[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yury Shulman"]
[Black "Joshua Friedel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. d4 (1. e4 c5 (1... d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 (3... c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6.
Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13.
fxe5 dxe4 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Ng3 exd3 17. Qxd3 Nd5 18. Bg5 f6 19.
Bd2 Re8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. N3h4 g5 22. Nf3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Bxa6 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Ng3
c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Ne4 Bf8 28. Nd4 Bb7 29. Nf2 Bc5 30. c3 Rac8 31. Ne4 Rxe4
32. Rxe4 Nxc3 33. Ree1 Bxd4 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 c2 37. Rc1 Rd8
38. Ree1 Rd2 39. Rg1 a5 40. h3 Bc6 41. Ra1 {0-1 Mark Paragua-Varuzhan Akobian})
4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Be3 d5 8. O-O-O Bc5 9. Qd3 Qb6 10. Bd2 dxe4
11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 a5 14. Be3 Nfe4 15. Rd4 Qc7 16. b4 axb4 17.
Qxa8 b6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qxf8+ (19. Qxc6 Qa7 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Qc4 Nec5 22. Qxb4
Qa8 23. Rg1) 19... Kxf8 20. Bc4 f6 21. Rhd1 fxe5 22. Rd8+ Ke7 23. Rg8 Ne6 24.
g4 Bxg4 25. Rg1 Nf6 26. Ra8 exf4 27. Bd2 c5 28. h3 Bf5 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 30. Re1+
Be4 31. Rf8 Kf5 {Ray Robson-Varuzhan Akobian/[Wyatt,Darrell]}) 2. Nf3 e6 (2...
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6
10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe1 e6 13. Qh4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qh3 Nc5 16. Ne2 (16.
Ng5 h6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. f5 Nxe5) 16... d4 17. Ng5
h6 18. Ne4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Na5 20. Nd6 Nb3 21. Nxb7 Qb6 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxh6 Nxa1
24. Nd6 (24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nd6 Qc5 26. Nxf5+ gxf5 27. Qg3+ Kh7 28. Rf4) 24...
Bxe5 25. Nxf5 Rfe8 26. Neg3 Nc2 27. Ne4 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Re6 29. Rg5+ Rg6 30. Rxe5
Rxh6 31. Rg5+ Kh8 32. Rh5 Rxh5 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qh4 Re8 {
0-1 Dan Wolf-Tigran L. Petrosian/[Wyatt,Darrell]}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3
Ne7 6. Bg5 Nbc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Be2 Rb8 10. O-O {
1-0 Joshua Friedel-Hikaru Nakamura} f6 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Rab1 d5 13. f4 Bc5 14.
a3 Qb6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. b4 Qa7 18. exd5 cxd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxd5
Ne5 21. c4 Be6 22. Rbd1 Rfd8 23. Qd4 Qb7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Rbd8 26. Qc3 Rc8
27. Qe3 Re8 28. h3 Kh8 29. Qb6 a5 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. b5 Rc8 32. Nf4 Bg8 33. Rd8
Rbb8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. b6 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Rc1 g5 38. Nd5 Kg7 39. Rxc4
Rxc4 40. b7 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rb1 42. Nb4 axb4 43. b8=Q b3 44. Qb4 h5 45. Qe7+ Kg6
46. Qf8 g4 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Kg3 f4+ 49. Kh4 gxh3 50. Qf7 Re1 51. Qxf6+ Kh7 52.
gxh3 {1-0 Joshua Friedel-Hikaru Nakamura}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7
4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7
11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 Rac8 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc2 17.
Bb5 Rc3 18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Be7 Rfc8 20. Bb4 R3c7 21. Bd6 Rc3 22. Bb4 R3c7 23. Bd6
Rc3 24. Bb4 R3c7 25. Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Dashzegve Sharavdorj-Jonathan Hilton}) 2...
e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7
10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rc2 Bd6 15. Bb2 Qe8 16.
Qc1 b5 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Ba3 b4 19. c5 Bb8 20. Bxb4 f4 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Bd2 fxg3
23. fxg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Ng5 (25. Be3 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Qg6 27. Rb2 Qe4 28.
Qd2 Qg4 29. Bf2 Qf4 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 h6 32. Ne5 Kh7 33. Kh2 g5 34. Kg3 Bb7
35. Bf3) 25... Qh5 26. Nh3 Bxe2 27. Rc3 Bxe1 28. Qxe1 Bg4 29. Nf4 Qf5 30. Rg3 (
30. Nd3) 30... h5 31. Nd3 h4 32. Re3 h3 33. Bh1 Rf6 34. Rg3 Rcf8 35. Kh2 Qh5
36. Qe3 Rf1 37. Qg5 Qxg5 38. Bxg5 Bf5 39. Nf4 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rxa2 41. Nxh3 Ra1+
42. Kh2 Rd1 43. Ng1 (43. Be3 Rb1) 43... Kf7 44. Bf3 Rxd4 45. Ne2 Rd3 46. Nc1
Rh8+ 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. Ne2 Rc2 49. Bf4 Bd3 50. Be5 Bxe2 51. Rxg7+ Ke8 52. Rxa7
Rg8+ 53. Kf2 Bxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rxc5 55. Bd6 Rc3+ 56. Kf4 Rxb3 57. Ke5 Re3+ 58. Kf6
Rf3+ 59. Kxe6 Rg6+ 60. Ke5 Re3+ 61. Kd4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yury Shulman"]
[Black "Joshua Friedel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rc2 Bd6 15.
