[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. h3 Nf6 7. g4 O-O 8. gxf5
exf5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb1 cxd5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Rxg7+ Qxg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ Rf6 20. O-O-O h6
21. d3 Kf7 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Rxf3 24. exd5 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Bf5+ 26. Ka2 Ne5 27.
d6+ Kg6 28. Be2 Rxh3 29. Qd4 Rf8 30. Bb5 Be6 31. Qe4+ Kh5 32. Be2+ Kh4 33. d7
Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qe7+ Bg5 36. Qxd7 Rf4 37. f3 Rh2 38. Qd3 Kg3 39. b4 Rf2
40. Kb1 Kg2 41. Bd1 Bh4 42. Qg6+ Bg3 43. Bc2 h5 44. Qxh5 Rc4 45. Be4 Rd4 46.
f4+ Rxe4 47. Qd5 Rfe2 48. Qxb7 Kg1 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stein, Alan"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 Qf7 10. dxc5 Nge7 11. Bd3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. O-O
Nc6 15. Qg3 e5 16. Rb1 Be6 17. Bg5 Rac8 18. Bh4 e4 19. Be2 h6 20. Qe3 Rc7 21.
Bg3 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Ne7 23. Bb5 Nf5 24. Qf4 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Rc7 26. Qe3 Rfc8 27. c6
bxc6 28. Be2 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rb7 30. Ba6 Rb6 31. Be2 Qe7 32. Qe5 Rf5 33. Qd4 Qxa3
34. Bg4 Rf6 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. c4 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Qa4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rb7 Rg6
40. Rxa7 Qxc2 41. g3 Qd3 42. Qxd3 exd3 43. cxd5 Rd6 44. Kf1 Rxd5 45. Ke1 Re5+
46. Kd2 Re2+ 47. Kxd3 Rxf2 48. Ke4 Rxh2 49. Kf5 Rf2+ 50. Kg4 Kg6 51. Rc7 h5+
52. Kh3 Rc2 53. Rd7 Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kf5 55. Rd7 g5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Be7 14. b4 Rf8 15. c5
Nf6 16. Rc1 h5 17. Nf2 h4 18. g4 f4 19. Bd2 dxc5 20. Nd3 cxb4 21. Nb5 c6 22. d6
Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bd8 24. Nxe5 cxb5 25. Nxg6 Rf7 26. Bxf4 Be6 27. Qd2 Nd7 28. Be3
Qa5 29. Bd4 Kh7 30. f4 b3 31. Qe3 b2 32. Bxb2 Qb6 33. Qd2 Bc4 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35.
Bxc4 Kxg6 36. f5+ Kh7 37. Bxf7 Qb5 38. Rg1 Bf6 39. g5 Nxf5 40. g6+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. O-O e6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Na3 Rc8 11. d3 a6 12. Nc2 f6 13. Qe1 Bd6 14. e4 O-O 15. Nd2
Bf7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qh4 dxc4 18. dxc4 e5 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bg6 23. f5 Bf7 24. Ne4 h6 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Re3 Ke8 27. Bc1 Qa5 28. Rg3
Bf8 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Nxf6+ Ke7 31. Ng4+ Ke8 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Nxe5+ Kc7 34. Nxf7
Re8 35. Qe1 Qxe1 36. Rfxe1 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bd6 40. Nxd6
Kxd6 41. g5 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "305"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rae1 fxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nf5
15. Qd1 Nd4 16. Nf3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 h6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. h3 Bh5 21.
c5 Rae8 22. b5 Kh8 23. Qa3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxb5 25. cxd6 Qxd5 26. dxc7 Qc6 27.
Qg4 f3 28. gxf3 Qxc7 29. Qxg6 Re5 30. h4 Qe7 31. Ng3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qxh4 33. Re8
Qf4 34. Re7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxb7 Rxf3 37. Kg2 Rf8 38. f4 Rxf4 39. Rxg7
Ra4 40. Rd7 Rxa2+ 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. Ne4 Kf8 43. Kf4 Ra5 44. Nf6 h5 45. Rh7 h4 46.
Kg4 h3 47. Rxh3 Kf7 48. Ne4 Ke6 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Kf4 Kc7 51. Nc3 Kb7 52. Ke4
Rc5 53. Kd4 Rc6 54. Rh5 Rc8 55. Ne4 Rc6 56. Kd5 Rc7 57. Rh6 Rd7+ 58. Kc5 Rc7+
59. Kb5 Re7 60. Nc5+ Kc7 61. Rg6 Rh7 62. Ne6+ Kb7 63. Nc5+ Kc7 64. Rc6+ Kb8 65.
Na6+ Kb7 66. Rd6 Kc8 67. Nb4 Kc7 68. Kc5 Kb7 69. Nd5 Rg7 70. Rh6 Rd7 71. Rh1
Rg7 72. Rh2 Kc8 73. Kd6 Rg6+ 74. Ke7 Rg7+ 75. Kf6 Rd7 76. Ke6 Rg7 77. Ne7+ Kc7
78. Rc2+ Kb6 79. Ra2 a5 80. Nf5 Rg4 81. Kd5 Rg5 82. Ke4 Kb5 83. Ne3 Rh5 84.
Rb2+ Kc5 85. Rb8 Rh4+ 86. Kd3 Rh3 87. Rc8+ Kb5 88. Kd4 Rh4+ 89. Kc3 Rh3 90. Re8
Rh5 91. Nc2 Rh3+ 92. Kb2 Rh5 93. Rc8 Rh2 94. Rc3 Ka4 95. Rc5 Rg2 96. Rh5 Rg4
97. Ne3 Rg3 98. Re5 Kb4 99. Nc2+ Ka4 100. Nd4 Rg8 101. Nc6 Rg5 102. Re4+ Kb5
103. Nd4+ Kb6 104. Kb3 Rg1 105. Nc2 Rg5 106. Ka4 Rg2 107. Na3 Kc5 108. Rc4+ Kb6
109. Rh4 Kc5 110. Rh5+ Kd4 111. Nb5+ Kc4 112. Kxa5 Rg6 113. Rh1 Kc5 114. Rc1+
Kd5 115. Nc7+ Kd6 116. Kb6 Kd7+ 117. Kb7 Rd6 118. Rh1 Rd2 119. Rh7+ Kd6 120.
Kb6 Rb2+ 121. Nb5+ Ke6 122. Kc5 Rc2+ 123. Kd4 Rd2+ 124. Ke3 Rb2 125. Nd4+ Kd5
126. Rh5+ Kc4 127. Ne6 Rb5 128. Rh4+ Kc3 129. Re4 Rb1 130. Nf4 Rb3 131. Nd5+
Kb2+ 132. Kd4 Rb8 133. Re1 Rd8 134. Re5 Kb3 135. Re7 Kc2 136. Rb7 Rd6 137. Rb8
Rd7 138. Rc8+ Kd2 139. Rh8 Ke2 140. Ke4 Kf2 141. Rf8+ Ke2 142. Nc3+ Kd2 143.
Nd5 Ke2 144. Nf6 Re7+ 145. Kd4 Ra7 146. Nd5 Ra4+ 147. Ke5 Ra5 148. Kd4 Ra4+
149. Kc3 Ra3+ 150. Kb2 Ra7 151. Nc3+ Kd3 152. Rf3+ Kd2 153. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8.
Qh4 Nc6 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. g3 d6 14. f4 Bd7
15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Be2 Rac8 17. Rd3 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Be8 19. Bf3 b5 20. a3 Bb6 21.
Nd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. R4d3 Ba8 24. b3 Rc5 25. Kb2 Rdc8 26. R1d2 Nf8 27. Ne2
e5 28. Rxd6 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Kxd6 31. f5 Nd7 32. g4 Nb8 33. Kc3
Nc6 34. b4 Bb7 35. h4 h6 36. Bg2 Bc8 37. Bf3 Bd7 38. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nf1
Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Ne3 Qe8 11. h4 h5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 hxg4 15.
Nd2 Na5 16. Nxg4 Bg7 17. Bc2 f5 18. Ne3 f4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qf3 c6 21. Nb4 d5
22. O-O-O d4 23. Rdg1 dxc3 24. bxc3 Rf6 25. h5 Qe7 26. hxg6 Qc5 27. Rh7 Rxg6
28. Rxg6 Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Nb3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 O-O 15.
Bd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. Bf1 Nc5 20. Bh3 Rb8 21. Ne2
b4 22. Nf4 a5 23. Rg1 Kg7 24. Qe3 e5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27. Rgd1 Rb6 28.
Qd2 Nb7 29. Rf1 Nc5 30. Rd1 Nb7 31. Rf1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Qg4 Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Rxg2 11. Bd2 Nbc6 12. O-O-O Qe5 13. f4 Qg7 14.
Qxg7 Rxg7 15. e5 Nb4 16. Be2 Nbd5 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. c4 Nde7 19. Kb1 Kf8 20. Bb4
Be3 21. Ng3 Bxf4 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Nd4 Rg2 24. Nxf5 Rxe2 25. Bxe7+ Ke8 26. Rhg1
d5 27. Rg8+ Kd7 28. Rxd5+ Kc7 29. Bd8+ Kb8 30. Bb6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a3 Nf6 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Kf2 Ke7 14. Nb3 Rac8
15. Na5 Ba8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Na2 Rhc8 18. g3 Rc2 19. Bd4 e5 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21.
Bc3 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Rxa2 23. Rd1 Kd8 24. Bb4 Kc7 25. Rc1+ Kb6 26. Rc8 Bb7 27. Rc1
Nb8 28. Nb3 Nc6 29. Bc5+ Kc7 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Ke3 Nd7 32. Bd6+ Kb6 33. Bb4 Bc8
34. Rd6 Ndb8 35. Kd3 Rb2 36. Bd1 Kc7 37. Kc3 Rxh2 38. Rd3 Nxb4 39. axb4 h5 40.
f4 exf4 41. gxf4 Bg4 42. Nc5 Bxd1 43. Rxd1 Rh3+ 44. Kb2 h4 45. Rg1 Rg3 46. Rc1
Nc6 47. Nxa6+ Kb6 48. Nc5 Nxb4 49. Nd7+ Kb7 50. Nc5+ Ka7 51. Ra1+ Kb6 52. Nd7+
Kb7 53. Nc5+ Kc6 54. Rc1 Rg2+ 55. Kb3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Nfd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. Qxb4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 d5 15.
Qb7 dxe4 16. Qxa8 Qd1+ 17. Bf1 Qxc1 18. Qxb8+ Bd8 19. Nfd2 O-O 20. Nb3 Qxc2 21.
Na3 Qxb2 22. Nc4 Qc3 23. Rc1 Qf3 24. Ne5 Qh5 25. Rc8 Qd1 26. Nc6 e3 27. Rxd8
exf2+ 28. Kg2 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ross, Laura R"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. g5 d4 17. f5 Rfd8 18. Qh5 Ne5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. f6
Bf8 22. Rf3 g6 23. Qg4 Qe4 24. Rh3 Ne3 25. Nd2 Qxc2 26. Qh4 h5 27. Qf2 Rac8 28.
Re1 Bb4 29. Re2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O c6 9. f3 h6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bb6 18. Be3 a6 19. Qg4 Qc8 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. Kh1
Kf8 22. Rf6 Nc6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Bxh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
g3 Nb6 15. Ba5 c5 16. d5 e5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 f5 19. c4 e4 20. h5 Bg7 21.
Kb1 Kb8 22. Rh3 Qe7 23. Rdh1 g5 24. Bd2 Bd4 25. Bc2 Rde8 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Bc1
Nc8 28. g4 Nd6 29. Re3 fxg4 30. Qxg4 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Nxc4 32. Bc1 Qxf2 33. Rxe4
Nd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qxd2 35. Qf5 a6 36. a3 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Qf4 38. Qxf4+ gxf4 39. Bf3
Rg8 40. Kc2 Rg3 41. Bd1 f3 42. Kd2 f2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 Qa5 5. Qb3 bxc4 6. Qxc4 Ba6 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qf3
Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qd1 N8c6 11. Ngf3 Rb8 12. a3 c3 13. Nb3 cxb2 14. Nxa5 bxa1=Q
15. Nb3 Qc3+ 16. Qd2 Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Qxb3 18. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 e5
21. Bb2 f6 22. Nd2 Bc5 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Be3 25. Rg4 Bxd2 26. Rxg7 Be3 27.
Bxf6 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 29. Kd3 Ne6 30. Rg4 Ke7 31. Kc4 Rhc8+ 32. Kd3 Rb3+ 33.
Kd2 Rf8 34. Kc2 Nd4+ 35. Kd2 Rf2+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Rf8 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Rhe1 Be6 14.
Nc5 Rfe8 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Bg4 Rd6 17. Rd5 Rxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Kb1 Nd3 20.
Re2 Bd6 21. g3 Kg7 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Re7 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Kc2
a5 27. Be2 Kf8 28. Re3 Rb8 29. Re5 Ne6 30. Bc4 Nd4+ 31. Kc3 Nb5+ 32. Bxb5 cxb5
33. Kd4 a4 34. b4 Kg7 35. a3 Kf6 36. f4 Rd8+ 37. Rd5 Rb8 38. Kc5 Ke7 39. Rd6
Rc8+ 40. Rc6 Rd8 41. Kxb5 Rd2 42. Kxa4 Rxh2 43. b5 Rb2 44. Rc3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Schneider, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Stein, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Florean, Andrei"]
[Black "Ross, Laura R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Black "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Bg5 e6 8. e3 Be7
9. a5 Nbd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Bf3
Bg5 16. Rfd1 Bxf4 17. exf4 Nf6 18. c5 Bh5 19. Bxh5 Nxh5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Re1 Re8
22. Re2 Qc7 23. Qb6 Qb8 24. Rae1 g6 25. h4 h5 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Qb4 Ra8 28. Ng5
Qc7 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. f3 Re7 32. b4 Rh8 33. Qd3 Ree8 34. Re5 Nd7 35.
R5e2 Nf6 36. Re3 Qb8 37. Qc2 Qc7 38. Qe2 Qb8 39. Re5 Nd7 40. Nxe6+ fxe6 41.
Rxe6 Rxe6 42. Qxe6 Nf8 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. f5 Rh7 45. Qg5 Rg7 46. Re7 Rxe7 47.
Qxe7 gxf5 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Qxf5+ Kg7 50. Qxh5 Ne6 51. Qf5 Qe8 52. Qe5+ Kf7 53.
Kf2 Qg8 54. f4 Qg4 55. h5 Qh3 56. f5 Ng5 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. Qd6+ Kxf5 59. Qf4+
Ke6 60. Qe5+ Kf7 61. Qxg5 Qh2+ 62. Kf3 Qh1+ 63. Kg4 Qd1+ 64. Kf5 Qxd4 65. Qf4
Qd3+ 66. Ke5+ Ke8 67. h6 d4 68. g4 Kd7 69. Qxd4+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
h6 9. Bd3 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. Ba3 c4 12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh4 a6 15. f4
Na7 16. Qd2 Nb5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. g4 Ng6 19. Ng2 Bb7 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Qg3 Qd8 22.
Ba3 Nxa3 23. Rxa3 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Qe7 27. Bh5 Rf8 28.
Raa1 Nh8 29. Nf4 Rf5 30. h4 e5 31. Ng6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Nxg6 33. Bxg6 Rf8 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxe5 a4 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qg4 Qd6 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Rd1 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Bc6 16. Qe2 Qh4 17. f4 Rad8 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 h5 20. g3 g6 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. a3 Bc6 26. Ke3 Kf8 27.
Kd4 Ke7 28. Kc5 Kd7 29. Bb3 b6+ 30. Kd4 Ke7 31. Bc2 Kd7 32. Bd3 Ke7 33. Bc4 Ke8
34. h4 Ke7 35. Kc3 Ke8 36. Kb4 Ke7 37. Ba6 Kd7 38. a4 Kc7 39. a5 Bd5 40. Bb5
Bc6 41. axb6+ Kxb6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ka5 Kc7 44. Kb5 Kb7 45. Kc5 Kc7 46. b3 Kd7
47. Kb5 Kc7 48. Kc5 Kd7 49. Kb5 Kc7 50. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. cxb6 Nc5
15. Qc2 Qxb6 16. Be2 d4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bb7 19. Nf5 Ne4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3+ 23. Kf1 Bc8 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27.
Rxc8 Rxb3 28. Bd1 Ra3 29. h4 g6 30. h5 g5 31. Bc2+ Kg7 32. Rg4 Ba5 33. Re4 Ra1+
34. Kg2 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Rd1 36. f4 gxf4 37. exf4 Bb6 38. Rc6 Re1 39. Bd5 Re7 40.
Kf3 Bd4 41. Rd6 Bb2 42. Be4 Rc7 43. Rc6 Rd7 44. Bf5 Rb7 45. Bc8 Re7 46. Ba6 Bd4
47. Rd6 Bc5 48. Rc6 Bb6 49. Rd6 Re3+ 50. Kg4 Rc3 51. Rd7 Rc6 52. Bb7 Rf6 53.
Bd5 a5 54. Bb3 Be3 55. f5 Bc5 56. Kf4 Bb4 57. Ra7 Bd2+ 58. Ke4 Be1 59. Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. a4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Ne3 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Nd2 g6 21. Qf3 Nb7
22. a5 Qc7 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. exf5 Bd5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 d5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28.
Qxd5 Bg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. h4 Rad8 31. Qf3 Nd6 32. hxg5 e4 33. Qf4 Qc5 34. g4
Qe5 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Rad1 Ree8 37. b4 Kf8 38. Rd5 Nc4 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Rxe4
Rd3 41. f6 Rxc3 42. Re7 Nd6 43. Ra7 Rc6 44. Kg2 Ke8 45. f4 Nc8 46. Rb7 Rc4 47.
Kg3 Rxb4 48. f5 Nd6 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. g6 Kg8 51. Kh3 Rb3+ 52. Kh4 Rb1 53. Kg5
Rf1 54. Kh5 Rh1+ 55. Kg5 Rf1 56. gxf7+ Nxf7+ 57. Kh4 Rh1+ 58. Kg3 Ra1 59. Re8+
Kh7 60. Re7 Kg8 61. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bc4 N8c6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O g6 11. Qb3 e6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Na3 a6 14. Be3 b5
15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Bb6 Qxb6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxb6 Ke7 20. e5 Bxe5
21. Qb7 Rad8 22. Rac1 Nb8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rc7 Ke8 25. a4 Kf8 26. a5 Kg7 27. a6
Bc6 28. Rxf7+ Kh6 29. Rxd8 Bxb7 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. axb7 Bxb2 32. Kf2 g5 33. Rf8
Bd4+ 34. Kf3 Ba7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. fxg5 Nc6 37. Rf4 Bb8 38. Ra4 Ne5+ 39. Ke2 Kg6
40. h4 Kh5 41. g3 Kg6 42. Rf4 Nd7 43. Rd4 Nc5 44. Kf3 Be5 45. Rb4 Nd7 46. Rc4
Kf7 47. Rc8 Bd6 48. h5 Be5 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. Kh4 Nb8 51. Rc5 Bd6 52. Rc3 Be7 53.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 dxe5 8. dxe5
Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be4 Ra7 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Rb7 15.
Nd4 Nxe5 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5+ Bxe5 20. Rxd5 Bxc3 21.
Nxc3 gxh6 22. Rd6 Rd7 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Rxh6 Re8 25. Kf1 b4 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.
Ne4 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Nd6+ Kd8 30. Nxc4 Be6 31. Kd3 Bxc4+ 32. Kxc4 Rxb2 33.
Rxa6 Rxf2 34. g3 Rxh2 35. Kxb4 h5 36. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 g6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15.
Qf2 Nc5 16. Bb1 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ng5 f6 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Be3 Bxe4 24. Qxb2 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Rd6 26. f5 Qg7 27. Qc2
gxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qd7 30. Qf3 Qc6 31. Qh3 Qd7 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qf3+
Rf6 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Rd1 Nd3 36. h3 b5 37. Kg1 h6 38. Qh4 Rd6 39. Qe4 Rd5 40.
h4 Rd6 41. h5 Kg8 42. Rd2 a5 43. Qa8+ Qd8 44. Qxd8+ Rxd8 45. Bb6 Rd5 46. Bxa5
Kf7 47. Bb6 Kf6 48. Be3 Kf5 49. Bxh6 Kg4 50. Be3 Kxh5 51. Kf1 Kg4 52. a3 b4 53.
Ke2 bxa3 54. Rxd3 Rxd3 55. Kxd3 a2 56. Bd4 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Stein, Alan"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Nd4 Bc4 14.
Rfe1 c5 15. Nf3 b6 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Nh2 Nf5 18. Bc3 Bc6 19. Nf4 Be7 20. e6 Bd6
21. Be5 f6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Ng6 Re8 24. f3 Nf5 25. c3 Ne7 26. Nf4 Kb7 27. Nf1
Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nh5 Rg8 30. Ne3 Be8 31. Nf4 c6 32. Rd1 Kc7 33. Ne2 f5
34. g4 Rf8 35. Ng3 f4 36. Nef5 fxg3 37. Nxe7 g6 38. Kg2 Rf6 39. Re1 Rf8 40. Rd1
Rf6 41. Re1 Rf8 42. Kxg3 Kd6 43. Nc8+ Kc7 44. Rd1 Rf6 45. Nd6 Rxe6 46. Nxe8+
Rxe8 47. Kf2 g5 48. Rd2 a5 49. Re2 Rd8 50. Re7+ Kd6 51. Rh7 Ke5 52. Ke3 Rd6 53.
Re7+ Kd5 54. Re4 b5 55. f4 gxf4+ 56. Rxf4 Re6+ 57. Kd2 c4 58. Rf5+ Ke4 59. a4
Rd6+ 60. Ke2 Rd3 61. Rh5 bxa4 62. Rxh6 a3 63. bxa3 Rxc3 64. Rxc6 Kd5 65. Ra6
Rxa3 66. h4 Ra2+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Kf4 c3 69. Ke3 Ra4 70. Kd3 Rxg4 71. Rxa5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 a6 7. e4 d6 8. Be3
e6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15.
Qf2 Bf8 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Nde2 Ba8 19. a4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. d6 Qb8 25. h3 b4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxc8 Qxc8
28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Ng3 Re6 31. Qa7 Qd8 32. Qc7 Qf6 33. Rf1 Bxd6
34. Bxd6 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qxd6 36. Qd8+ Nf8 37. Qg5 Qe7 38. Qd2 Re3 39. Rf3 Rxf3
40. gxf3 Qe6 41. Kg2 Qxb3 42. Ne4 Ne6 43. Kg3 Kg7 44. Nc5 Nxc5 45. Qd4+ f6 46.
Qxc5 Qc3 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Kg4 Qd4+ 49. f4 f5+ 50. Kg3 Qe4 51. Qc7 Qe3+ 52. Kg2
b3 53. Qb8 Qe2+ 54. Kg3 b2 55. Qf8+ Kh5 56. Qf6 Qd3+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qb3+
59. Kh2 h6 60. Qe7 Qc2+ 61. Kg3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ b5 6. Nxb5 Bd7 7. d6 Bxb5 8.
Qxb5+ Nd7 9. Nf3 Bxd6 10. g3 Ngf6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Qa4 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qxa7
Ra8 15. Qb7 Nc5 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Nd2 Rfb8 18. Qc4 Ra4 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. b3 Ra6 21.
Bb2 Qa7 22. a3 h5 23. Rac1 h4 24. b4 Na4 25. Ba1 Nb6 26. Bb2 Na4 27. Ba1 Qd7
28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 h3 30. Bf3 Nb6 31. Bg4 Qe7 32. Bb2 Na4 33. Ba1 Nb6 34. e3
Rxa3 35. exd4 Ra4 36. dxe5 Bxb4 37. e6 Bc3 38. exf7+ Qxf7 39. Qe6 Bxa1 40. Rxa1
Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Nd5 42. Bxh3 Nf6 43. Ra7 Qxe6 44. Bxe6+ Kh8 45. h4 Rb6 46. Bf5
Rb8 47. Kg2 Rf8 48. Bg6 Ng4 49. f4 Kg8 50. h5 Kh8 51. Kh3 Nf6 52. Kh4 Rd8 53.
g4 Rf8 54. Kg5 Ng8 55. Bf5 Nh6 56. Be6 Kh7 57. f5 Kh8 58. Kf4 Re8 59. g5 Ng8
60. Ke5 Ne7 61. Rc7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. Ne2 b4 13. c3 a5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15.
Ned4 Nc5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Nb3 Na4 21.
