[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc4 Re8 21.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qd2 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Nd7 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27.
Nb2 Nb6 28. Nc4 Nd5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Rc6 31. h4 Re6+ 32. Kd3 Rd6+ 33. Kc3
Re6 34. Rc2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Rf6 36. f3 Rf4 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Kxc4 Kc6 39. g4 h6 40.
h5 g5 41. a4 f6 42. b4 cxb4 43. Kxb4 Kb6 44. Kc4 Ka5 45. Kb3 Ka6 46. Kb4 Kb6
47. Kc4 Ka5 48. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Qf2 Be7 14. Bc1 b4 15.
Ne2 Bb7 16. Ned4 h6 17. h4 d5 18. Qg1 dxe4 19. g5 Nfd7 20. g6 Bf6 21. Bh3 O-O
22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. f4 Nf3 24. Nxf3 exf3 25. Bxe6 Nf8 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qf2 Rc8
28. Be3 Ng6 29. h5 Ne7 30. Bd4 Be4 31. Rd2 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Qf5 33. Rc1 Nd5 34.
Nc5 Rxc5 35. Re1 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 37. Ka1 Nxf4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Qd8 Nxh5 40.
Rh8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ Kg4 43. Rf8 Qe4 44. Qd7+ Kg3 45. Re8 f2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. Bd2 c6 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. Rab1 Rad8 15.
b4 Na6 16. Nf4 Bd4 17. e3 Be5 18. Nd3 Bb8 19. c5 e5 20. e4 Bc8 21. cxb6 axb6
22. Bg5 Kh8 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Rbc1 Qa7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe2 c5 28.
b5 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Nc7 30. Nxe5 Nxb5 31. Rd7 Rc7 32. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. d5 Nb6 8. Nd2
Nfd7 9. e4 Nc5 10. Nb3 Nxc4 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. O-O c6 13. Qe2 cxd5 14. Bg5 Nd6
15. Nxd5 f6 16. Be3 e6 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Nf7 19. f4 b6 20. Qc4 Qb4 21. Qxb4
cxb4 22. Nb5 e5 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. Nd5 Be6 25. Nxb4 Rbc8 26. Rac1 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. b3 Bf8 29. Nd5 Kg7 30. Rc7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Kf2 Bc5 33. Bxc5 bxc5
34. Bf1 Nd6 35. Ke3 Bc6 36. Nc3 Kf7 37. Bh3 Ke7 38. Bf1 Kd7 39. h4 Ke6 40. Bh3+
f5 41. exf5+ Nxf5+ 42. Bxf5+ Kxf5 43. fxe5 Kxe5 44. Nd1 Be4 45. Nc3 Bf5 46. Na4
Kd5 47. Nc3+ Ke5 48. Na4 Kd6 49. Nc3 Kc6 50. Kd2 a5 51. Na4 Be6 52. Nb2 Kd5 53.
Ke3 Ke5 54. Nd3+ Kd6 55. Nb2 Kc6 56. Kd2 Kd5 57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 f6 13. Nd3 f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. b3
Qe7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Be8 18. a4 Nc8 19. a5 Nb4 20. Na4 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Na6
22. Qd3 Nd6 23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Be3 Rdc8 25. Nxa7 Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kf2 Rxa7
28. Qe3 Rc6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qd7 Nc7 31. a6 Nxa6 32. Bxd5 b5 33. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Qg5 10. Nf5 Rg8 11. Ng3 f5 12. f4 Qg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bf3
Bd7 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. f5 Qg5 17. Rf2 Qh4 18. Bh5 Ne5 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Qd4 Kb8
21. Re1 f6 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Bd1 Bc6 24. Rd4 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc1 26. c3 Bh6 27. Rd4
Qg5 28. Bf3 Rc7 29. Qe2 Qg7 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Ne4 Rdc8 32. Nf2 Rc4 33. Bd5 R4c7
34. Nd3 Bg5 35. Nb4 Rh8 36. Qb5 Ka8 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. e4 d6
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. a4 h6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Qe3 Nc5 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Nf4
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rdc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Ra8 25. b4 Ra2 26. R1c2 Na4 27. Qb3
Rxb2 28. Qxa4 Rxc2+ 29. Qxc2 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rd4 Bf6 32. Rd3 Be5 33. Qd2
d4 34. Ne2 Qd5 35. Ra3 Rc8 36. Nc1 Rc4 37. Nd3 Bf6 38. Ra5 Qe6 39. Rc5 Rc3 40.
b5 Qb3 41. Rxc3 dxc3 42. Qe2 Qxb5 43. Qc2 Qc4 44. Kf2 Bd4+ 45. Ke1 g6 46. Nc1
Be3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. d4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nc3 13. Nxc3 dxc3 14. Ng5 Nc5 15.
