[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, B."]
[Black "Muhammad, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 c6 6. b3 {Diagram #} 6... Bd6 7.
d4 Qe7 8. a4 a5 9. Ba3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 O-O
14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd3 c5 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Qe3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Ndc5 19. Qb2 f4 $36
{Diagram #} 20. Nd3 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 (22... bxc5 $142 $1) 23.
Qd4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxd4 25. Rdxd4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bd5 27. Rc7 Nc5 (27... g5 $5)
28. Nd2 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7 (30... Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Bxd5 exd5 33.
Kg2 Ke6 34. g4) 1/2-1/2

6 42. Qg4+ Ke5 43. Qf4+ Ke6 44. Qg4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Perelshteyn, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Kb8 14. Qe2 e5
15. Ba6 Rhe8 16. Bxb7 Kxb7 17. d5 Rf8 18. Kb1 f5 19. Nd2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21.
Ng3 Qd7 22. Rd2 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Nf1 c6 25. dxc6+ Qxc6 26. f3 Nh5 27. Ne3 Nf4
28. Qd1 g6 29. Qb3 Qc5 30. Nc4 Rfe8 31. a4 Re7 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. axb5 Kc7 34.
Kc2 d5 35. Rxe5 Rde8 36. Rd4 Rxe5 37. Nxe5 g5 38. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serper, G."]
[Black "Onischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Ra2 Qd7
15. Re2 Re6 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Rd1 g6 18. Ree1 h5 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qe7 21. Qf1
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. c4
Kh7 28. Bf6 Rd7 29. Re8 Kg6 30. Rc8 Rd6 31. Bc3 f4 32. Kf2 f6 33. h3 Kf5 34.
Ke2 Ke4 35. Rh8 Ne5 36. Rxh5 Rd3 37. Bd2 Rg3 38. Kf2 Rxa3 39. Rh4 Ra2 40. Ke1
Kd3 41. Bxf4 Rxg2 42. Rh6 Ke4 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Ra6 Rh2 45. Rxa7 Rxh3 46. Rd7
Rc3 47. Kd2 Rxc4 48. Rc7 Kf3 49. Re7 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dlugy, M."]
[Black "Kraai, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Qe7 9. d5 Nb8 10. b4 Nf6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd2 e4 14. Bd4 Re8 15.
Qc2 h5 16. h4 Ne5 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd3
Re7 22. Kh2 Bf5 23. Qd4 Bg6 24. e4 axb4 25. axb4 Rae8 26. f4 Qg4 27. Ra3 f5 28.
Rae3 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Ra8 32. Qf2 Ra3 33. Re3 Rxe3 34.
Qxe3 Qd1 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. c5 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Qd1 39. cxd6 cxd6 40.
Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Florean, A."]
[Black "Ross, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. f4 Bd7
9. O-O b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Bh6 Ng4 15.
Qd2 Nd4 16. Rae1 Nf5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 h5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Bc6 21. b4
Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 O-O 24. Qg5 Nd4 25. Re4 Rbd8 26. c3 Rd5 27. Qd2
Rxc5 28. bxc5 Nb3 29. Qe2 Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 Qc6 31. Qg2 Qxc3 32. Rxe7 Qxd3 33. Rfe1
Nd4 34. Nf4 Qb3 35. h3 Nh6 36. R7e3 Qc2 37. Re4 Qc5 38. Qf2 Ne6 39. Qxc5 Nxc5
40. Re5 Nd7 41. Rxb5 Rc8 42. Reb1 Rc3 43. R5b3 Rc2 44. R3b2 Rc3 45. Rb3 Rc2 46.
R1b2 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Nf6 48. Ne2 Rd1 49. Rb1 Rd2 50. R1b2 Rd1 51. Rf3 Kg7 52. Nc3
Rc1 53. Rbf2 Nf5 54. Ne2 Rc4 55. Nc3 Ne4 56. Nxe4 Rxe4 57. Ra3 Rb4 58. Rfa2 Rc4
59. Kf2 Rb4 60. Rc3 Nh6 61. Rac2 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez, D."]
[Black "Vicary, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. Rc1 h6 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Nfxd4 Bd7 21.
