[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d3 O-O 10. Ba2 h6 11. b4 Bb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Nc2 Ne7 15.
Be3 Ng6 16. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. c4 Qb6
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nh5 Kh8 17. Kb1 c5 18. Be3 e5 19. Qg4 Qg6+ 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. f3 Kg8 27.
Kc2 Kf7 28. a3 Ke6 29. b4 b6 30. Kc3 a5 31. g3 axb4+ 32. axb4 Rf8 33. Rf1 Kd7
34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Rd3 g5 36. hxg5 Bxg5 37. c5 Be7 38. Kc4 bxc5 39. bxc5 Ra8 40.
Rb3 Rd8 41. Ra3 Kb7 42. Rb3+ Kc7 43. Rb6 Rd4+ 44. Kb5 Rd3 45. Ra6 Rxf3 46. Ra7+
Kd8 47. Kc6 Ke8 48. Kd5 Kd8 49. c6 Bf8 50. g4 Kc8 51. Kxe5 Kb8 52. Rd7 Kc8 53.
Rb7 Rf1 54. Nc3 Rc1 55. Kd4 Bc5+ 56. Kd3 Bd6 57. Rf7 Be5 58. Nb5 Rc5 59. Rf8#
1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. h3 Bf5 5. g4 Bd7 6. e4 g6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Ne4 Bc6 10. Qe2 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Ndb4 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Rd1 Qc8
15. Nd4 Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. Bg2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 c5 19. a3 cxd4 20. axb4 a5 21.
bxa5 Rxa5 22. O-O g5 23. b4 Ra3 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rf5 Qh6 27. Kg2
Rd8 28. Qf3 Qc6 29. Rxg5 e6 30. h4 Kf8 31. b5 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rd5 33. Ke4 Bh6
34. Rh5 Bg7 35. Rg5 Bh6 36. Rh5 Bg7 37. Rb1 b6 38. Rg5 Bh6 39. Rh5 Bg7 40. Kf4
Ra4 41. Re1 Ra3 42. g5 Kg8 43. Bh7+ Kf8 44. Bd3 Kg8 45. Rh7 Rxd3 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7
47. cxd3 Rxb5 48. Ke4 Rb2 49. Rf1 b5 50. Rf4 b4 51. Kxd4 Rc2 52. h5 b3 53. h6+
Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kxg5 55. h7 Rh2 56. Rxf7 b2 57. Rb7 Kf5 58. Rxb2 Rh4+ 59. Kc5 Kxe5
60. Rb7 Kf6 61. Rd7 e5 62. Kd6 Rh6 63. Kc7 Kf5 64. Kd8 Kf4 65. Ke8 Ke3 66. Kf8
Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. a3 Re8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qd2 a4
15. Ba2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. Qd3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Nc4 21.
Bc3 Rae8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 Qe7 26. c3 Re1+ 27.
Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Qe2 Nc4 31. Nc5 Kg7 32. Nxa4 bxa4 33.
Qxc4 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb2 36. h4 h5 37. Qxc6 a3 38. d5 a2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. e4 Be6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qe2+ Kf8
15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qe7+ 18. Kf1 Qxc5 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Kg7 21.
Kg1 Rhd8 22. Kh2 Qd6 23. Rhd1 Qf6 24. Qe3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nc6 26. Qe4 Ne5 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28. Be2 b6 29. Bh5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re8 31. Rd4 Re6 32. f3 Rd6 33. f4
gxf4 34. Rxf4 Qg7 35. Qe4 Rd8 36. Qb7 Rd7 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Bxf7 Ng4+ 39. Kh3
Nf6 40. Be8 Rd5 41. Qb7+ Kf8 42. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be6 17. f4 Rd8 18. Rb6 Kd7 19. Rxb7+ Kc6 20. Ra7 Kb6 21.