Bb2 Qe8 16. Qc1 b5 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Ba3 b4 19. c5 Bb8 20. Bxb4 f4 21. Nf3 Ne4
22. Bd2 fxg3 23. fxg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Ng5 (25. Be3 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Qg6 27.
Rb2 Qe4 28. Qd2 Qg4 29. Bf2 Qf4 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 h6 32. Ne5 Kh7 33. Kh2 g5
34. Kg3 Bb7 35. Bf3) 25... Qh5 26. Nh3 Bxe2 27. Rc3 Bxe1 28. Qxe1 Bg4 29. Nf4
Qf5 30. Rg3 (30. Nd3) 30... h5 31. Nd3 h4 32. Re3 h3 33. Bh1 Rf6 34. Rg3 Rcf8
35. Kh2 Qh5 36. Qe3 Rf1 37. Qg5 Qxg5 38. Bxg5 Bf5 39. Nf4 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rxa2 41.
Nxh3 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Rd1 43. Ng1 (43. Be3 Rb1) 43... Kf7 44. Bf3 Rxd4 45. Ne2 Rd3
46. Nc1 Rh8+ 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. Ne2 Rc2 49. Bf4 Bd3 50. Be5 Bxe2 51. Rxg7+ Ke8 52.
Rxa7 Rg8+ 53. Kf2 Bxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rxc5 55. Bd6 Rc3+ 56. Kf4 Rxb3 57. Ke5 Re3+
58. Kf6 Rf3+ 59. Kxe6 Rg6+ 60. Ke5 Re3+ 61. Kd4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joshua Friedel"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Bg5 Nbc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Be2 Rb8 10. O-O f6 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Rab1 d5 13. f4 Bc5 14. a3 Qb6 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. b4 Qa7 18. exd5 cxd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Ne5 21. c4
Be6 22. Rbd1 Rfd8 23. Qd4 Qb7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Rbd8 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Qe3 Re8
28. h3 Kh8 29. Qb6 a5 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. b5 Rc8 32. Nf4 Bg8 33. Rd8 Rbb8 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. b6 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Rc1 g5 38. Nd5 Kg7 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. b7
Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rb1 42. Nb4 axb4 43. b8=Q b3 44. Qb4 h5 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qf8 g4
47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Kg3 f4+ 49. Kh4 gxh3 50. Qf7 Re1 51. Qxf6+ Kh7 52. gxh3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Be3 d5 8.
O-O-O Bc5 9. Qd3 Qb6 10. Bd2 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 a5 14. Be3
Nfe4 15. Rd4 Qc7 16. b4 axb4 17. Qxa8 b6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qxf8+ (19. Qxc6 Qa7
20. a4 Nxa4 21. Qc4 Nec5 22. Qxb4 Qa8 23. Rg1) 19... Kxf8 20. Bc4 f6 21. Rhd1
fxe5 22. Rd8+ Ke7 23. Rg8 Ne6 24. g4 Bxg4 25. Rg1 Nf6 26. Ra8 exf4 27. Bd2 c5
28. h3 Bf5 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 30. Re1+ Be4 31. Rf8 Kf5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Paragua"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1
O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. fxe5 dxe4 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Bf4 Qb7 16. Ng3 exd3 17. Qxd3 Nd5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. N3h4
g5 22. Nf3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Bxa6 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Ng3 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Ne4 Bf8
28. Nd4 Bb7 29. Nf2 Bc5 30. c3 Rac8 31. Ne4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Nxc3 33. Ree1 Bxd4
34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 c2 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Ree1 Rd2 39. Rg1 a5 40.
h3 Bc6 41. Ra1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhe Quan"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/p2RQ1pp/4p1r1/2p2p2/2P2q2/1P3P1K/P3BP1b/3R4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dashzegve Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Jonathan Hilton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 Rac8
15. Nd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc2 17. Bb5 Rc3 18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Be7 Rfc8 20. Bb4 R3c7 21.
Bd6 Rc3 22. Bb4 R3c7 23. Bd6 Rc3 24. Bb4 R3c7 25. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.05.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dan Wolf"]
[Black "Tigran L. Petrosian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe1 e6 13. Qh4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qh3
Nc5 16. Ne2 (16. Ng5 h6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. f5 Nxe5)
16... d4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Na5 20. Nd6 Nb3 21. Nxb7 Qb6 22. f5
exf5 23. Bxh6 Nxa1 24. Nd6 (24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nd6 Qc5 26. Nxf5+ gxf5 27. Qg3+
Kh7 28. Rf4) 24... Bxe5 25. Nxf5 Rfe8 26. Neg3 Nc2 27. Ne4 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Re6
29. Rg5+ Rg6 30. Rxe5 Rxh6 31. Rg5+ Kh8 32. Rh5 Rxh5 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qh4 Re8
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Thaler"]
[Black "Daniel Yeager"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 (6. f3) 6... e5 (
6... e6 7. g4) 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 (8... Be7) 9. Qd2 (9. g4) 9... b5 10. Nd5
Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. g4 O-O 15. h4 a5 16. Qd3 a4