Qf3 O-O 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qe4 Qa7 24. Be3 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rc2 26. Nd4 Rxb2 27. Nf5
Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qc5 29. Rf1 h5 30. d4 Qc2 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kh8
34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Rf5 g5 36. Ng6+ Kg7 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. e6 f6 39. Rxf6+ Ke7 40.
Rg6 Rxa2 41. d5 Rd2 42. Rg7+ Ke8 43. e4 b4 44. Rb7 a5 45. Rb5 Kd8 46. e5 Rc2
47. d6 Rc8 48. Rb7 a4 49. e7+ 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kleiman, J."]
[Black "Nakamura, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 g5 12. Be2 b6 13. Qd5 Rb8 14. Qxa5
bxa5 15. b3 Bb7 16. f3 Ra8 17. h4 h6 18. Nd5 Rg8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Kf2 d6 21.
g3 Kf8 22. Rcd1 Bb2 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Bh3 Bd7 25. Nc7 Nxc7 26. Bxd7 Na6 27. Bc6
Rd8 28. Bb5 Nc7 29. Bc6 Ba3 30. Bxa7 Ne6 31. Rd5 Nc5 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Bb5 Bb4
34. Ke3 Rb8 35. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ibragimov, I."]
[Black "Gurevich, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Be3 Qd5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qc2
Qh5 15. Be4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb4 Qb5 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. a4 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 Rfb8
21. Rfc1 Nxb2 22. Bd6 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Re8 25. a5 a6 26. Bxa6 Ra8
27. Rb1 Rxa6 28. Rxb2 h5 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Bb4 Rc6 31. h4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Bc8 33.
Bd2 Rc2 34. Bg5 Ba6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rb6 Be2 37. d5 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Rxf2+ 39.
Kg3 Ra2 40. dxe6 fxe6 41. a6 Kg6 42. Rxe6 Kf5 43. Rb6 Kg6 44. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bercys, S."]
[Black "Lenderman, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. g5 Ng8 13. e4 Qxb3 14. axb3 dxc4
15. bxc4 e5 16. d5 Bc5 17. Bd2 Bd4 18. Ra3 Ne7 19. O-O Nc8 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. b4 c5 23. b5 Nd6 24. Rc1 O-O-O 25. Rd3 Bc7 26. Be3 Rhe8 27. Rd5 Nb7
28. Nc3 Ba5 29. Na4 Bb4 30. f4 Na5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. h4 Nb3 34. Rb1
Na5 35. Rc1 Nb3 36. Rb1 Na5 37. Rbd1 Nxc4 38. Bh3 Ba5 39. Kg2 Bc7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7
41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Nxc5+ Kd8 43. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gonzalez, R."]
[Black "Stripunsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7
9. c4 d4 10. Nfd2 Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Ne4 a6 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Rde8 15. Bd2
f5 {Diagram #} 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rae1 h6 18. Nf2 Bd6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nf2 Bd8
21. a3 f5 22. b4 Bf6 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 Nd8 25. a4 Bd5 26. Ra1 Nb7 27. Ne1 h5
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Ng2 h4 31. Rfe1 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kb8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8
34. Qh5 Rg8 35. Qxf5 Rxg3 36. Re1 Nf8 37. Re8+ Nd8 38. Ng4 Be7 39. Ne5 Kb7 40.
Nf7 Qc7 41. Nxd8+ {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Schneider, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf3 e5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5
exf4 22. exf4 Rcd8 23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Qf2 Bc8 26. Bc2 Be6 27. a3 Nf6
28. h3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bd5 30. Qd4 Kg8 31. b4 a5 32. Bd3 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34.
Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schneider, D."]
[Black "Benjamin, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Qe2 h5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 h4 13. Qg5 Kf8 14. Bf3 hxg3 15.
hxg3 Ne5 16. Be2 b5 17. a3 Bb7 18. f3 Rh5 19. Qf4 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Ke7 21. Rh1 Rah8
22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 d6 25. Nd1 Nc4 26. Nd2 Ne5 27. Kg2 Qc7 28.
c3 d5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Qh4+ Nf6 31. Qd4 Qd6 32. Qxd6+ Kxd6 33. Ne3 g5 34. Kf2
Nfd7 35. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, J."]