Re7 Ng8 22. Na4+ Kb5 23. Rb7+ Kc6 24. Rb6+ Kc7 25. b3 Bd7 26. Rxa6 Bb5 27. Ra7+
Kb8 28. Rxf7 Bxf1 29. Bxf1 Nf6 30. fxe5 Ng4 31. e6 Rhe8 32. e7 Rd7 33. Bb5 Rd1+
34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kxh5 Nf6+ 38. Rxf6 Rxh2+ 39. Kg4 Rxe7
40. Bd3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. d5 Nc4 18. Bxa7 b6 19. d6 Kh8 20. Qd3 Bh6
21. d7 Rc7 22. Rd1 Bd2 23. Kh1 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bb8 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rd7 27.
Bb8 Kg8 28. Ng1 Rd8 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Bb8 Rd8 31. Bc7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4
Qe7 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. h3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. d5 Nb8 19. Bxe5 Rfc8 20. Bb1 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. O-O-O Be7 7. h4 c6 8.
Nge2 Qa5 9. Kb1 h6 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Nxe4 Qxd2 12. Nxd2 c5 13. c4 Bd7 14. f3 Ba4
15. b3 Bc6 16. Be3 Nbd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd4 e5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Ng3 O-O-O 22. h5 e4 23. Be2 exf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Re8 27.
Rh1 gxh5 28. Nxh5 Ng4 29. Nf4 Ne6 30. Nd3 Rg8 31. Nde5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Nd8 33.
Rxh6 Rxg2 34. Rf6 Rg1+ 35. Kb2 Rg2+ 36. Ka3 Rg7 37. Kb4 Kc7 38. a4 a5+ 39. Kc3
Rh7 40. Kd4 Rh4+ 41. Kc3 Rh3+ 42. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Nf6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Be5 16. Qxc6+ Ke7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Rd5 Rxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc7 20. b4
Kf6 21. Kf3 Rd8 22. Qa5 Qd6 23. g3 Qd1+ 24. Kg2 Rd2 25. h4 Qe1 26. Qc5 Bd4 27.
Qd6+ Kg7 28. Kh3 Bf6 29. Qc5 Rxf2 30. Bg2 Qe2 31. Rg1 g5 32. Qd5 gxh4 33. gxh4
Kf8 34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Qxa7+ Ke6 36. Qb6+ Ke5 37. Qc5+ Ke6 38. Qc6+ Ke5 39. Qd5+
Kf4 40. Qd6+ Ke3 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42. Rxd1 Rf4 43. Rd5 Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 Rh6 45. Rf5
Bh4+ 46. Kg4 Be1 47. b5 Rg6+ 48. Rg5 Rf6 49. Kh5 Rf4 50. Rg4 Rf6 51. c5 Bb4 52.
c6 Ba5 53. a4 Bc7 54. Kg5 Re6 55. Kf5 Kd4 56. Rg7 Re5+ 57. Kf6 Bd8+ 58. Kxf7
Kc5 59. Kf8 Kb6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc1 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 d4
15. Bb2 Bg4 16. a3 Bb6 17. b4 a6 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Qb3
Be6 22. Qc2 Bf5 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qd1 Bd5 25. Qa1 Bc4 26. Re1 Ba7 27. Qd1 Bd5 28.
Qb1 Be4 29. Qa1 Qd5 30. Nh4 Bxg2 31. Nxg2 Ne5 32. Red1 Nc4 33. Rd3 Ne5 34. R3d2
Nc4 35. Rd3 Re4 36. f3 Rxe2 37. Bxd4 Nd2 38. Nf4 Bxd4+ 39. Kh1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Ned2 Bf6 9. c3 Nd7 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Nfd2 Nxd2 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bc6 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd6
21. b4 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Re3 Bf6 24. Rae1 Kg7 25. Kg2 a5 26. a3 axb4 27.
axb4 b5 28. Bxb5 c5 29. Rf3 cxb4 30. cxb4 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Bc6 Rd4 33. b5
Kg6 34. Rb1 Rd6 35. Rbb3 Bd8 36. Rbe3 Bf6 37. Ra3 Bd4 38. Ra2 Rbd8 39. Re2 Re6
40. Kf1 Bb6 41. Ra2 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Red6 43. Ra4 Bd4 44. Ra6 Ra1 45. Rxa1 Bxa1 46.
Ra3 Bd4 47. Rd3 Bc5 48. Rxd6+ Bxd6 49. b6 f4 50. gxf4 Bxf4 51. h3 Bd6 52. Kf3
Bc5 53. b7 Ba7 54. Ke4 Kf6 55. Bd7 Bb8 56. Kd5 Ke7 57. Bf5 h6 58. Kc6 Kd8 59.