17. Nd2 a3 18. b3 (18. Qxb5 axb2+ 19. Qxb2 Qa7) 18... Rfc8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20.
fxe4 (20. Qxe4) 20... Rc7 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rh3 (22. Qxb5 Rxc2+ 23. Rxc2 Qe3+
24. Kd1 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Qxe4+ 26. Bd3 Qxh1 27. Qe8+ Bf8 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxf8
Qxd5) 22... Rc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qg1 25. Rd1 Qxg4 26. Bxb5 Qxe4 27. Rc4
Qe3+ 28. Kb1 f5 29. Ra4 Kf7 30. Bd7 (30. Rxa3 Qc5 31. Ra5 Qb4) 30... f4 31.
Rxa3 f3 32. Be6+ Kf6 33. Kb2 f2 34. Rf1 e4 35. b4 Qe1 36. Bh3 e3 37. b5 Kg6 (
37... e2 38. Rf3+ Kg6 39. R1xf2 Qb4+ 40. Rb3 Qd4+) 38. b6 Bf6+ 39. c3 e2 40. b7
Qd2+ (40... exf1=Q 41. Bxf1 Qxf1 42. b8=Q Qe2+ 43. Kb3 Qd1+ 44. Kb2 Qd2+ 45.
Kb3 Qxc3+ 46. Ka4 Qc4+ 47. Ka5 f1=Q) 41. Kb3 Qxc3+ 42. Ka4 Qc4+ 43. Ka5 e1=Q+ (
43... Bd8#) 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Thaler"]
[Black "Warren Harper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

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 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. Rc1
Qd7 15. g4 b5 16. h4 Qb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rc7 19. h5 Rac8 20. Bb3 Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h6+ Kf6 25. g5+ Kf5 26. Qg1 Nb4 27.
Qg4+ Ke5 28. Bxf7 Nd3 29. Qe6+ Kd4 30. Qe4+ Qxe4 31. fxe4 Ne5 32. Bg8 Nd7 33.
Bxh7 Nf8 34. Bg8 Kxe4 35. h7 Nxh7 36. Bxh7 Kf5 37. b4 Kxg5 38. b5 Kf6 39. a4
Ke6 40. a5 Kd7 41. Bxg6 d5 42. Bf7 Kd6 43. b6 axb6 44. a6 Kc7 45. Bxd5 Kb8 46.
Kc2 Ka7 47. Bc4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James Canty III"]
[Black "Daniel Yeager"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6 (6... b5 7. Bc2
e5 8. O-O Be7) 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 (9... b5) 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ne1 h6
12. Bc2 f5 (12... Ng5 13. f4 Nh7) 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. f3 Ng5 15. g4 Qb6 16. f4
Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Ne4 18. gxf5 exf5 19. e6 g6 20. Qxg6 Qf6 21. Qh5 Qxe6 22. Nc3
Ndf6 23. Qh3 d4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. f5 Qc4 26. Bb3 Qe2 27. Nc2 Bc5 28. Bxh6+ Ke7
29. Rae1 Qd2 30. Rxe4+ Nxe4 31. Qh4+ Kd7 32. Be6+ Kc7 33. Bf4+ Kb6 34. Qxh8
Bxe6 35. Qxa8 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 d3+ 37. Be3 Bxe3+ 38. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 39. Rf2 Ne4 40.
Qd8+ Ka7 41. Qh4 d2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrew Ng"]
[Black "George Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/p2bppb1/3p1np1/1pr1n1Bp/3NP1PP/1BN2P2/PPPQ4/1K1R3R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrew Ng"]
[Black "George Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/p2bppb1/3p1np1/1pr1n1Bp/3NP1PP/1BN2P2/PPPQ4/1K1R3R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Rxc3 2. bxc3 hxg4 3. Bxf6 Bxf6 4. h5 g5 5. f4 gxf4 6. Qxf4 e6 7. Qf1 Nc4
8. Bxc4 bxc4 9. Rg1 Qb6+ 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. Rxg4+ Kh7 12. Qxc4 Be5 13. Qd3 a5 14.
Rg5 a4 15. Rxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd7 axb3 17. cxb3 Qb4 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Qf3 Rc7 20. h6
Qc3 21. Qg2 f5 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 f4 24. a4 Kxh6 25. a5 Ra7 26. Ra2 f3 27.
b4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Courtney Jamison"]
[Black "Gayatri Vempati"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3r1k/p1bb2pp/7q/1p1p4/3P4/1QBBRpP1/PP3P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Bxg3 2. hxg3 Bh3 3. Rxf3 Rxf3 4. Qxd5 Rff8 5. Bxb5 Qf6 6. f4 Qg6 7. Kh2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[Black "Lubomir Neckar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rb3k1/4q1pp/1p2p3/p1p5/2P1BNn1/Q3P3/P2P2PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Bxh7+ Kxh7 2. Qd3+ Kg8 (2... Kh6 3. Qg6#) (2... Kh8 3. Ng6+) (2... g6 3.
