[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaufman,L"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 f6 11. Bd2 f5 12. e3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Na6 14. Nd4 Qe8
15. Ndb5 Nf6 16. f3 Qf7 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Bc1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Nac7
21. Nxc7 Rxc7 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. Qe2 a6 25. Nd4 b5 26. Bb3 Bf6 27.
Ka1 Kh8 28. Rhf1 Rdc7 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. g3 g6 31. Rc1 e5 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Nc2
e4 34. Nd4 exf3 35. Qxf3 Nb6 36. Qf2 Bd5 37. Ba5 Bxb3 38. Bxb6 Rc8 39. Ba5
Bg8 40. h5 Qf7 41. b4 Qb3 42. Qb2 Qxe3 43. Bb6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Shahade,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8.
Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14.
Qb3 Nc6 15. Qe3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qf6 18. Rab1 Nxd4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20.
Be4 c5 21. Bd5 g6 22. Rbe1 Rd7 23. Qh6 Re7 24. Rb1 Rbe8 25. Kh1 Ne2 26. Rb3
Nd4 27. Rbb1 Ne2 28. Rb3 Nd4 29. Rbb1 Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Enkhbat,T"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4 dxc4 13. Qa4 a6 14. Qxc4
c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 b5 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Ng5 Bf8 19. Qf5 h6 20. Ne6 Qb6
21. Nxf8 Nxf8 22. d6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 N8d7 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Re6 27. Rad1 Rce8 28. Be3 c4 29. h4 Rd8 30. Bf4 Nf6 31. R5d2 Qf3 32. Qc5 Ne4
33. Qb6 Rd7 34. Rd5 c3 35. bxc3 Nxc3 36. R5d3 Qh5 37. Qxa6 Nxd1 38. Qc8+ Kh7
39. Qxd7 Qe2 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41. Kh2 Qc2 42. Qa7 Re1 43. Qd4 Rd1 44. Qe3 Qxa2
45. Qe4+ g6 46. Qe7 Qxf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin,A"]
[Black "Paschall,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. d5
Ndc5 15. Nd4 Qf6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. f4 O-O-O 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. fxg5 Nxd4 20.
cxd4 Qxg5 21. Rf4 Rdf8 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. c5 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 Qe7 25. Qb2 Rc8 26.
cxd6 cxd6 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Qxb6 a4 29. Bxd6 Qf7 30. Bf4 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pixton,A"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. O-O O-O
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 dxc4 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Na5 Rxe7 19. Nxc4 Re2
20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Qe6 22. Nc4 Bd4 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Qd3 c5 25. b3 Qe2 26.
Qxe2 Rxe2 27. a4 a6 28. g4 g6 29. Kg2 Rc2 30. Na5 Rb2 31. Kf3 Bc3 32. Nb7 c4
33. Rc1 Bf6 34. Na5 cxb3 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Bd4 37. Rxb3 Rxf2+ 38. Ke4 Bf6
39. Nc4 Rxh2 40. Rb6 Re2+ 41. Kd5 a5 42. Nd6 Re5+ 43. Kc6 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5
45. Kd7 Kg6 46. Rb8 Re7+ 47. Kc6 Be5 48. Kd5 Bxd6 49. Kxd6 Re6+ 50. Kd5 h4
51. Rh8 Kg5 52. Rh7 Rh6 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Donaldson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:04:16"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:09:40"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf1 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2
Nc6 15. b3 Ng4 16. Qxg4 Bxc3 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Bb2 Qf6 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Bb5
Ne7 21. Rbc1 Qa5 22. Qa4 Qb6 23. Be2 a6 24. Bf3 Rd6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4
Rfd8 27. Rc7 Nc6 28. Rd1 b5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxc6 Rd1+ 32.
