[Event "ch-USA KO"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Nh4 Be6 12. O-O Nxc5 13. dxc5 d4 14. Qc2 dxc3 15.
Be5 Rd8 16. Bxc3 Rd5 17. Bd4 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Bxf6 exf6 20. Ng2 Rg5 21.
Qe4 f5 22. Qf3 Qh6 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Qh2 f4 25. Qxh6 Bxh6 26. exf4 Rxc5 27. Bf3
Bg7 28. Ne3 Re7 29. Rab1 Bh6 30. Ng2 a5 31. Rfe1 Kf8 32. b3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rc2
34. Re2 Rc3 35. Re3 Rc2 36. a4 b5 37. Be4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rc4 40.
Kg3 Bg7 41. Bf3 Bd4 42. Rd3 Rxa4 43. Bxc6 Rc4 44. Bd5 Rb4 45. Ne3 Ba7 46. Rb3
Bb8 47. Rxb4 axb4 48. Kf3 f5 49. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA KO"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. b3 Bb4 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nb1 Qf6 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. a3 Bf8 16. b4 Nc6 17. e4 g6 18. Nc3 Bg7 19. Rac1 d6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Nb5 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd4 Be8 25. f4 Qh5 26. Qd3 a5 27. Nf3 axb4
28. axb4 Bf6 29. Qe3 Rab8 30. Rd3 Be7 31. h3 Qh6 32. Kh2 Rdc8 33. Rdd1 Qg7 34.
Qf2 Ba4 35. Re1 Bf6 36. e5 Be7 37. b5 Qf8 38. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA KO"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

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. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Ba3
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rd8 16. Bd6 f6 17. Rab1 Bc8 18. Rd3 Kf7 19. Bc7 Rxd3 20. cxd3
Re8 21. Bb6 Be6 22. Bc5 b5 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Bd7 26. Bd5+ Ke8
27. Be4 Kf7 28. f3 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30. d4 exd4 31. cxd4 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Bd3
Be6 34. Bxb5 Bd5 35. Ra6 Kg6 36. Rb6 Kg5 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kf2 h5 39. Kg2 Rc7 40.
h4+ Kxh4 41. Bxc6 Rg7+ 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "ch-USA KO"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O c4 8.
Re1+ Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. c3 Bf5 13. Nf1 Bd6 14. Ne3 Be4
15. g3 Re8 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. f3 Bh7 18. Bd3 Bf8 19. Ra2 Rac8 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21.
Qd3 a6 22. Rae2 Na5 23. b4 Nc4 24. Ng4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Kf2 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2
Qe6+ 28. Kf2 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Ng2 Bd6 31. Bf4 b6 32. Ne3 Nxe3 33. Bxe3
Qg6 34. Qxa6 Qc2+ 35. Qe2 Qxc3 36. b5 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA KO"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.04.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc5 10. Nb3 Re8 11. Qd3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Nbd7 14. a4
a6 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. a5 Ba7 18. c3 Qc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nbd2 Ne4
21. Ra4 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Re2 23. Rd1 Rce8 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Rxc4 Nd3 26. Re4 R2xe4
27. Nxe4 Nxb2 28. Rd7 Nc4 29. Be7 Nxa5 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. Nxb7 Nxb7 32. Rxb7 f6
33. Bd6 h5 34. c4 Bd4 35. c5 Rc8 36. Rb4 Be5 37. Rb6 a5 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rb5
a4 40. Ra5 Kf7 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Rxa4 Rxc5 44. Ra7 g6 45. Ra6 Rc6 46.
Rxc6 Kxc6 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. f4 exf4 49. Kxf4 Ke6 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. h3 Kg7 52. g3
Kf7 53. Kh6 Kf6 54. g4 hxg4 55. hxg4 g5 56. Kh5 Kf7 57. Kxg5 Kg7 58. Kf5 Kf7
59. g5 Kg7 60. g6 Kg8 61. Kg5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA KO"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. O-O c5 12. Ne1 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nd3 Nf7 15. f4 exf4
16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Be1 f5 20. Bc3 fxe4 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22.
Nxg6 Qg5 23. Bxh5 Bxh3 24. Qe2 Bd7 25. Nxd6 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Re8 27. g4 Nb4 28. Nf7
Qe3 29. Qxe3 Bxe3 30. Rae1 Bd2 31. Re2 e3 32. g5 Kh7 33. Nh6 Rg8 34. Nxg8 Kxg8
35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Rh2 1-0