Qd2 O-O 22. Nfd4 Rfc8 23. O-O Rc4 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Rcd1 h6 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxf5
Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Qg6 29. Rff1 Nxb2 30. Rde1 Nd3 31. Re2 d4 32. h3 Nc5 33. Nxc5
R8xc5 34. Ref2 Rxe5 35. Qd1 Re7 36. Qb3 Qc6 37. Qg3 Qc7 38. Qf3 Rc1 39. Qa8+
Kh7 40. Qf3 Ree1 41. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 Kg8 44. Qb5 Qe7 45. Qc4
Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qc3 47. Qb5 d3 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qxf7 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qb2+ 51. Kg1 Qc1+
52. Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Ross, Laura R"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rad1
Na5 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 Ne5 19. Bh3 Nac6 20. Rf1 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 d5
22. Be3 Nc6 23. fxe6 Nxd4 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Bxd4 Qc7 26. Qe3 Bc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5
28. Qd3 dxe4 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Qe5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. f5
Be7 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qh3 Nfg4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh4
Bxg5+ 15. Qxg5 O-O 16. Rd2 b5 17. a3 Qc5 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Qxg4 Nxd2+
21. Ka2 Rf4 22. Qd1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxf1 24. Qf3 Qxd4 25. Qxa8 Qc4+ 26. Ka1 Nd2
27. g4 d5 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Nd4 Qb7 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bd3 f5 8. f3 Nf6
9. Nge2 f4 10. Bf2 g5 11. Nc1 Ng6 12. c5 g4 13. Be2 h5 14. Nb3 Bf8 15. Rc1 g3
16. Bg1 Nh4 17. Bf1 gxh2 18. Rxh2 Nd7 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Nb5 Nb6 22.
Nxd6+ cxd6 23. Nd2 h4 24. Qb3 O-O 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rf7 27. Qd1 Bd7 28. Kf1
b5 29. Bb3 a5 30. Qe1 Rh7 31. Bd1 b4 32. Be2 Qg5 33. Bd1 h3 34. gxh3 Bxh3+ 35.
Ke2 Bf1+ 36. Qxf1 Rxh2 37. Kd3 Qg2 38. Qxg2 Rxg2 39. Rc2 Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41.
Rc2 Rh8 42. Re2 Rh1 43. Ba4 Rhh2 44. Rc2 Rxf2 45. Rc6 Rxf3+ 46. Kc4 Rxb2 47.
Rxd6+ Kg5 48. Re6 Rc3+ 49. Kb5 f3 50. Kb6 f2 51. Bb5 Rc1 52. d6 f1=Q 53. Bxf1
Rxf1 54. Kxa5 Rd1 55. Kb5 Rd4 56. Kc5 Rc2+ 57. Kb5 Rxa2 58. Kc6 Ra6+ 59. Kc5
Rdxd6 60. Re8 b3 61. Rb8 Rac6+ 62. Kb5 b2 63. Ka5 Ra6+ 64. Kb4 b1=Q+ 65. Kc4
Rac6# 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Qe2 e5 8. h3 g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15.
dxc5 dxe4 16. Nh2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rac1 f5 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Qe3 Be6 21. c6
bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rec8 23. Rdd6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Bd7 25. Rc1 h6 26. h4 Kh7 27. Bf1 a5
28. Rc5 Qd6 29. Bc4 Qd1+ 30. Nf1 Be8 31. Rc7 Kh8 32. Qc5 Qd4 33. Qe7 Qf6 34.
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qf3 Be4 16. Qf4 Bd5 17. Nc3 Bxb3 18. axb3 h6 19. Nxb5 Qxf2+ 20. Qxf2
Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 hxg5 22. Nxc7 Rb8 23. Kg1 Rxb3 24. Rxa6 Kg8 25. Ra5 Rxb2 26.
Rxg5 Rh5 27. Rxh5 Nxh5 28. Nd5 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. h3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. g5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. f4 b5 15.
Bf1 Qb6 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Qe2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bd2 c5 20. Bg2 cxd4 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. exd4+ Kf8 23. O-O Kg8 24. Bc3 a5 25. Qd3 Nf8 26. f5 Rh5 27. fxg6 Qxg6
28. Qxg6 Nxg6 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Ra7 Rxg5 31. Rfxf7 Nh4 32. Rf2 Rf8 33. Re2 Rf4
34. Kh2 Rxd4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Rd3 37. Rd6 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Nf3+ 39. Kg3 Ne1+
40. Kh2 Nxg2 41. Kxg2 b3 42. h4 g6 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Kh6 45. Rd8 Kg7 46. Rd6
Kf7 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Rxg6 Rxb2 49. Rb6 Rb1 50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. Kg4 b2 52. Kh5 d4
53. Rb5 Ke7 54. Re5+ Kf6 55. Re2 Kf5 56. Rh2 Kf4 57. Kh6 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8.
g3 Na6 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. O-O Nc7 12. f4 f5 13. h3 Be7 14. Nf3 f6 15.
Ne1 h5 16. h4 e5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Nf3 e4 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bh7
22. Bh3 Bd6 23. Bxf5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 O-O-O 26. Bg5 Rd3 27. Kf2 Ne6
28. Rxa7 Kb8 29. Ra4 Nxg5 30. Rxg5 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Rxb2 32. Rxe4 Rxb3 33. Kd3 Rd8+
34. Kc2 Ra3 35. e6 Ra2+ 36. Kb3 Rdd2 37. e7 Rdb2+ 38. Kc4 Ra4+ 39. Kd3 Rxe4 40.
Kxe4 Re2+ 41. Kf4 Rxe7 42. Rxh5 Kc7 43. Re5 Rf7+ 44. Rf5 Rh7 45. h5 Kd6 46. g4
b5 47. Kg5 Rg7+ 48. Kh4 c5 49. h6 Rb7 50. Rh5 Rh7 51. g5 b4 52. cxb4 cxb4 53.
g6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 f5 14. f4 exf4
15. gxf4 Na6 16. Rae1 Qh4 17. b4 Bd7 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qf6 20. Qc4 b5 21.
Qc1 Qd4+ 22. e3 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Na6 25. d6 c6 26. Nf3 Rad8 27. Ne5
Nb8 28. Rfd1 Rf6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Nxc6 Nxc6 32. Rxc6 a3 33. Ra6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 b6 6. Nbd2 Ba6 7. Nc4 b5 8.
Nce5 b4 9. Qe3 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 h6 11. b3 Qc8 12. Bb2 Qb7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. a4 bxa3
15. Bxa3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nc6 17. Nec4 O-O 18. f3 Nd5 19. Qc5 Ndb4 20. Kd1 Rfd8
21. c3 Nd3 22. Qe3 Qb5 23. Kc2 Nc5 24. Rfa1 Rd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Ne5+ 27.
Ke2 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Qc5 31. Ke2 Qg1 32. Ne3 Qc1 33.
Rxa7 Qxc3 34. Rb7 g5 35. h3 Qb2+ 36. Kd3 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qb2+ 38. Kd3 Qc1 39. Ke2
Kg7 40. Rb4 Qb2+ 41. Kd3 Qa2 42. Nc2 c5 43. Rb5 Qb1 44. Rxc5 Qf1+ 45. Kd4 Qf2+
0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15.
e3 Nb4 16. Ba1 Qa5 17. Nde2 Rad8 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. a4 Bc5 21. Nb5
Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Bxe3 23. Qf3 Rd7 24. Rd1 Nc2 25. Bc3 Qb6 26. Rxd5 Red8 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Kf1 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Ne3+ 30. Ke2 Re7 31. Kd3 a6 32. Bd4 Qe6 33. Nc3 Nxg2
34. Qxg2 Qxb3 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. Nxd5 Re1 37. a5 g5 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4 f6 40.
Ne3 Rb1 41. Nc4 Kf7 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Ne8 g6 44. Nc7+ Kd7 45. Nd5 Ke6 46. Nc7+
Kf7 47. Ke4 Rh1 48. Bf2 Ra1 49. Bb6 Ra4+ 50. Kd5 Rxh4 51. Kd6 Rh1 52. Kd7 g5
53. Kc8 g4 54. Kxb7 g3 55. Kxa6 g2 56. Nb5 Rb1 57. Bf2 Ke6 58. Kb6 Kd5 59. Ka6
g1=Q 60. Bxg1 Rxg1 61. Ka7 f5 62. a6 f4 63. Kb7 Kc5 64. Nc3 Kc4 65. Ne4 Kd3 66.
Nf2+ Ke3 67. Nh3 Rb1+ 68. Kc7 Ra1 69. Kb7 f3 70. a7 f2 71. Nxf2 Kxf2 72. a8=Q
Rxa8 73. Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 f5 10. Na3 Rb8 11. exf5 gxf5 12. d4 b6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 e4 20. Bd4 d5 21. Nc2 Nc6
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Rd4 Rbd8 25. Red1 Rf6 26. c4 Rd6 27. b4 Rc8 28.
Qb2 Kg8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qe6 32. Qd4 Rf8 33. Rd6 Qf7 34.
Rd7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. b5 Re6 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Ke2 Re4 39. Rc7 h5 40. h4 Kf8
41. a4 Ke8 42. Rxa7 Rxc4 43. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Stein, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bd3 d6 14. g4 Na5
15. Be4 O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qe4+ Kb8 18. d5 Rde8 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Qd3 Qe5
21. Nf3 Qg7 22. Rb1 Qh7 23. Ke2 Qxd3+ 24. Kxd3 c6 25. Nd4 Kc7 26. e4 Kd7 27.
Rh3 cxd5 28. cxd5 Nb7 29. Nb3 exd5 30. exd5 Re5 31. c4 f5 32. Rbh1 fxg4 33.
Rxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxh6 Rf5 35. Rh7+ Kc8 36. Rh8+ Kd7 37. Rh7+ Kc8 38. Ke3 Re5+ 39.
Kd2 Rf5 40. Ke2 Re5+ 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. d4 c6 10. Ne3 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. d5 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qf3 Rac8 15.
Bd2 b5 16. cxb5 cxd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. a4 Re8 19. Ra3 Kf8 20. b4 Rc7 21. Qe2 e4
22. Qf1 Qc8 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Nxe4 Nf5 25. Nxd6 Nxd6 26. O-O Ne5 27. Rb3 Qh3 28.
Rc1 Nec4 29. Qd1 Rec8 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Be3 Qd7 33. Bc5 Kg8 34.
Qe2 Bd4 35. Bxd6 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Qxd6 37. Qe4 Bf6 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40.
Rxf4 Ra1 41. a5 Rd1 42. Rc4 Rxd5 43. b6 axb6 44. a6 b5 45. a7 Rd8 46. Rc5 Ra8
0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Rg1 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Nh5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. Qf3
O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Nde2 Rdf8 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. a3 f6 21. gxf6
Rxf6 22. Qe3 Rhf8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4 exf4 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Qd3 Be8 27. Nc3
Ne5 28. Qe2 Rf5 29. Bd4 Bd6 30. Ne4 Bc7 31. Qf2 Ng3 32. Nc5 Ng4 33. Qf3 Ne5 34.
Qf2 Ng4 35. Qe1 Bf7 36. Nd7+ Qxd7 37. Ba7+ Kc8 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Schneider, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. O-O-O
Qe7 9. h3 a6 10. Kb1 dxc4 11. e4 Bc7 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 17. Bb4 Bb6 18. Rxd7 Nfxd7 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Rd1 O-O 22. Rxd7 Qg5 23. f4 Qh5 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Bxc5 Rc8 26. b4 Bxc5 27.
bxc5 Qe1+ 28. Rd1 Qb4+ 29. Ka1 Rxc5 30. Qb3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 g6 8.
Qe2 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 b5 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. a3 Re8 14. h4 gxf5
15. exf5 Bb7 16. Rh3 d5 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Bf4
Qc5 22. Rg5 Rad8 23. Qg3 Nbd7 24. Nf3 a5 25. Be5 b4 26. Nxd5 Ne4 27. Qf4 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Nxg5 30. hxg5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ Rg7 32. axb4 axb4 33. g6 b3
34. c4 Ra8 35. Kb1 Qa5 36. Kc1 e6 37. gxf7 Rd8 38. fxe6 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Qa5+ 40.
Ke2 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qh5 15.
Nf3 Bd7 16. Rae1 b5 17. e5 bxc4 18. bxc4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. Qc2
Nf5 22. Kh2 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Re4 Bg5 25. Rg4 Rab8 26. Bc3 g6 27. Qf2 Rf8
28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qxd7 Rad8 30. Qb7 Rxd3 31. Bb4 Bh6 32. Bxf8 Qxe5+ 33. Kh1 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Ross, Laura R"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nd7 7. Bf4 Nc5
8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Qd5 Re8 13. Bd3 c6 14. Qh5
d5 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Rg4 19. Rde1 Be6 20. Be3
Rxg2 21. Reg1 Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 f6 23. Kc1 Kf7 24. Kd2 g5 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5
27. Rb1 b5 28. Rb2 Kg6 29. Bc5 Ra4 30. Bb4 Kh5 31. Ke2 Kg4 32. f3+ Kh3 33. Kf2
g4 34. Bd6 gxf3 35. Kxf3 Re4 36. Bg3 Bg4+ 37. Kf2 f5 38. Bd6 f4 39. Rb4 Re2+
40. Kf1 f3 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rxc2 43. Be5 Bf5 44. Rf4 Bd3+ 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46.
Kd1 Bc2+ 47. Kc1 Rxe5 48. Kxc2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. c4 Nb4 12. Be4 Qd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qd8 15.
a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Qxd3 17. Rf3 Qe4 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Rf4
Qh6 22. Raf1 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qg5 25. R1f2 Rd7 26. h4 Qh5 27. Bc3
Rfd8 28. Re2 b6 29. Qf2 Qh6 30. Re5 Rd3 31. h5 a5 32. Qh4 R8d7 33. Rg5 Kf8 34.
hxg6 Qxh4 35. g7+ Kg8 36. Rxh4 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Black "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Rfc1 h6 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Ne1 Bf5
15. g4 Be6 16. Nd3 g5 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Na4 Ra6 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Bxg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Bxe7 Rda8 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 Bd8 26. Nc7 Bxc7 27.
Rxc7 R8a7 28. a4 b5 29. a5 Rc6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. b4 f5 32. Rc1 Ra6 33. Rc5 Kf7
34. d5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 f4 36. exf4 gxf4 37. Rxb5 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd8
40. Rf7 Rg4 41. a6 Ke8 42. Rb7 f3 43. a7 Rd4 44. a8=Q+ Rd8 45. Qxd8+ Kxd8 46.
Ke1 Kc8 47. Rh7 Kb8 48. Kd2 Kc8 49. Kd3 Kb8 50. Kc4 Kc8 51. Kc5 Kb8 52. Kc6 h5
53. b5 h4 54. Rh8+ Ka7 55. b6+ Ka6 56. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5
9. O-O e6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nd4 Qd7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 O-O 17. f3 Nc5 18. Rf2 Rfc8 19. Rfc2 Qb7 20. Qd2 b4 21. Qe2
Bf8 22. h4 Nd7 23. f4 g6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Ng5 Ng3 27. Qf2 Ne4 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. g4 a5 30. f5 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rc8 32. f6 Rc6 33. Qe2 Qc8 34. Rxc6
Qxc6 35. Qc4 Qa8 36. Qc2 h6 37. Kf2 Qb7 38. Ke1 Qa8 39. Kd2 Qb7 40. Qc4 Kh7 41.
Ke1 Kg8 42. g5 h5 43. Kd1 Kh7 44. Ke2 Kg8 45. Ke1 Kh7 46. Kf2 Kg8 47. Kg3 Kh7
48. Bc5 Bxc5 49. Qxc5 Qa8 50. Qe7 Kg8 51. Qd7 Kf8 52. Kf4 Kg8 53. Qb5 Kh7 54.
Qc4 Kg8 55. Qxe4 Qa6 56. Qg2 Kh7 57. Kg3 Qd3 58. Qf3 Qd2 59. Qf2 Qd3 60. Qf4
Qc3 61. Qd4 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1
a4 16. Nbc1 b3 17. Nc3 bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 a3 19. b3 Nc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb8
22. Qc6 Rd8 23. Rh2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 Ne6 26. Bc4 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rd2 Bf8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Nd3 Qe8 32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. Re2 Bd6 34.
Kc2 Kg8 35. Kc3 h6 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. h5 Rf8 38. Rg2+ Kh7 39. Rg6 Rxf3 40. Rxd6
e4 41. Kc4 exd3 42. Rxd3 Rf2 43. Kxc5 Rxa2 44. b4 Rc2+ 45. Kb6 a2 46. Ra3 Kg7
47. b5 Kf6 48. Ka7 Kg5 49. b6 Kxh5 50. b7 Rb2 51. b8=Q Rxb8 52. Kxb8 Kg4 53.
Kc7 h5 54. Kd6 h4 55. Ke5 h3 56. Rxa2 Kg3 57. Ra3+ Kg4 58. Ra8 h2 59. Rh8 Kg3
60. Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd5
h6 9. Be3 d6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qd2 Rae8 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. Nd2 f5 17. f3 c4 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. O-O cxd3 20. cxd3 Rd8
21. Rfc1 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Nf1 Rf6 24. Rc5 e4 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxc7 Bd5
27. Rc2 h5 28. a3 h4 29. Re1 Bc4 30. Nd2 Bd5 31. Nf1 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Ke7 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. f3 Nc6 14. Rd1
Rhd8 15. e4 Nd4 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Bd2 e5 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Nc4
21. Be1 Ne3 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Bf2 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bc5 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Nb3 Bb6
27. Na5 Ba8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bxa6 Kc7 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 f6 32. Kf1 Bc6 33.
Bxb6+ Kxb6 34. Ke1 Kc5 35. Bg8 h6 36. Kd2 Kb4 37. h4 Bb5 38. Bd5 Bf1 39. g4 Bb5
40. h5 Kc5 41. Ke3 Be8 42. Be6 Kb4 43. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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 Qc7 17. h4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. Rhg1 Rf6 21. Qe1
Kh7 22. Qxe5 Bh8 23. Bd3 Rg6 24. Qe1 Rb8 25. b3 Qg7 26. Nc4 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxa2
28. Rxg6 Bc3+ 29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Kf1 Bxe1 31. Rxe6 Nxe6 32. Bxf5+ Kh8 33. Bd6 Rb5
34. Bxe6 Bxh4 35. Na3 Ra5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bc4 c6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Ng3 Rad8 13. d4 c5 14. Be3 Bc6 15.
Qc2 Ng4 16. Bd2 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. h3 d3 19. Qxd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bc3
Qb6 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd2 h5 25. f4 Qc5+ 26. Kh2 Kh7 27. Rc1 Qb6
28. f5 h4 29. Nf1 Qb5 30. Qg5 Qe5+ 31. Kh1 Kg7 32. Nh2 f6 33. Qxh4 Qxb2 34. Rc2
Qd4 35. Nf3 Qb4 36. Rc4 Qa5 37. Rd1 d5 38. exd5 Nxf5 39. Qf2 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Qxd5
41. Rg4 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Ne7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bh5 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Re1 c6 14. Ne5 Nd5
15. Bd2 Re8 16. h3 Qc7 17. c4 Nf6 18. Bb4 Red8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. h4 f6 23. c5 Qe7 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rxe6 Qf7 26. Ree1 Qxb3 27. axb3 a5
28. Kh2 b6 29. Bxc6 bxc5 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. dxc5 Rc7 32. Rc1 Rb5 33. c6 Rb6 34.
Re8+ Kf7 35. Ra8 Rxb3 36. Rc2 Rb5 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. f3 g5 39. h5 Kf7 40. Rh8 Rb6
41. Re2 Rbxc6 42. Ree8 Re7 43. Ref8+ Ke6 44. h6 gxh6 45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rxh6+
Kg7 47. Rxc6 Rb7 48. Rc5 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Rc2 Rb3 51. Rc5 Kg6 52. Rxa5 Rxb2
53. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. a4 Qxb6
9. a5 Qb4 10. Ra4 Qb7 11. f4 Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nf3 Ne8 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qd3
Nf6 16. e5 Bf5 17. Qd1 Ne4 18. Re1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. exd6 exd6 21. Ra3 Nb5
22. Rb3 Qd7 23. Bd2 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qf1 Rb8 26. h3 h6 27. Nh4 Bc2 28.
Rb2 Be4 29. Qe2 Qe8 30. Rb3 Kh7 31. Bd3 Nd4 32. cxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34.
Bxe4 Re3 35. Bxg6+ fxg6 36. Bxe3 Qxe3 37. Qxe3 Bxe3 38. Kg3 Bxf4+ 39. Kxf4 g5+
40. Kf5 gxh4 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Be7 12. e4 b4 13. exd5 bxc3 14. dxc6 cxd2 15.
cxd7+ Nxd7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. Re3 h6 21.
Qe2 Rd8 22. Rdd3 Qb6 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Rfe3 a5 27. a4 Rc7
28. Re5 Rd7 29. Qe3 Bd6 30. Rb5 Bc7 31. g3 Bb6 32. Qe5 Kh7 33. d5 exd5 34. cxd5
Re7 35. Qf5+ g6 36. Qf4 Re4 37. Qc1 Re2 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Qc6 Bd4 40. Rb7 h5 41.
d6 Re6 42. Qc7 Qf8 43. d7 Rd6 44. Qxa5 Nxd7 45. Rf4 Bf6 46. Qb5 Rd1+ 47. Kg2
Qd6 48. Qe2 h4 49. Rxd7 Qxd7 50. gxh4 Rd2 51. Qe4 Rd4 52. Qf3 Bxh4 53. Rxd4
Qxd4 54. Qg4 Qxf2+ 55. Kh1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Stein, Alan"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Ng5 13. N1h2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 O-O
15. Be3 d5 16. Ba4 d4 17. Bc1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 b5 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bc2 c5 21. Qg3
dxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Bh6 Bf6 24. Rab1 Qd6 25. Red1 Rfd8 26. Be3 Rc7 27. a3
Rcd7 28. Qg4 Qc6 29. a4 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Rdc1 Qb7 32. Bd2 Nc6 33. a5 Qb5
34. Qd1 Rd6 35. Ba4 Qxd3 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Bxc6 Qxd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxb4
Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Bd8 41. Bd5 Kf8 42. Rb8 Ke8 43. Ra8 Ra1 44. Bxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxd8
Rxa5 46. Rh8 h6 47. h4 Ra2 48. f3 a5 49. h5 a4 50. Kh3 a3 51. Ra8 Kf6 52. g3
Ra1 53. Kg4 a2 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Kf5 Rh1 56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. Rxa2 Rxh5+ 58. Kg4
Rg5+ 59. Kh4 Ke7 60. Ra6 Kf7 61. Rb6 Ke7 62. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
bxa5 Qxb5 16. Qxc8+ Nxc8 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Nb3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21.
f4 Ng6 22. Bd4 Nxf4 23. Rc7 Be7 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Rc2 h5 26. Kf2 Nd3+ 27. Kg2
hxg4 28. Nc5 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Rh3 30. Nxa6 Bh4+ 31. Kg1 bxa6 32. Bf2 Rxa3 33. Bxh4
Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Rxh1 35. Bg3 Rc1 36. Ra2 g5 37. Ra3 Kf8 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Rb3 Re4+
40. Kd2 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. f4 e5 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc2 Rfe8 17. Ba3 Rad8 18. Ne3 b5 19. Kh1 Re6 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Ree8 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Qf2 Qb8 25. Bb2 Rd7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27.
Rc6 a5 28. Bd3 b4 29. Ra6 Ree7 30. Rxa5 Ra7 31. Rb5 Rab7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rc1
Kg7 34. Rc6 Qd8 35. g3 Qg5 36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 Qg4 38. Qf3 Qd7 39. Rc2 Ra7 40.
Qe2 Qd8 41. Qd2 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Florean, Andrei"]
[Black "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bd3 Nxd5 14. exd5
Ne7 15. c4 g6 16. cxb5 Bg7 17. O-O O-O 18. Bb4 Nxd5 19. Be4 Nxb4 20. Bxa8 d5
21. Qd2 Be6 22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Bc6 Qb6 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Nc4 Qa7 27.
Ne3 Bh6 28. Qc3 Na4 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Bxd5 31. Rd1 Bxe3 32. fxe3 e4 33. b3
Nb2 34. Rd4 Nd3 35. a4 Kg7 36. a5 Kf6 37. a6 Ke6 38. a7 Ra8 39. b4 Nxb4 40.
Rxb4 Kd6 41. Rbb7 Bxb7 42. Rxb7 Ke6 43. Kf2 h6 44. Ke2 f5 45. Kd2 g5 46. g3 Ke5
47. Rb5+ Kd6 48. Ra5 Kc6 49. Kc3 Kb6 50. Ra2 Kc5 51. Ra1 Kd5 52. Ra5+ Kc6 53.
Kd4 Kb6 54. Ra2 f4 55. gxf4 gxf4 56. exf4 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d6 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. g4 h6 12. h4 Nf6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15.
Qxh1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Bc4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Nf2 23. Qf1 Rxd5 24. Qxf2 Bc5 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Kc1 Kb7 27. Re1
f6 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Be3 Ba3 30. c4 Rd3 31. bxa3 Qxa3+ 32. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8. a4
Nge7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Kh1 e5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Nd5 Qh4 16. c3 Be6 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. b4 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Bg4 21. Rac1 a5
22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 axb4 24. cxb4 Nd4 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Ne3 g6 27. Bd5 Rc7 28.
Rxc7 Qxc7 29. h4 h5 30. Qg5 Kh7 31. Qf6 Ne2 32. Nf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kg7 34. Qg5+
Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg7 36. Qxe2 Rh8 37. g3 Rh6 38. Rd3 Qd7 39. Kg2 Rf6 40. Rf3 Rxf3
41. Qxf3 Bd4 42. a5 Ba7 43. b5 Bc5 44. b6 Bd4 45. Qb3 Qc8 46. a6 Qd8 47. a7
Bxb6 48. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Black "Ross, Laura R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bf4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 g5 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ba5 Qe7
15. Nfd2 Ng7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qd2 b6 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21.
