa5 20. Ba3 c5 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Bd6 Re8
23. h5 g5 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. Bb1 Rc6 26. Ba3 Rb6 27. Bc2 Qa8
28. Be4 Qc8 29. Nd3 Rb3 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Nc5 Rb5
33. Qe3 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 a4 35. c4 Rxc5 36. dxc5 Qa6 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 e5
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Be3 Na6
12. Qf3 g6 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. O-O-O b6 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Rd2 Nf4
17. h4 Bh6 18. h5 Nxh5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Rxh5 22. Qxh5 Qe6 23. Qf3 Rh8 24. b3 Rh3 25. Qe2 Kb7 26. Kb2
Qh6 27. Rd3 Qg6 28. Qd1 Rh6 29. Rd2 Qf6 30. a4 Rg6 31. Qe1 Qg7
32. Qf1 Rg1 33. Qc4 Qf6 34. Qxc7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 h6 7.Bh4 c5
8.d5 Bf5 9.f3 g5 10.Bf2 e6 11.h4 exd5 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.cxd5 Qa5
14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nbd7 16.Nge2 Rfe8 17.Kf1 Ne5 18.Qf5 Nc4
19.Qxg5 Re5 20.Qf4 Nxb2 21.Rb1 Nd3 22.Qc4 Nxf2 23.Kxf2 Rae8
24.e4 R5e7 25.Rh4 a6 26.a4 Nd7 27.Rxb7 Ne5 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Qb3
Qd8 30.Nd1 c4 31.Qe3 Rb7 32.Rh5 Nd3+ 33.Kg3 Rb1 34.Nf2 Be5+
35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Nd4 Qf6 37.Nf5 Rb3 38.Qf4 Qg6+ 39.Ng4 Qxg4+
40.Qxg4+ Nxg4 41.Kxg4 c3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 g6 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg7 12. Nc3
b4 13. Ne2 O-O 14. d5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Na5 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Bd3 e6
18. Rc1 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Qc2 Qh4 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Bb6 b3
23. Qd2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxd3 25. Re4 Ne5 26. Rxh4 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2
Nxd2 28. Bxa5 Bxb2 29. Bxd2 Ba3 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Rh3 b2 32. Rb3
Rc1 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Bc3+ Kh6 35. Bxb2 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 f5
37. Nxd6 Rd1 38. Rb6 Rxd5 39. Rxa6 Kh5 40. Ne8 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Lawton"]
[Black "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "136"]
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 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bh6 Rc8
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 Qa5 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Nb5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nc6
17. Bc4 a6 18. Nc3 Kf7 19. a3 Ne5 20. Bb3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4
22. Ne2 b5 23. b3 Rc5 24. Nf4 e5 25. Nd3 Rcc8 26. Kb2 Nd7
27. Nb4 a5 28. Nd5 Rc5 29. Rd3 Rfc8 30. Rc3 e6 31. Rxc5 Rxc5
32. Ne3 Nb6 33. h5 g5 34. Ng4 Nd7 35. Ne3 Nf6 36. Rd1 Ke7
37. g4 Nd7 38. Rd3 Rc8 39. c4 Nc5 40. Rd1 Rb8 41. Ka2 bxc4
42. Nxc4 Rxb3 43. Nxa5 Rxf3 44. Nc6+ Kf6 45. Rxd6 Rf2+ 46. Kb1
Nxe4 47. Rd7 Nc3+ 48. Kc1 e4 49. Rxh7 e3 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Rxe6
Rf1+ 52. Kc2 e2 53. Kxc3 e1=Q+ 54. Rxe1 Rxe1 55. Kc4 Re4+
56. Kb5 Rxg4 57. a4 Rh4 58. a5 Rxh5 59. a6 g4+ 60. Kb6 g3
61. a7 g2 62. a8=Q g1=Q+ 63. Kc7 Qg3+ 64. Kb6 Qg1+ 65. Kc7 Rf5
66. Qe8 Rf7+ 67. Kd6 Qg6+ 68. Kc5 Rf5+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "111"]
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. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5
12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Be6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bb3 Bxb3
17. Qxb3 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rab1
Rfd8 22. Nf3 Qxd5 23. d4 Qxb3 24. Rxb3 e4 25. Rxe4 Bd6 26. a3
Rac8 27. g3 g6 28. Ree3 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rdc8 30. Rbd3 R1c2
31. Ng5 Rd8 32. Ne4 b6 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Be7 35. Rd3 f5
36. Nd2 Rc8 37. d5 Kf7 38. Nf3 Bf6 39. g4 Rc3 40. Ne1 Ke7
41. gxf5 Rxd3 42. Nxd3 Kd6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Nf4 g5 45. Ne6 a5
46. bxa5 bxa5 47. f4 gxf4 48. Nxf4 a4 49. Kf3 Bb2 50. Ke4 Bxa3
51. Nd3 Bc5 52. h4 a3 53. Nc1 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. d6 Bxd6+
56. Kxd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Be3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Qd2 e6 8. h4 d5 9. h5 Nd7 10. g4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5
12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ba4+
Kf8 17. Kb1 gxh5 18. Rxh5 Ne7 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rxh7 Bxd4
21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Bb3 Bg7 23. Bg5 a5 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Bxe7+
Rxe7 26. Qc8+ Re8 27. Qc5+ Qxc5 28. Rxc5 b6 29. Rc2 Be5
30. Ba4 Rd8 31. Kc1 Ke7 32. Kd1 Rh8 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Rc1 Rh2
35. Rf1 Kf6 36. Ke3 Bc5+ 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Bc2 Bd4 39. b3 Bc5
40. Bd3 Kf4 41. Bb5 Rh3 42. Be8 Rh7 43. Rd1 f6 44. Rf1 Rh8
45. Bd7 e5 46. Bc6 e4 47. fxe4 dxe4 48. Ke1 Bb4+ 49. Ke2 Bc5
50. Bb7 Rh2 51. Kd1 Bb4 52. Bc6 Rg2 53. Ke2 Bc5 54. Kd1 Kf3
55. Bb5 Bxf2 56. Be2+ Ke3 57. a4 Bh4 58. Rh1 Rxe2 59. Rh3+ Bg3
60. Rxg3+ Kf4 61. Rc3 Rb2 62. Kc1 Rf2 63. Rc4 Kf3 64. b4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5
e5 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. g4 h6 15. h4 d5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bg2 Qg3
18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 Nxg4 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Rxe4 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. Ree1 Rdb8 26. Ra3
Nf6 27. Rd1 Ra7 28. Rd2 Be4 29. Rf2 Ng4 30. Rf4 Nf6 31. Nc5
Bxc2 32. Rf2 Bd1 33. Nxa6 Rb6 34. b4 Rbxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxa6
36. a5 Ne4 37. b5 Rd6 38. a6 Nxf2 39. a7 Nh3+ 40. Rxh3 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7
7. Ne2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Ng4
12. Rb1 Re8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bc2 Qh4 15. b3 Ned7 16. a4 Nf6
17. Ng3 Bd7 18. b4 c4 19. a5 Nc8 20. Nxc4 Bb5 21. Nd2 Nd7
22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Be3 a6 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Ne2 Na7
27. Nd4 Qf6 28. Nf3 Bc3 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4
Rac8 32. f3 Rc4 33. Red1 Rec8 34. Rb2 Be8 35. Rd2 Nb5 36. Ne2
Nc3 37. Kf2 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 Bb5 39. Bd3 Rc1 40. Bxb5 axb5
41. Ra2 R1c4 42. a6 bxa6 43. Rxa6 Rd8 44. Rb2 f5 45. exf5 Rd4
46. fxg6 hxg6 47. Ra7 Re8+ 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. g4 Rxd5 50. h4 Rd4
51. Rb7 Re5 52. Kg3 Rdd5 53. Ra2 Re7 54. Raa7 Rxb7 55. Rxb7
Ke8 56. Rg7 Rd4 57. Rxg6 Ke7 58. h5 Rxb4 59. Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rb7
Rb1 61. Kf4 b4 62. Kg5 b3 63. f4 b2 64. h6 d5 65. h7 Rh1
66. Kg6 d4 67. Rxb2 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7
12. Nd4 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. f3 Bd5 15. e4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rfc8
17. Be2 Nc5 18. Be3 Nfd7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rac1 Na4 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Bxa6 Nxb2 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Ned3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3
26. Be3 Nb4 27. a3 Nd3 28. Nb5 Nb2 29. Kf1 Nc4 30. Bc1 Kf8
31. Ke2 Ke8 32. f4 Kd7 33. Kd3 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Kc4 Kc6
36. a4 Bc5 37. f5 Bd6 38. h3 Be5 39. g4 g6 40. Bh6 Bb2 41. Be3
Be5 42. Bd4 Bxd4 43. Kxd4 exf5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. gxf5 f6
46. Kc4 Kd6 47. h4 h5 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. Kc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Michael A Brooks"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "181"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Nc6
7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. d4 Re8 12. Re1
Bf8 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. e4 Ba6 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1
Qc8 18. Re2 Qa6 19. Kg2 Nd3 20. Rb1 Nxb2 21. Rbxb2 Nd7 22. a4
Qb7 23. b4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Rbc8 25. Nb5 Rc5 26. Nbd4 Qa6 27. Re3
Ne5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Nb5 Qb7 30. Rbb3 Rec8 31. d6 Qd7
32. Red3 Rc4 33. Nc3 R8c6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Nd5 Rxd6 36. Rb8 Rc8
37. Rdb3 Qd8 38. R8b7 a4 39. Rf3 Rc7 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Qxa4
Qd7 42. Qa1 Rh6 43. h4 Re6 44. Rc3 Bd6 45. Qa6 Re8 46. Rd3 Rd8
47. Ne3 Qc7 48. Nd5 Qb8 49. h5 h6 50. Rc3 Kh7 51. Rc6 Bf8
52. Qc4 Bd6 53. Nf6+ Kh8 54. Qxf7 Rf8 55. Nd7 Rxf7 56. Nxb8
Bxb8 57. Rc8+ Kh7 58. Rxb8 Re7 59. Rb5 Kg8 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Ke3
Kf6 62. f4 Kf7 63. Ra5 Kf6 64. Kf3 Kf7 65. Ra6 Kf8 66. Ke3 Ke8
67. Ra5 Kf7 68. Kf3 Ke8 69. fxe5 Kd8 70. Kf4 Rf7+ 71. Kg4 Ke8
72. e6 Rb7 73. Kf5 Ke7 74. Ke5 Kf8 75. g4 Ke8 76. Ra6 Ke7
77. Kf5 Rb5+ 78. e5 Rb7 79. Kg6 Ke8 80. Ra4 Re7 81. Kf5 Rc7
82. g5 hxg5 83. Kxg5 Ke7 84. Kf5 Rb7 85. Rg4 Kf8 86. h6 gxh6
87. Kf6 h5 88. Rc4 Rb8 89. e7+ Ke8 90. e6 a5 91. Rc1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "86"]
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 Ne7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd4
Bg6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rad1 Ke8 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. f4 Nf5 16. Nxf5
Bxf5 17. Rd2 h5 18. Ne2 Bc5+ 19. Nd4 Rh6 20. c3 Re6 21. Kf2
Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rd2 c4 24. Re1 Bd3 25. a3 Kf8 26. g4
Rce8 27. Bg3 f5 28. gxh5 Rh6 29. Bh4 Rxh5 30. Kg3 Kf7 31. Bg5
Ke6 32. b3 Rhh8 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34. Rd4 Bb5 35. Red1 Rc8 36. h4
Bc6 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ke3 Ra8 39. Rd8 Rhxd8 40. Rxd8 Rxd8
41. Bxd8 Kd7 42. Bg5 g6 43. c4 Bg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "157"]
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 Nc5 10. c3 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Be7
12. Re1 O-O 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 Qd7
17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Rc1 Ra6 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. Bd2 b4 21. Qf3 Be4
22. Qe2 Rb6 23. e6 fxe6 24. f3 Bg6 25. Nxe6 Rc8 26. Nc5 Bxc5
27. dxc5 Rbb8 28. c6 Qd6 29. Qe7 b3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Qd7 Rd8
32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. c7 Rc8 34. Re6 Rb6 35. Be3 Rb7 36. Rxd6
Rcxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxd5 Be8 39. Ra5 Kf7 40. Bd4 Bc6
41. Kf2 g6 42. Ke3 Re7+ 43. Be5 Re8 44. Kf4 Ra8 45. Rc5 Bd7
46. Rd5 Be6 47. Rb5 Bd7 48. Rb7 Ke6 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Kg5 Ra5
51. f4 Rd5 52. g4 Rd3 53. f5 Rd5 54. Kf4 Rb5 55. fxg6 hxg6
56. Rxg6 Rb4+ 57. Kg3 Rb3+ 58. Kh4 a3 59. bxa3 Rxa3 60. Rb6
Kf7 61. Rf6+ Ke7 62. Rf4 Rb3 63. Bd4 Rd3 64. Kg5 Bc6 65. h4
Ke6 66. h5 Rh3 67. h6 Bb5 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Bc5+ Ke8 70. Re6+
Kf7 71. Re7+ Kg8 72. Rg7+ Kh8 73. Bd4 Bd3 74. Ba1 Rh1 75. Rd7+
Rxa1 76. Rxd3 Kh7 77. Rd7+ Kh8 78. Kg6 Ra6+ 79. Kh5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "87"]
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. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5
12. Kb1 e5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 hxg5 16. hxg5
exf4 17. Rf2 Bf5 18. Rxf4 Bxe4 19. Rfh4 f5 20. Rxe4 Bxg5
21. Bc4+ Rf7 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. Rh5 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf5
Re8 26. Rd1 Re2 27. g4 Ke6 28. Rf4 Kd7 29. a4 a5 30. Rd3 b6
31. Rb3 Kc6 32. Rc4+ Kb7 33. Rd3 Be5 34. Rf3 Bf6 35. Rf5 Rg2
36. Ka2 Rg1 37. c3 Rg3 38. Kb1 Rg1+ 39. Kc2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Ka6
41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Ra2 43. g5 Be5 44. b5+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5
7. d4 b5 8. Bc2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Bb7 11. d5 c4 12. b3
cxb3 13. Bxb3 Nc5 14. Bc2 bxa4 15. Ba3 Nfd7 16. c4 Qa5 17. Qe3
Rfb8 18. Nc3 Bc8 19. Rfb1 Nb3 20. Ra2 Ndc5 21. h3 Bd7 22. Ne2
Bf6 23. Ng3 Nd4 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qe2 g6
27. Nf1 Rb3 28. Bxc5 d3 29. Qf3 dxc2 30. Qxf6 dxc5 31. Rxc2
Rb1 32. Rc3 Rb3 33. Rc1 a3 34. e5 Qb6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qe7 a2
37. Qxd7 Rb1 38. dxe6 Qb8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. e7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Ne7 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qe2 Nc6
12. Rd1 Qg6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Ncxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4
Be7 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. b4 O-O 19. Rc1 Bg4 20. Qd3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
c6 22. h4 h6 23. Qh3 Rb6 24. h5 Qf6 25. Qg3 Ra6 26. Rcd1 Re8
27. Bd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. R1d4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2
Rc1 32. Kg3 Rc2 33. Rd7 Ra8 34. Rc7 Ra3+ 35. f3 Raa2 36. Rd8+
Kh7 37. Kg4 Rxg2+ 38. Kf5 Rad2 39. Rf8 g4 40. Rcc8 g6+ 41. Kf6
Rd6+ 42. Ke7 Kh6 43. f4 Re6+ 44. Kxf7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Kh1 e5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qd3 Nfd5
17. Bd2 a5 18. Rae1 Re8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Re5 Qd7 21. Ne4 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Re7 23. Qe1 Rae8 24. Qxa5 Ne3 25. Re1 Qxd4 26. Qc5
Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxb7 Kf8 30. a5 Nc8
31. Nd8 Rxa5 32. Nxf7 Nd5 33. Ne5 Nce7 34. Bc4 Ne3 35. Nd7+
Ke8 36. Nb6 Re5 37. Bd3 Kd8 38. h3 Kc7 39. Na4 g5 40. g3 N7d5
41. Kg1 Kd6 42. Kf2 Re8 43. Nc3 Rf8+ 44. Ke2 Nxc3+ 45. bxc3
Nd5 46. Rc1 Kc5 47. Be4 Kc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Michael A Brooks"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Rxb7 Qc8 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Qe1 h5
17. f3 Na5 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. fxg4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Nc4
22. Bg5 Nce3 23. c3 Qa7 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Nh5 Qc7 26. Rf3 Nxg2
27. Kxg2 e4 28. Rf2 e3 29. Rf3 Nxc3 30. Rb2 Bd5 31. Qxe3 Nd1
32. Qg5 Bxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Qd4 35. Rc2 Ne3 36. Qxe3
0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. d4 Rad8 13. Ne5 Qxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 15. f3 cxd4 16. exd4
Nc6 17. Qe2 Rd5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rc4 Ba6 20. Qe4 Bxc4
21. bxc4 R5d6 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Ba3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Bc1
h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 g5 28. Be3 e5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Qd5 Ne6
31. Kf3 Be7 32. Qxe5 Rxc4 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxa7 Bd8 35. Qd7
Rb4 36. h3 Bf6 37. Qd1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qh5 Qc7 11. Bb5+
Kf8 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Bf4 b5 16. Rhe1
cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rb6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rxd6 Rxd6
21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kg6 24. Bxc7 Re8
25. Bxa5 Bxg2 26. f4 h5 27. Re5 Kh6 28. Bd2 Bc6 29. Rc5 Bd7
30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxb5 Re2 32. h4 Nf6 33. f5+ Kh7 34. Kd1 Rh2
35. Be1 Ng4 36. Rb3 Rh1 37. a4 Rf1 38. a5 Rxf5 39. a6 Rf7
40. Ra3 Rd7+ 41. Kc1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[Black "Charles Lawton"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "177"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be2 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. O-O Nd7
7. e5 Bb7 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Bf3 d5 11. Bg4 Qd6 12. Re1
Bc8 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Be5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxe6
Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxd5 Kf7 20. Re1 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Qxf3
22. Bxf3 Rab8 23. Bd5+ Kg7 24. Ne6+ Kh7 25. c3 b4 26. c4 b3
27. a3 Rhc8 28. Re2 g5 29. Bc6 Kg6 30. g4 Kf7 31. d5 h5
32. gxh5 Rh8 33. Nxc7 Rxh5 34. Bd7 Rh4 35. Nxa6 Rb6 36. Nb4
Rxc4 37. Ba4 Rcxb4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Bd7 Rc4 40. Re3 Rc2
41. Rxb3 Rxb2 42. Rf3 Kg7 43. Be6 Rd2 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. h3 Rb2
46. Rd3 Rc2 47. Kf1 Rc3 48. Rd2 Be5 49. Ra2 Rb3 50. Kg2 Rb4
51. Ra8 Rf4 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. Bg4 Bd4 54. f3 Bc5 55. Bh5 Ra4
56. Rg6+ Kf5 57. Rc6 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 Bd6 59. Rc4 Rd2 60. Bf7 Kf6
61. Be6 Rh2 62. Rc8 Bf4 63. Rf8+ Kg6 64. Kg1 Rd2 65. Kf1 Rh2
66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rh8 Kg7 68. Rg8+ Kf6 69. Re8 Rd2 70. h4 Rd1+
71. Ke2 Rd2+ 72. Ke1 Rh2 73. Rf8+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kf6 75. Rf8+
Kg6 76. hxg5 Bxg5 77. f4 Bf6 78. Rg8+ Kh7 79. Rg1 Rb2 80. Bf5+
Kh8 81. Rg6 Bc3+ 82. Kf1 Bb4 83. Be6 Bc5 84. f5 Rf2+ 85. Ke1
Rb2 86. Rg8+ Kh7 87. Rc8 Bd4 88. Rc6 Bf6 89. Rc7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "42"]
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5
7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nc4 Ke7
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 e4 14. Be3 c5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 h5
17. O-O-O Ng4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rhb8 20. b3 a5 21. Rd2 a4
0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "78"]
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. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6
12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Nb6 14. Na5 Bd7 15. Nb7 Rhc8 16. Nxd6 Kxd6
17. b3 a5 18. Bb2 Nbd5 19. Bf3 Ke7 20. Bxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Nf4 Be6 23. Rfc1 Kd6 24. Kf1 a4 25. Ne2 Bf5 26. Ke1
b4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd4 Be4 29. f3 Bg6 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Kd2
Rxa4 32. Kc1 Ra8 33. Kb2 Re8 34. Kb3 Rxe3+ 35. Kxb4 Ke5
36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Nd4 Ke5 38. Nc6+ Kd6 39. Nd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "100"]
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 dxc3
12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 Qb6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Ne4 Nd5
17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Kc7 19. Rb1 a6 20. Bd3 b5 21. a4 Ncb4
22. Ba3 Nxd3 23. Bd6+ Kc8 24. cxd3 Ne3 25. Rf2 Bc6 26. axb5
axb5 27. Ra2 Bxe4 28. dxe4 c2 29. Rba1 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rd2
31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. R8a7+ Ke8 33. Rg1 Rg2 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Rc7+
Kg7 36. Rxg2+ Nxg2 37. Rxc2 Ne3 38. Rd2 Rc8 39. Kg1 Rc4
40. Kf2 b4 41. Rd3 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3 43. Ke2 b3 44. Rxd4 Nc4
45. Be7 b2 46. Rd8 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rxe4 48. Kg3 Re3+ 49. Kg4 b1=Q