Kh2 Rd2 33. Rxa6 Rxf2 34. Kg3 Rc2 35. b4 h5 36. h4 Kg7 37. a3 Rc3 38. Kf3 f6
39. Ra5 Kh6 40. Ra6 Kg7 41. Kf4 Rc4+ 42. e4 Rc2 43. g3 Rf2+ 44. Ke3 Rg2 45.
Kf3 Ra2 46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. Ra5 Ra1 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kh3 g5 50. g4 hxg4+ 51.
Kxg4 gxh4 52. Kxh4 Kg6 53. Kg4 Kf7 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Kd4 Rd2+ 57.
Kc3 Re2 58. Rxb5 Re3+ 59. Kb2 Rxe4 60. a4 f5 61. a5 f4 62. Kb3 Re3+ 63. Ka4
Re5 64. Rb6+ Ke7 65. a6 f3 66. Rb7+ Ke6 67. Rb6+ Ke7 68. a7 Re1 69. Ra6 Ra1+
70. Kb5 Rxa6 71. Kxa6 f2 72. a8=Q f1=Q+ 73. b5 Qa1+ 74. Kb7 Qh1+ 75. Ka7
Qa1+ 76. Kb7 Qh1+ 77. Kb8 Qh8+ 78. Ka7 Qa1+ 79. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sagalchik,O"]
[Black "Ashley,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb1 Rd8 13. Qc2 Be6 14. f4
exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. a4 Rac8 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bb2 Be4 19. Qc3 Bxb1 20. Raxb1
b6 21. Ng3 Qd7 22. Kh1 Ne8 23. e4 Nc6 24. Nf5 Nd4 25. Rbd1 Qe6 26. Ng3 Rd7
27. Qe3 Rcd8 28. Qf2 Nf6 29. e5 Ng4 30. Qg1 Ne2 31. Nxe2 Rxd1 32. Nc3 Rxf1
33. Qxf1 Qb3 34. Ba1 Qc2 35. h4 Rd3 36. Kg1 Rxc3 37. Bxc3 Qxc3 38. Qd1 Qe3+
0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kriventsov,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Ne3 Bg5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Qf3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Qe7 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Bc5 Qe8 19. Bd5 b6 20. Be3
Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. Rad1 b5 23. Bc5 f6 24. Qe4 Nc8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4
Nd6 27. Qb3 Qf7 28. Re3 Rd7 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc3 Rad8 31. Rc5 R8d7 32. Qc4
h6 33. h3 Kh7 34. a4 f5 35. Kh2 e4 36. g3 Qh5 37. Rd2 Qf3 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39.
Qxc7 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O
8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Ng5 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Qe7
15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. bxa5 Nf7 18. e4 Nd6 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Rf2 Rxa5
21. Re1 Bd5 22. Bd3 Nd4 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Qc3 Raa8 25. Bb1 Qh4 26. Re3 Rf6
27. Ne4 Rh6 28. g3 Qe7 29. Nxc5 Nb5 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxd7
Nxa3 33. Ba2 Nc4 34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. Rc3 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Bd5 37. Rxc7 Kg6 38.
Ne5+ Kf5 39. Re2 Ra2 40. Rf7+ Kg5 41. Rxa2 Bxa2 42. f4+ Kh5 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burnett,R"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3
b5 9. a3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Be3 a5 15.
Nd2 Ba6 16. b4 Nh5 17. Ne2 axb4 18. axb4 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Qc7 20. g4 Ng7 21.
Bh6 f6 22. Bb3 c4 23. Bc2 Ne5 24. Qc3 Bc8 25. f4 Nf7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. g5
Ra2 28. gxf6+ Kg8 29. Nd4 Qa7 30. Qe3 Bxh3 31. N2f3 Bg4 32. Bb1 Bxf3 33.
Nxf3 Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Rb2 35. Re1 Rxb4 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 b4 38. e5 dxe5 39.
fxe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Lein,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Be7
8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Qd3 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14.