Bh7 f6 60. Kd5 Ke7 61. Bg8 f5 62. Be6 f4 63. Bg4 Kf6 64. Bc8 Ke7 65. Ke4 Kf6
66. h4 Bc7 67. Kf3 Bb8 68. Kg4 Bc7 69. Kf3 Bb8 70. Ke4 Bc7 71. Bh3 Bb8 72. Bg4
Bc7 73. Kd5 Bb8 74. h5 Ke7 75. Bh3 Bc7 76. Kc6 Bb8 77. Bg4 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bd3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c4 O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. b4 a6 15.
Ra3 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Bd8 17. Na5 Ra7 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. f3 Ra8 21. g4 g5
22. f4 Nh7 23. Kg2 Re8 24. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 Bf5 12. a3 a6 13. Rc1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8.
Qd2 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. Re1 Qd7 12. f3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Re7
Qc8 15. g4 Nbd7 16. h4 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. b3 Nd6 19. Kf2 Qd8 20. Nce2 Qe7
21. Ng3 h6 22. Nd3 Qf6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 g6 25. a4 a5 26. h5 g5 27. Ng2 b5
28. axb5 cxb5 29. Ne3 Nb6 30. Ngf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Kh7 32. Nd6 b4 33. Ra1 Ra7 34.
Ke2 Kg8 35. Kd3 a4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Rb1 Ra3+ 38. Rb3 Na4 39. Nb5 Nb2+ 40. Ke2
Ra2 41. Rxb4 Nc4 42. Kd3 Ra1 43. Nc3 Ra3 44. Rb3 Rxb3 45. cxb3 Nb6 46. Nd1 f5
47. gxf5 Kf7 48. Ne3 Kf6 49. b4 Kg7 50. b5 Kf6 51. Kc3 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4
c5 15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Rh4 e6 17. Rg4 h5 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd5 20. Rg3 cxd4 21.
f4 Rab8 22. b3 Rb7 23. Qd2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bh6 Rff7 26. Rxg6+ Kh7 27. Rg3
Kxh6 28. f5+ Kh7 29. fxe6 Rg7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. Rc1 Qxe6 32. Qf3 Rb5 33. Rc6 Rf5
34. Rxg7+ Bxg7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Lipman, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nd2 f5 7. Qf3 g6 8. h3
Na6 9. a3 Be6 10. Ne2 Nc7 11. Nf4 Qe7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Rad8 15.
Rac1 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne6 19. Qf3 f4 20. b4 Rd5 21.
Re1 fxe3 22. fxe3 Ng5 23. Qf4 Rf5 24. Qd6 Qe4 25. Qg3 Qd5 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Ne4 28. Qf4 g5 29. Qg4 h5 30. Qd1 Qf5+ 31. Qf3 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Kg1
Qxf3 34. gxf3 Ng3 35. Kf2 h4 36. Nd6 Re7 37. Rc5 f6 38. b5 cxb5 39. Nxb5 a6 40.
Nc7 Nf5 41. Nd5 Re6 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rxb7 Rd6 45. Nc3 Re6 46. Ne4
Nd6 47. Nc5 Re8 48. Rb3 a5 49. e4 g4 50. hxg4 Kg5 51. Rb6 Nc4 52. Ne6+ Kg6 53.
Nf4+ Kg5 54. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. d4 dxc4 8. Qa4
Nd5 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qd3 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rfd1 Qg6 19. Qxc4 c6 20. Bf4 Be6 21.
Qe2 Rbe8 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Rac1 Bg4 24. Qb6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Re2 26. Qxb7 Qc2 27.