50. Bf6+ Kh6 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Lawton"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6
12. d5 Na5 13. Bd4 Bh6 14. h4 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Naxc4 16. h5 e5
17. Bc5 g5 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. Bxf8 Nd6 21. Qa3 Qxf8
22. Nf3 Nxd5 23. O-O Nc3 24. Nxg5 Qh6 25. Bf3 e4 26. Nxf5 Qxg5
27. Qxd6 exf3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd2 O-O
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. O-O Qe7 15. b4 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Nb6
17. a3 a6 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Qb3 Nd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rd6
22. a4 Rfd8 23. f4 Kh8 24. b5 cxb5 25. axb5 Rb6 26. Rc5 Qd7
27. Qc2 axb5 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. Qc5 Rbd6 30. Bxb7 R6d7 31. Rxd7
Qxd7 32. Bc6 Qc7 33. Qxb5 Rb8 34. Qa4 Bf6 35. Kh1 Kg7 36. Rc1
Rb2 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qa5 39. Qe2 Bh4 40. Kh2 Qe1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qd2
Be6 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Qg3 Bf8
17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bc4 Nd5 21. Rd1
Rd6 22. Qxe5 Nxc3 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxc3 Bc7
26. Bd4 Bd6 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 f6 29. h4 Ke7 30. Kf3 Nd7
31. Ke4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Bf4 d6 11. a4 Be7
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bc1 O-O 16. Kh1 Qc5
17. Be2 Ng6 18. Qh3 Qb4 19. f4 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxe4 21. Bf3 Qxa4
22. Bxb7 f5 23. Qc7 Bb5 24. b3 Qa2 25. Rfe1 e5 26. Bd2 Qb2
27. Bc3 Bd8 28. Qc8 Qa3 29. Ra1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "60"]
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 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Rb3 c4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. Qxg4 Qxc4 16. Bd2 b6
17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. f4 Bg7 19. Kf2 Qa4 20. Rhb1 Qxa2 21. e5 f6
22. Kg1 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rf8 24. c4 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxd2 26. Qe6+
Kh8 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh8
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "119"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1
Be4 13. Qd1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 c5 15. Nbd2 Bd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Rc8 18. Rc1 cxd4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Ndf3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qc5
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd3 Qd5+ 24. f3 b3 25. Qc1 Qb7 26. Nc5 Qb4
27. Nd7 Rd8 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qh6 d3 30. Qxf6 Qd4 31. Qg5+
Kf8 32. Qd2 dxe2 33. Qxe2 Qd2 34. Rf2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rd4 36. a5
Rd5 37. g4 Rxa5 38. Re3 Rb5 39. Rc3 a5 40. Kg3 a4 41. Rc8+ Ke7
42. Ra8 Rb4 43. Kh4 Rf4 44. Kg5 Rxf3 45. h4 f5 46. gxf5 Rxf5+
47. Kh6 Rf2 48. Rxa4 Rxb2 49. Kxh7 Rh2 50. Kg6 Rg2+ 51. Kh7 b2
52. Rb4 Kd6 53. h5 Kc5 54. Rb8 Kc4 55. h6 Kc3 56. Kh8 Kc2
57. h7 Rh2 58. Rc8+ Kd1 59. Rb8 Kc1 60. Rc8+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Qxc7
Bxc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd5 Bg4 19. Re7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Be5
21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Bd5 Kh8 23. Rxb7 Rd6 24. Rxa7 Rfd8 25. Ra5
Bxb2 26. Kf1 Be5 27. g3 Kg7 28. Rb5 f5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Ke2 Re8+
31. Kf3 Red8 32. Rd3 h5 33. Ke2 h4 34. Bc4 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 hxg3
36. hxg3 Rh8 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Ra5 Bc3 39. Ra3 Bb4 40. Ra4 Be1
41. Bxf5 Rf2+ 42. Ke3 Rb2 43. g4 Rb4 44. Rxb4 Bxb4 45. a4 Kf6
46. Bd3 Ba5 47. g5+ Kg7 48. f5 Bc3 49. Be4 Ba5 50. Kd3 Bd8
51. g6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Rd1 Ba4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 Bxd1 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7
Bxe2 17. Nxd6 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. f4 Bf3 20. Be3 a6 21. Rb1
Bc6 22. Bd4 Kf8 23. c5 Rb8 24. Rb3 Bd5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Ra3 Ra8
27. g4 h6 28. h4 f6 29. Re3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Kg3 Rb4
32. Bc3 Ra4 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34. Nd6+ Kg8 35. Nc8 Kf7 36. Bd4 e5
37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. a3 g5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. h5 Kf6 41. Bb2 Ke6
42. Nf5 Rxc4 43. Rd3 Rxc5 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Nxh6+ Ke7 46. Nf5+
Kf7 47. h6 Nf8 48. Rd8 Nh7 49. Rc8 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3
Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 d6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rfd1 Ke7
17. Rd4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qc5 21. Rh4 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bg2 d5 24. Rhd4 f5 25. Qh5 h6 26. a4 bxa4
27. bxa4 Ng6 28. h3 Qc7 29. Rb4 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qxh6 Qc2
32. Ra1 Qb2 33. Rd1 Qc2 34. Rf1 Qxa4 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Bf3 Qe8
37. Bh5 Kg7 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Ra1 Rb7 40. Ra6 Qe7 41. Qxe7+
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "108"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Qxc7 Qd5 11. Qd6 Qe4
12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Qg6 14. f3 Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Kf2 Qc2
17. e4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qxb2 19. Qb4 Qc2 20. Qb3 Ne8 21. Ke2 Qc6
22. Nb1 Qc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Bd2 f6 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Rc1
Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Kf7 28. a4 Nd6 29. Na3 a6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Kxc4
g5 32. Ba3 h5 33. Bd6 Ke8 34. g3 Kf7 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kg6
37. f5+ Kf7 38. Kb4 e5 39. Kc4 b5+ 40. axb5 axb5+ 41. Kxb5
exd4 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kxd4 Ng4 44. Bg3 Ke7 45. Kd3 Nh6 46. Ke3
Nf7 47. Bf4 Kd7 48. Kf3 Kc6 49. Kg3 Kc5 50. Kh4 Kd4 51. Kxh5
Kxe4 52. Kg4 Kd5 53. h4 Kc6 54. Kh5 Kd5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael A Brooks"]
[Black "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "136"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7
12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd5 16. dxc5
Qxc5 17. Qg4 Qxc2 18. Rac1 Qg6 19. Nh4 f5 20. exf6 N7xf6
21. Qg3 Qf7 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Bd2 Nc5 24. Ne5 Qf5 25. Rc4 Re7
26. Bg5 Rb7 27. h3 Re8 28. a5 Nf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. axb6 axb6
31. Rf4 Qd8 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qc6 Qd8 35. Ra1 h6
36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Qe2 Qf5 39. f3 Nd7 40. Nd3 Nc5
41. Ne5 Nd7 42. Nd3 Rc7 43. g4 Qd5 44. Rd8 Rc3 45. Nf2 Rxf3
46. Qc2+ g6 47. Qc7 Rf7 48. Qc3 Qe5 49. Qxe5 Nxe5 50. Rd6 Nf3+
51. Kg2 Nh4+ 52. Kf1 Rb7 53. Rxe6 b5 54. Re3 Kg7 55. Rb3 Kf6
56. Ne4+ Ke5 57. Nc5 Rf7+ 58. Ke2 Kd4 59. Rxb5 Re7+ 60. Kf2
Rf7+ 61. Kg3 Kc4 62. Rb7 Rf3+ 63. Kxh4 g5+ 64. Kh5 Rxh3+
65. Kg6 Kxc5 66. Rh7 Rh4 67. Rxh6 Rxg4 68. Rh5 Kd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Douglas D Eckert"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 O-O 11. Bc4 Qa1+
12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Be2 Qa3 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nf6
17. Bf3 Rd8 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Ra1 Qb3 21. Rfb1
1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qd2 Qxb2 6. Rb1 Qa3
7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 d5 11. exd5 Nb6
12. Bb3 Nfxd5 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. N2g3 h6 15. Bh4 O-O-O 16. h3 Ne3
17. hxg4 Bxd4 18. Kh1 g5 19. Rf3 gxh4 20. Nf5 Nbc4 21. Bxc4
Nxc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Bc5 24. Rc3 e6 25. Nxh4 Be7
26. Nhf3 Rhg8 27. Nc4 Rxg4 28. Na5 Rd7 29. Ne5 Rh4+ 30. Rh3
Rxh3+ 31. gxh3 Rd5 32. Nxb7 Kc7 33. c4 Rd4 34. Na5 Bf6
35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Nexc6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Rxd4 b4 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Rxd7 Nxd7
17. Na4 Bb6 18. Be7 Ne5 19. Bd6 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qc8 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. e5 Rd8 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. g3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qe7
26. Qd4 b5 27. Qa7 Qc7 28. Qc5 g6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. b3
Ba8 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxb4 Qa7 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. b4 Qxa2 36. Qf6
Qa7 37. Be4 Qg7 38. Qxe6 Bb7 39. g4 Kh6 40. gxh5 Kxh5 41. f3
Kh6 42. h5 Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Qg7 44. hxg6 Qc7+ 45. f4 Bc8 46. Qf6
1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "Charles Lawton"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Ne7
7. h3 f5 8. exf5 Nxf5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. g4 Ne7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Bd3 c6 13. Qb3 cxd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. O-O h5
17. f3 Bd7 18. Kh2 Be8 19. Nde4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 b4
22. Ne2 hxg4 23. fxg4 Nxe4 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bxe4 Qb6 26. Be3
Qd8 27. Ng1 Nc8 28. Ra1 Be7 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Qf2
