[Event "?"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 
Nh5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.h4 f6 11.Bd2 f5 12.e3 Bb7 13.O-O-O Na6 14.Nd4 Qe8 15.Ndb5
Nf6 16.f3 Qf7 17.Kb1 Rfc8 18.Bc1 d5 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Qd2 Nac7 21.Nxc7 Rxc7 
22.Nb5 Rd7 23.Bc4 Rc8 24.Qe2 a6 25.Nd4 b5 26.Bb3 Bf6 27.Ka1 Kh8 28.Rhf1 
Rdc7 29.Bd2 Qe7 30.g3 g6 31.Rc1 e5 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Nc2 e4 34.Nd4 exf3 35.
Qxf3 Nb6 36.Qf2 Bd5 37.Ba5 Bxb3 38.Bxb6 Rc8 39.Ba5 Bg8 40.h5 Qf7 41.b4 Qb3
42.Qb2 Qxe3 43.Bb6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 e5 8.Nf3 
exd4 9.Bg5 Qe6+ 10.Be2 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.cxd4 O-O 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qb3 Nc6 
15.Qe3 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qf6 18.Rab1 Nxd4 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Be4 c5 21.
Bd5 g6 22.Rbe1 Rd7 23.Qh6 Re7 24.Rb1 Rbe8 25.Kh1 Ne2 26.Rb3 Nd4 27.Rbb1 
Ne2 28.Rb3 Nd4 29.Rbb1 Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6 
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.e4 dxc4 13.Qa4 a6 14.Qxc4 c5 15.d5 
exd5 16.exd5 b5 17.Qd3 Re8 18.Ng5 Bf8 19.Qf5 h6 20.Ne6 Qb6 21.Nxf8 Nxf8 
22.d6 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qc6+ 24.Kg1 N8d7 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Re6 27.Rad1 Rce8 
28.Be3 c4 29.h4 Rd8 30.Bf4 Nf6 31.R5d2 Qf3 32.Qc5 Ne4 33.Qb6 Rd7 34.Rd5 c3
35.bxc3 Nxc3 36.R5d3 Qh5 37.Qxa6 Nxd1 38.Qc8+ Kh7 39.Qxd7 Qe2 40.Rxd1 
Qxd1+ 41.Kh2 Qc2 42.Qa7 Re1 43.Qd4 Rd1 44.Qe3 Qxa2 45.Qe4+ g6 46.Qe7 Qxf2+
47.Kh3 Qf1+ 48.Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Paschall, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.e3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd7 14.d5 Ndc5 15.Nd4 Qf6
16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.f4 O-O-O 18.dxe6 Nxe6 19.fxg5 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Qxg5 21.Rf4 
Rdf8 22.Rc1 Kb8 23.c5 Rxf4 24.Bxf4 Qe7 25.Qb2 Rc8 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Rxc8+ 
Kxc8 28.Qxb6 a4 29.Bxd6 Qf7 30.Bf4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9.c4 Bc5 10.Qa4 Ne7 11.exd5 exd5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bg5 
h6 15.Bh4 dxc4 16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Bxe7 Re8 18.Na5 Rxe7 19.Nxc4 Re2 20.Rd2 Rxd2
21.Nxd2 Qe6 22.Nc4 Bd4 23.Qc2 Re8 24.Qd3 c5 25.b3 Qe2 26.Qxe2 Rxe2 27.a4 
a6 28.g4 g6 29.Kg2 Rc2 30.Na5 Rb2 31.Kf3 Bc3 32.Nb7 c4 33.Rc1 Bf6 34.Na5 
cxb3 35.Rc8+ Kg7 36.Rb8 Bd4 37.Rxb3 Rxf2+ 38.Ke4 Bf6 39.Nc4 Rxh2 40.Rb6 
Re2+ 41.Kd5 a5 42.Nd6 Re5+ 43.Kc6 h5 44.gxh5 gxh5 45.Kd7 Kg6 46.Rb8 Re7+ 
47.Kc6 Be5 48.Kd5 Bxd6 49.Kxd6 Re6+ 50.Kd5 h4 51.Rh8 Kg5 52.Rh7 Rh6 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 Qd6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bf1 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qe2 Nc6 15.
b3 Ng4 16.Qxg4 Bxc3 17.Rb1 Rad8 18.Bb2 Qf6 19.Bxc3 Qxc3 20.Bb5 Ne7 21.Rbc1
Qa5 22.Qa4 Qb6 23.Be2 a6 24.Bf3 Rd6 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 Rfd8 27.Rc7 Nc6 
28.Rd1 b5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxc6 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.Rxa6 Rxf2 
34.Kg3 Rc2 35.b4 h5 36.h4 Kg7 37.a3 Rc3 38.Kf3 f6 39.Ra5 Kh6 40.Ra6 Kg7 
41.Kf4 Rc4+ 42.e4 Rc2 43.g3 Rf2+ 44.Ke3 Rg2 45.Kf3 Ra2 46.Ra7+ Kh6 47.Ra5 
Ra1 48.Kg2 Ra2+ 49.Kh3 g5 50.g4 hxg4+ 51.Kxg4 gxh4 52.Kxh4 Kg6 53.Kg4 Kf7 
54.Kf4 Ke6 55.Ke3 Kd6 56.Kd4 Rd2+ 57.Kc3 Re2 58.Rxb5 Re3+ 59.Kb2 Rxe4 60.
a4 f5 61.a5 f4 62.Kb3 Re3+ 63.Ka4 Re5 64.Rb6+ Ke7 65.a6 f3 66.Rb7+ Ke6 67.
Rb6+ Ke7 68.a7 Re1 69.Ra6 Ra1+ 70.Kb5 Rxa6 71.Kxa6 f2 72.a8=Q f1=Q+ 73.b5 
Qa1+ 74.Kb7 Qh1+ 75.Ka7 Qa1+ 76.Kb7 Qh1+ 77.Kb8 Qh8+ 78.Ka7 Qa1+ 79.Kb7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Bd3 e5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb1 Rd8 13.Qc2 Be6 14.f4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Na5 16.a4 Rac8 17.d5 Bxd5 18.Bb2 Be4 19.Qc3 Bxb1 20.Raxb1 b6 21.Ng3 
Qd7 22.Kh1 Ne8 23.e4 Nc6 24.Nf5 Nd4 25.Rbd1 Qe6 26.Ng3 Rd7 27.Qe3 Rcd8 28.
Qf2 Nf6 29.e5 Ng4 30.Qg1 Ne2 31.Nxe2 Rxd1 32.Nc3 Rxf1 33.Qxf1 Qb3 34.Ba1 
Qc2 35.h4 Rd3 36.Kg1 Rxc3 37.Bxc3 Qxc3 38.Qd1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Ng6 8.Re1 Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nf1 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Ne3 Bg5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qf3 Bxe3 15.
Bxe3 Qe7 16.b4 Rfd8 17.Bb3 Be6 18.Bc5 Qe8 19.Bd5 b6 20.Be3 Bxd5 21.exd5 
Ne7 22.Rad1 b5 23.Bc5 f6 24.Qe4 Nc8 25.c4 bxc4 26.Qxc4 Nd6 27.Qb3 Qf7 28.
Re3 Rd7 29.Bxd6 Rxd6 30.Rc3 Rad8 31.Rc5 R8d7 32.Qc4 h6 33.h3 Kh7 34.a4 f5 
35.Kh2 e4 36.g3 Qh5 37.Rd2 Qf3 38.Rxc7 Rxc7 39.Qxc7 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 Qxf2+ 41.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2
Ne4 9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.b4 a5 12.Bb2 Ng5 13.Nd2 f5 14.f3 Qe7 15.c5 dxc5
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.bxa5 Nf7 18.e4 Nd6 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Rf2 Rxa5 21.Re1 Bd5 22.
Bd3 Nd4 23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Qc3 Raa8 25.Bb1 Qh4 26.Re3 Rf6 27.Ne4 Rh6 28.g3 
Qe7 29.Nxc5 Nb5 30.Qxg7+ Qxg7 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nxd7 Nxa3 33.Ba2 Nc4 34.
Bxc4 Bxc4 35.Rc3 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 Bd5 37.Rxc7 Kg6 38.Ne5+ Kf5 39.Re2 Ra2 40.
Rf7+ Kg5 41.Rxa2 Bxa2 42.f4+ Kh5 43.Kh3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6 8.h3 b5 9.
a3 Bg7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Re1 Qb6 14.Be3 a5 15.Nd2 Ba6 
16.b4 Nh5 17.Ne2 axb4 18.axb4 Bxa1 19.Qxa1 Qc7 20.g4 Ng7 21.Bh6 f6 22.Bb3 
c4 23.Bc2 Ne5 24.Qc3 Bc8 25.f4 Nf7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.g5 Ra2 28.gxf6+ Kg8 29.
Nd4 Qa7 30.Qe3 Bxh3 31.N2f3 Bg4 32.Bb1 Bxf3 33.Nxf3 Qxe3+ 34.Rxe3 Rb2 35.
Re1 Rxb4 36.Kf2 Rb2+ 37.Kg3 b4 38.e5 dxe5 39.fxe5 Nxe5 40.Nxe5 Rxe5 41.
Rxe5 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 c6 6.Nge2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne4 
Nxe4 9.Bxe4 O-O 10.Qd3 g6 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Rad1 Nd7 13.Rfe1 Nf6 14.Bf3 b6 15.
c3 Bb7 16.Ng3 Rad8 17.h4 Ba8 18.h5 c5 19.Bxa8 Rxa8 20.Bg5 cxd4 21.Qf3 Qd5 
22.Qxd5 Nxd5 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Rxd4 Nf6 25.h6 Kf8 26.f3 Ng8 27.Kf2 f5 28.Rh1
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O Be6 13.b4 Bd6 14.b5 Ne7 15.
Qa4 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Rc8 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Ne5 Qd8 19.h3 Ng6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Rxc8
Qxc8 22.Qd4 a6 23.bxa6 bxa6 24.Rb1 Qc2 25.Rb7 Qc1+ 26.Kh2 Qxa3 27.Nxg6 
Qd6+ 28.f4 Re8 29.Ne5 a5 30.Qa7 Rf8 31.Qxa5 Bf5 32.Qa7 Qf6 33.Qc5 Qd8 34.
Nc6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 
9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 Ne8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b3 Qb4 13.Nb1 Qe7 14.Ba3 Nc5 15.Nc3 
Nc7 16.Qc2 b6 17.Rad1 N7e6 18.b4 Na6 19.Nd5 cxd5 20.exd5 Nxb4 21.Qb3 Nc5 
22.Bxb4 e4 23.Qe3 f5 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Nb3 Rfc8 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Bc3 Qd6 28.Rb1
Rab8 29.Rb3 Ba4 30.Ra3 Bxc3 31.Qxc3 Rb4 32.Kh2 Rf8 33.Re2 Qa6 34.Rc2 Qf6 
35.Qxf6 Rxf6 36.Rc1 Kf8 37.f3 exf3 38.Bxf3 a6 39.Kg1 h5 40.Kf2 f4 41.gxf4 
Rxf4 42.Kg3 Rbxc4 43.Rxc4 Rxc4 44.Be2 h4+ 45.Kf3 Rd4 46.Bxa6 Bd7 47.Bc8 
Bxc8 48.Ra8 Rxd5 49.Rxc8+ Ke7 50.Ke4 Rd4+ 51.Ke3 Rc4 52.Rc6 Rc3+ 53.Kd2 
Rxh3 54.Rxg6 Rh1 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nh4 
Be4 9.f3 Bg6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.g3 O-O 14.Na4 Rab8 15.
Bb5 Rfc8 16.O-O Nd7 17.Rc2 a6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qd3 Qb7 20.Rfc1 Qb5 21.Qxb5 
axb5 22.Nc3 c5 23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Ne2 Rbc8 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Nxc5 27.Nd4 
Bf6 28.b3 Bxd4 29.exd4 Na6 30.a4 bxa4 31.bxa4 f6 32.f4 Kf7 33.Kf2 Ke8 34.