[Black "De Firmian, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 14. Nh4 Bg4
15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Nf5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Qf2 Kh8 20. Rae1 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 Bf8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Rd8 26. Qb6 Rd7
27. h3 h6 28. Rf5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Qd4 Qd6+ 31. Qf4 f6 32. Kg3 Kg8 33. Kf3
Qb6 34. Qe4 Kf7 35. a5 Qd6 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Ke4 Rc7 39. Rf2 Rc5
40. b4 Rb5 41. Rb2 b6 42. axb6 a5 43. Kd4 axb4 44. Kc4 Rxb6 45. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 46.
Kxb4 Kd5 47. Kc3 f5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Ke2 g5 50. g3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epstein, E."]
[Black "Stein, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qb3 Nf6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxb7 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Qb3 Nxe4 13. Be3 Rab8 14. Qc4
Nd6 15. Qe2 Qc6 16. b3 f5 17. f3 Bf6 18. Nd2 a4 19. Rac1 axb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 21.
Qf2 Ra8 22. Rc2 Qd5 23. Rfc1 Qd3 24. Nf1 f4 25. Bc5 e4 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 e3
28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. g3 g5 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Nh2 Kf7 34.
Ng4 Rg8 35. Rg2 Rg6 36. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kxf6 38. Rc2 Ra1 39. b4 Rb1 40. Ra2
Ke5 41. Ra8 Kd5 42. Re8 Kc4 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldin, A."]
[Black "Tate, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Nxd5 Bb7 7. e4 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. O-O Bxf4 12. Nexf4 Nd6 13. Bd3 c4 14. Be2 Nxb5
15. Bxc4 a6 16. Qg4 Nc6 17. Nh5 g6 18. Ndf6+ Kh8 19. Qg5 gxh5 20. Qh6 Qxf6 21.
Qxf6+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goletiani, R."]
[Black "Cottrell, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 h6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. Qc2 Re8 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Qc7 Rb8 16. Bd4 b6 17. Ba1 Ra8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. b4 Ncd7 21.
Nc6 Re8 22. e4 Be6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. exd5 Bh3 25. d6 Kh7 26. d4 Rac8 27. Re7
Rxe7 28. dxe7 f5 29. Nc4 Nf6 30. Nd6 Rh8 31. Re1 Ne8 32. Nxf7 Rg8 33. f4 g5 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. Nxg5+ Kg6 36. Nxh3 Bh6 37. d5 Kf7 38. d6 Nxd6 39. Bd5+ Kg7 40.
Bxg8 Kxg8 41. e8=Q+ Nxe8 42. Rxe8+ Kf7 43. Ra8 Ke6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. b5 a5 46.
bxa6 Bg7 47. Rd8+ Kxc6 48. a7 Kb5 49. a8=Q Bc3 50. Qd5+ Ka4 51. Ra8+ Ba5 52.
Rxa5+ bxa5 53. Qb3# 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudrin, S."]
[Black "Finegold, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. Qg3 Kf8
15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. f4 Kg8 18. Bd6 a5 19. Rhf1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nf6 21.
exd5 Ne4 22. Qa3 cxd5 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. Be5 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Ng3 26. Rf2 h5 27. Rc2
Nf5 28. Rh1 Rh6 29. Rc5 a4 30. Qc3 Rg6 31. Qd2 Rg3 32. Qe2 Rg4 33. Qf2 Qe7 34.
Rc7 Qb4 35. a3 Qb5 36. Rh3 d4 37. Rc4 Ne3 38. Bxd4 Nxc4 39. dxc4 Qxc4 40. Rc3
Qd5 41. g3 Rd8 42. Be3 Qe4+ 43. Ka1 Rd3 44. Rxd3 Qxd3 45. Qg1 Qg6 46. Bf2 e5
47. fxe5 Qe4 48. Qe1 Qxe1+ 49. Bxe1 Re4 50. Bb4 Re3 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zenyuk, I."]
[Black "Baginskaite, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. a5 O-O 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15.
Bg3 Rc8 16. Qd2 f6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qe2 Rf6 19. Rfe1 b3 20. Bh4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Nxg2
22. Kxg2 Nxd4 23. Nce5 f4 24. Qd2 Nxf3 25. Nxf3 Rg6+ 26. Kf1 Bxf3 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. Qxf4 Rf8 29. Qe5 Qh4 30. Bxg6 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vigorito, D."]