Bxa8 Ba6 22. Bg2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 a5 24. a3 Nd5 25. Rc1 a4 26. Na1 Qd7 27. Kg1 Rd8
28. Nc2 Nf5 29. Rd1 Qb5 30. Ne3 Ndxe3 31. fxe3 Qb3 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Be4 Nxe3 34.
Qxe3 Qxd1 35. Bd3 Qg4 36. d5 Rxd5 37. Be4 Re5 38. Qd3 Qxe4 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qe8
Qf5+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kh1 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. d5 Nd7 13. Nbd2 Bf6 14. Rb1 b5 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nc4 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. Bxc4
bxc4 22. Bf4 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxc4 f5 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxe4 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Rd7 Ke5 32. Rxg7 Kxd5 33. Rxh7
Rc4 34. Rh5 Rxc3 35. Rxf5+ Ke4 36. Rf6 d5 37. h4 d4 38. h5 d3 39. Ke1 Rc1+ 40.
Kd2 Rc2+ 41. Kd1 c4 42. h6 c3 43. Re6+ Kd5 44. Re5+ Kc4 45. Re4+ Kb3 46. Re3
Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8
14. Rd2 Re8 15. f3 Kc7 16. g3 Nh5 17. Kf2 Re5 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rc1 h6 20. b3 Rc5
21. e3 fxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Nf6 23. Rd4 Rxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Nd5+ 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Bf1
Re8+ 27. Kd2 Kd6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Re3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Ne7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. f5 b6 14. h4
h5 15. Be3 f6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne2 g6 18. fxg6 Nxg6 19. Ng3 Rh8 20. Nf5 Ke8
21. Kd2 Kf7 22. Ke2 Ne7 23. Ng3 Ng6 24. f4 Bd6 25. Kf3 c5 26. c4 Ne7 27. b3 Rh7
28. Bc1 Rh8 29. Rh2 Rh7 30. Re2 Ng6 31. Nf5 Ne7 32. Ng3 Ng6 33. Rh2 Rh8 34. Rh3
Rh7 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Nf5 Ne7 37. Ne3 Rg8 38. Bb2 c6 39. Rd1 Rd8 40. e5 Bc7 41.
Rxd8 Bxd8 42. exf6 Ng6 43. f5 Nf8 44. Nf1 Nh7 45. Ng3 Nxf6 46. Bxf6 Bxf6 47.
Nxh5 Bxh4 48. Ke4 Bd8 49. Nf4 Kf6 50. Ne6 Be7 51. a3 b5 52. a4 bxa4 53. bxa4 a5
54. Nf4 Bf8 55. Nd3 Bd6 56. Nc1 Bc7 57. Nb3 Bb6 58. Kf4 Bc7+ 59. Ke4 Bb6 60.
Kf4 Bc7+ 61. Kg4 Bb6 62. Nd2 Ke5 63. Nf3+ Ke4 64. f6 Bc7 65. Ng5+ Ke5 66. f7
Bd6 67. Nh7 Be7 68. Kf3 Kd4 69. Kf4 Kxc4 70. Ke5 Kb3 71. Ke6 c4 72. Kxe7 c3 73.
f8=Q c2 74. Qf4 Kb2 75. Qd4+ Kb1 76. Qb6+ Ka2 77. Qc5 Kb1 78. Kd6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. e4 cxd4 8. e5
Ng4 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxg2 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Kxg2 Nd7 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Re1 d5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qf4+ Qf6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qc7+ Kg6
21. Bf4 Rhe8 22. Qd7 Rad8 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rd1 Kg8 26. Qf3 Kh8
27. Rxd5 Rf8 28. b3 h6 29. h4 Qb2 30. Rd2 Qb1 31. Qd3 Qa1 32. Re2 Qf6 33. h5
Qf7 34. Re5 Qb7+ 35. Qd5 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Qe3 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Rd1 e5 14. d5 Ne7
15. Ng3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Be2 Qh4 18. c5 Rf6 19. d6 cxd6 20. cxd6 Rd8 21.
Qc5 Bg4 22. g3 Qh5 23. Qxa5 Rdf8 24. Qd5+ R6f7 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. O-O h5 27.
Rfe1 Kh8 28. Qxe4 Qh3 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Qg6 Kg8 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rxe5 Rdxd7 33.
Re8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxh5 Qd2 37. Qf3+ Kg8 38. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Ba7 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Rc8 14. b5 Nb8 15.
Qb2 a5 16. Na4 Nbd7 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Be1 Ndc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Re8 21. a4
b6 22. Rac1 Qg5 23. Rc2 h5 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qb3 Rd8 26. Bf3 Rdd6 27. Bxe4 dxe4
28. Rcd2 Rg6 29. g3 h4 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Qd1 Bc5 33. Qd7 hxg3 34.
hxg3 Qe5 35. Kg2 f6 36. g4 Kh7 37. Qf7 Bd6 38. Bc3 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke1
Qxg4 41. Qd5 Ba3 42. Kf1 Kh6 43. Qc6 Bc5 44. Bxa5 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46. Kg1
Bxe3 47. fxe3 Qxe3+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ 49. Ke1 bxa5 50. b6 Qe3+ 51. Kf1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1
Qg4+ 53. Kf2 Qh4+ 54. Kg2 Qg5+ 55. Kf1 Qf4+ 56. Ke2 Qh2+ 57. Ke3 Qg1+ 58. Ke2
Qg2+ 59. Ke1 Qg3+ 60. Kf1 Qd3+ 61. Ke1 e3 62. Qh1+ Kg6 63. Qg2+ Kf7 64. Qa2+
Ke7 65. b7 Qd6 66. Qg2 Kd8 67. b8=Q+ Qxb8 68. Qd5+ Ke7 69. Qxa5 Qg3+ 70. Kd1
Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. h3 Ba6 12. N1h2 Rbd8 13. Ng4 Nd7 14. h4 Nde5 15.
Nfh2 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 Ne5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. h5 Rfe8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. c3 g6
22. Qe2 Bg7 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg2 Qb7 26. Rf1 Qa6 27. Nc4 d5 28.
Nd6 Re7 29. Nb5 dxe4 30. dxe4 Nf6 31. e5 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Ne4 33. Be1 Red7 34. Re3
Nd2 35. Nd6 Nc4 36. Qe2 b5 37. Re4 Nxd6 38. exd6 c4 39. Ra3 Rxd6 40. axb5 Qxb5
41. Rxc4 Rd1 42. Re4 R8d3 43. c4 Qb6+ 44. Kf1 Rxa3 45. bxa3 Rb1 46. Qd3 Qb7 47.
Re2 Bf8 48. Qe4 Qxe4 49. Rxe4 Bxa3 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Re5 Bd4 52. Re4 Bb6 53. Bc3
Kf8 54. g4 Rc1 55. Bb4+ Ke8 56. f5 Kd7 57. fxg6 fxg6 58. c5 Bc7 59. Kd2 Rg1 60.
c6+ Kxc6 61. Rxe6+ Kb5 62. Re4 g5 63. Ke2 Rg2+ 64. Kf3 Rc2 65. Be7 Bf4 66. Rb4+
Kc6 67. Ra4 Rc3+ 68. Kf2 Kb5 69. Rb4+ Kc6 70. Ra4 Be3+ 71. Ke2 Kd7 72. Bf6 Rb3
73. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f4
d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nbd7 14. Nb3 g6 15. Bd2
Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qf3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. a5 Bc5 21. Rfc1 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 O-O 23. Qd4 Qc5 24. Ra4 Rac8 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxb4 Ba8 27. Ra1 Nf2+
28. Kg1 Nxd3 29. cxd3 d4 30. Nxd4 g5 31. g3 Rfc8 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rb6 gxf4 34.
gxf4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Rxa6 Bd5 37. f5 Rh1 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Nxe6+ Bxe6 40.
Rxe6 Rxh2+ 41. Kg3 Rxb2 42. a6 Rb3 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Kg4 Ke7 45. a7 Ra3 46. Rh6
Ra1 47. d4 Ra4 48. Kf5 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1
Bd7 9. e3 a6 10. Nd3 Rb8 11. Bd2 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. b3 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4
Bxa1 16. Qxa1 c5 17. Qc3 b6 18. Bg2 Qe7 19. e4 f6 20. f4 Qg7 21. Qa1 Rbe8 22.
Bc3 Nb7 23. Re1 b5 24. h3 h5 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Bf3 Qf7 27. Qd1 Kg8 28. f5 gxf5
29. Bxh5 Qh7 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. exf5 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Qxf5 33. Nf2 b4 34. Ba1 Kf7
35. Ne4 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Kg6 37. Nxf6 Nd8 38. Nxd7 Qxd7 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. Qe2 Nf7
41. Bb2 Ng5 42. g4 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4+ Nxe4 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Ke3 Nf1+ 46. Kf4 Nd2
47. Bc1 Nb1 48. Ke4 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Florean, Andrei"]
[Black "Stein, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nd7 18. Be3 Qa5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rec1 Rec8 21.
Bd3 Qb6 22. Qb2 Qd8 23. f4 Qh4 24. Qf2 Nb6 25. Kh2 d5 26. f5 Bd7 27. Bc5 dxe4
28. Bxe4 Bc6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. a3 Rd8 33. Rc1 Kg8
34. Rxc6 Nc4 35. Qe2 Nd2 36. f6 Qf4 37. fxg7 h5 38. Qxh5 Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40.
Kxf1 Qa1+ 41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Kf3 Qd3+ 43. Kf2 Qd4+ 44. Kf3 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 g6 5. Bxd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. h3
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Rac1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb1 Kh8
15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b3 Qf7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5
f4 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 Bd7 24. Ba5 f3 25. Nb6 Nf4 26. Nxd7 Rg8 27. Bc3 Ne2+
28. Kh2 Bxc3 29. Qh6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rag8 31. Rf1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O c5 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. h4 Bc8
15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Bxg5+ 17. Kb1 g6 18. a3 Bg4 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Bf6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxd5 Re8 25. f4 Bg7 26. f5 g5 27. Qf3
f6 28. Qb3 Kf8 29. Nf4 gxf4 30. Rxd8 Raxd8 31. Qb4+ Re7 32. Qxf4 Red7 33. Ka2
Rd4 34. Qg3 Rd3 35. Qg6 Rd1 36. Rh7 R8d7 37. Qg3 R1d5 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qh8 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 h5 8. Bg5
Bh6 9. h4 Bf5 10. Bf3 Qa5 11. Nge2 e6 12. Ng3 Bxg5 13. Nxf5 Be7 14. Ne3 Qb4 15.
Nc2 Qxb2 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. g3 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Nh6 19. Ne3 Rc8 20. Kg2 b5 21. Qd3 Qa3
22. Qb1 Na5 23. Rd1 Qa4 24. Nf4 Qb4 25. Qd3 Qa3 26. Qe2 Nc4 27. Nexd5 exd5 28.
e6 Qd6 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31. Be4 Rhf8 32. Nxg6 Rf6 33. Nf4 Rxf4 34.
gxf4 Qxf4 35. Qf3 Qxh4 36. Rh1 Qg5+ 37. Qg3 Ng4 38. Bf3 Bd6 39. Rxh5 Qxh5 40.
Qxg4+ Qxg4+ 41. Bxg4 Rd8 42. Be6 Kf6 43. d5 a5 44. Kf3 b4 45. Rc1 Na3 46. Ke4
Rh8 47. Bd7 Rh4+ 48. Kd3 Ke5 49. Bc6 Rh3+ 50. Ke2 Kd4 51. Rd1+ Kc3 52. Ba4 Kb2
53. Rd2+ Ka1 54. Bb3 Nb1 55. Rd1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Schneider, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

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. Ng3 Qf7 14. Rc1 Ng4 15.
Bb1 Bd7 16. Bh4 g6 17. Rc3 Qg7 18. h3 Nf6 19. a3 h6 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Re3 Rae8
22. Qc2 Kh7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rc8 25. Qd3 Be8 26. f4 Qf7 27. g4 Ng7 28. Ng3
Bd7 29. Bf6 Ne7 30. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Black "Ross, Laura R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rc1
Qb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. Bc4 exd4 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bb4
Qxe4+ 21. Bd3 Qxg2 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rhg1 Qxh2 24. Bxg6 Nc5 25. Qc4 b6 26. Rh1
Qe5 27. Rce1 Qd6 28. Reg1 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Bf5 Nf4 31. Rh4 N4d5 32. Rxd4
g6 33. Bd3 Kg7 34. Rg5 Ne7 35. Ra4 a5 36. Re5 Nc6 37. Rb5 Nb4 38. Raxb4 axb4
39. Rxb6 Rd8 40. Bc4 Nd5 41. Bxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxb4 f5 43. a4 Ra5 44. Kc2 Kf6 45.
Kb3 g5 46. Rb8 g4 47. Kb4 Ra7 48. Rg8 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
e6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a3 a6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Rad1
Na4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. bxc3 Bxa3 19. Ng5 Bb5 20. Bg8 g6 21. Bxf7
Rg8 22. Rd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rg7 24. Qh3+ Rh7 25. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 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. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qc7 18. c5 Rfb8 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. e4 a4 21.
Qxb4 Ba6 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Qh6 24. Qxa4 Bb5 25. Qg4 Nxc5 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27.
Qe2 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. O-O
Bd7 15. Qc5 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nfxg4 17. N2f3 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nf6 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Qc7
Rfc8 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nd4 Kf8 23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Nd4 Rcc8 25. f3 g6 26. Nb5 Rc6
27. Nd4 Rcc8 28. Rfd1 a6 29. Ne2 Nb6 30. Nf4 Ke7 31. a4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 g5 33.
Nh3 f6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Nxf4 Kd6 36. Rd1 a5 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. e4 Ke5 39. Rxd5+
Kxe4 40. Rb5 f5 41. Rxb7 h5 42. Re7+ Kf4 43. g3+ Kg5 44. Re5 h4 45. Kg2 Kf6 46.
Rb5 hxg3 47. Kxg3 Rg8+ 48. Kf2 Rh8 49. Kg2 Rg8+ 50. Kf1 Rh8 51. Kg1 Rg8+ 52.
Kh1 Kg5 53. Rxa5 Kf4 54. Rc5 Ke4 55. Rc1 f4 56. Rg1 Rb8 57. Ra1 f3 58. a5 f2
59. a6 Kf3 60. b4 Re8 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. b4 a5
9. b5 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. e3 h6 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. d4 e4
16. Ne1 g5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Re7 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Bh3 g4 21. Bf1 Bxd5 22.
Qc2 Kh8 23. Ng2 Ng6 24. Bc4 Bb7 25. Qb3 Qf8 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Rd8 28. Rc2
h5 29. Kf1 Rdd7 30. Ke2 Qf7 31. Qxf7 Rxf7 32. h4 gxh3 33. Nf4 Nxf4+ 34. gxf4 d5
35. Rh1 Bf6 36. Rxh3 Rh7 37. Rc6 Kg7 38. Kf1 h4 39. Kg2 Rh6 40. Rh1 Rg6+ 41.
Kh3 Bd8 42. Rhc1 Rf7 43. Rxg6+ Kxg6 44. Bb2 Kh7 45. a4 Rg7 46. Ba3 Rg6 47. Kh2
Kg8 48. Kh3 Kf7 49. Kh2 Ke8 50. Kh3 Kd7 51. Kh2 c6 52. Kh3 Kc7 53. Bf8 Kc8 54.
Ba3 Kd7 55. Bf8 cxb5 56. axb5 Rg8 57. Ba3 Rg6 58. Bf8 Bc7 59. Kxh4 Rg2 60. Rf1
Rg8 61. Ba3 a4 62. Ra1 Bd8+ 63. Kh3 Bf6 64. Bb4 Ra8 65. Kg2 Be7 66. Bxe7 Kxe7
67. Ra3 Ra5 68. Kg3 Kd6 69. Kh4 Rxb5 70. Rxa4 Ra5 71. Rb4 Kc6 72. Kg5 Ra2 73.
Kxf5 Rxf2 74. Ke6 b5 75. f5 Rf3 76. Rb3 b4 77. Rxb4 Rxe3 78. f6 Rf3 79. f7 e3
80. Rb2 Rf4 81. Re2 Rf3 82. Ke7 Kb5 83. Rc2 Kb4 84. f8=Q Rxf8 85. Kxf8 Kb3 86.
Rc1 Kb2 87. Rc8 e2 88. Re8 Kc3 89. Rxe2 Kxd4 90. Re8 Kc3 91. Rc8+ Kd3 92. Ke7
d4 93. Kd6 Ke2 94. Re8+ Kf2 95. Rd8 d3 96. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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 c4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. a3 b6 15. Kc1
Bb7 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Qe3 Rhf8 21. g3 Bc6
22. Re1 b5 23. Bf1 Rd6 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Ne5 Rg8 26. Bg2 Ra6 27. Kb2 Ne8 28. Nf3
Nc7 29. Ng5 Ra4 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qe5 a5 32. Qe3 Kb7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Reb1 Kc8 35.
Qe1 Rb8 36. Ne5 Be8 37. Nf3 Rb6 38. Ne5 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxa4 Bxa4 41. Kc1
b3 42. cxb3 Qa3+ 43. Kd2 Qa2+ 44. Ke3 Rxb3 45. Rc1 Qh2 46. Bf1 Nb5 47. Nxc4
dxc4 48. Bxc4 Rb2 49. Bxe6+ Kd8 50. f5 gxf5 51. Bxf5 Nd6 52. Bd3 Rg2 53. d5
Rxg3+ 54. Kd4 Qxh4+ 55. Kc5 Qf4 56. Qe6 Nb7+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. e5 c5 10. Qd3 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
Bd6 15. Bg5 Bf5 16. Re2 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Re6 18. Nc4 Rae8 19. Rxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6
fxe6 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. c3 Bb1 24. a3 Nb6 25. Nf1 Kf7 26. Bc1 Bd3 27.
Nf4 Bb5 28. Ng3 e5 29. Nh3 h6 30. f3 a5 31. Nf2 Ke6 32. Nge4 a4 33. Ng4 Bd3 34.
Kf2 Be7 35. g3 h5 36. Ne3 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Bg5 38. Ke2 g6 39. Bd2 Bxe3 40. Bxe3
Nc4 41. Bc1 Nd6 42. Kd3 c4+ 43. Ke3 g5 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Bd2 Kg5 47.
Ke2+ Kg6 48. Ke3 Nb7 49. Ke2 Nc5 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Bc1 Kg7 52. Bd2 Kg6 53. Bc1 h4
54. Bd2 h3 55. Bc1 Nd3 56. Bd2 Nxb2 57. Ke2 Nd3 58. Be3 Kf7 59. Kf1 Ke7 60. Ke2
Kd7 61. Kd2 Kc6 62. Ke2 Kb5 63. Kd1 c5 64. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. a4 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qe2 b6 13. Ndc4 Rc8 14. Bd2 Ba8
15. Ng4 Nd5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 18. Ng4 f6 19. Qd2 e5 20. f3 Nf4 21. Nf2
h5 22. h4 Kh7 23. Ne4 Rg8 24. g3 Ne6 25. c3 g5 26. hxg5 Nxg5 27. Kg2 Nxf3 28.
Kxf3 f5 29. Rh1 Rg5 30. Ke2 fxe4 31. dxe4 Bxe4 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rhd1 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Rxg3 35. Nxe5 h4 36. Kf2 Rg5 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40.
Nc4 h3 41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Rd6+ Bg6 44. Rd1 Rg2+ 45. Ke3 Bh5 46. Rh1
h2 47. b4 Kg5 48. Nd2 Re2+ 49. Kd3 c4+ 50. Nxc4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 N5f6 12. O-O b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 O-O 16. f4 Rac8 17. Rg5 Rfd8 18. Qb1 Bd5 19. Qe1 h6 20. Rg3 Re8
21. Qe5 Kh8 22. f5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. f6 Rg8 26. Rf4 Bh7 27.
Rh3 g5 28. Rd4 Rc5 29. Rxh6 Rxe5 30. Bxg5 Rexg5 31. Rdh4 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 R8g7 33.
fxg7+ Rxg7 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Rh3 b5 36. Kf3 a5 37. Kf4 b4 38. c4 f6 39. Rxf6 Bf5
40. Re3 Rg4+ 41. Ke5 Rxc4 42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rf8 Kh7 45. Ra8 Rh4 46.
Rg2 Rh3 47. Rd2 Kg6 48. Rg2+ Kh6 49. Rb2 Rh5 50. Kf6 Bg6 51. Kxe6 Rb5 52. Kd6
Be4 53. Re8 Rd5+ 54. Kc7 Bd3 55. Re3 Bc4 56. Kc6 Rf5 57. Rg3 a4 58. Rg4 Bd5+
59. Kd6 b3 60. a3 Bf3 61. Rxa4 Bd1 62. Rb4 Bc2 63. R4xb3 Bxb3 64. Rxb3 Ra5 65.
Rf3 Kg5 66. h3 Kh4 67. Kc6 Ra8 68. Kb6 Kg5 69. Kb5 Rb8+ 70. Kc4 Rc8+ 71. Kb3
Rb8+ 72. Ka2 Ra8 73. Rb3 Kh4 74. Kb2 Ra7 75. Rc3 Ra8 76. Ka2 Ra7 77. Kb3 Rb7+
78. Kc4 Rc7+ 79. Kb4 Rb7+ 80. Ka5 Ra7+ 81. Kb5 Ra8 82. a4 Rb8+ 83. Kc5 Rc8+ 84.
Kb4 Rb8+ 85. Ka3 Ra8 86. Rd3 Kg5 87. Rd4 Kf5 88. h4 Ke5 89. Rb4 Kd5 90. h5 Ra6
91. Rh4 Rh6 92. Kb4 Kc6 93. Kc4 Kc7 94. Kc5 Kd7 95. a5 Kc7 96. Rh1 Ra6 97. Kb5
Rh6 98. a6 Rb6+ 99. Ka5 Rh6 100. Rh2 Kb8 101. Kb5 Kc7 102. a7 Kb7 103. Kc5 Kxa7
104. Kd5 Kb7 105. Ke5 Kc7 106. Kf5 Kd7 107. Kg5 Rh8 108. h6 Ke6 109. h7 Kf7
110. Kh6 Ra8 111. Rf2+ Ke7 112. Kg7 Ra4 113. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4
Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 16. b4 a5 17. a3 Bb7 18. Rac1 axb4 19. axb4 Qg5 20. Nc3 Bc6
21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Ra7 23. Kf2 h5 24. h4 Kf8 25. Ne2 Ke7 26. c5 bxc5 27.
bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Bd7 29. Nd4 Rea8 30. Kg3 f6 31. Rdc2 Ra4 32. Ne2 c6 33. Nf4
Kf7 34. Rd2 Be8 35. Rb2 R4a7 36. e5 fxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc8 38. Rg5 Kf6 39. Rd2 Rg7
40. Kf2 Rcc7 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Re3 Rh7 44. Ne6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. d5 e4 10. Nd2 h5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rd1 Nf8 13. h3 h4 14. Nb3 a6 15. a4
N6d7 16. a5 Qg5 17. Kf1 f5 18. c5 Ne5 19. b5 dxc5 20. Nxc5 Qe7 21. Ba3 Qf6 22.
Qb3 Kh7 23. Bb4 Ned7 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Bc4 Qe5 27. Bf7 Nf6 28.
Bxe8 Qxe8 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Qa4 Bd7 32. Qb3 Be6 33. Qa4 Qxa4 34.
Nxa4 Bb3 35. Ra1 Nd5 36. Ra3 Bxa4 37. Rxa4 b5 38. Ra3 Nxb4 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. g3
hxg3+ 41. fxg3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. c3 Qd7 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. g3 c5 7. Nf4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
Nc6 9. h4 Rc8 10. Kg2 h5 11. Be3 g6 12. f3 Nge7 13. g4 Na5 14. b3 Nec6 15. a3
Bh6 16. Ra2 Qb7 17. Rb2 Qa6 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Qf2 Nb8 20. Rd1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Be7
22. gxh5 gxh5 23. Bd2 Kd7 24. Nc3 b5 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Nc4 27. Rb5 Qc6 28.
Nd3 Na6 29. Bg5 Rhg8 30. f4 Nc7 31. Rc5 Bxc5 32. Nxc5+ Ke8 33. f5 Rb8 34. Kh1
Rb2 35. Qf4 exf5 36. Qxf5 Ne6 37. Rf1 Rxg5 38. Qxf7+ Kd8 39. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Stein, Alan"]
[Black "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bb2 e5 12. Nd1 Be6 13. Ne3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 h5
15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd7 17. Bc3 Bc5 18. Rad1 f6 19. Rd2 b6 20. Rfd1 Kb7 21.
b4 Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxh5 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qf7 27.
a4 Qc4 28. Qd3 Qa2 29. h4 Qxa4 30. h5 Qa2 31. Bd2 Qf7 32. Qg3 Nd7 33. c4 Qxh5
34. Qd3 Qf7 35. Qd6 Nb8 36. Be3 Qd7 37. Qf8 Kc7 38. Bxb6+ Kb7 39. f3 Qd2 40.
Bf2 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qh6+ 42. Kg1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. O-O Bf5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. c4
O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. f3 Bh5 15.
e3 g5 16. Ne4 Qe5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. g4 gxh4 19. gxh5 Nf5 20. Qe2 Qg7 21. Kh1
Qh6 22. f4 e5 23. Bh3 exf4 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O-O
Be7 15. f4 N7f6 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 O-O-O 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. Kb1 Rd7 20. d5 exd5
21. g5 Nh5 22. exd5 c5 23. d6 Bd8 24. Bf1 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Ross, Laura R"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. h3 Nc4 12. Bc1 Bb4 13. Nde2 Rd8 14. b3 Ne5 15.
