[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Ibragimov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Qb6 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. h4 f6 14. g4 Nfxd4 15.
Ncxd4 fxe5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bc3 Bd6 18. Rh3 Rab8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Ng5 h6 21.
Bh7+ Kh8 22. Qc2 Rf4 23. Qg6 Rf6 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Kxh7 26. g5 Be8 27. g6+
Kh8 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. h5 d4 30. Rf3 Kg8 31. Be1 c5 32. Rc1 Bd6 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34.
axb3 Bb5+ 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. f3 Bd3 37. Bg3 Ke7 38. b4 cxb4 39. Rc8 e4 40. Rg8
Bxg3 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Kxg3 e3 44. Rd7 e5 45. f4 exf4+ 46. Kxf4 e2
47. Re7 Kf8 48. Re5 a5 49. Kf3 a4 50. Kf2 a3 51. bxa3 b3 52. g7+ Kxg7 53. Re7+
Kf6 54. Rb7 Bc4 55. Rb4 Bf7 56. a4 d3 57. a5 Bxh5 58. Ke1 Ke5 59. a6 Bf3 60. a7
h5 61. Rxb3 Kd4 62. Rb8 h4 63. Rd8+ Kc3 64. Rc8+ Kd4 65. Kd2 h3 66. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goldin, A."]
[Black "Stripunsky, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qa5
15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bh4 c5 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb4 19. Bg3 O-O 20. Ba2 Bc5 21.
Nb3 Ba7 22. Bd6 Qh4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qd3 Ne5 25. Qg3 Qh5 26. Nd4 Ng6 27. h3
Bb8 28. f4 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Qe3 Ng4 31. Qe2 Bh2+ 32. Kh1 Qxh3 33. Bd5 Qh4
34. Nf5 Qh5 35. g3 Bxg3+ 36. Kg1 Bh2+ 37. Kg2 Bc8 38. Bxf7+ Kh8 39. Bxg6 hxg6
40. Nd6 Bxd6 41. Rxf8+ Bxf8 42. Rd8 Qh2+ 43. Kf3 Ne5+ 44. Ke3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kudrin, S."]
[Black "Serper, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qe3
Qa5 15. Qh3 Qh5 16. Qg3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rfd8 20. c3 Nf6
21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bc7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. Bb6 Ke8 25. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shulman, Y."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Nf4 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qa8 15. Nd3
Qb7 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Rb8 18. f3 bxc5 19. bxc5 Raa8 20. e4 Qa6 21. Rfc1
Bd8 22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc2 dxe4 25. fxe4 e5 26. d5 cxd5 27. Nxd5
Nxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. c6 Rc8 30. Kh1 f6 31. Nb4 Qe6 32. Qd3 Nf8 33. Qa6 Rb8
34. Ba3 Qb3 35. Qa7 Rc8 36. Qa6 Rc7 37. h3 Ne6 38. Qa8 Kf7 39. Ra1 Be7 40. Na6
Qc3 41. Rd1 Qxc6 42. Nxc7 Qxa8 43. Nxa8 Bxa3 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Nc7 Nf8 46. Rd3
Bc5 47. Rc3 Bf2 48. g3 Be1 49. Rb3 h5 50. Kg2 Ba5 51. Nd5 Ne6 52. Rb7 Bd8 53.
Rd7 f5 54. Rd6 Kf7 55. Rd7+ Ke8 56. Rd6 Nd4 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 fxg4 59. Rg6
Kf7 60. Rxg4 g5 61. Ne3 Ke6 62. Kh3 Nf5 63. Nxf5 Kxf5 64. Rg1 Ba5 65. Rf1+ Ke4
66. Kg4 Bd2 67. Rf8 Kd3 68. Rd8+ Ke2 69. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov, G."]
[Black "Gonzalez, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nf3 a5 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 Nd7 14. Nh4 Qc7
15. f4 Rfe8 16. e5 Bf8 17. Qe2 c5 18. Qh5 cxd4 19. Nf5 Nc5 20. Bc4 Ne6 21. b3
Qd8 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. f5 Bd5 24. fxe6 Rxe6 25. Bd3 Rxe5 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Bf4
Bg7 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Qf5 Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Be4 Bxb3 32. Bxa8 Qxa8 33. Rf3
Qd5 34. Rg3 Bf6 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 36. Rf1 Qd6 37. Rgf3 d3 38. Rxf6 Qd4+ 39. R6f2 e4
40. Re1 Bd5 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. Rxe3 Ke6 43. Rd2 Kd6 44. h4 f5 45. h5 f4 46. Rh3
Bg8 47. g3 f3 48. Kf2 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gulko, B."]
