[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ibragimov, I."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8.
h4 h6 9. d4 Na5 10. e4 b6 11. e5 Be6 12. Nh3 Bd5 13. Bf3 c6 14. Nf4 e6 15. O-O
Bxa2 16. Ra1 Bd5 17. Be2 Bb3 18. Qe1 O-O 19. Rxa5 bxa5 20. Ba3 c5 21. Bxc5 Rc8
22. Bd6 Re8 23. h5 g5 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. Bb1 Rc6 26. Ba3 Rb6 27. Bc2 Qa8 28. Be4
Qc8 29. Nd3 Rb3 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Nc5 Rb5 33. Qe3 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 a4
35. c4 Rxc5 36. dxc5 Qa6 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, J."]
[Black "Robson, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Be3 Na6 12. Qf3 g6 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. O-O-O
b6 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Rd2 Nf4 17. h4 Bh6 18. h5 Nxh5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Bxe3
21. fxe3 Rxh5 22. Qxh5 Qe6 23. Qf3 Rh8 24. b3 Rh3 25. Qe2 Kb7 26. Kb2 Qh6 27.
Rd3 Qg6 28. Qd1 Rh6 29. Rd2 Qf6 30. a4 Rg6 31. Qe1 Qg7 32. Qf1 Rg1 33. Qc4 Qf6
34. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, B."]
[Black "Hughes, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. d5 Bf5
9. f3 g5 10. Bf2 e6 11. h4 exd5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. cxd5 Qa5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nbd7 16. Nge2 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nc4 19. Qxg5 Re5 20. Qf4 Nxb2 21.
Rb1 Nd3 22. Qc4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Rae8 24. e4 R5e7 25. Rh4 a6 26. a4 Nd7 27. Rxb7
Ne5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qb3 Qd8 30. Nd1 c4 31. Qe3 Rb7 32. Rh5 Nd3+ 33. Kg3 Rb1
34. Nf2 Be5+ 35. Rxe5 Nxe5 36. Nd4 Qf6 37. Nf5 Rb3 38. Qf4 Qg6+ 39. Ng4 Qxg4+
40. Qxg4+ Nxg4 41. Kxg4 c3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hess, Ro"]
[Black "Christiansen, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
g6 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg7 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne2 O-O 14. d5 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Na5 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Bd3 e6 18. Rc1 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Qc2 Qh4 21. Ng3
Nf4 22. Bb6 b3 23. Qd2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxd3 25. Re4 Ne5 26. Rxh4 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2
Nxd2 28. Bxa5 Bxb2 29. Bxd2 Ba3 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Rh3 b2 32. Rb3 Rc1 33. Rb8+ Kg7
34. Bc3+ Kh6 35. Bxb2 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 f5 37. Nxd6 Rd1 38. Rb6 Rxd5 39. Rxa6 Kh5
40. Ne8 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lawton, Charles"]
[Black "Khachiyan, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

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 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bh6 Rc8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 Qa5 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Nb5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nc6 17. Bc4 a6 18. Nc3 Kf7 19. a3 Ne5 20. Bb3 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Ne2 b5 23. b3 Rc5 24. Nf4 e5 25. Nd3 Rcc8 26. Kb2 Nd7 27. Nb4 a5
28. Nd5 Rc5 29. Rd3 Rfc8 30. Rc3 e6 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Ne3 Nb6 33. h5 g5 34. Ng4
Nd7 35. Ne3 Nf6 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. g4 Nd7 38. Rd3 Rc8 39. c4 Nc5 40. Rd1 Rb8 41.
Ka2 bxc4 42. Nxc4 Rxb3 43. Nxa5 Rxf3 44. Nc6+ Kf6 45. Rxd6 Rf2+ 46. Kb1 Nxe4
47. Rd7 Nc3+ 48. Kc1 e4 49. Rxh7 e3 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Rxe6 Rf1+ 52. Kc2 e2 53.
Kxc3 e1=Q+ 54. Rxe1 Rxe1 55. Kc4 Re4+ 56. Kb5 Rxg4 57. a4 Rh4 58. a5 Rxh5 59.
a6 g4+ 60. Kb6 g3 61. a7 g2 62. a8=Q g1=Q+ 63. Kc7 Qg3+ 64. Kb6 Qg1+ 65. Kc7
Rf5 66. Qe8 Rf7+ 67. Kd6 Qg6+ 68. Kc5 Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

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. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Be6 14. b4 cxb4 15.
cxb4 Nc6 16. Bb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21.
Rab1 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Qxd5 23. d4 Qxb3 24. Rxb3 e4 25. Rxe4 Bd6 26. a3 Rac8 27. g3
g6 28. Ree3 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rdc8 30. Rbd3 R1c2 31. Ng5 Rd8 32. Ne4 b6 33. Rc3 Rxc3
34. Rxc3 Be7 35. Rd3 f5 36. Nd2 Rc8 37. d5 Kf7 38. Nf3 Bf6 39. g4 Rc3 40. Ne1
Ke7 41. gxf5 Rxd3 42. Nxd3 Kd6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Nf4 g5 45. Ne6 a5 46. bxa5
bxa5 47. f4 gxf4 48. Nxf4 a4 49. Kf3 Bb2 50. Ke4 Bxa3 51. Nd3 Bc5 52. h4 a3 53.