Qh5 g6 16. Qg4 b5 17. b4 bxc4 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qa4+ Qd7 21. Qg4
h5 22. Qg3 O-O 23. Bf4 c2 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Rac1 Bb4 26. Rf1 Bd2 27. Bxd2 Qxd2
28. h4 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rxc1 31. Qf4 Rh1+ 32. Kg3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 Nxe5 8. fxe5
Ne4 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Ba3 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Bxa3 14. Nxa3
Qe7 15. Nc2 a5 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6 Qd8 18. Qc1 Qxb6 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Rf1 Ba6 21.
Rf2 Bd3 22. Qc5 h6 23. h3 Qd7 24. Ne1 Qe8 25. Nxd3 exd3 26. Qc3 Qg6 27. Rd2 Rf8
28. Qxd3 Qg3 29. Qe2 c5 30. Rd1 cxd4 31. exd4 Rf4 32. Rd3 Qh4 33. g3 Re4 34.
gxh4 Rxe2 35. a4 h5 36. Rc3 Rd2 37. Rc5 Rd3 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Re7 Kf5 43. Rxg7 Rxd4 44. Rg5+ Kf4 45. Rxh5 Rxa4 46. Rh8
Ra2+ 47. Kf1 d4 48. h5 d3 49. Rd8 Ke3 50. h6 Ra7 51. Kg2 Rh7 52. Kg3 Rxh6 53.
Kg4 Rg6+ 54. Kh5 Rg1 55. h4 d2 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Ne7 9. Nf3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Qd4 11. Ba3 Nf4 12. O-O e5 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qb3
Qb6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. Qg5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Rb1
d5 9. d4 dxc4 10. Ne5 Na5 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Nc6 Qc8 14. d5 Nd8 15.
Rd1 a6 16. Nxd8 b5 17. Qc2 Qxd8 18. a4 Qb6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Qe4 O-O 21. Be3 Rfe8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. dxe6 Nf8 25. Nxb5 Nxe6 26. Rdc1 Reb8 27. Nc3 f5
28. Nd5 Kf7 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Ba3 33. f3 Ke6
34. Kf2 Kd5 35. Rc2 Bb4 36. Bc1 c4 37. e4+ Kd4 38. Ke2 c3 39. exf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. Ng5 e5 11. Bxe5 Re8 12. Bd4 a4 13. Rd1 Nfe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. f3 Qa5+ 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ra6 19. Rb1 f5 20. Kf2
Rae6 21. Rb4 Re3 22. Rxa4 Rxc3 23. h4 d6 24. h5 Bd7 25. Rb4 Bc6 26. a4 Kf7 27.
Rh4 Kf6 28. Rd4 Re6 29. g4 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Ra3 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. Rg4 Kf6 33. Bh3
Re5 34. Rf4+ Ke7 35. Rg4 Rxh5 36. Rxg7+ Kf6 37. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne8 12. Nce2 a5 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. b3 Nxc4 15.
Bg5 Na3 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qb4 20. Bxf6 Bb7 21. Rc7
Bxg2 22. Bxg7 Rfd8 23. Qc1 Bd5 24. Nc3 Kxg7 25. Rxe5 Rac8 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 Rxc7 28. Qa1+ f6 29. Qd1 Re7 30. Qd3 a4 31. Rd4 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 axb3 33. Qxb3
Qc1 34. Rd1 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 Nb5 36. Qa4 Qf3 37. Rf1 Nc3 38. Qb4 Rb7 39. Qa5 Ne2+
40. Kh2 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 Qb8 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qb6
21. Bh3 Qxb3 22. axb3 f5 23. Ra1 a6 24. Bf1 Nb6 25. h4 Nd5 26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Kg2
Kf8 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Kf3 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. c4 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6
34. b4 Bc7 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Bc2 Ke7 37. Bd2 Bd6 38. Bb3 Ne4 39. Be1 Kf6 40. c5
Bb8 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. d5 g5 43. d6+ Kf6 44. f3 Nxd6 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Bd2+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

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 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. b4 Na4 15.