Bb2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Na2 Bc5 18. Nd4 h5 19. Nf3 d4 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Kh1 h4
22. f4 Qc7 23. gxh4 Bf5 24. Nc1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kh2 Bd6 27. Nd3 Rac8 28.
Rf2 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Bxf4+ 30. Kh1 Qc6+ 31. Rg2 Be3 32. Rf1 Rd5 33. Qe4 Re8 34.
Qg4 Qh6 35. Rg3 Re6 36. Rgf3 Rd7 37. Rf5 Rg6 38. Qe4 Re6 39. Qf3 Ree7 40. Ba3
g6 41. Rf6 Qh5 42. Qxh5 gxh5 43. Bxe7 Rxe7 44. Re1 Kg7 45. Rd6 Rc7 46. Re2 f5
47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Kf3 Rc3 49. Rd7+ Kf6 50. Rxb7 Bg5+ 51. Kg2 Bxh4 52. Rb6+ Kg5
53. Rd6 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 Re3 55. Rg2+ Kf4 56. Rxd4+ Re4 57. Rgd2 Be1 58. R2d3 Bf2
59. Rc4 h4 60. Kg2 Be3 61. Rc6 Ke5 62. Rxa6 Bg5 63. Ra5+ Ke6 64. Rf3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. d5 Bxb2 12. Bxb2 Qxb2 13. dxc6 Qxa1 14. Qb3
Nxc6 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Rxa1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Rxd6 Rxc3 20. Rxd7
Rxb3 21. Nd2 Rb2 22. e5 b5 23. Bh3 a5 24. Kg2 a4 25. Ne4 a3 26. Ra7 a2 27. Nd6
Kh8 28. Bg4 b4 29. Nc4 Rc2 30. Ne3 b3 31. Bd1 b2 32. Rxa2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 b1=Q
34. Re2 Rd8 35. Bc2 Qc1 36. Nf1 Rd5 37. Bb3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Be2 b6 12. d5 Nce5 13. Nd4 Nb8 14. f4 Ned7 15.
f5 Ne5 16. O-O gxf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Kh8 19. Ne4 Nbd7 20. Qc2 Rg8 21. Rh5
Ng6 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kh7 25. Nxd8 Raxd8 26. Qf5 Bxb2 27.
Rf1 Bf6 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Bh6+ Kf7 30. Bg4 Ndf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Be6 Kg7 33.
Bxg8 Rxg8 34. Kh1 Kf8 35. Qf5 Ne5 36. g4 Rh8 37. g5 Ke8 38. gxf6 exf6 39. Qc8+
Kf7 40. Qxh8 Nd7 41. Qd8 Ne5 42. Rxf6+ Kg7 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Qc2 exd5 11. Nxd5 Na6 12. Bf4 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nac5 14. b4 Bxa1
15. Rxa1 Nb7 16. Nd4 Nbd6 17. Rd1 a5 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nh5 21. e5
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. exd6 cxd6 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Rd3 Qa1+ 27. Rd1
Qf6 28. Rd3 Qa1+ 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Rd3 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Qb6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 a6 12. Nxc6 Bxb2 13. Ba4 O-O 14. Rb1 Bc3+
15. Kf2 bxc6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bxc6 Ra7 18. Qd3 Bf6 19. Qe3 Rb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
c4 Bf5 22. Rb3 Qd7 23. Bd4 Qa4 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Rc1 Qxa2+ 26. Kg3 h5 27. h4
Kg7 28. Rb6 Rd8 29. Qd4 Qe2 30. c5 Qe7 31. c6 a5 32. Qc3 Re8 33. c7 a4 34. Rb8
Bc8 35. Ra8 Qd7 36. Re1 Re5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qc4 f5 39. Qxa4 f4+ 40. Kf2 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 d5 8.
exd5 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Ne5+ Ke6 13. Nd3 Bd6 14.
Nf4+ Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Nf6 16. O-O-O c6 17. Rhe1+ Kf5 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. f3 g5 20.
g4+ Kg6 21. Bf2 h5 22. h3 a6 23. Rd3 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Re8 25. Kd1 Nd7 26. Ra3 Ra8
27. Re3 hxg4 28. hxg4 f6 29. Re7 Ne5 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. Bg3 Nc4 32. b3 Na3 33. Re6
Nxc2 34. Be5 Rh2+ 35. Kd1 Ne3+ 36. Kc1 Rc2+ 37. Kb1 Kf7 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Bd4
Rf2 40. Rxc6 Rxf3 41. Rxa6 Nxg4 42. Rg6 Rf5 43. a4 Ne5 44. Rb6 Nf3 45. Bc5+ Kd7
46. a5 d4 47. Bb4 Rd5 48. Rf6 g4 49. a6 Kc7 50. Bd6+ Kd7 51. a7 Ra5 52. Bb4 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. e5 dxe5
9. Nxe5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Nf6 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. b3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 exd5 21.
Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Kf1 g5 23. h3 Re6 24. Re2 Kg7 25. Rae1 Kf6 26. Re3 Rce8 27. Rf3+
Kg6 28. Rfe3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 f5 30. g4 Re5 31. gxf5+ Rxf5+ 32. Kg2 h5 33. Re2 Re5
34. Kf3 Re6 35. Kg2 a5 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Re1 Re8 38. Re2 Re6 39. Re1 Rf6+ 40. Kg2
Rc6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Re2 Ke5 43. Rg2 Kf5 44. e4+ dxe4+ 45. dxe4+ Kg6 46. Rd2 c4
47. Rd5 cxb3 48. cxb3 Rc3+ 49. Kg2 Rxb3 50. Rxa5 Rb2+ 51. Kf3 h4 52. Ra6+ Kh5
53. Ra8 Rh2 54. Rh8+ Kg6 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Kg4 Rg2+ 57. Kh5 g4 58. a5 gxh3 59.
Rf8+ Ke7 60. Rf1 h2 61. Rh1 b3 62. a6 Ra2 63. a7 b2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 10. b3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 f5 14. Qe2 Bb4
15. Rac1 c6 16. f3 Qf6 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21.
Re2 Nd7 22. Nb1 Bc5 23. Rd1 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Nc5 25. Rfd2 a5 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27.
Nxc3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ne2 Rf6 31. Nf4 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33.
Ke3 Ke5 34. Nd3+ Nxd3 35. Kxd3 f4 36. Kc3 c5 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd2
Kd6 40. Kc3 Ke5 41. Kd3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 9. a5 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Ne3 exd5 13. exd5 c5 14. O-O Re8 15. Bd2
Nd7 16. Ra3 Ne5 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 f5 19. Bc3 f4 20. Ng4 Qg5 21. h3 Bxg4 22.
Bxg4 Nxc4 23. Be6+ Kh7 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Ne5 26. g5 Re7 27. Ra4 Rf8 28. Rd1
Rc7 29. Kh2 Nd7 30. Rh1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne5 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Rxh4 Nd3 34. c4 Rh8
35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. Ra3 Ne5 37. Rc3 b6 38. axb6 Rb7 39. g3 f3 40. Rb3 a5 41. Bc8
a4 42. Rb1 Rb8 43. b7 Nxc4 44. Bd7 Na5 45. Bxa4 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 Nxb7 47. Bd1 Nd8
48. Bxf3 Nf7 49. Be4 Nxg5 50. Bxg6 Kg7 51. Bd3 Nf3+ 52. Kf1 c4 53. Be2 c3 54.
Bd3 Kf6 55. Ke2 Nd4+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Be4 c2 58. f4+ Kf6 59. Kd2 c1=Q+ 60. Kxc1
Ne2+ 61. Kd2 Nxg3 62. Ke3 Nh5 63. Bf3 Ng7 64. Bg4 Ke7 65. Ke4 Ne8 66. Kf5 Nf6
67. Bf3 Ne8 68. Kg5 Nf6 69. Kg6 Ne8 70. Be2 Nf6 71. Bc4 Ne8 72. Bb5 Nf6 73. Bc6
Ng8 74. Ba8 Nf6 75. Bb7 Ng8 76. Bc8 Nf6 77. Be6 Ne8 78. f5 Nf6 79. Kg5 Ne8 80.
Kg6 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O h6 15.
Bh4 e5 16. Qc3 a4 17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3
Rf4 22. Bg3 Rf7 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Bb1 Raf8 25. Qc2 e4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Nfd3
28. Re3 b5 29. h3 Qb6 30. Kh2 b4 31. fxe4 b3 32. Qc3 Ne5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qxe5
Nd7 35. Qg3 Rf1 36. Rxf1 Rxf1 37. Bd3 Rd1 38. e5 Qd4 39. e6 Nf6 40. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bb4 10. g4 Bg6 11. dxe5 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. g5 h5 14. Bh3 Qe7 15.
f4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Nc5 17. f5 Nb3 18. Qb1 Nxa1 19. fxg6 Nb3 20. O-O Rf8 21. Rf6 Bc5
22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qg6 Na6 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Be6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Stein, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. f3 e5 20. Rc4 e4 21.
Be3 exf3+ 22. exf3 Ne6 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Rc1 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd8 26. b4 h6 27. h4
h5 28. Rc2 Qd7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Ra2 a6 33. Bb6 Nc5
34. Rc2 Nb3 35. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 Re8 13. Kh1 a5 14. Rad1 Be6 15.
Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Be3 Bf8 17. f4 Red8 18. f5 Nc5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bg5 Ncd7 21. Qf4
Bg7 22. Rxd6 Re8 23. Bg4 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxc4
Bd7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Rhc1 Kf8 17. Bd3 h6 18. b4 Ne7 19. Be4 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8
21. Kd2 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. e4 Ke8 24. Nd4 Rxc3 25. Kxc3 Kd7 26. f4 Nc6 27.
Nb3 b5 28. e5 Ne7 29. Kd4 Kc6 30. g4 Kb6 31. Ke4 g6 32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Nc2 a5 34.
f5 axb4 35. axb4 g5 36. f6 Kc7 37. h3 Kd7 38. Na3 Nxb4 39. Nxb5 Ke8 40. Nd4 Kf8
41. Nf3 Kg8 42. Ne1 Kh7 43. Nd3 Nd5 44. Nc5 h5 45. gxh5 Kh6 46. Kf3 Kxh5 47.
Nxe6 Nxf6 48. exf6 Kg6 49. Nf8+ Kxf6 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Nd7 Kh6 52. Ne5 f6 53. Nf3
Kg6 54. Nd4 Kg7 55. Kh5 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 e5 11. b4 Nb7 12. Ne1 Ne8 13. Nd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bb2
Bd7 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. f4 cxb4 18. axb4 a5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Qxd6 21. c5 bxc5
22. bxc5 Qe6 23. Na4 Bc6 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. Bc4 Qxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxd1
28. Rfxd1 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nxc5 30. Nxa5 Be4 31. Rb8 Nd3 32. Rf1 Nf6 33. Rxf8+
Kxf8 34. Nc4 Ke7 35. Kg1 Nd5 36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Nd2 N5f4 38. Ra6+ Kg5 39. Nf3+
Bxf3 40. gxf3 Ng6 41. Ra3 Nde5 42. Kg2 Nh4+ 43. Kg3 Nhxf3 44. Rxf3 Nxf3 45.
Kxf3 f4 46. Kf2 Kf5 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. Kf2 Ke4 49. Ke2 f3+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Kf1 Ke3
52. Ke1 f2+ 53. Kf1 Kf3 54. h3 Kg3 55. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Ross, Laura R"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. d5 Nb8 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 c6 7. c4 g6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd4 Nbd7 10. Ng1 e5 11. Bc3 Nc5 12. Qc2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Rc1 Bh6
15. f3 Rc8 16. g3 O-O 17. Nh3 b5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. a3 a5 20. Be2 b4 21. Nc4 Qb8
22. axb4 axb4 23. Bd2 Bxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Nb3 25. Qd1 Nxc1 26. Qxc1 Bb5 27. b3 Bxc4
28. Bxc4 Nd7 29. Ng4 Qa7 30. Ne3 Nc5 31. Qb1 Ra8 32. O-O Rfc8 33. Kh1 Qa2 34.
Qe1 Qb2 35. Nd1 Qd4 36. Qxb4 Ra1 37. Qe1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8.
O-O e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe2 Qd8 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Bb3 Qa5 14. Bf2 Rae8
15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Kh1 h6 17. Nce2 h5 18. Be1 Qa6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bd2 Ndf6 21.
Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Be7 23. Ng3 Qb6 24. c3 a5 25. h3 Nf6 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxf5
Bd8 28. Nd6 a4 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxa4 Qxb2 31. Bb3 h4 32. Bc1 Qb1 33. Bg5 Qb2
34. Bc1 Qb1 35. Bg5 Qb2 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Rde1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Qd2 39. Qe3 Qb2
40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Bxf7 Bxf7 42. Qxf7 Kh6 43. Qc4 Qc2 44. Rf1 b5 45. Qxc6 b4 46.
Rxf6+ gxf6 47. Qxf6+ Kh5 48. Qe5+ Kg6 49. Qd6+ Kh5 50. cxb4 Qxa2 51. Qe5+ Kh6
52. b5 Kg6 53. Kh2 Qb2 54. Qd6+ Kh5 55. b6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. d5 Qd6 14. Be3 Rd8
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O e5 17. Qa4+ Rd7 18. Qg4 Qg6 19. Qc4 b5 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. a4
b4 22. Na2 e4 23. Rac1 O-O 24. Rc4 f5 25. Nxb4 Qh6 26. g3 f4 27. Qg4 Re7 28.
Nc6 Ree8 29. Nd4 e3 30. Nf5 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 e2 32. Re1 f3 33. Qxf3 Qd2 34. Qc3
Qxd5 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Bf8 37. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. Nf3 Ne4
15. O-O f5 16. Rfd1 Rf6 17. Ne2 Rh6 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rh1+ 20. Kxh1 Nxf2+
21. Kh2 Nxd3 22. Nh4 Qe4 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Nf3 Qxe3 27.
Rae1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Qf2 29. Re7 f4 30. Be1 Qf1+ 31. Ng1 Rf6 32. gxf4 Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bf4 b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15.
Bc4 Nh5 16. Bh2 h6 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Rad1 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. Bg3 Re7 21. Re2 Rae8
22. Rde1 Bc8 23. Kh2 b5 24. e5 h4 25. Bf4 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Qd7 27. Bxg7 Qxh3+ 28.
Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Nh2 Bxe2 32. Bxe2 Kxg7 33. axb5 Re5 34.
f4 Re3 35. Kh1 axb5 36. Nxb5 Rg3 37. Bf1 Rxe1 38. Qxe1 Qf5 39. Qd2 Qe4+ 40. Bg2
Qb1+ 41. Bf1 Qe4+ 42. Bg2 Qe7 43. Nc3 Re3 44. Ng4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 f6 46. gxf6+
Nxf6 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. b4 cxb4 49. Qd4+ Kf7 50. Ne4 b3 51. Qb4 Re3 52. Ng5+ Kg8
53. Ne6 Rg3 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Ng5+ Kg7 56. Ne6+ Kh7 57. Ng5+ Rxg5 58. fxg5 Qe5+
59. Kh1 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ 61. Kh1 b2 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kf7 64. Qb7+ Ke8 65.
Qb8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 a4 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qc2 Ra7 13. e3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15.
Nd4 c6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Nc3 c5 19. Ndb5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd7 21. Qe4
Qf6 22. Nxa4 g5 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Nac3 Rd2 25. a3 Ba5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Rxd2 Rxd2
28. Na4 Nd3 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. Qf3 Ra2 31. Na7 Be1 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. g4 Bxf2+ 34.
Kh1 Qg3 35. Qxg3 Bxg3 36. Nxb6 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nxh3+ 38. Kh1 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 h6 10. Bh4 Nb8 11. Ne3 Nbd7 12. Bc2 b5 13. g4 Qe8 14. Rg1 Nc5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Qd8 18. h4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Ne6 20. Qf3 Nf4 21.
O-O-O Kg7 22. d4 Qe7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bb7 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Be4 Rh8 27.
Rg3 Rh4 28. Qe3 Rah8 29. f3 Bc8 30. Rgg1 Qd6 31. Rde1 Bb7 32. Rd1 R8h5 33. a3
Bc8 34. Kb1 Rf4 35. Rde1 Bf5 36. Ka1 Rh3 37. Qe2 Qc5 38. Rh1 Rh5 39. Rxh5 gxh5
40. Bxf5 Rxf5 41. f4 Qc4 42. Qxh5 Rxf4 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. g6 fxg6 45. Qxg6+ Kf8
46. Qh6+ Kf7 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qh3 Qxd5 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qxc7+ Kf6 51. Rg1 Rg4
52. Rf1+ Rf4 53. Re1 Rh4 54. Qb6+ Kf5 55. Rf1+ Rf4 56. Rg1 Rg4 57. Qf2+ Ke6 58.
Re1 Rg2 59. Qb6+ Qd6 60. Qe3 Rd2 61. Qh3+ Ke7 62. Qh5 Ke6 63. Rg1 Qd3 64. Qe8+
Kf6 65. Qh8+ Ke6 66. Qg8+ Kf6 67. Qg7+ Ke6 68. Rg6+ Kf5 69. Rg5+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21.
Nd5 Bb7 22. O-O Rc8 23. Qd3 Rc5 24. Rd1 Qh4 25. h3 e4 26. Qe2 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Qxe7
28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Rad2 d5 30. Bxd5 Rxc3 31. Qa7 Bxd5 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxd5 Rc2
34. Rxa5 Rcxf2 35. Re1 Rb2 36. Rb5 h6 37. Rxe4 Rf7 38. h4 Kh7 39. Rg4 Rb1+ 40.
Kh2 Rb2 41. Rb6 Re7 42. Rb5 Rd7 43. h5 Re7 44. Kh3 Rb1 45. Rf4 Re2 46. Rf3 Rh1+
47. Kg3 Rc1 48. Kh2 Re4 49. g3 Rb1 50. Rf8 Re2+ 51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53.
Kf3 Ree1 54. Kg4 Re4+ 55. Rf4 Re3 56. b4 Rd1 57. Kh3 Re7 58. Rf8 Re4 59. Rf4
Re3 60. Kg4 Rdd3 61. Kf5 Rxg3 62. Ke6 Rge3+ 63. Re5 Rxe5+ 64. Kxe5 Rh3 65. Rf5
Rb3 66. Rf4 Rh3 67. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 gxf6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O Na6 14. e4 Bd7
15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Qc1 Nb4 18. Ra3 Qb6 19. Qb2 Kb8 20. Rb1 f5 21.
Rb3 Ba4 22. a3 Bxb3 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Qxb3 fxe4 25. Qa4 a5 26. Nb3 Kc7 27. Rc1
Ra8 28. c5 Qa7 29. Qb5 Rhd8 30. Qc4 Kb8 31. c6 Kc7 32. cxb7+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Bb7 13. a5 O-O 14. Nf2 e5 15. g4
d5 16. g5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nd7 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rf2
exf4 22. Bxf4 Bd6 23. Rd1 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Ne5 26. Rd5 Ng6 27. Rxb4
Rxc2 28. Rd2 Rc7 29. Rb6 f6 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Rd6 Rc2 33. Rxf6
Rxb2 34. Nd4 Ne5 35. Rxa6 Rd2 36. Re6 Rxd4 37. Rxe5 Ra4 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Kf6
40. Rb5 Kg6 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. O-O Rac8
15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Rfd1 Nbd7 17. Bb1 Nb6 18. Nd2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. h3 Rfc8
21. Bd3 R4c7 22. Na2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bb8 25. Nb3 Nd7 26. Na5 Ba8
27. Qc2 f5 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Qxa6 Bd5 30. Bxb5 Qg5 31. Bf1 f4 32. Qd3 Ne5 33.
Bxe5 Qxe5 34. exf4 Qxf4 35. g3 Qc1 36. Nc4 Bxc4 37. Qxc4 Qxa3 38. Qe4 Bd6 39.
b5 Qc5 40. Bc4 Qe5 41. Qxh7 Bc5 42. Kg2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 Qd4+ 44. Ke2 Qxc4+ 45.
Qd3 Qb4 46. h4 Ke7 47. Kf3 Qc5 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Ke4 Qb4+ 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. h5 Qc5
52. Kg4 Kf8 53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kf7 56. Qg5 Qb6 57. Qf4+ Kg8 58.
Qe5 Kh7 59. Qe4+ Kh8 60. Qa8+ Kh7 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Qc4 Qe3 63. Kh4 e5 64. Qc8+
Kh7 65. Qf5+ Kh8 66. h6 gxh6 67. Kh5 e4 68. Qf6+ Kg8 69. b6 Qe2+ 70. Kxh6 Qh2+
71. Qh4 Qb2 72. Qd8+ Kf7 73. Qd7+ Kf8 74. Qf5+ Kg8 75. Qxe4 Qd2+ 76. Qf4 Qh2+
77. Qh4 Qg2 78. Qd8+ Kf7 79. Qc7+ Kf6 80. Qf4+ Ke6 81. g4 Qb2 82. Kg6 Qg2 83.
b7 Kd7 84. b8=Q Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qg4 h5 8. Qe2
Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Ng4 11. h3 Be7 12. g3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Be3 b5 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. e5 Bb7 18. Be4 d5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Rad1 O-O 21. Bg2 Ba8
22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd1 Nb7
28. Bb6 Qc6 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. Rd3 Qe4 31. Rd2 Rd5 32. Bc3 Nd6 33. Rxd5 exd5 34.
Qd4 Qg6 35. Be1 Qxc2 36. Qxd5 Qb1 37. Qxd6 Qxe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40.
Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Florean, Andrei"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 f6 7. d4 fxe5 8. dxe5
Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 Rxf4 14. gxf4 Nf8 15.
Nc3 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Ne2 Nfg6 20. Bh3 Nxh4 21. Nxh4
Qxh4 22. Qg3 Qh5 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Red1 c5
28. R8d2 cxb4 29. axb4 a5 30. b5 a4 31. Nc3 Ba5 32. Rc2 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Bd7 34.
Rxc4 Bxb5 35. Rb4 Bc6 36. Bg2 Qe8 37. Bxc6 Qxc6 38. Qg2 Qc2 39. Ra1 a3 40. Qxb7
Rd8 41. Qa6 Ne3 42. fxe3 Rd2 43. Qb7 Qg6+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Stein, Alan"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
a4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bc4 b6 12. Nh4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 a5 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Bb5 N6d7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd3 Red8 21.
Qxd6 Qh4 22. h3 Qe4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. b4 axb4 27.
Bxc5 bxc5 28. a5 Ra8 29. a6 Ra7 30. Rd1 g5 31. Rd8 Kg7 32. f6+ Kxf6 33. Rxf8
Ke7 34. Rb8 Kd6 35. Rb6+ Kd5 36. Rb7 Ra8 37. Rxf7 c4 38. Rc7 b3 39. cxb3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. a5 O-O 13. Nc4 Ra7 14. Bf4 Bd5 15.
Nfe5 Nc6 16. Be3 b3 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Rfc1 Qa8 20. f3 Qb7 21. h4
Rc8 22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Rc7 26. Kf2 Ne8 27. Qb4 f6
28. Ng4 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qxb3 Rxd4 31. Ne3 Rxh4 32. Rd1 Rh5 33. Nc4 Qc5+
34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Qc3 Nc7 36. Nb6 Qe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 38. Kf2 Rxa5 39. Rd7 Rb5
0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Schneider, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. c3 Nf6 6. g3 dxe4 7. dxe4 a5 8. a4
Bc5 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg2 Ne8 13. O-O Nd6 14. Kh2 Be6 15.
Nbd2 Rad8 16. b3 f6 17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Rab1 Nb8 19. Ne1 Qd7 20. Nc2 Rfe8 21. Ne3
Nb5 22. axb5 Qxd2 23. Rfe1 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd2 26. Kg1 Red8 27.
Ree1 Nd7 28. c4 c6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Red1 Nb8 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Bc5 Nd7 33. Be3
Ra2 34. Bf1 Kf7 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. b4 a4 38. b5 cxb5 39. Rxb5 Rc2 40.