[Black "Becerra, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Qd6 16. Re3 Ne7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. h5 Nd5 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxe6 Qc7 21.
Ree1 Qxc3 22. Bxf5 Qxd4 23. Rad1 Qc3 24. h6 gxh6 25. Rd3 Qc7 26. Rc1 Qf7 27.
Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Be6 Rg7 29. Bd2 Nf6 30. Bc3 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rg6 32. Bf7 Ba6 33.
Bxg6 hxg6 34. Bxf6+ Kg8 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Bd4 g5 37. Kd2 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Re8 39.
Rc7+ Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Kc4 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. f3 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, A."]
[Black "Gurevich, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rad1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qd2 b4 15.
Nb5 Qb6 16. Bd4 Qa5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Rg8 20. Rd4 Ba6 21.
Rc1 Qxa2 22. Bb5 Qa5 23. Bxd7+ Nxd7 24. Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Rc7 Qh5 26. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Na4 Rfc8 16. Qd1 Na7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn, E."]
[Black "Benjamin, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. O-O e6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Ne5 Rd8
15. Bf4 Qc8 16. g4 Bg6 17. h4 Bxc5 18. h5 Rxd4 19. Qc1 Be4 20. Be3 Qc7 21. f4
Nxg4 22. Bxe6 Nxe5 23. Qxc5 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Rd6 25. Bb3 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 O-O 27. Rg1
Qe7 28. Bd4 Qh4+ 29. Ke2 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxh5+ 31. Kd2 Bg6 32. Rg5 Qh4 33. Kc1
Qh1+ 34. Rg1 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Bxe4 36. Re1 Re8 37. f5 Kf8 38. f6 gxf6 39. Rd1 f5
40. Rd6 Re7 0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, A."]
[Black "Bercys, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 Na6 7. Nge2 Qe8 8. Ng3
e5 9. d5 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Bh6 h4 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
f4 Qg6 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. O-O a5 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Rf2 Rf7 20. Raf1 Raf8 21. Bc2 e4
22. b3 Nf6 23. a3 Kg8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Na6 26. Ne2 Ng4 27. Nxg4 fxg4 28.
Nd4 c5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. f5 Bxf5 31. Nxc6 Kh7 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. Nd4 Kg8 34. Nxf5
Rxf5 35. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, L."]
[Black "Lapshun, Y."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Be6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Rc8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 c6 14. Qa4 Ra8
15. Rfc1 a6 16. Rab1 b5 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. a4 Nf6 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. a5 Nc8 21. e4
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd6 24. Bd3 Qf6 25. Qd2 Rfe8 26. g3 Ne4 27. Bxe4
Rxe4 28. Rb3 g5 29. Ng2 Rae8 30. Re3 Rxd4 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Qe1 Bd7 33. h4 Kg7
34. Rc5 Bg4 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Ne3 Bd7 37. Qc3 Kh6 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Qxd4 Qf3
40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Kf1 f5 42. Qg8+ Kf6 43. Qd8+ Kg6 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. Ke1 f4 46.
gxf4 gxf4 47. Nd1 Qe4+ 48. Kd2 Bd5 49. Nb2 Bc4 50. Nxc4 Qxc4 51. f3 Qa2+ 52.
Kd3 Qc4+ 53. Kd2 Qa2+ 54. Kd3 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fishbein, A."]
[Black "Schneider, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O d4 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Qf3 fxg3 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. hxg3 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Bc5 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Nxa3 Nd6 21.
Nc2 Nf5 22. Kf2 d3 23. Nb4 Rb8 24. Nxd3 b6 25. Nf4 Bb7 26. Be6 Bc8 27. d4 Bxe6
28. Nxe6 Rfc8 29. d5 Kg8 30. Rad1 Nd6 31. Nd4 Rb7 32. Nc6 Kf7 33. Re6 Rd7 34.
Rde1 Rcc7 35. g4 h6 36. Kf3 a5 37. a4 Rb7 38. R1e2 Rbc7 39. Nd4 Rb7 40. Nf5 Nc8
41. R2e3 Kg6 42. Rc6 Na7 43. Ree6 b5 44. axb5 Nxb5 45. cxb5 Rxb5 46. Rb6 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Altounian, L."]
[Black "Milman, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Bd6 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. d4 Bc7 10. c3 e5 11. h3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 exd4 14. Rd1 Ne5 15.