Nc1 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. d6 Bxd6+ 56. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Be3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Qd2 e6 8. h4
d5 9. h5 Nd7 10. g4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ba4+ Kf8 17. Kb1 gxh5 18. Rxh5 Ne7 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rxh7 Bxd4 21.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Bb3 Bg7 23. Bg5 a5 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Bxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qc8+ Re8 27.
Qc5+ Qxc5 28. Rxc5 b6 29. Rc2 Be5 30. Ba4 Rd8 31. Kc1 Ke7 32. Kd1 Rh8 33. Ke2
Bd6 34. Rc1 Rh2 35. Rf1 Kf6 36. Ke3 Bc5+ 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Bc2 Bd4 39. b3 Bc5 40.
Bd3 Kf4 41. Bb5 Rh3 42. Be8 Rh7 43. Rd1 f6 44. Rf1 Rh8 45. Bd7 e5 46. Bc6 e4
47. fxe4 dxe4 48. Ke1 Bb4+ 49. Ke2 Bc5 50. Bb7 Rh2 51. Kd1 Bb4 52. Bc6 Rg2 53.
Ke2 Bc5 54. Kd1 Kf3 55. Bb5 Bxf2 56. Be2+ Ke3 57. a4 Bh4 58. Rh1 Rxe2 59. Rh3+
Bg3 60. Rxg3+ Kf4 61. Rc3 Rb2 62. Kc1 Rf2 63. Rc4 Kf3 64. b4 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Shabalov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. g4 h6 15. h4 d5
16. exd5 e4 17. Bg2 Qg3 18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 Nxg4 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Rxe4 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. Ree1 Rdb8 26. Ra3 Nf6 27. Rd1 Ra7
28. Rd2 Be4 29. Rf2 Ng4 30. Rf4 Nf6 31. Nc5 Bxc2 32. Rf2 Bd1 33. Nxa6 Rb6 34.
b4 Rbxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxa6 36. a5 Ne4 37. b5 Rd6 38. a6 Nxf2 39. a7 Nh3+ 40. Rxh3
1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shulman, Y."]
[Black "Sevillano, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Ng4 12. Rb1 Re8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bc2 Qh4 15.
b3 Ned7 16. a4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. b4 c4 19. a5 Nc8 20. Nxc4 Bb5 21. Nd2 Nd7
22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Be3 a6 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Ne2 Na7 27. Nd4 Qf6 28.
Nf3 Bc3 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Rac8 32. f3 Rc4 33. Red1 Rec8 34.
Rb2 Be8 35. Rd2 Nb5 36. Ne2 Nc3 37. Kf2 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 Bb5 39. Bd3 Rc1 40. Bxb5
axb5 41. Ra2 R1c4 42. a6 bxa6 43. Rxa6 Rd8 44. Rb2 f5 45. exf5 Rd4 46. fxg6
hxg6 47. Ra7 Re8+ 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. g4 Rxd5 50. h4 Rd4 51. Rb7 Re5 52. Kg3 Rdd5
53. Ra2 Re7 54. Raa7 Rxb7 55. Rxb7 Ke8 56. Rg7 Rd4 57. Rxg6 Ke7 58. h5 Rxb4 59.
Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rb7 Rb1 61. Kf4 b4 62. Kg5 b3 63. f4 b2 64. h6 d5 65. h7 Rh1 66.
Kg6 d4 67. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, G."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Nd4 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. f3
Bd5 15. e4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rfc8 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Be3 Nfd7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rac1 Na4
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bxa6 Nxb2 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Ned3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Be3
Nb4 27. a3 Nd3 28. Nb5 Nb2 29. Kf1 Nc4 30. Bc1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. f4 Kd7 33.
Kd3 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. a4 Bc5 37. f5 Bd6 38. h3 Be5 39. g4 g6
40. Bh6 Bb2 41. Be3 Be5 42. Bd4 Bxd4 43. Kxd4 exf5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. gxf5 f6
46. Kc4 Kd6 47. h4 h5 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. Kc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, J."]
[Black "Brooks, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. d4 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. e4
Ba6 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qc8 18. Re2 Qa6 19. Kg2 Nd3 20. Rb1 Nxb2 21. Rbxb2
Nd7 22. a4 Qb7 23. b4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Rbc8 25. Nb5 Rc5 26. Nbd4 Qa6 27. Re3 Ne5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Nb5 Qb7 30. Rbb3 Rec8 31. d6 Qd7 32. Red3 Rc4 33. Nc3 R8c6
34. a5 bxa5 35. Nd5 Rxd6 36. Rb8 Rc8 37. Rdb3 Qd8 38. R8b7 a4 39. Rf3 Rc7 40.
Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Qxa4 Qd7 42. Qa1 Rh6 43. h4 Re6 44. Rc3 Bd6 45. Qa6 Re8 46. Rd3
Rd8 47. Ne3 Qc7 48. Nd5 Qb8 49. h5 h6 50. Rc3 Kh7 51. Rc6 Bf8 52. Qc4 Bd6 53.
Nf6+ Kh8 54. Qxf7 Rf8 55. Nd7 Rxf7 56. Nxb8 Bxb8 57. Rc8+ Kh7 58. Rxb8 Re7 59.
Rb5 Kg8 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. f4 Kf7 63. Ra5 Kf6 64. Kf3 Kf7 65. Ra6 Kf8
66. Ke3 Ke8 67. Ra5 Kf7 68. Kf3 Ke8 69. fxe5 Kd8 70. Kf4 Rf7+ 71. Kg4 Ke8 72.
e6 Rb7 73. Kf5 Ke7 74. Ke5 Kf8 75. g4 Ke8 76. Ra6 Ke7 77. Kf5 Rb5+ 78. e5 Rb7
79. Kg6 Ke8 80. Ra4 Re7 81. Kf5 Rc7 82. g5 hxg5 83. Kxg5 Ke7 84. Kf5 Rb7 85.
Rg4 Kf8 86. h6 gxh6 87. Kf6 h5 88. Rc4 Rb8 89. e7+ Ke8 90. e6 a5 91. Rc1 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Friedel, J."]
[Black "Onischuk, Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rad1 Ke8 14. Bh4
Rc8 15. f4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Rd2 h5 18. Ne2 Bc5+ 19. Nd4 Rh6 20. c3 Re6 21.
Kf2 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rd2 c4 24. Re1 Bd3 25. a3 Kf8 26. g4 Rce8 27. Bg3 f5
28. gxh5 Rh6 29. Bh4 Rxh5 30. Kg3 Kf7 31. Bg5 Ke6 32. b3 Rhh8 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34.
Rd4 Bb5 35. Red1 Rc8 36. h4 Bc6 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ke3 Ra8 39. Rd8 Rhxd8 40. Rxd8
Rxd8 41. Bxd8 Kd7 42. Bg5 g6 43. c4 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, J."]
[Black "Kaidanov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

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 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Rc1 Ra6 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. Bd2 b4 21. Qf3
Be4 22. Qe2 Rb6 23. e6 fxe6 24. f3 Bg6 25. Nxe6 Rc8 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rbb8
28. c6 Qd6 29. Qe7 b3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Qd7 Rd8 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. c7 Rc8 34.
Re6 Rb6 35. Be3 Rb7 36. Rxd6 Rcxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxd5 Be8 39. Ra5 Kf7 40.
Bd4 Bc6 41. Kf2 g6 42. Ke3 Re7+ 43. Be5 Re8 44. Kf4 Ra8 45. Rc5 Bd7 46. Rd5 Be6
47. Rb5 Bd7 48. Rb7 Ke6 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Kg5 Ra5 51. f4 Rd5 52. g4 Rd3 53. f5
Rd5 54. Kf4 Rb5 55. fxg6 hxg6 56. Rxg6 Rb4+ 57. Kg3 Rb3+ 58. Kh4 a3 59. bxa3
Rxa3 60. Rb6 Kf7 61. Rf6+ Ke7 62. Rf4 Rb3 63. Bd4 Rd3 64. Kg5 Bc6 65. h4 Ke6
66. h5 Rh3 67. h6 Bb5 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Bc5+ Ke8 70. Re6+ Kf7 71. Re7+ Kg8 72.
Rg7+ Kh8 73. Bd4 Bd3 74. Ba1 Rh1 75. Rd7+ Rxa1 76. Rxd3 Kh7 77. Rd7+ Kh8 78.
Kg6 Ra6+ 79. Kh5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robson, R."]
[Black "Gulko, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

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. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 e5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 hxg5 16. hxg5 exf4 17. Rf2 Bf5 18. Rxf4 Bxe4 19. Rfh4 f5 20. Rxe4
Bxg5 21. Bc4+ Rf7 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. Rh5 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf5 Re8 26. Rd1
Re2 27. g4 Ke6 28. Rf4 Kd7 29. a4 a5 30. Rd3 b6 31. Rb3 Kc6 32. Rc4+ Kb7 33.
Rd3 Be5 34. Rf3 Bf6 35. Rf5 Rg2 36. Ka2 Rg1 37. c3 Rg3 38. Kb1 Rg1+ 39. Kc2
Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Ka6 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Ra2 43. g5 Be5 44. b5+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joe"]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5 7. d4 b5 8. Bc2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Bb7 11. d5 c4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Nc5 14. Bc2 bxa4 15.