Ke3 Kd7 35.g4 Kc6 36.h4 Kd7 37.Bc3 Kc6 38.Bd2 Kd7 39.Bc3 Kc6 40.Kd2 Kb6 
41.Ke2 Nb8 42.Bb4 Nd7 43.g5 Ka6 44.Kf3 Kb6 45.Kg4 Kc6 46.h5 gxh5+ 47.Kxh5 
e5 48.dxe5 fxe5 49.f5 d4 50.Kg4 Kd5 51.a5 Kc6 52.Kf3 Kd5 53.a6 Kc6 54.Ba5 
Nc5 55.f6 gxf6 56.gxf6 Nd7 57.f7 Nf8 58.Ke4 Nd7 59.Bd8 Nf8 60.Kxe5 d3 61.
Ba5 Nd7+ 62.Kd4 d2 63.Bxd2 Kb6 64.Kd5 Kxa6 65.Kd6 Nf8 66.Bh6 Nh7 67.Ke6 
Kb7 68.Kf5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Ne2 c6 4.Nbc3 d5 5.Be3 e6 6.Ng3 h5 7.f3 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 
9.c3 Nd7 10.b4 Qc7 11.Be2 h4 12.Nf1 h3 13.g3 dxe4 14.fxe4 e5 15.Nd2 Ngf6 
16.O-O O-O 17.Rb1 Re8 18.Bf3 b6 19.Nb2 Ba6 20.Re1 Rad8 21.Qa4 Bb7 22.Nd3 
Nh7 23.Nf2 Ndf8 24.Nb3 Bc8 25.Rbd1 Ne6 26.Nxh3 Bd7 27.Nf2 c5 28.Qa3 Nhg5 
29.Bg2 exd4 30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Nxd4 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 Be6 34.Rc1 Qe7 
35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Qb2 Rc8 37.Rxc8+ Bxc8 38.Qd4 Ne6 39.Qc3 Nc7 40.a3 Be6 41.
Qe5 Qd8 42.h4 Ne8 43.h5 gxh5 44.Qxh5 Qd2 45.Qf3 Nd6 46.Bf1 Qd4 47.Qf4 f6 
48.Kh2 Kf7 49.Bh3 Bxh3 50.Kxh3 Ke7 51.Kg2 a5 52.bxa5 bxa5 53.g4 Kd7 54.Qf3
a4 55.Qd3 Qxd3 56.Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2 Be6 14.O-O Rac8 15.Qb1
Bb8 16.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bf4 
Nd7 9.O-O-O Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.d5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Ne5 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Bb5 c6 15.
dxc6 Qc7 16.f4 Nf3 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Nxg5 19.fxg5 Rab8 20.Rd2 Rec8 21.
Rc2 bxc6 22.Bxc6 Qe5 23.Qe3 Rxb2 24.Qxe5 Rxc2+ 25.Kxc2 Bxe5 26.Rb1 Bxh2 
27.Kd3 Kf8 28.Rb7 Rc7 29.Ke3 Rxb7 30.Bxb7 Ke8 31.Bc6+ Kf8 32.f4 Kg7 33.Kf3
Bg1 34.a4 Bb6 35.Bb5 Ba5 36.Kg4 Bd2 37.Bc6 f6 38.Bd7 Bc1 39.a5 Bd2 40.a6 
Bc1 41.Bc6 f5+ 42.Kf3 h6 43.gxh6+ Kxh6 44.Bd7 Kg7 45.Be6 Kf6 46.Bd7 g5 47.
fxg5+ Kxg5 48.Bc8 Kf6 49.Bd7 Ke5 50.Bc8 f4 51.Bb7 Ba3 52.Ba8 Bd6 53.Bb7 
Kd4 54.Ba8 Kc5 55.Ke4 Bc7 56.Bb7 Kb6 57.Bc8 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 
Qxc6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Qf3 h6 13.Bf4 Qc5 14.Qh3 g5 15.Be3
Qe5 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Ne2 g4 18.Qh4 Nd5 19.Bd4 Qxd4 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.Nxd4 Nf4
22.Bf1 h5 23.g3 Ng6 24.Nf5+ Kf6 25.Nd6 Rc7 26.e5+ Ke7 27.Nxb7 Rxb7 28.Rd4 
Rc8 29.Bd3 Rc5 30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.c3 Rbc7 32.h3 gxh3 33.f4 Rc4 34.Ree4 Rxd4 
35.Rxd4 g5 36.fxg5 Rc5 37.Re4 Rd5 38.Kh2 Kf7 39.Kxh3 Kg6 40.g4 Kxg5 41.
gxh5 Kxh5 42.Kg3 Kg5 43.Rd4 Rxe5 44.Rxd7 Re2 45.Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 c6 
9.a4 Re8 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Re1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5 13.f4 Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.Qd2 Be6
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.g4 Bc8 18.Kh1 Nbd7 19.Ng3 h6 20.Nd5 Qxd2 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.
Rxd2 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Nc5 24.f5 Kf8 25.Red1 Ke7 26.e5 d5 27.Rf4 Rg8 28.Kh2 
gxf5 29.gxf5 a5 30.Rh4 Rg5 31.Rg4 Rdg8 32.Bf3 Kf8 33.Rxg5 hxg5 34.Bg4 Ke7 
35.c4 Rd8 36.f6+ Ke8 37.Bxc8 dxc4 38.Bg4 cxb3 39.Nf5 Rxd1 40.Bxd1 b2 41.
Nd6+ Kf8 42.Bc2 b6 43.Kg3 Nxa4 44.Nc4 Nc3 45.Nxb2 b5 46.Nd3 a4 47.Nc5 a3 
48.e6 a2 49.e7+ Ke8 50.Bf5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.f4 Bb4 7.Qf3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3
Qxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nf6 10.e5 Ne4 11.c4 d6 12.Bd3 dxe5 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.Bxe4 Nc6 
15.Rb1 O-O-O 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rb6 e4 18.Rxa6 Kb7 19.Ra4 Ra8 20.Rb4+ Kc7 21.
f5 Bxf5 22.O-O Be6 23.Bf4+ Kc8 24.Rb6 Rd8 25.Rxc6+ Kd7 26.Rc7+ Ke8 27.Re1 
Rd4 28.c3 Rd3 29.Rxe4 Rxa2 30.Re1 h6 31.Rb1 Rd8 32.Be5 Bf5 33.Re1 Kf8 34.
Bd4 Rb8 35.Rf1 Be6 36.h3 Kg8 37.Rf2 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "141"]

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 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Ne4 d3 13.Nxc5 dxc2 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 
15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Be3 Rd5 17.Rac1 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Rxc2 Kf7 20.c4 b4 21.
b3 Rd8 22.Bf4 Rc5 23.Re1 Bf6 24.Bd2 a5 25.Kf1 Rc6 26.Re4 Rcd6 27.Ke2 c5 
28.Be3 Bc3 29.Rf4+ Ke8 30.Rh4 h6 31.Rh5 e5 32.Kf3 Kf7 33.Ke4 Ke6 34.Rh3 
Bd4 35.Rg3 Kf6 36.Rf3+ Kg6 37.h3 R8d7 38.Re2 Rd8 39.Rc2 R6d7 40.Rd2 Bxe3 
41.Rxd7 Rxd7 42.Kxe3 a4 43.bxa4 Ra7 44.Ke4 Rxa4 45.Kxe5 Rxa2 46.Kd5 Ra3 
47.Rf8 Ra5 48.Kc6 Ra7 49.Rb8 Ra2 50.Kxc5 Rxf2 51.g4 Rh2 52.Rxb4 Rxh3 53.
Kb6 h5 54.gxh5+ Kxh5 55.c5 Rc3 56.c6 g5 57.c7 Rc1 58.Rb5 Rxc7 59.Kxc7 Kg4 
60.Kd6 Kf4 61.Rb4+ Kf5 62.Kd5 g4 63.Kd4 Kf4 64.Kd3+ Kf3 65.Kd2 g3 66.Ke1 
Kg2 67.Rb8 Kg1 68.Rg8 g2 69.Ke2 Kh2 70.Kf2 Kh1 71.Rh8# 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 e5 8.Bc4 
Nf6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Bb4 11.Qd3 d6 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Qc4+ Be6 14.Qxb4 Rb8 
15.Qa3 a5 16.O-O-O Rb4 17.Bg3 Qc7 18.f4 Rhb8 19.Rhf1 Rxb2 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Nxe4 22.fxe5+ Ke7 23.Nxe4 Rb1+ 24.Kd2 Rxf1 25.Nc5 Bf5 26.Rxc6 Rc8 27.
Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Nb3 a4 29.Nc5 a3 30.Kc3 Bf5 31.Nd3 Ra1 32.Nb4 Be6 33.Bf2 Bxa2
34.Bc5+ Ke6 35.Nd3 Bd5 36.Bd4 Rd1 37.Nf4+ Kf7 38.Nxd5 a2 39.e6+ Kxe6 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2
c5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.h4 Qa5 12.Kf1 h5 13.Nf4 b5 14.Nxg6 bxc4 15.Nxf8
Rxf8 16.Qxh5 cxd4 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.cxd4 Kh7 19.Ke2 Bb5 20.Kd2 Nc6 21.Kc3 e5
22.d5 Nd4 23.Rb1 Rc8 24.Rb2 Ba6 25.Rhb1 Rc5 26.a4 Rc7 27.f4 Nb3 28.f5 Bf8 
29.Rd1 Nc5 30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.d6 Rd7 32.Rbd2 Bb6 33.Rd5 f6 34.g4 Kh6 35.R1d2 
Be3 36.Rd1 Bb6 37.g5+ fxg5 38.hxg5+ Kxg5 39.Rxe5 Bd8 40.Re8 Ba5+ 41.Kc2 
Bb7 42.Rf1 Rxd6 43.f6 Rxf6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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.h3 Qb6 11.Ba4 Bf5 12.Re2 Rac8 13.Be3 a6 14.Bb3 Rfd8 15.g4 
Be6 16.Nbd2 Na5 17.Rc1 Nxd2 18.Nxd2 Rxc1 19.Qxc1 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Bc2 
Bf7 22.Nf3 Nc4 23.b3 Nd6 24.Ne5 Nb5 25.Rd2 Bxe5 26.dxe5 d4 27.Bf4 Qc6 28.
Qf1 Qf3 29.Bg3 Bd5 30.Kh2 Rc8 31.Bd1 Qe4 32.f3 Qe3 33.Rd3 Qc1 34.Qe1 Rc3 
35.Be2 Qb2 36.Rd2 Rc2 37.Bf4 Qxa2 38.Bd3 Rxd2+ 39.Bxd2 Qxb3 40.Qe2 Nc3 41.
Qe1 Bxf3 42.Qf1 Qf7 43.e6 Qf6 44.Qe1 Bd5 45.Qg3 Qxe6 46.Bh6 Qd6 47.Bf4 Qb6
48.Qe1 Qb2+ 49.Kg3 Qg2+ 50.Kh4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 b6 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Ba3 d5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Rac1 
Nd7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.e5 Nc5 18.b4 Ne6 19.Na4 b5 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Rxc5 Rc8 22.
Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Bd3 Qg4 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Nxd4 Ng6 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.f4 g5 28.fxg5
Rxe5 29.Rc1 Re4 30.Nf5 Rc4 31.Re1 Re4 32.Rxe4 dxe4 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.Ke3 Kg6 
35.Kf4 f6 36.Nh4+ Kh5 37.gxf6 gxf6 38.Nf5 Bc8 39.g4+ Kg6 40.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Ross, Laura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 
d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.Rab1 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.b3
Be5 16.a3 a4 17.b4 Nb3 18.Qd3 Qb8 19.b5 d5 20.cxd5 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Bd7 22.f4 
Bg3 23.Nxa4 Rxa4 24.Rxb3 Rc8 25.Bd2 Bh4 26.Bb4 b6 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.Qxc3 Ra7 
29.g3 Bf6 30.e5 Bg7 31.Rc1 Bf5 32.Bf3 g5 33.Qe3 g4 34.Be4 Bxe4+ 35.Qxe4 f6
36.exf6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levina, Anna"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 d6 
9.Nd5 Na5 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.Be3 Nxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.c4 Nd7 14.cxb5 axb5 15.