[Black "Christiansen, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7
8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Ne7+ Nxe7 13. Rfxd1 b6
14. Bxc7 Be6 15. Ba6 Bc8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. Bd6 Ra7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4
Rd8 21. c4 Be6 22. Ra3 Nc6 23. c5 a5 24. Bb5 Ne5 25. Rc1 Ng4 26. f3 Nf6 27.
Rca1 g5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 g4 30. Kf2 gxf3 31. gxf3 Kg7 32. Ra1 Ne8 33.
Rg1+ Kh6 34. Bf4+ Kh5 35. Rg8 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, J."]
[Black "Ginsburg, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O b6 9. a3 Bd6 10. f3 c5 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. a4 Bf8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15.
Bb1 a6 16. Nbc3 Na5 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Bb1 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kriventsov, S."]
[Black "Yermolinsky, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Kb2 Rc5 19. Rd7 Ba8 20. Rd8
Bc6 21. R1d6 b4 22. Rd3 a5 23. e5 Bxf3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxf3 Ke7 26. h4 h5
27. c3 Rc4 28. g3 Re4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a4 Kd7 31. Kb3 Kc6 32. Rf2 Re3+ 33.
Kxb4 Rxg3 34. Rc2+ Kb7 35. Rd2 Kc6 36. Rc2+ Kb7 37. Rd2 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shulman, Y."]
[Black "Tuvshintugs, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qc8 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Qxb7 Nd7 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O
cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfb8 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. Rac1 c3 19. Ba6 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qe6
21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qb7 c2 23. Rfc1 Qc4 24. Rxa7 Nd5 25. Ra4 Qc3 26. Ra3 Qc4 27.
Ra4 Qc3 28. h3 Rd8 29. Kh2 Qd2 30. Raa1 Nb4 31. Bc7 Rf8 32. Ba5 Qxf2 33. Bxb4
Qxe3 34. Rxc2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Rb8 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ippolito, D."]
[Black "Itkis, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Nxd7 Kxd7 16. f3 Qb7 17. Nf4 Rhc8 18. Nd3 Ke7 19. Qd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Nc5
Qb6 22. b4 Qa7 23. Rc3 Rc6 24. Ra3 Qa8 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. e4 Bxc5 27. dxc5 dxe4
28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Qxe4 h6 30. Qh4+ Kg6 31. Rd3 Qc7 32. Rd8 f6 33. Qd4 e5 34.
Qd5 Qe7 35. Rd7 Qe6 36. Qxe6 Rxe6 37. Rb7 Re8 38. Ra7 Re6 39. Kf2 e4 40. Rb7
exf3 41. Kxf3 Re1 42. c6 Rc1 43. Rb6 Kf5 44. Rxa6 Rc3+ 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Rb6 Rc2+
47. Kf1 Ke3 48. Kg1 Kd4 49. Rxb5 Rxc6 50. a4 Rc2 51. a5 Ra2 52. Rb6 f5 53. a6
f4 54. b5 Ra1+ 55. Kf2 h5 56. h4 Ke4 57. Rb7 Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Ra1+ 59. Kh2 Ra2 60.
Rf7 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kreiman, B."]
[Black "Novikov, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Nfxg4 16. gxh6 Bxh4 17. Qxh4 Rxh6 18. Qg5 Rg6 19. Qh4 Rh6 20. Qg5 Rg6 21.
Qh4 Qd8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ Kf8 24. Qe1 Qb6 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rd2
Qc5 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Ne2 Bb5 31. Qf2 Rh8 32. Nf4 Rxh3 33. Nxg6 Qxf2
34. Rfxf2 Nxg6 35. Rxd6 Bc6 36. Rd8 Bxe4 37. Rd7 Ne5 38. Rc7 Bc6 39. Re2 Kf6
0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, B."]
[Black "Muhammad, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Bd6 7. d4 Qe7 8. a4 a5
9. Ba3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rac8 15.
Qd3 c5 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Qe3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Ndc5 19. Qb2 f4 20. Nd3 fxg3 21. hxg3
Qe7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxd4 25. Rdxd4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bd5 27.