Ba3 Nfd7 16. c4 Qa5 17. Qe3 Rfb8 18. Nc3 Bc8 19. Rfb1 Nb3 20. Ra2 Ndc5 21. h3
Bd7 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. Ng3 Nd4 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qe2 g6 27. Nf1 Rb3
28. Bxc5 d3 29. Qf3 dxc2 30. Qxf6 dxc5 31. Rxc2 Rb1 32. Rc3 Rb3 33. Rc1 a3 34.
e5 Qb6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qe7 a2 37. Qxd7 Rb1 38. dxe6 Qb8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. e7 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hess, Ro"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
Ne7 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qg6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15. Ncxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Be7 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. b4 O-O 19. Rc1 Bg4 20. Qd3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 c6 22. h4 h6 23. Qh3 Rb6 24. h5 Qf6 25. Qg3 Ra6 26. Rcd1 Re8 27. Bd6 Bxd6
28. Rxd6 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. R1d4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Kg3 Rc2 33. Rd7 Ra8
34. Rc7 Ra3+ 35. f3 Raa2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Kg4 Rxg2+ 38. Kf5 Rad2 39. Rf8 g4 40.
Rcc8 g6+ 41. Kf6 Rd6+ 42. Ke7 Kh6 43. f4 Re6+ 44. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, L."]
[Black "Shankland, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Kh1 e5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6
15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qd3 Nfd5 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rae1 Re8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Re5 Qd7 21. Ne4
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Re7 23. Qe1 Rae8 24. Qxa5 Ne3 25. Re1 Qxd4 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5
Rxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxb7 Kf8 30. a5 Nc8 31. Nd8 Rxa5 32. Nxf7 Nd5 33. Ne5
Nce7 34. Bc4 Ne3 35. Nd7+ Ke8 36. Nb6 Re5 37. Bd3 Kd8 38. h3 Kc7 39. Na4 g5 40.
g3 N7d5 41. Kg1 Kd6 42. Kf2 Re8 43. Nc3 Rf8+ 44. Ke2 Nxc3+ 45. bxc3 Nd5 46. Rc1
Kc5 47. Be4 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, A."]
[Black "Brooks, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Rxb7 Qc8
15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Qe1 h5 17. f3 Na5 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. fxg4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qd4+ 21.
Kh1 Nc4 22. Bg5 Nce3 23. c3 Qa7 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Nh5 Qc7 26. Rf3 Nxg2 27. Kxg2
e4 28. Rf2 e3 29. Rf3 Nxc3 30. Rb2 Bd5 31. Qxe3 Nd1 32. Qg5 Bxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qa7+
34. Kh2 Qd4 35. Rc2 Ne3 36. Qxe3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, J."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Rad8 13. Ne5 Qxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Nxe5+
15. f3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 17. Qe2 Rd5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rc4 Ba6 20. Qe4 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 R5d6 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Ba3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Bc1 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27.
fxg4 g5 28. Be3 e5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Qd5 Ne6 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Qxe5 Rxc4 33. Qb8+
Kg7 34. Qxa7 Bd8 35. Qd7 Rb4 36. h3 Bf6 37. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qh5 Qc7 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Qf3
Rb8 15. Bf4 b5 16. Rhe1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rb6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rxd6 Rxd6
21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kg6 24. Bxc7 Re8 25. Bxa5 Bxg2 26. f4 h5
27. Re5 Kh6 28. Bd2 Bc6 29. Rc5 Bd7 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxb5 Re2 32. h4 Nf6 33.
f5+ Kh7 34. Kd1 Rh2 35. Be1 Ng4 36. Rb3 Rh1 37. a4 Rf1 38. a5 Rxf5 39. a6 Rf7
40. Ra3 Rd7+ 41. Kc1 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sevillano, E."]
[Black "Lawton, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be2 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. O-O Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Bf3 d5 11. Bg4 Qd6 12. Re1 Bc8 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qc6 15.
Be5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxd5 Kf7 20. Re1 Nf4 21.
Nxf4 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Rab8 23. Bd5+ Kg7 24. Ne6+ Kh7 25. c3 b4 26. c4 b3 27. a3
Rhc8 28. Re2 g5 29. Bc6 Kg6 30. g4 Kf7 31. d5 h5 32. gxh5 Rh8 33. Nxc7 Rxh5 34.
Bd7 Rh4 35. Nxa6 Rb6 36. Nb4 Rxc4 37. Ba4 Rcxb4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Bd7 Rc4 40.
Re3 Rc2 41. Rxb3 Rxb2 42. Rf3 Kg7 43. Be6 Rd2 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. h3 Rb2 46. Rd3
Rc2 47. Kf1 Rc3 48. Rd2 Be5 49. Ra2 Rb3 50. Kg2 Rb4 51. Ra8 Rf4 52. Rg8+ Kf6
53. Bg4 Bd4 54. f3 Bc5 55. Bh5 Ra4 56. Rg6+ Kf5 57. Rc6 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 Bd6 59.
Rc4 Rd2 60. Bf7 Kf6 61. Be6 Rh2 62. Rc8 Bf4 63. Rf8+ Kg6 64. Kg1 Rd2 65. Kf1
Rh2 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rh8 Kg7 68. Rg8+ Kf6 69. Re8 Rd2 70. h4 Rd1+ 71. Ke2 Rd2+
72. Ke1 Rh2 73. Rf8+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kf6 75. Rf8+ Kg6 76. hxg5 Bxg5 77. f4 Bf6 78.
Rg8+ Kh7 79. Rg1 Rb2 80. Bf5+ Kh8 81. Rg6 Bc3+ 82. Kf1 Bb4 83. Be6 Bc5 84. f5
Rf2+ 85. Ke1 Rb2 86. Rg8+ Kh7 87. Rc8 Bd4 88. Rc7 Bf6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hughes, T."]