Bf3 b6 15. c3 Bb7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. h4 Ba8 18. h5 c5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Bg5
cxd4 21. Qf3 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxd4 Nf6 25. h6 Kf8 26. f3
Ng8 27. Kf2 f5 28. Rh1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Donaldson,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. b5
Ne7 15. Qa4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. h3 Ng6 20. Bxg6
hxg6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qd4 a6 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Rb1 Qc2 25. Rb7 Qc1+ 26. Kh2
Qxa3 27. Nxg6 Qd6+ 28. f4 Re8 29. Ne5 a5 30. Qa7 Rf8 31. Qxa5 Bf5 32. Qa7
Qf6 33. Qc5 Qd8 34. Nc6 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baginskaite,K"]
[Black "Finegold,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 Ne8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 Qb4 13. Nb1 Qe7 14. Ba3 Nc5
15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Qc2 b6 17. Rad1 N7e6 18. b4 Na6 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Nxb4
21. Qb3 Nc5 22. Bxb4 e4 23. Qe3 f5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Nb3 Rfc8 26. Nxc5 bxc5
27. Bc3 Qd6 28. Rb1 Rab8 29. Rb3 Ba4 30. Ra3 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Rb4 32. Kh2 Rf8
33. Re2 Qa6 34. Rc2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Rc1 Kf8 37. f3 exf3 38. Bxf3 a6
39. Kg1 h5 40. Kf2 f4 41. gxf4 Rxf4 42. Kg3 Rbxc4 43. Rxc4 Rxc4 44. Be2 h4+
45. Kf3 Rd4 46. Bxa6 Bd7 47. Bc8 Bxc8 48. Ra8 Rxd5 49. Rxc8+ Ke7 50. Ke4
Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Rc4 52. Rc6 Rc3+ 53. Kd2 Rxh3 54. Rxg6 Rh1 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:04:28"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:03:06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 O-O 14. Na4
Rab8 15. Bb5 Rfc8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rc2 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Rfc1
Qb5 21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Nc3 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 Rbc8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26.
Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Nd4 Bf6 28. b3 Bxd4 29. exd4 Na6 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 f6 32.
f4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke8 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. g4 Kc6 36. h4 Kd7 37. Bc3 Kc6 38. Bd2 Kd7
39. Bc3 Kc6 40. Kd2 Kb6 41. Ke2 Nb8 42. Bb4 Nd7 43. g5 Ka6 44. Kf3 Kb6 45.
Kg4 Kc6 46. h5 gxh5+ 47. Kxh5 e5 48. dxe5 fxe5 49. f5 d4 50. Kg4 Kd5 51. a5
Kc6 52. Kf3 Kd5 53. a6 Kc6 54. Ba5 Nc5 55. f6 gxf6 56. gxf6 Nd7 57. f7 Nf8
58. Ke4 Nd7 59. Bd8 Nf8 60. Kxe5 d3 61. Ba5 Nd7+ 62. Kd4 d2 63. Bxd2 Kb6 64.
Kd5 Kxa6 65. Kd6 Nf8 66. Bh6 Nh7 67. Ke6 Kb7 68. Kf5 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muhammad,S"]
[Black "Ivanov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Ne2 c6 4. Nbc3 d5 5. Be3 e6 6. Ng3 h5 7. f3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 Nd7 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 h3 13. g3 dxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15.
Nd2 Ngf6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Bf3 b6 19. Nb2 Ba6 20. Re1 Rad8 21. Qa4
Bb7 22. Nd3 Nh7 23. Nf2 Ndf8 24. Nb3 Bc8 25. Rbd1 Ne6 26. Nxh3 Bd7 27. Nf2
c5 28. Qa3 Nhg5 29. Bg2 exd4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33.