Rb4 a3 41. Ra4 a2 42. g4 Rb2 43. Bd3 Nb8 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Bc5 Nc6 46. Ra8+ Kd7
47. Ke3 Kc7 48. Ra3 Nd8 49. Bf8 Nb7 50. Ra8 Kd7 51. Be2 g6 52. Bd3 Nd8 53. Ra7+
Ke8 54. Bc5 Nb7 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Bf8 a1=Q 57. Rxa1 Kxf8 58. Ra8+ Ke7 59. Rh8
Nc5 60. Rxh7+ Kd6 61. Be2 Rb3+ 62. Kd2 Nxe4+ 63. Kc2 Rc3+ 64. Kb2 Bxc4 65. Bxc4
Rxc4 66. Rh6 Ke6 67. Rxg6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e4 Qb6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Qd2 O-O-O 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Nb5 Nxe4 11. Nxa7+ Kc7 12. Nxc6 Nxd2 13. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nh3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6
8. Nf4 Bf5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Rad1 h6 13. Nfd5 Re8 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qb4 Qc8 17. c5 Nc6 18. Qc3 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Be4 20. Bb5
Bxg2 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Ross, Laura R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 Bh6 14. g3 Be6
15. Bg2 Ne7 16. Ncb4 a5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. O-O Rac8 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Qe2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Qe4 Qb5 24. Rfb1 f5 25. Qxa4 Qe2 26. Qd1 Qa6 27. Qe1
f4 28. b4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qc2 31. Be4 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. bxa5
Rxg3+ 34. Bg2 Be3+ 35. Kh2 Rg4 36. Rd3 Rxh4+ 37. Bh3 Rf3 38. Kg2 Rhxh3 39. Raa3
e4 40. Rdb3 Rhg3+ 41. Kh1 Ba7 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo A"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Cottrell, Kelly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bd4 f6 10. a4 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nge2 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. b3 Nc6 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Be2 f5 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Ne4 22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Ba1 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Kh6 26. Rcd1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5
Qb6 28. Rd3 Rad8 29. a5 Qc7 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. b4 b6 32. Ra1 bxa5 33. Rxa5 Rde8
34. Re3 Rf7 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. Ra3 Nf6 37. Rd3 Kg7 38. g4 fxg4 39. Bxg4 Re7 40.
Bf3 Rd7 41. Bd5 Re7 42. Rf3 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Qe7 44. Ra3 Re5 45. Rxa7 Nd7 46. f4
Qh4 47. Rxd7+ Kh6 48. Bf3 Re7 49. Rxe7 Qxe7 50. b5 Qc7 51. b6 Qb8 52. b7 Qc7
53. f5 Qd8 54. f6 Qb8 55. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Bxe3 11. Qxe3 e5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qb6 Qe7
15. Rad1 O-O 16. c3 Rac8 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rcd7
21. g3 g6 22. f4 f6 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. h4 Rg8 26. Rh1 h6 27. Rf1 Rc7
28. Rfd1 Rd8 29. Kf2 b5 30. Ke3 Rb7 31. Rc2 a5 32. Nc1 Rb6 33. b3 Rc8 34. Rdd2
Nb8 35. b4 Rbc6 36. Bxb5 Rxc3+ 37. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 38. Nd3 axb4 39. Rb2 Nd7 40. Rxb4
Bxa2 41. Ra4 Be6 42. Ra7 h5 43. Kd2 Rb3 44. Ba4 Rb8 45. Kc3 Rd8 46. Nb4 Kf8 47.
Rc7 Nc5 48. Bc6 Rb8 49. Rh7 Bf7 50. Bd5 Bxd5 51. Nxd5 Nxe4+ 52. Kd3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 d4 8. Bxc4
dxc3 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. exf6+ gxf6 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. O-O Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Bg4 14. Re1+
Kd8 15. Ng5 fxg5 16. Bxg5+ Kc7 17. Bf6 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Bd6 19. Bxh8 Nc6 20. Bb2
Rf8 21. f3 Bf5 22. Rad1 b5 23. Be6 Bg6 24. Bd5 Nb4 25. a3 Nd3 26. Re2 c4 27.
Bg7 Rd8 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxa3 30. Kf1 Bc5 31. Rb1 Kc6 32. Rh4 Rd7 33. Rh6+
Kd5 34. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Re1
Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Be6 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Bc5 Bc7 18. Rd1 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Qe3
Ne5 21. Nd4 Bg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf3 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Qd3 Bd6+ 26. Kg1
Bxc5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxa8 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qxg2 32.
Qxb7+ Kf6 33. Qc6+ Ke7 34. Qc7+ Ke6 35. Qc8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ Ke6 37. Qc6+ Ke7 38.
Qc7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4
Qd8 16. a5 f5 17. Nc5 Ra7 18. Re1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Kh7 20. Ra4 Qd6 21. Rxb4 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 Rd8 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Qxc4 Rg8 25. Rb6 Rg4 26. Rb4 Kg7 27. Nd3 Nd7 28.
Re3 e5 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 e4 31. Bxd7 Bxd7 32. Ne5 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Bb5 34.
Rc3 Kf7 35. Rd4 e3 36. Rxg4 e2 37. e6+ Kf6 38. Re3 fxg4 39. e7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. O-O g6 8. a4
e5 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a5 b5 15. Nb6
Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf2 Nc5 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Ne2 Rfd8
22. Qb4 Nc5 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Ne2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Lugo, Blas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a4 Rh4 14. g4 e5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Bxe2 b4 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. Bf3 bxa4 20. Bxa8 a3 21.
bxa3 b3 22. h3 Be6 23. Kd2 Na6 24. Rae1 Nc7 25. Bg2 Kd7 26. Kc3 Rh8 27. a4 Rb8
28. Re2 Na6 29. f4 f5 30. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O b6 5. d3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Ng5 Be7 9. Ngxe4 Qc8 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nc4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Bf6 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. a4 Re6 20. Rfe1
Rfe8 21. Rad1 Nf8 22. Ne3 g6 23. Nc4 Kf7 24. h4 a6 25. Nd2 h6 26. h5 gxh5 27.
Rh1 h4 28. Nc4 Rc6 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. gxf4 Re2+ 32. Kf3 Rxc2 33. Rc1
Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Ke7 35. Ne5 c5 36. a5 Nd7 37. b4 Ke6 38. axb6 Nxb6 39. bxc5 Nd5
40. c6 Nc7 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Rg6+ Kd5 43. Rxh6 a5 44. Rh7 Nb5 45. Ke3 h3 46. Rxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Vigorito, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qf6 12. Be3 Ng5 13. f4 Nh3+ 14. Kg2 Rde8
15. Qd2 h5 16. Rae1 h4 17. b4 Bg4 18. b5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rh5 20. Rh1 Ng5 21. Be2
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Qf5 24. fxg5 Qe6 25. Re1 Rh8 26. g4 Be5 27. Rh1 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 Nf7 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Be3
f5 16. g3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 e4 20. Nd2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Qxd5 22. Bc4 Qe5 23. Qb3 Bg4 24. Rh4 Qf5 25. Bd5 Rae8 26. Rc1 Re5 27. Rxg4 Rxd5
28. Nxe4 Re5 29. Rf4 Qh3 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rc8+ Qxc8 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nxd6+
Ke6 34. Nxc8 Bh6 35. Nxa7 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Ra5 37. Nc8 Ra6 38. b4 b5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8.
Qc3 Bxb5 9. Bxb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qd2 c5 12. c3 O-O 13. Nf3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. O-O-O c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Rde1 a5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Nxe6 Qb6
21. Nxg7 Ng6 22. Nh5 Rf7 23. Qg5 Ndf8 24. Re2 b4 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qxc4 bxc3 27.
bxc3 Rb8 28. Kc2 Qb2+ 29. Kd3 Qb7 30. f3 Rc8 31. Qb3 Qa6+ 32. Kd2 a4 33. Qd5
Rb8 34. Rhe1 Rb5 35. Qc4 Qb7 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Ne4 Nf4 38. Rf2 Rb2+ 39. Ke3
Nxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Rxg2 41. Qxa4 Qd5 42. Qe8 Rxa2 43. Rg1 Ra8 44. Qe5+ Qxe5 45.
dxe5 Ra5 46. f4 Ne6 47. Nf6 Rg7 48. Rb1 Rga7 49. Rg1 Rg7 50. Rb1 Rga7 51. Rb8+
Kg7 52. Ne8+ Kg6 53. Nd6 Ng7 54. Ke4 Ra4+ 55. c4 Ra1 56. f5+ Nxf5 57. Nxf5 Re1+
58. Ne3 Ra3 59. Rg8+ Kf7 60. Rg3 Ke6 61. Rg6+ Ke7 62. Rg3 Ke6 63. Kd4 Rh1 64.
Rg6+ Kf7 65. Rf6+ Ke8 66. Nd5 Rd1+ 67. Kc5 Ra5+ 68. Kc6 Ra6+ 69. Nb6 Re1 70.
Kb5 Ra2 71. e6 Rxh2 72. Kc5 Rc1 73. Rg6 Rh8 74. Kd6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Nxd6 e5 14. Bc4
Bg4 15. Qd5 Rd7 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Rd5 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 exf4 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Nd5
Bh4 21. Nxf4 Bc6 22. g3 Bg5 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Kc1 b6 25. c3 Be7 26. Kc2 Bf8 27.
Nd2 Bc5 28. Nb3 Bf8 29. Nd4 Bb7 30. Nd3 Re8 31. e5 g6 32. Nb5 Ra8 33. e6 fxe6
34. Rxe6 g5 35. c4 Rc8 36. b3 Kf7 37. Nd4 Rc7 38. Ne5+ Kg8 39. Rg6+ Rg7 40. Re6
Re7 41. Rxe7 Bxe7 42. Nec6 Bc5 43. b4 Bf8 44. Kc3 a6 45. Nd8 Bc8 46. N8e6 Be7
47. Nc7 a5 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. Nc6 Bc5 50. Nd5 Bh3 51. Nd4 Kf7 52. Ne3 Bc8 53.
Kd3 Bb7 54. Nb3 Bb6 55. c5 Bd8 56. Kc4 Ke6 57. Kb5 Be4 58. Nxa5 Bf6 59. Nac4
Bd4 60. a4 Bd3 61. Kb6 Kd7 62. a5 Kc8 63. Nd6+ Kb8 64. Nd5 Bg1 65. Nb4 Bf1 66.
a6 Ka8 67. Ne8 Bg2 68. Nc7+ Kb8 69. a7+ Kc8 70. Nc6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Liu, Elliott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Nd2 e5 8. d5 c6
9. O-O c5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. Qc2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Rb1 Nf6
16. Rd1 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Nf1 Bd7 19. Ne3 a5 20. h3 Qc8 21. b3 Qe8 22. Rf1
Nh5 23. Bxh5 Qxh5 24. Bb2 Qg6 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Qb2 Qd4 27. Kf2 b5 28. Rfd1
Qxb2+ 29. Rxb2 b4 30. Ra2 Rfb8 31. Rda1 Kf7 32. axb4 Rxb4 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34.
Rxa5 Rxb3 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 Kg6 38. Rd8 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rb3 40.
Rxd7 Rxe3+ 41. Kh4 Rc3 42. Rxd6+ Kf7 43. Kg5 Rxc4 44. Kxf5 Rd4 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46.
Re6 Rxd5+ 47. Kxe4 Rd2 48. Kf3 c4 49. Re3 Rc2 50. g4 c3 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. g5+ Kg6
53. h4 Kh5 54. Kf5 Kxh4 55. Re7 Rf2 56. Rxh7+ Kg3 57. Rc7 Rxf4+ 58. Ke5 Rf3 59.
g6 Kf2 60. Rf7 Ke2 61. Rxf3 Kxf3 62. g7 c2 63. g8=Q c1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. b3 Qc7
15. c4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. c5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Qb8 23. Rec1 b6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Kg2 Qc7 27.
Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qd5 Kg8 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qd5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. a4 Qb6 11. Nc3 b4 12. a5 Qc7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Ng3
Be7 16. Re1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Nb3 Qa7 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Rc7 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Ne8
22. Rc4 Nef6 23. h4 Rac8 24. Rec1 Qa8 25. e5 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Nd5 27. Bg5 Rc8 28.
Rg4 Qb8 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Rxb4 Nc6 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Bxa6 Qxb3 33. Bxc8 Ndxe5
34. a6 Qa4 35. Bb7 Qa1+ 36. Nf1 Qa4 37. g3 g6 38. Kg2 Nd7 39. Nd2 Nc5 40. b3
1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "West, Vanessa A"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 exd4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Bc4 d6 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Be6 15. Nd2 Be5 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Be2 d3 20. Bf1 Nb4 21.
Re3 Qxa2 22. Bxd3 Nc2 23. Re2 Nd4 24. Re1 Qa5 25. f4 Bg7 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. Ne3
Qb6 28. b4 Ba2 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Nxg5 32. fxg5 Qd4 33. Qf3 Rc3
34. Red1 Re8 35. Qf1 Qh4 36. Bb5 Be5 37. Qg1 Rec8 38. Be2 Qxg5 39. Qxa7 Re3 40.
Qxb7 Rf8 41. Bf1 Qh4 42. h3 Qf4 43. Kg1 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 e6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. h4 h5
9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 Nbc6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. a3 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Kf1 Bd7 15. Bf6
Rfe8 16. Qg5 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nf4 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Nxh5+ Kf8 23. Nf6 Qb5+ 24. Kg1 Red8 25. h5 Ne7 26. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Be6 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Re1 b5 13. Bf1 c5 14. Qd1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bg4 16. N4f3 Nd5 17. h3 Be6 18. Rb1 Nxf4 19. exf4 Qb6 20. Nb3 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 Rxc5 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. f5 gxf5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe2
Re5 28. Qf1 a6 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. a4 Bd4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qe2 Rc5 33. Rd1 Re5
34. Qf3 Rd5 35. g3 Rc5 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qb7 Rxb3 39. Bxf5 Kf6 40.
Bxe6 Rb2 41. Qf3+ Kxe6 42. Qg4+ Ke5 43. Qf4+ Ke6 44. Qg4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Liu, Elliott"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "West, Vanessa A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Bxb5 14.
Nxb5 Nc6 15. c4 Rad8 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Qg3+
Kh8 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. f4 a6 25. Rf3 Rg8 26. e5 axb5 27.
Rg3+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qxf6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33.
Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Nc4 17. a4 Be6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 Na5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. axb5 axb5
22. Qe2 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Reb1 Reb8 25. Nh2 Qb7 26. Ng4 Nc6 27. b4 Nxg4 28.
hxg4 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qc8 30. Bd1 d5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Bc2
Ne7 35. Be1 Qc6 36. Rd1 g6 37. Qd3 Bg7 38. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5
Rf8 15. a4 b4 16. Bh4 Rf5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 g6 19. Rd2 e3 20. fxe3 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. b3 Ke8 23. c3 bxc3 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. Rxc3 Rf8 26. Rd3+ Ke7 27. Bf4
Rb8 28. Kf2 Na5 29. Bg5+ Ke8 30. Kf3 Nxb3 31. Bf6 Na5 32. Kf4 Rb4+ 33. Kg5 Rg4+
34. Kh6 Nc6 35. Rd2 Ne7 36. a5 c5 37. Bxe7 Kxe7 38. Rd6 c4 39. Rxa6 Kd7 40.
Rd6+ Kc7 41. a6 Rxg2 42. a7 Ra2 43. Rd4 Rxa7 44. Rxc4+ Kd7 45. Kxg6 Ke7 46. Rb4
Rc7 47. Ra4 Rb7 48. Ra5 Rb3 49. Ra7+ Kd8 50. Kf6 Rxe3 51. Rh7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Qd7 13. Bc2 g6 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4
c6 16. b3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bg7 18. Ra2 Nh5 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 Nxd5 21. fxg6 Nc3
22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Nh4 Nxd1 24. Ng6+ Kxh7 25. Nf8+ Kh8 26. Nxd7 Nc3 27. Ra1 Nf4
28. Ne3 Bc6 29. Bf5 Nce2+ 30. Kf1 Nd4 31. Bg4 Red8 32. g3 Nd3 33. Nb6 Rab8 34.
Nbd5 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Nc2+ 37. Kd1 Nxa1 38. b4 Rf8 39. Be3 Rb7 40.
Be6 Nb3 41. Kc2 Re8 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Ng6
15. Nxe6 Qd7 16. Rhe1 Kf7 17. f5 Nf8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd6 Qc8 20. Ng5+ Kg8
21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nge4+ Ng6 23. fxg6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 h3 12. gxh3 Bd6 13. Qh5 Rg8 14. Ng4 Qg6 15.
Qxg6 Rxg6 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Bg2 f5 18. Ne3 Bf4 19. Bf3 Rg7 20. Ke2 cxb5 21. Nxb5
a6 22. Na3 Nc6 23. Rhd1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Na5 25. Nc2 Bxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Nb7 27. Ra4
Nd6 28. Na3 Rc7 29. Rc1 Ke7 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Kf4 Rb8 32. Ra5 Kf6 33. Rc5 Rbc8
34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rc3 Rc8 36. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. e3 Nf6 8. exd4
cxd4 9. d3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Re8 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne4
Be7 16. a3 a5 17. Rb1 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bg5 19. b4 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Qh4 21. h3 h5 22.
bxa5 hxg4 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 gxh3 25. Bxh3 Nxa5 26. Rb6 Bh5 27. Kf2 g6 28.
Nb4 Kg7 29. Nd5 Rh8 30. Kg3 Ra6 31. Rxa6 bxa6 32. c5 Rb8 33. Rc1 Rb3 34. Bf1
Nc6 35. Nb4 Rc3 36. Rb1 Rxc5 37. Nxa6 Ra5 38. Nb4 Nd8 39. Ra1 Ne6 40. Kf2 Nf4
41. Nd5 Nxd5 42. exd5 Rxd5 43. Bg2 Ra5 44. Bc6 Rc5 45. Bd7 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Be2 47.
Bb5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. a3 Qe7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4
Qf7 16. Be2 a6 17. Nf1 Nef6 18. Ng3 Qg6 19. Rc1 Kh8 20. Rc2 e4 21. Nh1 Rg8 22.
Nf2 Bf8 23. g3 h5 24. Nh3 Ng4 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Ng5 Be7 27. h4 gxh3 28. Rh2
Bxg5 29. fxg5 Qh7 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Bxe5+ dxe5 32. Ree2 Rxg5 33. Rxh3 Qxh3 34.
Rh2 Rxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rg7 37. Qb3 Bd7 38. Qb6 Bc6 39. Ne2 Rag8 40.
Ng1 Rg2+ 41. Kh3 Rxg1 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Lugo, Blas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nfd2 f5 8. f3
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 f4
15. Rfe1 fxe3 16. Qxe3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qg5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Be5 Bb4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8
21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Qxb7 Bxd2 23. Re4 Bc1 24. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 Rf7 15. c5
Nxc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. a6 Rf6 19. axb7 Bxb7 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. Rf2 Bd6
22. Na4 Qe7 23. Rc2 Rg8 24. Nf2 h5 25. Be2 Bc8 26. h3 Nf8 27. Rac1 Nd7 28. b4
cxb4 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 a5 31. Bb5 Qd8 32. Qc2 Nb6 33. Qc5 Qd6 34. Qc2 b3
35. Qc3 Nxa4 36. Bxa4 b2 37. Bc2 Bd7 38. Nd3 Re8 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Nxe5 Qg7 41.
Qxb2 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Rff8 44. Ng6+ Kg8 45. e5 Qa7+ 46. Kf1 Qa6+ 47.
Kg1 Qa7+ 48. Kf1 Qa6+ 49. Kg1 Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Be2 Bb4 9. Qd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. c3 Be7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bf3 a6 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Rd2 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8
21. Na5 Bc8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qf4 e5 25. Qxe5 Be6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Nc6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Liu, Elliott"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4
Bb7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rae1 Nc5 12. a3 h5 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Bg1 h4 15.
Qh3 Nh5 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Bxh5 Rxh5 18. Qg4 Rh6 19. f5 h3 20. g3 e5 21. Nf3 Na4
22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Be3 Rh8 24. c3 Qd7 25. Bg5 Ke7 26. Rd1 Qb5 27. Rf2 Rc4 28.
Re2 Rxc3 29. Nxe5 Rb3 30. Bxf6+ gxf6 31. Nxf7 Rd3 32. Rde1 Rh7 33. Nh6 Kd7 34.
Qf4 Rd4 35. Kg1 Qc5 36. Kf1 Bc6 37. Rc1 Qb6 38. Ng8 Rf7 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40. Qxd2
Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. c3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg6 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 h5 17. f4 Bd3 18. Rf3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb4 20. Bf2 Bxd2 21. Rxd3
Bxf4 22. Qf3 Bg5 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. Qf5 Be7 25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Rc1 Ra7 27. Bg3 Rh6
28. Rcf1 Rg6 29. Kh3 c5 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7 cxd4 32. R7f4 Bc5 33. b4 Bb6
34. Rf8+ Kd7 35. Rg8 Ke6 36. Rb8 Bc7 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Rg8 Kc6 39. Rf7 d3 40.
Rf3 a5 41. bxa5 Bxa5 42. Rxd3 Re7 43. Rc8+ Kb7 44. Rc5 Rh6+ 45. Kg2 Rg6 46.
Rxb5+ Bb6 47. Rdxd5 Kc6 48. Rd6+ Rxd6 49. exd6 Re4 50. Rg5 Bd4 51. b4 Bf6 52.
b5+ Kd7 53. Kf3 Rc4 54. Rd5 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 Rb3 56. Be5 Bxe5 57. Rxe5 Kxd6 58. Rg5
Ke6 59. Ke2 Kf6 60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Rc5 Rg3 62. g5 Kh5 63. Kd2 g6 64. Kc2 Rg2+ 65.
Kc3 Rg1 66. Kb4 Re1 67. b6 Rb1+ 68. Ka5 Kg4 69. Ka6 Ra1+ 70. Ra5 Re1 71. b7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
d6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh4 Bc8 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 g6 15.
Bh3 Nbd7 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qf3 f5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4
Kg8 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. Rf2 Bf6 24. Raf1 Rc8 25. Qd3 Be5 26. g4 f4 27. Qe4 b5 28.
c5 Qe7 29. c6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qxe6 31. Kh1 d5 32. Qf3 Qxc6 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Rfd2
Qc5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 Bxb2 38. Rxb5 Bd4 39. Kg2 h6 40. Kf3
Be3 41. Rb7 Kh8 42. h4 Kg8 43. h5 g5 44. Ke4 Bc5 45. Kf5 f3 46. Kg6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 f5 5. Bc4 e6 6. c3 Qe7 7. h3 e5 8. Bh2 Nh6
9. O-O Nd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. c4 c5 17. b3 e4 18. Ne1 Rad8 19. Nb1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Qe2
Qd7 22. Nc2 Nc8 23. Nca3 a6 24. Bg3 Ne7 25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Nc2 Qd3 27. Kf1 Bb2 28.
Re1 Nfe5 29. Bh4 Rd7 30. Bf6 Nxc4 31. Bxb2 Nxb2 32. Nba3 Nd1 33. Nb1 Kf7 34. f4
exf3 35. gxf3 Nc3 36. Nxc3 Qxc3 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Ke6 39. Qe2 b5 40. f4 c4
41. Nd4+ Kd6 42. bxc4 Nxd4 43. exd4 Qxc4 44. Qxc4 bxc4 45. Ke2 Kd5 46. Ke3 h6
47. h4 h5 48. a3 a5 49. a4 c3 50. Kd3 c2 51. Kxc2 Kxd4 52. Kd2 Ke4 53. Kc3 Kxf4
54. Kc4 Kg4 55. Kb5 f4 56. Kxa5 f3 57. Kb6 f2 58. a5 f1=Q 59. a6 Kxh4 60. a7
Qf3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "West, Vanessa A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Re1 c6 15. c5
Ne8 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Na4 Qd8 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nc5 Ba2 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qd2
Rfd8 22. Qc3 Bd5 23. e4 Ba2 24. Ba1 Nb5 25. Qc2 Nbd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
Rxd4 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Rxa2 Qxc5 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Bh3 Rc7 32. Rb1 b5 33. Ra5 Rb4
34. Rba1 Qd4 35. R5a2 Rb3 36. Bf1 Rbc3 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Qf3 Be7 39. Rb8 Qd7 40.
Raa8 Rc8 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Rxc8 Qxc8 43. d4 exd4 44. Bxb5 Qc5 45. Bd3 Qe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ng5 f4
16. Ne6 fxg3 17. f4 Rf7 18. e4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ndf6 20. f5 Ng7 21. Bg5 Be5 22. Qb3
Qe8 23. Ne2 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 gxf5 25. Bg2 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Qc2 Rg7 28. Bh6
Rg6 29. Be3 Qf7 30. Nf4 Bb3 31. Qd2 Rg7 32. Nd3 Re8 33. Rae1 Bc4 34. Bf4 Qf6
35. Rf3 Ree7 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Bh6 Rg6 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qf8+ Ke6 40. Qc8+ Rd7
41. Rfe3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. c3 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nd4 Bg6 16. gxf4 h6 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Qh3 Rae8 20. b3 Nd7 21. c4 Bf6
22. Be3 Nc5 23. Bg1 Bd3 24. Rfd1 Bh7 25. b4 Nd7 26. Rac1 b6 27. Rf1 Re7 28. Nc6
Re2 29. Rfe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Qb3 Ra8 33. Qb5 Bd3 34. Rd1 Bf5
35. c5 Re8 36. Qxa5 Qxa5 37. Nxa5 dxc5 38. Nb7 Bc2 39. Rc1 Bxa4 40. Nxc5 Nxc5
41. Bxc5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Nf1 Bh5 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Qd3 Bf6 16. Qe4 b4 17. h4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nce7 19. c4 Nb6 20. Bg5 Nf5 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Bxg5 24. hxg5 g6 25. Rc2 Re8 26. c5 Nd5 27. Qd2
Re7 28. Rec1 Rec7 29. Qa5 Kg7 30. Qd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc5 13. Re1 Bg4 14. e5 Ne6 15.
d5 Nc5 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Qd4 Bxf3 18. Bxc5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21.
