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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Qc7 14. h4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 h6 16. Bd2 Nh7 17. g4 Bf6 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. Kb1 Rc7 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. g5
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nxg5 23. Qh4 Kf8 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Rcc8 26. Be2 f6 27. f4 Nf7
28. Rhg1 Qb6 29. Qh7 Ke7 30. Rxg7 Rf8 31. Bh5 Be8 32. f5 d5 33. fxe6 Qxe6 34.
exd5 Qh3 35. Qe4+ Kd8 36. d6 Qd7 37. Bg4 f5 38. Bxf5 Nxd6 39. Qh4+ Kc7 40. Bxd7
1-0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