[Black "Onischuk, Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Nd2 Bd6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nc4 Ke7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 e4 14. Be3 c5
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 h5 17. O-O-O Ng4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rhb8 20. b3 a5 21.
Rd2 a4 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Ibragimov, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

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. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Nb6 14. Na5
Bd7 15. Nb7 Rhc8 16. Nxd6 Kxd6 17. b3 a5 18. Bb2 Nbd5 19. Bf3 Ke7 20. Bxf6+
gxf6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf4 Be6 23. Rfc1 Kd6 24. Kf1 a4 25. Ne2 Bf5 26. Ke1 b4
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd4 Be4 29. f3 Bg6 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Kd2 Rxa4 32. Kc1 Ra8 33.
Kb2 Re8 34. Kb3 Rxe3+ 35. Kxb4 Ke5 36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Nd4 Ke5 38. Nc6+ Kd6 39.
Nd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khachiyan, M."]
[Black "Shulman, Y."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2
Qb6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Kc7 19. Rb1 a6 20. Bd3 b5
21. a4 Ncb4 22. Ba3 Nxd3 23. Bd6+ Kc8 24. cxd3 Ne3 25. Rf2 Bc6 26. axb5 axb5
27. Ra2 Bxe4 28. dxe4 c2 29. Rba1 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rd2 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. R8a7+ Ke8
33. Rg1 Rg2 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Rc7+ Kg7 36. Rxg2+ Nxg2 37. Rxc2 Ne3 38. Rd2 Rc8
39. Kg1 Rc4 40. Kf2 b4 41. Rd3 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3 43. Ke2 b3 44. Rxd4 Nc4 45. Be7
b2 46. Rd8 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rxe4 48. Kg3 Re3+ 49. Kg4 b1=Q 50. Bf6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joe"]
[Black "Friedel, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 Be4 13. Qd1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 c5 15.
Nbd2 Bd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rc8 18. Rc1 cxd4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Ndf3 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qc5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd3 Qd5+ 24. f3 b3 25. Qc1 Qb7 26. Nc5 Qb4 27. Nd7
Rd8 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qh6 d3 30. Qxf6 Qd4 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qd2 dxe2 33. Qxe2
Qd2 34. Rf2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rd4 36. a5 Rd5 37. g4 Rxa5 38. Re3 Rb5 39. Rc3 a5 40.
Kg3 a4 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Ra8 Rb4 43. Kh4 Rf4 44. Kg5 Rxf3 45. h4 f5 46. gxf5
Rxf5+ 47. Kh6 Rf2 48. Rxa4 Rxb2 49. Kxh7 Rh2 50. Kg6 Rg2+ 51. Kh7 b2 52. Rb4
Kd6 53. h5 Kc5 54. Rb8 Kc4 55. h6 Kc3 56. Kh8 Kc2 57. h7 Rh2 58. Rc8+ Kd1 59.
Rb8 Kc1 60. Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Robson, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nf6
15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd5 Bg4 19. Re7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Be5
21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Bd5 Kh8 23. Rxb7 Rd6 24. Rxa7 Rfd8 25. Ra5 Bxb2 26. Kf1 Be5
27. g3 Kg7 28. Rb5 f5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kf3 Red8 32. Rd3 h5 33. Ke2
h4 34. Bc4 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh8 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Ra5 Bc3 39. Ra3 Bb4
40. Ra4 Be1 41. Bxf5 Rf2+ 42. Ke3 Rb2 43. g4 Rb4 44. Rxb4 Bxb4 45. a4 Kf6 46.
Bd3 Ba5 47. g5+ Kg7 48. f5 Bc3 49. Be4 Ba5 50. Kd3 Bd8 51. g6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lawton, Charles"]
[Black "Shabalov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd4 Bh6 14. h4 Bxc1 15.
Qxc1 Naxc4 16. h5 e5 17. Bc5 g5 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. Bxf8 Nd6 21. Qa3
Qxf8 22. Nf3 Nxd5 23. O-O Nc3 24. Nxg5 Qh6 25. Bf3 e4 26. Nxf5 Qxg5 27. Qxd6
exf3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ibragimov, I."]