Bxd5 Rxe7 22. f4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Bf3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ke8 26. Rc1 Kd8 27. Bg4
Rc7 28. Rxc7 Kxc7 29. Kf2 f6 30. exf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 Qd8 13. c3 Bb6 14. b4 Nb7 15.
Nxc6 Qc7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Na3 Nd6 18. Nac4 Be6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 Rfd8 21. a5
Bc7 22. d4 exd3 23. Qxd3 Bd5 24. Kf2 Qe6 25. Qh3 Ne4+ 26. Kg1 Qxh3 27. gxh3
Nxc3 28. Bf3 Bd6 29. Bb2 Bxb4 30. Nd3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Nd5 32. Nxb4 Nxb4 33. Rg3
g6 34. f5 Nd3 35. Bf6 Rd6 36. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. a4 Rc8 14. c3 Bg6 15.
a5 Bg5 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 e4 19. b4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Nb6
Rc7 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Re7 25. Kf1 h5 26. Re3 Re5 27. Qe1 f6
28. Rxe5 fxe5 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. Ke1 Qh4 31. h3 Bf5 32. Kd2 Kh7 33. Kc1 g5 34. Kd2
Kg6 35. c4 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. g3 Qh1 38. Qe1 Qh6+ 39. Qe3 Qh1 40. Qe1 Qh6+
41. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. e5 fxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rfe1
Bf6 15. Bd4 Qf8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Qc4 Nh6 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3
Qd6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. b3 Qd5 23. Qf4 Bc3 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Qg4+ Qd7
27. Qh5 b6 28. h3 a5 29. Ne5 Qe6 30. Nf3 Qd7 31. Ne5 Qe6 32. Re3 Kb7 33. Qe2
Qf5 34. Nf3 Rd8 35. Re7 Bf8 36. Re4 Bc5 37. g4 Qf7 38. Re6 Rd6 39. Re5 Rd5 40.
Kg2 Bd6 41. Re6 h5 42. g5 Bf4 43. Qe4 Bxg5 44. Rxc6 Qf5 45. Qxf5 Rxf5 46. Re6
Bf6 47. Re8 Rd5 48. Rf8 Rd6 49. Rf7 h6 50. Kf1 Bc3 51. Ke2 Kc6 52. a4 Rf6 53.
Re7 Kd6 54. Re3 Bb4 55. Rd3+ Ke6 56. Nd4+ Kf7 57. Nf3 Re6+ 58. Kf1 Rd6 59. Ke2
Kf6 60. Nd4 Bc5 61. Rf3+ Ke5 62. Nc2 Rc6 63. Ne3 Bxe3 64. Rxe3+ Kf4 65. Rf3+
Kg5 66. Rg3+ Kh4 67. Kf1 Rc5 68. Re3 Kg5 69. Ke2 Rc2+ 70. Kf3 Kf5 71. Kg3 h4+
72. Kxh4 Kf4 73. Re7 Rc3 74. Rf7+ Ke4 75. Kg4 Rxb3 76. Rxc7 Rb4 77. Rb7 Kd5+
78. f4 Kc6 79. Rh7 Rxa4 80. Rxh6+ Kc5 81. Rh8 b5 82. Rb8 Rd4 83. Kg5 a4 84. f5
b4 85. f6 Rd7 86. Kg6 b3 87. f7 Rxf7 88. Kxf7 Kc4 89. Rc8+ Kd3 90. Rb8 Kc3 91.
Rc8+ Kb2 92. h4 a3 93. h5 a2 94. Ra8 a1=Q 95. Rxa1 Kxa1 96. h6 b2 97. h7 b1=Q
98. h8=Q+ Qb2 99. Qxb2+ Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bf4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Qc6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Rxe4 Rad8 25. Kc2 Rc8 26. Bc3 Rc5 27.
b4 Rc6 28. Rd1 Rec8 29. Rd7 R6c7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. c5 Kf8 32. Kd3 Rc6 33. Rd4
Rc7 34. Re4 Rc6 35. Rd4 Rc7 36. a3 Bf6 37. Rd6 Be7 38. Rd4 Bf6 39. Rd6 Be7 40.
Be5 f6 41. Bg3 Kf7 42. Rd4 e5 43. Re4 Rd7+ 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. f3 Kd5 46. Bh2 b6
47. cxb6 axb6 48. g4 Rc7 49. Kd2 Ra7 50. Re3 Bxb4+ 51. axb4 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Rxh2
53. Rd3+ Kc4 54. Rd7 Kxb4 55. Rxg7 b5 56. Rg6 Kc3 57. Rxf6 b4 58. Rxh6 b3 59.
Rc6+ Kd3 60. Rb6 b2 61. Kf1 Rh1+ 62. Kg2 b1=Q 63. Rxb1 Rxb1 64. g5 e4 65. g6
Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O Bxd4 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. cxd4 Kg8 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Qb4
Bc6 15. Bf1 h6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Kf8 20. Rc5 Ke7
21. Rdc1 Rhd8 22. f3 Ke8 23. R5c2 Rd7 24. Kf2 Ne7 25. Bc3 Nf5 26. Rd2 Rad8 27.
Rcd1 Kf8 28. Bb4+ Kg8 29. Bc3 Ba4 30. b3 Bc6 31. Bd3 Ne7 32. Ba5 Rc8 33. Rc2 a6
34. Bb4 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nf6 36. Be3 Ra8 37. Rc5 Kf8 38. h4 Nd5 39. Bd2 Ne7 40. Be3
Nd5 41. Bd2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nc2 Be6 15.
b3 Nfd7 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rad1 b4 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Qd2 Rb6 21. Nxe6
Rxe6 22. f4 Nc6 23. e5 Ne7 24. Nxb4 cxb4 25. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 26. Kh2 Nxe5 27. fxe5
Bxe5 28. Re4 Nf5 29. Rxb4 Qd8 30. Bd5 Nxg3 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. Bxf7 Nf5
34. Qxe5 Qa8+ 35. Qe4 Qxa2+ 36. Kg1 Ng3 37. Qg2 Qa7+ 38. Kh2 Rf2 39. Bd5 Qe3
40. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 41. Bg2 Nf5 42. Rf1 Qd2 43. Rbf4 Qb2 44. Rxf5 gxf5 45. Rxf5 Qxb3
46. Rd5 Qe3 47. Rf5 Kg6 48. Rd5 Kf7 49. Rh5 h6 50. Rd5 Qe2 51. Ra5 Ke6 52. Ra8
Qe5+ 53. Kh1 Qg3 54. Re8+ Kf5 55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Re8+ Kd4 57. Re4+ Kd3 58. Re6 h5
59. Rf6 Qe5 60. Rf1 Ke2 61. Rb1 d5 62. Rb3 d4 63. Kg1 Qf5 64. Rb2+ Ke1 65. Rb8
Qf2+ 66. Kh1 Qe3 67. Rb1+ Kf2 68. Rb2+ Kg3 69. Bf1 d3 70. Rg2+ Kh4 71. Kh2 d2
72. Be2 Qe5+ 73. Kh1 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Vigorito, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. g3 Rc8 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bf3 Ne4 14. Qb3 Ndf6
15. Bg2 c5 16. Na2 Ba5 17. Qb5 b6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. b3 Ndc3 21.
Nxc3 Rxc3 22. Qb5 Qe6 23. b4 a6 24. Qxa6 Bxb4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Bd2 Rc4 27.
Bxb4 Rxb4 28. Rfb1 Rb3 29. Rxb3 Qxb3 30. Qb5 Qe6 31. Rb1 g6 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. d4 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. b4 Ne8 13. c5 f5 14. f3 h5 15. Nc4 f4
16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. a5 Rf7 19. h3 Bf8 20. c6 b6 21. Bb2 Rg7 22. axb6 cxb6
23. Kh2 Nh4 24. Rh1 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Nf6 27. c7 Qxc7 28. Kg1 f3 29.
gxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxc4 31. Rh4 Be7 32. Kg2 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxh4 34. Rc1 Qxb4
35. Bc3 Qb5 36. Nxd6 Qc5 37. Ne4 Qe3 38. Bxe5 Rxg4+ 39. Bxg4 Qxe4+ 40. Kh3 Qxe5
41. Kxh4 Qe7+ 42. Kh3 Qe3+ 43. Kh4 Qh6+ 44. Kg3 Qd6+ 45. Kh3 Qh6+ 46. Kg3 Qg5
47. d6 Be6 48. Qe2 Re8 49. Rc8 Rxc8 50. Qxe6+ Kg7 51. Qxc8 Qe5+ 52. Kh3 Qxd6
53. Qb7+ Kh6 54. Qxa7 Qd3+ 55. Kh4 Qd8+ 56. Kg3 Qd3+ 57. Bf3 Qg6+ 58. Kh2 Qd6+
59. Kh1 Qf6 60. Qa3 Qh4+ 61. Kg2 Qg5+ 62. Kh3 Qf5+ 63. Bg4 Qf1+ 64. Kg3 Qg1+
65. Kf3 Qd1+ 66. Kf4 Qd4+ 67. Kg3 Qg1+ 68. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Bb7 9. Qd2 Nfd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 N8d7 12. Qf2 Rc8 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. Kb1 d5
15. e5 Nc4 16. f4 Nc5 17. Rhf1 Be7 18. Bc1 b4 19. b3 Na3+ 20. Bxa3 bxa3 21. Qe3
Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. c4 O-O 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Nf5 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Rfd8 27. Kc2 f6
28. f5 Bc5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Ncd1 exf5 31. Rxf5 Bb4 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6
Rd2+ 34. Kb1 Bd6 35. Kc1 Rd4 36. h3 Bc8 37. Nc2 Be5 38. Nxd4 Bxf6 39. Nc2 Bg5+
40. Nde3 h5 41. Kd1 hxg4 42. hxg4 Be7 43. Kd2 a5 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Nef5 Bb4+ 46.
Ke3 a4 47. bxa4 Bxa4 48. Kxe4 Kf7 49. Kd5 Kg6 50. Nf3 Bb3 51. Ne5+ Kg5 52. Nd3
Bxa2 53. Nxb4 Bxc4+ 54. Kxc4 a2 55. Nxa2 Kxg4 56. Ne3+ Kf4 57. Kd4 Kg5 58. Ke5
Kg6 59. Nc3 Kg5 60. Ne4+ Kg6 61. Ke6 Kg7 62. Nd5 Kg6 63. Nf4+ Kg7 64. Ke7 Kh7
65. Kf8 Kh6 66. Kf7 Kh7 67. Ng5+ Kh6 68. Nge6 Kh7 69. Ng7 Kh6 70. Nfe6 Kh7 71.
Nf5 Kh8 72. Ne7 Kh7 73. Ng8 Kh8 74. Nf4 Kh7 75. Nf6+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Liu, Elliott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. Re1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re2 Bg6 21. Re1
Bh4 22. g3 e4 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 25. Bd5 Qxf4 26. Bxc6 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1
Bxe1 28. Qxe1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Qg3 Qd1+ 31. Ne1 Rf8 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Rd4
Qc1 34. Qf2 d5 35. Rxd5 Bxe4 36. Re5 Qxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxe5 38. Qg3 Re8 39. Qc7
Bc2 40. Qxa5 Bxb3 41. Qb5 Bf7 42. c4 h6 43. Qd7 Bg6 44. c5 Re5 45. c6 Bf5 46.
Qd6 Re8 47. c7 Kh7 48. Qd5 Kg6 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. h4 Be6 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Ke3 Bf5+
53. Kd4 Bg4 54. Kc5 Bf5 55. h5 Re5+ 56. Kd4 Re4+ 57. Kd5 Re8 58. Qd6 Be4+ 59.
Kc5 Bf5 60. Qd5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O b4 8. Nce2
a5 9. Kb1 Qc7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nh3 Bg7 15. Be2
c5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Qe2 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 O-O 19. Nf4 Rfb8 20. Rhe1 cxd4 21. Bf2 Nc5
22. Nfd3 Nba4 23. Qc4 Qc6 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Nxd4 Qc8 26. Qb5 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Nbd7
28. Qc4 Nb6 29. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "West, Vanessa A"]
[Black "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8.
Bf4 d5 9. exd6 Bf5 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. dxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. c3 Rhe8 14.
Nbd2 Kf8+ 15. Kd1 Nd5 16. Bg3 Rad8 17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Bxc6 Bxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Nb4+ 20.
Nd2 Nxc6 21. Re1 Bh6 22. f4 g5 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Be1 Ne5 26. Ke2
Nd3 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Rb1 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Rd5 30. Bf2 a6 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Rg5
33. g3 Nd3 34. Ke2 Nc5 35. Kd2 Rh5 36. Nf3 Rd5+ 37. Ke2 Na4 38. c4 Rc5 39. Kd3
Rf5 40. Ke3 Rc5 41. b3 Nb6 42. Rd1 Rc6 43. Nd4 Rh6 44. h4 Nd7 45. Nf5 Re6+ 46.
Kd4 Re2 47. Nd6+ Kf8 48. Nxb7 Rxa2 49. Kd5 Rb2 50. Rd3 Nf6+ 51. Kc6 Ng4 52. Rc3
Nf2 53. Nd6 Ng4 54. Kb6 Ra2 55. c5 Ne5 56. c6 Ke7 57. Nf5+ Kd8 58. c7+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. c4 Qh5 10. a3 a5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Bf4 Qg4
15. Bg3 Bc6 16. h3 Qh5 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Rdg1 Bd4
21. h4 Qc5 22. Rg5 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qd4+ 24. Kb1 Qxf4 25. Rhg1 g6 26. h5 Ra6 27.
hxg6 Rb6+ 28. Rb5 Rxb5+ 29. cxb5 hxg6 30. Qe3 Qc4 31. Qe5 Kg7 32. Rg4 Qf1+ 33.
Ka2 Qxf2 34. Rc4 Rd5 35. Qc3 Rxb5 36. f4 b6 37. a4 Rb4 38. Ka3 Rxc4 39. Qxc4
Nd5 40. Be4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. d5 c6
9. Nh3 b5 10. Nf2 bxc4 11. dxc6 Ne5 12. f4 Nxc6 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Rad1 Na5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bh4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. b3 Na3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Qb6 23. Kh1 Nb5 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. a4 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. Bc4 a5
28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 h5 30. g3 Qd4 31. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 c5
9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. c5 a5 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15.
Nxd5 Ncxe5 16. dxe5 e6 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bd6 Rfc8 20. Ra3 Bf8 21.
Rb3 Bxd6 22. cxd6 Rc5 23. Rxb7 Rd5 24. Qc2 Rxd6 25. Qc7 Rd5 26. b4 axb4 27.
Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Qxb8+ Qd8 29. Qxb4 Rd4 30. Qa3 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 b6 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Naxc4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1
Rd8 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. a3 f6 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. e4 Ne7 20. Qb3 Ra7 21.
Ne3 Qf7 22. Rc3 Nf8 23. Rdc1 Rd7 24. Rc4 Qg6 25. Kg2 h6 26. R1c3 Rb7 27. Qc2 c6
28. Nh4 Qf7 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Nh4 Qf7 31. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 f5 8. exf5
Bxf5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nf6 11. N1c3 a6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Bg5 18. Qd3 h6 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Ba3 Nc8 21. Rd2
Kh8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Qe2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bb4 Qa7 26. Bf3 Rf4 27. Bxd6 Nxd6
28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qe7 30. Ra6 e4 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qc2 Bf7 33. Bg4 h5 34.
Be2 b4 35. Qc8 Kg6 36. h4 Bh6 37. g3 Rxf2 38. Bxh5+ Kf6 39. Ng4# 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ncd5 Qg5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Qf3 b5 14. Bb3 Be6
15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Nce7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. d4 c4 22. Rce1 g6 23. g4 Kg7 24. Rf2 Rf7 25. Kg2 Rbf8 26. Ref1 d5 27. e5 h5
28. Rh1 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. gxh5 Nf5 31. Nc2 g5 32. a4 bxa4 33. Ra1 Nh4+ 34.
Kg3 Nf5+ 35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kg3 Kh6 37. Rxa4 Rf3+ 38. Kg4 Rf4+ 39. Kg3 Kxh5 40.
Nb4 Rf3+ 41. Kh2 Kg4 42. Kg1 Kg3 43. Ra6 Rf2 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Nc6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Be4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5
15. d5 Nd4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bd3 h6 18. Bg3 g5 19. f3 e4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. fxe4
Nf5 22. exf5 Rxe3+ 23. Kd2 Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Bxf5+ 25. Kc4 Rc8+ 26. Kb4 Bf8+ 27.
d6 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Kf7 29. Ka5 Ke6 30. Rxb7 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Kxd6 32. Rxa7 Rc2 33.
a4 h5 34. h4 Rxg2 35. hxg5 Rxg5+ 36. Kb6 Rg4 37. a5 Rb4+ 38. Ka6 h4 39. Rh7 Ke6
40. Ka7 Kf5 41. a6 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. a3 Bf8 8. b4
e4 9. Ng1 a5 10. b5 Ne5 11. Bb2 c6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxe4 Nf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qxb2
15. Qd4 Bxa3 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Ra2 Bf6 18. d4 d6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Kd2 c5 21.
Be2 Rb8 22. Rc1 Bg4 23. Rxa5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 cxd4 25. Rb5 dxe3+ 26. fxe3 Rbc8 27.
Bd5 Rc7 28. Rcb1 g6 29. Rb7 Ree7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rb8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Qxb6 Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Bxe4 17. Ba7 Rb7 18. Nxe4 Rxa7 19. Ng5 Kd7 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21.
b3 e5 22. Rad1 Rc7 23. Re2 Rc3 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 h6 26. Bd3 a5 27. Bf5+ Kc6
28. Red2 Rb4 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rc1 c6 12. Bh3 h6 13. Re1 d5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15.
Nd3 Nf6 16. f3 Bh7 17. Nf2 b5 18. e4 Nbd7 19. Bd2 bxc4 20. bxc4 dxe4 21. fxe4
e5 22. d5 Nc5 23. Bg2 Qd6 24. Qf3 Nfd7 25. Bh3 Nf6 26. Bc3 Rfe8 27. Bg2 cxd5
28. cxd5 Rec8 29. Qe3 Nfd7 30. Bh3 Rcb8 31. Re2 Rb5 32. Bb2 Qb6 33. Rcc2 Bg6
34. Ba3 Ra7 35. Kg2 Kh7 36. Re1 Rb7 37. Qc3 f6 38. Qf3 Qa7 39. Rec1 Na6 40. Bf5
Nb4 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rd1 Rhd8 21.
Kf1 Rbc8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Na4 Rd6 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. a4 h4 27. a5 Nd7
28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Bxf7 g5 30. Bb3 Bf8 31. Ba4 Bd6 32. Rc4 Be7 33. b4 a6 34. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Black "West, Vanessa A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ba1
cxd4 15. Qxd4 d5 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. cxd5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1
Bxd5 21. f3 Bb7 22. e4 Ne8 23. Bf1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 f6 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. Qc2 Qc6 27.
Qb3 Kf7 28. Bd4 Nd6 29. a4 Bc8 30. h4 Bd7 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 a6 33. Bb6 Nb5
34. Bc4 Qd6 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. f4 Qd6 38. Qb3 Qc6 39. Qb4+ Kf7 40. Qc5
Qa8 41. g4 Qb8 42. e5 Qa8 43. exf6 gxf6 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Qh8 46. fxe6+ Bxe6
47. Bxb5 axb5 48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Qc2+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ Kg6 51. Qg3+ Kf7 52. a6 Qh6+
53. Qf4 Qf8 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. Qc2+ Kh6 56. Kf2 Qb8 57. Qc1+ Kg7 58. Qg1+ Kf7 59.
Be3 Qe5 60. a7 Bd5 61. Qg4 Qb2+ 62. Qe2 Qxe2+ 63. Kxe2 b4 64. h5 b3 65. Kd3 Kg7
66. Kc3 Kh7 67. Bc1 Kg7 68. Kd4 Bg2 69. Kc4 b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Liu, Elliott"]
[Black "Lugo, Blas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 d5 8. d4
Nxe4 9. dxe5 Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. Nd4 c5 13. Ne2 g6 14. f3 Ng5 15.
Ng3 Ne6 16. f4 Qc7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Be4 cxb3 19. axb3 c4 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. f5 gxf5
22. Rxf5 Nd4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. b4 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Rg8 26. Ra2 Rd8 27. Qe2 Qxg2+
0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Nd4 Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bh1 Qf7 15.
Be3 Rae8 16. Qd2 a4 17. Rad1 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. f3 Nd8 21. Nc3
Be6 22. c5 Nf7 23. f4 Bg4 24. Rc1 dxc5 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Rb8 28. Bd5 Bf8 29. Ne4 Bc6 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Bxf8 Bxd5 32. Bb4 Bxa2 33. Bc3 Rd8
34. Re7 Kg7 35. Rxc7 b5 36. Rb7 Bc4 37. g4 h6 38. h4 Rd3 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5
a3 41. Ne4+ Rxc3 42. bxc3 Bd5 43. Rxb5 Bxe4 44. Ra5 Nd6 45. Rxa3 Kf7 46. Ra5
Ke6 47. Kf2 Nc4 48. Rc5 Bd3 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Rc8 Kd7 51. Ra8 Kc6 52. Rc8+ Kd7
53. Rf8 Bc2 54. Rf6 Bd3 55. Kf2 Kc7 56. Ra6 Kd7 57. Ra1 Kc6 58. Rd1 Bc2 59. Rd8
Bf5 60. Kg3 Nd6 61. Kf2 Kc5 62. Ke3 Nb5 63. Ra8 Nxc3 64. Ra5+ Kc4 65. Ra1 Nd5+
66. Kf3 Kd4 67. Ra4+ Kd3 68. Ra3+ Nc3 69. Rb3 Be4+ 70. Kg4 Kc4 71. Rb8 Nd5 72.
Re8 Kd4 73. Re5 Ne3+ 74. Kg3 Nf5+ 75. Kf2 Bd5 76. Re1 Be4 77. Rd1+ Bd3 78. Re1
Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 a6 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Qa7 14. Rac1 Nd7
15. Na4 c5 16. Qa3 Rfc8 17. Nxc5 e5 18. Bg3 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bd6 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Qb2 e4 24. Bxd6 exf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 26. Bf4 Bh3 27.
Rc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qb1 Qc4 30. Qd1 Qxa2 31. Be5 h5 32. Kh1 f6 33. Bg3
g5 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Bd6 Qc4 36. Bc5 a5 37. Qe1 g4 38. Bd4 gxf3 39. bxa5 Qc8 40.
Kh1 Qg4 41. Bxf6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nfd7 7. c3 e5 8. Bh2
Nc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. O-O Kh8 11. Nb3 f5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. c4 a5 15. a4
Bd7 16. Nbd2 b6 17. Nb1 g5 18. Nc3 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Nd2 h5 22.
Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qc2 Qg5 24. Nb5 f4 25. Ne4 Qh6 26. exf4 exf4 27. Bh2 Rf5 28.
Nexd6 cxd6 29. Nxd6 Rff8 30. c5 bxc5 31. Qxc5 Ne5 32. Qc7 g3 33. fxg3 Ng4 34.
Rxf4 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Rxf4+ 36. gxf4 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bf5 14. c3 Re8
15. Rfe1 Be4 16. Nc5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxf6
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 gxf6 22. a3 Kf8 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. Kg3 Rc4 25. Re3 Ra4 26. f4 f5
27. f3 Kg7 28. Re5 d4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Re3 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 O-O 10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Bd2 h4 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 axb5 15.
Bxb5 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qe2 Rf6 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Ned5 Rg6 20. a4 Ra7 21. O-O-O
Qg8 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Be1 Rxg2 25. Rxd6 Rag7 26. Bg3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3
Qf7 28. Bf1 h3 29. Bxg2 hxg2 30. Rg1 Bd5 31. Qe5 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be3 d6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Nde5 14. h3 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Bxd4 16. hxg4 Bd7 17. Be2 Qb6 18. Qd3 Be5 19. b3 Rac8 20. Nb1 Rfd8 21.
Kh1 Bc6 22. Bf3 Qa5 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Qd3 Be8 26. Nd2 b5 27. Qb1 Qd4
28. Rcd1 Qb6 29. Qd3 b4 30. g3 a5 31. Kg2 a4 32. Rb1 axb3 33. Rxb3 Ba4 34. Rbb1
Qc5 35. Rfc1 Bc6 36. Rb3 Ra8 37. Rcb1 Rxa2 38. Rxb4 Kg7 39. R4b3 Ba4 40. Rb5
Bxb5 41. cxb5 Qd4 42. Qxd4 Bxd4 43. Rd1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. e4 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15.
b3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qxa6
Nf6 22. f3 c4 23. bxc4 Qb4 24. Qa7 Ra8 25. Qf2 Ra3 26. Nb1 Ra5 27. Rd2 Rb8 28.