Qxg6+ Kh8 4. Qxg4) 3. Ng6 Qd7 (3... Qe8 4. Rf8+ Qxf8 5. Nxf8 Kxf8 6. Qd6+) 4.
Rf8+ Kh7 5. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peter Lapiken"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r2/4ppBk/p2pq1p1/1p5n/4P2P/P4P2/KPPQ4/3R1BR1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Bc4 Qxc4+ 2. b3 Qe6 3. Qh6+ Kg8 4. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexej Gorbatov"]
[Black "Alexey Afonin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2bk1/pbq2pp1/1pn1p2p/8/4N3/1P2P1P1/PB2QPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 2"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

2. Nf6+ gxf6 (2... Kh8 3. Rd7 Qb8 4. Rxf7 gxf6 5. Qg4 (5. Bxf6+)) 3. Qg4+ Kh7 (
3... Kh8 4. Bxf6+ Kh7 5. Be4#) (3... Bg7 4. Bxf6 Kf8 5. Qxg7+ Ke8 6. Qh8#) 4.
Be4+ (4. Bxf6 Ne7) 4... f5 5. Bxf5+ exf5 6. Qxf5+ Kg8 7. Qf6 Kh7 8. g4 (8. Qf5+
Kg8 9. Qf6) (8. Qh8+ Kg6 9. Qg8+ Kf5 (9... Bg7 10. Qxg7+)) 8... Ne7 (8... h5 9.
Qh8+ Kg6 10. Qxh5#) 9. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Marciano"]
[Black "Eric Prie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1k2r/p4ppp/2p1pq2/8/4Q3/2P2P2/PP1B1b1P/2KR2R1 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Bg5 Qg6 2. Qxc6+ Rxc6 3. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[Black "Luc Winants"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/pp4p1/3Q1qp1/6p1/3b4/3B4/PP3PP1/5RK1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Bc4+ Kh7 2. Qh2# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morten Johansen"]
[Black "Jiri Stocek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/b4ppp/B1p5/3p4/4nBbq/1P2PP2/P1Q3P1/R3RKN1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Bc8 2. Bxc8 (2. fxe4 Bxa6+ 3. Ne2 Rxe4 4. Qxc6 Rxf4+ 5. exf4 Qf2#) (2. Bd3
Qxf4 3. Bxe4 Bxe3 4. Bxh7+ Kh8) 2... Qxf4 3. exf4 (3. Bh3 Ng3+ 4. Kf2 Bxe3+ 5.
Rxe3 Nh1+) 3... Ng3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Einar Gausel"]
[Black "Stefan Briem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/1b2q1pp/1pp5/p2pNp2/3P1P2/PQN5/1P1nPPBP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Nxd5 cxd5 (1... Nxb3 2. Nxe7+ Kh8 3. N5g6+ hxg6 4. Rc3 Kh7 5. Rh3#) (1...
Qe6 2. Ne7+) 2. Bxd5+ Kh8 (2... Bxd5 3. Qxd5+ Kh8 4. Qxa8 Nxf1 5. Rxf1) 3. Ng6+
hxg6 4. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k1r/pp2q1pp/2p3b1/5p2/P4Q2/8/B4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Kf1 h5 2. Re1 Qd8 3. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1r2k1/p1q2pnp/6p1/1pPRp3/n3P3/PN3BPP/3Q1P2/3R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Rxd5 2. Qxd5 (2. exd5 Nxc5 3. d6 Qb6 4. Nxc5 Qxc5 5. Rc1 Qxa3 (5... Qb6 6.
d7 Rd8 7. Rc8 Ne6 8. Qd5) 6. d7 Rd8 7. Rc8 Qf8 8. Qc2) 2... Ne6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexei Shirov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qk2r/1p1b1pb1/p2pp3/4n1pp/3NP3/1P3P2/P1P1NBPP/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... g4 2. f4 h4 3. Be3 h3 4. g3 Nc6 5. Qd3 O-O 6. Rad1 f5 7. c4 Qa5 8. Nc3
Rae8 9. Rfe1 e5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Irving Chernev"]
[Black "Milton Hanauer"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1pq2ppp/p1n1p3/2b3B1/4P1n1/1BN2N2/PP2QPPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Nd4 2. Nxd4 (2. Qd2 Nxf3+) 2... Qxh2# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gustav Littman"]
[Black "Milton Hanauer"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/p3q3/3p4/Qpp2bp1/2Pp1b1p/1P6/P2r3P/K1N3RR b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... d3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Milton Hanauer"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2Bbb3/p7/3k4/2pN1pp1/2Pp1P2/3K4/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Bg5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anonymous"]
[Black "Milton Hanauer"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqk2r/pppp1ppp/5n2/2bPp1B1/2P5/8/PP2PPPP/RN1QKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1... Bxf2+ 2. Kxf2 Ng4+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milton Hanauer"]
[Black "H. Burdge"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/2B3pp/4p3/8/2nP2P1/4P2P/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Ke1 Kf7 2. Kd2 Nb1+ (2... Na2 3. Bb7 Ke6 4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kb2 Nb4 6. Kb3) 3.