[Black "Christiansen, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. O-O Qe7
15. b4 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. a3 a6 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Qb3 Nd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rd6 22. a4 Rfd8 23. f4 Kh8 24. b5 cxb5 25. axb5 Rb6 26. Rc5 Qd7 27. Qc2
axb5 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. Qc5 Rbd6 30. Bxb7 R6d7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Bc6 Qc7 33. Qxb5
Rb8 34. Qa4 Bf6 35. Kh1 Kg7 36. Rc1 Rb2 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qa5 39. Qe2 Bh4
40. Kh2 Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov, G."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "Khachiyan, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Qg3 Bf8 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bc4 Nd5
21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Qxe5 Nxc3 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxc3 Bc7 26. Bd4 Bd6
27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 f6 29. h4 Ke7 30. Kf3 Nd7 31. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Hess, Ro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rd1 Ba4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5
Bxd1 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7 Bxe2 17. Nxd6 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. f4 Bf3 20. Be3
a6 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Bd4 Kf8 23. c5 Rb8 24. Rb3 Bd5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. g4
h6 28. h4 f6 29. Re3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Kg3 Rb4 32. Bc3 Ra4 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34.
Nd6+ Kg8 35. Nc8 Kf7 36. Bd4 e5 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. a3 g5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. h5 Kf6
41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Nf5 Rxc4 43. Rd3 Rxc5 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Nxh6+ Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kf7
47. h6 Nf8 48. Rd8 Nh7 49. Rc8 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brooks, M."]
[Black "Sevillano, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. Qd1 Nb8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qg4 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qg6 21.
Nh4 f5 22. exf6 N7xf6 23. Qg3 Qf7 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. Ne5 Qf5 27. Rc4
Re7 28. Bg5 Rb7 29. h3 Re8 30. a5 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. axb6 axb6 33. Rf4 Qd8
34. Qf3 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qc6 Qd8 37. Ra1 h6 38. Qf3 Qf6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40.
Qe2 Qf5 41. f3 Nd7 42. Nd3 Nc5 43. Ne5 Nd7 44. Nd3 Rc7 45. g4 Qd5 46. Rd8 Rc3
47. Nf2 Rxf3 48. Qc2+ g6 49. Qc7 Rf7 50. Qc3 Qe5 51. Qxe5 Nxe5 52. Rd6 Nf3+ 53.
Kg2 Nh4+ 54. Kf1 Rb7 55. Rxe6 b5 56. Re3 Kg7 57. Rb3 Kf6 58. Ne4+ Ke5 59. Nc5
Rf7+ 60. Ke2 Kd4 61. Rxb5 Re7+ 62. Kf2 Rf7+ 63. Kg3 Kc4 64. Rb7 Rf3+ 65. Kxh4
g5+ 66. Kh5 Rxh3+ 67. Kg6 Kxc5 68. Rh7 Rh4 69. Rxh6 Rxg4 70. Rh5 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, J."]
[Black "Hughes, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Bf4 d6 11. a4 Be7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Bd7 14. Rad1
Rc8 15. Bc1 O-O 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Qh3 Qb4 19. f4 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxe4
21. Bf3 Qxa4 22. Bxb7 f5 23. Qc7 Bb5 24. b3 Qa2 25. Rfe1 e5 26. Bd2 Qb2 27. Bc3
Bd8 28. Qc8 Qa3 29. Ra1 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Al"]
[Black "Ehlvest, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. b3
a6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 d6 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Rd4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qc5 21.
Rh4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bg2 d5 24. Rhd4 f5 25. Qh5 h6 26. a4 bxa4 27. bxa4 Ng6
28. h3 Qc7 29. Rb4 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qxh6 Qc2 32. Ra1 Qb2 33. Rd1 Qc2 34.
Rf1 Qxa4 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Bf3 Qe8 37. Bh5 Kg7 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Ra1 Rb7 40. Ra6
Qe7 41. Qxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman, Y."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rb3 c4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bg4
15. Qxg4 Qxc4 16. Bd2 b6 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. f4 Bg7 19. Kf2 Qa4 20. Rhb1 Qxa2 21.
e5 f6 22. Kg1 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rf8 24. c4 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxd2 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qe5+
Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Gulko, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Qxc7 Qd5 11. Qd6 Qe4 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Qg6 14. f3
Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Kf2 Qc2 17. e4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qxb2 19. Qb4 Qc2 20. Qb3
Ne8 21. Ke2 Qc6 22. Nb1 Qc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Bd2 f6 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1
27. Bxc1 Kf7 28. a4 Nd6 29. Na3 a6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Kxc4 g5 32. Ba3 h5 33. Bd6
Ke8 34. g3 Kf7 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kg6 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Kb4 e5 39. Kc4 b5+ 40.
axb5 axb5+ 41. Kxb5 exd4 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kxd4 Ng4 44. Bg3 Ke7 45. Kd3 Nh6 46.
Ke3 Nf7 47. Bf4 Kd7 48. Kf3 Kc6 49. Kg3 Kc5 50. Kh4 Kd4 51. Kxh5 Kxe4 52. Kg4
Kd5 53. h4 Kc6 54. Kh5 Kd5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khachiyan, M."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Rae1 b4
15. axb4 axb4 16. Nb1 Qb8 17. Nd2 Qb7 18. Qg3 Rfd8 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 Kf8 21.
