[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McGruder, Colette"]
[Black "Peters, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. a3 Nd4 8.
Qe4+ Be7 9. Nf3 d5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. cxd5 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxa1 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. b3
Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Ba4 16. e4 Bxb3+ 17. Ke1 O-O 18. f4 f5 19. e5 Bxd5 20. Rg1 c4 21.
g4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 b5 23. Bb2 Bf3 24. Rg3 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clawitter, Craig"]
[Black "Jones, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. f4 h5 8. f5 exf5
9. g5 Na6 10. Be3 Nc7 11. h4 Ne6 12. Qd2 Nc8 13. Nf4 Bb4 14. Nd3 Be7 15. Ne2
Nb6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bh3 O-O 18. O-O c5 19. c3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Ng3 c4 22.
Nf4 cxb3 23. axb3 Qb5 24. Nxf5 Ba3 25. Nxg6 Rfe8 26. Nf4 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxb3 28.
Nd6 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Nxd5 Ra4 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nc2 Rc8 33. Ne1 Ra2 34. Qd3
Rd8 35. g6 Nc5 36. Qf5 Na4 37. Qxh5 fxg6 38. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rope, Adam"]
[Black "Cortez, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c4
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. d4 Nd7 14. Ba4 f5 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. dxe5 fxe4 17. Rxe4 dxe5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qf5 20. Rxb4 Qxf2+
21. Kh1 Bc8 22. d6 c5 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qxa8 cxb4 25. Qe4 Bf5 26. Qxe5 h6 27.
Qe7 Bc8 28. Ne4 Qf4 29. Re1 Bxh3 30. gxh3 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Rf5 32. d7 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lazarus, Barry"]
[Black "Del Pilar, Reynaldo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bd5 16. Rb6 O-O-O 17. Bd3 Rd7 18. Rd1 Rhd8 19. Rb4 Bc6 20. Rc4
Kb8 21. Rc3 Bb5 22. b3 a5 23. a4 Ba6 24. Kd2 b6 25. Ke1 g5 26. Be2 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Rd5 28. Re3 Kc7 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Kd6 31. Rd3 Kc5 32. Rxd5+ Kxd5 33.
Kd3 f5 34. c3 e5 35. Ke3 h5 36. h3 f4+ 37. Kd3 e4+ 38. fxe4+ Ke5 39. b4 g4 40.
hxg4 hxg4 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. c4 Kd6 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. c5 g3 45. c6 f3 46. c7 Kd7
47. e5 fxg2 48. e6+ Kxc7 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nordanyan, Minas"]
[Black "Roberts, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 dxe5 6. Qh5 e6 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Qd3 11. Be3 Qf5 12. Qxf5 exf5 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Nbd2 h6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Be3 g5 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nb3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rc8 22. Na5 Rc7 23. c4 Kf8 24. f4 g4 25. Kf2 Na4 26. Bc1 Ke8 27. Rd3 b6
28. Ra3 Nxb2 29. Bxb2 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Rb7 31. Ba3 Bd8 32. Ra6 Bb6 33. Bc1 Rd7 34.
Ke2 Rd4 35. Ra4 Kd7 36. Be3 Re4 37. Kd3 Kc6 38. Ra3 h5 39. Rb3 a6 40. Rb1 Bc7
41. h3 Ba5 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Rh1 Bb4 44. a3 Bxa3 45. Ra1 Bb4 46. Rxa6+ Kd7 47.
Rd6+ Ke7 48. Bf2 Ba3 49. Rc6 Kd7 50. Ra6 Bb4 1/2-1/2

0. Rb1 Bc7 41. h3 Ba5 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Rh1 Bb4 {D.O. since board 1 was lost.}
44. a3 Bxa3 45. Ra1 Bb4 46. Rxa6+ Kd7 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Bf2 Ba3 49. Rc6 Kd7 50.
Ra6 Bb4 {and White offered a draw without moving} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. g4 Be6 8.
Bc4 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg5 Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14.
Qf3 Nd5 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Na5 f5 18. f3 fxg4 19. fxg4 Nb5 20. Rd3
Rf2 21. c4 Nd6 22. Be7 b6 23. Bxd6 bxa5 24. Re1 Nb6 25. c5 Nd5 26. a3 Re8 27.
