[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:10:55"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:11:50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. d5 Bd7
15. Nf1 Rdc8 16. Re2 Nb7 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Be3 b4 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. Re1 g6 21.
Bb1 Nfd7 22. Nh2 Qd8 23. Ng4 Bg5 24. Qd2 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qg5 26. Qxb4 h5 27.
Nh2 h4 28. Ngf1 Nf6 29. Rce1 Nh5 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. N1h2 Nf4 32. Qd2 a5 33. Kh1
a4 34. Ng1 Rab8 35. g3 Nh5 36. Rc3 Ba6 37. Ree3 Rb4 38. b3 Qb7 39. Bc2 f5
40. exf5 Rd4 41. Qe1 Qxd5+ 42. Nhf3 gxf5 43. Kh2 f4 44. Nxd4 Qxd4 45. Ne2
Bxe2 46. Rxe2 hxg3+ 47. fxg3 Rf8 48. Be4 d5 49. Bxd5+ Kh8 50. Rxe5 fxg3+ 51.
Rxg3 Nxg3 52. Qxg3 Qf2+ 53. Bg2 Qxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Rc8 55. b4 Nd3 56. Rh5+ Kg7
57. b5 Kg6 58. Rd5 Nb4 59. Rd6+ Kf5 60. b6 Ke5 61. Rd2 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Goldin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8.
a3 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. d3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nc4 dxc4 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. f3 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qb6 13. Bb5 Rd8 14. e5
a6 15. Be2 Ne8 16. Nd5 Qa5+ 17. b4 Qa3 18. Bxb8 Kh8 19. Bd6 Nxd6 20. exd6
Rxd6 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Qe3 Qa4 23. Nc3 Qa3 24. O-O Rc8 25. Nd5 Qxe3+ 26. Nxe3
Rd2 27. Rfe1 Bxa2 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Rd4 30. Nb6 Rcd8 31. Rab1 R4d6 32.
Nc4 Rd4 33. Na5 R4d7 34. Re2 Kg8 35. Kf2 f6 36. b5 Kf7 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Rb6
Ra8 39. Ra2 Rd5 40. Nc4 Rd7 41. Rbxa6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6 Ke7 43. g4 Kf7 44. Rb6
Ke7 45. h4 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shahade,J"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:13:30"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:03:35"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Na6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. d6 exd6 12. Bxd6 Rd8 13. Ba3 Rxd4 14.
Nf3 Rd8 15. O-O Be6 16. Ng5 Nd5 17. Nxe6 Nxc3 18. Bxa6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Nd5 20.
Rad1 Rac8 21. Bb3 b5 22. Rfe1 b4 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8
26. Rd7 b5 27. g3 Nc6 28. Rc1 Bxb2 29. Rc2 Be5 30. Rd5 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8
32. Rc5 Bd6 33. Rxb5 Ke7 34. a4 Ne6 35. Rb7+ Nc7 36. h4 Kd7 37. Rb8 Ne8 38.
Rb7+ Bc7 39. Kg2 Nd6 40. Rb1 Ne4 41. Rd1+ Nd6 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Rc1 Bd8 44.
Rc6 Kd7 45. Rc5 Bb6 46. Re5 Nc4 47. Re2 Nd6 48. Kg4 h6 49. h5 g5 50. f4 gxf4
51. gxf4 Bd8 52. Rd2 Ke6 53. f5+ Kd7 54. Rd5 Bg5 55. a5 Kc6 56. Re5 Nc4 57.
Re6+ Kd7 58. a6 Ne3+ 59. Kh3 Nxf5 60. Re5 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Battsetseg,T"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 b6 8. h4
Qc7 9. a3 a5 10. Rh3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Nf1 b5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. dxc5 Nc4
15. b4 Be7 16. Bd4 O-O 17. N1d2 N6xe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Rb8 20. Rc1 Ng6
21. h5 Nf4 22. Rg3 Bh4 23. Rh3 Nxh3 24. gxh3 axb4 25. cxb4 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "Muhammad,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne3
Qc7 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bf8 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bb3 Bd6 24. g3 a5 25. Bc4 f5 26. e5 Qf7
27. e6 Qe7 28. Rab1 a4 29. Rb6 Ra7 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Bf4 Qb6 32. d6 Qc6 33.
