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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Kb1 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Ng3 a5
15. Nh5 Be7 16. Bc4 Rg8 17. Rhg1 a4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21.
g4 Rb8 22. f5 Rb6 23. h3 Kd8 24. Rgf1 Rf8 25. Rf2 Kc7 26. Rfd2 Bc8 27. b3 a3
28. c3 bxc3 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Kc2 Rd6 32. Bd3 Bb7 33. Ng3 Kd7 34.
Kxc3 Ke7 35. Kc2 Bc6 36. Ne2 c4 37. Bxc4 Bxe4+ 38. Kc1 exf5 39. Rxd6 Kxd6 40.
Ng3 Ke5 41. Nxe4 fxe4 42. Kd2 Ba5+ 43. Ke3 Bb6+ 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. Bxf7 Bc5 46. b4
Bxb4 47. h4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