Kc2 Na3+ 4. Kb2 *

[Event "ABC-189 August 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Colle-Schubert"]
[Black "Scarborough 1928"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 {Diagram #} 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7.
exd4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne5 Nf8 12. Ndf3 N6d7 13. Ng5 f6
14. Qh5 g6 15. Nxg6 fxg5 16. Nxf8 Nf6 17. Qxg5+ Qg7 18. Nxh7 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-189 August 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/3n1p2/6p1/8/4Q3/3B2P1/5P2/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-189 August 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/2p5/3b4/8/4n2q/8/6BP/Q4NK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-189 August 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k5r1/1b6/8/6n1/4n3/8/6QB/5BK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-189 August 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/7p/8/3p4/6n1/4PB2/2QN1nPq/4RK2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-189 August 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/2B2p1Q/6B1/8/6nq/8/8/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-189 August 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r4/1pp5/3b4/8/6q1/8/1PP3QN/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Friedel, J."]
[Black "Gulko, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Friedel"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.19"]

{Before this game my result was fairly normal.  I lost to a GM with black
round 1, beat a lower player with white round 2, and in round three drew
against a GM as black.  Not bad, but nothing special.  I needed a really nice
game to really get my tournament rolling.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 {
I'd seen Gulko had played this rare line a few times, but I wasn't really
expecting it, and thus hadn't prepared anything special.} 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 O-O
6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 {This I had recalled from studying this
line awhile back, but already it was getting hazy.} exd4 (9... Qe7 10. Nbd2 {
is more normal, after which black has many options, the most common of which
being the paradoxicalNb8!?}) 10. cxd4 g5 11. Bg3 d5 12. exd5 {
In principle, with black's king so open, I want to keep the center open.} (12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qc3 {
looked ok, but nothing too special for white.}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nc3 {I'm not sur
e how good this move is objectively, but it certainly looked to me like the
most consistent.} (13. a3 {
is a safer possibility, but I can't imagine it being too dangerous.}) (13. Bc4
{is interesting, the idea being Immobilizing the knight due to Qg6+.} Be6 14.
Nbd2 {and the position is fine for white, but again not too threatening.})
13... Ndb4 14. Qe4 {Other squares are bad.} (14. Qe2 Bg4 {
and black is very happy.}) (14. Qc4 Be6 {does nothing good.}) (14. Qb1 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qf6 {and black is happy.}) 14... f5 {Gulko takes up the
gauntlet.  While he is often a very quiet positional player, he does like a
good fight, and doesn't mind being the one to provoke one.} (14... Nxd4 15.
Rad1 {is not great for black, as} Bf5 $2 {runs into} 16. Rxd4 $1) 15. Qe2 (15.
Qb1 {just runs into the simple} Nxd4) 15... f4 {black is committed, he has to
go for it.  I knew it was totally possible I was simply lost here, but it is
useless worrying about such things.  Sometimes you have to do what you have to
do.} 16. Qc4+ Kg7 {I thought this was a mistake during the game, but as it
turns out it's not so bad.} (16... Kh8 {is safer, after which} 17. d5 fxg3 18.
hxg3 Nc2 (18... Rxf3 19. dxc6 Rxc3 20. Qxc3+ Qd4 21. Qe1 $1 {is good for white.
}) 19. dxc6 Nxa1 20. Nd5 $1 {(idea Qc3+)} Be6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. cxb7 Rb8 23.
Nxb6 cxb6 24. Bc6 {and matters are far from clear.}) 17. d5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nc2
$2 {This turns out badly, however.} (18... Rxf3 19. dxc6 (19. gxf3 Qd6 $1 20.
Kg2 Nd4 $1 {and white is toast.}) 19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3+ $1 (20. bxc3 Nxc6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Bf5 {was my plan in the game, and though I thought black
was probably better, matters still weren't totally clear.}) 20... Qd4 21. Qe1
$1 {This is the move I missed, which was pointed out to me later by Larry
Christiansen.  I have absolutely no idea what is going on now.} Qd6 22. Rd1 Nd5
23. Qe4 bxc6 24. Bd3 {
is the line the computer likes, after which even it doesn't know what to think.
}) 19. dxc6 Nxa1 20. Rd1 $1 {
After this move he began to sense danger, but it was a bit late.} Qf6 21. Ne4
Be6 22. Rd7+ $1 {Shockingly the computer misses this move, but I don't see how,
nothing else looked good to me at all.} Rf7 (22... Kg6 23. Qc1 Qf5 24. cxb7
Rab8 25. Qc6 {is crushing.}) 23. Nxf6 $6 (23. Qc1 Qf5 24. cxb7 Rb8 25. Qc3+ {
is stronger.}) 23... Bxc4 24. Nh5+ $1 Kf8 $2 {
But after this move, black loses quickly.} (24... Kh7 25. Bxc4 Rxd7 26. cxd7
Rd8 27. Be6 {
is probably winning or close to it, but white still has work to do.}) (24...