Ng3 Nxc3 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Qxc3 Bxb4 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. Bf5 Qe7 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Qxf3 Nd4 23. Bd7+ Kxd7 24. Qxf7+ Kc8 25. Rac1 Ra7 26. Qxd5 c6 27. Qe4
Rd7 28. e6 Rd6 29. Qg4 Kc7 30. e7 Re8 31. Qg5 Re6 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Qd5 Nd4 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. Nc3 f5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 a5 12. Rab1 Bf6 13. Rbd1 Qb6 14. Be3 Qa6 15.
Na4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Re7 17. Nc5 Qb5 18. Nd3 a4 19. Bf4 Ra6 20. Bc7 Nb6 21. Bd8 Rf7
22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nfe5 Ra8 24. e3 Be6 25. Bf1 Qa5 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. Red1 Rh6 28.
Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Nc5 Qc7 30. Nxa4 Be8 31. Nc3 Bh5 32. Re1 Qf7 33. f4 Bf3 34. Bg2
Bxg2 35. Qxg2 Re8 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Rc3 Rhe6 38. Qd2 Qe8 39. Rb3 b5 40. Rc3 h5
41. h4 Rg6 42. Kf2 Rg4 43. Qc2 Rg6 44. Rc1 Qe7 45. Rxc6 Rxg3 46. Kxg3 Rxe3+ 47.
Kf2 Re4 48. Rg6 Qxh4+ 49. Kg1 Kh7 50. Rg5 Qxf4 51. Rxh5+ Kg6 52. Rh2 Qe3+ 53.
Kh1 Rg4 54. Rf1 Rf4 55. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. h4 g6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O-O b4 15. Nd5
exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17. Rde1 O-O 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. h5 Nxg4 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Qd3 Bg7 23. Qxg6 Ngf6 24. Rhg1 Nf8 25. Qg3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qxb4
Re2 28. c4 Qe7 29. Qc3 Ng6 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Bxe2 Qxe2 32. Qg3 Qe4 33. Nd2 Qf5
34. Qe3 Nxf4 35. Ne4 Qxe4 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Rxb7 Ne2+ 39. Kc2
Nxd4+ 40. Kd3 Nc5+ 41. Kxd4 Nxb7 42. b4 Ke7 43. a4 a5 44. bxa5 Nxa5 45. Kc3 h5
0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 h6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Bh3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd8 21.
Rc7 Bf6 22. e3 g5 23. Rxb7 gxf4 24. gxf4 Nc5 25. Rxa7 Bxd4 26. exd4 Nd3 27. f5
Kg7 28. Rb7 Rd6 29. b4 Nc1 30. Bf1 Nb3 31. a4 Nxd4 32. a5 bxa5 33. bxa5 Rc6 34.
a6 Rc1 35. Kg2 Nxf5 36. Bd3 Nh4+ 37. Kg3 Rc3 38. Kxh4 Rxd3 39. Kg4 Ra3 40. a7
Kf6 41. Kf4 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 h5 43. h4 Ke6 44. Kd3 f6 45. Rh7 Kd6 46. Kc3 Kc5 47.
Rc7+ Kb6 48. Rf7 Kc5 49. Rc7+ Kb6 50. Rf7 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. d5 h6 13. Bh4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. h3
Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nc3 Nhf4 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. a3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Rac8 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qc5 27. Rad1 Rcd7
28. d6 b6 29. Rd5 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e4 c5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbc3 Nd4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 10. Kh1 h5 11. h3 Qc8 12. Kh2 h4 13. g4 g5 14. d3 Be5+ 15.
Kh1 f6 16. Ne2 Nh6 17. Rb1 a5 18. b3 b5 19. Be3 b4 20. Rc1 Nf7 21. d4 cxd4 22.
