[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc4 Re8 21.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qd2 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Nd7 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27.
Nb2 Nb6 28. Nc4 Nd5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Rc6 31. h4 Re6+ 32. Kd3 Rd6+ 33. Kc3
Re6 34. Rc2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Rf6 36. f3 Rf4 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Kxc4 Kc6 39. g4 h6 40.
h5 g5 41. a4 f6 42. b4 cxb4 43. Kxb4 Kb6 44. Kc4 Ka5 45. Kb3 Ka6 46. Kb4 Kb6
47. Kc4 Ka5 48. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Qf2 Be7 14. Bc1 b4 15.
Ne2 Bb7 16. Ned4 h6 17. h4 d5 18. Qg1 dxe4 19. g5 Nfd7 20. g6 Bf6 21. Bh3 O-O
22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. f4 Nf3 24. Nxf3 exf3 25. Bxe6 Nf8 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qf2 Rc8
28. Be3 Ng6 29. h5 Ne7 30. Bd4 Be4 31. Rd2 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Qf5 33. Rc1 Nd5 34.
Nc5 Rxc5 35. Re1 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 37. Ka1 Nxf4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Qd8 Nxh5 40.
Rh8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ Kg4 43. Rf8 Qe4 44. Qd7+ Kg3 45. Re8 f2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bd2 c6 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. Rab1 Rad8 15.
b4 Na6 16. Nf4 Bd4 17. e3 Be5 18. Nd3 Bb8 19. c5 e5 20. e4 Bc8 21. cxb6 axb6
22. Bg5 Kh8 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Rbc1 Qa7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe2 c5 28.
b5 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Nc7 30. Nxe5 Nxb5 31. Rd7 Rc7 32. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. d5 Nb6 8. Nd2
Nfd7 9. e4 Nc5 10. Nb3 Nxc4 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. O-O c6 13. Qe2 cxd5 14. Bg5 Nd6
15. Nxd5 f6 16. Be3 e6 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Nf7 19. f4 b6 20. Qc4 Qb4 21. Qxb4
cxb4 22. Nb5 e5 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. Nd5 Be6 25. Nxb4 Rbc8 26. Rac1 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. b3 Bf8 29. Nd5 Kg7 30. Rc7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Kf2 Bc5 33. Bxc5 bxc5
34. Bf1 Nd6 35. Ke3 Bc6 36. Nc3 Kf7 37. Bh3 Ke7 38. Bf1 Kd7 39. h4 Ke6 40. Bh3+
f5 41. exf5+ Nxf5+ 42. Bxf5+ Kxf5 43. fxe5 Kxe5 44. Nd1 Be4 45. Nc3 Bf5 46. Na4
Kd5 47. Nc3+ Ke5 48. Na4 Kd6 49. Nc3 Kc6 50. Kd2 a5 51. Na4 Be6 52. Nb2 Kd5 53.
Ke3 Ke5 54. Nd3+ Kd6 55. Nb2 Kc6 56. Kd2 Kd5 57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 f6 13. Nd3 f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. b3
Qe7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Be8 18. a4 Nc8 19. a5 Nb4 20. Na4 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Na6
22. Qd3 Nd6 23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Be3 Rdc8 25. Nxa7 Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kf2 Rxa7
28. Qe3 Rc6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qd7 Nc7 31. a6 Nxa6 32. Bxd5 b5 33. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Qg5 10. Nf5 Rg8 11. Ng3 f5 12. f4 Qg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bf3
Bd7 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. f5 Qg5 17. Rf2 Qh4 18. Bh5 Ne5 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Qd4 Kb8
21. Re1 f6 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Bd1 Bc6 24. Rd4 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc1 26. c3 Bh6 27. Rd4
Qg5 28. Bf3 Rc7 29. Qe2 Qg7 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Ne4 Rdc8 32. Nf2 Rc4 33. Bd5 R4c7
34. Nd3 Bg5 35. Nb4 Rh8 36. Qb5 Ka8 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. e4 d6
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. a4 h6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Qe3 Nc5 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Nf4
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rdc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Ra8 25. b4 Ra2 26. R1c2 Na4 27. Qb3
Rxb2 28. Qxa4 Rxc2+ 29. Qxc2 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rd4 Bf6 32. Rd3 Be5 33. Qd2
d4 34. Ne2 Qd5 35. Ra3 Rc8 36. Nc1 Rc4 37. Nd3 Bf6 38. Ra5 Qe6 39. Rc5 Rc3 40.
b5 Qb3 41. Rxc3 dxc3 42. Qe2 Qxb5 43. Qc2 Qc4 44. Kf2 Bd4+ 45. Ke1 g6 46. Nc1
Be3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. d4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nc3 13. Nxc3 dxc3 14. Ng5 Nc5 15.
Qh5 g6 16. Qg4 b5 17. b4 bxc4 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qa4+ Qd7 21. Qg4
h5 22. Qg3 O-O 23. Bf4 c2 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Rac1 Bb4 26. Rf1 Bd2 27. Bxd2 Qxd2
28. h4 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rxc1 31. Qf4 Rh1+ 32. Kg3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 Nxe5 8. fxe5
Ne4 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Ba3 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Bxa3 14. Nxa3
Qe7 15. Nc2 a5 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6 Qd8 18. Qc1 Qxb6 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Rf1 Ba6 21.
Rf2 Bd3 22. Qc5 h6 23. h3 Qd7 24. Ne1 Qe8 25. Nxd3 exd3 26. Qc3 Qg6 27. Rd2 Rf8
28. Qxd3 Qg3 29. Qe2 c5 30. Rd1 cxd4 31. exd4 Rf4 32. Rd3 Qh4 33. g3 Re4 34.
gxh4 Rxe2 35. a4 h5 36. Rc3 Rd2 37. Rc5 Rd3 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Re7 Kf5 43. Rxg7 Rxd4 44. Rg5+ Kf4 45. Rxh5 Rxa4 46. Rh8
Ra2+ 47. Kf1 d4 48. h5 d3 49. Rd8 Ke3 50. h6 Ra7 51. Kg2 Rh7 52. Kg3 Rxh6 53.
Kg4 Rg6+ 54. Kh5 Rg1 55. h4 d2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Ne7 9. Nf3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Qd4 11. Ba3 Nf4 12. O-O e5 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qb3
Qb6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. Qg5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Rb1
d5 9. d4 dxc4 10. Ne5 Na5 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Nc6 Qc8 14. d5 Nd8 15.
Rd1 a6 16. Nxd8 b5 17. Qc2 Qxd8 18. a4 Qb6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Qe4 O-O 21. Be3 Rfe8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. dxe6 Nf8 25. Nxb5 Nxe6 26. Rdc1 Reb8 27. Nc3 f5
28. Nd5 Kf7 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Ba3 33. f3 Ke6
34. Kf2 Kd5 35. Rc2 Bb4 36. Bc1 c4 37. e4+ Kd4 38. Ke2 c3 39. exf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. Ng5 e5 11. Bxe5 Re8 12. Bd4 a4 13. Rd1 Nfe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. f3 Qa5+ 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ra6 19. Rb1 f5 20. Kf2
Rae6 21. Rb4 Re3 22. Rxa4 Rxc3 23. h4 d6 24. h5 Bd7 25. Rb4 Bc6 26. a4 Kf7 27.
Rh4 Kf6 28. Rd4 Re6 29. g4 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Ra3 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. Rg4 Kf6 33. Bh3
Re5 34. Rf4+ Ke7 35. Rg4 Rxh5 36. Rxg7+ Kf6 37. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne8 12. Nce2 a5 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. b3 Nxc4 15.
Bg5 Na3 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qb4 20. Bxf6 Bb7 21. Rc7
Bxg2 22. Bxg7 Rfd8 23. Qc1 Bd5 24. Nc3 Kxg7 25. Rxe5 Rac8 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 Rxc7 28. Qa1+ f6 29. Qd1 Re7 30. Qd3 a4 31. Rd4 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 axb3 33. Qxb3
Qc1 34. Rd1 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 Nb5 36. Qa4 Qf3 37. Rf1 Nc3 38. Qb4 Rb7 39. Qa5 Ne2+
40. Kh2 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 Qb8 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qb6
21. Bh3 Qxb3 22. axb3 f5 23. Ra1 a6 24. Bf1 Nb6 25. h4 Nd5 26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Kg2
Kf8 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Kf3 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. c4 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6
34. b4 Bc7 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Bc2 Ke7 37. Bd2 Bd6 38. Bb3 Ne4 39. Be1 Kf6 40. c5
Bb8 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. d5 g5 43. d6+ Kf6 44. f3 Nxd6 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Bd2+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. b4 Na4 15.
Ng3 Nxc3 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Qxc3 Bxb4 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. Bf5 Qe7 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Qxf3 Nd4 23. Bd7+ Kxd7 24. Qxf7+ Kc8 25. Rac1 Ra7 26. Qxd5 c6 27. Qe4
Rd7 28. e6 Rd6 29. Qg4 Kc7 30. e7 Re8 31. Qg5 Re6 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Qd5 Nd4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. Nc3 f5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 a5 12. Rab1 Bf6 13. Rbd1 Qb6 14. Be3 Qa6 15.
Na4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Re7 17. Nc5 Qb5 18. Nd3 a4 19. Bf4 Ra6 20. Bc7 Nb6 21. Bd8 Rf7
22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nfe5 Ra8 24. e3 Be6 25. Bf1 Qa5 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. Red1 Rh6 28.
Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Nc5 Qc7 30. Nxa4 Be8 31. Nc3 Bh5 32. Re1 Qf7 33. f4 Bf3 34. Bg2
Bxg2 35. Qxg2 Re8 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Rc3 Rhe6 38. Qd2 Qe8 39. Rb3 b5 40. Rc3 h5
41. h4 Rg6 42. Kf2 Rg4 43. Qc2 Rg6 44. Rc1 Qe7 45. Rxc6 Rxg3 46. Kxg3 Rxe3+ 47.
Kf2 Re4 48. Rg6 Qxh4+ 49. Kg1 Kh7 50. Rg5 Qxf4 51. Rxh5+ Kg6 52. Rh2 Qe3+ 53.
Kh1 Rg4 54. Rf1 Rf4 55. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. h4 g6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O-O b4 15. Nd5
exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17. Rde1 O-O 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. h5 Nxg4 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Qd3 Bg7 23. Qxg6 Ngf6 24. Rhg1 Nf8 25. Qg3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qxb4
Re2 28. c4 Qe7 29. Qc3 Ng6 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Bxe2 Qxe2 32. Qg3 Qe4 33. Nd2 Qf5
34. Qe3 Nxf4 35. Ne4 Qxe4 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Rxb7 Ne2+ 39. Kc2
Nxd4+ 40. Kd3 Nc5+ 41. Kxd4 Nxb7 42. b4 Ke7 43. a4 a5 44. bxa5 Nxa5 45. Kc3 h5
0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 h6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Bh3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd8 21.
Rc7 Bf6 22. e3 g5 23. Rxb7 gxf4 24. gxf4 Nc5 25. Rxa7 Bxd4 26. exd4 Nd3 27. f5
Kg7 28. Rb7 Rd6 29. b4 Nc1 30. Bf1 Nb3 31. a4 Nxd4 32. a5 bxa5 33. bxa5 Rc6 34.
a6 Rc1 35. Kg2 Nxf5 36. Bd3 Nh4+ 37. Kg3 Rc3 38. Kxh4 Rxd3 39. Kg4 Ra3 40. a7
Kf6 41. Kf4 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 h5 43. h4 Ke6 44. Kd3 f6 45. Rh7 Kd6 46. Kc3 Kc5 47.
Rc7+ Kb6 48. Rf7 Kc5 49. Rc7+ Kb6 50. Rf7 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. d5 h6 13. Bh4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. h3
Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nc3 Nhf4 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. a3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Rac8 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qc5 27. Rad1 Rcd7
28. d6 b6 29. Rd5 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e4 c5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbc3 Nd4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 10. Kh1 h5 11. h3 Qc8 12. Kh2 h4 13. g4 g5 14. d3 Be5+ 15.
Kh1 f6 16. Ne2 Nh6 17. Rb1 a5 18. b3 b5 19. Be3 b4 20. Rc1 Nf7 21. d4 cxd4 22.
Nxd4 Nd8 23. Qd2 Nb7 24. Nf5 Nc5 25. f4 Bc3 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Qxc3 gxf4 28.
Bxf4 Bc6 29. Nxd6+ exd6 30. Qxf6 Qe6 31. Qxh8+ Kd7 32. Qg7+ Qe7 33. Qxe7+ Kxe7
34. e5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 b5
9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Rad1 c5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Bg3 Qxc5+ 20. Bf2 Nxf2 21.
Rxf2 Rd8 22. Nd5 Bxb2 23. Qxh6 Bb7 24. Bb3 a5 25. Rd3 Bg7 26. Qh4 Bxd5 27. exd5
Bf6 28. Qe4 Nc7 29. d6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 Na5 10. O-O Bd7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bc6 14. Qd3 b5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Ng3 O-O 20. Rc6 Rfc8 21.
Rdc1 Rxc6 22. dxc6 Qc7 23. Ne4 Ng4 24. h3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 d5 26. f6 Bxf6 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Qxf6 d4 30. Rc5 Rd6 31. Qxe5 d3 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33.
Rg5+ Rg6 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qd7 Qg3 36. Qd4+ f6 37. Kf1 Qg5 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39.
Kf3 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 d2 41. c7 d1=Q 42. Qxd1 Qxd1 43. c8=Q Qd6+ 44. Kf3 Qd5+ 45.
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lipman, V."]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. e4 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. c5 Bb7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. a3 c5 14. d5 c4 15. b4
cxb3 16. Qxb3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Qd1 Nfd7 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Nd2 Nba4 21. Nxa4
Nxa4 22. Qb3 Qa5 23. Nf3 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Qa4 25. Ra2 Rc7 26. Qa1 f6 27. Nh4 g6
28. Ng2 Rec8 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. a4 b4 33. Ne3 Bc5 34.
Nc4 a5 35. Kg2 Ba6 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ne3 Rfe8 14. Bd2 c4 15.
Bc3 Bf8 16. Nd2 d5 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. exd5 cxd3 19. cxd3 Rad8 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. axb5 Qb4 24. bxa6 Qxb2 25. Qf3 Qd4 26. a7 Ra8 27.
Ng5 f6 28. Ne6 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Nc7 Rdd8 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Reb1 Bd6 33.
Ra6 Bc7 34. Rb7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Be6 7. b3 Na6 8. Be2
Nc7 9. h3 Bf5 10. g4 Bc8 11. Nf3 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng5 Rh4 14. Be5 Bf5 15.
Bd3 e6 16. Bxf5 Qxg5 17. Bxc7 Qxf5 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. Kf1 Bxc3 20. Rd1 Bxd4 21.
Kg2 c5 22. f3 e5 23. b4 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Rxh3+ 25. Kxh3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levina, Anna V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Qd3 f5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15.
Ng5 hxg5 16. Qh3+ Kg8 17. Bb3+ Rf7 18. Qxf5 Qf6 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Nf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. b3 Bc3 27.
Re2 Bb4 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. h3 Rd5 31. g4 Bg6 32. b4 Bxb4 33. Rb3 Bxc5
34. Rxb7+ Kf8 35. Kg2 Bf7 36. h4 Rd3 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 e4 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. g3 h6 7. Nh3 g5 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O d6 10. d3 Bf5 11. f4 exf3 12. Rxf3 Be6 13. Rf1 Ng4 14. Nd5 Qd7 15.
Nf2 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 f5 17. Rb1 O-O 18. b4 Ne5 19. Bb2 Ng4 20. Rf3 c6 21. Ne3 Ne5
22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Nc2 Raf8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. e3 Ng4 27. Rbe1 Qd8 28. b5
Qb6 29. Bc3 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Qb2 Nxe3 32. Rf2 Ng4 33. Rf3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 a6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. h4
f6 16. exf6 N7xf6 17. Ng3 Bd6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qg5 c5 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. axb5
axb5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Nd4 Re5 25. Qd2 Bc5 26. Qf4 Nd5 27. Qg4 Nf4
28. h5 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. d5 e5 15.
Nd3 Rac8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qb8 18. Nf2 Ne5 19. Nce4 Nfd7 20. Qd4 Ng6 21. Bg5
Rce8 22. Bh5 Qd8 23. Nh3 Bxg5 24. Nhxg5 Nde5 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Qc7 9. Qd1 Nbc6 10. Ra3 b6 11. Nf3 a5 12. Rb3 h6 13. Ba3 c4 14. Rb1 Kg8 15. h4
Bd7 16. h5 f6 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 Kh7 20. Qf3 Nc8 21. Be5 Rf8 22.
Ng6 Rf7 23. Bf4 Qg8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Bxh6 Kxh6 26. Qf4+ Kh7 27. Qxd6 Qb8 28. Qf4
Qxf4 29. Nxf4 Rb8 30. g3 Na7 31. Bh3 f5 32. Ra1 b5 33. axb5 Nxb5 34. Kd2 Ra8
35. Bg2 Ra6 36. Ng6 Be8 37. Rhe1 Nc7 38. Rab1 a4 39. Rb8 a3 40. Nf4 Bd7 41. Bf3
a2 42. Ra1 Nb5 43. Ng6 Na3 44. Kc1 Nb1 45. Kb2 Bc6 46. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 47. Kxa2
Nxc3+ 48. Kb2 Nb5 49. c3 Nd6 50. Nf8+ Rxf8 51. Rxf8 Be8 52. h6 Bg6 53. Rf6 Bf7
54. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne7 15.
Ne5 Ng6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Bb4 Rfd8 18. c5 a5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bd2 Ba6 21. c6 Ne8
22. a4 Nd6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bg3 Nf5 25. Bf2 Qd6 26. g4 Ne7 27. Bg3 Qb4 28. c7 Re8
29. Kg2 f5 30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 f4 32. Bf2 Kf7 33. Qc2 Bb7 34. Rc3 Qe7 35. Re5
Qf6 36. Qc1 Re7 37. h4 gxh4 38. g5 Qg6 39. Qxf4+ Kg8 40. Qg4 Rf8 41. Bxh4 Bc8
42. Bg3 Ref7 43. f4 Re7 44. Qd1 Rff7 45. Qc1 Qh5 46. Rc6 Qg4 47. g6 Qxg6 48.
Rd6 Rf8 49. f5 Qf7 50. fxe6 Qf3+ 51. Kh2 g6 52. Qh6 Rh7 53. Qxh7+ Kxh7 54. Rd8
g5 55. e7 Qh5+ 56. Kg1 Re8 57. Rxe8 Qxe8 58. Kf2 Kg6 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Kd2 Be6
61. Rxg5 Qxe7 62. Re5 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 e6 13. Qb3 Qb5 14. Rxe6+
fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Bg5+ Kc8 17. Re1 Rf8 18. Qe7 Kc7 19. Qxg7 Rxf3 20. Re5
Qxb2 21. gxf3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. h3 Bb7 7. Bc4 e6 8. d5 Bxc3+
9. bxc3 e5 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. O-O Ngf6 12. f3 Qe7 13. a5 O-O 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Bd3
c5 16. dxc6 Rxc6 17. c4 bxa5 18. Rfb1 Nc5 19. Nc3 Rcc8 20. Rxa5 Qc7 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nfd7 23. Rba1 Qb7 24. Be2 Rcb8 25. Qc3 Qb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Bxa6
Rxc2 28. Bb5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Kg7 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Ra6 Re2 32. Rxd6 Rxe3 33. Rxd7
Re2 34. g4 Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. Rc7 Rd2 37. g5+ hxg5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rxf7 Kh4
40. Kf1 Kg3 41. Ke1 Ra2 42. d6 Ra6 43. d7 Rd6 44. Ke2 g5 45. Ke3 g4 46. Rg7 Kh3
47. f4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3 f5
15. Qf3 Bb8 16. Nd2 g5 17. Qh5 g4 18. Nb3 f4 19. Re2 Bf5 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. f3
gxf3 22. gxf3 Qf6 23. Rae1 Ra7 24. Kh1 Rg7 25. Nc5 Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Ne6
Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rg6 29. R6e2 Rfg8 30. Rf1 a5 31. a3 a4 32. Be1 Re8 33. Rxe8 Kxe8
34. Bd2 h5 35. Rg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Ke7 37. Be1 Ke6 38. Bh4 Bc7 39. Kf2 Bb6 40.
Ke2 Bc7 41. Bg5 Bd6 42. Kd3 Bc7 43. Kc2 Bd6 44. Bd8 Kd7 45. Bg5 Ke6 46. Kb1 Bc7
47. b3 Kf7 48. Ka2 Ke6 49. Kb2 Kf7 50. bxa4 bxa4 51. c4 dxc4 52. Kc3 Bd6 53.