Rxd4 Be6 34. Rc1 Qe7 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qb2 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Qd4 Ne6
39. Qc3 Nc7 40. a3 Be6 41. Qe5 Qd8 42. h4 Ne8 43. h5 gxh5 44. Qxh5 Qd2 45.
Qf3 Nd6 46. Bf1 Qd4 47. Qf4 f6 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. Bh3 Bxh3 50. Kxh3 Ke7 51. Kg2
a5 52. bxa5 bxa5 53. g4 Kd7 54. Qf3 a4 55. Qd3 Qxd3 56. Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Watson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Qb1 Bb8 16. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Kudrin,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Bg5 Re8 14.
Bb5 c6 15. dxc6 Qc7 16. f4 Nf3 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 Rab8 20.
Rd2 Rec8 21. Rc2 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Qe5 23. Qe3 Rxb2 24. Qxe5 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Bxe5
26. Rb1 Bxh2 27. Kd3 Kf8 28. Rb7 Rc7 29. Ke3 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 Ke8 31. Bc6+ Kf8
32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf3 Bg1 34. a4 Bb6 35. Bb5 Ba5 36. Kg4 Bd2 37. Bc6 f6 38. Bd7
Bc1 39. a5 Bd2 40. a6 Bc1 41. Bc6 f5+ 42. Kf3 h6 43. gxh6+ Kxh6 44. Bd7 Kg7
45. Be6 Kf6 46. Bd7 g5 47. fxg5+ Kxg5 48. Bc8 Kf6 49. Bd7 Ke5 50. Bc8 f4 51.
Bb7 Ba3 52. Ba8 Bd6 53. Bb7 Kd4 54. Ba8 Kc5 55. Ke4 Bc7 56. Bb7 Kb6 57. Bc8
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pruess,D"]
[Black "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qf3 h6 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Qh3
g5 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Ne2 g4 18. Qh4 Nd5 19. Bd4 Qxd4 20. Qxe7+
Kxe7 21. Nxd4 Nf4 22. Bf1 h5 23. g3 Ng6 24. Nf5+ Kf6 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. e5+ Ke7
27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Rd4 Rc8 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. c3 Rbc7 32. h3 gxh3
33. f4 Rc4 34. Ree4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 g5 36. fxg5 Rc5 37. Re4 Rd5 38. Kh2 Kf7
39. Kxh3 Kg6 40. g4 Kxg5 41. gxh5 Kxh5 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. Rd4 Rxe5 44. Rxd7 Re2
45. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaitshik,G"]
[Black "Markzon,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
h3 c6 9. a4 Re8 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Re1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6
15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. g4 Bc8 18. Kh1 Nbd7 19. Ng3 h6 20. Nd5 Qxd2
21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxd2 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. f5 Kf8 25. Red1 Ke7 26. e5 d5
27. Rf4 Rg8 28. Kh2 gxf5 29. gxf5 a5 30. Rh4 Rg5 31. Rg4 Rdg8 32. Bf3 Kf8
33. Rxg5 hxg5 34. Bg4 Ke7 35. c4 Rd8 36. f6+ Ke8 37. Bxc8 dxc4 38. Bg4 cxb3
39. Nf5 Rxd1 40. Bxd1 b2 41. Nd6+ Kf8 42. Bc2 b6 43. Kg3 Nxa4 44. Nc4 Nc3
45. Nxb2 b5 46. Nd3 a4 47. Nc5 a3 48. e6 a2 49. e7+ Ke8 50. Bf5 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bennett,A"]
[Black "Kreiman,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. f4 Bb4 7. Qf3 Bxc3+
8. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. e5 Ne4 11. c4 d6 12. Bd3 dxe5 13. Nxe6 Bxe6
14. Bxe4 Nc6 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb6 e4 18. Rxa6 Kb7 19. Ra4 Ra8
20. Rb4+ Kc7 21. f5 Bxf5 22. O-O Be6 23. Bf4+ Kc8 24. Rb6 Rd8 25. Rxc6+ Kd7
26. Rc7+ Ke8 27. Re1 Rd4 28. c3 Rd3 29. Rxe4 Rxa2 30. Re1 h6 31. Rb1 Rd8 32.
Be5 Bf5 33. Re1 Kf8 34. Bd4 Rb8 35. Rf1 Be6 36. h3 Kg8 37. Rf2 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fishbein,A"]
[Black "Esserman,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTime "00:08:51"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[BlackTime "00:03:59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2
Kf7 20. c4 b4 21. b3 Rd8 22. Bf4 Rc5 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Bd2 a5 25. Kf1 Rc6 26.