Qh3 Kg8 22. Bg5 Ba4 23. Bxa4 Rxa4 24. Nc4 Qc6 25. Qd3 Rc8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. b3
Ra2 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rf2 Bd8 30. Qe3 Bg5 31. Qe1 Bh4 32. g3 Be7 33. Rd5 Qb7 34.
Kg2 Rca8 35. Rfd2 R8a6 36. h4 Ra1 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Ra2 39. Qe2 Qc6 40. Kf3
Qc5 41. Qd3 Qa7 42. Qe3 Qb8 43. Qe2 Qa7 44. Ne3 Qc5 45. Qc4 Qxc4 46. bxc4 Ra3
47. Rd5 g5 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Ke2 b3 50. cxb3 Rxb3 51. Rb5 Ra3 52. Rb7 Bf8 53.
Nd5 Bg7 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. h5 Rxg3 56. hxg6+ Rxg6 57. Nxg6 Kxg6 58. Rb6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, B."]
[Black "Eckert, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 O-O 11. Bc4 Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Be2 Qa3
15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Ra1 Qb3
21. Rfb1 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, G."]
[Black "Ehlvest, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

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. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Rf6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4
Na6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxa7 Nxb4 18. Qb3 b6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Na6 21. Bxa6
Rxa6 22. Nd3 Rf7 23. Nb4 Ra8 24. Rc3 Ng6 25. Rfc1 g4 26. fxg4 Qg5 27. Qd1 h5
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 hxg4 30. Qc1 Rf8 31. Rc8 b5 32. g3 Qh5 33. Nd3 Qh3 34.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 35. Qb1 f3 36. Ne1 Qh7 37. Qb4 Qg6 38. Qxb5 Qxe4 39. a4 Bh6 40. a5
Bd2 41. Kf1 Qh7 42. h4 gxh3 43. Nxf3 e4 44. Nh2 e3 45. Qe2 Qb1+ 46. Be1 Bxe1
47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Qg4+ Ng6 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52. Qc8+ Kf7
53. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sevillano, E."]
[Black "Shankland, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe1 Qd7 14. d5 Na5 15.
Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Qh4
Ng8 22. Nh6 Nxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. Rf3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bd3 Ra1+ 27. Rf1
Ra3 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. b4 Nf6 30. Rc1 Ng4 31. Qh3 Qg5 32. Qg3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Nxe3
34. Bxb5 Ra2 35. Bf1 f5 36. c4 Rb2 37. b5 f4 38. h3 g5 39. Kh1 h5 40. Bd3 g4
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. c5 dxc5 43. g3 fxg3 44. Rb1 Rxb1+ 45. Bxb1 Nc4 46. Kg2 Nd6
47. Kxg3 Nxb5 48. Kxg4 Nd6 49. Bc2 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Ba4 Kg5 52. Bc6 c4 53.
Ba4 c3 54. Bd1 Nc4 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Bc2 Nd6 57. Kd3 Nxe4 58. Bb1 Nf6 59. Ba2 Ne4
60. Bb1 Kf3 61. Ba2 Kf2 62. Bb1 Nf6 63. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 64. Kc4 Ne7 65. Kb5 Kf3 66.
Ka6 e4 67. Kb7 e3 68. Bd3 c6 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robson, R."]
[Black "Ibragimov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qd2 Qxb2 6. Rb1 Qa3 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 d5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nfxd5 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. N2g3
h6 15. Bh4 O-O-O 16. h3 Ne3 17. hxg4 Bxd4 18. Kh1 g5 19. Rf3 gxh4 20. Nf5 Nbc4
21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Bc5 24. Rc3 e6 25. Nxh4 Be7 26. Nhf3 Rhg8
27. Nc4 Rxg4 28. Na5 Rd7 29. Ne5 Rh4+ 30. Rh3 Rxh3+ 31. gxh3 Rd5 32. Nxb7 Kc7
33. c4 Rd4 34. Na5 Bf6 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Nexc6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Friedel, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Qh4 16. Qf3 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Rg1 Ng6 20. b4 Qe7 21.
Na7 Bxa7 22. Rxa7 Rb5 23. Qg4 Qd8 24. Bb3 Qe8 25. f3 Qc6 26. Ba4 Qb6 27. Bxb5
Qxa7 28. h4 Qb8 29. Bc4 Qd8 30. h5 Qh4+ 31. Qxh4 Nxh4 32. Rg4 Nxf3 33. Bd5 h6
34. e5 Ng5 35. exd6 cxd6 36. Rxf4 Re8 37. Rf1 Kf8 38. b5 Ke7 39. b6 Rb8 40. b7
Ne6 41. c4 Nd8 42. c5 Kd7 43. Rf2 dxc5 44. dxc5 Kc7 45. c6 Nxc6 46. Rxf7+ Kb6
47. Rxg7 Na5 48. Rg6+ Kc5 49. Bf3 Nxb7 50. Rc6+ Kd4 51. Rb6 Kc5 52. Rxh6 Nd6
53. Rf6 Rd8 54. Kh2 Kd4 55. Re6 Nf7 56. Re4+ Kc5 57. Kg3 Kd6 58. Bg4 Ne5 59.
Bf5 Rh8 60. Kh4 Nf3+ 61. Kg4 Ne5+ 62. Kg5 Nf3+ 63. Kf4 Rxh5 64. Bg4 Re5 65. Ra4
Ne1 66. Ra6+ Kd5 67. Ra5+ Kd6 68. Rxe5 Nd3+ 69. Ke4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Al"]
[Black "Hess, Ro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. Ne2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Qd3 Ra8 16. Qd1 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Qf3 Nfd5 20. Be5 Bc7 21.