Kxc4 Ke6 54. d5+ Kf5 55. Bd8 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2
Qd7 15. Qd3 e6 16. b3 Nc8 17. Bg5 Ne7 18. Bf6 Rfc8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. h4 Ne7 24. g4 Kh7 25. Qf4 Ng8 26. Kg2 Qc7 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qd2 Ne7 29. Ng1 Nc6 30. Ne2 Qe7 31. Kg3 a5 32. h5 g5 33. f4 gxf4+ 34.
Qxf4 f6 35. exf6+ Qxf6 36. Qc7+ Qf7 37. Qc8 Kh7 38. a3 Kg7 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
Ne7 41. Qc5 Ng8 42. Qd6 Nf6 43. Qe5 Kh7 44. Nf4 Ne4+ 45. Kg2 Ng5 46. Qb8 Qg7
47. Ng6 Qxd4 48. Qxb7+ Qg7 49. Nf8+ Kg8 50. Qxg7+ Kxg7 51. b5 d4 52. b6 d3 53.
Kf1 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O-O d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 a6 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bd3 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rhe1 Qb6 17. Re3 g6 18. Qh6 Nc5 19. Rh3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
Re2 Rfd8 16. Ned5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Be3 Rb8 21.
Rd2 Nc5 22. b3 Rc3 23. h4 h5 24. Ra2 a5 25. Rd1 Na6 26. Bd2 Nb4 27. Bxc3 Nxa2
28. Bd2 Rc8 29. Be3 Rxc2 30. Bxb6 Nc1 31. Bxa5 Nxb3 32. Bb6 Ra2 33. Rb1 Nd2 34.
Rb4 d5 35. Rb5 Rxa4 36. exd5 Nc4 37. Bc7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rd1 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Re8
Kf6 41. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Nb3 e5 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. a5 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. c4 Bg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. h4 Qg6 19. Bh5 Qf6 20. Rxf4 Rxc4 21. Rc1
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Nd3 23. Qe3+ Qe5 24. Bxf7+ Kd8 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. Re4 Bxf7 27.
Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Qb6+ Kc8 29. Qxd6 Re8 30. Qc5+ Kd7 31. d6 Nc6 32. Qb6 Kxd6 33.
Qxb7 Re7 34. Qxa6 Ra7 35. Qd3+ Bd5 36. Qg3+ Kc5 37. Qe3+ Kb5 38. Qb6+ Kc4 39.
b4 Rd7 40. Qc5+ Kb3 41. Qb5 Be4 42. Qe2 Rd4 43. a6 Kxb4 44. a7 Nxa7 45. Qb2+
Kc4 46. Qa2+ Kc3 47. Qxa7 Rd2 48. Qe3+ Bd3 49. Qe5+ Kc2 50. Qxg7 Be4 51. g3 Kd3
52. Qg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rh2 54. Qd1+ Ke3 55. Qc1+ Kd3 56. Qa3+ Kd4 57. Qd6+ Ke3
58. Qf4+ Kd3 59. g4 Rc2 60. h5 Kd4 61. g5 Rg2 62. g6 hxg6 63. h6 Rc2 64. h7 Rc8
65. h8=Q+ Rxh8 66. Qf6+ Ke3 67. Qxh8 g5 68. Qh6 Kf4 69. Kf2 Bf5 70. Qh2+ Ke4
71. Qg2+ Kf4 72. Qg3+ Ke4 73. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Qb3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. e3 Nfe4 13. c4 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Be6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. O-O Nc3 18. Rfc1 Nb3 19. Nxb3 Bxb3 20.
Bf1 Rc6 21. e4 Rhc8 22. f3 a6 23. Kf2 Ba4 24. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bd3 Ng6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. c3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rad8
15. Rc1 f5 16. Bc2 f4 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Bb3 Qh5 20. Neg5 Bxg5 21.
Bxb4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rc7 Nd5 24. Rxb7 Bc8 25. Ra7 Kh8 26. Re5 Qe8 27. h3
Nf6 28. Qe2 Rd6 29. Rc5 Qg6 30. Bc2 Qe8 31. Qe5 Rb6 32. Qc7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Qa3 Qg5 14. c6
bxc6 15. Nxc6 Kh8 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. Qd6 Nf6 18. Qg3 Rxc3 19. Bb5 Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c3 Na6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qd3
Qb6 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 b4 12. c4 Nc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. N4b3 O-O 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. f3 Be7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qd2 f5 21.
Nf2 a5 22. Nd3 Bf6 23. Kg1 d5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. b3 Bc3 26. Qd1 Rfd8 27. Kg2 e5
28. Nf2 Qb7 29. Qc2 Bd2 30. Qb1 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 e4 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qd1 Rc3 34.
Nh3 Qc6 35. Nf4 Kh7 36. h4 exf3+ 37. exf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. b3 Rd8 15.
e4 Qb8 16. Qe2 Nef6 17. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedman, Josef"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Rfe8 13. Qf5 h6 14. b4 b5
15. a4 a6 16. a5 Re6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Nf1 Rd8 20. Qh3 Ne8 21. Ng3
Nd6 22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 Re8 24. Ne2 Rf6 25. Qh3 Nf8 26. Rec1 Nh7 27. Qh5 Ng5
28. Nf4 Ne4 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. Nd3 Qc8 31. Qc2 h5 32. f3 Ng5 33. Ne5 Ree6 34. Qf2
Rh6 35. Qh4 f6 36. Kf2 Qe8 37. Re1 fxe5 38. Qxg5 Rhg6 39. Qh4 Rgf6 40. dxe5
Rxe5 41. Qd4 Rg5 42. Qd3 Qb8 43. Rh1 Rfg6 44. Rbg1 Qf8 45. Qd4 Rg4 46. f4 Qf5
47. g3 h4 48. Kf3 Re6 49. Rb1 hxg3 50. hxg3 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e4 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
c6 Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qb8 19. Bd4 Ba6 20. Qe3 Qb5 21. Qf4
Rfc8 22. h4 Qe8 23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Rad1 h6 25. Bb1 Bc6 26. Qg4 Bf8 27. Be3 Kh8 28.
e5 Bd5 29. b3 Nd7 30. Bf4 Be7 31. Nd4 Nf8 32. Qh5 Ng6 33. Bxh6 gxh6 34. Qxh6+
Kg8 35. h5 Qf8 36. Qe3 Nh4 37. g3 Qg7 38. f4 Rc3 39. Rd3 Qg4 40. Kf2 Qh3 41.
Rg1 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Bg2+ 43. Ke1 Rc1+ 44. Rd1 Nf3+ 45. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 46. Kxd1 Bxf3+
47. Ke1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levina, Anna V"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Na3 cxd4 6. Nb5 Na6 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Ngf3 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 e5 14. Nb5
Nac5 15. Be3 a6 16. Nd6 Nd3 17. Re2 f5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Nd4 N7c5 20. f3 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Ng4 Rf4 26. Nf2 Rxf2 27.
Rxf2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Nxb2 30. Kxe4 Re8+ 31. Kf3 Rc8 32. Ne2 Rd8 33.
Nf4 Rd2 34. Re1 Rc2 35. Nd5 Rd2 36. Nf4 g5 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Nxe2 Kf7 39. Ke4
Ke6 40. Kd4 Nc4 41. a4 Nd6 42. axb5 Nxb5+ 43. Kc5 Nc7 44. Kb6 Kd6 45. c4 Ne6
46. Kxa6 Kc6 47. Ng3 Kc5 48. Kb7 Kxc4 49. Kc6 Kd4 50. Kd6 Nf4 51. Nf5+ Ke4 52.
Ng3+ Ke3 53. Ke5 Nxg2 54. Kf5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. d5 Qb6 7. Ne2 g6 8.
Rb1 Bg7 9. Nc3 f5 10. Be2 h6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f3 exf3
15. Bxf3 Qa5 16. Qe2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bc1 Qe5 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Qh4 f4 21.
Be4 Qf6 22. Qxf4 Qd4+ 23. Qe3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxe3 25. Bxe3 b6 26. Re1 Nf6 27.
Bf3 Ba6+ 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Bc1 Rd7 30. Bb2 Ng8 31. a4 Bc4 32. Rd1 h5 33. h3 Nh6
34. g4 h4 35. Re1 Nf7 36. Bg2 Nd8 37. Re5 Nf7 38. Re1 Nd6 39. Re6 Ba2 40. Bc1
Bb1 41. Bg5 Bxc2 42. Bxe7 Nc8 43. Bxh4 Bxa4 44. Be4 Rg7 45. Bg3 Bd7 46. Rf6 a5
47. Kf3 a4 48. Be5 a3 49. Rf8 a2 50. Rd8 b5 51. h4 Nb6 52. h5 Kh6 53. hxg6 Rxg6
54. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 a5 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 Nh5
9. O-O f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Ne4 Na6 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. N2c3
Qc8 16. Kh2 Qa6 17. b3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. a4 Qb6 21. Nb5 Rf7
22. Qe2 Nf4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Qf3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. e3 Qf6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Nd2
Nxd2 9. Bxd6 Nxf1 10. Qh5+ Qg6 11. Qxg6+ hxg6 12. Kxf1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. Kh1 Be3
16. Qc2 Bc5 17. Bf2 b6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qc3 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22.
Rfe1 Nc7 23. Nf1 Ne6 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Qd2 Re8 28. b4
axb4 29. axb4 Nf6 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Bd3 cxb4 33. Qxb4 Bc6 34.
Qb6 Rc8 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Bf1 Qc5 37. Qb2 Bd7 38. Qxd4 Be6 39. Qa1 h4 40. h3 Rb8
41. Qf6 Qf2 42. Qd4 Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Rb1 44. Kg1 g5 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Ke3 Rb3+ 47.
Bd3 Kf8 48. f4 gxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Rb2 50. e5 dxe5+ 51. Kxe5 Rxg2 52. Rxh4 Rg3 53.
Bf1 Rf3 54. Bg2 Rc3 55. Kf6 Ke8 56. Rh8+ Kd7 57. Bd5 Bxh3 58. Kxf7 Bf1 59. Be6+
Kd6 60. Rd8+ Kc5 61. Rc8+ Kd4 62. Rd8+ Kc5 63. Rd5+ Kc6 64. Bd7+ Kb6 65. Rb5+
Kc7 66. Be6 Bxc4 67. Rc5+ Kd6 68. Rxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Lipman, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Ne5 Qa5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qb3 e6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. e3 O-O 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Qc2 c5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd3 h6 17. b4 Qc6 18. O-O Ba6 19. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Black "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. b3 Qe6 10. g3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Bg2 f6 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. O-O d5 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. f4 Rae8 18. Qf2 g5 19. Rxe8 Bxe8 20. Rf1 gxf4
21. gxf4 Bg6 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. f5 Bf7 24. Qf4 Rg8 25. Qxc7 dxc4 26. Ne4 Qb2 27.
Ng3 cxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qc1 f6 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. b4 Nd7
15. Nb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nb6 17. Qf4 c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Qf5 Nc3 21.
Rxc3 dxc3 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qd4 c2 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Qe3 Qa3 26. Nd4 Qb2 27. Ne6
Rfe8 28. Bd5 Kh8 29. Qd2 b5 30. e3 a5 31. Nd4 a4 32. bxa4 bxa4 33. Rxc2 Qb1+
34. Kg2 a3 35. Ra2 Rc1 36. Rxa3 Rg1+ 37. Kf3 Qf1 38. e4 Qg2+ 39. Ke3 Qxh2 40.
Nf3 Qh6+ 41. Ke2 Qxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Rf1 43. Ke2 Rc1 44. Ra8 Rxa8 45. Bxa8 Kg8 46.
d4 Kf7 47. e5 fxe5 48. Nxe5+ Ke6 49. Be4 h6 50. Kd2 Ra1 51. Nc4 Ra2+ 52. Ke3
Ra1 53. d5+ Ke7 54. g4 g5 55. d6+ Kd7 56. Bf5+ Kc6 57. d7 Kc7 58. Ne5 Re1+ 59.
Kd4 Rd1+ 60. Kc5 Rc1+ 61. Kd5 Rd1+ 62. Ke6 Rd2 63. f3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O
Qc7 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rfe1 a6 11. Rad1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bf1 h6 14. g3 Ngf6 15.
Bh3 Bf8 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Bc1 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. b3 Bg7 20. Bb2 O-O 21. Rd2 a5
22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Na4 Qh5 25. Bxf6 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxf6 27. Nb6 Bc3
28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd7 Bxe1 30. Qxe1 Qf5 31. Qe7 Kg7 32. Kg2 c5 33. c4 a4 34.
Rb7 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rd8 36. Rc7 Rd3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 Qe7 13. Rab1 Bc6 14. Qf4 Nd7 15.
Nh2 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. Ng4 Rdf8 19. Rh3 c4 20. Be2 Rxh3 21.
Qxh3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Bf3 Rh8 25. Qg3 Be8 26. Qd6 g4 27. Be2
Qg5+ 28. Ke1 Rh1+ 29. Bf1 Qh6 30. Ke2 Qh7 31. Qc5+ Bc6 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Kd2 b6
34. Qb8 Qf5 35. Qg3 Qg6 36. Re1 Ba4 37. Rc1 Rxf1 38. Rxf1 Qxc2+ 39. Ke3 Qd3+
40. Kf4 Qf5+ 41. Ke3 Qd3+ 42. Kf4 Qxf1 43. Kxg4 Bc2 44. Kf4 Qc1+ 45. Ke5 Qh6
46. Qg8 Ke7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Nb6 9. O-O h6 10. Ne4 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Rfc1 Nd5 13. h3 Rd8 14. Qc2 a5
15. a3 Ra6 16. e3 Nf6 17. Nc5 Ra7 18. Rab1 b6 19. Ne1 Rd6 20. Na4 Bb7 21. Nc3
Re6 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. b4 e4 24. dxe4 Re5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. exd4 Bxe4 27. dxe5 Bxc2
28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Rxc2 Re8 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Rxc7 Qd6 32. Rc3 Qd2 33. Rcc1 Re2
34. Bf1 Re8 35. Nf3 Qd5 36. Kg2 g5 37. Rc7 Qe4 38. Re1 Qa8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40.
Bc4 Qe4 41. Bxf7+ Kf8 42. Bh5 Qd3 43. Ra7 Qxa3 44. Ne5 Qc3 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Ng4
Qc6+ 47. Kh2 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a5 13. a4 Nb4 14. Kb1 e5
15. c3 Na6 16. Bc4 Nc7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qe2 d5 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Qd3
dxe4 22. Qd8+ Bxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ne8 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxe8 exf3 27.
Bb5 fxg2 28. Rg1 Bf5+ 29. Kc1 Rac8 30. Nd3 Bd7 31. Kc2 Bxb5 32. axb5 a4 33.
Rxg2 a3 34. Bb6 Rc4 35. Nxe5 a2 36. Rg1 Re4 37. Nd3 Ra8 38. Ra1 Re2+ 39. Kb3
Rxh2 40. Bd4 h5 41. Nc5 Rg2 42. Nxb7 Rg6 43. Kb4 h4 44. Na5 h3 45. Be5 Rg2 46.
b3 h2 47. Bxh2 Rxh2 48. c4 f5 49. b6 Rb8 50. c5 f4 51. b7 Rc2 52. Kb5 g5 53. c6
g4 54. Nc4 Re2 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kb6 g3 57. Nf5 Rh7 58. Rxa2 Rf8 59. Ra8 Rhf7 60.
Nh4 f3 61. Rxf8+ Rxf8 62. Nxf3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13. g3 Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15.
Nh4 h6 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Nxh4 18. gxh4 Kh7 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. c4 Ba4 21. Bd3 b5
22. Qe2 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rab8 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Rg3 Qb6 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 a5 28.
Bg5 c4 29. Rag1 cxb3 30. cxb3 Qd4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rg4 a4 33. b4 a3 34. Qg2
Qxg1+ 35. Qxg1 Rxg4 36. Qxg4 a2 37. Qg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Qb3 Nf6 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. a3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. e3 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Rac8 14. Qc2 g6
15. f4 a6 16. Nc3 Na7 17. Nde4 Bb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qb3 e5 21.
fxe5 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qg5 23. Be4 dxe5 24. Bxb7 Rc7 25. Bd5 exd4 26. O-O dxe3 27.
Rae1 Re7 28. Rf4 Nc8 29. Rxe3 Nd6 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Qb4 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Nf5 33.
Qxb5 Rd8 34. Ba2 Rd1 35. Kh3 Rd2 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qc7 Kh6 38. Rxf5 gxf5 39.
Qxf7 Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 Nf5 10. e3 e6 11. Qc2 d5 12. b3 b6 13. Nb5 Rb8 14. Bb2 d4 15. exd4
cxd4 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Bc1 Ba6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 e5
22. g4 Nd6 23. Qd2 Ne8 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Bb7 26. Qe2 Ng7 27. Be4 Ne6 28. b4 f6
29. Rfc1 Ne7 30. f3 Kg7 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Qxe5+ Kg8
35. Nd6 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Ng6 37. Qe4 Nef4 38. Nf5 Re8 39. Nxh6+ Kh8 40. Qf5 Qe7
41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Nxg5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg2 e3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. O-O Bh3 19. Rf4 Rad8 20. Qc3
Rd6 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Re8 24. Rf3 h6 25. Qb3 Re6 26. Rc3 Kh8
27. Qa3 Qc7 28. Qc5 f6 29. Kf2 Qd7 30. Rd3 Qb7 31. Rb3 Qd7 32. Rd3 Qb7 33. Rb3
Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 O-O 8. d5
a6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Re1 b5 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15.
Nbd2 Rfe8 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Qc1 Nd7 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 b4 20. Bg3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 d5 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. c4 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. c5 Bc6 19. e4 a4 20. Rc1 Qg5 21. Ba1
f6 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. d5 exd5 24. Nd4 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 Ra6 26. Nc2 Rb8 27. exd5 b3
28. Na3 b2 29. Bxb2 Rxb2 30. dxc6 Nf8 31. Nc4 Rb8 32. Nb6 Ra7 33. Ra1 a3 34.
Rd3 a2 35. Rd2 Rc7 36. Rd6 Ra7 37. f4 Re8 38. f5 Re2 39. h4 Rc2 40. Rd8 Kf7 41.
Nc8 Rc7 42. Nd6+ Kg8 43. Rc8 Re7 44. Rxa2 Rxa2 45. c7 Ra8 46. Rxa8 Rxc7 47. Rc8
Rd7 48. h5 g6 49. h6 gxf5 50. Kf2 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. Bc4 h6 16. g4 Qh4 17. Bf2 Qe7 18. Bc5 Qh4 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. h4 f5 21. gxf5
gxf5 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Rhg1 Kh7 24. Rxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rg1 Qf7 26. Nd6 Qc7 27. Nxe8
Rxe8 28. h5 Rd8 29. Qe1 Nf4 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Be3 Qf7 32. Qc3 f4 33. Bf2 Qd7
34. b3 Qd5 35. Re1 Nd4 36. Qd3+ Kh8 37. Qg6 Nxf3 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40.
Bh4 Nxh4 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Rg1+ Ng2 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Rxg2 Rd7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46.