Nxd4 Nd8 23. Qd2 Nb7 24. Nf5 Nc5 25. f4 Bc3 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Qxc3 gxf4 28.
Bxf4 Bc6 29. Nxd6+ exd6 30. Qxf6 Qe6 31. Qxh8+ Kd7 32. Qg7+ Qe7 33. Qxe7+ Kxe7
34. e5 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 b5
9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Rad1 c5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Bg3 Qxc5+ 20. Bf2 Nxf2 21.
Rxf2 Rd8 22. Nd5 Bxb2 23. Qxh6 Bb7 24. Bb3 a5 25. Rd3 Bg7 26. Qh4 Bxd5 27. exd5
Bf6 28. Qe4 Nc7 29. d6 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 Na5 10. O-O Bd7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bc6 14. Qd3 b5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Ng3 O-O 20. Rc6 Rfc8 21.
Rdc1 Rxc6 22. dxc6 Qc7 23. Ne4 Ng4 24. h3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 d5 26. f6 Bxf6 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Qxf6 d4 30. Rc5 Rd6 31. Qxe5 d3 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33.
Rg5+ Rg6 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qd7 Qg3 36. Qd4+ f6 37. Kf1 Qg5 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39.
Kf3 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 d2 41. c7 d1=Q 42. Qxd1 Qxd1 43. c8=Q Qd6+ 44. Kf3 Qd5+ 45.
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lipman, V."]
[Black "Ambarcumjan, Armen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. e4 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. c5 Bb7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. a3 c5 14. d5 c4 15. b4
cxb3 16. Qxb3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Qd1 Nfd7 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Nd2 Nba4 21. Nxa4
Nxa4 22. Qb3 Qa5 23. Nf3 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Qa4 25. Ra2 Rc7 26. Qa1 f6 27. Nh4 g6
28. Ng2 Rec8 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. a4 b4 33. Ne3 Bc5 34.
Nc4 a5 35. Kg2 Ba6 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ne3 Rfe8 14. Bd2 c4 15.
Bc3 Bf8 16. Nd2 d5 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. exd5 cxd3 19. cxd3 Rad8 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. axb5 Qb4 24. bxa6 Qxb2 25. Qf3 Qd4 26. a7 Ra8 27.
Ng5 f6 28. Ne6 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Nc7 Rdd8 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Reb1 Bd6 33.
Ra6 Bc7 34. Rb7 1-0

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Be6 7. b3 Na6 8. Be2
Nc7 9. h3 Bf5 10. g4 Bc8 11. Nf3 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng5 Rh4 14. Be5 Bf5 15.
Bd3 e6 16. Bxf5 Qxg5 17. Bxc7 Qxf5 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. Kf1 Bxc3 20. Rd1 Bxd4 21.
Kg2 c5 22. f3 e5 23. b4 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Rxh3+ 25. Kxh3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levina, Anna V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Qd3 f5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15.
Ng5 hxg5 16. Qh3+ Kg8 17. Bb3+ Rf7 18. Qxf5 Qf6 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Nf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. b3 Bc3 27.
Re2 Bb4 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. h3 Rd5 31. g4 Bg6 32. b4 Bxb4 33. Rb3 Bxc5
34. Rxb7+ Kf8 35. Kg2 Bf7 36. h4 Rd3 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Itkis, Hana"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 e4 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. g3 h6 7. Nh3 g5 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O d6 10. d3 Bf5 11. f4 exf3 12. Rxf3 Be6 13. Rf1 Ng4 14. Nd5 Qd7 15.
Nf2 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 f5 17. Rb1 O-O 18. b4 Ne5 19. Bb2 Ng4 20. Rf3 c6 21. Ne3 Ne5
22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Nc2 Raf8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. e3 Ng4 27. Rbe1 Qd8 28. b5
Qb6 29. Bc3 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Qb2 Nxe3 32. Rf2 Ng4 33. Rf3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "2002 US Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 a6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. h4
f6 16. exf6 N7xf6 17. Ng3 Bd6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qg5 c5 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. axb5
axb5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Nd4 Re5 25. Qd2 Bc5 26. Qf4 Nd5 27. Qg4 Nf4
28. h5 Bxg2 0-1