Kg6 25. Ne5+ Kxh5 26. Rxf7 Bxf7 27. g4+ Kh4 28. g3+ Kh3 29. Bf1# {
is one of the many pretty variations.}) 25. cxb7 Rb8 26. Ne5 $3 {This is my
orite move of the game.  It is not only pretty, but without it white would be
simply lost.  I had to have this in mind when I played 23. Nxf6.  As it turns
out, I have this move, and it wins instantly.} Bxf2+ (26... Rxd7 27. Nxd7+ Ke7
28. Nxb8 Bxb5 29. Na6 {and I queen.}) (26... c6 27. Bxc4 Rxb7 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7
29. Nxf7) 27. Kh2 Re7 (27... Bg1+ 28. Kh1 {doesn't help.}) 28. Bxc4 {and black 
resigned, as he's either losing all his pieces or getting mated.  While it
wasn't a perfect game, I felt it was one of the nicest I'd played in awhile,
and it gave me the spark I needed to earn my final norm in this tournament.}
1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA w"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Braunlich"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 $5 7. a3 $6 {
Playing this way is normal if black plays ...Qb6 on move 5 or 6. But here it
looks inaccurate as black's queen can now go to d7 to support ...Ba4 quickly,
as Anna demonstrates.} c4 8. O-O Na5 9. Nbd2 Bc6 10. g3 Qd7 11. Nh4 Ba4 {
It's funny that black can afford to spend several moves just to execute this
plan, without developing her kingside, but strangely black is already better
here.} 12. Qe1 Ne7 13. f4 h5 14. h3 Kd8 $1 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Kc7 {Now the ki
ng strolls to safety in the corner, after which black will fight on the
kingside.} 17. Qg3 Kb8 18. Ndf3 Ka8 19. Be3 Bc2 $1 20. Rac1 Bh7 21. Ng5 Bg8 22.
f5 {We brought this position up on the screen in the commentary room here, and
someone asked, "How the heck did black's bishop get to g8?"} exf5 23. gxf5 f6
24. e6 $2 (24. Nh3 {is a better try. Now after 24. e6, Qb5 wins material. But
Anna prefers to concentrate on opening up the kingside.}) 24... Qe8 25. Nh3 Bh7
26. Bg4 Rd8 27. Nf4 g5 28. fxg6 Bxg6 29. Rce1 {
White should have taken the opportunity to grab the rogue bishop.} Be4 30. Nfg2
Bg7 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rg8 33. Bf4 Nac6 34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Bd6 Qh5 36. Qf2 Rh8
37. Rg3 Qh7 38. Qf4 $6 ({White might try for counterplay with} 38. b3 cxb3 39.
Qb2 {but even then the plan of ...Bh6-g5 is strong, as in the game.}) 38... Bh6
39. Qf3 Bg5 40. Rh3 Rcg8 41. Kh2 Bxh4 0-1

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman, Y."]
[Black "Kudrin, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Braunlich"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.19"]

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 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nf6
15. Nd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 {In this classic form of the modern exchange
Gruenfeld, Kudrin's has achieved play down the c-file that is close to
equalizing.} 17. h3 Qc2 18. Bd3 Qa4 19. Bb5 Qc2 {Now 20.Bd3 would force a
repetition, but in one of the turning points of the tournament Yury decides to
risk for more.} 20. Re1 $5 Qc3 $2 ({Sergey misses his chance here. As the
players discussed in the post-mortem, with} 20... Rc3 {black would have been
slightly better and Yury would have to demonstrate a way to equalize. But now
Yury achieves a strong space edge and passed d-pawn.}) 21. Bd3 $1 e5 22. d5 Nd7
23. Bb5 $1 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Bf6 25. h4 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Nc5 27. Nc4 {
The e5 pawn is remarkably indefensible.} h6 (27... a6 28. Nxb6 axb5 29. Nxc8
Rxc8 30. Rxb5 {is also difficult for black}) 28. Nxe5 hxg5 29. f3 Kg7 30. Ra3
Ra8 31. Bc6 Rfb8 32. Rc3 {
White's advantage in the center is now very difficult for black to resist.} f6
33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxc5 fxe5 35. Rc6 Re8 36. Kf2 g4 37. Rbc1 gxf3 38. gxf3 Rf7
39. Rc7 Ref8 40. Ke3 Kh6 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Rc6 b5 43. Re6 a5 44. Rxe5 b4 45.
Re6 Rb7 46. Ra6 b3 47. axb3 Rxb3+ 48. Kf4 Ra3 49. d6 Kg7 50. Ke5 Rxf3 51. d7
1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, J."]