Qh8+ Ke7 47. Rg7+ Kd6 48. Qb8+ Kc5 49. Rxd7 Qxd7 50. Qxe5+ Kb6 51. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bd6 12. e4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Be5 17. Qf3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ra7 19. Qf5 Kg7 20. Ra3 Rh8 21. f4
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qe8 23. Rg3 Kf8 24. Bc6 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. e5 Nh5 27. Rh3 Kg8
28. b4 Nf8 29. Rd3 c4 30. Rdf3 Rah7 31. h3 Rc7 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Ra7 34. Rd1
Ra1 35. Rxa1 Bxa1 36. Kh2 c3 37. Be4 Nd7 38. Bc2 Kf7 39. Rd3 Nc5 40. Rd6 Rb8
41. Rd1 Ra8 42. Bb1 Ra5 43. g4 Ng7 44. h4 Rxb5 45. Bh7 Bb2 46. h5 Nxh5 47. gxh5
c2 48. Bg6+ Kg7 49. Bf6+ Kh6 50. Rd8 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nxe4 exd4 14. O-O
dxe4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. b4 Qe6 20. a4 a6
21. Qe2 Qb3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qxa6 Qxb4 24. Rc1 Qa3 25. Qc4+ Rd5 26. h3 h5 27.
Rc3 Qb2 28. Rc2 Qe5 29. Rd2 e3 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Qe2 f4 32. fxe3 fxe3 33. c6
Qc3 34. a5 d4 35. a6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc6 37. Qa2+ Kh7 38. a7 e2 39. Qxe2 Qc7+ 40.
g3 Qxa7 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. a4 Ba6
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Qa8 18. Rad1 Be7 19. h3 Bd6 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bc7 22. Nc3 Bd6 23. Nh4 Ra5 24. Ne4 Bc7 25. Qf3 Qd8 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Nc3
Qf6 28. d5 g6 29. Nd4 cxd5 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. Re7 Bd8 32. Rb7 Kg8 33. Ndb5 Ra8
34. Na7 Ne4 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Rd4 Re8 37. Rdd7 Rf8 38. Kf1 Bf6 39. Rxb6 Rxa7
40. Rxa7 Bd4 41. a5 Rc8 42. Rd7 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Bxb6 45. axb6 Rb2 46.
b7 Kg7 47. Kc1 Rb6 48. Kc2 Kf6 49. Rd6+ Rxd6 50. b8=Q Rd5 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. Qe8
Rf5 53. Qe7+ f6 54. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 55. Kd3 Rf4 56. Qe3 Kf5 57. g4+ Kg5 58. Qg3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 b4 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. c4 bxc3 15.
Nxc3 Bb4 16. Qa4+ Qb5 17. Qxb5+ axb5 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Bc5 20. Nxb5 Nxd5
21. Ba5 Bxf2 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd3 Kb8 24. Rhd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+ 26. Nxc3 Bxg2
27. R3d2 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Be4+ 29. Kb2 Bg3 30. Rd7 Bg6 31. Re7 Kc8 32. a4 e4 33.
a5 Bh4 34. Re8+ Kb7 35. Rd6 f5 36. a6+ Ka7 37. Rc8 e3 38. Rc7+ Ka8 39. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Nd4 Rc8 9. Nb3 Qd7 10. g3 d4 11. Nxd4 Bxc5 12. Nc2 Qe7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8
15. Qc1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxe3 17. Nxe3 Rd2 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Rab1 Rcd8 20. Rfd1
Kf8 21. h3 Nf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rb8 26. b3 Rb4
27. Rd3 a5 28. Kd2 h5 29. h4 Ng4 30. f3 Nf6 31. e4 Nd7 32. Na4 g6 33. Ke3 f6
34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Nb2 Kc7 36. Nd3 Rb6 37. Nf4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. a4 Be7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qd3 Bh5 17. Qxb5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. f4 Rc8 21.
f5 Nd8 22. Bf4 Nc6 23. Na5 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Nb6 25. Bb3 Kd7 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27.
Rxd5+ Kc6 28. c4 Bc5 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rhd8 31. Re7 Rxd5 32. cxd5+ Kxd5 33.
Rxf7 c5 34. Rxg7 Rb8 35. f6 Rf8 36. f7 Kc4 37. Rxh7 Kb3 38. Rh5 Rxf7 39. Rxc5
Kxb2 40. h4 Kb3 41. Kg2 Kb4 42. Rc1 Rg7+ 43. Kh3 Rf7 44. Kg4 Rxf2 45. h5 Rd2
46. h6 Rd7 47. Kf5 Rd5+ 48. Kf6 Rd6+ 49. Kg7 Rd7+ 50. Kf8 Rd8+ 51. Ke7 Ra8 52.
Rh1 Ra7+ 53. Kf6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 Ba6 12. Bf4 a4 13. N1h2 b5 14. a3 b4 15. Bh3
bxa3 16. bxa3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Nxd4 Qa5 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Qxe6 Rce8 23. Qxd7 Bc8 24. e6 Bf6 25. Qc6 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qa7 27. Re1
Bb7 28. Qc7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qb3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qc7
15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxc4 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 h6
21. Bh4 Rfe8 22. Qe1 g5 23. Bg3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nh5 25. Qc6 Rd8 26. Rc2 f5 27.
Qc7 Qd7 28. Rc6 f4 29. Be1 Ng7 30. Kf2 Nf5 31. Bb4 Kf7 32. g4 fxg3+ 33. hxg3 d5
34. Rc1 Nxd4 35. Qc3 e5 36. Qd3 Nf5 37. g4 Ng7 38. Qh7 a5 39. Bd2 Qd6 40. Rh1
Qg6 41. Qxh6 Rc8 42. Qxg5 Qxg5 43. Bxg5 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rxb2 45. Rh6 Ne6 46. Rf6+
Ke7 47. Rf5+ Nxg5 48. Rxg5 Kf6 49. Rh5 Rb3 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Rh5 e4 52. Rxd5
Rxa3 53. Rb5 Rxf3+ 54. Kg2 Rf6 55. g5 Re6 56. Kf2 e3+ 57. Ke2 Kg6 58. Rd5 Kf7
59. Rb5 Ke8 60. Rd5 Ke7 61. Rb5 Kd7 62. Rb1 Kc6 63. Rg1 Rg6 64. Kxe3 b5 65. Kd4
a4 66. Kc3 Kb6 67. Kb4 Re6 68. Rg3 Re4+ 69. Ka3 Ka5 70. g6 b4+ 71. Kb2 Re2+ 72.
Kb1 Re1+ 73. Kb2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. c4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b5 12. Nc3 bxc4 13. Re1 Kd8 14. Ne4 Nxe4+
15. fxe4 Ba6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. e5 Nb6 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Bg5 Kd7 20. g3 Nxd5 21.
Ne5+ Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Kxd6 23. Rxd5+ Kxd5 24. Bg2+ Ke6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Re1+ Kf5
27. Be7 Rc8 28. Kc3 f6 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Bf8 Ke4 31. Rf1 Bb5 32. Rf4+ Ke5 33. Rf1
f5 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Bd6 Rc6 36. Be5+ Kf7 37. Rd1 Rc8 38. h4 a6 39. Rd6 g6 40.
Rf6+ Ke7 41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rf6+ Kg8 43. Rb6 Kf8 44. Rb8 Rxb8 45. Bxb8 Ke7 46. a4
Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Levina, Anna V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc1 Qe7 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. b4 Rad8 18. a4 Rfe8 19. a5 Nc8 20. a6 Ba8 21. c5 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Bb2 Rdd8 25. f4 exf4 26. Rae1 Qf8 27. Rxf4 f5 28.
Rff1 h6 29. Nf2 Kh7 30. Nd3 Qh8 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qb2 Ne7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Nf4 Kf6 35. Re6+ Kg7 36. Rfe1 Rd4 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Rxe7+ Kf6 39. Rf7+ Ke5 40.
Nxg6+ Ke4 41. Re7# 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. a3 b5 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 h5 14. Kh1 Ng4 15.
Bg1 O-O-O 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Rh4 19. Qg3 Rdh8 20. h3 R4h5 21.
Rad1 Ne7 22. Nd4 Kb8 23. Qe3 g6 24. Rd3 Bg7 25. Rfd1 Nc8 26. Nce2 d5 27. Rc3
Qd7 28. e5 Bf8 29. Kh2 Be7 30. Nb3 g5 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Qxc5 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Rf5
34. Qd4 f6 35. Re1 Rh6 36. Nd3 fxe5 37. Rxe5 Rf1 38. Be3 Rhf6 39. Bg5 R6f5 40.
Bf4 R5xf4 41. Nxf4 Qd6 42. Rf3 Rd1 43. Nd3 Rd2 44. Qf4 Rxc2 45. Rxe6 Qxf4+ 46.
Rxf4 d4 47. Rf2 Rc7 48. h4 Bd5 49. Rxa6 Be4 50. Nb4 d3 51. Re6 Rd7 52. Na6+ Ka8
53. Nc5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 e5 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Qb3
Qe5 15. e4 Qh5 16. Rfe1 Bh3 17. e5 Ng4 18. Bf3 c5 19. Nde2 Qh6 20. Rd6 g6 21.
Nf4 Nxh2 22. Bxb7 Bg4 23. Re3 Rab8 24. Bg2 Bf5 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Qc3 Ng4 27. Re1
Ndxe5 28. Nd5 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Qg7 30. f3 Rxb2 31. fxg4 Rb1+ 32. Bf1 f6 33. Rf4 f5
34. g5 Nf7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Nxd8 38. Ra4 Rb7 39. Nf4 Re7 40.
Ra6 Kf8 41. Bc4 Ke8 42. Rd6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nc2 d4 8. f4
Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. fxe5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxe5 12. Qxd4 Qf5 13. Qe3+ Be7 14. Nd4
Qc5 15. Nd2 Bh3 16. b4 Qd6 17. Bb2 O-O 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Qc3 c5 20. Nb5 cxb4 21.
axb4 Qxb4 22. Nc7 Qb7 23. Nd5 Bg2 24. Rg1 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Rf1 Rab8 27.
Ba3 Rbc8 28. Qf3 Bxa3 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxa3 Ne3 31. Rxa7 Nxf1 32. Nxf1 h5 33.
Kf2 Rc4 34. Ra5 g6 35. Nd2 Rc1 36. Ra4 Rc2 37. Rd4 Re6 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. Bg1 Qc7
15. Nce2 Bd6 16. c3 Ne5 17. Nc1 Nc4 18. Qc2 g6 19. Qf2 Nh5 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Nce2 b5 22. f4 f5 23. h3 Re4 24. Qf3 Rae8 25. Bf2 Bc8 26. Ng3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Nxf4 29. Qa8 Qb7 30. Qxb7 Bxb7 31. Nf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Bc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rd1 h6 13. a3 Qc8 14. b4 Be7 15.
Bf4 Rd8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Kg1 d6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb3 a6 20. h3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. e4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qc3 Rd3
28. Qc8+ Bf8 29. Qc2 Qd5 30. Bb2 Bd6 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qc2 f5 33. Re1 Bxg3 34.
fxg3 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Ba2 b5 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Ng3 g6
15. f3 Rac8 16. Qf2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Na5 18. Ra2 Nb3 19. Bb2 Bd5 20. Rd1 Na5 21.
Ra1 Nb3 22. Ra2 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Ne8 24. Qh4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 e5 26. Qe7 exd4 27. Rf1
Qe6 28. Qxa7 Rc7 29. Bxd4 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Rd7 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Raf2
Nd6 34. Ba2 Qxe4 35. Bxf7+ Nxf7 36. Rxf7 Rd2 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. R8f7+ Kh6 39.
R7f3 Qc2 40. Rg3 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Rf2 42. Re1 Ra2 43. Rg4 Rxa3 44. h3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lipman, V."]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 d6 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Be2 a6
9. O-O cxd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Be3 b5 12. b4 Nb6 13. a4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. f3
h5 16. Rf2 h4 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. Rb1 f5 20. Nxc4 f4 21. Bd2 h3 22. Na5
Qf6 23. Nc6 Rb7 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 hxg2 26. Bb4 Rd7 27. Rxg2 Rff7 28. Ba5 Bh6
29. Qc2 Rf8 30. Bb6 Rb7 31. Bc7 Bh3 32. Rd2 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ 34. hxg3 fxg3 35.
Re2 Qh5 36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. Kg1 Qxf3 38. Qd1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6
9. e4 Nd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Ne6 14. Nc2 f5 15. exf5
Rxf5 16. f4 Nc6 17. g4 Rf8 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Nd5 Bd7 20. b4 Ned4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
22. Rf3 Bb6 23. Qd3 g5 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. b5 Ne7 26. Re3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Ne8 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15.
Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qb3 Nac7 19. Bb2 a4 20. Qd1 Rc8 21. Nf1 Na8
22. Ne3 Nb6 23. Bd3 g6 24. Qe2 Nc7 25. Nd2 Bg5 26. Rad1 Qe8 27. Bb1 f5 28. exf5
gxf5 29. Nf3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Ncxd5 31. Ba2 Rc4 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Qd2 Qg6 34. Qg5
e4 35. Qxg6+ hxg6 36. Ng5 Rc8 37. Bd4 c3 38. Bxb6 Nxb6 39. Rxd6 c2 40. Rc1 Rc3
41. h4 Rd3 42. Rxg6+ Kf8 43. Rxc2 Nd5 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Rg6 Be8 46. Rg7+ Kf6 47.
Rg8 Bd7 48. h5 Ne7 49. Nh7+ Kf7 50. Rg5 f4 51. Re5 e3 52. fxe3 fxe3 53. Re2 Nd5
54. Ng5+ Kf6 55. h6 Bg4 56. h7 Kxe5 57. h8=Q+ Kf4 58. Nh3+ Kg3 59. Qe5+ Kh4 60.
g3+ Kxh3 61. Rh2# 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 b6
9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Ne8 12. Qe3 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Rab1 Nh5 15.
Bh2 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nf6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qc8 20. Qxe7 Ra7 21. Qd6
Nce8 22. Qb8 Qxb8 23. Bxb8 Re7 24. Bg3 Nc7 25. Bd6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Re1 Rac8
15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 c4 17. e4 b5 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Rab1 Nxe4 21.
Nxb5 Qxd5 22. Nxa7 Rb8 23. Red1 Qe6 24. Nb5 Qg6 25. Qh3 Ndc5 26. Nc3 Nd2 27.
Rbc1 Bc8 28. Bb1 Nxb1 29. Qe3 Bb7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. h3 Rad8 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. e4 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nh5 21. Bg5
Rb8 22. Qc6 Be5 23. Kg2 b5 24. f4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 f6 26. Bh6 Qe7 27. e5 fxe5 28.
fxe5 dxe5 29. d6 Qb7 30. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 31. Rxd5 Rbd8 32. Bg5 Rd7 33. Be7 Ng7 34.
g4 Rexe7 35. dxe7 Rxd5 36. Rf1 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nb3 b6 10. c4 Nc7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Qxe5 Rxb7 17. d4 cxd4 18. Rad1 Na6 19. Rxd4 Qc7 20. Qe4 Nc5
21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rd2 a5 23. Rfd1 a4 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. Qf3 Rb4 26. Qf4 Qb6 27.
Rd6 Qb8 28. Qf6 Rxb2 29. h4 Rb1 30. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa2 32. h5 Qe2 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. Qf4 a3 35. Rd2 Qh5+ 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Qe3 Ra8 38. Ra2 Qb1 39. Qe2 Qb3
40. Ra1 a2 41. Qe4 Ra7 42. g4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Nxd2
8. Bxd2 Qh4 9. Bc3 Qxc4 10. e3 Qe6 11. Qh5 b6 12. Qh4 Bb7 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Qxe7+
Nxe7 15. O-O-O c5 16. f3 Bc6 17. e4 b5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Be1 Ng6 21.
Bg3 h5 22. h4 Ra6 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. d6 Rc8 25. f4 Nf8 26. f5 Rac6 27. Bf4 Re8
28. g4 g6 29. Rg1 Kh7 30. gxh5 gxf5 31. Rg5 Ne6 32. Rxf5 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxe5 34.
Rxf7+ Kh6 35. Rxd7 Re8 36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. b4 Ncd7 16. Qb3 Qd8 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qb1 axb5 19. Nxb5 Bd5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Bb4 Qb8 22. a3 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qb2 Rd8 25. Qe5 Qb7 26. Ne1 Rac8 27. f3 Qa7
28. e4 Nfd7 29. Qf4 Bb3 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Bb5 Nf6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qe3 Ba4 34.
Bxc5 Bxb5 35. Be7 Qd7 36. Rxc8+ Qxc8 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Qxb6 Qc3 39. Qxb5 Qxe1+
40. Kh2 e5 41. Qb4 Qe3 42. a4 h5 43. h4 Qf2 44. Kh3 Kg7 45. a5 Qf1 46. Qd2 Kg6
47. Kh2 Kg7 48. Qa2 Qa6 49. Qa1 Kg6 50. Kg1 Qa7+ 51. Kh2 Qa6 52. Kg1 Qa7+ 53.
Kh1 Qa6 54. Kh2 Kg7 55. Kh3 Kg6 56. Kg3 Kg7 57. Qe1 Kg6 58. Kh3 Kg7 59. Kh2 Kh7
60. Qb4 Qe2 61. Qb6 Kg7 62. a6 Qe1 63. Kh3 Qh1+ 64. Kg3 Qe1+ 65. Kh3 Qh1+ 66.
Kg3 Qe1+ 67. Qf2 Qa1 68. a7 Kg6 69. Kh2 Kg7 70. Qe3 Qa5 71. g4 hxg4 72. fxg4
Kh7 73. Kg3 Qa1 74. Qf2 Kg8 75. h5 Qa3+ 76. Kh2 Qa6 77. h6 Kh7 78. a8=Q Qxa8
79. Qxf6 Qg8 80. g5 Qg6 81. Qxe5 Kg8 82. Kg3 Kf8 83. Qf6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. a5 b6 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 Bc8 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 d4 20. Bxd4 Qxd6 21.
Bc5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Re8 23. Rd6 Ne7 24. Rd2 Nf5 25. g4 Nh6 26. h3 Bb7 27. Kf2
Be4 28. Be3 f5 29. g5 Nf7 30. Nc5 a5 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Ra4 Rab8 33. b3 Rb5 34.
Ke2 Re6 35. Rc4 h6 36. Rd7 Rf5 37. h4 hxg5 38. hxg5 Kh7 39. Rdd4 Rg6 40. Rc7
Nd6 41. Rc6 Nb5 42. Rdc4 Na3 43. R4c5 Rf8 44. Rxg6 Kxg6 45. Bc1 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 b6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Nb3
e5 9. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Qxb5 e5 13. Bxe5 Rb8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qd3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qg5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Bxe4 19. O-O-O Rb6 20.
Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Re8 22. Rhd1 Re6 23. g4 h6 24. b3 Kf8 25. R1d3 Rc6 26. Kd2 a6
27. c4 Ke7 28. Re3 Kd7 29. Kd3 Rc8 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Kd4 Rb6 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 g5
34. Rf5 Rb8 35. g3 Rb7 36. Re4 Rb4 37. Kd5 Rxe4 38. Kxe4 Ke6 39. Kd4 Rb6 40.
Kc3 Rb7 41. Ra5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nh3 g5 10. f4 g4 11. Nf2 h5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. a5 Qc7 15. c3 bxc3
16. bxc3 d5 17. Qc2 c4 18. d4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22.
Ba3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Qd5 24. Nc1 h4 25. Qg2 Nf6 26. Ne2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nd5 28. Rb1
Kd7 29. Ra4 Rab8 30. Rxb8 h3+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Bh6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O Bxe3 13. fxe3 a6 14. e4 Nbd7 15.
Rhf1 Kg7 16. Rf2 b5 17. b3 b4 18. Na4 Ra7 19. Rdf1 Ng8 20. Bb1 f6 21. Nb2 Nh6
22. g4 Nf7 23. h4 Rf8 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 Nfe5 26. Nh4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Nf7 28.
Nf5+ gxf5 29. exf5 Kh8 30. f6 Qe5 31. Re2 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Kb1 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Ng3 a5
15. Nh5 Be7 16. Bc4 Rg8 17. Rhg1 a4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21.
g4 Rb8 22. f5 Rb6 23. h3 Kd8 24. Rgf1 Rf8 25. Rf2 Kc7 26. Rfd2 Bc8 27. b3 a3
28. c3 bxc3 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Kc2 Rd6 32. Bd3 Bb7 33. Ng3 Kd7 34.
Kxc3 Ke7 35. Kc2 Bc6 36. Ne2 c4 37. Bxc4 Bxe4+ 38. Kc1 exf5 39. Rxd6 Kxd6 40.
Ng3 Ke5 41. Nxe4 fxe4 42. Kd2 Ba5+ 43. Ke3 Bb6+ 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. Bxf7 Bc5 46. b4
Bxb4 47. h4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 d6 6. Nbc3 h5 7. h4 Bg4 8. b4 Nd4
9. exd4 exd4 10. Bxb7 dxc3 11. dxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Rb8 14. Bg2
Ne7 15. Nf4 O-O 16. O-O Bc8 17. b5 a6 18. a4 axb5 19. cxb5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7
21. Rfe1 c6 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Qd5 Rc7 24. Nxg6 Nb4 25. Qb3 Nc2 26. Nxf8 Kxf8
27. a5 Qa8 28. Qb2 Kg8 29. Rec1 Qc8 30. Ra2 Nd4 31. Rxc7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxh4+ 33.
Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qg4+ 35. Kd3 Qf5+ 36. Kc3 Nf3 37. Qe2 Qf6+ 38. Kb4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 c6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Be1 a5 14. b4 axb4
15. axb4 Nd6 16. Nd2 Ra3 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Na5 Nbc4 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Qe7 21.
Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Qf3 h5 25. Qg3 Qf6 26. f3 h4 27. Qf2
Bd3 28. h3 Qg5 29. e4 Ra8 30. Qb2 f6 31. Bd2 Qg3 32. Ra1 Rd8 33. Be1 Qd6 34.
Bc3 Kf7 35. Qf2 g5 36. e5 Qe6 37. d5 cxd5 38. exf6 Qd6 39. Qd4 Re8 40. Qg4 Qe6
41. Qxg5 Qe3+ 42. Qxe3 Rxe3 43. Ra7 Bg6 44. Rxb7+ Ke8 45. Re7+ Rxe7 46. fxe7
Kxe7 47. Kf2 Kd6 48. g3 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bh5 50. Kf4 Kc6 51. h4 Kd7 52. Ke3 Kd6
53. f4 Ke6 54. b5 Be8 55. b6 Kd6 56. f5 Kc6 57. Bd4 Bd7 58. f6 Be8 59. Kf4 c3
60. Bxc3 Kxb6 61. Kg5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Be7 12. Nde4 Qc7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nxf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Nb3
exd4 9. Nfxd4 Ne5 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Rc1 Rb8
15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Na5 Rd8 17. Qe1 c6 18. b3 Bf5 19. f4 Ng4 20. e4 Bd7 21. h3 Nh6
22. f5 f6 23. Bf4 Nf7 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. b4 Ne5 26. Qe3 Be8 27. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 28.
bxc5 Na4 29. Nb3 Bf7 30. Rfd1 Nxc4 31. Rd4 b5 32. cxb6 Naxb6 33. a4 Ne5 34. Nc5
Nbc4 35. Rcd1 Kf8 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Ke7 38. Rh8 h6 39. Bf1 Nd2 40. Ra8
Kd6 41. Nd3 Nd7 42. Bg2 c5 43. Rxa7 c4 44. Ra6+ Kc7 45. Nb4 Ne5 46. Nd5+ Kb7
47. Rb6+ Ka7 48. Rb2 Nb3 49. Bf1 Nc5 50. Nc3 Be8 51. Rb4 Na6 52. Rb1 Nc5 53.
Rb4 Na6 54. Rb1 Nc5 55. Kf2 Bc6 56. Ke3 Nb3 57. Kf4 Nd2 58. Rd1 Nb3 59. Rd8 Kb6
60. Rb8+ Kc5 61. Ke3 Nd7 62. Rc8 Na5 63. Nd5 Ne5 64. Rc7 Nd7 65. Ra7 Nb3 66. a5
Nd4 67. Rc7 Nb5 68. Rxc6+ Kxc6 69. Bxc4 Nd6 70. Kd4 Ne5 71. Nb4+ Kb7 72. Be2
Nc6+ 73. Kd5 Nxe4 74. Ba6+ Kc7 75. Nxc6 Nxg3 76. Nd4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Re8 14.
Bd3 Bd6 15. f4 e5 16. f5 Rxb2 17. g4 Qa5 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qd4 f6 7. e4 Nb6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 N8d7 11. a4 a5 12. Be2 e6 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Nxe6+
Ke7 15. Nxf8 Ba6 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. b3 Rhe8 18. d5 Nc8 19. dxc6+ bxc6 20. O-O-O+
Ke6 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Kc2 Re7 23. Rhd1 g5 24. Bc5 Reb7 25. Bd6 Ra8 26. h4 gxh4
27. f4 Rd7 28. f5+ Kf7 29. Bc5 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Ke8 31. Bf2 Ke7 32. Bxh4 Nb6 33.
e5 Rg8 34. Bxf6+ Kf7 35. Ne4 Nd5 36. e6+ Kf8 37. Bg5 Bc8 38. g4 Nb4+ 39. Kb2
Nd5 40. Rh2 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Friedman, Josef"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. O-O O-O-O 6. Bf4 f6 7. c4 e6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 g5 10. Bd2 h5 11. Qa4 h4 12. Rfc1 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bh3 14. Bh1
Qh7 15. e3 Bg4 16. Bg2 Bh3 17. Bh1 Bg4 18. Bg2 Qh5 19. Ne1 Bb4 20. a3 Bxc3 21.
Bxc3 Nge7 22. Bb4 Kb8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qc2 Rd7 25. Kf1 Nf5 26. Bxd5 Rdh7 27.
Qe4 Be2+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. b3 Bh6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Bf1 Rac8 14. b4 Na6 15. c5
Qxb4 16. a3 Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Bxh6 cxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Qb2 Nc5 21. Nb5 Ng4
22. Bxf8 Na4 23. Qe2 Rc2 24. Nd2 Kxf8 25. Rac1 Rb2 26. h3 Nf6 27. Red1 Bc2 28.
Nc4 Bxd1 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Rb1 Na4 32. Rxd1 Ke7 33. g4 h6 34. Bg2
Nd7 35. Rb1 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rb4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. d3 Qc7 8. Bf4 h6
9. h4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qa5+ 13. b4 Qxb4+ 14. c3 Qa5 15. Nd6+
Ke7 16. O-O d3 17. Qe3 Qc5 18. Qe1 b6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa4 22.
Qe4 Nc5 23. Qf4 Rf8 24. Nxc4 Ba6 25. Rfc1 Rfd8 26. h5 gxh5 27. g4 hxg4 28. Qxg4
Rg8 29. Qh4+ Kd7 30. Qf4 Raf8 31. Rc3 b5 32. Qe3 bxc4 33. Qxc5 Qb5 34. Qd6+ Kc8
35. Bf4 Rd8 36. Qa3 Bf8 37. Qc1 Bb4 38. Rb1 Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qd5 40. Rxb4 Nxb4
41. Qa3 Bb7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Black "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qd7 10. Bg2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 e5 14. f4 exf4 15.
gxf4 Nc6 16. Ng3 Rac8 17. Qf3 Rfd8 18. Bd2 Ne8 19. Rae1 Nc7 20. Rf2 f6 21. Bf1
Qf7 22. a3 Ne6 23. b4 Nf8 24. Qd1 b5 25. h4 Rc7 26. h5 Re8 27. Rh2 Ree7 28. h6
Bh8 29. f5 g5 30. Qb1 Nd7 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Bh5 Qg8 33. Bd1 Ke8 34. a4 a6 35.
Bh5+ Kd8 36. Rc1 bxa4 37. b5 axb5 38. Bd1 Nde5 39. Qxb5 Rb7 40. Ba5+ Ke8 41.
Bh5+ Kf8 42. Rxc6 Nxc6 43. Qxc6 Rb1+ 44. Nf1 Rb8 45. Bb4 Qb3 46. Bxe7+ Kxe7 47.
Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levina, Anna V"]
[Black "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Bd5 Rb8 9. Bc6+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bg5
b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rb5 17. Qd3 Bxg5 18. f4 Be7 19. e5 Qc6 20. Rfe1 dxe5
21. fxe5 Rd5 22. Qe4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd4 24. Qe2 Qd5 25. Rad1 Bc5 26. c3 bxc3 27.
bxc3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qe6 29. h3 f6 30. Re1 fxe5 31. Qh5 Bd6 32. Kg1 e4 33. Qg5 h6
34. Qh5 Rf5 35. Qg4 Qe5 36. g3 h5 37. Qh4 g5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3
e6 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Re5 a5 19. Rae1 a4 20. Qb6 Ra6
21. Qc5 Bd7 22. Qc7 Qd8 23. Qc2 Rb6 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. f3 Rfb8 26. b3 axb3 27.
axb3 Qh4 28. Qd2 Ra8 29. g3 Qf6 30. Qe3 Ra2 31. f4 Kf7 32. Nf3 Rc6 33. Nd4 Rca6
34. Qc3 Qd8 35. Kh1 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 Qe7 7. f3 Qe5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Qe6 12. O-O-O dxe4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
fxe4 Bg4 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Qe5 17. Bc4 Rd4 18. Bb3 Bh5 19. Rhf1 Bg6 20. h4
Rad8 21. g4 h5 22. gxh5 Qxh5 23. e5 Rxh4 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh7 26. Rd1 Bc5
27. Qg3 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Qh6+ 29. Kb1 Rh2 30. Bb3 Bd6 31. Qf3 Qd2 32. Ne3 Bc5 33.
Rh1 Bxe3 34. Rxh2+ Qxh2 35. Qxe3 Qh1+ 36. Qc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Be4 38. Be6 Kg6
39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Bd7 Ke5 41. Ke3 Bxc2 42. Bxc6 Bb1 43. a3 Ba2 44. Be8 g5 45. Bh5
Be6 46. Kf3 Bf5 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. Be2 Ke5 49. Bf3 g4 50. Bg2 Be6 51. Kf2 Bd5 52.
Bf1 Kf4 53. Ba6 g3+ 54. Ke2 Bf3+ 55. Kf1 Ke3 56. Bc8 Bd5 57. Bf5 Kd2 58. a4 c5
59. b3 Kc3 60. Bg4 Kxb3 61. Bd1+ Kc3 62. Be2 Bb3 63. a5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. Re1
Nd7 9. a4 e5 10. Nf5 Qc7 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nb6 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Ne3 Nf6 16. Bd2 a5 17. c3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Be7 19. Qb5+ Nbd7 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Bxa5
Qa7 22. Bb6 Rxb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. a5 Na8 26. b4 Kd7 27. b5 Rb8
28. b6 Kd8 29. Reb1 Rb7 30. a6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 Nxb6 32. a7 Kc7 33. a8=Q Nxa8 34.
Rxa8 Kb7 35. Ra4 Bd8 36. Bf1 Bb6 37. h3 Kc7 38. Kg2 Nd7 39. Ra8 Nb8 40. Bc4 f6
41. Bg8 Kb7 42. Ra3 Nd7 43. Bxh7 Nf8 44. Bg8 Nd7 45. h4 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. h5
Bd4 48. Rf3 Nf6 49. Bf7 f4 50. h6 Kc6 51. Bg6 e4 52. Rxf4 d5 53. h7 Nd7 54. Be8
1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Lipman, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
Ne5 Bd6 9. d4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Nxc6 Qc4 13. Qxc4 bxc4 14.
Nxb8 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rxb8 16. Nxd2 Rxb2 17. Nxc4 Rxe2 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Kf3 Re4
20. Nd6 Ra4 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. Rb1 Rxa2 23. Rbb7 Rf8 24. Nxf7 Ne8 25. Rd7 Nd6 26.
Rxd6 Rxf7+ 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. h4 Kf6 29. Rd7 h5 30. Ke3 g6 31. Rd8 a5 32. Rf8+
Ke7 33. Rg8 Kf7 34. Ra8 a4 35. Ke4 a3 36. Kf3 Ra1 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39.
Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 c5 12. e3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Ne2 Qe7 15.
Ng3 Rfd8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. Bg2 Bg4 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qc2
Rd6 22. Re1 Ng6 23. b4 h6 24. Nd4 Nh4 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd3 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Qh4
28. Kg1 Nxf2 29. Qf1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qf2 Qh5 33. f5 Kh7 34.
Qf4 Rf6 35. Rf1 Bh3 36. Rc1 Bxf5 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Bc2 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nc4 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. a4 Nxb2 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Rb8 21.
Rb1 Nc4 22. Rxb5 Nd6 23. Rb4 c5 24. Rb6 Bxe4 25. Rxd6 Bxc2 26. Rxf6 Bg6 27. g4
Rb3 28. Nh4 Be7 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Nxg6 Kf7 31. Nxe5+ Ke6 32. Nc4 Rxc3 33. Nfe3
Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Bg5 35. Ra6+ Kd7 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. f4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 Bxf4 39. Rc6
Rg8 40. h3 h5 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e4 d6 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O Be6 14. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. h3
Qf6 9. g3 Na6 10. Be3 Qf3 11. Rh2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qb3 Nxg3
15. Ng1 Qh5 16. fxg3 f4 17. Qxb7 fxe3 18. Qxa6 e4 19. Rc2 Rab8 20. Qa3 Bd4 21.
Nge2 Bc5 22. Qa4 Rf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qf2+ 27.
Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bg6 Rxf3 16. Bxh5 Rf8 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rf6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Be8 23. Bg4 Qg7 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Bf7 26. Re3 h5 27. Be2 Bg6
28. Bb5 Rdf8 29. Re2 Bf5 30. Qe3 Ne7 31. Bd3 Rh6 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qd3 h4 34.
g4 Rf4 35. Rde1 Kf7 36. Nb5 Rff6 37. Nd6+ Kg8 38. Ne8 Qf7 39. Nxf6+ Rxf6 40.
Qd2 Rf4 41. Rxe6 Nc6 42. b4 Rxg4 43. Qe2 Rf4 44. b5 Nxd4 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. Qe7
Kg6 47. Qxf7+ Rxf7 48. a4 h3 49. Rg8+ Kf6 50. Rd1 Ne2+ 51. Kf1 Nc3 52. Rd3
hxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Ne2 54. Kf3 Nf4 55. Rd1 Kf5 56. Rg1 Ne6 57. Ke3 b6 58. Kd2 Ke5
59. Re1+ Kf5 60. Re8 Nc5 61. R8e7 Rxe7 62. Rxe7 Nxa4 63. Rxa7 Nc5 64. Ra6 Nd7
65. Ke3 Ke5 66. Ra7 Nc5 67. Re7+ Kd6 68. Rg7 Ne6 69. Rg6 Ke5 70. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 b4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5
g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bxc5 Na6 12. Be3 Nc7 13. c4 bxc3 14. Qa4+ Kf8
15. Nxc3 Nxd5 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxc3+ 20. Qc2
Qa1+ 21. Qb1 Rc8+ 22. Kd2 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Qc4+ 24. Rd3 Qg4+ 25. f3 Qh3 26. Kf2 Kg7
27. Rd2 Rc6 28. Qf1 Qe6 29. Qd3 Ra6 30. Qb3 Qh3 31. Qb7 Re6 32. Qxa7 h5 33.
Qd4+ f6 34. a4 Ra8 35. Ra2 Ra5 36. Qh4 Qf5 37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Rd2 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. f4 e5 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Qg3 exf4
15. Qxg7 Ke7 16. Bf3 h6 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Rhe1 Qf5 19. Ne4 Rag8 20. Nd6 Qg6 21.
Qxg6 fxg6 22. Nb7 Kf7 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Nb7 Kf7 25. Bxc6 Rb8 26. Bf3 Bg4 27.
Nd6+ Kf8 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Re6 Kg7 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rf7+ Ke5 32. Re7+ Kf6 33.
Rf7+ Ke5 34. Rd7 Ne3 35. Rd2 Rhf8 36. Nf7+ Kf5 37. Nxh6+ Kg5 38. Nf7+ Kh5 39.
Ne5 Rbe8 40. Rh7+ Kg5 41. Nf3+ Kg4 42. Rf2 Nxg2 43. Rg7 Rf6 44. Rc7 Nh4 45.
Nxh4 Kxh4 46. Rg2 Kh3 47. Rg5 Rh8 48. Rc3+ Kxh2 49. Rf3 Rh5 50. Rg4 g5 51. Kd2
Re6 52. Rf2+ Kh3 53. Rg1 Re3 54. Rfg2 Rg3 55. Rxg3+ fxg3 56. Ke2 Kg4 57. Kd3
Rh2 58. b3 g2 59. Ke2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nbd2 a6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Rc8 9. a3 Nge7 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1 d4 12. e5 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Ng3 Qf6 16. Bd2 g6 17. Bb4 d6 18. a4 Rc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rc1 d5 21. b3 Qb6
22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. bxc4 Kf8 24. a5 Qc5 25. Qb3 Ba8 26. cxd5 Qxa5 27. Qc4 Bf6 28.
d6 Kg7 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Red1 Ke5 34. Ra6
Bd5 35. Re1+ Kf6 36. Rb6 Rd7 37. f3 Bc4 38. Kf2 d3 39. Re4 g5 40. Ke1 Be6 41.
Kd2 Bc4 42. h4 gxh4 43. Rxh4 Ke5 44. Ke3 f6 45. Rh5+ Ke6 46. Rh6 Rf7 47. g4 Kd5
48. Rh5+ Ke6 49. f4 Rd7 50. Rh6 Rd8 51. Kd2 Kd5 52. Ra6 b4 53. Ra4 Rxd6 54.
Rxb4 Ra6 55. Rb2 Ke4 56. Rxh7 Kxf4 57. Rb4 Ra2+ 58. Kd1 Ra1+ 59. Kd2 Ra2+ 60.
Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. O-O Bf6 16. Be3 Bxb2 17. Bxa7 Ba6 18. Bxb8 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rxb8
20. g3 Ba3 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Rd3 Rxc6 23. Rxa3 h5 24. Rd3 Ra6 25. a3 g5 26. h3
Kg7 27. Kf1 g4 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. Ke3 f5 31. Kd4 Ra8 32. Kc4 f4 33.
gxf4 Kf5 34. Kb3 Rb8+ 35. Ka2 Rh8 36. Rd2 Rh2 37. Rb2 Kxf4 38. a4 Kf3 39. a5
Rh5 40. Rb3+ Kxf2 41. a6 g3 42. a7 Ra5+ 43. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. O-O e6 14. Ng5 exd5
15. cxd5 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Qb3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rf5 19. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bf1 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 e5 12. a4 a6 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2
h6 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Kh7 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Nc4 Ne6 20. Be2 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Na3 Rb8 23. Bf3 Ba6 24. Bc1 f5 25. Be2 Rfe8 26. Bf1 Re7 27. Nf3 Qb7 28. Nh2
Qc6 29. Be2 c4 30. dxc4 bxc4 31. Bf1 e4 32. f3 Nf6 33. Qf2 f4 34. Ng4 e3 35.
Qc2 Nxg4 36. hxg4 Ng5 37. Be2 Bf6 38. Rf1 Kg7 39. Rde1 Nf7 40. g3 Bg5 41. Rd1
Bf6 42. Rd4 Bxd4 43. cxd4 Rc8 44. Qc3 Qf6 45. Nc2 Bb7 46. gxf4 Qxf4 47. d5+ Kh7
48. Nxe3 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Ng5 50. Qe1 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Rce8 52. Qf2 Bxd5 53. Bd1 Bxf3
54. Bxf3 Rf7 55. Bg2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nd4 Kf8 20. Nf5 h5 21.
Rxd5 Re8 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. h4 Bb4 24. Rd8 a5 25. R1d7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. dxc5 Qa5+
8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qd6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Rc1 Rad8 14.
Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Qh6 16. Nfd4 Rd6 17. Rc5 Red8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd4 Rg6 20.
Bf1 Bh3 21. Kh1 Bg4 22. Rdc1 Re8 23. Ra5 Qh5 24. Rxa7 Nf5 25. Rxc6 Nd6 26. f3
Rh6 27. h3 Bc8 28. Ra8 Bd7 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Rc5 Qg5 31. Ne2 Nf5 32. Qxd5 Ng3+
33. Nxg3 Qxg3 34. Qe5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qb3 e6 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Ne5 Ne7 18. Rc7 Rxd4 19. Qa3 Qxe5 20. Qxe7
Bd7 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Qxd7 a6 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 Qxb2 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. Qxa6 b4
27. Qb6 Rd4 28. Qc5 Rf4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 f5 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qc2 c6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a3 g6 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. h3 Kg7 15.
Nd2 Rfe8 16. d5 b5 17. Qd3 a6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rad8 21. Nf3
Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Bh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qf6 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Rad1 Rc2 27. R1d2
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 f4 29. e4 g5 30. Nd4 h5 31. Nf5+ Kh7 32. f3 Qe5 33. Rd7 Qxb2 34.
Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rg7+ Kf6 36. Rd7 Qxa3 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rd5+ Ke6 39. Nd4+ Ke7 40.
e5 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Rd6 Qc5 43. Nc6+ Kf8 44. fxg4 b4 45. Nxb4 Qxb4 46. Rxa6
Ke7 47. Ra2 Qc5 48. Re2 Qc3 49. Rf2 Qg3+ 50. Kg1 Qe3 51. Kf1 Qc1+ 52. Ke2 Ke6
53. Rf3 Qg1 54. Rf2 Kxe5 55. g5 Kf5 56. g6 Kxg6 57. Rxf4 Qxg2+ 58. Ke3 Qg5 59.
Ke4 Qc5 60. Rf3 Kg5 61. Rd3 Qc2 62. Ke3 Kf5 63. Rd5+ Ke6 64. Rh5 Qd1 65. Rb5
Qe1+ 66. Kd4 Qf2+ 67. Kc4 Kd6 68. Rd5+ Kc6 69. Rd3 Qf4+ 70. Rd4 Qe3 71. Rd1
Qe4+ 72. Rd4 Qc2+ 73. Kb4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bd2 a6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. b4 Nb6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc3 Bc8 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. Nde4 Rg8 21. Bg4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qd7 23. f3 h5 24. gxh5 Qh3 25. Ra2 Qxh5 26. Qd3 Qh3 27. g3 Rg6
28. Rh2 Qf5 29. Kg2 Rg7 30. Rfh1 Nd7 31. Rh5 Qf7 32. Rh6 Rg6 33. Ng5 Bxg5 34.
Qxg6 Qxg6 35. Rxg6 Bd2 36. Ne4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 c5 11. Qc2 c4 12. Bf5 Bg6 13. Rae1 Re8 14. Re2 Qc7
15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Bxf6 Rxe2 17. Rxe2 Nxf6 18. Nf1 b5 19. Ne3 Kf8 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nxc4 Qc7 24. Ne3 Qc5 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Qd3 Rd7
27. a3 a5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Ke7 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Ke2 g5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rxh4
Rd8 34. Nc2 Kd6 35. Nd4 Re8+ 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Nf5 a4 38. f3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 d3 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Re8 14. Nd2 Bg4 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. f3 Be6 17. a4 Qc7 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qa4 Na5 21. b3 Qc5
22. Rfc1 Nb7 23. b4 Qc7 24. f4 Nd7 25. Qc6 Rec8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Ra7 Kf8 28.
c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Bb4 Ke8 31. Bxc5 Nbxc5 32. Rb1 Rxb1+ 33. Nxb1 e4 34.
f5 Bxf5 35. Nd2 Bg6 36. g4 f6 37. h4 Ne5 38. h5 Bf7 39. Bxe4 Nxg4 40. Bxh7 Nxe3
41. Bg6 Bxg6 42. hxg6 Ne6 43. Ne4 Nc4 44. Kf2 Kd8 45. Ke1 Ne5 46. Kd2 Nxg6 47.
Kxd3 Ne5+ 48. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Nd5 a6 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Qd7
15. Rad1 b5 16. b3 Ra8 17. b4 e6 18. Bg5 exd5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd5 Rae8 21.
Rf2 Qa7 22. Kf1 Bd8 23. f4 Bb6 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Qh4 26. h3 Re4 27. Bd3 Rd4
28. cxb5 axb5 29. Re1 Ra8 30. g4 Qf6 31. g5 Qd8 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Rc8 34.
f5 Rc4 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Bd5 Rc7 37. Rf6 Qc8 38. Qd3 Rc1+ 39. Ke2 Qe8+ 40. Kf3
Kh8 41. Rxf7 Qc8 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Rc1+ 44. Kd2 Rg1 45. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 46. Kxc3
Rxg5 47. Bc6 Rh5 48. Bd7 Rg5 49. Bg4 Re5 50. Rf6 Re3+ 51. Kc2 Ra3 52. Rxd6
Rxa2+ 53. Kb3 Bc7 54. Rxg6 Ra1 55. Rc6 Bg3 56. Bf5 Be1 57. Re6 Kg7 58. Kb2 Ra4
59. Rxe1 Rxb4+ 60. Kc3 Rf4 61. Bg4 b4+ 62. Kb3 Kf6 63. Re3 Kg5 64. Be2 Rd4 65.
Rg3+ Kf4 66. Rg4+ Ke3 67. Bc4 Rf4 68. Kxb4 Kf3 69. Kc5 Rf5+ 70. Bd5+ Kf2 71.
Kd6 Rh5 72. h4 Rh6+ 73. Ke7 Rh5 74. Be4 Ke3 75. Kf6 Ra5 76. Bf5 Kf3 77. h5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. Nge4 Ne8 14. Rac1 f5
15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Nf1 Qc7 19. Qa4 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Nxe3 21.
Nxe3 Bg5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Rd3 g5 24. Ng2 Rb8 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Re1 Rc8 27. e4 Bxc3
28. Rxc3 fxe4 29. fxg5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. h4 Ng7 32. Rc2 Qf5 33. Kh2 Nh5 34.
Rce2 b5 35. cxb5 d5 36. Ne3 Qf3 37. Rg2 Qf7 38. Ng4 Qc7 39. Qd1 axb5 40. Nh6+
Kg7 41. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Ne4 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Qe2 f5 16. Rfe1 Rf6 17. Nf1 Rh6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rec1 g5 20. Bc3 Qf7 21. Ba5 Kh8
22. Rc2 Rg8 23. Rac1 g4 24. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 Re8 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Ba3 b6 19. Bc6 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. f5
Re5 22. f6 g5 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. cxb4 h6 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rfe1 Rc6 27. Re5 Qxd6
28. Rxg5+ Kh8 29. Rd5 Qf8 30. Rh5 Kh7 31. Qd3+ Kg8 32. Qh3 Kh7 33. Rg5 Kh8 34.
Rh5 Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qf4 Kg8 38. Rxh6 Qc5+ 39. Kh1 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lipman, V."]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
a6 9. Rb1 b5 10. b4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qc2 Rfc8 15.
Rec1 h6 16. Bh4 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Bg3 Nfd7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nd4 Bc4 21. Nf5
Bf8 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qe2 Ndb6 24. h3 Rd8 25. Rd1 Ra3 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rb3 Ra7
28. Ne3 Qd4 29. Nf5 Qc5 30. Nd1 Qa5 31. Nde3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Nd7 33. Bh4 Qc5 34.
Qxc5 Bxc5 35. Be7 Rxa2 36. Bxc5 Nxc5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Nd6 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Ra7 40.
Rc8 Nd3 41. f3 c5 42. h4 h5 43. Nc4 Ra2 44. Rd8 Ne1 45. Nxe5 f6 46. Nc4 Rxg2+
47. Kh3 Rf2 48. Rd1 Rxf3+ 49. Kh2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Levina, Anna V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 a5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 a4 7. O-O a3 8. Bc1
Be7 9. d4 b6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd2 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rab1 Rc8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rfc1 Nc5 20. Qd1 b3 21. axb3
a2 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Qc2 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. b4 Ne4 27. b5 Qf6 28.
Be1 Bd6 29. Rxa2 Qh6 30. h3 Ba3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Bb4 Raa8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34.
Qc6 Qxc6 35. Nxc6 Nd6 36. b6 g6 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Rxd5 Nb7 39. Rd7 Nc5 40. Ra7
Rc8 41. Rc7 Rf8 42. b7 Na6 43. Rc8 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Nc1
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bf6
15. O-O Qc7 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Kh1 f6 19. Qe1 Kh8 20. Qf2 Qc6 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. f4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bf3 e4 25. Bd4+ Bf6 26. Be2 Rcd8 27.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 28. Qd4 Kg7 29. Rc3 Kf7 30. Rg3 h6 31. Bh5+ Ke7 32. Rg7+ Bf7 33. Rh7
Rf8 34. b4 b6 35. Ra1 Qb7 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Qb5 38. Rc1 dxc5 39. Qe5+ Re6
40. Qxf5 Rf6 41. Qe5+ Re6 42. Qc7+ Qd7 43. Qxd7+ Kxd7 44. Rxf7+ Rxf7 45. Bxf7
Rf6 46. Bc4 Rxf4 47. Rf1 Rxf1+ 48. Bxf1 a5 49. g4 Kd6 50. Kg2 Kd5 51. b3 Kd4
52. h4 a4 53. bxa4 c4 54. Bxc4 Kxc4 55. Kf2 Kd3 56. Ke1 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Be5 12. Bg3 Bc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Bxg3
15. fxg3 Nf6 16. Rhf1 O-O 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. d6 Qa7 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qf4 Kg7 21.
Rf1 f5 22. g4 f6 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. gxf5 e5 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qg6 Qxd4 27. Qxh6+
Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rf3 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qxh2 31. Rh3+ Qxh3 32. gxh3 Nc6 33. Be4
1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nf6
15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qb1 a5 18. Rc5 f6 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Qc2
Kh8 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. b3 Ra6 25. Nc4 b5 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. a4 f5 28. Re5
Qd6 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 g6 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. h4 Kf6
35. Ke2 Rd8 36. Re5 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. g4 fxg4 39. Nxe4+ Kg6 40. Rxg5+ Kh6
41. Rg8 bxa4 42. bxa4 Rb8 43. Nc5 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Bg6 45. Kg2 Kh5 46. Kg3 Ra2 47.
Ra8 Bf7 48. Rxa5 Bd5 49. Ne4 Kg6 50. Nc3 Ra1 51. Nxd5 cxd5 52. Kxg4 Ra2 53. f3
Ra3 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. Rxd5 Rxa4 56. Rd6+ Ke7 57. Rb6 Rc4 58. Ke5 Rc3 59. Rb7+ Ke8
60. Ke4 Kd8 61. f4 Ra3 62. f5 Kc8 63. Rh7 Kd8 64. f6 Ke8 65. d5 Ra1 66. Ke5 Re1
67. e4 Kf8 68. d6 Rd1 69. d7 Kg8 70. Re7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Rae1 b4
15. axb4 axb4 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. f5 e5 18. Bf2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Bd5 Qb6 21.
Qf3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Bf6 23. Kh1 Rad8 24. b3 Qd6 25. c4 bxc3 26. Nxc3 e4 27. Nxe4
Qxd5 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Qh4 Rd6 31. Rf3 Rg8 32. Rg3 Rxg3 33. Qxg3
Rd8 34. Qf2 Rb8 35. h3 Rxb3 36. Qf4 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rh5 38. Rf1 Rg5 39. Rf3 Kg7
40. Kh2 Qe5 41. g3 Qxf4 42. Rxf4 h5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qd5 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. b3 c5 15.
Bb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. f3 Rd8 19. e4 Qb7 20. Kh1 Rd7 21. Nc4
Qa6 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rdd8 24. Rc2 Nfd7 25. Rfc1 Bf6 26. e5 Be7 27. Nb5 Nb6
28. Ncd6 Nd5 29. Qg1 Nxb3 30. Rxc8 Nxc1 31. Qxc1 Qxa4 32. Bd4 h6 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8
34. Qc8 Qa5 35. Qd7 b3 36. Bg1 Kh7 37. Qxf7 Qe1 38. Ne8 Qxe5 39. f4 Nxf4 40.
Nxg7 Qf6 41. Qxf6 Bxf6 42. Ne8 Be5 43. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Ng6 14.
Bg3 h5 15. h4 Ne5 16. Kc1 Bd6 17. Rd1 Re8 18. Nd5 Bf7 19. f3 b5 20. Kb1 f5 21.
Nec3 Nc4 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Nb6+ Kb7 24. e5 Kxb6 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rxd6+ Kc7 27.
Rd2 Re1+ 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Kd6 30. Nf2 Ke5 31. Nh3 Bc4 32. g3 Bd5 33. Kc1
Bxf3 34. Kd2 Bg4 35. Nf2 f4 36. Nd3+ Ke4 37. Nxc5+ Kf3 38. gxf4 Kxf4 39. Nxa6
Kg3 40. Ke3 Kxh4 41. Kf2 g5 42. Nc5 Bf5 43. c4 bxc4 44. a4 g4 45. a5 g3+ 46.
Kg1 Kh3 47. a6 Bg4 48. Ne4 Bc8 49. a7 Bb7 50. Nd6 Bf3 51. Nxc4 h4 52. b4 g2 53.
Ne3 Ba8 54. b5 Kg3 55. Nf5+ Kg4 56. Ne3+ Kg3 57. Nf5+ Kg4 58. Ne3+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. Bf4 b5
9. Qe2 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. c3 Nd5 14. Be5
Bf6 15. Qe2 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Rd3 Ng4 19. Qh5 e5 20. h3 Nxf2
21. Rf3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe5 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nd3 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6
Nxb2 27. Rb6 Na4 28. Rxb7 Nxc3 29. a3 Nb5 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7
15. a3 Ba5 16. Nc5 Be8 17. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 a6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Ba2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5
O-O 15. e4 Nf6 16. Qf5 Qc8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Qxf5 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. Rad1 c4
21. Kf1 Bf8 22. Ne5 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ng4 Rd6 25. h3 Nd7 26. f6 h5 27. Ne3
Nxf6 28. Nf5 Re6 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Bxf6 Bg7 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3
Kf7 34. Ke2 e5 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. h4 Kd5 37. f3 a5 38. g3 Kc5 39. f4 exf4+ 40.
gxf4 b4 41. cxb4+ axb4 42. axb4+ Kxb4 43. Kd2 Kc5 44. Kc3 Kd5 45. f5 Ke5 46.
Kxc4 Kxf5 47. Kd3 Kg4 48. Ke2 Kxh4 49. Kf2 Kh3 50. Kg1 Kg3 51. Kh1 h4 52. Kg1
h3 53. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Ne4 Qd8 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. c3 Bd6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Rhe1
O-O-O 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Nf6 17. Ree1 h5 18. h4 Nd5 19. Kb1 Rd7 20. Bb3 Nf6
21. c4 c5 22. Bg5 cxd4 23. c5 Be7 24. Rc1 Qc6 25. Qd1 Rdd8 26. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Nxb3 13. cxb3 Be7 14. Qh3 Qc8
15. Be3 O-O 16. Rac1 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Qb7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8
21. Qe6+ Qf7 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. exd5 b4 24. Kf2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
h6 9. Rd1 Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nxg5 exd4 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Rxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4
Nf8 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Be3 g5 17. g3 Bd7 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Qh4 21.
f5 Bc6 22. Rg1+ Rg7 23. Bf3 Rxg1+ 24. Kxg1 Ng5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 26. Qxg5+ hxg5
27. Kf2 Kg7 28. h3 Kf6 29. Ke3 Rh8 30. Bg2 Rh4 31. Nd1 g4 32. hxg4 Rxg4 33. Bf3
Rh4 34. Nf2 Be8 35. b3 Bf7 36. Nd3 a5 37. c5 dxc5 38. Nxc5 Rh2 39. Nxb7 Rxa2
40. Nc5 Bxb3 41. Kf4 a4 42. e5+ Kg7 43. Kg5 Rc2 44. f6+ Kf8 45. Nxb3 axb3 46.
e6 Rc5+ 47. Kg6 b2 48. e7+ Ke8 49. Be4 Rc1 50. Kg7 Rg1+ 51. Kh6 b1=Q 52. Bc6+
Kf7 53. e8=Q+ Kxf6 54. Qd8+ Ke5 55. Qxc7+ Kd4 56. Qd6+ Kc3 57. Qc5+ Kd2 58.
Qd4+ Qd3 59. Qf2+ Qe2 60. Qxg1 Qe3+ 61. Qxe3+ Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nd2 e5 13. d5 Bc5 14. Nde4 Nxd5
15. Rxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qd8 18. Rd1 Qa5 19. Qxc4 Be6 20. b4 Qa3
21. Nc5 a5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxe6 fxe6+ 24. Bf3 Rf6 25. Rd7 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 axb4
27. Kg2 Rxa2 28. Rxb7 Rb2 29. h4 g5 30. h5 Rf7 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Rb6 e4 33. Bg4
e3 34. Kh3 Rf2 35. Bxe6 Rfxe2 36. Bc4 Rh2+ 37. Kg4 Rxh5 38. Kxh5 Rh2+ 39. Kg4
e2 40. Re6 e1=Q 41. Rxe1 Kxg6 42. Re6+ Kg7 43. Re2 Rh1 44. Re7+ Kg6 45. Re6+
Kg7 46. Rb6 Rg1 47. Kf3 h5 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Bd3 Rb2+ 50. Ke3 g4 51. Rg6+ Kf8 52.
Be2 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 h4 54. gxh4 g3+ 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Bf3 b3 57. Rb6 Kg7 58. Kxg3
Rc3 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Be4 Ra4 61. h5 Ra2 62. h6+ Kf7 63. Bg6+ Kf8 64. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8.
Be2 Nb6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qb3 a5 12. a4 Bg4 13. Rd1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Re8+ 15. Kf1 Nc8 16. g3 Nd6 17. Kg2 Ra6 18. Qc2 Rb6 19. Rd3 g6 20. Ne2 Re7 21.
h4 Qd7 22. b3 Ra6 23. Rc3 Ra7 24. Rc1 b6 25. Re3 Nf5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qd3 Qd8
28. Rc3 Nd6 29. Nf4 Bg7 30. Rc2 Qf6 31. Ne2 h5 32. Rc6 Qd8 33. Qc2 Bf6 34. Rc3
Bg7 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Bg2 Qd8 37. Bh3 Qe7 38. Re3 Qf6 39. Kg1 Qd8 40. Qc6 Bh6 41.
Rf3 Qe7 42. Qc2 Qe4 43. Qxe4 Nxe4 44. Rd3 Ra8 45. Bg2 Nd6 46. Rc3 Re8 47. Kf1
Re7 48. Rd3 Kf8 49. Ng1 Bg7 50. Nf3 Nf5 51. Bh3 Nd6 52. Rc3 Ne4 53. Rc2 Ke8 54.
Bc8 Nd6 55. Bh3 Kd8 56. Rc3 Ne4 57. Rd3 Nd6 58. Re3 Bh6 59. Rd3 Bg7 60. Kg2 Re8
61. Re3 Bh6 62. Ne5 f5 63. Re2 Kc8 64. Kf1 Rg8 65. Nc6 Kb7 66. Re6 Bc1 67. Ne7
Rg7 68. Nxg6 Bb2 69. Nf4 Rh7 70. Bg2 Bc1 71. Nd3 Bd2 72. Bf3 Rh8 73. Ke2 Bc3
74. Ke3 b5 75. Nf4 bxa4 76. bxa4 Ka7 77. Kd3 Ba1 78. Re1 Bb2 79. Rb1 Rb8 80.
Bxh5 Ne4 81. Ne6 Nxf2+ 82. Kc2 Ba3 83. Rxb8 Kxb8 84. Bf3 Be7 85. Kd2 Bd6 86. h5
Bxg3 87. h6 Bh4 88. h7 Bf6 89. Ke2 Ng4 90. Bxg4 fxg4 91. Ke3 Kc8 92. Kf4 Kd7
93. Kxg4 Kd6 94. Kf5 Bh8 95. Ke4 c6 96. dxc6 Kxe6 97. d5+ Kd6 98. Kf5 Bc3 99.
Kg6 Ke7 100. c7 Kd7 101. d6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 Nc6 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6
15. Rfd1 exd5 16. exd5 Rd7 17. Qe1 Ne7 18. c4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Be5 20. h3 b6 21. Rc2
Re8 22. Re2 Nc8 23. Bg5 Bh2+ 24. Kg2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Bd6 26. Re1 Be7 27. Bh6 Rd8
28. Bc2 Qd7 29. f4 Bf6 30. f5 Nd6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qf3 Bg7 33. Bg5 Re8 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Bd3 Qe1 36. h4 Qc3 37. Qe2 Qd4 38. Qe3 Be5 39. Qxd4 Bxd4 40. Bf4
Nb7 41. Bb8 a6 42. Bc7 Bf6 43. Kh3 Bd8 44. d6 Bxc7 45. dxc7 Nd6 46. Be4 b5 47.