f3 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7
8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. b4 c5 12. Ne2 cxd4 13. exd4 h6 14. Bh4
Ba6 15. Qb3 d5 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e5 18. O-O Re8 19. Bf2 exd4 20. cxb6 Ne5
21. Qb5 axb6 22. Bxd4 Nc4 23. Ng3 Re6 24. a4 Ne8 25. a5 bxa5 26. bxa5 Rb8
27. Qa4 Ra6 28. Bc3 Ned6 29. Rfb1 Rba8 30. Qd1 Qg5 31. Qd3 h5 32. Nf1 h4 33.
h3 f6 34. Ra2 Qf5 35. Qxf5 Nxf5 36. Rb5 d4 37. Be1 Re8 38. Bb4 Ng3 39. Rc5
Ne5 40. Rd2 Nc6 41. Kf2 Nxb4 42. Rxd4 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Nc6 44. Rxh4 Nxf1 45.
Kxf1 Re5 46. Rhc4 Rxc5 47. Rxc5 Nxa5 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. h4 Nc6 50. Kf2 Ne7 51.
Rc5 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Kh3 Nd5 54. g3 Rd3 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Ra5 Rd2+ 57. Kh3
Ne3 58. Ra3 Re2 59. Rb3 Nf1 60. Kg4 Rg2 61. h5+ Kh6 62. f4 f5+ 63. Kxf5
Nxg3+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kreiman,B"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8.
f4 Nf6 9. c4 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 Rd8 14. Bb1
O-O 15. e5 Ne8 16. Kh1 g6 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nd4 Ndf6 19. b3 Nh5 20. Qf2 Bc5
21. Be3 Nef6 22. h3 e5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Nce2 Rfe8 25. Bc1 Qc7 26. Bb2 Rxe2
27. Rxe2 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rxd4 29. Re3 Nxf1 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fishbein,A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
e5 Qb8 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Qd2 Ng6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. h4 Bb4 13. h5 gxh5 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Ra4 a5 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Nd4
O-O 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Kd2 Rc5 25. Ra1 Bc6 26. Nxc6
dxc6 27. f4 Rd5+ 28. Ke3 Rc5 29. Kd3 Rd5+ 30. Ke3 Rc5 31. Kd3 Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Foygel,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. d5 f5 13. f4 Nf6 14. Qc2 e6
15. fxg5 hxg5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. g4 Nd7 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. Bxf5
Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rf6 22. Be6+ Rxe6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ Kg6 26.
Rg7+ Kf5 27. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shahade,G"]
[Black "Ivanov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Ne5 Bh7 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. O-O Nd5 13. h5 Qh4 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O-O 16. Qf3 f5 17. exf6ep Nxf6 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20.
Qxe4 Rhe8 21. Qf3 Rd5 22. g3 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 Rxh5 24. Rfe1 Bd4 25. c3 Bb6 26.
Re2 Rd5 27. Rae1 Kd7 28. Kg2 h5 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd2 31. R3e2 Rxe2 32.
Rxe2 Ke7 33. g4 g6 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Re5 Rg8+ 36. Kh3 Rf8 37. Kg2 Rh8 38. f4
Rd8 39. f5 Kf6 40. Rxe6+ Kxf5 41. Re2 Rd3 42. Rf2+ Kg4 43. Re2 Kf4 44. Rf2+
Ke3 45. Rf3+ Ke4 46. Rf2 h4 47. Re2+ Re3 48. Rd2 c5 49. a3 b6 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Donaldson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 a5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Nc1 c5 15.
Nd3 Rac8 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Nf8 20. Rd6 Bxd6
21. exd6 Ng6 22. h4 Qxd6 23. h5 Ne5 24. Qg3 g6 25. Qg5 Nxc4 26. bxc4 e5 27.
hxg6 fxg6 28. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Browne,W"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:09:56"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. e6 fxe6 8.
Ng5 Nf6 9. dxc5 d5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qe2 d4 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 14. O-O
O-O 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. Bd2 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Rf6 20. Bb3
exf4 21. Bxf4 e5 22. Bxh6 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Bxh6 24. Qf6+ Kh7 25. Bf7 Be3+ 26.