Rb3 a4 28. Rb7 Nc3 29. Kb2 Nb5 30. Be5 Rf3 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 Nxa3 33. Rh8+
Kf7 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossello, Chuck"]
[Black "Liu, Elliot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Ng5
h6 9. Nf3 Ne8 10. Bd2 f5 11. Qe1 Kh7 12. Qg3 Rg8 13. Qh3 Bf6 14. Nd5 c6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. e4 exf4 17. Bxf4 g5 18. Nxg5+ Rxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxf5 Qg7
21. Qe3 Ne5 22. Rf4 Nc7 23. Raf1 Ne6 24. Rf6 Qg5 25. Qf2 c5 26. h4 Qd2 27. Qf5+
Kg7 28. Bh5 Bd7 29. Rf7+ Nxf7 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Bg6+ Kg8 32. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "LaCombe, Alan"]
[Black "Yamada, Brent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c6 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. Ne2 Nc5 10. Ng3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rfe8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Ng4
15. Nhf5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Qg4 Re6 20. Nh6+ gxh6
21. Bf6+ Kf8 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe5+ Ke8 24. Bxc7 Ke7 25. Rf3 e5 26. Ba5 Rg8
27. Raf1 Ke6 28. Rf7 Bf8 29. h3 b6 30. Bc3 Bg7 31. b4 a6 32. R7f3 Bf6 33. Bd2
Rg6 34. Ra1 Nb8 35. Be3 Bd8 36. Rf8 Bc7 37. Rh8 Rg7 38. Bxb6 Bd6 39. Bc5 Bxc5
40. bxc5 Rb7 41. b3 Kf6 42. Rxb8 Rxb8 43. Rxa6 Rc8 44. b4 Kg5 45. g3 h5 46. h4+
Kg4 47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hall, Bobby"]
[Black "Villanueva, Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Qd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nbd5 14. Re1 h6
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd3 f5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. a3 a5 19. Ba2 Ra6 20. Qc3 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Qc7 Qf6 23. Rc5 Rb6 24. Re2 Rb3 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nf3 Kf7 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Kf1 Kd6 32. d5 Rb5 33. Ke2
Rxd5 34. Rxd5+ Kxd5 35. Kd3 b6 36. b3 Ba6+ 37. Ke3 Bf1 38. g3 b5 39. Nd2 Bg2
40. f3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roberts, Chris"]
[Black "Tayaben, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Nd7 6. f4 a6 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. O-O Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. d4 Nh7 14. h3 Be6 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. d5 Bd7 17. Bf2 Kh8 18. Bd4 f6 19. Rac1 g5 20. f5 Rg8 21. g4 Be8
22. Qf2 Nf8 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Rc7 Bf8 26. b4 Kg7 27. Rdc1 Kf7 28. a4
Nxb6 29. Qxb6 Bxa4 30. Rxb7 Qd8 31. Rcc7 Rg7 32. Nfd4 Rh7 33. Ne6 Qe8 34. Qxd6
Kg8 35. Qc5 h5 36. Nxf8 Qxf8 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Rc8 39. Qd6 Bb5 40. Qe6+
Kh8 41. Nd4 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 hxg4 43. Nxb5 g3+ 44. Kxg3 Rc8 45. Nd6 Ra8 46. Re8
Rxe8 47. Qxe8 Kg7 48. Qg6+ 1-0

 Qh4+ 47. Kg6) 45. Nd6 Ra8 46. Re8 (46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Nxg5+ Kh6
48. Rh7+ Kxg5 49. h4#) 46... Rxe8 47. Qxe8 Kg7 48. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barroso, Alberto"]
[Black "Peters, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Qg4 Nc5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. h4 f5 13. Qf3 d6 14. g4 fxg4
15. Qxg4 Qe8 16. O-O-O e5 17. Nf5 Rxf5 18. Bxf5 Nd3+ 19. Kc2 Nxf2 20. Be6+ Kh8
21. Qf5 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Qxa2 24. Rdg1 Qb3 25. Be1 Qd1+ 26. Kb2 Nd3+
0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hummel, Patrick"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4