Kg2 bxc4 48. Kf1 c3 49. Ke2 c2 50. Bxc2 Kf8 51. Bd3 Ke7 52. Bxa6 Kd7 53. c8=Q+
Nxc8 54. Bxc8+ Kxc8 55. Kd3 Kc7 56. Kc4 Kb6 57. a4 f6 58. f3 g5 59. h5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. b3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Bxb7
Qxb7 9. O-O bxc4 10. bxc4 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 O-O
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Nb3 a5 17. a4 e6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Be3 Re8 20. Nc5 Qf5 21. Rb5
Qg4 22. Qd5 Nc6 23. Qxd7 Ne5 24. Qxg4 Nxg4 25. Rb3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. fxe3
Re8 28. Kf2 Re5 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Rc3 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rxc5 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Ra8
Rf5+ 34. Ke3 h5 35. Ra6 h4 36. gxh4 Kh6 37. Rb6 Rh5 38. Rb5 Rxh4 39. Rxa5 Rxh2
40. Kf3 Rh3+ 41. Kg2 Ra3 42. Kf2 f5 43. e3 Kg5 44. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 h6 9. g4 c6 10. h4 Be7 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 d6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rdg1 Be6
15. Be3 Bf8 16. h5 d5 17. Bg5 dxc4 18. dxc4 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. h6 gxh6 21. Bh5+
Kd8 22. f3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Qa3 b6 26. b4 Nd7 27. Qa6+ Qb7
28. Qxb7+ Kxb7 29. Bf7 Nf8 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Rd7+ Nc7 32. Rh5 Raf8 33. Re7 Re8
34. Rf7 f4 35. Ne4 Re6 36. c5 Kb8 37. Kc2 Rd8 38. Rh7 Na6 39. Kc3 bxc5 40. bxc5
Rd5 41. Rf5 Re8 42. Rff7 Nxc5 43. Nf6 Rc8 44. Nxd5 cxd5 45. Kb4 e4 46. fxe4
dxe4 47. Rxf4 Ne6 48. Rff7 Nc7 49. Kc5 e3 50. Kd4 Ne6+ 51. Kxe3 Nd8 52. Rxa7
Rc6 53. Rag7 Re6+ 54. Kf2 Kc8 55. Rg8 Rf6+ 56. Kg3 Rd6 57. Rhh8 Kc7 58. Rxd8
Rxd8 59. Rxd8 Kxd8 60. a4 Kd7 61. e4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 a5 8. e4 a4
9. Re1 Be6 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Bd7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 Qc8 14. Bf1 Bh3 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bxf1 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxf1 Nd7 20. Nd4 Ne5
21. Rc1 Qc8 22. Kg2 Qc5 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 h5 25. b4 Qc8 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5
Qd7 28. d6 h4 29. f4 h3+ 30. Kg1 Nc6 31. Nf3 Qe6 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. Rc3 Ra2 34.
Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qe3+ 36. Qf2 Qc1+ 37. Ne1 f5 38. Kf1 Qd1 39. Qe3 Qa4 40. Nf3
Qc4+ 41. Kf2 Kg7 42. Ke1 Qd5 43. Qc3+ f6 44. Ke2 Nd8 45. Qd4 Qa2+ 46. Nd2 Ne6
47. Qe3 Qd5 48. Nf3 Kf7 49. c6 Qxc6 50. Qb3 b5 51. Kf2 Qb6+ 52. Ke2 b4 53. d7
Ke7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d5 Be7 6. e3 a5 7. Nge2 Na6 8. Nf4 Nc5
9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Ng6+ hxg6 11. Qxh8 Bf6 12. Bd2 Nb3 13. Rd1 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qe7 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Be2 Qxa3 18. O-O Qxc3 19. Rd4 Bc6 20. Bf3 Bxf3
21. gxf3 c5 22. Rd6 Qf6 23. Rxb6 a4 24. Rfb1 a3 25. Rb8+ Rxb8 26. Rxb8+ Ke7 27.
Qxg8 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. b3
Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ng4 13. Qd2 Qh5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Kh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Nf6 17. Kh2 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 a5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Be3 Nfd7 15.
Rb1 Qb4 16. Qc2 a4 17. Red1 axb3 18. axb3 h5 19. Ncb5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Qa5 21. b4
Qd8 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 Re7 26. e5 Ra6 27. Nd6 b6
28. Bd5 Kf8 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. e6+ Kxe6 32. Qxg6+ Ke7 33. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Friedman, Josef"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Qc7 6. e3 e5 7. Bg3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. b4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. d5 a5 14. a3 axb4 15.
axb4 e4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. g4 h6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. b5 cxb5 20. cxb5 Qb6 21. Nc6
Bxc6 22. bxc6 Ra5 23. Na4 Qa7 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Rb1 Qxc6 26. Nb5 Rea8 27. Nd4 Qc8
28. Bb5 Ra3 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Rc1 Rc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Nd4 d5 33. Qb1 Nxg4 34.
Bc6 Ra5 35. Qb8 Ra1 36. Bb5 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Qc2 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 a6 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bf4 c4 14. Bf5 b5 15. a3
Nb6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bb1 Nbd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Be5 Qe6 21. f4 Rad8
22. g4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. f5 Qe8 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rf4 Qe7 27. Qg2 Re8 28.
Rdf1 a5 29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Qg2 Qe7 32. Qd2 Qd8 33. Qg2 b4 34. Kh2 Qe7
35. Rg1 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rb6 37. f6 Rxf6 38. g5 Rg6 39. h4 Qxa3 40. Rf5 Qd6+ 41.
Kh1 Qd7 42. Rf2 f6 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Nd5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qd8 8.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. e5 Nh5 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. O-O-O Ng7 14. Qh6
Ne6 15. Bxe6 dxe6 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Rd2 b5 18. Ng5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 a5
9. Nge2 e5 10. d5 Na6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. O-O Ndc5 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne4
Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Qh4 19. Nc3 Bh6 20. Qe2 Bxe3+ 21.
Qxe3 Rf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Nc5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Kg1 h5 26. Kh2 Qf6 27. Kg1
Qd8 28. Qf2 Qg5 29. Kh2 Nd3 30. Qe2 Nc5 31. Qf2 h4 32. Qf3 Nd7 33. Qf2 Nf6 34.
dxc6 bxc6 35. Qa7+ Kh6 36. Qb8 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Nh5 40.
Qh8+ Kg5 41. Qd8+ Kh6 42. Qh8+ Kg5 43. Qd8+ Kh6 44. Qh8+ Kg5 45. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levina, Anna V"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Bd5 Rb8 9. Bc6+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. a3
Rfe8 15. h3 a5 16. Be3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Ne2 Qc6 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. f3 d5 21.
e5 Nd7 22. f4 Bc5 23. Qd3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 f6 25. Kh1 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qf4
Qe6 28. Qf2 g6 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Rf4 Re3 31. Kh2 Qe5 32. Raf1 Rxg3 33. Rf7+ Kg8
34. Kh1 Qe6 35. Qh6 Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Qf4+ Ke6 38. Qxg3 Ne5 39. Qh4 h5 40.
Qd4 b3 41. Qc3 bxc2 42. Qxc2 c6 43. Qc3 Rf8 44. Kg1 Rf4 45. Qe3 Kf5 46. Qc5 h4
47. Qc2+ Ke6 48. Qd2 g5 49. Qc2 d4 50. Qh7 Kd5 51. Qg7 Nf7 52. Qg6 c5 53. b3
Ne5 54. Qxg5 Ke4 55. Qe7 d3 56. Qxc5 d2 57. Qc2+ Ke3 58. Qc5+ Kd3 59. Qb5+ Kc2
60. Qe2 Nd3 61. b4 Rf2 62. Qe4 d1=Q+ 63. Kh2 Rf4 64. Qg6 Rf1 65. Qc6+ Kb2 66.
g3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Lipman, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 e6 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Nd3 Qc7 15.
Qe1 Bb7 16. Rd1 Ba8 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rbc8 19. a4 b4 20. Nb1 a5 21. c3 b3 22.
Rf2 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Re2 Qc6 25. Nd2 Nexd2 26. Bxd2 Qxa4 27. Qf2 Qb5 28. g4
Rfe8 29. Bc1 a4 30. Rde1 Nb6 31. Rd1 a3 32. bxa3 Na4 33. Bb2 Nxb2 34. Nxb2 Rxc3
35. Rde1 Bf8 36. Kh1 Bxa3 37. f5 Rc2 38. Bf1 d4+ 39. Kh2 Qc6 40. Nd3 Qh1+ 41.
Kg3 Rc3 42. Rd2 Rec8 43. fxe6 fxe6 44. Qf6 Bd5 45. Kh4 Rf8 46. Qg5 Re8 47. Qf4
Be7+ 48. g5 h6 49. Qxd4 Rc4 50. Qxc4 Bxc4 51. Bg2 Qxe1+ 52. Nxe1 Bxg5+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Qa4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 d4 14.
O-O-O Qd5 15. exd4 Be6 16. Qe4 Rfc8 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Rhe1 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5
15. e5 h6 16. Bh4 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rae1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd7
21. Bf2 Na5 22. Bxc5 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Nc6 24. Rd3 Rb7 25. h3 f6 26. Red1 Kf7 27.
Be3 Rc8 28. c4 Rb4 29. c5 Rxa4 30. Rb3 Rc7 31. Rb6 g5 32. Bf2 Ne5 33. Rb8 h5
34. c3 h4 35. Rdb1 Rc4 36. Bd4 Nc6 37. R8b6 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc1 a5 40.
Ra6 a4 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
b6 9. Kb1 Bb7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. h4 c5 15. h5
Nxe3 16. Qxe3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qh3 Rfd8 21.
Bxg6 Qxe5 22. Rdf1 Rd7 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. c3 Bd5 25. Ka1 b5 26. Re1 Qg5 27. Be4+
Kg8 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ fxe6 31. Rhf1+ Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33.
Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd6 35. Qg4 Kc6 36. Re1 Re8 37. a3 e5 38. Rd1 Rg8 39. Qh5
Qe6 40. Qh7 Kb6 41. Qe4 Rg4 42. Qe3+ Kb7 43. g3 Rc4 44. Qg5 Rc7 45. Re1 e4 46.
g4 Re7 47. Qf4 e3 48. Qf3+ Ka7 49. g5 e2 50. Qf2+ Kb7 51. Qg2+ Ka7 52. g6 Qe5
53. Qg4 Kb7 54. a4 Qe4 55. Qxe4+ Rxe4 56. a5 Rg4 57. Rxe2 Rxg6 58. Re7+ Kb8 59.
Ka2 Rg4 60. b3 Rg3 61. Kb2 Rh3 62. Re6 Ka7 63. Rc6 Kb7 64. Rc5 Rh2+ 65. Ka3 Rh3
66. Kb4 Rh4+ 67. c4 bxc4 68. bxc4 Rh1 69. Rg5 Ra1 70. Rg6 Ra2 71. Rg7+ Kc6 72.
Ra7 Rb2+ 73. Ka3 Rb8 74. Ka4 Kc5 75. Rxa6 Rb4+ 76. Ka3 Rb8 77. Rh6 Kxc4 78. Rh3
Rb1 79. Ka2 Rb8 80. Ka3 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6
15. Nge4 Qxb2 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Qe3 Qxd4 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rad8 24. Rd1 d4 25. Red3 Rde8 26. Kf1 Re6
27. Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Bh3 c5 11. d5 Bxf3 12. exf3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 e5
15. Re1 d6 16. Qa4 f5 17. f4 Nd7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 e4 20. Qd1 Kh8 21. f3 Ne5
22. fxe4 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. d7 Qh4 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Qxe4 27. Qd1 Rd8
28. Ra3 Qg6+ 29. Rg3 Qf7 30. b3 h6 31. a4 Qf4 32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qd4+ 34.
Qxd4 cxd4 35. Kf2 Nxd7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Ke2 g5 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. b4 Kf6 40. Rh3
Kg6 41. c5 bxc5 42. bxc5 g4 43. Rg3 Kf5 44. Rg1 h5 45. c6 Rc7 46. Rc1 Ke5 47.
Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rxh5 Kxc6 49. Kxd4 Rg7 50. Rh6+ Kc7 51. Kc4 g3 52. hxg3 Rxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. Nf3 g6
9. g4 Ng7 10. Qe2 Kh8 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Rdg1 a6 14. Ng5 Nxd5 15.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 16. exd5 Bg5 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Bd7 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qe7
21. Qf3 Ne8 22. Qf7 Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd8 24. Ne4 Kg8 25. Re7 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27.
Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. d3 Qc7 14. f4 Rc8 15.
Bd2 Be7 16. Qf3 Qc2 17. f5 Qxb2 18. Qh5 g6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 Kd7 21. Bg5
Qxa1 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qh4+ Ke8 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qf6 Kd7 26. Qf7+ Kc6 27. Qa7
Qxa2 28. Rc1+ Bc4 29. dxc4 b4 30. c5 Rb8 31. Qe7 Rhd8 32. Qf7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 f5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. h3 a5 12. g4 a4 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 a3 15. b3
Nb4 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Rg1 Rac8 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qe1 Bb5 21. Nc3 Ba6
22. Qg3 g6 23. h4 Kf7 24. h5 Rg8 25. Qh3 Rcf8 26. hxg6+ hxg6 27. Bxf5 Bd3 28.
Be6+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rd1 Nc5
15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Be2 Qb4 17. a3 Qb3 18. Qxb3 Nxb3 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Kf1 e5 25. b4 Bf8 26. f4 f6 27. fxe5
fxe5 28. Rc1 Nxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 Ra7 14. O-O-O Rd7
15. Qf3 Ke7 16. Rxd7+ Bxd7 17. Rd1 h5 18. Qd3 a5 19. Bf3 Bc8 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. g3
Rb8 22. h3 Rh8 23. a3 h4 24. g4 Qd4 25. Qe1 Qa7 26. g5 Nd7 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Qf2
Kd8 29. f6 Ke8 30. fxg7 Rg8 31. Qxh4 Ke7 32. Qh7 Qb8 33. Bg4 Nb6 34. Qh6 Qc7
35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. g6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qd5+ 15. Qf3 Qxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Nc6
Ba3 21. Rc2 Kf8 22. Rd7 Ke8 23. Rb7 b5 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Rxc2
27. Rxb5 Rxa2 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nc6+ Kf7 32. Nd8+ Ke7 33.
Nc6+ Kf7 34. Nd8+ Ke7 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. Rxf8 h5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Rh8 g6 39. Rb8
Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. e4 Kg8 42. Rd7 Kf8 43. Ke3 Ra1 44. Kf4 Ra4 45. f3 Kg8 46.
g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 Ra1 48. Rd5 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 Re1+ 50. Kd4 Rd1+ 51. Kc5 Re1 52. Rd4
Rg1 53. g5 fxg5 54. hxg5 Rxg5+ 55. Kd6 Ra5 56. Ke6 Ra6+ 57. Ke7 Ra7+ 58. Rd7
Ra5 59. Ke6 Ra6+ 60. Ke5 Kf8 61. Rd6 Rxd6 62. Kxd6 Ke8 63. Ke6 g5 64. Kf5 Ke7
65. Kxg5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Nb5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rc8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. bxc3
Nc4 15. Re1 e5 16. Rb1 b6 17. Na3 Nd6 18. c4 g6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Be3 e4 21. Bxc5
exf3 22. Bxd6 Bg7 23. g3 Bf6 24. Bc5 O-O 25. Nb5 a6 26. Na7 Nxa7 27. Bxa7 Rc2
28. a4 Ra2 29. Re4 Rc8 30. h4 Rc3 31. Bb6 Kf7 32. a5 e5 33. Kh2 Ke6 34. Be3 Kf5
35. Rbb4 h5 36. g4+ hxg4 37. Rxg4 Be7 38. Ra4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 e4 40. Rd4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qc2 b5 5. a4 c6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 b4
9. Nd1 cxb3 10. Qxb3 c5 11. Ne3 Nc6 12. a5 Bd6 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. Nc4 O-O 15. O-O
Bc7 16. Qa4 Qe7 17. d3 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. e3 Na7 20. e4 Nf6 21. Nb6 Bxb6 22.
axb6 Nb5 23. Ne5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxc5 Rc8 28.
Qe5 Rxd3 29. Bf1 f6 30. Qb2 Rd4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rc1 Rd1 33. Rc7 Qd3 34.
Rxc8+ Kf7 35. Kg2 Qxf1+ 36. Kf3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. e5 gxh4 13. exf6 e6 14. Be2 Rg8
15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Rhe1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg6 18. Kb1 a6 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Qe4 Kd7 21.
f5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rg1 23. Rxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 dxc5 25. Qxh4 Rc6 26. a4 Kd8 27.
a5 Rc7 28. c3 Kd7 29. Kc2 Kd8 30. b3 Kd7 31. Kd3 Kd8 32. Kc4 Kd7 33. Qf4 Kd8
34. Qe5 Kd7 35. h3 Kd8 36. h4 Kd7 37. Qd5+ Kc8 38. Qe4 Kd8 39. Qe5 Kd7 40. Qg3
Kd8 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Ke4 Kd8 43. Qh2 Kd7 44. Qd2+ Kc8 45. Qd5 c4 46. b4 Bxb4 47.
Qe5 Kb8 48. cxb4 c3 49. Kd3 c2 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51. Kxc2 Kc6 52. Kc3 Kb5 53. Kb3
h5 54. Kc3 b6 55. axb6 Kxb6 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Kd4 Kb5 58. Kd5 Kxb4 59. Kd6 a5 60.
Ke7 a4 61. Kxf7 a3 62. Kg6 a2 63. f7 a1=Q 64. f8=Q+ Kc4 65. Kxh5 Kd3 66. Qe7
Qh8+ 67. Kg5 Qg8+ 68. Kf4 Qb8+ 69. Qe5 Qf8 70. f6 Kd2 71. h5 Qf7 72. Qd6+ Kc1
73. Kg5 Qg8+ 74. Kf5 Qh7+ 75. Kg4 Qg8+ 76. Kh4 Qh7 77. Qf4+ Kb2 78. f7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. exd6 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bxd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. g4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Rfe8 17. g5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5
21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. c4 Bc6 23. Qe5 Qa7 24. Kf1 a5 25. Rd3 Qa8 26. h4 Qb8 27. Qe3
Qc8 28. Qe5 Qd7 29. Red1 Rc8 30. Nb5 Qe7 31. Nd6 Rcd8 32. Nf5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Nxh5 Bxh5 15.
h3 Qd7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd2 d4 18. O-O a5 19. Bb3 Ra6 20. a4 b4 21. Bc4 Rb6 22.
cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Be3 Qd8 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Qd4+ 28.
Kg2 Bd6 29. Rf3 Qe5 30. Kh1 Rc8 31. Rc1 Kh8 32. b3 f5 33. d4 Qe7 34. Rxf5 Bxf5
35. gxf5 b5 36. axb5 a4 37. e5 axb3 38. Rb1 Qb7+ 39. Kg1 Bf8 40. Bxb3 Qb6 41.
Qg4 Qh6 42. f6 Rc3 43. fxg7+ Bxg7 44. Rf1 Rc1 45. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 46. Bd1 b3 47. Qf3
Bh6 48. Qxb3 Be3+ 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 50. Kf3 Qf2+ 51. Ke4 Qf4+ 52. Kd5 Qxd4+ 53. Ke6
Qb6+ 54. Kf7 Qc7+ 55. Kf6 Qd8+ 56. Kf5 Qf8+ 57. Ke6 Qe8+ 58. Kd5 Qd8+ 59. Ke4
Qd4+ 60. Kf5 Qf4+ 61. Ke6 Qh6+ 62. Kd5 Qf4 63. Qc3 Kg7 64. Bg4 Kh6 65. e6 Qg5+
66. Qe5 Qd8+ 67. Qd6 Qa8+ 68. Ke5 Bg5 69. e7+ Kg7 70. Kf5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e5 Qd8 12. a3 Qb6 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15.
axb4 Ra4 16. Qc3 Qa7 17. Bd3 Ra3 18. Qc2 Ra4 19. Qc3 Ra3 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Rxc3
Bb7 15. f3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Kf2 f4 19. Bd2 Rg7 20. Re1 O-O-O
21. Re5 Rdg8 22. Bf1 Rf7 23. Rc1 Nc7 24. Rh5 Ne6 25. Bc3 Nc5 26. b4 Ne6 27. Bd3
Nf8 28. c5 bxc5 29. Rxc5+ Kb8 30. Bc4 e6 31. Ra5 d5 32. Be5+ Ka8 33. Bf1 Ng6
34. Bd4 Bc8 35. Bb5 Kb8 36. Bd3 Rb7 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. Be5+ Ka8 39. Rac5 Bd7 40.
Rc7 Bb5 41. Rc8+ Rb8 42. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. Bc4 Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Nd5 Nbxd5
15. exd5 Bb7 16. Na5 Qd7 17. Ra2 Ba8 18. b3 Qc7 19. Rd1 h6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. c3
Rbe8 22. b4 e4 23. Bb3 exf3 24. gxf3 Qc8 25. c4 Qf5 26. Qg2 Bd8 27. Bd4 Qf4 28.