Qc2 c5 16.Nd2 f5 17.Rxa8 Bxa8 18.f4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.dxe4 Nf6 21.Qd3 
exf4 22.Rxf4 b4 23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Rf2 h6 25.Re2 Ra8 26.Re1 Qe5 27.Qc1 Ng4 28.
Bf4 Qd4+ 29.Be3 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Qxb2 31.e5 dxe5 32.Qxc5 Qxb3 33.Qxe5 Qd3 34.
Rf1 b3 35.Qe7 b2 36.Qb4 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Kh1 Ne8 10.a4 f5 11.a5 f4 12.b4 Kh8 13.c5 Ng8 14.Ba3 g5 15.Nd2 Ngf6 16.
b5 b6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nc4 Rg8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Bb4 Rb8 21.Ra7 Bf8 22.g4 h5 
23.h3 Bd7 24.Kg2 Qc8 25.f3 Rg6 26.Qa4 Rh6 27.Qa6 hxg4 28.hxg4 Bxg4 29.fxg4
f3+ 30.Kxf3 Qxg4+ 31.Ke3 Rh3+ 32.Kd2 Rh2 33.Kd1 Qg2 34.Ne3 Qh3 35.Nf5 Qg2 
36.Rf7 Kg8 37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Nxd6 Kg7 39.Qa7+ Kg6 40.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shiber, Julia"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nf3 Nd4 
9.O-O Ne7 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 Qd8 12.Ne1 O-O 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 f6 15.Qd2 
Be6 16.f4 c4 17.Nd1 Rc8 18.c3 Qa5 19.Rf2 Nb3 20.axb3 Qxa1 21.bxc4 a6 22.
Nc2 Qa4 23.Nde3 Qd7 24.Nb4 a5 25.Nbd5 Bxd5 26.cxd5 b5 27.Bf3 Rb8 28.Bg4 
Qa7 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Kg2 b4 31.Nc4 Qc5 32.cxb4 Rxb4 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.Nxe5 
Nxd5 35.Qh6 Ne3+ 36.Kh3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Nb5 Ne5 12.Be2 a6 13.Be3 Qc6 14.N5d4 Qa4 15.Kb1
d5 16.Qc3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Nd2 e5 19.Ne2 Qb5 20.a4 Qxa4 21.Qxc4 Qe8 22.
Qc7 Be6 23.Qxe5 Bb4 24.Nb3 a5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bd4 Bd6 27.Qg5 h6 28.Qe3 Rc8
29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Rd1 Bf8 31.Nbd4 a4 32.Nf4 a3 33.bxa3 Bc4 34.Nb3 Qc6 35.Rd2
Bxa3 36.Nd5 Bxd5 37.exd5 Qd6 38.Qxh6 Qe5 39.Rd4 Rc4 40.Qd2 Bb4 41.Qd1 Rxd4
42.Qxd4 Qe1+ 43.Kb2 Bd6 44.f4 Kg7 45.g3 Qe2 46.Qb6 Qe7 47.Qd4 Qe2 48.Qd3 
Qe1 49.c4 b6 50.Nd4 Kf8 51.Nf5 Qf2+ 52.Kb3 Qc5 53.Nxd6 Qxd6 54.Qc3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shiber, Julia"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 b4 
9.Nd1 Bd7 10.O-O Qc8 11.Re1 h5 12.h4 Nf6 13.f3 e5 14.c3 O-O 15.Bh6 d5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne3 Be6 18.f4 bxc3 19.bxc3 dxe4 20.dxe4 Rd8 21.Qc2 Ng4 22.Nd5
c4 23.Rad1 Qa6 24.Bf3 Qa3 25.Bxg4 Rb2 26.Qc1 Bxg4 27.Rd2 Qc5+ 28.Kg2 Rxd2 
29.Qxd2 Ne7 30.fxe5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Rxd5 32.Nd4 Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Qxe5 34.Qf2 Bc8 
35.Qf3 Qe7 36.Qf4 Qe1 37.Qf3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O g6 7.d4 e4 8.Ne1 Bg7 9.
f3 exf3 10.exf3 O-O 11.Nc2 d5 12.b3 dxc4 13.bxc4 Nh5 14.Ne2 Na5 15.Qd3 Be6
16.d5 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6
9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Nxd6+ Qxd6 11.Kg1 Nc6 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nf3 Nde7 15.
Qe1 f6 16.h3 e5 17.e3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Ne5 19.Kh2 c5 20.Nf3 Nd3 21.Qd2 Qc7 22.
Qc2 Nb4 23.Qc1 h5 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Rd8 26.Qc1 Nf5 27.e4 Nd3 28.Qc2 Nd6 
29.e5 Ne4 30.Nd4 Nxb2 31.Ne6 Qxe5 32.Nxd8 Nd3 33.Bxe4 Qxe4 34.b4 h4 35.Rg1
Qe8 36.bxc5 Qxd8 37.Rd1 Qc7 38.Qb3+ Kh8 39.Rxd3 Bxd3 40.Qxd3 bxc5 41.Qc4 
hxg3+ 42.fxg3 Qc6 43.h4 Qd6 44.Kg2 Qe5 45.a4 Kh7 46.a5 Kg6 47.Qd3+ f5 48.
Kf3 Kh5 49.Qc4 g6 50.Qf7 Qe4+ 51.Kf2 c4 52.Qxa7 Qc2+ 53.Kf3 Qe4+ 54.Kf2 
Qc2+ 55.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.O-O g6
9.f4 Bg7 10.f5 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.fxe6 Bxe6 13.Bg5 Qc5+ 14.Be3 Qh5 15.
Qxh5 Nxh5 16.Be2 Be5 17.Bxh5 gxh5 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rad1 Rc4 21.
Kf2 b5 22.a3 a5 23.Rd2 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Rf4+ 27.Ke2 
Rxf1 28.Kxf1 Ke7 29.Rf2 Rc8 30.Ke1 Rc5 31.c3 bxc3 32.bxc3 Rxd5 33.Rf5 Ke6 
34.Rxh5 Rd3 35.Rxh7 Rxc3 36.Kd2 Ra3 37.g4 f6 38.Rh6 Kf7 39.h3 Kg7 40.Rh5 
Kg6 41.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.h4 Nf6 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.h5 Nxh5 11.Be3 Bg7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.g4 Nf6 14.f3 Rfe8 15.
Qh2 Rab8 16.Bh6 Qf8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxh6 Bxh6+ 19.Qxh6 Qxh6+ 20.Rxh6 Kg7 21.
Rhh1 Nh7 22.Rhe1 Ng5 23.Re3 Ne6 24.Nxe6+ Rxe6 25.Ne2 Rb6 26.c4 Re5 27.Nf4 
Rc5 28.b3 Ra5 29.Re2 Be6 30.Rh2 Kf6 31.Nd3 Rb8 32.Rg1 Rxb3 33.g5+ Ke7 34.
axb3 Ra1+ 35.Kd2 Rxg1 36.f4 Ra1 37.Kc3 Ra5 38.Kb2 Ra6 39.Rh7 Kf8 40.Rh8+ 
Ke7 41.Rh7 Kf8 42.Rh8+ Kg7 43.Re8 Rb6 44.Kc3 c5 45.Re7 Rc6 46.f5 gxf5 47.
Nf4 Kg8 48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Re7 Kg8 50.Re8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.c4 Nb6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.b3 Bg4 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.b4 a6 14.Rb1 e6 15.a4 N8e7 
16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Na5 19.Rb4 Nf5 20.Be2 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Qg5 22.
Rf3 Rfd8 23.Ra4 e5 24.e4 exd4 25.Nxd5 Nc6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Nb6
Ra7 29.Na4 Qe5 30.Bd3 Bh6 31.Qb3 Kg7 32.g3 Be3+ 33.Kg2 h5 34.h4 g5 35.hxg5
Qxg5 36.Bc2 Qg4 37.Bd1 Qxe4 38.Bc2 Qe6 39.Qd3 Qg6 40.Qb3 Qg4 41.Qd3 Qg6 
42.Qd1 Qe6 43.Kh2 Qa2 44.Qd3 Rxa4 45.Qh7+ Kf8 46.Qh8+ Ke7 47.Qe5+ Kf8 48.
Kh3 Ra7 49.Qb8+ Kg7 50.Bb3 Qb1 51.Qe5+ f6 52.Qxf6+ Kh7 53.Bd1 Qg6 54.Rf5 
Qxf6 55.Rxf6 Ra1 56.Bxh5 Rh1+ 57.Kg4 d3 58.Rf7+ Kg8 59.Rd7 d2 60.Bf7+ Kf8 
61.Bb3 Rb1 62.Ba4 Bxc5 63.Kf5 Be3 64.Kg6 Ra1 65.Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 
O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Nde4 Bg4 14.f3 Bc8 15.e3 Ne6
16.f4 f5 17.Nf2 exf4 18.gxf4 Nc7 19.Ne2 Be6 20.Nd4 Bd5 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.Qc2 
Qe8 23.e4 Be6 24.a4 Qf7 25.b5 cxb5 26.a5 Na4 27.e5 Bd8 28.Ba3 Re8 29.Nd4 
Bd5 30.Nd1 Bxg2 31.Qxg2 Qd7 32.Bd6 Be7 33.Qa2+ Kh8 34.Qf7 Rad8 35.Nxf5 
Bxd6 36.Nxd6 Qg4+ 37.Kh1 Rd7 38.Qa2 Rf8 39.Ne3 Qh3 40.Rbe1 Nc5 41.Qc2 N5e6
42.f5 Nd4 43.Qf2 Nc6 44.Qf4 Re7 45.f6 gxf6 46.exf6 Rd7 47.f7 Qe6 48.Nef5 
Qd5+ 49.Re4 Nd4 50.Qh6 Rdxf7 51.Nxf7+ Rxf7 52.Ne3 Rxf1+ 53.Nxf1 Qf7 54.Qf4
Qxf4 55.Rxf4 Nce6 56.Rf7 Nc5 57.Ne3 Kg8 58.Rc7 Nde6 59.Re7 b4 60.Nc4 b3 
61.Nb2 h5 62.d4 Nxd4 63.Re5 b6 64.Rxh5 Kg7 65.Kg2 Kg6 66.Rd5 Nde6 67.Rd1 
bxa5 68.Ra1 Nf4+ 69.Kf3 Nfd3 70.Rxa5 Nxb2 71.Rxc5 Nd3 72.Rb5 b2 73.Ke3 Ne5
74.Ke4 Nc4 75.Kd4 Nd6 76.Rxb2 Kg5 77.Kd5 Nf5 78.Ke5 Nh4 79.Rb3 Ng6+ 80.Ke4
Nh4 81.Rg3+ Kh5 82.Kf4 Ng6+ 83.Kf5 Ne7+ 84.Kf6 Nc6 85.Rg5+ Kh4 86.Rc5 Nb8 
87.Ke7 a5 88.Kd6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 b5 8.a3 Qc7 
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Qf4 e5 11.Qh4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Bf3 Bb7 15.Rd2 
c5 16.Ndxb5 axb5 17.Nxb5 Qb6 18.Nxd6 Qxb2 19.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 
Nc6 9.h5 Rxg7 10.Bb5 Qf6 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.Qd3 Bd6 13.h6 Rg6 14.h7 O-O-O 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16.O-O-O g4 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Ne2 Rh8 20.f4 gxf3 21.
gxf3 Qg7 22.Qa3 Rxh7 23.Qxa7 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Rh6 25.Rg1 Qe5 26.Qa3 Rh8 27.Qd3
b6 28.f4 Qf6 29.Qe3 Kb7 30.Nd4 Rh4 31.Rf1 Bd7 32.c3 c5 33.Nc2 Bb5 34.Rf2 
Qf5 35.b3 Bd3 36.Ne1 Be4 37.Kb2 Rh1 38.a4 d4 39.Qd2 Rh3 40.cxd4 Bd5 41.Nc2
Rxb3+ 42.Kc1 Rd3 43.Qe1 cxd4 44.Qb4 Qf6 45.a5 Rb3 46.Qxd4 Qxd4 47.Nxd4 Rb4
48.Nc2 Rc4 49.Kb2 bxa5 50.f5 e5 51.Ne3 Rb4+ 52.Ka1 Kc6 53.Rc2+ Kd6 54.Rc8 
Bb3 55.Ra8 a4 56.f6 Rf4 57.Kb2 Rxf6 58.Ra6+ Ke7 59.Ra7+ Kf8 60.Ng4 Re6 61.