Qh5 d3 16. b3 Nd5 17. f4 f5 18. fxe5 g6 19. Qf3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc3 21. Qc4+ Nd5
22. Bh6 Bxe5 23. Bxf8 Bxa1 24. Bc5 Bg7 25. Rxd3 Qg5 26. h4 Qe5 27. Bxd5+ cxd5
28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 b6 30. Be3 Re8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. a4 Ke6 33. Rb5 Rf8+ 34.
Ke2 Be5 35. g4 Bc7 36. h5 Rd8 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Rb4 Rd5 39. Rc4 Bd6 40. b4 b5
41. Rc6 bxa4 42. Ra6 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lugo, B."]
[Black "Novikov, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 Qa5 14. b3 dxe4 15. g5
hxg5 16. hxg5 exf3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 Rxh1 19. Bxd7+ Kf7 20. Rxh1 Ne4 21.
Qd4 Qd5 22. Qxd5+ Bxd5 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Bg4 Ng3 25. Rd1 Ne2+ 26. Kb2 Nc3 27. Rf1
Be4 28. Bxf3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3+ Kg6 30. Nc4 Nd1+ 31. Kc1 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Kxg5 33. Re6
Kf5 34. Rxa6 Be7 35. c3 bxc3 36. Ne3+ Kf4 37. Kc2 Bf6 38. Nc4 Rh8 39. Rxf6+
gxf6 40. Kxc3 f5 41. a4 Rc8 42. a5 Ke4 43. Kd2 Rb8 44. Ke2 f4 45. Kf2 Rd8 46.
Ke2 f3+ 47. Kf2 Kf4 48. a6 Re8 49. a7 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Ra2 51. Nb6 Rxa7 52. Nd5+
Kg3 0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, A."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 N7c6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nd4 Qc7
15. Kb1 O-O 16. g5 Bd7 17. Ka1 Rfb8 18. h4 Qb7 19. Rb1 Na7 20. g6 Nb5 21. gxf7+
Kxf7 22. f5 e5 23. Nde2 Bc6 24. Rhg1 Bxe4 25. Bg5 Bf8 26. f6 g6 27. Bh6 Nxc3
28. bxc3 Qd5 29. Qe3 Rxb1+ 30. Kxb1 Rb8+ 31. Kc1 Qb7 32. Bxf8 Qb2+ 33. Kd2
Qxc2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf8 35. Qh6 Bf3 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qe7+ Kf5 38. Nd4+ exd4 39. Rg5+
Kf4 40. Qxd6+ Ke3 41. Qxd4# 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martinez, M."]
[Black "Ivanov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nd7 8. Qd2
a6 9. f4 e6 10. h4 d5 11. f3 Ngf6 12. Bh3 Bf8 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 Bg7 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rdg1 Kh8 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. h5 gxh5 20. Bf5 Re7 21.
Ne2 Qf8 22. Nf4 Rae8 23. Qg2 Bh6 24. Bg6 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rg7 26. Qf5 hxg6 27.
Nxg6+ Rxg6 28. Rxg6 Re7 29. Qg5 Rh7 30. Rh4 Rg7 31. Rh1 Rxg6 32. Qxg6 Qg7 33.
Qf5 Qg3 34. Kb1 Kg7 35. b3 Kh6 36. Qd3 Qf4 37. Rg1 Nf8 38. Re1 Ng6 39. c3 h4
40. Rg1 Ne7 41. Qe2 Nf5 42. Re1 Kg6 43. Kb2 Ng3 44. Qg2 Kf7 45. Ka3 a5 46. Qh3
Qxf3 47. Qxh4 Qxc3 48. Rg1 Qb4+ 49. Ka2 Ne2 50. Rf1 Nc3+ 51. Kb2 Nxa4+ 52. Kc2
Qc3+ 53. Kd1 Qd3+ 54. Ke1 Qe3+ 55. Kd1 Nb2+ 0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "DeFirmian, N."]
[Black "Friedel, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Bxd4
15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxd4 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd3 Rb4 20. Ra6 Rd4
21. Qa3 Rb7 22. Be3 Rdb4 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. Qa2+ Kh8 25. Raxd6 Rxb2 26. Qe6 Re7
27. Qf5 Re5 28. Qf4 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Re8 30. Bxc5 Qh5 31. Bd4 Nxe4 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7
33. Rg1+ Kh8 34. fxe4 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muhammad, S."]
[Black "Finegold, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 c5 11. f4 Neg4 12. Bg1 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. a4 h4 15. Nge2
e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O-O Bxc4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nh5 20. Bf2 Bxe2 21.