[Black "Shulman, Y."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Braunlich"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 {With a one point lead, Shulman shows courage playing the
complex Winawer against a dangerous opponent.} 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 {All this is well known. White begins to
use his extra passed pawn on the h-file, but French fans like their active
pieces in this line. The players are following a recent GM game from Baku.} Nf5
16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Ba3 Bc6 22. Qc3
{Diagram #} Rg4 $1 {Shulman had found this move at home and thought he would
try it since he was unable to find a good way to continue for white.} 23. h6 ({
Using his trump pawn, but it doesn't work out. Black has the B+R discoveries
under control, and the game shows that white needs to think defensively. One
of the alternatives the players looked atwas} 23. a5 $5 {
which at least allows Ra4, getting Ba3 into play. i.e.} Rdg8 (23... Bb5 24.
Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Nd4 Qxc3+ 26. Rxc3+ {is perhaps okay for white.}) 24. Ra4 Qa7 $5
(24... Qb5 25. Rb4 Qc5 $11) 25. Rb4 {But even then black has} Rxg2 $5 {
with an attack.}) 23... Rh8 24. h7 Rg7 25. Rb3 Qa7 26. Bc1 ({
Saving the pawn with} 26. a5 {would seem to be better. Then} Nxa3 27. Rxa3 d4 {
is also pleasant for black, although probably about equal.}) 26... Bxa4 27. Qb4
b5 28. Rh5 a5 29. Qc3 Rgxh7 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Qd3 Qc5 32. Nc3 Rh5 33. Nxa4 bxa4
34. Rc3 Kb8 35. Ba3 Qb5 36. Kf2 ({Tigran Petrosian suggested that white's last
chance was to sac another exchange and see if black can figure out how to win
the ending after} 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 dxc4 38. Bxc4 {
Now Yury finishes in nice style.}) 36... Rh1 37. Bd6+ Kb7 38. Be2 Qb6+ 39. Kg3
R1h3+ 0-1

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaidanov, G."]
[Black "Onischuk, Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Braunlich"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 {
To the delight of the fans, the two super-GMs play into the old main line of
the Two Knights.} 8. Qf3 {An uncommon alternative to 8. Be2. And now 8...Rb8
is the most common reply. But the GMs go their own way.} Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
h6 11. Ne4 Nd5 {Black's threat of ...f5 induces more manouvers from white.} 12.
Ng3 Nb4 13. Nf5 Bg5 $1 14. Re1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qf6 16. Ng3 $5 ({
White can avoid the destruction of his pawn formation with} 16. h4 Bxf5 17.
hxg5 hxg5 {, but black has won back his pawn with a good game.}) 16... Qxf3 17.
gxf3 {Diagram #} c5 $3 {A real grandmaster move! Instead of something timid
like 17...Bf4 18. b4, Nb7, Alex sacrifices two pawns to get his pieces
coordinated. The knight on a5, always a problem for black in this line, comes
very quickly to d4 to lead the attack on white's weak pawns.} 18. Rxe5 Nc6 19.
Rxc5 Nd4 20. Nc3 Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 Ne1 $1 22. Nce4 f5 23. Nd6 Be7 24. Rxc8 Raxc8
25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. b4 $2 ({Trying to jettison a few pawns to develop the
hapless bishop. But the move allows black to keep his f-pawn with ...g6 soon,
and so in the post-mortem the players were looking at} 26. Nxf5 Bf6 27. b3 $1
Nxd3 28. Ba3 {as white's best chance, although even then the invasion with} Rc2
{favors black.}) 26... Nxd3 27. Ba3 g6 $1 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Nf1 Rxa2 30. Rb3
Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Bb2 Kf7 33. d3 Ng5 34. Nd2 Bf6 35. Nc4 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Bxb2
37. Kxf3 Bd4 38. Kg3 g5 39. Ra3 Rxa3 40. Nxa3 Ke6 41. Nc2 Ke5 42. h3 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Gurevich, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Tigran L. Petrosian"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 $6 {I don't like this move because now
after 5. cxd black can't take 5...exd because of 6.Bg5 and it's a bad form of
the Tarrasch defense for him.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6
({Usually black has preferred to play} 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Be2 Bxd2+ 11.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 {with a slightly better ending for white.}) 9. a3 {
To prevent ...Bb4+ and to preserve the dark-square bishops, which is for sure
better for white.} Be7 10. Bd3 O-O {
Black can't take with ...Nxd4 because of 11.Nxd4, Qxd4 12. Bb5+ and then Qxd4.}
11. Bb2 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 $1 ({The position after} 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {
is about equal.}) 12... b6 13. Qe2 {To prevent ...Ba6, exchanging bishops.} Bb7
14. h4 $1 Rac8 15. Rh3 $1 {Very risky, but at the same time very strong!} Nb8
$6 ({It's hard to suggest a good move for black, but after this white's attack
is very easy. FOr example, if black plays} 15... Rfd8 16. Rg3 Bf8 17. e5 Ne7
18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Qh5 {with mate.}) 16. d5 $1 {
Sacrificing a pawn and opening the bishop's diagonal.} exd5 17. Rg3 f6 ({Now} 
17... g6 {is also losing} 18. exd5 Bd6 (18... Qxd5 19. Qxe7 Qxd3+ 20. Kg1 Nd7
21. Ne5) 19. Ng5 $1 Bxg3 20. Qh5 $3 gxh5 21. Bxh7# {mate.}) 18. Nd4 $1 {
Black has to continue to play actively, because black needs only one tempo to
equalize.} dxe4 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Bxe4 h5 21. Qe6 {
The position is almost losing, but black tries his last chance.} Bxe4 22. Qxc8+
Kh7 23. Qxb8 Qd2 24. Qe8 Bd5 25. Rxg7+ {
Giving no chance. 25.Qb5 is also winning.} Kxg7 26. Nf5+ Kh7 27. Nxe7 Bxg2+ 28.