Kh1 Qf8 27. Bxg6+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Qd7+ Qe7 31. Qf5 Qh4 32.
g3 Qh6 33. Rf1 Kh8 34. Qd7 Ne7 35. Qxb7 Qc6+ 36. Qxc6 Nxc6 37. a3 Kg7 38. b4
Ne7 39. Be4 Rc8 40. Kg2 Bd2 41. Rb1 Ng8 42. Kf3 Nf6 43. Bf5 Rf8 44. Rb3 Bc3
45. g4 Re8 46. Be4 Rh8 47. g5 Nxe4 48. Kxe4 Rxh2 49. Rxc3 dxc3 50. c6 Kf7
51. c7 Rh8 52. Kxe5 Ke7 53. g6 Kd7 54. g7 Rc8 55. Kf6 Kxc7 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Pixton,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:15:10"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:15:07"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bd2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Nc3 Nbc6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. O-O Bb7
15. Bf4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Rfd1 Nc8 19. Nb5 Nd6 20. Nd4 Rfe8
21. Ne6 Bf6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rc2 Ba8 24. h3 Re7 25. a4 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. Nxc7 Qf5 28. Nxa8 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qxf4 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. d6 Rf7 32. Nc7 Kh6
33. Qg4 Qxg4 34. hxg4 Rd7 35. b3 Kg7 36. Rd5 Kf7 37. Kf1 Be7 38. Nb5 Bf8 39.
Ke2 a6 40. Nc3 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Bxd6 42. Nxe4 Be7 43. f4 Ke6 44. Kd3 h5 45. g5
Kf5 46. Ke3 Kg4 47. g3 Bb4 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Ke3 Kg4 50. Kf2 h4 51. Nf6+ Kf5
52. gxh4 Bd6 53. Kf3 Bxf4 54. Nd5 Bd6 55. Nxb6 Bb4 56. Nd5 Be1 57. Ne3+ Ke5
58. Kg4 Ke4 59. Nc4 Bb4 60. Nb6 Bd6 61. Nd7 Kd5 62. h5 gxh5+ 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashley,M"]
[Black "Pruess,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 b4 12. Na4 Bb7 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qf4
Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nxf2 16. Rhf1 Nxe4 17. Nxe6 Nxg5 18. Nxc7 Ra7 19. Nd5 Nc6 20.
h4 Ne6 21. h5 Rd8 22. h6 a5 23. hxg7 Ncd4 24. g4 Nxb3 25. axb3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5
Ra6 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rb7 Rc7 29. Rb8+ Kxg7 30. Nb6 Nd4 31. Nd5 Rca7 32. Nf6
Ra8 33. Ne8+ Kg6 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Nxd6 Ra7 36. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Enkhbat,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:12:58"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:09:23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Qg4 g5 14.
Qe4 c5 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 g4 19. dxc5 gxf3 20.
Qa6+ Qb7 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. cxd6 fxg2 23. Rhg1 Rhg8 24. f3 Rg6 25. Be1 Nd5
26. Bg3 h5 27. Rd2 Kc6 28. Rgxg2 Ne3 29. Rg1 Nf5 30. b3 Rdg8 31. d7 Rd8 32.
Bf2 Rxg1+ 33. Bxg1 Nh4 34. Rd3 Rxd7 35. Rc3+ Kb7 36. Bf2 Ng6 37. a4 Nf4 38.
Rc4 Ng6 39. Bg3 f5 40. b4 a6 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Rd5 43. Rc7+ Ka8 44. c4
Rd4 45. Rc6 Nf4 46. Kc2 e5 47. Bf2 Rd3 48. Bxb6 Rxf3 49. Rf6 Ng2 50. Bc5
Ne1+ 51. Kd2 Nd3 52. Rf8+ Kb7 53. Rf7+ Kc8 54. Bd6 Nb2 55. Kc2 Na4 56. Bxe5
Kd8 57. Bd4 Rf4 58. Kd3 Rf3+ 59. Ke2 Rb3 60. Rxf5 Rb4 61. Kd3 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ross,L"]
[Black "Hahn,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. O-O-O Nxe3 10. Qxe3 a6 11. Nb3 b5 12. f4 Be7 13. e5 d5 14. Qg3
Kf8 15. h4 Qc7 16. Be2 b4 17. Nb1 a5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 a4 20. a3 bxa3
21. Nxa3 Qb6 22. Rhd1 Rb8 23. Qc3 Bb4 24. Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Nb5 Qxc3 26. Nxc3
Bd7 27. Rd4 Ra8 28. f5 Ke7 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rg4 Rhg8 31. h5 Be8 32. Rb4 Ra7
33. Rb6 Bd7 34. Bg4 Rc8 35. Ne2 Rc4 36. Bf3 Rac7 37. c3 d4 38. Kc2 dxc3 39.
bxc3 R4c5 40. Kd2 Rxe5 41. Nf4 Ra5 42. Ng6+ Kf6 43. Rb8 Rc8 44. Rb4 Be8 45.