Bf7 32. Rf1 Bg8 33. g5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael A Brooks"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "50"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 c6
7. Bb3 Na6 8. Bc2 Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Nc7
12. Nf1 Ne6 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bb3 Nc5
17. Bc2 Ne6 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. Bc2 Ne6 20. Bb3 Nc5 21. Bc2 Ne6
22. Bb3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Ne6 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bc2 Ne6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "115"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4
Bd7 7. O-O e6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Rae1 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Nb1 Qb8
17. Nd2 Qb7 18. Qg3 Rfd8 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 Kf8 21. Qh3 Kg8
22. Bg5 Ba4 23. Bxa4 Rxa4 24. Nc4 Qc6 25. Qd3 Rc8 26. Bxf6
Bxf6 27. b3 Ra2 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rf2 Bd8 30. Qe3 Bg5 31. Qe1 Bh4
32. g3 Be7 33. Rd5 Qb7 34. Kg2 Rca8 35. Rfd2 R8a6 36. h4 Ra1
37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Ra2 39. Qe2 Qc6 40. Kf3 Qc5 41. Qd3 Qa7
42. Qe3 Qb8 43. Qe2 Qa7 44. Ne3 Qc5 45. Qc4 Qxc4 46. bxc4 Ra3
47. Rd5 g5 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Ke2 b3 50. cxb3 Rxb3 51. Rb5 Ra3
52. Rb7 Bf8 53. Nd5 Bg7 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. h5 Rxg3 56. hxg6+
Rxg6 57. Nxg6 Kxg6 58. Rb6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "105"]
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. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
g5 13. Rc1 Rf6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxa7
Nxb4 18. Qb3 b6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Na6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6
22. Nd3 Rf7 23. Nb4 Ra8 24. Rc3 Ng6 25. Rfc1 g4 26. fxg4 Qg5
27. Qd1 h5 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 hxg4 30. Qc1 Rf8 31. Rc8 b5
32. g3 Qh5 33. Nd3 Qh3 34. Rxf8+ Nxf8 35. Qb1 f3 36. Ne1 Qh7
37. Qb4 Qg6 38. Qxb5 Qxe4 39. a4 Bh6 40. a5 Bd2 41. Kf1 Qh7
42. h4 gxh3 43. Nxf3 e4 44. Nh2 e3 45. Qe2 Qb1+ 46. Be1 Bxe1
47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Qg4+ Ng6 51. Qe6+
Kf8 52. Qc8+ Kf7 53. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "136"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 Bg4
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe1 Qd7 14. d5 Na5 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxe3
17. fxe3 Nc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Qh4 Ng8
22. Nh6 Nxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. Rf3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bd3
Ra1+ 27. Rf1 Ra3 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. b4 Nf6 30. Rc1 Ng4 31. Qh3
Qg5 32. Qg3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Nxe3 34. Bxb5 Ra2 35. Bf1 f5 36. c4
Rb2 37. b5 f4 38. h3 g5 39. Kh1 h5 40. Bd3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4
42. c5 dxc5 43. g3 fxg3 44. Rb1 Rxb1+ 45. Bxb1 Nc4 46. Kg2 Nd6
47. Kxg3 Nxb5 48. Kxg4 Nd6 49. Bc2 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Ba4 Kg5
52. Bc6 c4 53. Ba4 c3 54. Bd1 Nc4 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Bc2 Nd6
57. Kd3 Nxe4 58. Bb1 Nf6 59. Ba2 Ne4 60. Bb1 Kf3 61. Ba2 Kf2
62. Bb1 Nf6 63. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 64. Kc4 Ne7 65. Kb5 Kf3 66. Ka6 e4
67. Kb7 e3 68. Bd3 c6 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Qh4 16. Qf3 Nxf4
17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Rg1 Ng6 20. b4 Qe7 21. Na7 Bxa7
22. Rxa7 Rb5 23. Qg4 Qd8 24. Bb3 Qe8 25. f3 Qc6 26. Ba4 Qb6
27. Bxb5 Qxa7 28. h4 Qb8 29. Bc4 Qd8 30. h5 Qh4+ 31. Qxh4 Nxh4
32. Rg4 Nxf3 33. Bd5 h6 34. e5 Ng5 35. exd6 cxd6 36. Rxf4 Re8
37. Rf1 Kf8 38. b5 Ke7 39. b6 Rb8 40. b7 Ne6 41. c4 Nd8 42. c5
Kd7 43. Rf2 dxc5 44. dxc5 Kc7 45. c6 Nxc6 46. Rxf7+ Kb6
47. Rxg7 Na5 48. Rg6+ Kc5 49. Bf3 Nxb7 50. Rc6+ Kd4 51. Rb6
Kc5 52. Rxh6 Nd6 53. Rf6 Rd8 54. Kh2 Kd4 55. Re6 Nf7 56. Re4+
Kc5 57. Kg3 Kd6 58. Bg4 Ne5 59. Bf5 Rh8 60. Kh4 Nf3+ 61. Kg4
Ne5+ 62. Kg5 Nf3+ 63. Kf4 Rxh5 64. Bg4 Re5 65. Ra4 Ne1
66. Ra6+ Kd5 67. Ra5+ Kd6 68. Rxe5 Nd3+ 69. Ke4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c6
7. Be2 a6 8. O-O b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. c5 Nc7 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Ne4
Ne8 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Nfg5 Nd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. g3
d5 18. Ng5 Bh6 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. a4 b4 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Qd2 a5
23. g4 Ne8 24. Bh4 Qf8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Ng7 27. Bd3 c5
28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Qh3 Nf8 30. Rf3 c4 31. Bc2 Rc7 32. Qh4 b3
33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Rh3 Nh5 35. gxh5 c3 36. Rhxc3 Rac8 37. Qg3
Rc4 38. hxg6 Qa7 39. Qe3 Nxg6 40. Nxe6 Qf7 41. Rxc4 Rxc4
42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. d5 Qf5 44. Qa7 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 Nxf4 46. Qb8+
Kh7 47. Qa7+ Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Qa7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "168"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 Qc7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Rd8
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rxd8+ Qxd8 14. e4 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Bd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bc6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qe2 g5 21. Bg3 Rd8
22. e5 Ne8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Ng7 25. Bh2 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1
Qd7 27. Qe2 Nf5 28. g4 Nh4 29. Bg3 Qd5 30. Bxh4 gxh4 31. Bb3
Qd4 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Bc2 Bd4 34. Qf3 Qxe5 35. b3 Qg5 36. Bd3 h5
37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Qf3 hxg4 39. Qxg4+ Kf8 40. Qf3 Qd8 41. Qe4 a5
42. a4 b6 43. Bc4 Bf6 44. Qd3 Qc7 45. Qe4 Qc5 46. Qf3 Qg5+
47. Qg4 Qe5 48. Qe2 Qc7 49. Qe4 Ke7 50. Qg4 Qd6 51. Qe4 Bg5
52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. Qa8+ Kg7 54. Qe4 Qc5 55. Qf3 Qe5 56. Qe2 Qf6
57. Qe4 Bf4 58. Kg1 Bc7 59. Kg2 Kf8 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. Qe4 Qh6
62. Qf3 Qh8 63. Qe4 Qf6 64. Qg4 Bd6 65. Qe4 Bc5 66. Qb7+ Kf8
67. Qa8+ Kg7 68. Qf3 Qh6 69. Qe4 Qf6 70. Qf3 Qd8 71. Qg4+ Kf8
72. Qf4 Qe7 73. Qb8+ Kg7 74. Qe5+ Kg8 75. Qf4 e5 76. Qg4+ Kf8
77. Qc8+ Kg7 78. Qg4+ Kh6 79. Qf5 Kg7 80. Qg4+ Kf8 81. Qc8+
Qe8 82. Qxe8+ Kxe8 83. Bd3 Ke7 84. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. Ne2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 h6
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qd3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6
17. Qf3 Nfd5 18. Be5 Bc7 19. Qe4 Ng6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Bxc7
Qxc7 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. g3 Qb6 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. Nc3 Qb3 26. Qd1
Nf8 27. Re1 Ne6 28. Re2 Nxd4 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qxc2 Nxc2
31. Nxd5 Rd8 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Kf1 Na1 34. Rd3 b6 35. Nb4 Rxd3
36. Nxd3 Ke7 37. Ne5 Ke6 38. Nc6 a5 39. Ke2 Nb3 40. Kd3 Kd6
41. Nd4 Nxd4 42. Kxd4 a4 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Kb4 b5 45. b3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6
12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c6 Rxc6 15. Nd4 Rd6 16. Rd1 Ng4
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Nc6 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3
Qc7 22. Nb4 Be6 23. O-O Rfd8 24. Bd4 a5 25. Nd3 b4 26. Nf4 Qd7
27. Rc1 Na3 28. Qf2 Nb5 29. Bc5 Rd2 30. Qh4 f6 31. cxb4 axb4
32. Qh6 Rxa2 33. Nxg6 hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. Qe2 Be7
12. h4 b5 13. a3 Nh5 14. O-O-O Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1
Ke7 17. Bf3 Nf4 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Nd5+ exd5 20. exd5 Rxh1
21. Rxh1 Nd8 22. Re1 f6 23. Rxe5+ fxe5 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. c3 g5
26. Qe3 Kf6 27. Ne2 Bf5+ 28. Ka1 Nxe2 29. Bxe2 Rc5 30. Qf3 e4
31. Qh1 Nf7 32. Qd1 Ne5 33. Qd4 g4 34. b4 Rc8 35. a4 bxa4
36. Bxa6 Rh8 37. b5 e3 38. b6 Rh1+ 39. Ka2 exf2 40. Qxf2 Rh8
41. b7 Rg8 42. Qb6 Nd7 43. Qxd6+ Kg5 44. Bd3 Be6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. h3 Bd7 12. d5
Ne7 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. b4 Qe7 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Nce4 a5 17. Rb1
axb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Qb2 Bxd2 20. Bxd2 Bf5 21. Bd3 Nd6
22. Bb4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Ra7 24. Rdc1 f5 25. Bd3 e4 26. Bf1 f4
27. Qc2 fxe3 28. fxe3 Rf7 29. Bc5 b6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxe4
Ne5 32. Ra1 Rxa1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "74"]
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 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Be3
Rfd8 17. Rdc1 h6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bd1
Bf8 22. Rxc7 Be6 23. Ne3 Rd2 24. Bc2 Rad8 25. h4 Re2 26. b3
Ba3 27. Rb1 Rdd2 28. Rf1 Rd8 29. Rb1 Rdd2 30. b4 Rd4 31. Bb3
Bxb3 32. axb3 Bxb4 33. Nc2 Rxh4 34. g3 Rg4 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Ra1
a5 37. Nxb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "44"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O
12. Bd2 Re8 13. c5 Bxf1 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. bxa7 Kb7 16. O-O-O
Bc5 17. Be3 d5 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qa4 Qxe5 20. Rd4 Bxa7 21. Kb2