Ra5 f6 62.Nxf6 Rxf6 63.Rxe5 Rf3 64.Ra5 Ke7 65.Ra6 Kd7 66.Ra7+ Kc6 67.Ra8 
Kb6 68.Rb8+ Ka7 69.Rb4 Ka6 70.Rb8 Bd5 71.Rb4 Rb3+ 72.Ka1 Ka5 73.Rd4 Bc6 
74.Rc4 Bb5 75.Rd4 a3 76.Rh4 Rc3 77.Rh1 Ka4 78.Rg1 Bd3 79.Ka2 Rc2+ 80.Ka1 
Kb3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 
9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 b6 11.Nh3 Ba6 12.Bd2 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Na4 14.O-O c5 15.Qd1 
Qd7 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.d4 Nb7 18.Qf3 Nc6 19.Qf6 Rh7 20.Qh4 Nba5 21.Rad1 Nb3 
22.Be3 Qe7 23.Bg5 hxg5 24.Qxh7 O-O-O 25.f4 g4 26.Ng5 Rd7 27.Qh4 Ncxd4 28.
Qxg4 Kb7 29.Kh1 Qxa3 30.Qh3 Qc5 31.Qe3 Qc4 32.Rb1 a5 33.Nf3 Nxf3 34.Rxf3 
a4 35.h3 d4 36.Qe4+ Rd5 37.Rf2 Nc5 38.Qf3 d3 39.Rfb2 Nb3 40.Rd1 a3 41.Ra2 
Nd4 42.Qf2 Nc2 43.Rb1 b5 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 
Bg7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.Re1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Re8 15.
Bg5 Nxb3 16.axb3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.c4 f6 20.cxd5 fxg5 21.
Rac1 b5 22.b4 Kf7 23.Rc7 Rad8 24.Re5 Kf6 25.Re6+ Kf7 26.Re5 Kf6 27.Re6+ 
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 b4 
9.a5 O-O 10.Nbd2 d6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc4 h6 13.Re1 Ba7 14.h3 Bc8 15.Ba4 Ne7 
16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 d5 18.exd5 Nfxd5 19.Nce5 Qd6 20.Bd2 c5 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.
Qe2 Qxa5 23.Bd7 Qd8 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxa6 Qc7 26.Qe4 Ra8 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rd6 
Rad8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Re1 Qb6 31.Re2 Qa6 32.Re1 Qb6 33.Kh1 f5 34.Qc4 Rc8 
35.Qb3 Kh7 36.Nd3 Qb5 37.Re6 Rc4 38.Nfe5 Rc7 39.Kh2 Bd4 40.Nf3 Ba7 41.Kg1 
Nc6 42.Rd6 Nce7 43.Bg5 Bc5 44.Bxe7 Nxe7 45.Rd8 Bb6 46.Rf8 Qc4 47.Qd1 Rc6 
48.Nfe5 Qc2 49.Qxc2 Rxc2 50.Rf7 Bd8 51.b3 Rc3 52.Nf4 Nc6 53.Neg6 Bg5 54.h4
Bxf4 55.Nxf4 Ne5 56.Rxf5 Ng6 57.Ne6 Rxb3 58.h5 Nh8 59.Rf8 g6 60.g4 gxh5 
61.gxh5 Rh3 62.Rf5 Rh4 63.f4 Kg8 64.Rf8+ Kh7 65.Rf5 Kg8 66.Kg2 b3 67.Kg3 
b2 68.Rf8+ Kh7 69.Rb8 Rxh5 70.Rxb2 Ra5 71.Rb7+ Kg6 72.Nf8+ Kf6 73.Rb6+ Ke7
74.Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 h6 8.Ne5 e6
9.e3 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bd7 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qb3 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Bxa6 
bxc3 16.Bxc8 Bxc8 17.Qxc3 O-O 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.b4 Qe8 20.b5 e5 21.dxe5 Bxe5
22.Qc6 Qe7 23.a5 Bf5 24.Qxd5 Be4 25.Qc4 Re8 26.f4 Bb2 27.Rcd1 Qa3 28.Kh1 
Qxa5 29.Rd7 Kh7 30.Rxf7 Qd2 31.Rg1 Qxe3 32.Rd7 Qxf4 33.Qf1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Levina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 
Be7 9.Bd3 Ngf6 10.Qe2 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bc2 O-O 13.O-O-O a5 14.Rhg1 Rb8 
15.g4 g6 16.h4 b5 17.c5 a4 18.h5 Qd5 19.Kb1 Ba6 20.Ne5 Ra8 21.Bb4 Bb7 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23.Rh1 Kg7 24.g5 Nh5 25.Rxh5 gxh5 26.Qxh5 f5 27.gxf6+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 
O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.e5 Nd5 11.g3 d6 12.Na4 Qc7 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Bg2 Ne5 15.Nc3 
Bd7 16.O-O Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Bc6 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.c3 Qb6 21.Qxe5 
Qxb3 22.Qe2 Rab8 23.Rab1 Rfd8 24.Rfd1 h6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rc1 c5 27.Rc2 
Qd5 28.b4 Qb3 29.bxc5 Qxa3 30.Qc4 Rc8 31.Ra2 Qxc5 32.Qxc5 Rxc5 33.Rxa7 
Rxc3 34.h4 g6 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Rb7 Kf6 37.Ra7 e5 38.Ra6+ Kf5 39.h5 Rc2 40.
hxg6 fxg6 41.Ra8 Rc6 42.Ra4 Rd6 43.Rb4 h5 44.Ra4 g5 45.Ra8 h4 46.Rh8 Rd4 
47.Rf8+ Kg6 48.Rg8+ Kh5 49.Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Ne4 14.g3 Qf6 15.h4 
h6 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Ne5 Rd8 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qc2 Ba6 20.Rfe1 Bd3 21.Qxc6 
Rac8 22.Qxe6+ Qxe6 23.Nxe6 Rd6 24.Nc5 Rxd4 25.Rac1 Rb8 26.b3 Rb6 27.Rc3 
Rbd6 28.a3 a5 29.Nb7 R6d5 30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.Ra8 Bc2 32.Nxa5 Rd1 33.Rxd1 Bxd1 
34.Nc4 Bf3 35.Kh2 g5 36.Ra5 Rxa5 37.Nxa5 g4 38.Nc4 Ke6 39.Nd2 Bd1 40.Nxe4 
Ke5 41.Nc5 Kd5 42.b4 Kc4 43.Kg1 Be2 44.f4 gxf3 45.Kf2 h5 46.Ne6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Qb6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O a6 11.b3 cxb3 12.Qxb3 Nd7 13.d5 Nc5 14.Qb1 cxd5 15.exd5 
Qa5 16.axb5 Qxc3 17.bxa6 Bxd5 18.Qb5+ Nd7 19.Rfc1 Qb4 20.Rc7 Qd6 21.Rac1 
Bh6 22.R1c6 Bxc6 23.Rxc6 Qd5 24.Rc7 Rb8 25.Qxd5 exd5 26.Nd4 Bf4 27.Ra7 
Rb1+ 28.Bf1 Bb8 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Bg2 
Qc7 16.Kb1 Ba6 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Nd4 Rab8 19.Qe3 Rfc8 20.f5 Ne4 21.Qf4 a4 
22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Rh2 b3 24.axb3 axb3 25.Qxe4 Bc4 26.Nxb3 Rxb3 27.cxb3 Bxb3 
28.Qd3 Bxd1 29.Qxd1 exf5 30.Rd2 fxg4 31.Rd7 Qa5 32.Rd5 Qc7 33.Rd7 Qb6 34.
Rd6 Qa5 35.Rd5 Qc7 36.Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Bennett, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.e3 h6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Nd2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bh7 14.e4 e5 15.Nc4
O-O 16.a4 Rfe8 17.f4 exd4 18.cxd4 b5 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Ne3 Bf8 21.e5 Rac8 
22.Bb2 a5 23.f5 Qa7 24.Kh1 Rc7 25.Qxb5 Rb8 26.Qe2 a4 27.e6 Nf6 28.d5 Rxb2 
29.Qxb2 Qxe3 30.d6 Ra7 31.e7 Bxe7 32.Rfe1 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bg4 4.e3 Qd7 5.Bb5 f6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 e6 8.Nc3 Nge7 
9.Rc1 a6 10.Bxc6 Nxc6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bb4 14.Kf1 O-O-O 
15.Na4 g5 16.Bg3 Qe7 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 f5 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.Be5 Rhg8 21.
Ke2 Kd7 22.Qb7 Rc8 23.Rc1 Rg6 24.b4 Qd8 25.Qxa6 Ra8 26.Qd3 Rxa2+ 27.Kf1 
Kc8 28.Qxf5+ Qd7 29.Qxd7+ Kxd7 30.b5 Ra8 31.Rc5 Rf8 32.Kg2 h5 33.bxc6+ 
Rxc6 34.Rxd5+ Ke6 35.Ra5 Rc2 36.Bh2 Rg8 37.Re5+ Kf6 38.d5 Ra8 39.f4 gxf4 
40.Bxf4 Raa2 41.Re6+ Kf7 42.Bg3 Ra5 43.e4 Ra4 44.Re5 Kf6 45.Kf3 Kg6 46.h4 
Rc3+ 47.Kf4 Rcc4 48.Re6+ Kf7 49.Kf5 Ra3 50.Rh6 Rf3+ 51.Ke5 Kg7 52.Rxh5 Rf8
53.Rg5+ Kh7 54.Rg4 Kh6 55.Rf4 Re8+ 56.Kf6 Kh5 57.Rf5+ Kg4 58.Rg5+ Kf3 59.
e5 Re4 60.Kf7 Rh8 61.e6 Rh7+ 62.Kg6 Rh8 63.Kg7 Ra8 64.Kf7 Rh8 65.Bxc7 
Rhxh4 66.Bg3 Rh7+ 67.Rg7 Rh5 68.d6 Rf5+ 69.Ke7 Ra5 70.d7 Ra7 71.Rg8 Ra6 
72.d8=Q Rexe6+ 73.Kf7 Rh6 74.Qd5+ Ke2 75.Qe4+ Kf1 76.Qd3+ Kg1 77.Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.O-O Nxd5 13.exd5 f5 14.c3 Qg5 15.
f4 exf4 16.Qe2+ Be5 17.Nc2 O-O 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 a5 20.Rfa1 Bd7 21.R4a2 
a4 22.Ne1 Rae8 23.Qf2 Kh8 24.Bc2 Rg8 25.Bxa4 Bxa4 26.Rxa4 Qg4 27.Nd3 Bd4 
28.Qxd4+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esserman, Marc"]
[Black "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 
Nc6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.a3 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Ne5 Nf6 16.Re1 Bd7 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.Rad1 Ned5 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Na4 Qb8 21.g3 
Rd8 22.Nc5 Rd6 23.Rc1 Qb6 24.Rc4 Rb8 25.Rec1 Qd8 26.Ra4 Nb6 27.Rxa7 Rxd4 
28.Qc3 e5 29.b4 Nbd5 30.Qc2 Ne7 31.Re1 Nc8 32.Ra5 Qd6 33.Qe2 Rd5 34.Bc4 
Rd4 35.Bd3 Rd5 36.Bc4 Rd4 37.f3 Nb6 38.Bb3 Nbd7 39.Nxd7 Nxd7 40.Rc1 Rf8 
41.Rc2 e4 42.fxe4 Ne5 43.b5 Rd3 44.bxc6 Rxb3 45.Rd5 Qc7 46.Rb5 Nf3+ 47.Kg2
Rxb5 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paschall, William"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 g6 4.c3 Qc7 5.O-O Bg7 6.d4 a6 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qb3 e6 9.
exd6 Qxd6 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Rxd4 Qc5 14.Be3 O-O 15.Rd8
Qh5 16.Qd1 Ng4 17.Bf4 Qh4 18.Rxf8+ Bxf8 19.Bg3 Ne3 20.Qe2 Qxc4 21.Qxe3 b5 
22.Nd2 Qd5 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Bd6 Bb7 25.Bxe7 Qxe4 26.Qxe4 Bxe4 27.Bf6 h6 28.f3
Bd5 29.h4 Rc8 30.a4 Ra8 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.Ke3 Ke8 33.Kd4 Rc8 34.axb5 axb5 35.