Nc6 Bb7 29. Qg3 Nh5 30. Bxg7+ Kh7 31. Bc2+ f5 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34.
Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Bxf5+ Kh8 36. Rd4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5
9. c5 e4 10. Qd1 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. a4 Rb8 14. Be2 Ne8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Ra6 Qc8 17. Qa1 f5 18. O-O Rf6 19. Qa2 Nc7 20. Ra7 Kh8 21. f3 exf3 22.
Bxf3 Nf8 23. Be1 Nfe6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qf8 27. Bh4 g5 28.
Bg3 f4 29. Qe5 Re8 30. exf4 Ng7 31. f5 Bd8 32. Qd5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxf5
Nxf5 35. Be5+ Kg8 36. Rb7 Ne7 37. Bg3 Nc6 38. d5 Nxb4 39. Rd7 Ba5 40. c6 Rc8
41. c7 Bxc7 42. Bxc7 Nxd5 43. Be5 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Nf4 45. g3 Nxh3+ 46. Kg2 Ng1 47.
Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rxg5 Ne2 49. Kf3 Nc3 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kd4 Ne2+ 52. Kd5 Rd1+ 53.
Ke4 Kf7 54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Rxh7 b4 56. Rh6+ Ke7 57. Bf6+ Kf7 58. Ke5 Nc3 59. Rh7+
Kg6 60. Rg7+ Kh6 61. g4 Nd5 62. g5+ Kh5 63. Rh7+ Kg4 64. g6 Nxf6 65. Kxf6 Rf1+
66. Ke7 Ra1 67. Rh2 Ra7+ 68. Kf6 Ra6+ 69. Kf7 Kg5 70. g7 Ra7+ 71. Kg8 Kf6 72.
Rh6+ Kg5 73. Rb6 b3 74. Kh8 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. a4 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e5 8. e4
d6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. Ne2 Ng6 15. f4
Ng4 16. f5 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 Nf4 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. O-O Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bg5 21. Bc6
Rb8 22. b4 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qh4 24. a5 g6 25. axb6 axb6 26. f6 h6 27. Ra7 g5 28.
h3 g4 29. Re7 Kg8 30. g3 Qg5 31. Qxg5+ hxg5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Ra1 Rh6 34. Re8+
Kh7 35. Bd7 Bxd7 36. Rxb8 Bb5 37. Rxb6 Bd3 38. Rxd6 cxb4 39. cxb4 Bxe4 40. Kh2
Kg6 41. Rd8 Kf5 42. d6 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rh3+ 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. Rg1 Rh2+ 46. Ke1 Ke3
47. Rc8 Re2+ 48. Kd1 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rxd6 50. Rxg4 Rxf6 51. Kb2 Rf2+ 52. Ka3 f5
53. Rg3+ Kf4 54. Rg7 Bd5 55. b5 e4 56. Rd8 Rd2 57. Kb4 e3 58. Kc3 Rd1 59. Re7
Kf3 60. Re5 e2 61. Rxf5+ Ke3 62. Re5+ Be4 63. Rxe4+ Kxe4 64. Re8+ Kf3 65. Kc4
e1=Q 66. Rxe1 Rxe1 67. Kd5 Rd1+ 68. Kc6 Ke4 69. b6 Ke5 70. b7 Ke6 71. b8=Q Rc1+
72. Kb7 Rb1+ 73. Kc7 Rxb8 74. Kxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Qc2 Nb6 9. c4 c5 10. h4 h5 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Nf4 Rb8 13. O-O Bd7 14. d3 Qc7 15.
Bb2 e5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. f4 b6 20. e4 Rbe8 21. Rbe1 Bc8
22. Rf2 Bf6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rfe2 c4 25. dxc4 Qxc4 26. fxe5 Bg7 27. Ba3 Rf7
28. e6 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Rg7 30. Qb4 Qd3 31. Qb3 Qa6 32. d6 Rc8 33. d7 Rh8 34. e7
Bxd7 35. e8=Q Bxe8 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Rxe8 b5 38. Re6 Qc8 39. Be4 a5 40. Rxg6
Rxg6 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lipman, V."]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f4 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f5 Bd7 15.
c5 Rxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Bh6 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qe5 20. Nd5 Rxc2 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxc2 gxf5 23. exf5 d5 24. Qc7 Bc6 25. Re1 Bg5 26. Rd1 h5 27. Qg3
h4 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Be2 Be3 30. Bf3 d4 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. h3 c5 33. Qe4 Bf2 34.
Rf1 Bg3 35. Qd5 Bd6 36. Qe4 Bc7 37. Qd5 Bd6 38. Re1 Qg5 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Qg4 Kf6
41. Kg1 Qf4 42. Qxf4 Bxf4 43. Kf1 Be3 44. Ke2 Kxf5 45. Kd3 e5 46. Rf1+ Ke6 47.
Kc4 f5 48. Kxc5 d3+ 49. Kc4 e4 50. b4 Ke5 51. a4 Bb6 52. b5 axb5+ 53. axb5 Ba5
54. Ra1 d2 55. Rf1 Ke6 56. Kd4 Bb6+ 57. Kc3 Ba5+ 58. Kc2 e3 59. Kd3 Bb6 60. Ke2
Ke5 61. Ra1 Kd4 62. Ra6 Bc5 63. b6 d1=Q+ 64. Kxd1 Kd3 65. Ra2 Bxb6 66. Ra3+ Ke4
67. Ke2 Bd4 68. Ra4 Ke5 69. Kd3 e2 70. Kxe2 Ke4 71. Rb4 f4 72. Rxd4+ Kxd4 73.
Kf3 Ke5 74. Kg4 Ke4 75. Kxh4 f3 76. gxf3+ Kf4 77. Kh5 Kf5 78. h4 Kf6 79. Kg4
Kg6 80. f4 Kf6 81. f5 Kf7 82. Kg5 Kg7 83. f6+ Kg8 84. Kg6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 f5 18. f4 g5 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. a4 Kh8 21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qf2 Re4 24. Ra6 Re6 25. Rea1 Rfe8 26. fxg5 Kg8 27. h4 Bh3 28.
Bf4 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bxf4 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kg7
34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Levina, Anna V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8.
d3 Nb6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. Ne4 Bxf3 13. exf3 Bb4 14. Be3 Rc8
15. a3 Be7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. f5 Rfd8 20. Rd2 Nd5 21.
Bf3 Nf4 22. Kh1 Nh3 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bg4 Ng5 26. Qc4 Rd4 27. Bxc8
Rxc4 28. dxc4 g6 29. Bxb7 c6 30. Ra2 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2
Qe4+ 34. Kd1 Qb1+ 35. Ke2 Qxa2 36. Ba6 Qb1 37. f3 Qf5 38. Bb7 Ng1+ 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxd5
Nxc5 9. Bc4 Bf5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qe2 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bb4 Na4 14. Ba3 Nxb2
15. Bxb2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rxc4 17. Ne5 Rc5 18. Qd4 Qxd5 19. Nd7 Qxd4 20. exd4 Rg5
21. Rfe1 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 Rxh2 23. f3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nxc3 7. Qd2 d5 8. bxc3
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O e6 11. dxc5 Bxc5+ 12. Kh1 a6 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. a4 Qc7 15.
Qg3 g6 16. Ng5 Ne7 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxg6+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Kg7 21. Bd3
Rag8 22. Rf3 Be8 23. Qh4 Ng6 24. Qf6+ Kh7 25. Qxe6 Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Bxd7 27. Bd2
Rf8 28. e6 Bc6 29. Re1 Rf6 30. f5 Ne7 31. Bf4 d4 32. Be5 Rhf8 33. cxd4 Bxf3 34.
dxc5 Bc6 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. a5 h5 37. Kg1 h4 38. g4 hxg3 39. hxg3 Kh6 40. g4 Kg5
41. Be2 Kf4 42. Kf2 Rh6 43. Rf1 Nd5 44. Ke1+ Kg5 45. Kd2 Rh2 46. c4 Nf4 47.
Rxf4 Kxf4 48. f6 Rh8 49. f7 Rf8 50. Bf3 Be8 51. fxe8=Q Rxe8 52. Bxb7 Rxe6 53.
c6 Re7 54. Bxa6 Ke5 55. Bb7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nc2 Nb6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. c5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
cxb6 Qxb6 16. Rb1 Qc5 17. Qd2 b5 18. a3 a5 19. Qe3 b4 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Nd1 Bb3
22. Nde3 Rxe4 23. Bd3 Ree8 24. Bc4 a4 25. axb4 Bxc2 26. Nxc2 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Bxb2 28. bxc5 a3 29. Ba2 Rd8 30. Ne3 Rd3 31. Nc4 Bd4 32. Kf1 Rc3 33. Rd1 Bxc5
34. Ke2 Bb4 35. Ne3 Be7 36. Rd7 Kf8 37. Kd2 Rc5 38. Nc4 Rg5 39. g3 Rh5 40. h4
g5 41. hxg5 Rh2 42. Ke2 hxg5 43. Ne5 Rh1 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Kxd1 Kg7 46. Nxf7 Kf6
47. g4 Bc5 48. Ke2 Bb6 49. f3 Bc7 50. Kd3 Bf4 51. Nd8 c5 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Nb7
Bd2 54. Kd5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. h3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bg5
Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 h6 16. Bh4 Be6 17. Ne2 c5 18. c3 a5 19. b3 Rb8 20. Bc2 g5 21.
Bg3 Nh5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qd2 Nf4 24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. Qd3 Qf6 26. Re1 Qg7 27. Re3
d4 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Rg3 Rc8 30. Qe4 Rd8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rb8 33. h4 g4 34.
Bb3 h5 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Qf7 37. Qd6 Re8 38. Qxd4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Re2 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rb3 Rxf2 44. b5 Ke5 45. b6 Rf8 46. b7
Rb8 47. Kg3 Ke4 48. Rb5 Ke3 49. Rb4 Ke2 50. Rb5 Kd2 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 a6 8. h3
Ba7 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. d4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 c5 16. b3 Na5 17. d5 Bd7 18. N1h2 h5 19. h4 b5 20. Ng5 c4 21. Be3 Qg6 22.
Bxf4 exf4 23. b4 Nb7 24. e5 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxh5 Nd8 27. Ng4 a5 28. e6
fxe6 29. dxe6 Nc6 30. e7 Rfe8 31. Re6 Nxe7 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Rxf6
Bxf2+ 35. Kh1 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qe7 13. b3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. Ra2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Ba3 b6 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. f4 Bf6 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxc5 Rd3 26. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. e4 Bg7 12. Rd1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. cxd5 O-O-O 18. Ke2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Lipman, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e3 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Be4
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kg1 Rac8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. Ng4 Be7
21. Ne5 c5 22. dxc5 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 Rd5 25. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bxb5
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nfd2 Qxb5 11. c4 Qa6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. a3 Nf6
15. Ra2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb7 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Rxa7 Re8 20. Bg5 Rb7
21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nd2 h6 24. Be3 Bb7 25. Qd3 e6 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27.
Rb1 Kh7 28. Bd4 Qc6 29. f3 Bf8 30. Ne4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedman, Josef"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 gxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.
O-O Rc8 15. Qg3 Qxc3 16. Qg7 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Ne2 Qc2 19. Nd4 Qxe4 20. Qg3
Kf8 21. Qa3+ Kg7 22. f3 Nc4 23. Qb4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 b5 25. Qe7 Rhe8 26. Qb7 Nb2
0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Qe2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Qe2
Re8 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Rd3 Qd5 18. Ne5 Qxa2 19. Rb3 Qa4 20. Rxb7 Nd5
21. Bg3 Rf8 22. b3 Qa3 23. Nxc6 Bf6 24. Ne5 Nb6 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Qxe6 Raf8 27.
Bd6 Qa6 28. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 e6 11. Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bf4 c4 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bf7 14. Nf5
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 g6 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Kf2 Bg7 18. Be3 b6 19. h3 Re8 20. Nde2 Nc6
21. Nd4 Nb8 22. g4 Kb7 23. Nde2 b5 24. a3 Nc6 25. Nd4 Nb8 26. Nde2 Nc6 27. Nd4
Ne7 28. Nde2 f5 29. Bd4 Bf8 30. Bc5 Kc6 31. Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Nd4+ Kc5 33. exf5
Bh4+ 34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Ne6+ Bxe6 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. fxe6 Kd6 38. f4 Kxe6 39. Kf3
Bf6 40. Nd1 a5 41. Ke4 a4 42. c3 Bh4 43. Kf3 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bc1 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a3 c6 15. b4
Nh5 16. c5 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. Kh2 Qf6 21. Ng1 g5 22.
g3 Ng6 23. Be2 Rd4 24. Kg2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 a6 26. a4 Bf8 27. Nf3 Bxh3+ 28. Kxh3
g4+ 29. Kg2 gxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Ne6 31. Ne2 a5 32. b5 cxb5 33. axb5 Nxc5 34. Nc3 Ne6
35. Nd5 Qg7 36. Ra1 Ngf4+ 37. Kf1 Nxd5 38. exd5 Ng5 39. Bxg5 Qxg5 40. Ra4 Qf6
41. Kg2 b6 42. Qe4 Bg7 43. Ra1 Rc8 44. Rd1 Qd6 45. Rd2 Rc5 46. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Qc7 14. h4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 h6 16. Bd2 Nh7 17. g4 Bf6 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. Kb1 Rc7 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. g5
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nxg5 23. Qh4 Kf8 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Rcc8 26. Be2 f6 27. f4 Nf7
28. Rhg1 Qb6 29. Qh7 Ke7 30. Rxg7 Rf8 31. Bh5 Be8 32. f5 d5 33. fxe6 Qxe6 34.
exd5 Qh3 35. Qe4+ Kd8 36. d6 Qd7 37. Bg4 f5 38. Bxf5 Nxd6 39. Qh4+ Kc7 40. Bxd7
1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. f3 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe5 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nb5 Qxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Nc7 Bh3 20. gxh3 Rc8 21.
Nb5 Nh5 22. Re1 Rxb2 23. Rad1 a6 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Rb1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxa2 27. Rxb7
Bc3 28. Ree7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Ra2+ 30. Kh1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra2+ 32. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levina, Anna V"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 Bxe6 15. Ne2 c5 16. a3 b5 17. h3 Bf5 18. c3 a5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Ne4 h6 21.
Be3 c4 22. Nc5 Bf8 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. f4 Rb8 25. Rd7 c6 26. Ra7 a4 27. Rd1 f6
28. Rdd7 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rbe8 32. Bd6 Bxd6+ 33. Rxd6
R8e6 34. Rdd7 Rg6 35. Rd2 Rf1 36. Rc7 Kh7 37. Re2 h5 38. Rc8 Rf5 39. Kg1 Rgf6
40. Rc7 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Kh6 42. h4 R6f4 43. Rxc6+ g6 44. Rc5 Rxh4+ 45. Kg3 Rg4+
46. Kh2 Rg5 47. Rc8 Rgf5 48. Rb8 Kg5 49. Rb6 Rb1 50. Rd2 h4 51. Re2 Rff1 52.
Rxb5+ Kf4 53. g3+ hxg3+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+ 55. Kh3 Rh1+ 56. Kg2 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qc1 f5 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd7 14. Be3 f4
15. Bc5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne4 b6 18. Ng5 Rad8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rd2 fxg3
21. hxg3 Ne3 22. Qc6 Qf5 23. Bf3 Rd6 24. Qe4 Qg5 25. Qh4 Qxh4 26. gxh4 Rg6+ 27.
Kh2 Rf4 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Qxc5 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. b3 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Bc6
15. Rfd1 a5 16. Nfd5 Rfc8 17. h3 Rab8 18. Nb5 Ba8 19. Ndc3 Re8 20. Bf1 Re6 21.
Nd5 Bb7 22. a3 Qf8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxb6 Rd8 25. Nd5 Ne7 26. Nbc7 Nxd5 27. cxd5
Rb6 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. a4 Bf8 30. Qd4 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Rc7 Rb6 33. Rc2 Bb4
34. Kf2 d6 35. Bc4 Bc5 36. Re2 Re8 37. Kf3 Ba6 38. Rd3 h5 39. e4 Bxb5 40. Bxb5
fxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Kxe4 f5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d5 Be7 6. e3 Bf6 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. g3 O-O
9. Bg2 Nc8 10. Rb1 Nd6 11. b3 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 13. f3 a5 14. b4 Na6 15. Qd3 axb4
16. axb4 c5 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Qc2 c5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nb5 Bc6 22.
Ned4 Bd7 23. Nxd6 Ba4 24. Qd2 Bxd1 25. N6b5 Ba4 26. f4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28.
Nc3 Bf6 29. Nxa4 Bxd4 30. Qc2 Bc5 31. Nxc5 bxc5 32. Qxe4 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34.
Bb2 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rxb2 Qxb2 38. Qe7 Rc8 39. Qd7 Rb8 40.
Qd6 Qb6 41. Qe5 Qc6+ 42. e4 Re8 43. Qd5 Qxd5 44. cxd5 c4 45. e5 c3 46. Ke3 Rc8
0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Bxe5 Qxe5 10. f4 Qc5 11. e5 a6 12. exf6 axb5 13. Bxb5 Qe3+ 14. Qe2
Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 gxf6 16. Rhd1 Ra5 17. a4 f5 18. Rd3 Ke7 19. Nd1 d6 20. b4 Ra8
21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Kxd7 23. Nc4 Kc7 24. a5 Bg7 25. Ra4 d5 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. b5
Kd6 28. Ra2 Kc5 29. Rb3 h5 30. Na4+ Kd6 31. a6 bxa6 32. bxa6 Bd4 33. Nc3 Bxc3
34. Rxc3 h4 35. a7 hxg3 36. hxg3 Ra8 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. Kd3 Rhc8 39. Ra1 Re8 40.
Kd4 Rg8 41. Ra6 f6 42. Rb3 Kc8 43. Rab6 Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kc8 45. Kc5 Rxg3 46. Rb8+
1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nb3 O-O-O 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Ng6
1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qd7 12. Rg1 O-O-O 13. Be3 Bf6 14.
Rg4 Qf5 15. Rf4 Qh5 16. h4 Kb8 17. Bg2 a6 18. Rb4 Rhe8 19. f4 b6 20. a4 Qf5 21.
Bc6 Re7 22. a5 Ka7 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Qc4 Bxh4 25. Kb1 Bf6 26. Ka2 h5 27. Bxc5
bxc5 28. Rb3 h4 29. Ka3 Rh8 30. Qd3 h3 31. Qf3 Qf5 32. c4 Rb8 33. Rdd3 Re1 34.
Ka2 Qc8 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Rb3 Qd8 37. Rb7+ Ka8 38. Rxc7+ Kb8 39. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
h6 9. h3 Nh7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 c6 12. Qd2 h5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Re8 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Rd8 Be6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc1 b6 21. b3
Na5 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bf1 b5 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. b4 Nb7 26. Nxb5 cxb5 27. Ra6 Bf8 28.
Nxe5 g5 29. Bxb5 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Bxc5 31. Nc6 Bf8 32. Bxa7 Bxh3 33. Be3 Bg4 34.
Ne5 Be6 35. Bd7 Bxd7 36. Nxd7 Be7 37. a4 Rc4 38. e5 g4 39. Bh6 Ng5 40. Bxg5
Bxg5 41. a5 h4 42. gxh4 Bxh4 43. Rh6 g3 44. fxg3 Bxg3 45. a6 Kg7 46. Rd6 Ra4
47. Kg2 Ra3 48. Rc6 Bf4 49. Kf1 Ra5 50. e6 fxe6 51. Rxe6 Kf7 52. Rc6 Ke7 53.
Nf6 Ra2 54. Nd5+ Kd7 55. Rb6 Bd6 56. Ke1 Bc5 57. Nf6+ Kc7 58. Nd5+ Kd7 59. Nf6+
Kc7 60. Re6 Bd6 61. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 c5 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O Be7 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. b4 Nd7 16. a3 Nf6 17. Be5 O-O 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rac8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Qf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd2 26. Rf1 Qc3 27.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 h6 29. g3 Qxa3 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qe7 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33.
Kg1 Kg6 34. h4 Qd5 35. Kh2 Qf3 36. Kg1 Qf5 37. Qd6 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Kg1
Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf1 41. Qf4 f5 42. e4 Qd3 43. exf5+ exf5 44. Qe5 Qd7 45. Kg1 Kf7
46. Kh2 Qe6 47. Qd4 Kg6 48. Kg1 Kh7 49. Qc5 Kg6 50. Qd4 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe6 52.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Rad1 e5 21.