Bxe2 Nxf4 22. Bc4 b5 23. axb5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 axb5 25. Be3 bxc4 26. Bxf4 Kh7 27.
Kc2 Rfe8 28. e5 Nf5 29. Rd7 Rb6 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Ra7 g5 32. Bxg5 Rg6 33. Bf4
Rxg2+ 34. Kc1 Ng3 35. Bxg3 hxg3 36. Re1 Rf2 37. Re4 g2 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Rag7
Rxe5 40. Kd1 Rf1+ 41. Kd2 Rf2+ 42. Kd1 Rd5+ 43. Ke1 Rdd2 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. R4g7+
Kf6 46. Rg6+ Kf5 47. Rg5+ Ke4 48. Re8+ Kd3 49. Rd8+ Kxc3 50. Rxd2 Rxd2 51. h4
Kc2 52. h5 c3 53. h6 Rd1+ 54. Kf2 Rh1 55. Kxg2 Rxh6 56. Rxc5 Rb6 57. Kf3 Kb2
0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zilberstein, D."]
[Black "Lakdawala, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 h6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8.
Qxd6 Qe7 9. Nb5 Rb8 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Ba3+ d6 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. f3
a6 15. fxe4 axb5 16. Bxb5 Ra8 17. Kb2 Bg4 18. Rd2 Ra5 19. c4 Nd4 20. Bb4 Raa8
21. a4 b6 22. Bc3 Ne6 23. h3 Bh5 24. b4 f6 25. Kb3 Rac8 26. Bb2 Rc7 27. Re1 Bf7
28. Re3 h5 29. Ka3 h4 30. a5 bxa5 31. bxa5 Nc5 32. Bc3 Ra8 33. Bb4 Be6 34. Kb2
Rb8 35. Ka3 Bd7 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. Rd5 Ra7 38. Re1 Ra6 39. Re3 Ke6 40. Re1 g6
41. Re2 f5 42. exf5+ gxf5 43. Rb2 f4 44. Be1 Rg8 45. Re2 Ra7 46. Ka2 Rc8 47.
Rd4 Nb7 48. Rxf4 Nxa5 49. Bf2 Rb7 50. Rxh4 Ra8 51. Rh6+ Kf5 52. g4+ Kf4 53. Ka1
Kf3 54. Rc2 Nxc4+ 55. Ra2 Rxa2+ 56. Kxa2 Kxf2 57. g5 e4 58. Rf6+ Kg3 59. g6 Rg7
60. Kb3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kriventsov, S."]
[Black "Burnett, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. g4 Ngf6
9. Nge2 Nb6 10. Ng3 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. c3 bxc3
16. Nxc3 O-O 17. Be2 Ba6 18. b3 c5 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. O-O cxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22.
fxe5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rad1 Raa8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bxe5
28. Ne4 Rab8 29. Nxc5 Rb4 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Rc1 Re8 32. Rf6 Rd8 33. Rf3 Bf8 34.
Rd3 Rxh4 35. Nb7 Rd7 36. Nc5 Rg4+ 37. Kf3 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Rxg5 39. Rxa5 h4 40.
Kf2 Rd6 41. Rc5 Rf6+ 42. Ke3 h3 43. Rc1 Rff5 44. d6 Rg3+ 45. Kd4 Rxd3+ 46. Kxd3
Rd5+ 47. Kc4 Rxd6 48. Rh1 Rc6+ 49. Kd4 Rd6+ 50. Kc4 g5 51. Rxh3 g4 52. Rg3 f5
53. a5 Rg6 54. Kd4 f4 55. Rg1 Kf7 56. b4 Ke7 57. Ra1 g3 58. a6 g2 59. b5 Kd7
60. a7 Rg8 61. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Browne, W."]
[Black "Hoekstra, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 f6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf7 10. Nc3 d6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. h3 Qa5 14. Nd2 Rad8 15.
Nc4 Qa6 16. b3 f5 17. f3 Qb7 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Qb4 20. Qd3 fxe4 21. fxe4 d5
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxh3 24. gxh3 d4 25. Nd5 cxd5 26. Qxd4 Qb5 27. exd5 Rxd5
28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Qg4 Qb5 30. Rc8 Rdd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qe4 Qa5 33. Bg5 Qxa2 34.