Ra7 Rc4+ 36.Ke5 Rc8 37.Be7 Bc6 38.Bb4 Bd7 39.g4 Rc4 40.b3 Rc8 41.h5 gxh5 
42.gxh5 f5 43.f4 Rc6 44.Kf6 e5+ 45.Kxe5 Re6+ 46.Kd5 Re4 47.Kd6 Re6+ 48.Kc5
Re4 49.Kd6 Re6+ 50.Kd5 Re4 51.Ra6 Kf7 52.Rxh6 Be6+ 53.Rxe6 Rxe6 54.Bd6 Re3
55.Be5 b4 56.cxb4 Rxb3 57.Bd6 Kf6 58.Kc6 Ke6 59.b5 Rc3+ 60.Bc5 Rh3 61.b6 
1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b4 Ne4 7.Bb2 d5 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.a3 Nd7 10.c4 c6 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.c5 Nd7 13.Ne1 Bf7 14.Ndf3 g5 15.Nd3 Bh5 
16.Nfe5 Nef6 17.Bc1 h6 18.h4 Ne4 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Ne5 Qe6 21.Bf3 Bxe5 22.
dxe5 Bg6 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Qc3 Bh5 25.Qd2 Qh3 26.hxg5 Bf3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Nb4 12.Re1 a6 13.Bf1 Re8 14.h3 Rb8 15.Be3 b6 
16.Bf2 Bb7 17.Bh4 Qc7 18.Bc4 Rbc8 19.Kh1 Qb8 20.Bg3 Qa8 21.e5 Rcd8 22.Qb3 
h6 23.Rad1 Kh7 24.Re2 Nf8 25.Red2 Nd7 26.Re1 Nf8 27.Qd1 Nd7 28.Ne4 dxe5 
29.fxe5 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Rxe5 Kxf6 34.Re3 Rd6
35.Rf2+ Kg7 36.Re7 Rf6 37.Rxf6 Kxf6 38.Qe2 Qb8 39.d6 Bxg2+ 40.Qxg2 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Nge2 c5 10.O-O Na6 11.Ng3 h6 12.Bf4 Nc7 13.Nf5 Ne6 14.Be5 Ng5 15.f4 Nge4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nb5 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Bc5 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nxh6+ 
Kh7 22.Nf5 Ba6 23.a4 Bxb5 24.axb5 Rd5 25.b4 Bxb4 26.Nd4 Bc3 27.Ra4 Bxd4 
28.Rxd4 Rxb5 29.Rxe4 a5 30.f5 Kg7 31.Rff4 Rc8 32.h4 Re5 33.Rg4+ Kh6 34.
Rxe5 fxe5 35.f6 Rc6 36.Rg5 a4 37.Rf5 a3 38.g4 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 a2 40.Rh5+ Kg6 
0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ross, Laura"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bd7
9.Nf1 Nh5 10.Ba4 Qe8 11.Bb3 Kh8 12.Ng3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bg4 14.Qc2 Na5 15.Nh2 
Bd7 16.f4 Nxb3 17.axb3 a5 18.Be3 f5 19.Nf3 fxe4 20.dxe4 b6 21.Re2 Bg4 22.
Rf2 Qc6 23.Nh2 Bd7 24.f5 gxf5 25.exf5 d5 26.Raf1 Rf7 27.Bg5 Rg8 28.Ng4 Qd6
29.Qd2 d4 30.cxd4 exd4 31.f6 Bf8 32.Bf4 Qd5 33.Ne5 Bb5 34.Nxf7+ Qxf7 35.
Re1 Bb4 36.Re7 Qxf6 37.Be5 Qxe5 38.Rxe5 Bxd2 39.Rxd2 c5 40.Kh2 Rg6 41.Re7 
Bc6 42.Re5 Kg8 43.Rf2 Bd7 44.Rfe2 Rd6 45.Kg1 d3 46.Rd2 Bb5 47.Kf2 Rf6+ 48.
Ke1 Kf7 49.Re3 Kg6 50.Rf3 Re6+ 51.Kf2 h5 52.Re3 Rd6 53.Re4 Bd7 54.Re3 Bf5 
55.Re8 Rd4 56.Rg8+ Kf7 57.Rg5 Bg6 58.g4 hxg4 59.Kg3 Rb4 60.Rxg4 Rxb3 61.
Kf2 b5 62.Rg5 c4 63.Rc5 Ke7 64.Ke3 Kd6 65.Kd4 Rb4 66.Rd5+ Kc6 67.Rc5+ Kb6 
68.Kd5 Be4+ 69.Kd6 a4 70.Re5 Bb7 71.g4 a3 72.bxa3 Ra4 73.Rb2 Bc6 74.Rc5 
Be8 75.Rc8 Bg6 76.Rc6+ Ka7 77.Kc7 Be4 78.Rc5 Rxa3 79.Rbxb5 Ka6 80.Rb6+ Ka7
81.Rxc4 d2 82.Rb3 Ra1 83.Rd4 Rc1+ 84.Kd6 d1=Q 85.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 86.Ke5 Re1 87.
Kf6 Rg1 88.g5 Bc2 89.Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Nbd7 8.a4 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.h3 Rc8 11.g4 Nc5 12.Ng3 g6 13.h4 Ne6 14.h5 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 
16.Nge2 Nxg4 17.Nxf4 g5 18.Qxg4 gxf4 19.h6 Rc5 20.Bf3 Qg5 21.O-O-O Rg8 22.
Qxg5 Rcxg5 23.Bh5 Re5 24.f3 Rgg5 25.Bg4 Rg6 26.Bf5 Rf6 27.Bxh7 Ke7 28.Rdg1
Rxh6 29.Rxh6 Bxh6 30.Rh1 Bg7 31.Rd1 Rh5 32.Bf5 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Bc6 34.Rd4 b5 
35.axb5 axb5 36.Bg4 Rh2 37.Kb2 Rh1 38.Rd3 Re1 39.Rd2 Re3 40.Rd3 Re1 41.Rd2
Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Nd2 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Nb3 
Bxb3 16.axb3 Qb6 17.Qb5 Nd5 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Nc2 cxd4 20.exd4 Rxa1 21.Bxa1 
Ra8 22.f4 e6 23.c4 Ndb4 24.d5 Nxc2 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Bxc6 Ra3 
28.Rd2 Ne3 29.Ba4 Nxc4 30.Rd4 Ne3 31.Rd7 Ra2 32.Rb7 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rf2 34.Bb5
Rb2 35.Kg1 Rxb3 36.Be8 Rb1+ 37.Kf2 Ng4+ 38.Kf3 Nh6 39.g4 Kf8 40.Rb8 Rf1+ 
41.Ke4 Ke7 42.Bb5 Rb1 43.Be2 Re1 44.Kd3 Rh1 45.Rb7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "327"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 
h6 9.Nf3 exd5 10.e3 Be6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O c6 13.Na4 O-O 14.Rfc1 Bg4 15.Be2
Re8 16.b4 Rc8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 b5 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.Rxc5 Bf8 21.Rc2 Qd7 22.
Bg4 f5 23.Bf3 a5 24.bxa5 Ra8 25.Be2 Kg7 26.a4 b4 27.a6 Re6 28.Qd3 Be7 29.
Qb3 h5 30.Rac1 Rf8 31.a5 f4 32.exf4 Rxf4 33.Qa4 Qa7 34.Bf3 Qxd4 35.Rxc6 
Bd6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Qb5 Rf7 38.Rb1 Re7 39.Qxb4 Qxb4 40.Rxb4 Rxa6 41.Rb5 
Rea7 42.Rxd5 h4 43.Rd4 g5 44.g3 Rf6 45.Kg2 Raf7 46.Rd3 g4 47.Bd5 Rxf2+ 48.
Kg1 Rf1+ 49.Kh2 R7f2+ 50.Bg2 Ra1 51.gxh4 gxh3 52.Kxh3 Rxa5 53.Rg3+ Kh6 54.
Rf3 Rd2 55.Rf6+ Kg7 56.Rf4 Rd6 57.Bf3 Kh6 58.Kg3 Rg6+ 59.Rg4 Rb6 60.Rc4 
Ra3 61.Rf4 Rg6+ 62.Rg4 Ra4 63.Rxg6+ Kxg6 64.Bg4 Kf6 65.Bc8 Rc4 66.Bd7 Rd4 
67.Bc8 Ke5 68.Ba6 Rd6 69.Bc8 Rd8 70.Bh3 Rg8+ 71.Kf3 Rh8 72.Kg4 Kf6 73.Kg3 
Rd8 74.Kf4 Rd3 75.Bc8 Rd4+ 76.Kg3 Ke5 77.Ba6 Rd6 78.Bc8 Rd1 79.Kf3 Rd8 80.
Bh3 Rh8 81.Kg4 Rf8 82.Kg3 Ke4 83.Bg2+ Ke3 84.Bd5 Rf5 85.Ba8 Kd4 86.Kg4 Ke5
87.Kg3 Rf1 88.Bc6 Rf8 89.Bd7 Rd8 90.Bh3 Ke4 91.Be6 Rf8 92.Ba2 Ke5 93.Bb1 
Rg8+ 94.Kf3 Rg1 95.Bc2 Rh1 96.Kg3 Rc1 97.Bh7 Rg1+ 98.Kf3 Rg7 99.Bc2 Rg8 
100.h5 Rc8 101.Bg6 Rc6 102.Kg4 Kf6 103.Kf3 Re6 104.Kf4 Re1 105.Kf3 Kg5 
106.Kf2 Re7 107.Kf3 Re6 108.Kg3 Rf6 109.Be8 Rf1 110.Bg6 Rf8 111.Kh3 Kf4 
112.h6 Kg5 113.Be4 Kxh6 114.Kg4 Rf1 115.Bf3 Kg6 116.Kf4 Kf6 117.Ke4 Ra1 
118.Kd4 Ra4+ 119.Kd5 Kf5 120.Bg2 Ra3 121.Be4+ Kf4 122.Bh7 Ra4 123.Bc2 Rb4 
124.Bh7 Rb7 125.Bc2 Rd7+ 126.Ke6 Rc7 127.Bb1 Kg5 128.Bd3 Kh6 129.Be4 Kg7 
130.Bd3 Rc3 131.Bf5 Re3+ 132.Kd5 Kf6 133.Bh7 Re7 134.Bc2 Rc7 135.Bb1 Rc3 
136.Bh7 Rc8 137.Bb1 Rc7 138.Ba2 Rc1 139.Bc4 Rd1+ 140.Ke4 Rd2 141.Bb3 Ke7 
142.Ke5 Rb2 143.Bc4 Rb4 144.Bd3 Rh4 145.Bg6 Ra4 146.Bd3 Ra5+ 147.Ke4 Kd6 
148.Bc2 Ra3 149.Bd1 Ra1 150.Bb3 Rb1 151.Bg8 Rb8 152.Ba2 Rb4+ 153.Kf5 Ra4 
154.Bg8 Ke7 155.Bb3 Rb4 156.Bg8 Rb5+ 157.Ke4 Kd6 158.Ba2 Re5+ 159.Kf4 Re8 
160.Bb3 Kc5 161.Kf5 Kd4 162.Ba2 Re2 163.Bg8 Rf2+ 164.Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Na5 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.