Bb5 exd4 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. Nf5 Bc5 25. Rd7 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nxd7 27.
Qg4 Qc5+ 28. Re3 Qc2+ 29. Re2 Qc5+ 30. Kg3 Qc7+ 31. Kh3 Qc3+ 32. Bxc3 Rxc3+ 33.
g3 g6 34. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8.
Bb2 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. exf3 c5 13. d4 cxb4 14. axb4 a6
15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qd3 Bc4 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nd5
21. f4 Nxb4 22. Rxb6 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Be5 Rd8 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Ra8
27. Bc3 Nc6 28. Ke2 f5 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Rc1 g6 31. Be5 Rc8 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Rb7
Re7 34. Rb6 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe5+ 36. Kf3 Ra5 37. h4 Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. Ra7 Ra2
40. Ke3 a5 41. Kf3 a4 42. Kg2 a3 43. Kf3 Ra1 44. Kf4 Ra2 45. Kf3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. d3 O-O 10. Ba2 h6 11. b4 Bb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Nc2 Ne7 15.
Be3 Ng6 16. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. c4 Qb6
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nh5 Kh8 17. Kb1 c5 18. Be3 e5 19. Qg4 Qg6+ 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. f3 Kg8 27.
Kc2 Kf7 28. a3 Ke6 29. b4 b6 30. Kc3 a5 31. g3 axb4+ 32. axb4 Rf8 33. Rf1 Kd7
34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Rd3 g5 36. hxg5 Bxg5 37. c5 Be7 38. Kc4 bxc5 39. bxc5 Ra8 40.
Rb3 Rd8 41. Ra3 Kb7 42. Rb3+ Kc7 43. Rb6 Rd4+ 44. Kb5 Rd3 45. Ra6 Rxf3 46. Ra7+
Kd8 47. Kc6 Ke8 48. Kd5 Kd8 49. c6 Bf8 50. g4 Kc8 51. Kxe5 Kb8 52. Rd7 Kc8 53.
Rb7 Rf1 54. Nc3 Rc1 55. Kd4 Bc5+ 56. Kd3 Bd6 57. Rf7 Be5 58. Nb5 Rc5 59. Rf8#
1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. h3 Bf5 5. g4 Bd7 6. e4 g6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Ne4 Bc6 10. Qe2 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Ndb4 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Rd1 Qc8
15. Nd4 Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. Bg2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 c5 19. a3 cxd4 20. axb4 a5 21.
bxa5 Rxa5 22. O-O g5 23. b4 Ra3 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rf5 Qh6 27. Kg2
Rd8 28. Qf3 Qc6 29. Rxg5 e6 30. h4 Kf8 31. b5 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rd5 33. Ke4 Bh6
34. Rh5 Bg7 35. Rg5 Bh6 36. Rh5 Bg7 37. Rb1 b6 38. Rg5 Bh6 39. Rh5 Bg7 40. Kf4
Ra4 41. Re1 Ra3 42. g5 Kg8 43. Bh7+ Kf8 44. Bd3 Kg8 45. Rh7 Rxd3 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7
47. cxd3 Rxb5 48. Ke4 Rb2 49. Rf1 b5 50. Rf4 b4 51. Kxd4 Rc2 52. h5 b3 53. h6+
Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kxg5 55. h7 Rh2 56. Rxf7 b2 57. Rb7 Kf5 58. Rxb2 Rh4+ 59. Kc5 Kxe5
60. Rb7 Kf6 61. Rd7 e5 62. Kd6 Rh6 63. Kc7 Kf5 64. Kd8 Kf4 65. Ke8 Ke3 66. Kf8
Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. a3 Re8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qd2 a4
15. Ba2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. Qd3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Nc4 21.
Bc3 Rae8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 Qe7 26. c3 Re1+ 27.
Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Qe2 Nc4 31. Nc5 Kg7 32. Nxa4 bxa4 33.
Qxc4 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb2 36. h4 h5 37. Qxc6 a3 38. d5 a2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. e4 Be6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qe2+ Kf8
15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qe7+ 18. Kf1 Qxc5 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Kg7 21.
Kg1 Rhd8 22. Kh2 Qd6 23. Rhd1 Qf6 24. Qe3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nc6 26. Qe4 Ne5 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28. Be2 b6 29. Bh5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re8 31. Rd4 Re6 32. f3 Rd6 33. f4
gxf4 34. Rxf4 Qg7 35. Qe4 Rd8 36. Qb7 Rd7 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Bxf7 Ng4+ 39. Kh3
Nf6 40. Be8 Rd5 41. Qb7+ Kf8 42. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be6 17. f4 Rd8 18. Rb6 Kd7 19. Rxb7+ Kc6 20. Ra7 Kb6 21.
Re7 Ng8 22. Na4+ Kb5 23. Rb7+ Kc6 24. Rb6+ Kc7 25. b3 Bd7 26. Rxa6 Bb5 27. Ra7+
Kb8 28. Rxf7 Bxf1 29. Bxf1 Nf6 30. fxe5 Ng4 31. e6 Rhe8 32. e7 Rd7 33. Bb5 Rd1+
34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kxh5 Nf6+ 38. Rxf6 Rxh2+ 39. Kg4 Rxe7
40. Bd3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. d5 Nc4 18. Bxa7 b6 19. d6 Kh8 20. Qd3 Bh6
21. d7 Rc7 22. Rd1 Bd2 23. Kh1 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bb8 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rd7 27.
Bb8 Kg8 28. Ng1 Rd8 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Bb8 Rd8 31. Bc7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4
Qe7 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. h3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. d5 Nb8 19. Bxe5 Rfc8 20. Bb1 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. O-O-O Be7 7. h4 c6 8.
Nge2 Qa5 9. Kb1 h6 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Nxe4 Qxd2 12. Nxd2 c5 13. c4 Bd7 14. f3 Ba4
15. b3 Bc6 16. Be3 Nbd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd4 e5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Ng3 O-O-O 22. h5 e4 23. Be2 exf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Re8 27.
Rh1 gxh5 28. Nxh5 Ng4 29. Nf4 Ne6 30. Nd3 Rg8 31. Nde5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Nd8 33.
Rxh6 Rxg2 34. Rf6 Rg1+ 35. Kb2 Rg2+ 36. Ka3 Rg7 37. Kb4 Kc7 38. a4 a5+ 39. Kc3
Rh7 40. Kd4 Rh4+ 41. Kc3 Rh3+ 42. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Nf6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Be5 16. Qxc6+ Ke7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Rd5 Rxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc7 20. b4
Kf6 21. Kf3 Rd8 22. Qa5 Qd6 23. g3 Qd1+ 24. Kg2 Rd2 25. h4 Qe1 26. Qc5 Bd4 27.
Qd6+ Kg7 28. Kh3 Bf6 29. Qc5 Rxf2 30. Bg2 Qe2 31. Rg1 g5 32. Qd5 gxh4 33. gxh4
Kf8 34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Qxa7+ Ke6 36. Qb6+ Ke5 37. Qc5+ Ke6 38. Qc6+ Ke5 39. Qd5+
Kf4 40. Qd6+ Ke3 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42. Rxd1 Rf4 43. Rd5 Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 Rh6 45. Rf5
Bh4+ 46. Kg4 Be1 47. b5 Rg6+ 48. Rg5 Rf6 49. Kh5 Rf4 50. Rg4 Rf6 51. c5 Bb4 52.
c6 Ba5 53. a4 Bc7 54. Kg5 Re6 55. Kf5 Kd4 56. Rg7 Re5+ 57. Kf6 Bd8+ 58. Kxf7
Kc5 59. Kf8 Kb6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc1 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 d4
15. Bb2 Bg4 16. a3 Bb6 17. b4 a6 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Qb3
Be6 22. Qc2 Bf5 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qd1 Bd5 25. Qa1 Bc4 26. Re1 Ba7 27. Qd1 Bd5 28.
Qb1 Be4 29. Qa1 Qd5 30. Nh4 Bxg2 31. Nxg2 Ne5 32. Red1 Nc4 33. Rd3 Ne5 34. R3d2
Nc4 35. Rd3 Re4 36. f3 Rxe2 37. Bxd4 Nd2 38. Nf4 Bxd4+ 39. Kh1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Ned2 Bf6 9. c3 Nd7 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Nfd2 Nxd2 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bc6 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd6
21. b4 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Re3 Bf6 24. Rae1 Kg7 25. Kg2 a5 26. a3 axb4 27.
axb4 b5 28. Bxb5 c5 29. Rf3 cxb4 30. cxb4 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Bc6 Rd4 33. b5
Kg6 34. Rb1 Rd6 35. Rbb3 Bd8 36. Rbe3 Bf6 37. Ra3 Bd4 38. Ra2 Rbd8 39. Re2 Re6
40. Kf1 Bb6 41. Ra2 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Red6 43. Ra4 Bd4 44. Ra6 Ra1 45. Rxa1 Bxa1 46.
Ra3 Bd4 47. Rd3 Bc5 48. Rxd6+ Bxd6 49. b6 f4 50. gxf4 Bxf4 51. h3 Bd6 52. Kf3
Bc5 53. b7 Ba7 54. Ke4 Kf6 55. Bd7 Bb8 56. Kd5 Ke7 57. Bf5 h6 58. Kc6 Kd8 59.
Bh7 f6 60. Kd5 Ke7 61. Bg8 f5 62. Be6 f4 63. Bg4 Kf6 64. Bc8 Ke7 65. Ke4 Kf6
66. h4 Bc7 67. Kf3 Bb8 68. Kg4 Bc7 69. Kf3 Bb8 70. Ke4 Bc7 71. Bh3 Bb8 72. Bg4
Bc7 73. Kd5 Bb8 74. h5 Ke7 75. Bh3 Bc7 76. Kc6 Bb8 77. Bg4 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bd3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c4 O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. b4 a6 15.
Ra3 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Bd8 17. Na5 Ra7 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. f3 Ra8 21. g4 g5
22. f4 Nh7 23. Kg2 Re8 24. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 Bf5 12. a3 a6 13. Rc1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8.
Qd2 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. Re1 Qd7 12. f3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Re7
Qc8 15. g4 Nbd7 16. h4 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. b3 Nd6 19. Kf2 Qd8 20. Nce2 Qe7
21. Ng3 h6 22. Nd3 Qf6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 g6 25. a4 a5 26. h5 g5 27. Ng2 b5
28. axb5 cxb5 29. Ne3 Nb6 30. Ngf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Kh7 32. Nd6 b4 33. Ra1 Ra7 34.
Ke2 Kg8 35. Kd3 a4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Rb1 Ra3+ 38. Rb3 Na4 39. Nb5 Nb2+ 40. Ke2
Ra2 41. Rxb4 Nc4 42. Kd3 Ra1 43. Nc3 Ra3 44. Rb3 Rxb3 45. cxb3 Nb6 46. Nd1 f5
47. gxf5 Kf7 48. Ne3 Kf6 49. b4 Kg7 50. b5 Kf6 51. Kc3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4
c5 15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Rh4 e6 17. Rg4 h5 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd5 20. Rg3 cxd4 21.
f4 Rab8 22. b3 Rb7 23. Qd2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bh6 Rff7 26. Rxg6+ Kh7 27. Rg3
Kxh6 28. f5+ Kh7 29. fxe6 Rg7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. Rc1 Qxe6 32. Qf3 Rb5 33. Rc6 Rf5
34. Rxg7+ Bxg7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Lipman, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nd2 f5 7. Qf3 g6 8. h3
Na6 9. a3 Be6 10. Ne2 Nc7 11. Nf4 Qe7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Rad8 15.
Rac1 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne6 19. Qf3 f4 20. b4 Rd5 21.
Re1 fxe3 22. fxe3 Ng5 23. Qf4 Rf5 24. Qd6 Qe4 25. Qg3 Qd5 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Ne4 28. Qf4 g5 29. Qg4 h5 30. Qd1 Qf5+ 31. Qf3 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Kg1
Qxf3 34. gxf3 Ng3 35. Kf2 h4 36. Nd6 Re7 37. Rc5 f6 38. b5 cxb5 39. Nxb5 a6 40.
Nc7 Nf5 41. Nd5 Re6 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rxb7 Rd6 45. Nc3 Re6 46. Ne4
Nd6 47. Nc5 Re8 48. Rb3 a5 49. e4 g4 50. hxg4 Kg5 51. Rb6 Nc4 52. Ne6+ Kg6 53.
Nf4+ Kg5 54. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. d4 dxc4 8. Qa4
Nd5 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qd3 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rfd1 Qg6 19. Qxc4 c6 20. Bf4 Be6 21.
Qe2 Rbe8 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Rac1 Bg4 24. Qb6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Re2 26. Qxb7 Qc2 27.
Rc1 Qxa2 28. Bxc6 Rb2 29. Qa7 Rd8 30. Be3 h5 31. Bf3 h4 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. g4 Rc8
34. Rd1 Ra2 35. Kh3 Ra3 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rb7 Bd4 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 c5 15. Ba3
Rf8 16. Bb2 h6 17. Nb5 g5 18. Ra3 Ng6 19. g3 Bh3 20. Re1 Kh8 21. Bf1 Bc8 22.
Be2 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Nc3 Ne8 25. Nf1 Ng7 26. Ne3 f5 27. exf5 Nxf5 28. Nxf5
Bxf5 29. Bg4 Ne7 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Qg4 Rf8 33. Rb1 Ra7 34. Bc3 Raf7
35. Rab3 Qe8 36. Rb5 Qa8 37. Qd1 Ra7 38. Ra1 Qd8 39. Rbb1 Qc7 40. Qh5 Kg8 41.
Qg6 Raa8 42. Ra2 Kh8 43. Bd2 Qd7 44. Rb5 Nd4 45. Kg2 Qg4 46. Ra3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 d6 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7
15. f3 Nc5 16. Bf2 Qa5 17. Be2 Rd8 18. h4 Be6 19. Qe1 Rab8 20. Be3 f6 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Qg3 Qxc3 23. Qf2 Rb2 24. Rfc1 Qa3 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qe1 Qe3 27. Bf1
Qf4 28. Rcb1 Rdd2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Qa5 Kg7 32. Qxa7+ Kg6 33. Qxc5
Rxa2 34. Qxc6 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. h4 Nb6 17. h5 a4 18. Nc1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rdg1 b3 21. cxb3
axb3 22. Nxb3 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rg4 Qa6 25. a3 Nd7 26. Rhg1 Kh8 27. Rb4 Rfb8
28. h6 Rxb4 29. hxg7+ Kg8 30. Qxb4 Qd3+ 31. Ka2 Qxe3 32. Qg4 Rxa3+ 33. Kxa3
Qa7+ 34. Kb4 Qb6+ 35. Kc4 Qa6+ 36. Kc3 e4+ 37. Kd2 Qd3+ 38. Ke1 Qb1+ 39. Kf2
Qxb2+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 Qe5 43. fxe4 Nb6 44. Nd4 h5 45. Qg6 Nd7
46. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levina, Anna V"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 d6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14.
Qxd6 cxd6 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bf5 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Re2 19. Bxd6 Rxb2 20.
b4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Rbe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc5 f6 24. f3 Rc2 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Ra5
Bd7 27. Ra1 Bc6 28. Re1 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rf1 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rf2 Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 gxf3 34. gxf3 Kg6 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. Rh2 Rf1 37. Rf2 Rd1 38. Rh2 Rd3 39. Rf2
Kg5 40. Rf1 Ba4 41. Re1 Bc6 42. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
a5 9. Nc3 d4 10. Na4 b6 11. Rb1 Ra7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nf5 14. Nd2 Nce7 15.
Ra1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. b5 Ne5 19. Ra2 Ng4 20. Rfa1 Qg5 21. Nf3
Qh5 22. Bc1 Nd6 23. Nb2 e5 24. Kg2 f5 25. h3 e4 26. dxe4 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 fxe4 28.
Ra8 Qxh3 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nxd4 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 c5 32. bxc6 Rf7+ 33. Bf4 e3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Qxe2 15.
Be3 Nfe4 16. Qd4 Nd6 17. b3 Qh5 18. b4 Nce4 19. a4 Qf7 20. Rbc1 Rac8 21. Nf4
Rfd8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Qa1 Bc4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bd4 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxg7 Bxf3
28. Bxf3 Qxg7 29. Qa2+ Kh8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Rd5 Re8 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Rd4 Re6
34. Bd5 Re2 35. Qd3 Rce8 36. Rf4 Qb2 37. Rxc7 Rd2 38. Qf1 Rxd5 39. Rxd7 Qc3 40.
Rh4 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. b3 dxc4 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. h3 Rac8
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxa7 cxb3 17. axb3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxe2 19. Rd7 Bf6 20. Bd4 e5
21. Be3 e4 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Bf3 24. Re1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qxb3
27. Rxe4 c5 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 c4 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. g4 h6 32. Rd4 Rfc8 33. h4
g6 34. Kg3 Rc5 35. f3 Kf8 36. Re4 R8c7 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kf4 g5+ 40.
hxg5+ hxg5+ 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. f4 f6 43. f5+ Kf7 44. Kf3 Rc8 45. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nf6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ncd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 Ne7 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O f5 17. c3 Kh8 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 c4
21. Qe1 Qd5 22. Qe3 Raf8 23. f3 Rf4 24. Rcd1 a5 25. Rfe1 h6 26. Qe6 Qg5 27.
Qxd6 Rxf3 28. Qe5 R3f5 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. a4 Qf6 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Rf1 Qb6 33. Rf2
Qc6 34. h3 a4 35. Qe7 Rbb8 36. Qe5 Re8 37. d5 Rxe5 38. dxc6 Rc5 39. Rd6 Rc8 40.
Rf7 R5xc6 41. Rdd7 Rg6 42. Rc7 Rb8 43. Rb7 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 Rc6 45. Rb4 a3 46.
bxa3 c3 47. Rb1 Kg8 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Ke3 c2 50. Rc1 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bh2 O-O 10. c3 d5 11. Qb1 h6 12. a4 Qc8 13. b4 a5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Ra2
Ba6 16. Rb2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc6 18. Rb5 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rb7
cxd4 22. cxd4 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Ne5
Nc3 28. Ra1 f6 29. Ng6 Rc4 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nf5 Rg8 32. Ra7 Nxa4 33. Rxa5 Nc3
34. Ra7 Rc5 35. Rd7 d4 36. Nxd4 Ne4 37. Re7 Nd6 38. g4 h5 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Ne6
Re5 41. Nf4+ Kg5 42. Rxe5+ fxe5 43. Nxh5 g6 44. Ng3 Rf8 45. Rd1 Nc4 46. Ne4+
Kh6 47. Rd7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Bc3 axb3 13. Nxb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
15. a4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bf8 18. h4 h5 19. Re2 g6 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Bf4
Qb6 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. a5 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Nc5 Qa5 26. Nb7 Qa7 27. Nxd8 Rxd8
28. Qxc6 Qxd4 29. Bc2 Qc3 30. Rb3 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Nf8 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Bxb8 N6d7
34. Bd6 Qc3 35. Qe4 Qa5 36. Qe3 Qa6 37. c5 Nf6 38. Be4 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 Nh7 40. c6
Nf6 41. Qf3 Nd5 42. Rc2 Qa4 43. Qd3 Qa8 44. Kh2 Bf6 45. c7 Qc8 46. Qb3 Nxc7 47.
Bxc7 Kg7 48. Be5 Qd8 49. Qc3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. a3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15.
Rad1 Rac8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qf3 Ree8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21.
Qg3 Ne5 22. Bf1 Bg7 23. Qh4 c4 24. Bf6 a5 25. Re3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Ne2 f6 29. Nd4 Nd3 30. Rexd3 cxd3 31. Ne6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6 Re8 33. Bxd3
Rxe6 34. Rc1 Re7 35. b3 Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Qxc7 37. Bc4 Qe7 38. f3 Qe5 39. Qe1 Qc5+
40. Kh1 d5 41. exd5 Bxd5 42. Bxd5 Qxd5 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qxb4 f5 45. Qf4+ Kg7
46. b4 h5 47. h4 Kf7 48. Kh2 Ke6 49. Qb8 Kf7 50. b5 Qc4 51. Kg3 Qb4 52. Qc7+
Kf6 53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. b6 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 f4 56. Qc7+ 1-0