Bb6 22. Qb4 c5 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Na5 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 b5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Kh1
b4 13. Ne4 d5 14. Ng5 Qb6 15. Ndxe6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+
Kd8 18. Bxh7 Kc7 19. Nf7 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Bb7 21. f5 Re8 22. Bf4
Kc8 23. Qg6 Nc4 24. Nd6+ Nxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. fxe6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. f4 Nd7
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qxe6+ Rf7 14. O-O dxc3 15. Qd6 Nc5 16. Qxd5
Be6 17. Qd4 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Ne6
21. Nd5 Rxc2 22. Bh4 Rd7 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. Ne3 Rcd2 25. Rxd2
Rxd2 26. Nc4 Ra2 27. Rd1 Nxf4 28. e6+ Nxe6 29. g4 Bc2 30. Rd7+
Kg8 31. Rxb7 h6 32. Rxa7 Be4 33. Re7 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxg4
35. Rxe6 Bd3+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6
12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. b3 Qd7 16. Nd4 Qd8
17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Nb5 Bc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd6+
Ke7 22. Rxc5 f6 23. Rfc1 fxe5 24. Nxb7 Qb6 25. Bg5+ Ke8
26. Rc7 Rb8 27. Bb5 Rxb7 28. Bxd7+ Kf7 29. Be8+ Kxe8 30. Rc8+
Kf7 31. Rxh8 h6 32. Bh4 Rc7 33. Rf1 Rc2 34. Bg3 Qc7 35. h4 d4
36. Kh2 d3 37. f4 Qc6 38. fxe5+ Kg6 39. Bf2 d2 40. Rd8 Rc1 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Re8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 b5 12. a3
Be7 13. Bg5 Nf8 14. Nd6 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Re7 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3
Bd7 18. Rfc1 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nge4 Qb8 21. g4 Kh8 22. Qg3
Ng6 23. Nc3 Ngf4 24. Bxd5 Qxd6 25. Bf3 Qxd4 26. Rc2 Rg8
27. Re1 f5 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Kf1 fxg4 30. Bxg4 h5 31. Re1 Qd6
32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Re1 Qg5 34. Re4 e5 35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. Qxg5 Rxg5
37. h4 Rg4 38. Rxe5 Rxh4 39. Rg5 Rd3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Douglas D Eckert"]
[Black "Charles Lawton"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6
7. d5 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. Qa4 Nc5 14. Qa3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nb3
Nxb3 18. axb3 Be7 19. b4 d5 20. c5 d4 21. Nb1 Bd8 22. Nd2 Bb7
23. Nc4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Be7 25. Nb6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bc8 27. Ra8
Bd7 28. Qa5 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. b4 f5 31. Bc4 Bd8 32. f3
fxe4 33. fxe4 h5 34. h3 g5 35. Ba6 Be8 36. Qb7 Kf8 37. Nc4
Qxb7 38. Bxb7 Bc7 39. Na5 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Nxc6 Bg6
42. Na5 g3 43. Nc4 Ke7 44. b5 Bh5 45. b6 Bb8 46. Kf1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. fxe6 dxe6 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. Qe2 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be3 e5 14. d5 e4 15. Bxe4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qd7
17. h3 Rae8 18. Bc2 Qf7 19. Kg1 Ng6 20. g3 Be5 21. Kg2 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Ne4 23. Rhf1 Nxc3 24. Qd3 Qf3+ 25. Kh2 Ne4 26. Rae1
Re7 27. Bd4 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Nd2 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Ne5
31. Be2 Rd8 32. Be3 h6 33. Rc1 c6 34. dxc6 Nxc6 35. c5 bxc5
36. Rxc5 Nd4 37. Bh5 Kh7 38. Ra5 g6 39. Bg4 Rd6 40. h4 h5
41. Bc8 Rf7 42. Ra4 Nb5 43. Ra5 Nd4 44. Ra4 Nb5 45. Ra5
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Michael A Brooks"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "168"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bxe2
7. Qxe2 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. a3 c5 15. c4 N5b6 16. Bd2 g5
17. h3 Rhg8 18. g4 Nf8 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. b3 Nd7 21. Ra2 Nb8
22. Nh5 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. b4 Rgd8 25. b5 Rd3 26. Rc1 Na5
27. Be1 b6 28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Nxe5 31. Nf3
Ng6 32. a4 Qd6 33. Qe4 Kb8 34. Ne1 Qd4 35. Qb1 Kc7 36. Qb3 Kb6
37. Kf1 Qe4 38. Ng3 Qd4 39. Qf3 Ne5 40. Qe2 Qd2 41. Qxe5 Qxc1
42. Qe4 Rc8 43. Ne2 Qa1 44. Qf3 Qf6 45. Qe4 Bd6 46. Nc1 Qd4
47. Qc2 Be5 48. Ne2 Qd7 49. Nf3 Bf6 50. Nc1 Rd8 51. Kg2 Qb7
52. Nb3 a6 53. Nbd2 Rd4 54. Kg1 Rf4 55. Ne1 axb5 56. Nd3 Rd4
57. cxb5 Qd5 58. Nb2 Bd8 59. Nbc4+ Ka7 60. Kf1 Qh1+ 61. Ke2
Qxh3 62. Ne3 Bb6 63. Qh7 Rxd2+ 64. Kxd2 Qf3 65. Qd3 Qxf2+
66. Kc1 Qg1+ 67. Kc2 Qh2+ 68. Kb3 Qg3 69. Kc2 c4 70. Qd7+ Qc7
71. Qxc7+ Bxc7 72. Kc3 Bb6 73. Nxc4 f5 74. gxf5 exf5 75. Kd3
g4 76. Ne5 h5 77. Ng6 Bd8 78. Ne5 Bc7 79. Nd7 h4 80. Ke2 h3
81. Kf1 g3 82. Kg1 f4 83. Kh1 g2+ 84. Kg1 f3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7
12. e4 e5 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Qd6 18. Rac1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qb6 20. Qf2 Bb7 21. e4
Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rfc8 23. b4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8
26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Nb3 Kf8 28. Nc5 Ke7 29. a3 Kd6 30. g4 Nd7
31. Nxd7 Bxd7 32. Kf3 Be8 33. h4 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Qd2
Nb6 13. Qxb4 Nxc4 14. Qxb7 Qc8 15. Qxc8+ Rxc8 16. Bf2 Nxb2
17. O-O Bg7 18. Rfb1 Nc4 19. Rb7 O-O 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Nc6 e6
22. Bd4 Kg7 23. Ne7 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 e5 25. Nxc8 exd4 26. Rc7
Ne3 27. Nxd6 Nxd5 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Nb7 Ne3 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Nd6
Rb2 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rd7 Rxc2 34. Ne4 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Ra2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4
Re8 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Nf8 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. e4 Nc5 21. Qc2 Bxd5
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bc4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bd5 Ra4 26. f4 g6
27. Ra1 Rb4 28. Ba3 Ra4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Be7 Kg7 31. Bf6+ Kh6
32. Bg5+ Kg7 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Bg5+ Kg7 35. Ra3 f5 36. exf6+
Kf7 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. g4 Rc5 39. Bh6 Ne6 40. g5 Ke8 41. Re3 Kf7
42. Rd3 Ke8 43. Re3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael A Brooks"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Ncxe5 Bh5 13. b3 Nxe4 14. Bb2 Rae8 15. Re1 Nf6 16. c4 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 b5 19. Nf3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nd7 21. Bd4
c5 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Rb3 Rb4 24. Nd2 Ne5 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. c5
Be7 27. Nb3 Kf7 28. Bf4 Nd3 29. Bxc7 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5
31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke2 Kd5 33. h4 Kc4 34. h5 Kc3 35. f4 Kb2
36. Be5+ Kxa2 37. Bxg7 b3 38. Kd3 Bf8 39. Bh8 a5 40. Kc4 a4
0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 f5 10. Bc2 c5 11. O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 a6 13. Re1 e5 14. Nf3 e4 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Bb3+ Kh8
17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Ne5 Rf8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 g6 21. Rh3 Kg7
22. Rc1 f4 23. Rc7+ Kf6 24. Rhc3 Kxe5 25. Rxc8 Nc6 26. Rc7
Rac8 27. Rxb7 Nd4 28. Re7+ Kf5 29. Bc4 a5 30. Kf1 Rfe8
31. Rxh7 e3 32. Rd7 e2+ 33. Ke1 Rcd8 34. Bb5 Rh8 35. Rc5+ Kf6
36. Rcd5 Rxd7 37. Bxd7 f3 38. gxf3 Nxf3+ 39. Kxe2 Ne5 40. Ba4
Rxh2 41. Rxa5 g5 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Bb3 Kd7 44. Re6 Ng4 45. Kf3
Nh6 46. Rg6 g4+ 47. Kg3 Rh3+ 48. Kg2 Ke7 49. Be6 Kd6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Ne2 Na6 9. Bf8 Ne7 10. Bxg7 Nb4 11. Qd6
Nc2+ 12. Kd2 Nxa1 13. Bxh8 Qc2+ 14. Ke1 Qxc4 15. Nc3 Qb4
16. Qd2 e5 17. Qc1 Bg4 18. f3 Bxf3 19. Bf6 Nd5 20. Bxe5 Qe7
21. gxf3 Qxe5+ 22. Kf2 Qd4+ 23. Kg3 Ne3 24. Bh3 Nac2 25. Nd1
f5 26. Nxe3 f4+ 27. Kf2 fxe3+ 28. Kg3 Qd6+ 29. f4 Qd3 30. Rd1
Qg6+ 31. Kf3 Qh5+ 32. Bg4 Qxh2 33. Rd6 Qf2+ 34. Ke4 e2
35. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 36. Kf5 Ke7 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Ne8 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. a4 Ba6 10. Ba3 d6 11. f4 Na5
12. Qe2 c5 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. e5 g6 15. h4 cxd4 16. h5 Bxc4
17. Ng5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxc3 19. Qxd4 Qc8 20. Bb2 Rc4 21. Qd3
Qc5 22. hxg6 Qb4+ 23. Qd2 fxg6 24. exd6 Nxd6 25. Rxh7 Re4+
26. Kd1 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Ndc4+ 28. Kc2 Re2+ 29. Kc3 Nxb2
30. Rah1 Rc8+ 31. Kb4 Nd3+ 32. Kb5 Rb2+ 33. Ka6 Nc5+ 34. Kxa7
Nc6+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Douglas D Eckert"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6
7. g4 Nc6 8. g5 Nd7 9. h4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7
12. f4 Qa5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Kb1 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qa7 Qc7
17. Bh3 Ra8 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. Qd4 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Be7 21. h5 O-O
22. g6 Kh8 23. Bf5 Nc4 24. h6 Nxe3 25. hxg7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Lawton"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Be5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Rb8