Kg1 {A very nice game by Akobian.} 1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA w"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Braunlich"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 {
The Kavalek System. Relatively rare at top levels nowadays.} 8. e4 e5 ({
The aggressive-looking} 8... Qh5 {is considered good for white after} 9. Ng5 {
trading queens, with a space edge.}) 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Qc7 12. Be3
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 {The game has transposed into something similar
to normal fianchetto lines. Anna tries to put the squeeze on now, as is often
seen in this line.} 15. b3 h5 16. Rad1 Nfd7 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Red1 a4 19. b4 Nxc4
$5 (19... Ne6 {is also possible but after} 20. Nce2 {white is better.
Therefore Irina take the moment to complicate the position with a positional
piece sacrifice.}) 20. bxc5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 dxc5 22. Nde2 b5 23. e5 $5 {
Opening lines for her pieces, but risky.} Bf5 24. Qc1 Bxe5 25. Ne4 c4 (25...
Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxg3 27. Rd7 Qe5 28. Bxc6 Rac8 29. Bd5 {
was another unclear way to play it.}) 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Be4 ({With three
wns and a better structure, black has compensatin for the piece. Challenging
the d-file with} 27... Rad8 {
was also possible, but would have meant trading a lot of material.}) 28. Qd2 {
White's control of the d-file, and the strongpoint on d6, help defend her
weaknesses.} Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qe7 30. Kf2 h4 31. Qd4 {White is consolidating, so
black cleverly sacrifices a pawn to get her passed pawn moving for counterplay.
} c5 32. Qxc5 Rac8 33. Qd4 c3 34. Nxc3 hxg3+ 35. Kg2 $2 ({
In some time pressure Anna misses} 35. Kf3 {, which apparently is winning. Then
} Rxc3 36. Qxc3 Qe4+ 37. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 39. Kg4 Rxa3 40. Rb1 {
is insufficient for black to save the game.}) 35... Qxe3 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Nxb5
Rb3 $1 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kg7 40. Nd4 ({White cannot really avoid her
a-pawn getting traded off, after which she doesn't have enough pawns left to
win. If} 40. Rd5 {white seems to have no way to make progress, i.e.} f5 41. h4
Kf6 {etc. Fine defense by Irina.}) 40... Rxa3 41. Nf3 Ra1 42. Kxg3 a3 43. Ra8
a2 44. Kf2 g5 45. Ne1 Kg6 46. Nc2 Rh1 47. Kg2 Rd1 48. Rxa2 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Kh5 50.
Ke3 Rh2 51. Kd3 f5 52. Ra8 Rxh3+ 53. Ne3 g4 54. Rf8 Rf3 55. Ke2 Kg5 56. Rf7 Kg6
57. Ra7 Kg5 58. Ra5 Rf4 59. Ra8 Rf3 60. Rf8 Kg6 61. Rb8 Kg5 62. Rb5 Rf4 63. Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Parilla, Medina"]
[Black "Chiang, Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5
exd5 15. Rxe7+ Kf8 16. Bf5 h6 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxd7 hxg5 19. h3 gxf4 20. Bc6
Ra7 21. Bxd5 g6 22. Bf3 Rd7 23. Nc6 Kg7 24. Nb4 a5 25. Nd3 g5 26. Bc6 Re7 27.
Bxb5 f3 28. gxf3 Rxh3 29. Bc6 f5 30. a3 Rh2 31. b4 Ree2 32. Ba4 axb4 33. axb4
Re3 34. Rg1 Kf6 35. Bc6 Ree2 36. Ne1 Rh4 37. b5 Ra4 38. Kd1 Re7 39. Nd3 Ra1+
40. Nc1 Rb1 41. Kd2 Rg7 42. Rg2 Ra1 43. Nb3 Rh1 44. b6 Rh8 45. Na5 g4 46. fxg4
fxg4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robinson, Darrian"]
[Black "Berrios, Angelica"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator " "]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bd7 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. a3 Be7 13. g3 f6 14. Kg2 a6 15. Qd2
fxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Rad1 Be8 18. h3 Bc5 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Bd3 Bh5 21. Be2 Bxf3+
22. Bxf3 Nfd4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Bg4 Nxb3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qe1 Rxf2+ 27. Qxf2
Bxf2 28. Rxd5 Qe7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ballantyne, Rochelle"]
[Black "Liu, Cheryl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator " "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/pp5p/2b1p1p1/3pP2n/qP1B2Q1/P2B2PP/6PK/R3R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2008.07.09"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]

1. Rec1 Ng7 2. Bc2 Qb5 3. Bc5 Rf7 4. a4 Qa6 5. b5 Qa5 6. bxc6 1-0