Qe4 Ng6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qf3 Rc8 25. g3 Qb6 26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Nc3
Qb3 28. Qd1 Nf8 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Re2 Nxd4 31. Rxc2 Qxc2 32. Qxc2 Nxc2 33. Nxd5
Rd8 34. Rd1 Kf8 35. Kf1 Na1 36. Rd3 b6 37. Nb4 Rxd3 38. Nxd3 Ke7 39. Ne5 Ke6
40. Nc6 a5 41. Ke2 Nb3 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Kxd4 a4 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. Kb4
b5 47. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Rxd4 b4
15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Na4 Bb6 18. Be7 Ne5 19. Bd6 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qc8
21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. e5 Rd8 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. g3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qe7 26. Qd4 b5 27.
Qa7 Qc7 28. Qc5 g6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. b3 Ba8 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxb4 Qa7
34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. b4 Qxa2 36. Qf6 Qa7 37. Be4 Qg7 38. Qxe6 Bb7 39. g4 Kh6 40.
gxh5 Kxh5 41. f3 Kh6 42. h5 Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Qg7 44. hxg6 Qc7+ 45. f4 Bc8 46. Qf6
1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, L."]
[Black "Shabalov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O b5
9. e5 Ne8 10. c5 Nc7 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Ne4 Ne8 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Nfg5
Nd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. g3 d5 18. Ng5 Bh6 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. a4 b4 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22.
Qd2 a5 23. g4 Ne8 24. Bh4 Qf8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Ng7 27. Bd3 c5 28. Qe3 Qe7
29. Qh3 Nf8 30. Rf3 c4 31. Bc2 Rc7 32. Qh4 b3 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Rh3 Nh5 35.
gxh5 c3 36. Rhxc3 Rac8 37. Qg3 Rc4 38. hxg6 Qa7 39. Qe3 Nxg6 40. Nxe6 Qf7 41.
Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. d5 Qf5 44. Qa7 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 Nxf4 46. Qb8+ Kh7 47.
Qa7+ Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Qa7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hughes, T."]
[Black "Lawton, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. h3 f5 8. exf5
Nxf5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. g4 Ne7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bd3 c6 13. Qb3 cxd5 14. cxd5 a6 15.
a4 Rb8 16. O-O h5 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kh2 Be8 19. Nde4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 b4
22. Ne2 hxg4 23. fxg4 Nxe4 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bxe4 Qb6 26. Be3 Qd8 27. Ng1 Nc8
28. Ra1 Be7 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Qf2 Bf7 32. Rf1 Bg8 33. g5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brooks, M."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Bb3 Na6 8. Bc2
Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Nf1 Ne6 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Ne6 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. Bc2 Ne6 20. Bb3 Nc5 21. Bc2 Ne6
22. Bb3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Ne6 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bc2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman, Y."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Rd8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rxd8+ Qxd8 14. e4 Nd4
15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bc6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qe2 g5 21.
Bg3 Rd8 22. e5 Ne8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Ng7 25. Bh2 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qd7 27. Qe2
Nf5 28. g4 Nh4 29. Bg3 Qd5 30. Bxh4 gxh4 31. Bb3 Qd4 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Bc2 Bd4
34. Qf3 Qxe5 35. b3 Qg5 36. Bd3 h5 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Qf3 hxg4 39. Qxg4+ Kf8 40.
Qf3 Qd8 41. Qe4 a5 42. a4 b6 43. Bc4 Bf6 44. Qd3 Qc7 45. Qe4 Qc5 46. Qf3 Qg5+
47. Qg4 Qe5 48. Qe2 Qc7 49. Qe4 Ke7 50. Qg4 Qd6 51. Qe4 Bg5 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53.
Qa8+ Kg7 54. Qe4 Qc5 55. Qf3 Qe5 56. Qe2 Qf6 57. Qe4 Bf4 58. Kg1 Bc7 59. Kg2
Kf8 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. Qe4 Qh6 62. Qf3 Qh8 63. Qe4 Qf6 64. Qg4 Bd6 65. Qe4 Bc5
66. Qb7+ Kf8 67. Qa8+ Kg7 68. Qf3 Qh6 69. Qe4 Qf6 70. Qf3 Qd8 71. Qg4+ Kf8 72.
Qf4 Qe7 73. Qb8+ Kg7 74. Qe5+ Kg8 75. Qf4 e5 76. Qg4+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ Kg7 78. Qg4+
Kh6 79. Qf5 *