Qe3 h6 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. h4 Rba8 31. a3 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Rc3 Kf8
35. Be2 Ke7 36. Rd1 Rb8 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Rdc1 Ra8 40. Re3 Ra1 41.
Rec3 f5 42. exf5 exf5 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ke1 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Nd2
Rxc1 48. Rxc1 Rb2 49. Ke1 Ra2 50. Rc3 Ba4 51. Bd3 Rb2 52. g4 fxg4 53. fxg4 Bc6
54. Bf5+ Kd6 55. Re3 Ra2 56. Kd1 e4 57. Nxe4+ Nxe4 58. Bxe4 Bxe4 59. Rxe4 Rxa3
60. Ke2 Rc3 61. Kf2 Kc5 62. Re5+ Kxc4 63. Rxg5 Kd4 64. Rf5 Ke4 65. Rf7 Ra3 66.
g5 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rad8 15.
c5 Be7 16. Bb1 bxc5 17. dxc5 Nf6 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. b4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. h3
Nxe4 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxe4 Bf6 24. Bd3 Kf8 25. Bc4 Qc7 26. g3 a5 27. a3 axb4
28. axb4 Qb8 29. Qd3 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfe1 e5 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 a6 14. axb5 cxb5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfd8 18. Bf1 f6 19. d6 Qb6 20. b4 Rac8 21.
Ra3 Qc6 22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Rd3 Qa2 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rxg6 Qf7 26. Rh6 Rg8 27. Nf5
Rg5 28. Ng3 Qg7 29. Rh4 f5 30. Rh5 Rxh5 31. Nxh5 Qg6 32. Ng3 f4 33. Bd3 Qxd6
34. Nf5 Qg6 35. f3 Rf8 36. Be4 Qb6+ 37. Kh2 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Qc7 39. Nd6 Qc6 40.
Re1 Rf6 41. Ne4 Rf8 42. Rd1 Nf6 43. Nc5 a5 44. Qc3 Re8 45. bxa5 Nd5 46. Qd3 Ne3
47. Qd6 Qxd6 48. Rxd6 Rg8 49. a6 Rxg2+ 50. Kh1 Rxc2 51. a7 Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Rc2+
53. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 c6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 Qd8 7. Nc3 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d5 Qe7 13. Re1 Na6 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Be5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Qh5 Kh7 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21.
Nf3 Bb8 22. Qa5 Nc7 23. Nd4 Nd5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. Nf3 Rg8 27. Ne4
Qf4 28. Ng3 Rc2 29. Rd4 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bxg3 31. Rg4 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxe1 33. Qxe1
Rxg4 34. hxg4 Rxb2 35. Qc3 Rxa2 36. Qxf6 Kg8 37. Qxh6 Rf2 38. Qf6 a5 39. Kg1
Rc2 40. g5 Rc6 41. g6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8.
d3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nc4 Qg6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. f4 f6 14. f5 gxf5
15. exf5 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. d4 b5 18. Nd2 exd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Be3 c4 21. Nf3 a3
22. b3 cxb3 23. cxb3 Kf7 24. Nd4 Rhe8 25. Bf2 b4 26. Rac1 Ra5 27. Rfd1 Nf8 28.
g4 Rd5 29. Nf3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nd7 31. Nd4 Nc5 32. Kf1 Ne4 33. Be1 c5 34. Ne6 g6
35. Ke2 gxf5 36. gxf5 Be7 37. Rd7 Rh8 38. Nf4 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40. Kd3 Nd6 41.
Nd5 Nxf5 42. Kc4 Nd4 43. Bf2 f5 44. Kxc5 Ne6+ 45. Kxb4 Ng5 46. Bh4 Ke6 47. Kc4
Ke5 48. b4 f4 49. b5 Nf7 50. Bxd8 Nxd8 51. b6 f3 52. Ne3 Ke4 53. Nd1 Nb7 54.
Kb4 Nd6 55. h4 Kf4 56. Kc5 Nb7+ 57. Kc6 Na5+ 58. Kc7 Kg4 59. b7 Nxb7 60. Kxb7
Kxh4 61. Kc6 Kg3 62. Kc5 Kg2 63. Kb4 Kf1 64. Ne3+ Kf2 65. Nf5 Ke1 66. Kxa3 Kd2
67. Kb3 f2 68. Ng3 Ke3 69. a4 Kf4 70. Nf1 Ke5 71. Kb4 Kd6 72. Kb5 Kc7 73. a5
Kb7 74. a6+ Ka7 75. Ka5 Ka8 76. Kb6 Kb8 77. Ne3 Ka8 78. Nd5 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg4 7. d4 e6 8.
Re1 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. a4 Bd6 12. a5 a6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Ng5 Bg6 15.
Bf1 Rad8 16. Nce4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. g3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 e5 21. Nc3
Nxc3 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxc3 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nf6 25. Qb4 Rd5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4
Qd7 28. Kg2 Rb5 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Rd8 31. Rae1 Rd2 32. g4 Rd6 33. Re8+ Kh7
34. Rf8 Re6 35. Rd1 Re7 36. h4 Rd5 37. Rxd5 cxd5 38. Kf3 f6 39. Rc8 Re4 40. Rc5
Rb4 41. b3 Rd4 42. Rc7 Rb4 43. Ke3 Rxg4 44. Rxb7 Rxh4 45. Rb6 Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Rf3
47. Rxa6 Rxf2 48. Rc6 g5 49. a6 Rf1 50. Kxd5 g4 51. Rc4 Ra1 52. Rxg4 Ra5+ 53.
Kd4 Rxa6 54. b4 g5 55. b5 Ra2 56. c4 Kg6 57. Rg1 Kf5 58. Rb1 Ke6 59. b6 Ra8 60.
b7 Rb8 61. Kc5 Ke5 62. Re1+ Kf4 63. Kb6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nb1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Qg6
15. O-O Nd8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne6 18. Bg3 Qh6 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Qe1 Ba8 21.
Rd1 Rbc8 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Bb1 Nxb3 24. axb3 Rfe8 25. Qf2 Qh5 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27.
gxf3 f5 28. exf5 Bf6 29. Bxd6 a5 30. Kg2 Rcd8 31. c5 Bxb2 32. Rf2 Bf6 33. Ra2
Re3 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxa5 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Rd3 Rxh2 39. Bxh2
Rxd3+ 40. Ke2 Rc3 41. Bd6 g6 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. c6 Bd8 44. Ra8 Bb6 45. Rf8+ Kg7
46. f6+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Qd2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. h4 Nbc6 14. Rh3 Kh8
15. Rg3 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bb2 d4 19. Nxd4 Rf7 20. Rd1 fxe4 21.
Qc2 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qb8 23. Qxe4 Nf5 24. Rg5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qg8 26. h5 Re8 27. Be5
Re6 28. Qg4 Rc6 29. h6 Rxh6 30. Rxg7 Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Rxg7 32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qc8+
Qg8 34. Qc3+ Qg7 35. Qc8+ Qg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Bb3 d5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rd1 Bf8 12. Nf1 h6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Na5 15. Ba4
c6 16. Kh2 b5 17. Bc2 Nb7 18. Rg1 Nc5 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. N3h4 Ne6 21. g5 hxg5 22.
Bxg5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Kh1 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qe5 26. Rg5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Qe6 28.
e5 g6 29. Bb3 Nd5 30. Rag1 Bg7 31. Qf3 Rad8 32. h4 Bxe5 33. Qh5 Rd6 34. Qh6
Red8 35. h5 Bh8 36. hxg6 Qf6 37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39. Nd4+ Qxd4 40. cxd4
1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4
d6 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Bb6 Qc6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. f5 Bc4 15. Ra4
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Rc4 Nbd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nxb6 21. axb6
Rxc4 22. Nxc4 f6 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Na5 Qd7 25. Kh1 Kf7 26. Ra3 Bd8 27. Nc4 Be7
28. Rc3 Qa4 29. h3 Rc5 30. Qe2 Rxd5 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qf3 Qb5 33. Na3 e4 34.
Rc8+ Bf8 35. Qxe4 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Re5 37. Qc4+ Qxc4 38. Nxc4 Rb5 39. b3 d5 40. Ne3
Rxb6 41. Nxd5 Rd6 42. Nf4 Rc6 43. Rb8 Kf7 44. Rxb7+ Ke8 45. c4 Bd6 46. Kg3 a5
47. Kf3 a4 48. Ne6 axb3 49. Nxg7+ Kf8 50. Ne6+ Kg8 51. Rxb3 Rxc4 52. Rd3 Be5
53. Rd8+ Kf7 54. Rh8 Rh4 55. Rf8+ Ke7 56. Rg8 h5 57. Rg7+ Kd6 58. Rh7 Kd5 59.
Rd7+ Kc6 60. Rd3 Ra4 61. g3 h4 62. g4 Rb4 63. Nf8 Rb2 64. Ng6 Bg3 65. g5 fxg5
66. Kg4 Rg2 67. f6 Be5+ 68. Kf5 Bb2 69. Ne7+ Kc5 70. Rf3 Rg3 71. Rf2 Bxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "West, Vanessa A"]
[Black "Vigorito, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Rd1 Qh4 13. Be3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qe4 15. f4 Qxc2 16. Qe1 O-O 17. Bd4 h5 18. Rd2 Qe4 19. Qh4 Bg6 20. Re1 Qf5
21. Rf2 Qe6 22. Rf3 Rfd8 23. g4 c5 24. Bf2 Qc6 25. Rg3 Rd3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27.
gxh5 Kh7 28. Kh2 Rg8 29. Rg1 Qe6 30. a3 b6 31. Rg5 Bf5 32. Qg3 a5 33. Qf3 Rd8
34. Qg3 Rg8 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Qg3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Liu, Elliott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nd5+ Kf8 11. Nxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Qf3
Qf6 15. Qe2 g5 16. g3 Qg6 17. Bd2 Rg8 18. Rae1 Rc7 19. c3 Ke8 20. Rd1 Kf8 21.
b4 Bb6 22. Bb3 Kg7 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Re8 25. fxg5 Kf8 26. Bxf7 Qxf7 27.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Ba5 4. b4 c6 5. bxa5 cxd5 6. cxd5 Qxa5 7. Qc2 Na6 8.
e4 Nf6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Nf3 d6 11. Rb5 Qc7 12. Qxc7 Nxc7 13. Rb4 b6 14. Ng1 Na6
15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Ba3 Rc4 18. Rxc4 Bxc4 19. Nc3 Bd3 20. f3 Ne8 21.
Kf2 Rc8 22. Ke3 Ba6 23. g3 f6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Rb1 Rc4 26. Rb4 Ke7 27. Rxc4 Bxc4
28. d3 Ba6 29. d4 Kd7 30. Bb4 Nc7 31. a4 Bc4 32. g4 a5 33. Ba3 b5 34. axb5 Nxb5
35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. h4 Bf1 37. Bb2 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 Bg2 39. Ba3 g5+ 40. hxg5 fxg5+
41. Kf5 Bf3 42. Bc1 h6 43. Ba3 a4 44. Bb4 Bh1 45. Kg6 Bxe4+ 46. Kxh6 Bxd5 47.
Kxg5 Be6 48. Kf4 Kc6 49. g5 d5 50. Ke5 Bg8 51. g6 Kb5 52. Bc3 a3 53. Kf6 Kc4
54. Ba1 Kb3 55. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21.
Ne4 Qc6 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Bf4 Ka8 24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Kg1 Nf6 27.
Rc1 Re4 28. Qd8+ Kb7 29. Qf8 Nd5 30. Qxf7+ Re7 31. Qf8 Re8 32. Qf7+ Re7 33. Qf8
Re8 34. Qf7+ Ka6 35. Bd2 Re2 36. Rd1 c3 37. bxc3 bxc3 38. Bg5 c2 39. Rf1 Re4
40. Qf3 Qa4 41. h4 Qc4 42. h5 Rg4 43. Qf5 Nc3 44. h6 Ne2+ 45. Kg2 Rxg5 46. Qxg5
c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Nxc1 48. Qg6+ Ka5 49. h7 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 Qd4 51. Qf7 Qe5 52. Qxa7+
Kb4 53. Qb7+ Kc3 54. Qc8 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ned4 Nc5
15. Kb1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O-O 17. Qf1 Rhe8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Ba6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bxb7+ Qxb7 25. Qc4 Bc7 26. g3 Qc6
27. Kc1 Kb7 28. Kd2 Kb6 29. h4 f5 30. Ke3 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Qd5 32. b3 a4 33. g4
axb3 34. axb3 Kc6 35. Qg6 Qd7 36. g5 hxg5 37. fxg5 Qd6 38. Ke2 Qd5 39. h5 Bf4
40. h6 gxh6 41. gxh6 Bxh6 42. Qxh6 Qe4+ 43. Qe3 Qxc2+ 44. Nd2 Qf5 45. Qf3+ Qd5
46. Nc4 Kc7 47. Qf4+ Kc6 48. Kf2 Kb7 49. Qd6 Qf5+ 50. Ke2 Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ 52.
Kc1 Qh1+ 53. Qd1 Qh6+ 54. Qd2 Qh1+ 55. Kb2 Qd5 56. Qe2 Qd4+ 57. Ka2 Qd5 58. Qg4
Kc7 59. Qg7+ Kc6 60. Kb2 Qd1 61. Qg2+ Qd5 62. Qh2 Qd4+ 63. Ka2 Qd5 64. Qb8 Qg2+
65. Nb2 Qe2 66. Qc8+ Kd6 67. Qd8+ Ke5 68. Qg5+ Kd6 69. Qg3+ Kc6 70. Kb1 Qf1+
71. Kc2 Qe2+ 72. Kc1 Qe4 73. Nc4 Qd4 74. Kc2 Qe4+ 75. Kd2 Qd4+ 76. Ke2 Qd5 77.
Qg4 Kc7 78. Ke3 Kb7 79. Qg7+ Kc6 80. Qf6 Kc7 81. Qe5+ Kb7 82. Qe4 Kc6 83. Kf4
Kc7 84. Qh7+ Kc6 85. Qg6 Kc7 86. Qg7+ Kd8 87. Ke3 Ke8 88. Qf6 Qc6 89. Qf7+ Kd8
90. Qf8+ Kc7 91. Qe7+ Kb8 92. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nb5 Ne5 8.
Be3 Bc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. N1a3 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. c5 Nc6 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. Ke3 Rb8 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Nxa7 Nc2+ 19. Kd3 Nxa1 20. Nb6
d5 21. Naxc8+ Rdxc8 22. Nxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxa1 Rxc5 24. e4 dxe4+ 25. Bxe4 Nd6 26.
Bg2 g5 27. a4 Rf5 28. Ke2 Rc5 29. Rd1 b6 30. Rd4 Rc2+ 31. Rd2 Rc1 32. Rd1 Rc2+
33. Rd2 Rc1 34. Rd1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Nge7 8. Nb3
Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 Bd7 12. h4 Nxh4 13. Rxh4 Bxh4 14. g5 e5 15.
Qh2 exf4 16. Qxf4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. Nd5+ Kf7 21.
Nc7 Bg4 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Nxa6 Rhe8 24. Bxb5 Rxe4 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Nd4 h5 27. b3
g5 28. Bf1 Nf3 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 30. Rxd6 h4 31. Kb2 Rh8 32. Nc5 h3 33. Nxe4 Bxe4
34. Bxh3 Rxh3 35. Bd4 f5 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rg6 g4 38. Be5 Re3 39. c4 Re2+ 40.
Kc3 Rxa2 41. b4 Kf7 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. b5 g3 44. Rg6 g2 45. b6 Ra1 46. Bd4 Rc1+
47. Kb4 Rd1 48. Kc5 f4 49. Rg4 Ke6 50. Bf2 Kf5 51. Rg7 Rd2 52. Bg1 f3 53. Rg8
Rd1 54. Be3 Re1 55. Kd4 Rd1+ 56. Kc5 Bb7 57. Rg7 Ke4 58. Bf2 Rd2 59. Bg1 f2 60.
Bxf2 Rxf2 61. Kd6 Rc2 62. Kc7 Ba6 63. b7 Bxb7 64. Kxb7 Kf3 65. Rf7+ Ke3 66. Rg7
Kf2 67. Rf7+ Kg1 68. Rc7 Kf2 69. Rf7+ Kg3 70. Rg7+ Kf3 71. Rf7+ Ke2 72. Rg7 Kf1
73. Rf7+ Kg1 74. Rc7 Rc3 75. c5 Rb3+ 76. Ka8 Ra3+ 77. Kb7 Rb3+ 78. Ka8 Kf2 79.
Rf7+ Rf3 80. Rxf3+ Kxf3 81. c6 g1=Q 82. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. d4
cxd3 9. Bg5 e6 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Ne5 14. Qe2 Ng6
15. Nd4 Kh8 16. g3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. N4f3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Nf1 Bf8 22. Ne3 Be7 23. Nd4 Rde8 24. Bb1 Rg7 25. a3 Qa5 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. Nf3 Rd8
28. Ne3 Re8 29. Ng2 Bf8 30. Nfh4 Ne7 31. Qh5 Bc6 32. Nf3 Rd8 33. Nd4 Bd7 34.
Ne3 Bc8 35. Nf3 b6 36. f5 Bb7 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Nd4 Qc8 39. Kg1 Nc6 40. Rf1 Be7
41. Qh3 Nxd4 42. cxd4 d5 43. Ba2 Rdg8 44. exd5 f5 45. Rf2 Bd6 46. Kf1 Rf8 47.
dxe6 f4 48. gxf4 Rxf4 49. Rxf4 Bxf4 50. Ke2 Bxe3 51. Qxe3 Qc2+ 52. Ke1 Bf3 53.
Rd2 Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Be4 55. Qxe4 Qxd2+ 56. Kf3 Qd1+ 57. Ke3 Qc1+ 58. Kd3 Qxb2 59.
Qa8+ Rg8 60. Qxg8+ Kxg8 61. e7+ Kg7 62. e8=Q Qxa3+ 63. Ke4 Qxa2 64. Qe5+ Kf7
65. Qc7+ Kf6 66. Qd8+ Kf7 67. Qd7+ Kf6 68. Qf5+ Kg7 69. Qg5+ Kf7 70. Qh5+ Kf8
71. Qh6+ Ke8 72. Qc6+ Ke7 73. Qc7+ Kf6 74. Qf4+ Ke7 75. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Lugo, Blas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Qe4+ Qe7 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd5 Bxb2 17. Qb3 Ba3 18. Bc4 Bc5 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Rc1 b6 22. Rg1 Rd8 23. Rg4 Qd6 24. Bc3 Rd7 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Rf4+ Ke8 27. Re4
Kf7 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. h4 Rc6 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. Kg1 Qd5 32. Be5 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Rxd2
34. a4 Kf7 35. h5 Rd5 36. Kg2 Rc8 37. Kf3 Rcd8 38. g6+ Kg8 39. gxh7+ Kxh7 40.
Rg1 R8d7 41. Rg6 Re7 42. Kg4 Rd2 43. Bg3 Ra2 44. Kg5 Re8 45. h6 Be7+ 46. Kh5
Bf6 47. hxg7 Bxg7 48. Reg4 Re7 49. Be5 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. g4 Bb7
15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Ng3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qxe5 21.
Rg1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qxg5 23. Bg2 Rd8 24. Qe1 Qxg4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf3 27.
Rf1 Qh5 28. Rh1 Qf5 29. a3 h6 30. Rg1 Qe5 31. Qh4 Rd4 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Ng4 Qe2
34. Qg3 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Ka2 Qd5+ 37. b3 f6 38. Nf2 Qd4 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40.
Qc7+ Kg6 41. Nd3 e5 42. Qc6 e4 43. Nf4+ Kf5 44. Ne6 Qe5 45. Nxg7+ Kf4 46. Ne6+
Kg3 47. Nc5 f5 48. Nxa6 Qf4 49. Nb4 h5 50. Qg6+ Qg4 51. Qd6+ f4 52. Nd5 h4 53.
Qe5 Kf3 54. Nf6 Qg6 55. Nd5 Qg4 56. Nc3 e3 57. Qxb5 Kg2 58. Qc4 h3 59. Nd5 Kg3
60. Qe4 Qf3 61. Qg6+ Kf2 62. Nf6 Qg2 63. Qf5 Kg1 64. Nd5 h2 65. Nxf4 h1=Q 66.
Nxg2 Qxg2 67. Qc5 Qf2 68. Kb2 e2 69. Qg5+ Kf1 70. Qb5 Qd4+ 71. Kc1 Qf4+ 72. Kb2
Qd4+ 73. Kc1 Qe3+ 74. Kb2 Kf2 75. Qf5+ Qf3 76. Qc5+ Kg2 77. Qg5+ Qg3 78. Qd5+
Kf2 79. Qc5+ Kf1 80. Qf5+ Kg2 81. Qd5+ Qf3 82. Qg5+ Kf1 83. Qb5 Qe4 84. a4 Kf2
85. Qc5+ Kf3 86. Qh5+ Qg4 87. Qd5+ Kf2 88. Qc5+ Kf1 89. Qb5 Qd4+ 90. Kc1 Qa1+
91. Kd2 Qd4+ 92. Kc1 Qe3+ 93. Kb2 Ke1 94. Qd5 Kf2 95. Qf5+ Qf3 96. Qc5+ Kf1 97.
Qb5 Qf6+ 98. Kc1 Qa1+ 99. Kd2 Qe1+ 100. Kd3 Qg3+ 101. Kd4 Qf4+ 102. Kd5 Qf5+
103. Kc6 Qxb5+ 104. axb5 e1=Q 105. c4 Qe4+ 106. Kc7 Qf4+ 107. Kb7 Qf3+ 108. Kb6
Ke2 109. c5 Kd3 110. c6 Kd4 111. Ka7 Qf7+ 112. Kb8 Qe8+ 113. Kb7 Kc5 114. b4+
Kxb5 115. c7 Qd7 116. Kb8 Kb6 117. c8=N+ Ka6 118. b5+ Kxb5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 Bc6 6. e3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5
b6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 e6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Bd2 Rfd8
15. Rc1 Nce7 16. Ke2 c6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bb4 Rd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rxc6 Bxd4
21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. g4 h6 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. h3 Rc8 27. b3
Rc3 28. f4 Rc8 29. Kf3 Rec7 30. Nf2 Bh4 31. Ne4 Be1 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. f5 Be7 34.
Rd7 Bh4 35. R1d6 Rc1 36. Rxg6+ Kf8 37. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc6 Bxb2 12. Bxb7 Bxa1 13. Rxa1 Ne4 14. Rc1
Qb6 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. h4 h6 17. Ne5 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bh2 Qxb3 20. axb3 a5
21. g4 Bh7 22. Rc7 Bg6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Be5 Nd2 25. Rb7 Rc8 26. Kg2 Rc3 27. b4
a4 28. b5 Nc4 29. b6 Rb3 30. Bc7 a3 31. Ra7 Nxb6 32. Bxb6 Rxb6 33. Rxa3 Kf7 34.
Kf3 Rb4 35. Rd3 Rb2 36. Rd1 Kf6 37. Ra1 Rd2 38. Ra7 Rb2 39. Ra6 Rd2 40. Rb6 Kf7
41. Rb1 Kf6 42. Kg2 Kf7 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. Ke1 Ra2 45. Rd1 Rb2 46. Rd2 Rb1+ 47.
Ke2 Rg1 48. f3 Rh1 49. Rc2 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 Rh3 51. Rf2 Ke7 52. e4 dxe4+ 53. Kxe4
Rh1 54. Ra2 Re1+ 55. Kd3 Rd1+ 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kd2 Rb1 58. Ra7+ Kf6 59. Ra6 Kf7
60. Ra3 Rf1 61. Rd3 Ra1 62. Kc2 Ke7 63. Kb2 Rf1 64. Re3 Kf6 65. Kc3 Rc1+ 66.
Kb4 Rc2 67. Rc3 Rb2+ 68. Kc4 Rb8 69. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5 7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. c3
e6 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4 Bxd5 11. Qc2 Be7 12. e3 b4 13. Bd3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bf6
15. O-O Qxc3 16. Qe2 c4 17. Bc2 O-O 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. e4 Bc6 21. Be3
Qh5 22. Qxc4 d5 23. Qc5 Qe8 24. e5 Be7 25. Qc3 Bb5 26. Rfe1 Na6 27. Nd4 Bc4 28.
Nxe6 Bb4 29. Rxb4 Nxb4 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Bb1 a5 32. a3 Nc6 33. h4 Rb8 34. Bc2
Qe7 35. Bg5 Qc5 36. e6 Rb7 37. Ba4 d4 38. Qf3 Bd5 39. Qf5 g6 40. Qf6 Qd6 41. e7
1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 a5
9. c3 c6 10. Nf4 bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd3 Ba6 14. Nc5 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 Nxc5 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bxc5 Nf6 18. Nh3 Nd7 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Bc1 f6 21.
Nf2 Rb8 22. Nd3 Kc7 23. Be3 Rb3 24. Ke2 Ba3 25. Rhb1 Rhb8 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Kd2
c5 28. Kc2 c4 29. Ra2 Nb6 30. Bxb6+ Kxb6 31. Nf2 h5 32. Nd1 Bf8 33. Ne3 Kc5 34.