Re4 Rcd6 27. Ke2 c5 28. Be3 Bc3 29. Rf4+ Ke8 30. Rh4 h6 31. Rh5 e5 32. Kf3
Kf7 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. Rh3 Bd4 35. Rg3 Kf6 36. Rf3+ Kg6 37. h3 R8d7 38. Re2 Rd8
39. Rc2 R6d7 40. Rd2 Bxe3 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42. Kxe3 a4 43. bxa4 Ra7 44. Ke4
Rxa4 45. Kxe5 Rxa2 46. Kd5 Ra3 47. Rf8 Ra5 48. Kc6 Ra7 49. Rb8 Ra2 50. Kxc5
Rxf2 51. g4 Rh2 52. Rxb4 Rxh3 53. Kb6 h5 54. gxh5+ Kxh5 55. c5 Rc3 56. c6 g5
57. c7 Rc1 58. Rb5 Rxc7 59. Kxc7 Kg4 60. Kd6 Kf4 61. Rb4+ Kf5 62. Kd5 g4 63.
Kd4 Kf4 64. Kd3+ Kf3 65. Kd2 g3 66. Ke1 Kg2 67. Rb8 Kg1 68. Rg8 g2 69. Ke2
Kh2 70. Kf2 Kh1 71. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battsetseg,T"]
[Black "Lapshun,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e5
8. Bc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb4 11. Qd3 d6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qc4+ Be6 14.
Qxb4 Rb8 15. Qa3 a5 16. O-O-O Rb4 17. Bg3 Qc7 18. f4 Rhb8 19. Rhf1 Rxb2 20.
Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nxe4 22. fxe5+ Ke7 23. Nxe4 Rb1+ 24. Kd2 Rxf1 25. Nc5 Bf5
26. Rxc6 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nb3 a4 29. Nc5 a3 30. Kc3 Bf5 31. Nd3 Ra1 32.
Nb4 Be6 33. Bf2 Bxa2 34. Bc5+ Ke6 35. Nd3 Bd5 36. Bd4 Rd1 37. Nf4+ Kf7 38.
Nxd5 a2 39. e6+ Kxe6 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Browne,W"]
[Black "Hahn,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. h4 Qa5 12. Kf1 h5 13. Nf4 b5 14. Nxg6
bxc4 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Qxh5 cxd4 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. cxd4 Kh7 19. Ke2 Bb5 20.
Kd2 Nc6 21. Kc3 e5 22. d5 Nd4 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Rb2 Ba6 25. Rhb1 Rc5 26. a4
Rc7 27. f4 Nb3 28. f5 Bf8 29. Rd1 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. d6 Rd7 32. Rbd2 Bb6
33. Rd5 f6 34. g4 Kh6 35. R1d2 Be3 36. Rd1 Bb6 37. g5+ fxg5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5
39. Rxe5 Bd8 40. Re8 Ba5+ 41. Kc2 Bb7 42. Rf1 Rxd6 43. f6 Rxf6 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epstein,E"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

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. h3 Qb6 11. Ba4 Bf5 12. Re2 Rac8 13. Be3 a6 14. Bb3
Rfd8 15. g4 Be6 16. Nbd2 Na5 17. Rc1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 f5 20.
exf6ep Bxf6 21. Bc2 Bf7 22. Nf3 Nc4 23. b3 Nd6 24. Ne5 Nb5 25. Rd2 Bxe5 26.