8. Be3 Nd7 9. Kc2 e5 10. Bc4 Bc5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ke7 14. h4
Nf6 15. Rhg1 h6 16. f4 Nxe4 17. fxe5 Nc5 18. Raf1 Raf8 19. Rf4 Rhg8 20. b4 Nd7
21. Re4 g5 22. Kb3 Nb6 23. Reg4 Nxc4 24. Kxc4 Rg6 25. Kb3 Rfg8 26. Rd1 Ke6 27.
Rc4 Rc8 28. Rf1 g4 29. Rcf4 Rf8 30. h5 Rg5 31. Rg1 g3 32. Rg2 Kxe5 33. Rf3 Rfg8
34. Rxf7 Rxh5 35. Rxc7 Rh2 36. Rc5+ Ke4 37. Rxh2 gxh2 38. Rh5 Rg2 39. Rxh6 Kxe3
40. c4 Kf2 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Graham, Nathaniel"]
[Black "Jones, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nxa7 Rfc8 13. Nh4 Rc2 14. Nxf5
gxf5 15. Bb5 Rxa7 16. Rxa7 Rc1+ 17. Kd2 Rxh1 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rxb7 Nf8 20.
Rxe7 Bf6 21. Ra7 Kg7 22. b4 Ne6 23. Bd6 f4 24. b5 Rxh2 25. b6 Rxg2 26. Bxf4
Rxf2+ 27. Kc3 Nxd4 28. exd4 Rxf4 29. Ra4 Rf3+ 30. Kb4 Bxd4 31. b7 Be5 32. Ra8
Bd6+ 33. Ka4 Rf4+ 34. Kb5 Rb4+ 35. Kc6 Be5 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Alan"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. a4
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. g3 Bd7 11. h4 h6 12. Bh3 O-O-O 13. O-O Rdg8 14. Qe2 Qd8 15.
Kg2 Nf5 16. Rh1 Re8 17. Bc1 Qa5 18. Qd2 f6 19. Re1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Nd6 22. Qe1 Nf7 23. Re3 Qa6 24. Rf3 Nd8 25. Qe5 Nc6 26. Qd6 Re7 27. Bf4 Qa5 28.
Rb1 a6 29. Rb5 axb5 30. axb5 e5 31. bxc6 Bxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Qc7 33. cxb7+ Qxb7 34.
Bxe5 Qd7+ 35. Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. h5 Ra8 37. Rf4 Ra7 38. Rg4 Ke8 39. Rg6 Red7 40. f4
Rf7 41. Kg4 Kf8 42. Rc6 Ke8 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Rc5 Rd7 45. Kh4 Ke8 46. g4 Kd8 47.
g5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Rfe7 49. f5 Ke8 50. Kg6 Ra7 51. f6 gxf6 52. Bxf6 Re2 53. Rxd5
Rg2+ 54. Bg5 Ra6+ 55. Kg7 Ra7+ 56. Kg8 Rd7 57. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reynolds, Mark"]
[Black "Millard, Nghia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 Nc6 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. d4 Bb6 7. c3 f5 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Ba3 Bc7 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qc2 Ng4
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nbd2 Rac8 17. Qg6 Nf6 18. Ng5 Ng4 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qh4 Rce8
21. Bg6+ Kg8 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bg6+ Kg8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Re3 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5
27. Ndf3 Nc4 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qd4 Qa3 30. Re1 Qxa2 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Qxd5+
Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. N3g5+ Kg6 35. Qe4+ Kh5 36. g4+ Kh4 37. Nf3+ Kh3 38. N7g5#
1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielson, Simon"]
[Black "Roberts, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nge2 f5
9. Qd2 f4 10. Bf2 Bh6 11. Nc1 a5 12. c5 Na6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Nb6
g5 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxa5 Rc8 18. Bd3 g4 19. Bb6 gxf3 20. gxf3 Bf8 21. Nb3 Be7
22. Ke2 Nf6 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 Qf8 26. Kb1 Qh6 27. Bxa6 bxa6
28. Qxa6 Bh3 29. Rg1 Qh5 30. Qe2 Nxd5 31. Qc4 Qxf3 32. Nd2 Qh5 33. Qxd5+ Be6
34. Qb7 Qxh2 35. Nf3 Qe2 36. Bd8 Bxa2+ 37. Ka1 1-0

4. Qb7 Qxh2 35. Nf3 Qe2 36. Bd8 Bxa2+ 37.
Ka1 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Le, Cau Duong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Nxd3 7. Qxd3 Nf6 8. e5
Nd7 9. Ne2 Be7 10. b3 b6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qe3 Kh8 14. c4 dxc4 15.