12. b3 O-O 13. g3 d5 14. f4 Bd6 15. e5 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. c3
c5 18. Ka1 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Bc6 20. Nb2 a5 21. Rb1 a4 22. Nxa4 Rb7
23. Bc1 Bxc1 24. Rexc1 Ra8 25. Bc2 c4 26. Bd1 cxb3 27. axb3
Nc5 28. Rb2 Bb5 29. c4 dxc4 30. Ra2 cxb3 31. Rxc5 Bxe2
32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxe2 Rxa4+ 34. Kb2 Ra2+ 35. Kxb3 Rxe2
36. Bxe2 Rc1 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6
7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. h3 Ne8 11. Na3 Nd6
12. Bb3 Qh4 13. Re1 Be6 14. Be3 Nxe4 15. Bxb6 Nd2 16. Qxb7
Rab8 17. Qxc7 Rxb6 18. Rxe5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nf3+ 20. Kf1 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 Rxb3 22. Qe2 Qd8 23. Kg1 Re8 24. Qc2 Qb8 25. Nc4 h6
26. Rd1 a5 27. f4 a4 28. Rd4 Rd8 29. Re4 Qc7 30. Qe2 Rbb8
31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Rd4 Qb5 33. Qd3 Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qb7 35. Nd6 Qd7
36. c4 Re8 37. Qd3 Re6 38. c5 Qc6 39. Qf5 Rf6 40. Qe5 Re6
41. Qf5 Rf6 42. Qe5 Rg6 43. Qe2 Re6 44. Qf2 Qd5 45. Qc2 Qd4
46. Qf5 Rf6 47. Qe5 Rxf4 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Nxf7 Rf1 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[Black "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "137"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Qf6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4
exd4 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Qe2
Ng6 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 h6
16. Bd2 Rad8 17. a4 a5 18. Bc3 Nf4 19. g3 Qd7 20. Re3 Qg4
21. Rde1 Rd6 22. Nh4 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Ng5 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Qe2 Qh3+
26. Kh1 g6 27. g4 Rxe4 28. Rxh3 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Nxh3 30. Re8+
Kh7 31. d5 gxf5 32. gxf5 f6 33. Bxf6 Rg7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7
35. dxc6 bxc6 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Re6+ Kxf5 38. Rxh6 Nxf2+
39. Kg2 Nd3 40. b3 c5 41. Kf1 c4 42. bxc4 Nc5 43. Ke2 Nxa4
44. Kd3 Nc5+ 45. Kc3 Ne6 46. Kb3 Bc5 47. h4 Bb4 48. Rh8 Kg6
49. Re8 Nd4+ 50. Ka4 c5 51. Rg8+ Kh7 52. Re8 Kg7 53. Re4 Kh6
54. Re8 Nc2 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 Na3 57. Kb3 Nb1 58. Kc2 Nc3
59. Re8 Na4 60. Re6 Kf7 61. Re3 Nb6 62. h5 Nxc4 63. Rg3 Be1
64. Rg5 Bh4 65. Rxc5 Nd6 66. Rxa5 Kg7 67. Kd3 Kh6 68. Ke2 Bg5
69. Ra6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "80"]
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. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4 15. Na4 Qa6 16. O-O O-O-O
17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3
Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Be3 Qh5 25. f3 Qe5 26. Qc2
Qb5 27. b3 c3 28. Bxa7 Rh5 29. Be3 Qa6 30. Bg5 Ne5 31. h4 Rh8
32. Kg2 Bh6 33. Bxh6 Rxh6 34. Rd1 Rh8 35. Nd6+ Kb8 36. Qe4 Nc6
37. Nxf7 Rf8 38. Ne5 Nxe5 39. Qxe5+ Ka8 40. Rd6 Qa7 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "79"]
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. h4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5
12. h5 Qb6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. f5 Qc7 16. Re1 exf5
17. h6 g6 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qb4 Ne6 21. Rh3 Bb7
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rd6 Be4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Rad8 26. Rhd3
Qe7 27. Qe3 Kg8 28. Rxa6 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Qb7 30. Rd6 Qxg2
31. Bxb5 g5 32. Rd1 Qh2 33. a4 Qxh6 34. a5 Qh2 35. Bd7 Nf4
36. b4 Kg7 37. a6 Qg2 38. b5 Rd8 39. Kb2 Qa8 40. Bc6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4
7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd3 Be7
12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. Bc3 Bd8 15. Rfe1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Ng6
17. Rad1 f6 18. h4 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne3 Qf7
22. Rd4 h5 23. a4 Re6 24. a5 Bf6 25. Ra4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rf6
27. f3 Nf4 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Rb4 Nc5 30. Qh3 Qa2 31. Kg3 Qa1
32. Qc8+ Rf8 33. Qxc7 Qxc3 34. Rxb7 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Nxb7 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O
7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Qd3 f5 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb4
12. Qd2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 N6d5 14. Bg5 Bf5 15. Ng3 Nc2+ 16. Kf1
Ncb4 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. h4 Qd6 19. h5 Raf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. a3
Nc6 22. Bd3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Nxd4 24. Be4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4
26. Rg1 Nxf3 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kf8 29. Rxg6 c6 30. Ba2
Nd4 31. Rd3 e5 32. Rh3 e4 33. Rh7 e3 34. Rgxg7 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1
Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Rf2+ 38. Rg2 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "116"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 a5 12. Be3
Nh5 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Nb5 Nf4 15. Bd1 Bd7 16. a4 b6 17. Bxf4
exf4 18. Qxf4 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qf6 Bxb5
22. cxb5 Nc5 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Rh3 Rd7 25. Bc2 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7
27. Rc3 Nb7 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Bd1 Nd6 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7
Nxe4 32. f4 Rxd5 33. Bf3 Rd4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. fxe5 Rxe5
36. Rb7 Re6 37. Kf2 g5 38. Kf3 h5 39. h3 Kg7 40. g3 Kg6 41. g4
f5 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Rh7 Kg6 44. Rd7 Rf6+ 45. Kg3 h4+ 46. Kg2
Kf5 47. Rd8 Ke4 48. Rg8 Kf4 49. Rd8 Ke3 50. Re8+ Kd3 51. Rg8
Rf4 52. Rxg5 Rxa4 53. Rg6 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Kc4 55. Kf3 a4 56. Rb8
a3 57. b6 a2 58. Ra8 Kb3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4
7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. O-O Ndxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bg6 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Nf3 a6 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. b3 b5 21. a4 Kg8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Rcd1 Kg8 26. h3 Rh4
27. Qd3 b4 28. Nf3 Rf4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Rc3 d4
32. Rc4 Rxb3 33. Qe4 Rc3 34. Rc1 Qa6 35. R4xc3 dxc3 36. Rc2
Be7 37. Kh2 Rc4 38. Qd3 Qc8 39. Qe3 Qc7 40. Qd3 Qc6 41. Qe3
Bb4 42. Qd3 Qd5 43. Qe2 f6 44. Ra2 fxe5 45. Ra8+ Bf8 46. Rd8
c2 47. Rxd5 exd5 48. Qxe5 c1=Q 49. Qxd5+ Kh8 50. Ne5 Qf4+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "119"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Bc2 f6 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. O-O Ng6
12. Be3 Be7 13. Qb1 O-O 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6 Be8 16. Qd3 Bh5
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne2 a4 19. Rad1 Na5 20. h3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nc4
22. Rb1 Be7 23. f4 Rf6 24. Kh2 Bd6 25. Rg1 Raf8 26. Rg4 R8f7
27. Rh4 Rf5 28. Kg2 Qd8 29. Rg4 R5f6 30. Qc2 b5 31. Rg1 Rh6
32. Kh2 Qf8 33. Bc1 e5 34. dxe5 Nxe5 35. R4g3 Nd7 36. Qd3 Nf6
37. Qxb5 Ne4 38. Rxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. Qxe4 Qc8
41. Rxg7 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Kxg7 43. Be3 Re6 44. Qd4+ Kf8 45. Ng3
Rg6 46. Qe4 Re6 47. Qa8+ Re8 48. Qa7 Bxf4 49. Qc5+ Kg7 50. Qh5
Qxg3+ 51. fxg3 Bxe3+ 52. Kg2 Re4 53. Kf3 Re7 54. Qg4+ Kf6
55. Qxa4 Bg5 56. Kg4 Re5 57. Qc6+ Kg7 58. b4 Be7 59. Qc3 Bf6
60. Qc4 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Douglas D Eckert"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nf6
7. e4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. a4 Rb8 11. Qe2 d6 12. Qc4
O-O 13. a5 Nd7 14. Na4 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qc3 Qd7 17. Nxb6
Rxb6 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Qd2 Rb5 20. Rab1 Bb7 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Nc5
Qc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. b3 Rbb8 25. g4 h6 26. g5 hxg5 27. Bxg5
Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Rb5 29. Qf4 Ne7 30. c4 Rc5 31. Rd3 Ng6 32. Qd2
e5 33. Rd1 Rc6 34. c5 Rxc5 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Qxd6 Qxd6
37. Rxd6 a5 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rd5 Rc1+ 40. Bf1 Ra1 41. f3 Ra2
42. Rd7 f6 43. Bh3 Nh4 44. Bg4 Kh6 45. Ra7 g6 46. b4 Rg2+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Michael A Brooks"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "152"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bd3 g5
12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. h3 Nf6
17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nxg5 f6 20. Nf3 Ng3 21. Rhe1 Bc5
22. Nh2 O-O-O 23. Ng4 Nh5 24. Rf1 Be7 25. Ne2 Kb8 26. Qc3 Bc8
27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. a4 Bd7 29. b3 Bc6 30. Kb2 Rdf8 31. c3 Bd6
32. Bc2 Kd7 33. b4 Ke7 34. Rf2 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rdf1 Bc7
37. Kb3 Nf4 38. Nxf4 exf4 39. Re2 e5 40. Ra1 Ra8 41. Rxa8 Rxa8
42. Nh6 Ra1 43. Nf5+ Ke8 44. c4 bxc4+ 45. Kxc4 Rc1 46. Kb3 Bb5
47. Rd2 Re1 48. Bd1 Rxe4 49. Bh5+ Kf8 50. Rc2 Bd7 51. Rxc7
Bxf5 52. b5 Be6+ 53. Kc3 Re3+ 54. Kb4 Bd5 55. Bf3 e4 56. Bg4
f3 57. gxf3 exf3 58. Rc2 Be4 59. Rb2 f5 60. Bh5 Kg7 61. b6 Kh6
62. Bxf3 Rxf3 63. Kc4 Bb7 64. Ra2 Re3 65. Ra7 Re7 66. Kd4 f4
67. Ra5 Kg6 68. h4 f3 69. Rg5+ Kf6 70. Rg1 Kf5 71. h5 Re4+