Rf4+ Rf5 46. Rb4 a3 47. Rb1 a2 48. Ra1 Bxg6 49. hxg6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Lein,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 Nc6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Bd7 13. Ke2 Bc6 14. b4
dxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Be8 17. a4 Kb8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Nc8 20. f4
Nb6 21. Bd3 Rd7 22. Rc2 Re7 23. Ra1 h6 24. Nge4 g5 25. g3 Rg8 26. Rca2 f5
27. Ra7 gxf4 28. gxf4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 c6 30. bxc6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Rc8 32. Rxb7+
Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Rxc3 34. Be4 Bf8 35. Rg1 Nd5 36. Bd3 Bd6 37. Rg6 Bxf4 38. Rxe6
Bxe3 39. Rxe3 Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Kc7 41. h4 Kd6 42. Ke4 Ra3 43. h5 Ra5 44. Be2
Rg5 45. Bf3 Kc6 46. Be2 Kb6 47. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Kaufman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Nf1 O-O 8.
Ng3 h6 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Qd7 14. h3
Rad8 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. exf6 Ba7 20. e5
g6 21. b4 Kh7 22. Rc1 Bb6 23. h4 a5 24. Qd3 axb4 25. h5 Qf7 26. Ne2 Ra8 27.
Nf4 Rg8 28. Qb1 Ra3 29. Kf1 c5 30. Rcd1 Ba5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. hxg6+ Rxg6 33.
e6 Qxf6 34. e7 Qxf4 35. e8=Q Qc4+ 36. Kg1 Rd3 37. Qf7+ Rg7 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mulyar,M"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Qb6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Bc4 Qc5 13. Bb3 O-O-O 14.
Kb1 Kb8 15. f5 Na5 16. Nd4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 h5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Na4 Qe5 20.
Nb6 Qxe4+ 21. Ka1 e5 22. Qf2 exd4 23. Qxf6 Be7 24. Nxd7+ Ka7 25. Qf2 Rxd7
26. Rxd4 Rf8 27. Qg1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8.
Bg2 Nfd7 9. Qe2 g6 10. e5 Bxg2 11. exd6 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Rg3
Kf8 15. dxe7+ Qxe7 16. Re3 Qg5 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. f4 Qxf4 19. Ne6+ fxe6 20.
Rf1 Qxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Kf7 22. h4 g5 23. Qe2 Nbd7 24. Rxe6 Rhe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. Qf2 Ne5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qf5 Nf3 29. b4 Re3 30. Qc5 Nxg4 31. a4 Re1+
32. Kb2 Nf6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nxb5 Bd5 35. Nc3 Be6 36. b5 Ne5 37. Qf2 Nc4+
38. Kb3 Re3 39. Kb4 g4 40. Qf4 Kg6 41. Qb8 g3 42. b6 Ne5 43. Qa8 Nf3 44. b7
g2 45. b8=Q g1=Q 46. Qc6 Rxc3 47. Qbe8+ Nxe8 48. Qxe6+ Nf6 49. Kxc3 Qd4+ 50.
Kb3 Nd2+ 51. Ka2 Nc4 52. Kb3 Qb2+ 53. Ka4 Qa3+ 54. Kb5 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Watson,J"]
[Black "Donaldson,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8.