dxe5 d4 27. Bf4 Qc6 28. Qf1 Qf3 29. Bg3 Bd5 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Bd1 Qe4 32. f3
Qe3 33. Rd3 Qc1 34. Qe1 Rc3 35. Be2 Qb2 36. Rd2 Rc2 37. Bf4 Qxa2 38. Bd3
Rxd2+ 39. Bxd2 Qxb3 40. Qe2 Nc3 41. Qe1 Bxf3 42. Qf1 Qf7 43. e6 Qf6 44. Qe1
Bd5 45. Qg3 Qxe6 46. Bh6 Qd6 47. Bf4 Qb6 48. Qe1 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 Qg2+ 50. Kh4
Ne4 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foygel,I"]
[Black "Tsai,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Ba3 d5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe3
Re8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e5 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 Nxc5
21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bd3 Qg4 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Ng6 26. Bxg6
hxg6 27. f4 g5 28. fxg5 Rxe5 29. Rc1 Re4 30. Nf5 Rc4 31. Re1 Re4 32. Rxe4
dxe4 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. Kf4 f6 36. Nh4+ Kh5 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Nf5
Bc8 39. g4+ Kg6 40. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Ross,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3
Nc5 15. b3 Be5 16. a3 a4 17. b4 Nb3 18. Qd3 Qb8 19. b5 d5 20. cxd5 Bxh2+ 21.
Kh1 Bd7 22. f4 Bg3 23. Nxa4 Rxa4 24. Rxb3 Rc8 25. Bd2 Bh4 26. Bb4 b6 27. Rc3
Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Ra7 29. g3 Bf6 30. e5 Bg7 31. Rc1 Bf5 32. Bf3 g5 33. Qe3 g4
34. Be4 Bxe4+ 35. Qxe4 f6 36. exf6 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levina,A"]
[Black "Mulyar,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Be3 Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. c4 Nd7 14.
cxb5 axb5 15. Qc2 c5 16. Nd2 f5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. f4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
dxe4 Nf6 21. Qd3 exf4 22. Rxf4 b4 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Rf2 h6 25. Re2 Ra8 26.
Re1 Qe5 27. Qc1 Ng4 28. Bf4 Qd4+ 29. Be3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxb2 31. e5 dxe5 32.
Qxc5 Qxb3 33. Qxe5 Qd3 34. Rf1 b3 35. Qe7 b2 36. Qb4 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Groberman,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Kh1 Ne8 10. a4 f5 11. a5 f4 12. b4 Kh8 13. c5 Ng8 14. Ba3 g5 15. Nd2
Ngf6 16. b5 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nc4 Rg8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Bb4 Rb8 21. Ra7
Bf8 22. g4 h5 23. h3 Bd7 24. Kg2 Qc8 25. f3 Rg6 26. Qa4 Rh6 27. Qa6 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Bxg4 29. fxg4 f3+ 30. Kxf3 Qxg4+ 31. Ke3 Rh3+ 32. Kd2 Rh2 33. Kd1 Qg2
34. Ne3 Qh3 35. Nf5 Qg2 36. Rf7 Kg8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nxd6 Kg7 39. Qa7+ Kg6
40. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "United States Championship 2003"]
[Site "SEATTLE USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shiber,J"]
[Black "Shahade,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nf3
Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 Qd8 12. Ne1 O-O 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 f6
15. Qd2 Be6 16. f4 c4 17. Nd1 Rc8 18. c3 Qa5 19. Rf2 Nb3 20. axb3 Qxa1 21.
bxc4 a6 22. Nc2 Qa4 23. Nde3 Qd7 24. Nb4 a5 25. Nbd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 b5 27.
Bf3 Rb8 28. Bg4 Qa7 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Kg2 b4 31. Nc4 Qc5 32. cxb4 Rxb4 33.
fxe5 dxe5 34. Nxe5 Nxd5 35. Qh6 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 1-0