72. Kc3 Re6 73. Rb1 Kf4 74. Kd4 f2 75. Rf1 Kf3 76. Kc5 Kg2 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Charles Lawton"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. cxd6 exd6 9. Bc2 Nc5 10. Re1 Re8 11. e5 dxe5
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Na3 Nd3 16. Bxd3
Rxd3 17. Be3 a6 18. Nc2 b5 19. Nb4 Rd6 20. Bf4 Re6 21. a3 a5
22. Nd5 Rae8 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Nc7 Rf8 25. Be3 Rb8 26. h3 Rb7
27. hxg4 Rxc7 28. Bb6 Rc4 29. Bxa5 Rxg4 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Rd8+
Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Kf1 Bh6 34. Bb4 Bc1 35. b3 h5 36. a4 bxa4
37. bxa4 Rc4 38. a5 Rc6 39. Rd6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "134"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O Nf6 12. f4
a5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 g6 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Qf2
Nd5 18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. a3 Kg7 21. Be4 Nc3 22. bxc3
Bxe4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. axb4 Qxc2 25. Nc5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bd5
27. Rdc1 Rb8 28. Rab1 Bc6 29. Rb2 Rb6 30. Ke3 Rhb8 31. Rcb1 h5
32. g3 Kf8 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Nd3 d6 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Ne5 Ke7
37. Rc1 Be8 38. Rc4 Rb5 39. Kc3 Ra8 40. Nf3 Ra3+ 41. Rb3 Ra2
42. Nd4 Rb7 43. Rb2 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Ra4 45. Kd3 Bb5 46. Nxb5 Rxb5
47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Rc8 Kd7 50. Rc3 Rd5 51. Ra2 Rxa2
52. Kxa2 Rd2+ 53. Ka3 Rxh2 54. b5 h4 55. b6 hxg3 56. Rc7+ Kd6
57. Rc8 Rh1 58. b7 Rb1 59. b8=Q+ Rxb8 60. Rxb8 e5 61. Rb4 f5
62. Rb6+ Kc5 63. Rxg6 exf4 64. Kb3 Kd4 65. Kc2 Ke3 66. Re6+
Kf2 67. Kd2 f3 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5
7. b3 Be7 8. O-O b6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4
12. exd4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. a4 g6 15. Ndf3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bd6
17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rfd8 21. Bf1
Ng7 22. a5 Nf5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qf4 Qc6 25. Red1 h6 26. Qg4
Qc5 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. Rd2 h5 29. Rad1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe7 31. Bc3
Qh4 32. Qd7 Qe4 33. Re1 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Bd2 Ba6 36. Rc1
Rc5 37. f3 h4 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Bf4 Kf8 40. g4 hxg3+ 41. hxg3
Ra5 42. Rd1 Ke8 43. g4 Ra2+ 44. Rd2 Rxd2+ 45. Bxd2 Nd4 46. Be3
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "185"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 e5 9. d3 h6 10. Rd1 f5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Qb3+
Kh7 13. Be3 Qe7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qxb6 Be6
17. Re1 Nd7 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qc2 Nb6
22. Ne2 Nd5 23. a3 Nb6 24. d4 e4 25. Ne5 Nc4 26. Nf4 Bd5
27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Bxd4 30. b4 c5 31. bxc5
Qxc5 32. Qb3 Qe5 33. Re2 Rf6 34. Red2 Rd8 35. Ne2 Rfd6
36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Nxd4 Qxd4
40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qxf5+ Kg7 42. Qxb5 e3 43. fxe3 Qxe3 44. Qb2+
Kg6 45. Qc2+ Kg7 46. a4 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qd5 48. h3 Qd4+ 49. Kh2
Qd5 50. h4 Kf6 51. Qg2 Qa5 52. Qf3+ Kg7 53. Qg4+ Kf6 54. Qf4+
Kg7 55. Qe4 Qc5 56. Kh3 Kf6 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. Qg4+ Kf6 59. Qf4+
Kg7 60. Qe4 Qa5 61. Qd4+ Kg6 62. Kf3 Qf5+ 63. Ke3 Qh3 64. Qe4+
Kf6 65. Kf2 Qd7 66. Kg2 Qd2+ 67. Kh3 Qd7+ 68. Kh2 Qd2+ 69. Qg2
Qa5 70. Qb2+ Kg6 71. Qb5 Qd2+ 72. Kh3 Qd1 73. Qc6+ Kg7 74. a5
Qf1+ 75. Kh2 Qe2+ 76. Qg2 Qa6 77. Qd2 Qe6 78. Qc3+ Kg6
79. Qd3+ Kg7 80. a6 Qa2+ 81. Kh3 Qe6+ 82. Kg2 Qa2+ 83. Kf3
Qf7+ 84. Ke3 Qe6+ 85. Kf2 Qf6+ 86. Kg2 Qc6+ 87. Kh2 Qb6
88. Qe2 Kf6 89. Qa2 Qa7 90. Kg2 Qa8+ 91. Kg1 Kg7 92. a7 Kg6
93. Qb1+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "59"]
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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ne4 c5
12. c3 Be6 13. Re1 h6 14. g4 Ne7 15. Ng3 Kd7 16. Nh5 g5 17. b3
a5 18. c4 a4 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Kg2 Nb4 21. Re2 Kc6 22. Kg3 axb3
23. axb3 b5 24. cxb5+ Kxb5 25. h4 gxh4+ 26. Nxh4 Nd3 27. Re3
Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Ra3 29. Rb1 Kb4 30. Re4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael A Brooks"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 b6 15. f4 a6 16. Nc3 exf4
17. Bxf4 Bf6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Bxf6 Rxf6
22. b3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 b5 24. Rae1 bxc4 25. Qg3 cxb3 26. Ne4 fxe4
27. Rxf6 Bf5 28. Rxd6 b2 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qc1 31. Qb3+
Kh7 32. Qd1 Qxd1 33. Rxd1 e3 34. c7 e2 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7
7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Kh1 e6
12. Qh4 b5 13. f5 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rae8 15. a3 Qc5 16. Rad1 b4
17. e5 bxc3 18. b4 Qc6 19. exf6 Bh8 20. Rf2 Qd5 21. Nd4 Ne5
22. Be2 Qe4 23. Qg3 Ba8 24. Rf4 Qb7 25. Bh6 exf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf6
27. Nxd6 Qe7 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rdf1 Bh8 30. Bxa6 Qe6 31. Bb5
Rd8 32. h3 Qd5 33. Be2 Qd2 34. Rd1 Qxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Rxd1+
36. Kh2 Nc6 37. Re4 Rd8 38. Qe3 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[Black "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nc3 d5 11. Ne5 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Nd3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. exd3
Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qb8 18. Qxb8 Raxb8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. b3 Rfd8
21. Na4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rd5 23. Rac1 Nd7 24. Rc3 g5 25. Rdc1 Rb5
26. R1c2 Kg7 27. Kf1 h5 28. h3 Kg6 29. Ke2 Re5+ 30. Kf1 Rd5
31. Ke2 Re5+ 32. Kd2 Rf5 33. Ke2 Re5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxc5 Re8
12. Bxb5 e4 13. Nd4 Nfd7 14. Ba3 Qb6 15. Nce2 Ba6 16. Qa4 e3
17. f3 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Na6 19. O-O Nac5 20. Qc4 Rac8 21. Rac1
Qb8 22. Nbd4 Ne5 23. Qb4 Ncd3 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Rc2 Bf8
26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. dxc6 Bxa3 28. bxa3 Rbc8 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Rc3
Red8 31. g3 Ne5 32. Rxe3 Nxc6 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Rxc8 Nxe2+
35. Rxe2 Rxc8 36. Kf2 Rc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. Be2 Nc6
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bh5+
Kf8 17. O-O f5 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Qc4 Kg7 20. Na4 a5 21. Rfd1 Ba6
22. Qxe6 Rad8 23. Rb3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[Black "Douglas D Eckert"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3
d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rd2 Nf6 14. Rhd1 O-O 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. h3 b5
17. a3 Rd7 18. Nh4 Rfd8 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qc5 21. Nf5 Qe5
22. Rf2 Qxf4+ 23. Rxf4 Kf8 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. e5
Nd5 27. Rf2 Rc6 28. Ne4 Ke7 29. Kd2 h6 30. g4 f6 31. exf6+
Nxf6 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. b3 Kf7 34. Rf4 Kg6 35. a4 f5 36. axb5
axb5 37. Rb4 Rc5 38. Kd3 fxg4 39. hxg4 Rg5 40. c4 bxc4+
41. bxc4 Rxg4 42. Rb6 Kf5 43. c5 Ke5 44. c6 Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Rc4
46. Rb5+ Bd5 47. Rxd5+ 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Nb5 Bxe4
7. N1c3 Nf6 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qe7 10. Nb5 Qxd6 11. Nxd6+
Kf8 12. Ba3 Kg8 13. O-O-O Bg6 14. h4 h5 15. f3 Nc6 16. c4 Ne7
17. Bb2 Rh6 18. Be5 Kf8 19. Be2 Nc6 20. Bf4 Rh8 21. Rd2 Ne8
22. Nb5 e5 23. Be3 Bf5 24. Kb2 Be6 25. Re1 Nf6 26. Nc3 Rc8
27. Bf1 Ne8 28. Bf2 Rh6 29. Bd3 f6 30. Be4 Nc7 31. Nd5 Ne7
32. Ne3 Rh8 33. g3 Kf7 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Rhd8 36. Red1 g6
37. Bg3 Kg8 38. Bc2 Rf8 39. Rg1 d5 40. cxd5 Ncxd5 41. Nxd5
Bxd5 42. g5 fxg5 43. Bxe5 Be6 44. hxg5 Bf5 45. Bd1 Rf7 46. Be2
Be6 47. Ba6 Rcf8 48. Rd6 Rf2+ 49. Ka3 Kf7 50. Rh1 Bf5 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Charles Lawton"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "155"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. h3 Nf6
17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bxh4 O-O-O 20. Rdf1 Bc6 21. Qf3
Rh6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qe2 Kb8 24. Rh7 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rd7
26. Kb1 Bc5 27. g4 Ka7 28. Ne2 Ba4 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Ne2 b5
31. a3 f5 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Nc3 f4 35. Qf3 Qh7
36. Nd5 Qh4 37. Be2 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qd2 39. Bd3 Bd4 40. Qh5 Qg2
41. Qf7+ Bb7 42. Qc7 Qg6 43. c3 Bg1 44. Qxe5 f3 45. c4 bxc4
46. Bxc4 Bc5 47. Nc3 Bb6 48. Nd5 f2 49. Qf4 Bc5 50. e5 a5
51. Nc7 Qe4 52. Qxe4 Bxe4 53. b4 axb4 54. axb4 Bxb4 55. Bf1
Kb6 56. Ne8 Kc5 57. Nf6 Bf5 58. Nh5 Kd4 59. Ng3 Be6+ 60. Kb2
Kxe5 61. Nh1 Bc5 62. Nxf2 Bxf2 63. Bd3 Kd4 64. Bh7 Be1 65. Bg6
Kc4 66. Kc2 Ba5 67. Bd3+ Kd4 68. Bg6 Bd7 69. Kb3 Be1 70. Bf7
Kd3 71. Bg6+ Kd4 72. Bf7 Bg4 73. Kc2 Bf5+ 74. Kb3 Bc3 75. Bg8
Kd3 76. Bc4+ Kd2 77. Bf7 Bd3 78. Be6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nc6 14. c4 Nd8 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxc7 Nc6
17. Be3 O-O 18. Rhc1 Rac8 19. Qb7 g5 20. h3 h5 21. g4 f6