c5 c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. h4 Nxc5 12. Bb1 Ne6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 N6g7
15. h5 Bf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bc3 Ne6
21. Qe2 Nf4 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Bxd2 Nd5 24. Nd4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nec7 26. Nb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaitshik,G"]
[Black "Paschall,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. f3 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rfd8 18. Na4 Be8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. c3
Nb8 21. Nac5 Bc6 22. Kf2 Nd7 23. Nd3 Be7 24. Nd4 Nb8 25. Nxc6 Nxc6 26. Ke3
g5 27. g3 Bd6 28. f4 Bb8 29. b4 Ba7+ 30. Kd2 gxf4 31. gxf4 e5 32. Rf1 Kg7
33. Kc2 exf4 34. Nxf4 Bb8 35. Bc4 Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Ne5 37. Bd5 b6 38. axb6 Rd6
39. b7 Rb6 40. Rf5 f6 41. Rxe5 fxe5 42. Kb3 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bennett,A"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. a4
bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Kh8 18. O-O f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nce3
Bg6 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Rxb3 24. g3 Nd4 25. Nd5 Qa8 26. Qe4
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baginskaite,K"]
[Black "Shiber,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxe4 Qc7 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Be7 Re8
15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 a6 18. b3 c5 19. d5 e5 20. Nh4 Nf8 21. g3
f5 22. Nxg6 Nxg6 23. Bxf5 Nf8 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Bh3 Nf6 26. Bc1 Nxe4 27. Rxe4
Rd6 28. Bb2 Kh8 29. Qe2 Rdd8 30. Re1 Ng6 31. f4 Bc8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. fxe5
Rf8 34. e6 Qe7 35. Rg4 Bxb2 36. Qxb2+ Kh7 37. Qc2 Qf6 38. d6 Qf5 39. Qxf5
Rxf5 40. d7 Rd8 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tsai,C"]
[Black "Sagalchik,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Bg4
8. b4 Bxf3 9. exf3 Nxe5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. f4 Nc6 13. g3 b6 14.
Bh3+ Kb8 15. Bg2 Qd6 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Qf3 a6 18. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markzon,G"]
[Black "Kriventsov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qf3 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 g6 14. Qh3 h5
15. Qg3 h4 16. Qh3 O-O-O 17. Nd4 Kb8 18. b4 e5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf8 21.
Nb3 Bg7 22. a4 exf4 23. Re7 Rhf8 24. Rxf4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Na5 Bh6 27.
Qxh4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Qb6+ 29. Be3 Qc7 30. Qd4 Rde8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bf4 bxc4
33. Bxc4 Ne5 34. Bb5 Re7 35. Be3 Ba8 36. h3 f6 37. Kh2 g5 38. Bf2 f5 39.
Nc6+ Nxc6 40. dxc6 Bxc6 41. Bxc6 Qxc6 42. b5 Qc7 43. b6 Qd7 44. Qf6 Re2 45.
Qd4 Qe7 46. Kg1 Ra2 47. Qc3 f4 48. Qc4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Ra5 50. Bd4 Rf5 51. Qc6
Rf7 52. b7 Qd7 53. Qb6 Qxb7 54. Qd8+ Qc8 55. Qb6+ Ka8 56. Qa5+ Kb8 57. Qb6+
Ka8 58. Qa5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levina,A"]
[Black "Groberman,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:00:37"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:04:28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7
8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 f6 12. Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5 Nf8 14. Nxd6
cxd6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ng6 17. Rf1 d5 18. d3 Qb6 19. Kh1 dxe4 20. dxe4
Qc6 21. Rd1 Bg4 22. Rd5 Be2 23. Rff5 Rxe4 24. Qd2 Qe8 25. Rxc5 Bd3 26. Qxd3
Rd8 27. Rcd5 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Rxd5 30. h3 Qd7 31. Qc4 b5 32. axb5
axb5 33. Qc3 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Qb6+ 37. Kh1 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epstein,E"]
[Black "Esserman,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. h4 Rb8 9. c4 Qb4+ 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Qe4 Ne6 12. Be2 d5 13. exd6ep Bxd6 14.
Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qe4 O-O 16. O-O Nf4 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf3 Bc8 19. c5 Qxc5 20. Nb3
Qe5 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxf4 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Rfe1 Bd6 25. Re2 f4 26. Nd4
Bg4 27. Nf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rbe8 29. Rae1 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 g6 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Kh3
Rb8 33. h5 gxh5 34. Kh4 Rf8 35. Kxh5 Rf5+ 36. Kg4 Rc5 37. b3 h6 38. Re8 Rg5+
39. Kh3 Rh5+ 40. Kg2 Rg5+ 41. Kh3 Rh5+ 42. Kg2 Bc5 43. Re4 Rf5 44. Re6 Rg5+
45. Kf1 h5 46. Re4 Rf5 47. a4 h4 48. Kg2 Rg5+ 49. Kh3 1/2-1/2