Bxe7 Re8 35. Qc6 Rg8 36. Qf3 Qa5 37. b4 Qa6 38. e6 Re8 39. Bc5 h5 40. Qe4 Qa3
41. Qxg6 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qg4+ 43. Qxg4 hxg4 44. b5 Bc3 45. Re3 Bb2 46. Bxa7 Kg7
47. Bc5 Rc8 48. e7 Kf7 49. b6 Bc1 50. Re1 Bf4 51. b7 Rb8 52. Rf1 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goletiani, R."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
dxc3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O h6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. e4 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. Nc4 Be6 15.
Nb6 Qc7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. c4 f5 19. Be2 e4 20. g3 Be5 21. Ra3 Rbe8
22. a5 Nc8 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kg2 Nd6 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. b4 cxb4 27. Rxd4 bxa3 28. c5
Rfc8 29. Bxa3 Qxa5 30. Bb4 Qd8 31. Qa2 Qf6 32. Rd1 Nb5 33. d6+ Kh7 34. Qd5 Rf8
35. Qe5 Na7 36. Ba5 Qf7 37. Bb6 Nc6 38. Qc3 g5 39. fxg5 f4 40. Bc4 f3+ 41. Kh1
Qf5 42. gxh6 Ne5 43. d7 Rbd8 44. Bxd8 Rxd8 45. Bf1 Kxh6 46. Rd5 Rxd7 47. Rxe5
Rd1 48. Kg1 Rxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Qh3+ 50. Ke1 f2+ 51. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 52. Ke3 Qxg3+ 53.
Kd4 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lopez, B."]
[Black "Casella, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
Kh1 O-O 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. f4 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Rae8 13. Qh5 Nd4 14. Ba4
c6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. c3 Bg4 17. Qe5 Ne6 18. Nf2 Nxf4 19. Nxg4 Bd6 20. Qg5 f6 21.
Qh4 g5 22. Qg3 Re2 23. Nf2 Rfe8 24. Ne4 R8xe4 25. dxe4 Rxg2 26. Qf3 Rxb2 27.
Bb3+ Kg7 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Rad1 Qh3 30. Rf2 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 g4 32. Rg3 h5 33. Rd7+
Kh6 34. h4 Ng6 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 37. Kf1 Bxc3 38. Bc2 g3 0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adamson, R."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5 19. h5 g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7
22. Qg2 b4 23. Ke2 bxc3 24. g5 Kh7 25. Ng6 Rg8 26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. Rag1 Ba4 28.
Rc1 Rab8 29. Rhg1 Qe8 30. Qh2 Rb2 31. Kd1 Qf8 32. Qg3 hxg5 33. Bxg5 Qf5 34.
Qxc3 Rgb8 35. h6 R8b3 36. cxb3 Rxb3 37. Ke2 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 gxh6 39. Bf6 h5 40.
Rg5 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qxd4+ 42. Re3 Bd1 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rgg3 Bg4 45. Bd8 c3 0-1

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kraai, J."]
[Black "Battsetseg, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Re1 Bc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Re3 e5 16. Rh3 h5 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Bb1 a4 19. Re3 Ne6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
Ra5 22. Rd1 Rc5 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Ree1 Nd4 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 Ne6 27. Be2 Rg8 28.
Bxh5 Rxc4 29. Be2 Rb4 30. Rd2 Nxg5 31. f3 Ne6 32. Red1 Kf6 33. a3 Rd4 34. Kf2
Rgd8 35. Ke3 Rg8 36. Bf1 Kg5 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Nc5 40. d6 Kf6
41. Bc4 Rd8 42. f4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 b6 44. Rd5 Nb7 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Bxf7+ Kg7 47.
Bd5 Nxd6 48. Re5 Rf8+ 49. Ke3 Rd8 50. Re6 Nf5+ 51. Ke4 Nd6+ 52. Ke5 Nf7+ 53.
Kd4 Nd6 54. g4 Rd7 55. Bc6 Rd8 56. Kc3 Kf7 57. Rh6 Kg7 58. g5 Nf7 59. Re6 Rc8
60. Kb4 Nd8 61. Bd7 Rc2 62. Rxb6 Rxb2+ 63. Kc5 Nb7+ 64. Kc6 Na5+ 65. Kc7 Rxb6
66. Kxb6 Nc4+ 67. Kc5 Nxa3 68. Bf5 Nc2 69. Bxc2 a3 70. Bb1 a2 71. Bxa2 Kg6
1/2-1/2