22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc1 Rc5 24. Qxe7 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 hxg4 26. hxg4
fxe5 27. Qxg5+ Kh7 28. Qe3 exd4 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Bb2 Rf7
31. g5 Rf5 32. Bc1 b5 33. Kg3 Qd6+ 34. Kg4 Rc5 35. Bf4 Qe6+
36. Kg3 Rc3 37. Qxd4 Qc6 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Be3 Qc7+ 40. Qxc7+
Rxc7 41. Nd4 b4 42. f4 Rc3 43. Kf3 a5 44. f5 a4 45. g6+ Kg7
46. Ne6+ Kf6 47. Ke4 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. Nc3
Ne7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Nb6 14. Be2 h6 15. Rde1 Rab8 16. g4 Rb7
17. Rh3 b4 18. Nd1 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nc8 20. Qf5 Ne7 21. Qf3 f5
22. b3 fxg4 23. Qxg4 Rf4 24. Qg3 Na3 25. Rh4 Rf6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6
27. Bd3 Rf6 28. Ne3 Kf8 29. f4 Nc8 30. Rf1 Nb5 31. Ng4 Rd6
32. Bxb5 cxb5 33. f5 Kg8 34. f6 Rf7 35. Re1 Nb6 36. Rh3 Nd7
37. Re8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. fxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rg3 Kf7
41. Rf3+ Ke7 42. Rf5 a6 43. Kb2 Rc6 44. Rxd5 Re6 45. Rf5 Kd6
46. Nf2 Re3 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Rf1 a5 49. Nf4+ Kd6 50. Rg1 Re4
51. Rg6+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kf7 53. Rxh6 Rxd4 54. Rh7+ Ke6 55. Nc7+
Kf6 56. Nxb5 Rd5 57. Nc7 Rd2 58. Rh6+ Ke7 59. Kc1 Rh2 60. Nd5+
Kf7 61. Ra6 Rxh5 62. Rxa5 Rf5 63. Rb5 Rh5 64. Kb2 Rf5 65. Nc7
Rxb5 66. Nxb5 Ke6 67. Nc7+ 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "123"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6
7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O d4 9. Ne4 Bxd2+ 10. Rxd2 Nxe5 11. Qg3 N7g6
12. f4 Nc6 13. Bc4 Na5 14. Bd3 Qd5 15. Kb1 f5 16. Ng5 Qxc5
17. N1f3 Rf6 18. h4 h6 19. Nh3 Nc6 20. Rhd1 Bd7 21. Be2 Rc8
22. Nf2 Be8 23. Nd3 Qa5 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. g3 Nge7 26. Nc1 Nd5
27. Nb3 a5 28. Ka1 Ne3 29. Rc1 Nb4 30. Bd3 a4 31. Nbxd4 a3
32. bxa3 Nbd5 33. c4 Ng4 34. Qe1 Nc7 35. Rb2 Qa7 36. Qb4 Na6
37. Qxb7 Qxb7 38. Rxb7 Nc5 39. Rb3 Nxb3+ 40. axb3 Rd8 41. c5
e5 42. Bc4+ Kh8 43. Ne6 Ra8 44. fxe5 Rf7 45. Kb2 Re7 46. Re1
Bc6 47. Ned4 Be4 48. e6 Rea7 49. Nd2 Rxa3 50. Nxe4 fxe4
51. Rxe4 Nf6 52. Re3 Ra2+ 53. Kc3 R2a7 54. c6 Rd8 55. Nb5 Re7
56. Kb4 g5 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Kc5 Ne8 59. b4 g4 60. Re4 Rg7
61. Re5 Nf6 62. Nd6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "Douglas D Eckert"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Be2 Qd6
12. Qb2 c5 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e5 Qc7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Rad8
17. Qe3 f6 18. Bh4 fxe5 19.Bc4 Kh8 20.Ng5 h6 21.Ne6 Qc6 22.d5
Qd6 23.Bg3 Rf8 24.Bb5 c4 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qxh6 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 c5
12. b3 Rb4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rf4 15. g3 Rd4 16. Nf3 Rxd3
17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. g4 Qf4 20. d4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rxd4
22. Bc1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[Black "Melikset Zavenovich Khachiyan"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "39"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7
Qe7 7. Nxh8 Nc3+ 8. Kd2 Nxd1 9. Re1 Nxf2 10. Bxh7 Ne4+
11. Rxe4 dxe4 12. Bg6+ Kd8 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. Nf7+
Ke8 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Nf7+ Ke8 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Nf7+ Ke8
20. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "70"]
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. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5
12. Qe3 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be2 b6 16. Bf3 a6
17. e5 Ra7 18. Ne4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Kg7 20. g4 Rd7 21. Rde1 Bb7
22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rh8 24. Nf6 Bxf3 25. Rxh8 Bxf6 26. Rh3
Bxg5+ 27. Kb1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. Rd3 Be2 30. Rd6 Bf4
31. Rxb6 Bxe5 32. Rc6 Bd4 33. c3 Bd3+ 34. Kc1 Be3+ 35. Kd1 e5
0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Charles Lawton"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qc7 9. Re1 e5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Re8 12. Bc4
Nh5 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. d5 c5 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nh4 Qf7
18. Qd1 Nf6 19. f3 a6 20. f4 e4 21. h3 b6 22. Kh2 Ra7 23. Ra3
Ree7 24. Rb3 Reb7 25. Bf2 Ng6 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27. Be3 Bd7
28. Rg1 Qe8 29. Qf1 Bxa4 30. Nxa4 Qxa4 31. Qd1 Qd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf4 Bf8 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Ne5
12. Bg3 Qb6 13. h3 a5 14. Rb1 a4 15. Nd2 g6 16. Be2 a3 17. Nb3
axb2 18. Rxb2 Be6 19. Qd4 c5 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4
22. Reb1 Qc7 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. Bh4 Bg7 25. Qf3 Re6 26. Nd5 Nxd5
27. exd5 Re5 28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng5 Qe7 30. Qd1 Bf6 31. f4 Re2
32. Rxb7 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Bxb7 34. Rxb7 Bxg5 35. fxg5 Qe4 36. Qf1
Re8 37. Bg3 Qxd5 38. Rc7 f4 0-1
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Markovich Shulman"]
[Black "Gregory Zinovyevich Kaidanov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 a5 14. Qe2 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd7 21. c6 Ne5
22. Bb5 Qd5 23. Kg2 Nxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Rd1
Rc8 27. Qd3 Qc2 28. Rd2 b3 29. h4 Qc1 30. h5 Rc2 31. Qd8+ Kh7
32. Qd3+ f5 33. Rxc2 bxc2 34. Qb3 Qb1 35. Qxe6 c1=Q 36. Qg6+
Kh8 37. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Bc2 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 g6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4
Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rad8 18. Ke2 b6 19. Bc6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Kd3 Kf8 23. Ke4 Bc7 24. Kd5 Ke7 25. Bb5 e4
26. Kxe4 f5+ 27. Ke3 g5 28. h3 Bf4+ 29. Kd4 Bc1 30. b3 Bd2
31. Ke5 Bxc3+ 32. Kxf5 Kf7 33. Ba6 Be1 34. f3 Bb4 35. g4 Ba3
36. Ke5 Ke7 37. Kd5 Kd7 38. Bb5+ Ke7 39. Kc6 Bc5 40. Ba6 Kd8
41. a4 Ke7 42. Kb7 b5 43. Bxb5 a5 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ildar Rifkatovich Ibragimov"]
[Black "Michael A Brooks"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3
Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Bb7 9. e4 O-O 10. Qh5 f6 11. O-O-O
Qe8 12. Qh3 e5 13. d5 d6 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Nc5 16. g4 Qa4
17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Bc2 Qxc4 19. b3 Qb5 20. g5 fxg5 21. Bxg5 Rf7
22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Rg4 Nd7 24. Rdg1 Qc5 25. R4g3 Raf8 26. Qg2
Rg8 27. Bh6 Nf6 28. Rxg7 Qxg1+ 29. Qxg1 Rfxg7 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7
31. Qe1 Kg8 32. Qc3 Bb5 33. a4 Be8 34. b4 a6 35. Qd3 a5
36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Qc3 Bxa4 38. Bxa4 Nxe4 39. Qxa5 Re7 40. Qe1
Nf6 41. Qh4 Kf7 42. Bd1 1-0
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "114"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. O-O d6 11. Re1+
Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 O-O-O 14. Qh5 h6 15. Rae1 Rde8
16. Qa5 Kb8 17. Qa3 Bd7 18. Qa4 Re5 19. f4 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Re8
21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. Kf1 f6 24. Kf2 Bf7 25. a3 Bd5
26. g3 Bf7 27. Bf5 Qd8 28. Bd3 Be6 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Bg6 a6
31. Bd3 c5 32. Be4 g5 33. Ke1 Bf7 34. Bg2 Bg6 35. Kd2 Ka7
36. Qf3 Qe7 37. c4 Bf7 38. b3 Bg6 39. Qd5 gxf4 40. gxf4 Be8
41. Qd3 Qg7 42. Qg3 Qh7 43. Qd3 Qg6 44. Qxg6 Bxg6 45. c3 Kb6
46. b4 Be8 47. Ke3 Kc7 48. Be4 b6 49. Bf3 Ba4 50. Be2 Kd7
51. Bd3 Bb3 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Ke3 a5 54. Kf3 Bd1+ 55. Ke3 Bg4
56. Kf2 Ke7 57. Kf1 Be6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7
7. O-O c4 8. Bc2 e6 9. b3 b5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Nb6 12. Rb1
Be7 13. d4 cxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Bg5 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Qe3
Nbd7 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. Qe2 a5 20. Na3 h6 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. Bd2
Nc5 23. c4 Bxb5 24. cxb5 e5 25. a4 Rd7 26. Rbc1 Bd8 27. Be3
Rc8 28. Bb1 Qa7 29. Nd2 Qb8 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Nc4 Rd4 32. Bc2
Nd7 33. g3 Nf8 34. Bb3 Ne6 35. f3 Qc7 36. Kg2 Bg5 37. Rb1 Rcd8
38. Qa2 R8d7 39. Qe2 Qd8 40. Kf1 Rxd1+ 41. Rxd1 Nd4 42. Nxe5
Qc7 43. f4 Bf6 44. Qh5 Bxe5 45. Qxe5 Qc8 46. Bd5 Rxd5 47. Qxd5
Qh3+ 48. Kg1 Ne2+ 49. Kf2 Qxh2+ 50. Kf3 Nxg3 51. Qxc5 Qe2+
52. Kxg3 Qxd1 53. b6 Qd3+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf3 Qd1+ 56. Kf2
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Qa5
17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qb1 Be7 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rfxe1 Nd5 21. Rad1
Rd8 22. Bxa7 Kg8 23. g3 Kf8 24. Re5 Rxa7 25. Rexd5 Rxd5
26. Rxd5 Rxa2 27. Rb5 Bf6 28. b3 Ra7 29. Nd2 Ke7 30. Ne4 Bd4
31. Rb4 Be5 32. Kg2 Kd7 33. f4 Bc7 34. Kf3 b6 35. Nc3 Ra5
36. Nb5 Bb8 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Kd3 Ra2 39. Nd4 Bc7 40. Nxf5 g6
41. Rd4+ Ke6 42. Nxh6 Rxh2 43. Re4+ Kd5 44. Nf7 Rb2 45. Rd4+
Ke6 46. Ng5+ Kf5 47. Kc4 Rc2+ 48. Kb4 Kg4 49. Rd3 Rc6 50. Ne4
Kf5 51. Kb5 Rc2 52. Ng5 Rc5+ 53. Ka6 Rc6 54. b4 Rd6 55. Rc3
Rd7 56. Nf3 Ke4 57. Ne5 Rg7 58. Nxg6 Bd6 59. Ne5 b5 60. Nc6
Kd5 61. Kb6 Bf8 62. Rd3+ Kc4 63. Rd8 Rg8 64. f5 Rh8 65. f6 Rg8
66. f7 Rh8 67. Kb7 1-0
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