O-O e5 10.Rb1 e4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nxc4 13.b4 Re8 14.Bc2 Qc7 15.e4 cxb4
16.Rxb4 Bd7 17.Nd2 Ne5 18.Rb1 Rac8 19.Ba4 a6 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Ba3 b5 22.Re1
Nc5 23.Rc1 Qb6 24.Nb3 b4 25.Nxc5 bxa3 26.Nb3 a5 27.Qd3 a4 28.Nd2 Bd4 29.
Kf1 Bxf2 30.Red1 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Bc5 32.Rb1 Qd8 33.Nf3 Qe7 34.Qb5 Qxe4 35.Re1
Be3 36.Nd2 Qf4+ 37.Nf3 Qe4 38.Nd2 Qf4+ 39.Nf3 Re7 40.Re2 h5 41.h4 Re4 42.
Qd3 g5 43.hxg5 h4 44.Qc3 Rc4 45.Qd3 h3 46.g6 hxg2+ 47.Kxg2 Qg4+ 48.Kh2 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.
Nd2 O-O 10.Be2 a5 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bg5 a4 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Ne3 Ba6 
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.f4 Qb8 18.Kh1 Ra7 19.Rae1 Qb7 20.Qd2 Qa6 21.e5 Ne8 22.Bh4 
f6 23.exf6 exf6 24.f5 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Qxc4 26.Bg3 Re7 27.Rf4 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Qa6
29.Rxa4 Qb7 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.b3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nf4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Be7 9.f3 d6 10.Bd3 g6 11.O-O Nd7 12.e4 Bg5 13.Ne2 Bxc1 14.Qxc1 Qe7 15.Qe3 
e5 16.Bc2 Ba6 17.Qd3 O-O 18.Ba4 Qe6 19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.cxb5 d5 21.exd5 Qxd5 
22.c4 Qd6 23.Rad1 Rad8 24.dxe5 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Nxe5 26.Rc3 Rd2 27.Nf4 Rd4 28.
Nd5 Kg7 29.Re1 Nxc4 30.Nxc7 Nd6 31.Ra3 Rc8 32.Rxa7 Kf8 33.Ra8 Rxa8 34.Nxa8
Nc4 35.a4 h5 36.Rb1 h4 37.Nc7 Rd2 38.Re1 Ra2 39.Re4 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.
Ke1 Rxa4 42.Rxh4 Ra1+ 43.Ke2 Ra2+ 44.Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qc2 Ne7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Qd2 
Qb6 9.Nc3 Ng6 10.e3 Nd7 11.Be2 Nxh4 12.Nxh4 Bh7 13.O-O Be7 14.Nf3 O-O 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rfe8 17.a3 a5 18.Rab1 Qd8 19.Ne2 Bd6 20.Rfc1 a4 21.b4 
axb3 22.Rxb3 Ra7 23.a4 Nf6 24.Rcb1 Re7 25.Qc2 Ne4 26.Nc3 Nxc3 27.Rxc3 Qa8 
28.Nh4 Rxa4 29.Nf5 Rd7 30.Nxd6 Rxd6 31.Rcb3 Rd7 32.Rb6 g6 33.g3 Ra6 34.
R1b3 Qa7 35.Qb2 Rxb6 36.Rxb6 h5 37.h4 Qa8 38.Kg2 Qc8 39.Qb4 f6 40.Qb1 Kg7 
41.Qa1 Rf7 42.Rb2 g5 43.Qd1 Kh6 44.Qf3 Kg6 45.Rb1 Qf5 46.Qxf5+ Kxf5 47.
hxg5 fxg5 48.Rh1 Kg4 49.Ra1 h4 50.gxh4 gxh4 51.Ra8 h3+ 52.Kf1 Rh7 53.Kg1 
h2+ 54.Kh1 Kf3 55.Rf8+ Ke2 56.Rf6 Kf1 57.f4 Kf2 58.Re6 Rf7 59.Re8 b5 60.
Re6 Rc7 61.f5 b4 62.Rh6 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bd3 d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Qd2 Bf5 14.O-O-O Bxd3 
15.Qxd3 Qxd3 16.Rxd3 Nfd5 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.c4 O-O 19.Kb1 bxc4 20.Nxc4 f6 
21.Nb6 Ra7 22.Rhd1 Nc6 23.Rd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Kc2 Kf7 
27.Kc3 Ke6 28.Kc4 Nb7 29.f3 f5 30.b4 g5 31.a4 h5 32.Kd3 g4 33.Nc4 Nd8 34.
Ne3 gxf3 35.gxf3 Nc6 36.Kc4 Nd4 37.Kc5 f4 38.Nd1 Nxf3 39.b5 axb5 40.a5 Kd7
41.a6 Kc7 42.Nc3 Nd4 43.Nd5+ Kb8 44.Kb6 Ne6 45.a7+ Ka8 46.Ka6 Nc5+ 47.Kxb5
Ne6 48.Ka6 Nc5+ 49.Kb6 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d3 Be7 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nge2 d4 8.Ne4 
Nd5 9.Nf4 Nxf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.h4 Be6 12.O-O h6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.a3 O-O 15.Nd2
Rae8 16.Nc4 b5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bd6 19.Qd2 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Qd6 21.Rae1 f6 
22.R5e2 b4 23.axb4 cxb4 24.Ra1 Qc5 25.Qf4 Bd7 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Qf3 Be6 28.
Qb7 Re7 29.Qa8+ Kf7 30.Re1 a5 31.Bc6 f5 32.Bf3 Bc8 33.Bd5+ Kf6 34.Rxe7 
Kxe7 35.Bc6 Be6 36.Qe8+ Kd6 37.Ba4 Qc7 38.Qf8+ Qe7 39.Qa8 Qc7 40.Qf8+ Qe7 
41.Qb8+ Qc7 42.Qe8 Bf7 43.Qf8+ Qe7 44.Qb8+ Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.
h3 Bh5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rc1
O-O 16.Rc6 Rc8 17.Rxa6 Bc5 18.Qd3 Rb8 19.Rc6 Qa5 20.Bc3 Qxa2 21.b4 d4 22.
Bxd4 Bxd4 23.exd4 Nb6 24.Nc3 Qa3 25.Rd1 Qxb4 26.Rb1 Qa3 27.Qxb5 Nd7 28.Qf1
h6 29.Nb5 Qa4 30.Rc7 Nb6 31.Nc3 Qxd4 32.Qe1 Rfd8 33.Rc6 Nc4 34.Rd1 Nd2 35.
Rd6 Qxc3 36.Qxd2 Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.Be3 Be6 10.Be2 Nfd7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rfd1 Kc8 13.Nd5 f5 14.Rac1 f4 15.
Bd2 Nc5 16.Ng5 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.h4 h5 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.g4
Qa5 16.gxh5 Nxh5 17.Rhg1 Nc4 18.Qd3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Qa6 20.Ncb5 Kh7 21.Bc1 Rf8 
22.f4 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxc4 25.Qxc4 Qxb5 26.Qc3 Rc8 27.Qd2 Be8 28.
Rd5 Rc5 29.f5 Nf6 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Rxc5 Qxc5 32.Be3 Qc4 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.h5 
Qxe4 35.hxg6 a6 36.Bg5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Qa4 Bb7 8.Bg2 Bd6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 dxc4 12.Bxb4 Qd5 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Ne5 Ne4 
15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Qxc6 Bxc6 17.f3 Nf6 18.Bc3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Ne7 20.e4 Rxd4 21.
Bc3 Rd3 22.Bxg7 Rhd8 23.Bf6 Kd7 24.Rfc1 Ke6 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.Bf1 c3 27.Rxc3
Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rd2 29.a4 a5 30.h4 Kd6 31.Bc4 f6 32.Kf1 Kc5 33.Be2 Rc2 34.Ra3
Bd7 35.Ke1 h6 36.g4 Be6 37.f4 Bc4 38.Bf3 Kd6 39.Ra1 Rxc3 40.Kf2 Ke7 41.e5 
fxe5 42.Re1 b5 43.Rxe5+ Kd6 44.g5 hxg5 45.Rxg5 b4 46.Be4 b3 47.h5 b2 48.h6
Bd3 49.Bxd3 Rxd3 50.Rb5 Rh3 51.Kg2 Rxh6 52.Rxb2 Kd5 53.Rb5+ Kd4 54.Rxa5 c5
55.Kf3 c4 56.Ra8 c3 57.Rd8+ Kc4 58.Rc8+ Kb3 59.f5 c2 60.Rb8+ Kxa4 61.Rc8 
Kb3 62.Kg4 Rh1 63.f6 c1=Q 64.Rxc1 Rxc1 65.Kg5 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.a3 Nc7 8.Bg5 g6
9.e3 Bf5 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Be2 Be7 12.Bh6 Ne6 13.Ng5 Nxg5 14.Bxg5 O-O 15.Bf4 
Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qb4 Qd8 18.O-O Re8 19.Rfe1 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bf1 Qg5
22.Qd6 Rbd8 23.Qc7 Qe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.b4 Bf5 26.a4 a6 27.Rec1 Ra8 28.b5 
axb5 29.axb5 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 cxb5 31.Bxb5 Rc7 32.Be2 h5 33.h4 Kf8 34.Bf3 Be6 
35.Rb1 Ke7 36.Kh2 Kd8 37.Kg3 Rd7 38.Kf4 f6 39.Rb6 Ke7 40.Be2 Rc7 41.Bd3 
Bf7 42.f3 Be8 43.e4 dxe4 44.fxe4 Bd7 45.e5 fxe5+ 46.Kxe5 Rc3 47.Bxg6 Rg3 
48.Be4 Kd8 49.Rxb7 Re3 50.d5 Ba4 51.Kd6 Kc8 52.Rb4 Bd7 53.Bf3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.g3 f5 7.e3 c5 8.Nge2 
cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 Re8 11.O-O-O d6 12.Bg2 f4 13.Qxf4 Qa5 14.Bd5 Be6 
15.Bxe6 Rxe6 16.Qd2 Ree8 17.f4 Rac8 18.Kb1 Nb4 19.b3 Qf5+ 20.Kb2 a6 21.a3 
Nc6 22.d5 Na5 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Rhe1 Rxc4 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Qe2 Qxe2+ 27.Ndxe2 
Re4 28.Kc2 Re3 29.Rf1 f5 30.Kd2 Re8 31.Rb1 Kf7 32.Kd3 Rc8 33.Nd4 Bf6 34.
Nce2 b5 35.Rc1 Rc5 36.b4 Rxc1 37.Nxc1 Nc4 38.Ne6 Bb2 39.Kc2 Bxc1 40.Kxc1 
Ke7 41.Nc7 Kd7 42.Ne6 Ke7 43.Nc7 Kd7 44.Ne6 Nxa3 45.Kd2 Nc4+ 46.Kd3 Nb6 
47.Kd4 Ke7 48.Ng5 h6 49.Ne6 Nd7 50.Nc7 Kd8 51.Ne6+ Ke8 52.Nc7+ Ke7 53.h3 
Kd8 54.Ne6+ Ke8 55.Nc7+ Ke7 56.g4 fxg4 57.hxg4 h5 58.g5 h4 59.Ke4 Nb6 60.
Kf3 h3 61.Kg3 Kd7 62.Ne6 Nxd5 63.Nf8+ Ke7 64.Nxg6+ Ke6 65.Kxh3 Kf5 66.Nh4+
Kxf4 67.g6 Ne7 68.g7 Kg5 69.Nf3+ Kf6 70.Nd4 Kxg7 71.Ne6+ Kf6 72.Nc7 Ke5 
73.Nxa6 Kd5 74.Nc7+ Kc4 75.Kg2 Kxb4 76.Kf2 Kc4 77.Ke2 b4 78.Kd2 Nf5 79.Kc2
d5 80.Na8 Ne3+ 81.Kd2 b3 82.Nb6+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Ross, Laura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.