bxc4 b5 16. Qe4 Nb6 17. c5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qe4 Rd8 21. Bf4
Bd5 22. Qe3 Qc6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. Bxh6 Qh5 26. Bf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Rf8
28. Qg4 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landaw, Julian"]
[Black "Stein, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bb2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd2 21. Rxd2
Rac8 22. Ba3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nc5 24. Rde2 h5 25. Nf3 Nfd7 26. Bb2 Ne6 27. Nd4 Nf4
28. Re3 Bh6 29. Bb1 h4 30. Ngf5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Bf8 32. Nxh4 Ne5 33. Nf5 f6 34.
Kh2 Kf7 35. Ba3 Red8 36. Rd1 d5 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. g3 Ne6 39. f4 dxe4 40. Rxd8+
Rxd8 41. fxe5 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rxb1 44. Nd6 Bd5 45. exf6 Rc1 46. g4
Rc6 47. Nxe4 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Bxe4 49. Rxe4 Kf7 50. a4 Ng5 51. Re3 Kxf6 52. axb5
axb5 53. h4 Ne6 54. Rf3+ Kg7 55. g5 Rb2 56. Kh1 Nd4 57. Rd3 Nxb3 58. h5 Nc5 59.
Rd8 b4 60. h6+ Kh7 61. Rf8 Ne6 62. Rf7+ Kg8 63. g6 Nf8 64. h7+ Nxh7 65. gxh7+
Kh8 66. Rb7 b3 67. Kg1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Buskirk, Charles"]
[Black "Del Pilar, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. c4 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15.
f4 exf3 16. gxf3 Qe7 17. Bb2 Ng6 18. e4 Nh5 19. Kh1 Nhf4 20. Nb3 b6 21. Qd2 Qh4
22. Bd1 f6 23. Nc1 Kh8 24. Ba4 Bh3 25. Rg1 Qh5 26. Qe3 Rab8 27. Bc6 Rbc8 28.
Ne2 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Nf4 30. Qe3 Qh4 31. e5 Rxc6 32. dxc6 Rd3 33. exf6 Rxe3 34. f7
Bg2+ 35. Rxg2 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bighamian, Mick"]
[Black "Landaw, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qc7 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qc2 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Qb3 a6 15.
Rac1 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. d6 Qf8 21. Rc7
h6 22. Ne4 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Bb6 Qe7 26. Rd8+ 1-0

0}) 11... b5 $2 (11... a6)
(11... a5) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rac1 $36 Qd8 $6 (15...
Qa5 16. Ng5 Rf8 (16... Re7 $2 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 $18) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5
Rb8 (18... Bb7 $142 19. Ne6 $1 Rfc8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Rcd1 $16) 19. Ne6 $1 fxe6
$2 (19... Re8 $8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. d6 $16) 20. dxe6 $18 Kh8 (20... Nf6 21. e7+
Rf7 22. Bd5 $18) 21. e7 Re8 22. Qf7 (22. Ba7 $18) 22... Bb7 (22... Nf6 23. Bg5
$18) 23. Bxb7 Qb4 24. Bg5 h6 25. Qxg6 $18) 16. Rfd1 $16 Bb7 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nd5
Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 Rab8 20. d6 Qf6 21. Rc7 Bxg2 22. Rxd7 Rb7 23. Rxf7
Rxf7 24. Kxg2 $18) 19. exd5 Rac8 (19... Qd6 20. Rc6 Qf8 (20... Qe7 21. d6 Qf8
22. Rc7 $18 {transposing to the game.}) 21. Ne6 $1 fxe6 22. dxe6 $18) 20. d6
Qf8 21. Rc7 $1 $18 h6 (21... Rxc7 22. dxc7 Rc8 23. Qc2 h6 (23... Qe7 24. Bb7
$18) 24. Ne4 $18) 22. Ne4 Rxc7 (22... Red8 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. d7
$18) 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Bb6 Qe7 26. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Faelten, Eion"]
[Black "McGruder, Collette"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Be3 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 exf3 8.