Rc7 Nc5 28. Nd2 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milman, L."]
[Black "Becerra, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8.
d3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nd2 Qg6 11. Qh2 Bd6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 Bc5+
15. Be3 fxe4 16. d4 Be7 17. Bf4 b5 18. Ne3 Nb6 19. Qg3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Qb3 c6 22. Bd2 Qe6 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Qxe5 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.
Rd1 Rd8 28. c6 Kh8 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Kg8 31. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, A."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qb6
Qxb6 15. Bxb6 Rc8 16. Bd3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Be4 Rc7 19. Rd6 Kd8 20. Bd5 f6
21. Rd1 Kc8 22. f3 Re8 23. Be4 Be6 24. Kc2 h6 25. h4 Kb8 26. g4 Ree7 27. h5 Bd7
28. b3 Rf7 29. Bg6 Re7 30. a4 Ka7 31. a5 Be8 32. Be4 Red7 33. c4 Rxd6 34. Rxd6
Bd7 35. Kc3 Kb8 36. b4 Kc8 37. Bf5 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Re7 39. Kd3 Kc7 40. Rd5 Re8
41. Ke4 Rb8 42. c5 Rg8 43. Rd6 Ra8 44. Kd5 Re8 45. c6 bxc6+ 46. Rxc6+ Kb7 47.
Re6 Rd8+ 48. Rd6 Rb8 49. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fishbein, A."]
[Black "Sarkar, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 e5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nc2 d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. Bxe4 exd4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ncxd4 Qd5 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Bf4 Rab8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bxc7 Rb7 19. Bf4 c5 20. c4 Qe6
21. Rab1 Re8 22. b3 Qc6 23. Rbd1 Rbe7 24. Qd3 Nc3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Re1 Rxe1+
27. Nxe1 Qe4 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Be3 Nxa2 30. Bxc5 Nc1 31. b4 Nd3 32. Nxd3 exd3
33. Kf1 a6 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5 Kf7 36. b6 Be5 37. Ke1 Ke6 38. Kd2 Kd5 39. Be3
Kc4 40. b7 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, E."]
[Black "Kaidanov, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Qd7 17. Nfg5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nb7 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Rad1 Qg6 21.
b3 Nd7 22. Be3 h6 23. Qd3 Kh7 24. Kh2 Rff8 25. f3 Nf6 26. c4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qe8
28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Qxf1 Kg8 32. Bd2 Nd8 33. Qc1 Nf7 34.
Be3 b4 35. Bd2 Qd8 36. g3 Qf6 37. Kg2 Nh8 38. Qd1 Qg6 39. Qf3 Nf7 40. Kf2 Ng5
41. Bxg5 Qxg5 42. Qe3 Qh5 43. g4 Qh4+ 44. Qg3 Qg5 45. Qe3 Qf4+ 46. Qxf4 exf4
47. Kf3 g5 48. e5 dxe5 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. Kf3 Kg6 53. Ke4
Kg7 54. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Browne, W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 a5 14. a3 O-O
15. O-O Ne7 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Bb7 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Bc6
21. b4 Qb7 22. c4 axb4 23. axb4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxb4 25. Rab1 Qc5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8
27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bxe4 31. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, L."]
[Black "Airapetian, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 f5 7. e3 d6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Rab1 a6 15.
a4 Qe7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bh6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb7 Qd8 20. h3 Rc7 21. Qb3
Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Qa8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb6 Rc8 26. Nf4 Be7 27. Nd3 Kf8
28. c5 d5 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Bf1 Nd7 31. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugo, B."]
[Black "West, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qc7 13. Be2 Qc5 14. Qxc5
dxc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Rhf1 Ra7 18. e5 f5 19. g4 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Rd7
21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Ne4 Be3 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Bg4 Ke7 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Ke6
27. Rf3 Bg1 28. Ng5+ Kxe5 29. Rf1 Bd4 30. Nf7+ Ke6 31. Nxh8 Bxh8 32. Rf8 Be5
33. h3 h5 34. c3 Bf6 35. Ra8 Kf5 36. Rxa6 Bg5 37. Ra5 Kf4 38. Rxb5 Be7 39. a4
Kg3 40. a5 1-0