Bd4 Rc8 16.Ne3 Bh5 17.Qf5 Bg6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qxd5 Qb6 20.Qd2 Qa6 21.Ned5 
Kg7 22.Qf4 Re5 23.e4 b5 24.Rfd1 b4 25.Nb5 Rc2 26.Nd4 Rc8 27.Rac1 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qd6 29.h4 Be7 30.Rc7 Bd8 31.Rxa7 Nc4 32.h5 Qc5 33.Rd7 Qxd4 34.Rxd8 
Rxh5 35.Bf3 Rg5 36.Qb8 f5 37.Ne7 Rxg3+ 38.Qxg3 Qxd8 39.Nc6 Qg5 40.Qxg5 
hxg5 41.exf5 Bxf5 42.b3 Na3 43.Nxb4 Kf6 44.Kf1 Ke5 45.Ke1 Kd4 46.Kd2 Nb1+ 
47.Kc1 Nc3 48.Nc6+ Kc5 49.Kb2 Ne4 50.Bxe4 Bxe4 51.Ne5 f5 52.Kc3 Bd5 53.a4 
f4 54.b4+ Kd6 55.Kd4 Be6 56.Ke4 Bb3 57.a5 Bc2+ 58.Kd4 Kc7 59.b5 Bf5 60.f3 
Bc8 61.Kc5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 
Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nb5 Nxb5 12.cxb5 d5 13.O-O Be6 14.Qa4 d4 15.
Bd2 f5 16.Rac1 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Bd5 18.Bxd5+ Qxd5 19.Qc4 Qxc4 20.Rxc4 e4 21.
Rc7 Rf7 22.Rfc1 Be5 23.Rc8+ Rxc8 24.Rxc8+ Kg7 25.Re8 Kf6 26.h4 h5 27.g3 
Kf5 28.Kf1 Bd6 29.Ke2 d3+ 30.Kd1 Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Be3 b6 33.a4 Bb4 34.
Bf4 Kg4 35.Bb8 Kf3 36.Bxa7 Bc5 37.a5 Kxf2 38.b4 e3 39.bxc5 e2+ 40.Kd2 
e1=Q+ 41.Kxd3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d6 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Be7 8.c4 Nh5 
9.Nc3 Bg5 10.Bf2 g6 11.g3 Bh6 12.Bh3 O-O 13.Qc2 c6 14.Nge2 Nb6 15.Bxc8 
Rxc8 16.b3 cxd5 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Nxd5 b5 19.O-O bxc4 20.b4 Ng7 21.a4 Ne6 
22.Nec3 Nd4 23.Qa2 f5 24.Kg2 Kh8 25.a5 Qg5 26.Rad1 Qh5 27.Nb6 Rc7 28.exf5 
Qxf5 29.Ncd5 Rcf7 30.Nxc4 Nxf3 31.Nxd6 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Qc2 a6 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.e3 Be6 12.Be2 Rc8 13.O-O Nd7 14.b4 c6 15.
Qc3 Bg4 16.a4 Nf6 17.Rfc1 Ne4 18.Qe1 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd6 20.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
b5 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Nc3 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Nd2 
Ba7 16.Nf1 g5 17.Bg3 b4 18.Na4 Bc6 19.b3 h5 20.h4 Ng4 21.hxg5 Qxg5 22.Qd2 
Qf6 23.Nh2 Nxh2 24.Bxh2 Kh8 25.Qe2 Qg5 26.Qd2 Qf6 27.Qe2 Qg5 28.Rac1 Rg8 
29.Qf3 Bxa4 30.bxa4 Nf6 31.Rc7 Rg7 32.Qh3 Ng4 33.Bg3 Bd4 34.Be2 Rh7 35.Qh4
Qg6 36.Rd7 Rf8 37.Qe7 Qh6 38.R1xd4 exd4 39.Bf4 Qg7 40.Bxg4 f6 41.Qc5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c5
9.Bb2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Ke2 f6 12.f3 Ng5 13.h4 Nf7 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Kf2 
Bd7 16.Bd3 f5 17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Ne2 Nc6 19.Rh3 Rfc8 20.Qd2 Qd6 21.a4 Nb4 22.
Rg3+ Kh8 23.d5+ e5 24.f4 Qb6+ 25.Kf1 Nxd5 26.fxe5 Be6 27.a5 Qb4 28.Qxb4 
Nxb4 29.Bxf5 Rf8 30.Bxe6 Nd8+ 31.Bf5 Rxf5+ 32.Kg1 Ne6 33.Nd4 Nxd4 34.Bxd4 
Rd8 35.Bc3 Nd5 36.Rd1 Rff8 37.Bb2 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.Be3 c5 11.e6 cxd4 12.exd7 Qxd7 13.Rd1 e5 14.Nd5 Qb7 15.Nxd4 
exd4 16.Bxd4 Re8+ 17.Be2 Be6 18.Bxg7 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxd5 20.Rxd5 Kxg7 21.Rd6
Ra7 22.Kd2 Rc7 23.Bf3 Rec8 24.Bd1 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Re1 Kf6 27.Bg4 Rc7 
28.Rc1 Rxc1 29.Kxc1 Nc5 30.Kd2 Ke5 31.Ke3 f5 32.f4+ Kd5 33.Bf3+ Kc4 34.
Be2+ Kd5 35.b4 Ne6 36.Bd1 Nd4 37.Kd3 h6 38.h4 g5 39.g3 g4 40.h5 Nc6 41.
Bb3+ Kd6 42.a3 Ne7 43.Kd4 Nc6+ 44.Kc3 Ne7 45.Bc2 Nd5+ 46.Kd4 Ne7 47.a4 
bxa4 48.Bxa4 Nd5 49.Bc2 Nf6 50.Bxf5 Nxh5 51.Bxg4 Nxg3 52.Bc8 Ne2+ 53.Ke4 
Nc3+ 54.Kf5 Nd5 55.Bxa6 Nxb4 56.Bc4 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paschall, William"]
[Black "Shiber, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Rc1 b6 11.Qa4 Rc8 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Bf4 g5 14.Bd2 Ne4 15.Be1 
Qe8 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qc2 Bf6 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qe6 20.Rcd1 Ne4 21.Qb1 a5
22.Nd2 Qxd5 23.Nxe4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.e3 e5 8.Nge2 Nge7 
9.b3 O-O 10.Nb5 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.O-O Be6 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Nd6 Rfd8 15.Ne4 
Nc7 16.Ba1 h6 17.N2c3 Na6 18.Qe2 f5 19.Na4 Qa7 20.Nec3 Nc7 21.Nb5 Nxb5 22.
Qxb5 Bf8 23.Rfc1 Qa6 24.Qxa6 Rxa6 25.Bf1 Raa8 26.d3 Bd5 27.Nxc5 b6 28.Ne6 
Bxe6 29.Rxc6 Rd6 30.Rc7 Rd7 31.Bxe5 Bxa3 32.Rc6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 
f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 a6 12.Qe2 Qe8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Ba7 15.
Bd6 Rf7 16.b3 Qd8 17.Bg3 Re7 18.Be5 Nd7 19.Bd6 Re8 20.Rae1 e5 21.Bf5 Nf6 
22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Bxe5 Nd7 24.Qxa6 Ra8 25.Qxc6 Nxe5 26.Qb5 Qd6 27.Kh1 Rf8 
28.c4 Ng4 29.Qxd5+ Qxd5 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 a6 
9.a4 Qa5 10.Nf3 Rb8 11.O-O Re8 12.Rfe1 Qb4 13.Qc2 Qa5 14.h3 h6 15.Bf4 Kh7 
16.Bh2 Rf8 17.Bd3 Ne8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Nd6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Rxe7 Bf5 23.b3 b5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Qb2 Kg8 26.Bxb5 Qb4 27.Re3 Rfd8 28.Rae1 
Qd4 29.Rd1 Qf6 30.Qc1 Bd7 31.Rf3 Qg7 32.Bxd7 Rxd7 33.Ne2 Nf5 34.Qxc5 Qe5 
35.Ng3 Nxg3 36.Rxg3 Qe2 37.Qd4 Rbd8 38.Qd2 Qe5 39.Rd3 Kg7 40.Qc3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 exd4 8.Nxd4 
Re8 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rac1 Rad8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bg5 Qf8 
15.f4 Rb8 16.Kh1 Bc8 17.Bf3 Bb7 18.c5 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Na4 Ba6 21.Bxd5 
cxd5 22.Rfe1 c6 23.b3 Bb5 24.Nc3 Qxc5 25.Ne4 Qd4 26.Qxd4 Bxd4 27.Nf6+ Bxf6
28.Bxf6 Ba6 29.Kg1 Bb7 30.Kf2 Re6 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.g4 Kf7 33.Be5 Rc8 34.b4 
Ke7 35.g5 Kd7 36.Rc3 Rf8 37.Ke3 Ba6 38.Ra3 Bb7 39.Rxa7 Kc8 40.a4 Rd8 41.
Kd4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O 
Nf6 9.Qe2 d4 10.Nd1 e5 11.f4 Bd6 12.Nf2 h5 13.f5 Nd7 14.Nh3 Be7 15.Bd2 a5 
16.c4 Rb8 17.b3 Nc5 18.Rf3 g5 19.f6 Bxf6 20.Bxa5 Qe7 21.Qf1 Bg7 22.Nf2 g4 
23.Rg3 h4 24.Rxg4 Bxg4 25.Nxg4 O-O 26.b4 Nxd3 27.Qxd3 Qg5 28.Nf2 f5 29.Re1
fxe4 30.Nxe4 Qg6 31.b5 Ra8 32.Bd2 cxb5 33.cxb5 Rxa2 34.Qc4+ Qf7 35.Qxf7+ 
Rxf7 36.Bg5 Rb2 37.Bxh4 d3 38.Bg3 d2 39.Rd1 Rd7 40.Kf1 Rd4 41.Nf2 Rxb5 42.
Ke2 Rbd5 43.h3 Kf7 44.Ng4 Re4+ 45.Kf3 Ra4 46.Ke2 Ra2 47.Ne3 Rd7 48.Nf1 Bh6
49.Bf2 Ke6 50.Be3 Bxe3 51.Kxe3 Rg7 52.Kf2 Rd7 53.Ke2 Kf5 54.g3 Rh7 55.Ne3+
Ke4 56.Ng4 Kd4 57.h4 Kc3 58.Ne3 e4 59.Nd5+ Kd4 60.Ne3 Ke5 61.Nc4+ Kd4 62.
Ne3 Rf7 63.h5 Rf3 64.Nf1 Ke5 65.h6 Ra6 66.Rxd2 Rxh6 67.Ra2 Rh1 68.Ra5+ Kf6
69.Ra6+ Kg5 70.Ra5+ Rf5 71.Rxf5+ Kxf5 72.Ne3+ Ke5 73.Kd2 Rg1 74.Ng4+ Kf5 
75.Ne3+ Kg5 76.g4 Kf4 77.Ke2 Rg3 78.Nd5+ Kxg4 79.Nf6+ Kf5 80.Nd5 Ke5 81.