Nxf3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bg5 c5 13. O-O Qe8 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 f5 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Rf1 Qd8 20. Qh6 f6
21. Rf4 Qe7 22. Nf3 Qg7 23. Qh3 Kf7 24. Bc4 Qg6 25. Rxf5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rae8 27.
Bd3 Qg7 28. Rg3 Qh8 29. dxc5 Rg8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Re3 Qg7 32. Qf3 Qg4 33. Qb7+
Kf8 34. Bf1 Rg7 35. Qc6 bxc5 36. Rg3 Qf4 37. Rxg7 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 39. Rg8+
Kxg8 40. Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Qb5 e5 42. Qe2 Qxe2 43. Bxe2 f5 44. Kg1 Kf6 45. Kf2 e4
46. g3 Ke5 47. Ke3 a5 48. Bc4 h5 49. h4 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wong, Santy"]
[Black "Rope, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O h5 8. Ne5
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Nc6 10. Ng6 Rh7 11. d5 Kf7 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. dxe6+ dxe6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Bf4 c6 16. Rfd1 Rhh8 17. f3 Ng6 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Bd6 h4 20. e4 h3+ 21.
Kf2 Rhd8 22. Ba3 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 24. fxe4 Ne5 25. b3 Ng4+ 26. Ke2 Kg6 27.
Bb2 c5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rf1 Nxh2 30. Rf4 Rd7 31. Be5 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Bb8
Ng4 34. Kf1 Nf6 35. Kg1 g5 36. Bxa7 Nd7 37. g4 Ke7 38. Kh2 Kd8 39. a3 Kc7 40.
b4 Kb7 41. bxc5 Nxc5 42. Bxb6 Kxb6 43. Kxh3 Nxe4 44. Kg2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rezendes, Ron"]
[Black "Pena, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Be7 6. Qxg4 d6 7. Qg7 dxe5 8.
Qxh8 Bxh4+ 9. Kd1 Bg4+ 10. Be2 Bxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Qg5 12. Kf1 f3 13. gxf3 Qg3 14.
Rxh4 Qxf3+ 15. Ke1 Qg3+ 16. Ke2 Qxh4 17. Qxg8+ Ke7 18. Qg2 Nc6 19. c3 Qh5+ 20.
Ke1 Rd8 21. d3 Rxd3 22. Qg5+ Qxg5 23. Bxg5+ f6 24. Ke2 Rh3 25. Be3 Rh1 26. Bf2
Na5 27. b3 Nc6 28. Be1 Ke6 29. Nd2 Ne7 30. Rd1 Ng6 31. Bg3 Rh5 32. Rf1 Rg5 33.
Rf3 h5 34. Nf1 h4 35. Bh2 Rg4 36. Ke3 Ne7 37. a3 f5 38. exf5+ Nxf5+ 39. Ke2 c5
40. Kf2 b5 41. Rxf5 Kxf5 42. Ne3+ Kg5 43. Nxg4 Kxg4 44. Bxe5 Kf5 45. Bb8 a6 46.
Ke3 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roberts, Chris"]
[Black "Gertmenian, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1514"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne5 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4
Kh8 15. Ndf3 Rg8 16. Qe2 a6 17. Rae1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b5 20. Rc1 Qc4
21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 Rgb8 24. Rb1 Rb6 25. Rb2 Rc8 26. Rc1 a5 27.
g3 Kg7 28. Kf2 Rbc6 29. Rbc2 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Kd3 Rb6 32. Rb1 Rcb8 33. Rcb2
Kd7 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Ra8 36. b5 h5 37. Kd4 h4 38. Kc5 Kc7 39. Kb4 Rg8 40.
Rc2+ Kb7 41. Rbc1 Ka7 42. Ra2+ Kb7 43. Rca1 Kc7 44. Ra7+ Rb7 45. Kc5 hxg3 46.
b6+ Kc8 47. Kc6 g2 48. Rxb7 g1=Q 49. Ra8# 1-0

1. Rbc1 Ka7 42. Ra2+ Kb7 43. Rca1 Kc7 44.
Ra7+ Rb7 45. Kc5 hxg3 46. b6+ Kc8 47. Kc6 g2 48. Rxb7 g1=Q 49. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5
Nd7 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Bg2 Nc5 18. Nc1 Rfe8 19. Nd3 Bf8 20. Rad1 Nxd3 21. cxd3 d5
22. exd5 Nb4 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. f5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. Kh3 Ree8 27. Qf3 Qd7
28. Bc1 Qd4 29. Qg4 Rbd8 30. Rf4 Qd6 31. d4 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Qf3 Bc5 34.
Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yap, Darrell"]
[Black "Bighamian, Mick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 Bd7 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Qd2 Ng6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rf5 14. Qd3
Raf8 15. Bd2 Qxc5 16. Rab1 Bc8 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Qb5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe5 20. Bc5
Qg5+ 21. Kf1 a6 22. Qb6 Nc4 23. Qc7 e5 24. Red1 Bh3+ 25. Ke2 e4 26. f4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Free, Graham"]
[Black "Melikadamian, Alen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Ne8 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Nd6 Nxd6 14.