Ra1 Bh6 35. Nd5 f5 36. Ne7 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rb7 38. Nxg6 Rg7 39. Nh4 Rg4 40. g3
Rxe4 41. Rb1 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rxh2 44. Rb5+ Kc6 45. Nf3 Rh1+ 46. Ke2
e4 47. Ne5+ Kc7 48. Nxc4 h4 49. gxh4 Rxh4 50. Rxa5 Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Rh1+ 52. Ke2
Rh2+ 53. Kd1 Rh1+ 54. Kc2 Rh2+ 55. Kb3 e3 56. Re5 e2 57. Nb2 Bd2 58. Nd3 Rh3
59. Kc2 Rxd3 60. Rxe2 Rxc3+ 61. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5
15. Qxc4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rad1
Nb3 21. Rd7 Na5 22. Rhd1 Nc4 23. R1d4 Nxb2 24. Nb5 Rc2+ 25. Ke1 Rc1+ 26. Kd2
Rac8 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxa7 Rc5 30. Rg4+ Kh6 31. Rb4 Nc4+ 32. Ke2
Nxa3 33. Rxb6 Rc2+ 34. Ke1 Nc4 35. Rc6 f5 36. Kd1 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Rxc4
Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. d5 Nce5 13. Nd4 Nb6 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
f4 c5 16. dxc6 Nec4 17. Ncxb5 Na8 18. c7 Nxc7 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21.
Nxb8 Qxb8 22. Qe2 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 d5 24. Re1 g5 25. Rb1 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rf5 27. b3
Ne5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Qd6 31. Rbd1 Rf6 32. Rxf6 exf6 33. Bxd5
f5 34. Qh5 Bxg3+ 35. Kg2 exd5 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qxc8 Qg6 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qxd5
f4 40. Kh1 Bh4 41. Qd6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "West, Vanessa A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. b4 Nbd7 8.
Bb2 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. e4 Rad8
15. Be2 Bg6 16. O-O d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nb6 21.
Bc5 Qe6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qxc7 h5 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kh7 26. Qd4 h4 27. Bf1
Qb3 28. f4 Qxa3 29. f5 Bh5 30. e5 g6 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 bxc4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bxc4
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. a5 Ne8 12. Nd2 Nc7 13. f4 Nb5 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Nf3
Bb7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Rb8 20. Rf2 Rfc8 21. Ra3
Qd8 22. Re2 Qc7 23. Bf2 Bd4 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bg3 Bd4 26. Bh2 Ra8 27. Rc2 Rf8 28.
Ne2 Bg7 29. Ng1 f6 30. Nf3 Kh8 31. Qe2 Bc8 32. Bd3 Qb7 33. Nd2 Qc7 34. Bg1 Rb8
35. Ra4 Qa7 36. b4 Qb7 37. bxc5 Nxc5 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Rxc5 Bd7 40. Ra1 Rfc8
41. Rxc8+ Bxc8 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Rxb8 Qxb8 44. Bxa6 Bd7 45. Qe3 Bh6 46. Qb6 Bxf4
47. Qxb8+ Bxb8 48. Nc4 Ba4 49. Bb7 Bc2 50. a6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Black "Liu, Elliott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 Nfd7 7. Bc4 e5 8. Bh2
Nc6 9. c3 Kh8 10. O-O f5 11. b4 e4 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. a4 g5 14. f3 Ne7 15. fxe4
fxe4 16. Be2 Ned5 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Nf2 Nxc3 21. Qc1
Ne4 22. Ned3 Rae8 23. Nd1 Bxh3 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. gxh3 Qxd3 26. Bg3 Qf1+ 27. Kh2
Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 g6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. h3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. a5 Nc4 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Rfc8 18. Ne4 Nd6 19. Ra4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxc5 21.
Qxb7 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Raxc8 23. Bd2 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. Ra2 Rxd2 26. Raxb2 Rxb2
27. Rxb2 Rc5 28. Rb7 Rxa5 29. Rxe7 h5 30. g3 Ra2 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. g4 h4 33. g5
Ra5 34. f4 Ra1 35. Kf3 Rg1 36. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. a5 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Bf2 d5 14. e5 Nfd7 15.
f4 Nc5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bb4 21. Qf2
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Na4 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Nxc3 26. Raf2 Rc6 27.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 d4 29. Bg5 h6 30. Be7 Nb5 31. Bb4 Re6 32. Rd7 Rxe5 33. Rff7
Rg5 34. h4 Rg4 35. Kh2 a5 36. Kh3 h5 37. Rf5 axb4 38. Rxb5 Ra1 39. Rxh5 Rg6 40.
Kh2 Ra2 41. Rg5 Rxg5 42. hxg5 Kh7 43. Rxd4 Rd2 44. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. d5 Bd7 15.
Nf1 Rdc8 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. Rb1 g6 18. Ng3 h5 19. b3 Nh7 20. Bd2 Ng5 21. Nh2 Nh7
22. Ne2 Nb7 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Bg5 26. Nf3 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qb6 28.
Rec1 Kg7 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Nf6 33. Rc7 Ra3 34.
Nc3 Nc5 35. bxc5 Rxc3 36. c6 Be8 37. Bxb5 Nxe4 38. Rd7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 g5 40. Rd8
g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Nh4 g3+ 43. Kh3 Kh6 44. Kg4 Rc5 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. Ne7+ Kg7
47. Kf5 Nf6 48. Rxd6 Rxb5 49. Rxf6 Rb2 50. Kxe5 Rxg2 51. Rf3 f6+ 52. Kd6 Kf7
53. c7 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qc7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nf4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Ne6 23. Bg4 Bd4 24. Bxe6 Bxe3 25. Bc4 Bd4 26. b3
Kg7 27. Qd3 Qe5 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. g3 b5 30. Bd3 Qa3 31. Qe2 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc3 33.
h4 h6 34. Qc2 Qxc2 35. Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.
Ng3 a4 16. Nh5 b3 17. Rh2 bxa2+ 18. Ka1 e5 19. Qc4 Qb6 20. Qb5 Rb8 21. Qxb6
Rxb6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Be3 Rb4 24. Bd2 Rb7 25. Bh6 Rd8 26. Bc4 Be6 27. Bd5
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Bf8 29. Bc1 h5 30. g5 Be7 31. Kxa2 Kh7 32. gxf6 Bxf6 33. Bd2 Rc8
34. Bc3 Be7 35. Ba5 Rc4 36. c3 f5 37. exf5 Rf4 38. Rh3 Rxh4 39. Rxh4 Bxh4 40.
Rxd6 Bg3 41. c4 h4 42. Bd2 Bf4 43. c5 h3 44. c6 Rb5 45. c7 Rc5 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47.
Bb4 Rxc7 48. Rxc7 h2 49. Bf8+ Kg5 50. Rh7 Kxf5 51. Rh5+ Ke6 52. Ka3 Kd5 53.
Kxa4 Kd4 54. b4 Ke3 55. Bh6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
c3 Bg4 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Ne3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O-O 12. Rd1 Nh6 13. d3 g6 14. b4 f5
15. a4 f4 16. Nc4 g5 17. Qe2 Nf7 18. Qa2 Re8 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qa8+
Kd7 22. Qxb7 Qc6 23. Qxc6+ Kxc6 24. Na5+ Kb6 25. Ba3 Ra8 26. Bxf8 Rhxf8 27. Nb3
c5 28. Kf1 Nd6 29. Ke2 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Rdc1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nb5 33. Kd2 f3
34. g4 Nd4 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. e5 Re8 37. Re1 Ra8 38. e6 b3 39. Re4 Kc6 40. e7
Kd7 41. Rxd4+ Kxe7 42. Rb4 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 b2 44. Kxf3 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. Rb3 Kd5
47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Kxf4 b1=Q 49. Rxb1 Rxh2 50. Rb6 h6 51. Kf5 Rh4 52. Rb8 Kd6 53.
d4 Rh1 54. Rh8 Rh4 55. Rh7 Kd5 56. Rd7+ Kc6 57. Rd8 Kc7 58. Rd5 Kc6 59. Rc5+
Kd6 60. Kf4 Rh1 61. Rh5 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Kd3
Rd1+ 66. Kc3 Rc1+ 67. Kd2 Rg1 68. Rxh6+ Kd5 69. Rg6 Kxd4 70. Ke2 Ke5 71. Kf2
Rh1 72. Kg3 Rh8 73. Ra6 Rh1 74. Rb6 Rh8 75. Rb5+ Kf6 76. Kf4 Rc8 77. Rb6+ Kg7
78. Kg5 Rc5+ 79. Kh4 Rd5 80. g5 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nf5 Be5 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. f4 Bf6 12. Re1 Rf8 13. Re3 d6 14. Nxg7 Bxg7
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qh4 19. Rg3 f6 20. Bf4 Rae8
21. Qg6 Rf7 22. Rf1 Nd4 23. Rg4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxf4 25. Rgxf4 Re1 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6
27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxe1 Bxb2 30. g4 Bf6 31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Kg3 Nd4
33. Rf1 Kg7 34. h4 c5 35. c4 Be5+ 36. Kh3 b5 37. cxb5 c4 38. g5 c3 39. Kg4 Nxb5
40. h5 c2 41. g6 Kh6 42. a4 Nc3 43. Rc1 Nd5 44. Kf5 Bb2 45. Rg1 c1=Q 46. Rxc1
Bxc1 47. Ke6 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. a4 Be6 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bc4
15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. f4 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qb1 b6 21. e4
Bc4 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. e5 Nf8 24. Qe4 Bb7 25. c4 Ba8 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Ne4 Ne6 28.
Bb2 Nc7 29. Qb3 f5 30. exf6 exf6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 34.
Rxe1 Re8 35. Be5 dxc4 36. Qxc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Nd4 Bf6 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Bf4 Ne7 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Bb1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Rab8 20. b4 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. b5 Nc8 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxa6 Bc6 25. Bxc5 Qa5 26. Be3 Bf8 27. Bd3
Ba3 28. Rc2 Bb4 29. Bd2 Na7 30. h3 Rd4 31. Nb1 Bb5 32. Bxb5 Nxb5 33. Be3 Rd8
34. a4 Qxa4 35. Ra2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe2 37. Rxe2 Nd4 38. Ra2 Ra8 39. Nd2 Bxd2 40.
Bxd2 Nc6 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. e5
Ne4 9. O-O c5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c4 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
Ne1 Ba3 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 Bd6 20. Rb2 Qc7 21. Qf3
Ne7 22. Qe2 f5 23. Bh5 Rh7 24. g3 Rg7 25. Ng2 Ng8 26. Rfb1 b6 27. Rf1 Nf6 28.
Bf3 Kb8 29. Kh1 Rh8 30. Bh5 Ba4 31. Ne1 Qc8 32. Rb1 Ne4 33. Rf3 Rhg8 34. Rb2
Qd8 35. Kg2 Qh4 36. Re3 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. b4 Nb7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bb2 Nd8 16. a4 Ne6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Bd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Bg6 20. g3 Ne6 21. Nh4 Bh5
22. Nf5 Rae8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qb1 Bg6 25. Nh4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxh4 27. Ra5 Rb8
28. gxh4 d5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxe5 Bxe4 31. b5 Qc5 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Bxb8 Rxb8
34. Qxe4 c3 35. Bd3 g6 36. Ra4 Rd8 37. Rc4 Qxb5 38. Rxc3 Qa5 39. Qc4 Rd4 40.
Qb3 Nc5 41. Qb8+ Rd8 42. Qe5 Qa1+ 43. Bf1 Ne4 44. Rc5 Qa7 45. Rc2 Nd2 46. Bg2
Qa3 47. Qg5 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. h5 h6 50. Qg3 g5 51. Rc6 Kh7 52. Qe3 Qxe3 53.
fxe3 Kg7 54. Rc7 Rd6 55. Kg3 Re6 56. Bd5 Rf6 57. Kg2 Nf1 58. Rc3 Nd2 59. Rd3
Nb1 60. Rb3 Nd2 61. Rb2 Nf1 62. Re2 Rf5 63. Bf3 Rf6 64. e4 Nh2 65. e5 Rxf3 66.
e6 fxe6 67. Rxe6 Rf6 68. Rxf6 Kxf6 69. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 a5 18. g6 e5 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf4 Ba6
22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qf3 exd4 24. Rg1 Qe5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. Rg4 f5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. c3 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 e5 10. Bh2 f5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rc1 Kh8 13. Nb3 a5 14. a4 Nb6 15.
Nd2 Be6 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd2 g5 18. b3 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. c5 d5 21. Nb1 f4 22.
Bg4 Rf7 23. Nc3 c6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qh5 Nd3 26. Rc2 Raf8 27. Qxg5 Rf5 28. Qg4
fxe3 29. Bd6 Nxf2 30. Rcxf2 exf2+ 31. Rxf2 h5 32. Qe2 Rxf2 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34.
Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Ne2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Vigorito, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 16. axb5 Nb4+ 17. Kc3 cxb5 18. Rd1 Na2+ 19. Kb3 bxc4+ 20.
Kxa2 Qa5+ 21. Kb1 O-O 22. Qxc4 Rab8 23. Bd3 Rfc8 24. Qa2 Qg5 25. g3 a5 26. Rhe1
Rc3 27. Bc4 h5 28. Rc1 Qd2 29. Rxc3 Qxe1+ 30. Rc1 Qf2 31. b3 Qf5+ 32. Qc2 Qe5
33. Ka2 Rd8 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 g6 36. Qe2 Qc3 37. Qd3 Qf6 38. h4 Qf2+ 39.
Ka3 Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qf2+ 41. Kc3 Qe1+ 42. Kd4 Kg7 43. Qe3 Qa1+ 44. Qc3 e5+ 45. Kd3
Qb1+ 46. Kd2 Qe4 47. Qe3 Qg2+ 48. Kc1 f6 49. Qa7+ Kh6 50. Bg8 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Liu, Elliott"]
[Black "Itkis, Hana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O g5 8.
Bg3 Nh5 9. Nge2 c5 10. Nd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ndf6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Rhe1 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qb6 16. Re3 Qc5 17. Qc3 Qxd5 18. Bc4 Qc5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Qb3
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 e6 22. f4 a5 23. Rf3 d5 24. Be2 Qb6 25. Qc3 Ke7 26. Rd1 g4 27.
Re3 Rd8 28. Rd4 h5 29. f5 axb4 30. Rxb4 d4 31. Qb2 Qa5 32. Re4 Qxa2 33. fxe6
Qxb2+ 34. Kxb2 fxe6 35. Rb5 Bd7 36. Rxh5 Bc6 37. Rxg4 Bxg2 38. Rh7+ Kf6 39.
Rf4+ Ke5 40. Rh5+ Kd6 41. Rxd4+ Kc6 42. Rb4 Bd5 43. g4 Rf8 44. g5 Rf2 45. Bd3
Ra2+ 46. Kb1 Rd2 47. Kc1 Rg2 48. Rf4 Ra1+ 49. Kb2 Ra2+ 50. Kb1 e5 51. Rf1 Ra4
52. c4 e4 53. cxd5+ Kxd5 54. Bc2 Rb4+ 55. Kc1 Rc4 56. Rd1+ Kc5 57. Rd2 Rg1+ 58.
Kb2 e3 59. g6+ Kc6 60. Re2 Rg3 61. Re5 Rb4+ 62. Kc3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "West, Vanessa A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Ncxb5 a4 14. Bc4 Ne5 15.
Be2 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Bd4 Qb8 19. h4 Rc8 20. c3 a3 21. b3 e5
22. Bf2 d5 23. Qc2 dxe4 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Bxb5 Nb4 26. cxb4 Rxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Qxb5
28. Bc5 h6 29. Rhe1 Qc6 30. Rd6 Qb7 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 f5 33. Rg1 Kh7 34.
Rdg6 Bh8 35. Re6 Qc8 36. Re7+ Bg7 37. Rgxg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bg6
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Nbd4 a6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bg5 Be7
21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Re1 Qf6 24. h4 Qf5 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. Rd1 f6 27.
g3 Kf7 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qb6 Rd7 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Qb3 Nc6 33. Rd1 Ne5
34. Qc2 Rd8 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qh7 Qf8 37. Qxh5+ Ng6 38. Re1 Qh8 39. Qg4 Rd6 40.
Nf5 Rb6 41. Nh6+ Qxh6 42. Qd7+ Ne7 43. Qxe7+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kf5 45. g4+ Kxg4 46.
Qe2+ Kf5 47. Qd3+ Kg4 48. Qf3+ Kg5 49. Qe3+ Kg4 50. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. a4 Rfc8 14. a5 Qe6
15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Bf2 a6 17. Rb3 Rc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qe5 20. Bf1 Rac8 21.
c3 Qf5 22. Rb4 Bf6 23. g4 Qg5 24. Be3 Qh4 25. g5 Qh5 26. gxf6 Ne5 27. Bg2 exf6
28. Qf2 Re7 29. Rh4 Qf5 30. Rf4 Qh5 31. Bd4 f5 32. Rh4 Qg5 33. Qg3 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Rc8 14. Re1 Re8 15.
a4 Qb6 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Qf1 Rb8 18. Ra2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 g6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd2
Bg7 22. Bc3 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Qc7 25. Ra6 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxc3 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rc6 Qa5 29. Rxd6 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
c6 9. Qb3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 a6 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15.
e3 Rfb8 16. Bf1 Ne8 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Bb4 a5 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Bb5
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Rc8 23. Qd1 g6 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Be7
28. Rc2 Rc6 29. Qc1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Bd8 31. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc8 12. O-O-O Bxf1 13. Rhxf1 c5 14. d5
Re8 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. e5 Rh6 18. Qe4 Nf8 19. Rd6 Re6 20. Qd5 Qe8
21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Qxd8 Qa4 24. Qa8 Re8 25. Qd5 Re7 26. Qa8 Re8 27.
Qd5 Re7 28. Qa8 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Na3 a6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Qa4 e6 10. Bf4 Qc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Qb2 c5 14. dxc5 Nexc5
15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. a5 Nc5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Rfd1 h6 21.
Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bc2 23. Rd6 Kf8 24. Ra2 Ke7 25. Rd4 Bh7 26. Rb2 Rc7 27. f4 f6
28. Ng4 Be4 29. Rb5 Bg6 30. Ne3 Be8 31. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Be1 Bd7 14. Na4 Ne4
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 b6 17. e4 Rhc8 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Be3 Na5 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nc3 Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. f3 f6 26. Kf2 Rc7 27. Rc1
Kd8 28. Rd1+ Ke7 29. Rc1 Kd8 30. Rd1+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Nd2
Qd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qb5 17. Nxd6 Qxd3 18. cxd3 cxd6 19. Bg3 d5 20. Re7 Rf7
21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Bd6 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Nc8 24. Rd7 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Rc8 26. g4 Rc2
27. Rxd5 Rxa2 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Rxb7 Ra3 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qa5 12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf4 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Qe5 16. Qd2 Bc5 17. Ndxe6 fxe6 18. Ng6 Qf6 19. Nxh8 g5 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Bb3
Be7 22. h4 Bd7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Ng6 Qxg6 25. Rh8+ Bf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qd6+
Ke8 28. Qxe5 Rd8 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Qxd4 cxb5 13. Ba3 f5 14.
exf6 gxf6 15. Qg4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 b4 17. Bxb4 h5 18. Qf3 Kf7 19. Bc3 Rh6 20. Rb4
Bd7 21. Rf4 Qd8 22. Rxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxh5+ Kf8 24. Re3 Rf5 25. Bb4+ Kg7 26. Rg3+
Kf6 27. Rg6+ Ke5 28. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Qb4 12. Be2 Qxb2 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Nxe4 Qxa2 16. d6 Qe6 17. Qd4 Rd8 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Bxe6 Nxd4 20. Rxc8
Raxc8 21. Bxc8 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 exd6 23. Bxb7 f5 24. Ba6 Nf4 25. exf4 fxe4 26. Bc4+
Kg7 27. Bd5 a5 28. Bxe4 d5 29. Rd1 d4 30. g4 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Lugo, Blas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Ng4 13. Na4 h5 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. Be2 Ne5 16. f3 h4 17. Bf2 h3 18. g3 Bb7 19. Re1 c5 20. a4 Qd7 21. c3 f5 22.
Bb5 Bc6 23. c4 O-O-O 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Ra3 Rhf8 27. Be3 Ne5 28.
f4 Qe4 29. Re2 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Qxc4 31. Qd3 Ne5 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. Rc3 Nxe3+ 34.
Rexe3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Rxf4+ 36. Ke2 Rdf8 37. Rxh3 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Rxb2 39. Ke4 Rb4+
40. Kd5 Kb7 41. Ke6 Re4+ 42. Kd7 Rf7+ 43. Kd8 Kc6 44. Rh8 Rxa4 45. Ke8 Rd7 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "West, Vanessa A"]
[Black "Liu, Elliott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nd2 b5 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 h5 14. Qe2 h4 15.
Nf3 Nh5 16. Bd4 Qb7 17. Qe3 Rh6 18. a4 b4 19. Rac1 Kd7 20. Kg1 Rg8 21. c3 g5
22. fxg5 Rhg6 23. cxb4 Ke8 24. b5 axb5 25. Rxc6 e5 26. Bxb5 Kf8 27. Bb6 Nf4 28.
Rc7 Qb8 29. Rfc1 1-0

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Vigorito, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. Nbc3 Be6 8. d3
Qd7 9. Nd5 Nh7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 h5 12. d4 Bh3 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nef5 g6 17. Nh4 O-O-O 18. Re1 Rhe8 19. Qd3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxe4
21. Nf3 c5 22. Qd3 Qc6 23. Rad1 f5 24. Re2 h4 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 hxg3 27.
hxg3 Kc7 28. Rd1 a6 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 b5 33. b3
bxc4 34. bxc4 Rb8 35. Kh3 Rh8+ 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Kh3 Re4 38. Kh4 Rxc4 39. Kg5 Rd4
40. Rc2 Rd3 41. Rg2 c4 42. Kxg6 c3 43. Kxf5 Rd2 44. Rg1 c2 45. Rc1 d5 46. g4 d4
47. g5 d3 48. g6 Rg2 49. Ke4 d2 50. Rxc2+ Kd6 51. Ke3 d1=Q 52. Rxg2 Qe1+ 53.
Kf3 Qf1+ 54. Kg3 Ke7 55. Rd2 Qg1+ 56. Rg2 Qe3+ 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. Rg3 Qe2+ 59. Kh3
Qxa2 60. g7 Qg8 61. Kg2 Kf7 62. Kf2 a5 0-1

[Event "USA ch Grupo B"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. f4 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bb3 Bc6
15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Rad1 a6 17. Bh4 Rfe8 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21.
f5 Rc7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "USA ch Final"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.03.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Ne7 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Nh4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be4 14. f3 Ng6
15. Nxg6 Bxg6 16. Be3 Qb6 17. f4 Be4 18. Rc1 Na5 19. f5 Rac8 20. f6 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qg4 Bg6 23. fxg7 Re8 24. h4 Qe6 25. Qg5 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bh6
Re6 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Rf6 b5 30. d5 Rxe5 31. Rc6 Bf5 32. d6 Rd5 33. Kf2 Bd7 34.
Ra6 Bc8 35. Rc6 Bd7 36. Ra6 Bc8 37. Rxa7 Rxd6 38. Bf4 Rc6 39. Be5 c3 40. Re7 f6
41. Bf4 Re6 42. Rc7 Re8 43. Bh6 Be6 44. Rxc3 Kf7 45. h5 Bc4 46. g4 Re4 47. Kg3
Rd4 48. g5 Rd3+ 49. Rxd3 Bxd3 50. gxf6 Be2 51. Kh4 Bc4 52. Bg5 Be2 53. Be3 Bc4
54. Kg5 Bb3 55. Kf5 Bd1 56. h6 Bb3 57. Ke5 Bc2 58. Kd4 Bd1 59. Kd5 Bb3+ 60. Kc5
Ba4 61. Bd2 Kg8 62. Bc3 Kf7 63. Bb2 Kg8 64. Bd4 Kf7 65. Kb4 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA ch Final"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.03.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. g3 Qc7
15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. a3 Bf8 17. b4 a6 18. Ba2 Be8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. h4 g6 21. h5 gxh5
22. Nc5 Bg7 23. Qe4 Rd6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. d5 Rad8 26. Ba2 exd5 27. Nh4 Nd4 28.
Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Nf5 Qg5 30. Re1 Qd2 31. Re3 Rg6 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Bb1 Rdd6 34.
Bxg6 Rxg6 35. Nd3 Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Rxg7 37. Nc5 Bc6 38. a4 Rg4 39. b5 axb5 40.
axb5 Bxb5 41. Nxb7 d4 42. Re5 Rg5 43. Rxg5 hxg5 44. Nd6 Bd3 45. Nb7 Ke7 46. Nc5
Bc2 47. f3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "USA chf Final"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.03.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. f3 exf3 11. exf3 O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15.
Qc2 Bb7 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. Bh3 Rc7 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Re8 20. Rfd1 Rce7 21. f4
Rc7 22. Bb1 Bc8 23. Ne2 Ng4 24. Qf3 Nc4 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Be1 Nxb2 27. Ba5 Rxc1
28. Bxd8 Rxd1+ 29. Kg2 Rxd8 30. Bc2 Rd2 31. Bb3 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Bg4 33. Qc3 Rxe2+
34. Kg1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "USA chf Final"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.03.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.13"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Rd1 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15.
Bg5 O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 b4 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qxf7+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