Rc1 Qxa2 28. Bxc6 Rb2 29. Qa7 Rd8 30. Be3 h5 31. Bf3 h4 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. g4 Rc8
34. Rd1 Ra2 35. Kh3 Ra3 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rb7 Bd4 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 c5 15. Ba3
Rf8 16. Bb2 h6 17. Nb5 g5 18. Ra3 Ng6 19. g3 Bh3 20. Re1 Kh8 21. Bf1 Bc8 22.
Be2 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Nc3 Ne8 25. Nf1 Ng7 26. Ne3 f5 27. exf5 Nxf5 28. Nxf5
Bxf5 29. Bg4 Ne7 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Qg4 Rf8 33. Rb1 Ra7 34. Bc3 Raf7
35. Rab3 Qe8 36. Rb5 Qa8 37. Qd1 Ra7 38. Ra1 Qd8 39. Rbb1 Qc7 40. Qh5 Kg8 41.
Qg6 Raa8 42. Ra2 Kh8 43. Bd2 Qd7 44. Rb5 Nd4 45. Kg2 Qg4 46. Ra3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 d6 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7
15. f3 Nc5 16. Bf2 Qa5 17. Be2 Rd8 18. h4 Be6 19. Qe1 Rab8 20. Be3 f6 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Qg3 Qxc3 23. Qf2 Rb2 24. Rfc1 Qa3 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qe1 Qe3 27. Bf1
Qf4 28. Rcb1 Rdd2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Qa5 Kg7 32. Qxa7+ Kg6 33. Qxc5
Rxa2 34. Qxc6 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. h4 Nb6 17. h5 a4 18. Nc1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rdg1 b3 21. cxb3
axb3 22. Nxb3 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rg4 Qa6 25. a3 Nd7 26. Rhg1 Kh8 27. Rb4 Rfb8
28. h6 Rxb4 29. hxg7+ Kg8 30. Qxb4 Qd3+ 31. Ka2 Qxe3 32. Qg4 Rxa3+ 33. Kxa3
Qa7+ 34. Kb4 Qb6+ 35. Kc4 Qa6+ 36. Kc3 e4+ 37. Kd2 Qd3+ 38. Ke1 Qb1+ 39. Kf2
Qxb2+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 Qe5 43. fxe4 Nb6 44. Nd4 h5 45. Qg6 Nd7
46. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levina, Anna V"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 d6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14.
Qxd6 cxd6 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bf5 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Re2 19. Bxd6 Rxb2 20.
b4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Rbe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc5 f6 24. f3 Rc2 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Ra5
Bd7 27. Ra1 Bc6 28. Re1 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rf1 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rf2 Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 gxf3 34. gxf3 Kg6 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. Rh2 Rf1 37. Rf2 Rd1 38. Rh2 Rd3 39. Rf2
Kg5 40. Rf1 Ba4 41. Re1 Bc6 42. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
a5 9. Nc3 d4 10. Na4 b6 11. Rb1 Ra7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nf5 14. Nd2 Nce7 15.
Ra1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. b5 Ne5 19. Ra2 Ng4 20. Rfa1 Qg5 21. Nf3
Qh5 22. Bc1 Nd6 23. Nb2 e5 24. Kg2 f5 25. h3 e4 26. dxe4 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 fxe4 28.
Ra8 Qxh3 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nxd4 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 c5 32. bxc6 Rf7+ 33. Bf4 e3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Qxe2 15.
Be3 Nfe4 16. Qd4 Nd6 17. b3 Qh5 18. b4 Nce4 19. a4 Qf7 20. Rbc1 Rac8 21. Nf4
Rfd8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Qa1 Bc4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bd4 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxg7 Bxf3
28. Bxf3 Qxg7 29. Qa2+ Kh8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Rd5 Re8 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Rd4 Re6
34. Bd5 Re2 35. Qd3 Rce8 36. Rf4 Qb2 37. Rxc7 Rd2 38. Qf1 Rxd5 39. Rxd7 Qc3 40.
Rh4 0-1