Rxd6 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Rd2 d5 17. Ng5 b6 18. Nf3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Bb5
Nd8 21. Re1 Rf6 22. Nd4 a6 23. Bf1 Nf7 24. g3 g5 25. Bg2 Nd6 26. Re5 Nf7 27.
Re3 Bd7 28. Bh3 Re8 29. Rde2 Nd8 30. Bg4 Kg7 31. Rb3 b5 32. Ra3 Bc8 33. Rc3 Nf7
34. Rc6 Kg6 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. Rexe6 Rexe6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Nxe6 Ne5 39. Nxg5
Kxg5 40. f4+ Kf5 41. fxe5 Kxe5 42. Kd2 Kf5 43. h3 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Black "Nielsen, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nfd7 8. d3
c6 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. b4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be6
15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. b5 Qd6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Bxa7 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Nc6 20. Bb6 Qd7
21. Nc3 Rb8 22. a4 Nd4 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. a5 Bc6 25. Nd5 Kf7 26. Rf1+ Ke6 27.
Nc7+ Kd6 28. Rf7 Bxe4 29. dxe4 Bf8 30. Rxh7 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Ng5 32. Nb5+ Ke6 33.
Ba7 Bc5+ 34. Ke2 Bxa7 35. Rh6 Kf6 36. Nxa7 Ra8 37. Nb5 Kg7 38. Rh4 Rxa5 39. Rg4
Ne6 40. Kd3 Ra1 41. Nc3 Nd4 42. c5 Ne6 43. h4 Kh6 44. Nd5 Nxc5+ 45. Kc4 Nd7 46.
Rg5 Rc1+ 47. Kb4 Rb1+ 48. Kc3 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Rc6 50. Ne3 Re6 51. Ng4+ Kg7 52. Kc3
Nf6 53. Rxe5 Rxe5 54. Nxe5 Nxe4+ 55. Kd4 Nxg3 56. Kc5 Nf5 57. Kb6 Nxh4 58. Nxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belanger, Tym"]
[Black "Grupp, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bd6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
d3 h6 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Nd5 c6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qf6
15. Nd3 Qe7 16. e5 c4 17. Nf4 Nxe5 18. Re1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qb4 20. Rab1 Bf5 21.
Rec1 Rfe8 22. a3 Qa4 23. Qc3 Re4 24. Nh5 f6 25. Qg3 Re7 26. Re1 Rf7 27. Re2
Bxc2 28. Rbe1 Raf8 29. Re7 c5 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Conrad, Bill"]
[Black "Savino, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 e5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc4
Bd6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 b6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. c3 Nf6 14. d4 Re8 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nd7 18. Bc6 Re7 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. Rd8 Bb7 21.
Rxb8 Bxc6 22. Rd1 f6 23. Rdd8 g5 24. Rxf8+ Kg7 25. exf6+ 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cortez, Juan"]
[Black "LaCombe, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qxb7 Rf6 14. Qb3 Rg6
15. Be2 Bd6 16. c4 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bg3+ 18. Kf1 Bxe1 19. Kxe1 Rxg2 20. Kf1 Rxe2
21. cxd5 Qe7 22. dxc6 Re8 23. Qd1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Faelten, Eion"]
[Black "Roberts, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4
Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Be3 Nxb3 12. axb3 c6 13. Qd2 f6 14. Bh6 Bg4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exf6+ exf6 17. h3 Be6 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nc5 Bg8 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Qa5
Rfe8 22. c4 Rad8 23. Na4 Nd5 24. Qxc7+ Nxc7 25. Nc5 b5 26. Nb7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. Na5 bxc4 30. bxc4 Be6 31. b3 Bd7 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke7
34. Kd3 Bf5+ 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Nb7+ Kc7 37. Nc5 a5 38. b4 axb4+ 39. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

6. Nb7+ Kc7
37. Nc5 a5 38. b4 axb4+ 39. Kxb4 {D.O.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graham, Nathaniel"]
[Black "Peters, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 f6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. O-O Qd7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Bf8 15.
Qb1 b6 16. e3 Nde7 17. Bf1 Bf5 18. Ne4 Kh8 19. Rc4 Na5 20. Rc2 Qb5 21. Bc3 Nd5
22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Ned2 Ne7 24. Ra2 b5 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Ne4 a6 27. Nfd2 Nd5 28.
Nc3 Nc7 29. Nce4 Ne6 30. Rac2 Rc7 31. Rc3 Rcd7 32. Be2 Qa7 33. Kh1 Bg6 34. g4
Qb7 35. Rg1 Ng5 36. Bf1 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 38. dxe4 Rd1 39. Rc1 Rxc1 40. Qxc1
Qxe4+ 41. Bg2 Qxg4 42. Qc2 Qd7 43. Be4 g6 44. Rc1 Qd2 45. Bb7 Qxc2 46. Rxc2 Rd3
47. b4 c4 48. Bxa6 Rxa3 49. Bxb5 c3 50. Kg2 Bxb4 51. Kf3 Ra1 52. Ke4 f5+ 53.
Kd5 e4 54. Kc4 Ba5 55. f3 exf3 56. Bc6 Re1 57. Kd3 Bb6 58. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 59. Kc4
Re2 60. Rc1 f2 61. Bg2 Re1 0-1

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serpik, Ilia"]
[Black "Landaw, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 e5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8.
O-O-O exd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qe3 Re8 11. f3 Be6 12. Nge2 Qe7 13. Nf4 Rad8 14. Qf2
a6 15. g4 g5 16. Nfe2 b5 17. h4 h6 18. Ng3 gxh4 19. Nd5 Nxg4 20. Nh5+ Kh8 21.
fxg4 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Bxg4 23. Be2 f5 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. Qf6+ Qxf6 26. Nhxf6 Re6 27.
Rxh4 Kg7 28. Rxg4+ Kf7 29. Rf1 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Klein, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Qb6 8.
O-O e6 9. Kh1 Ne7 10. e5 d5 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Ba6 14. b3 h5 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Bb7 17. Qe1 a5 18. Bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxa5 Nf5 21.
Rad1 O-O 22. Rd8 h4 23. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Alan"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. f4 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Bf2 Qa5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. a3 Qd8 15.
Rab1 Bd7 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Rc2 e6 20. Rbc1 Ne7 21. Bd4
Bc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Qf6 Bb5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+
Nxc8 28. Nh2 Kh7 29. Ng4 h5 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Bxd3
34. Nf4 Bc2 35. Qg5 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ilfeld, Etan"]
[Black "Hanoian, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. f3 Nc5
15. Be2 Nh5 16. g3 g6 17. Ne3 Ng7 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nc4 f5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qc7
22. Rfc1 Qb8 23. a4 Nh5 24. Rc2 f4 25. Bf2 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bg5 27. Ra3 Be7 28.
Rac3 Bd8 29. a5 b5 30. axb6 Nxb6 31. Na5 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Na4 33. Nc6 Qb5 34. Qc2
Nxc3 35. Bxb5 Nxb5 36. Nxd8 Rxd8 37. Qc6 1-0

[Event "USAT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roberts, Chris"]
[Black "Sherwood, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ndf3 Qb6 7. c3 Nc6 8. g3
Be7 9. Bh3 Nf8 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a3 Kb8 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8
15. Be3 f6 16. Rc1 f5 17. Ne1 h6 18. Nd3 g5 19. Nc5 g4 20. Bg2 h5 21. Kf2 h4
22. Rh1 Qd8 23. Qd3 Bxc5 24. dxc5 a6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Bc6 27. Ra1 Kc7 28.
Bd2 Kd7 29. a4 Ke7 30. Rhb1 Qd7 31. a5 1/2-1/2

... a6 25. Nd4 $4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 {
White has two bad Bishops} 26... Bc6 27. Ra1 Kc7 28. Bd2 Kd7 29. a4 Ke7 30.
Rhb1 Qd7 31. a5 {D.O.} 1/2-1/2