Ne3 Rh3 82.Ng4+ Kf4 83.Nf2 Rh2 84.Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levina, Anna"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Qe2 d6 8.Qc4 
Qe7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Nd5 axb5 11.Qxb5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ra5 13.Qc4 Nd4 14.b4 Nxf3+ 
15.gxf3 Ra4 16.c3 Bb6 17.Qb3 Ra8 18.a4 Bh3 19.Re1 Qf6 20.Qc2 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f3 Be7 8.h4 b5 
9.Qd2 h6 10.Be3 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.g4 b4 13.Nce2 d5 14.Nf4 e5 15.Nh5 
exd4 16.Nxg7+ Kf8 17.Bxh6 Rxh6 18.Qxh6 Kg8 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Qh5 dxe4 21.g5 
Ne5 22.g6 Nxg6 23.Rg1 Bd5 24.fxe4 b3 25.Rxg6+ fxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Qh5+ 
Kg8 28.Bc4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 Re8
9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Ne4 N5f6 13.Ng3 b5 14.Ba2 b4 15.O-O 
bxa3 16.bxa3 Qxa3 17.Ra1 Qe7 18.Qxc6 Nb6 19.Rfc1 Bb7 20.Qc5 Rac8 21.Qxe7 
Rxe7 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8 23.Rc1 Ne8 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxc8 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Kf8 27.Bb3 
Rc7 28.Ra8 Ke7 29.e4 Nf6 30.Kf1 Nh5 31.Ke1 Nf4 32.Kd2 Rd7 33.Ke3 Ng2+ 34.
Ke2 Rxd4 35.Rxa7+ Rd7 36.Rxd7+ Kxd7 37.e5 g5 38.Kd3 Nf4+ 39.Ke4 Nh3 40.Ke3
h6 41.Bc4 Kc6 42.Bf1 Nf4 43.Ke4 Ng6 44.Kd4 Kd7 45.Bb5+ Ke7 46.Ke4 f6 47.
exf6+ Kxf6 48.Be8 Nf4 49.h4 h5 50.Bd7 Nh3 51.hxg5+ Nxg5+ 52.Kf4 e5+ 53.Kg3
Kg6 54.Be8+ Kh6 55.Bd7 Kg6 56.Be8+ Kh6 57.Bd7 Nh7 58.f4 exf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Qd2 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Ng4 12.Bg5+ Bf6 13.Bxf6+ Ngxf6 14.
Nc4 Ke7 15.f3 Ne8 16.Nd1 Nd6 17.Nde3 a5 18.a4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Kf6 20.O-O-O 
Nc5 21.b3 Rhb8 22.Kd2 b5 23.axb5 Rxb5 24.Ra1 a4 25.bxa4 Nxa4 26.Ra3 Rc5 
27.Nb2 Rd8+ 28.Rd3 Rxd3+ 29.Nxd3 Rc6 30.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5 
9.cxd5 c4 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Qxc4 Nb6 
15.Qb5+ Qd7 16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.O-O O-O 20.Be3 Nd5 
21.Bd4 Nf4 22.Rfe1 Bc4 23.Bc5 Rf6 24.Re3 b6 25.Ba3 h6 26.Be7 Rg6 27.Nh4 
Re6 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Re1 Bxa2 30.Bd6 Ne6 31.Nf5 a5 32.Ba3 Rd8 33.Nd6 a4 34.
Rd1 Bb3 35.Rd2 Rd7 36.h3 Nc5 37.Rd4 Re7 38.Kf2 Re5 39.Bb4 Bc2 40.Nc4 Re6 
41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Bxc5 bxc5 43.Ra8 Bd1 44.Rd8 Bb3 45.Na3 h5 46.h4 Kg6 47.Rc8 
Re5 48.Rc7 Kf6 49.Nb5 Rd5 50.Ke3 Bc2 51.Kf4 Rf5+ 52.Ke3 Re5+ 53.Kf3 Be4+ 
54.Kg3 Bd3 55.Na3 Re3+ 56.Kf4 Re4+ 57.Kf3 Rxh4 58.Rxc5 Be4+ 59.Kf2 Rh2 60.
Kf1 Rxg2 61.Rxh5 Ra2 62.Nb5 a3 63.Nd4 Rb2 64.Ra5 a2 65.Ra6+ Kg5 66.Ra5+ 
Kg4 67.Nb3 Rxb3 68.Rxa2 Rxc3 69.Ra5 g5 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nc6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 
9.Bb2 Na5 10.Nc3 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Rxc4 12.O-O Nh6 13.Na4 Qa6 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.
dxc5 Nf5 16.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O 
Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.Na4 c5 13.c4 d4 14.b3 Bb7 15.Qg3 h5 
16.h3 g6 17.Bf4 Bh4 18.Qh2 Be7 19.Qg3 Bh4 20.Qh2 Be7 21.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Kh1 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Bb3 Qd6 13.f3 Be6 14.Qd2 Bd8 15.Nce2 
Na5 16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Bf4 Qd7 18.Ng3 Rc8 19.Rad1 Nc4 20.Qc1 Na5 21.Qd2 Nc4 
22.Qc1 Na5 23.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 d5 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.exd5 Rxd5 15.
Nc3 Rd8 16.Rhe1 b6 17.Qe2 Bb7 18.Bh4 Nb4 19.Bc4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Qxh2 21.Bg5 
Qg3 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Ne4 Qe5 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Rd7 Bc6 26.Rd6 Bd5 27.Bxd5 
Nxd5 28.Qa6 Qe7 29.Rc6 Qd7 30.Rc4 h6 31.Rd4 e5 32.Rd2 Qc6 33.Qe2 f6 34.Qe4
Ne7 35.Rd7 Qxd7 36.Qxa8+ Kf7 37.a3 Nd5 38.Ka2 Ne3 39.Qe4 Nxg2 40.Qc4+ Kf8 
41.Qb4+ Kg8 42.a4 h5 43.a5 bxa5 44.Nxa5 h4 45.c4 h3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 h6 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.
Qxh6 f5 16.Rae1 Bf7 17.Re6 Bxe6 18.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bb3
Bb7 9.Nf3 b4 10.Na4 Bxd5 11.O-O e6 12.d4 Be7 13.Bg5 Qa5 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Bxf6
Bxf6 16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 a5 8.O-O g5 
9.dxc5 g4 10.Nd4 Ndxe5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Re1 Qf6 13.f4 gxf3 14.N2xf3 Bxc5 15.
Bxc6 Nxc6 16.Be3 Ne5 17.Kh1 Bd6 18.Bg5 Qg6 19.Nxe5 Qxg5 20.Ndf3 Qf4 21.c4 
Bc6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Qxd5 O-O 25.Qh5 Rac8 26.Qxa5 Rc2 27.Qh5 
Rxb2 28.Rad1 Bb4 29.Re5 h6 30.g3 Qf6 31.Re4 Qf5 32.Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.a4 Bd7 9.
Ba3 Be8 10.Ne5 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.b4 a6 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Rac1 
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 h6 14.Qh5 O-O 
15.Rae1 Ng6 16.Ne6 fxe6 17.Qxg6 e5 18.Rxe5 dxe5 19.d6+ Kh8 20.Bd3 Bf5 21.
Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qxf5 cxd6 23.Rc1 Qe7 24.h4 Rd8 25.Rc8 d5 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qxe5 d4 28.Kf1 d3 29.Ke1 Qxh4 30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qxb7 Qg4 32.f3 Qxg2 33.Qe4+ 
Qg6 34.Kd2 h5 35.Kxd3 Kh6 36.Ke2 Qa6+ 37.Kf2 Qxa2 38.Qf4+ Kh7 39.Qe4+ g6 
40.Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Paschall, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.O-O-O
Qxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.Rxd4 a6 11.f3 Be7 12.Be2 d5 13.Rhd1 e5 14.Bxf6 exd4 
15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bxd4 dxe4 17.g3 Be6 18.Nxe4 O-O-O 19.Bc5 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Bxc5
21.Nxc5 Rd8 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Be2 e5 24.Bd3 h6 25.Kd2 Kd7 26.Ke3 a5 27.a4 
Ke6 28.b3 b6 29.g4 Kf6 30.h4 Rd4 31.Kf2 Rd8 32.Ke2 Rd4 33.Ke3 Rd8 34.f4 
exf4+ 35.Kxf4 Rd4+ 36.Be4 Rd1 37.g5+ hxg5+ 38.hxg5+ Ke6 39.Bf5+ Kd6 40.Bd3
Rd2 41.Be4 Rd1 42.g6 Ke6 43.Bd3 Rg1 44.Kf3 Ke5 45.Kf2 Rg5 46.Ke3 Rg3+ 47.
Kd2 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Rhe1 h6 12.e5 Bb7 13.Qh3 dxe5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Bxe6 Rd8 16.Rxd7 Rxd7 17.Bxf6 Rd6 18.Qh5+ Kd8 19.Bxe7+ Kxe7 20.Qxe5 Kd8 
21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Qc7 23.f4 Rd7 24.Qf5 Qc5 25.Be6 Qf2 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5 d6 
9.a4 a5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.g4 Qe7+ 12.Kf1 g6 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Qf3 O-O-O 15.Re1 
Ne5 16.Qh3 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.g5+ Qf5 19.Qxf5+ gxf5 20.f4 Ng6 21.Nge2 hxg5
22.fxg5 Rh5 23.h4 Rxh4 24.Rxh4 Nxh4 25.Kf2 Ng6 26.Rh1 Rh8 27.Rxh8+ Bxh8 
28.Be8 Ne5 29.Nb5 Bxd5 30.Nxd6+ Kb8 31.Nf4 Bc6 32.Bxc6 Nxc6 33.Nxf7 Bxb2 
34.Ke2 c4 35.g6 Ne7 36.Ne6 Nxg6 37.Nd6 Be5 38.Nxc4 Nf4+ 39.Nxf4 Bxf4 40.
Nxa5 Bd6 41.Nc4 Bc5 42.Kf3 Kb7 43.a5 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 
Bb7 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.e4 Ne7 11.Be2 Ng6 12.Bc1 a6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.Kh1
Rfe8 16.f4 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 e5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Rdd1 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bd3 
Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qe6 23.b3 Ne5 24.Qd5 Qxd5 25.Rxd5 Rc5 26.Rd6 Rc6 27.Rd5 Rc5 
28.Rd6 Re6 29.Rd4 h6 30.Kg1 b5 31.cxb5 Rxb5 32.b4 d5 33.a4 Rb7 34.Bd2 Nc4 
35.Rxd5 Nxd2 36.Rxd2 Rxb4 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rxf7 Re2 39.Rd3 Rxa4 40.h3 Ra1+ 
41.Kh2 Re6 42.Rdd7 Rg6 43.Rf2 Ra3 44.Ra7 Rg5 45.Rd2 h5 46.Re2 Ra4 47.Rc2 
Kh6 48.Ra8 Kh7 49.Ra7 Kh6 50.Ra8 Rf5 51.Ra7 Rf6 52.Rcc7 g6 53.Ra8 Kg5 54.
Rc5+ Kf4 55.Re8 Re4 56.Rd8 Ra4 57.Rd1 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Qc7 6.a4 Bb4 7.e3 b5 8.Be2 Bb7 
9.O-O a6 10.Bf4 Qd8 11.Ne4 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.e3 Nxd5 7.cxd5 Nb4 8.d4 
exd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.a3 Na6 11.Be3 c6 12.Ne2 Nc7 13.Nc3 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 
15.O-O O-O 16.Bxd5 a5 17.b3 Ra6 18.Bc4 Ra8 19.Qf3 Rb8 20.Rfe1 Bf6 21.a4 b6
22.Bf4 Bb7 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Rc8 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Rac1 Re6 27.Kg2 Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 Bd6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe1 O-O 10.Nh4 Re8 11.Nf5 Bc7 12.Nb3 Nf8 13.Be3 Ne6 14.c3 Bb6 15.Bxb6 
axb6 16.Qe3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Qc7 18.f3 Red8 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.Bf1 f6 21.Kf2 Bf7 
22.Nd2 Ndc5 23.Be2 Rd7 24.Nf1 Nf8 25.b3 Be6 26.Kg2 Ng6 27.Kh2 Kh8 28.c4 
Bxf5 29.exf5 Ne7 30.g4 Rad8 31.Red1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Rxd1 33.Bxd1 Nd3 34.Ng3 
Nf4 35.Qd2 c5 36.Ne4 Nc6 37.Qd6 Qxd6 38.Nxd6 Nd4 39.Kg1 Nd3 40.Kf1 Nc1 41.
Ke1 Nxa2 42.Kd2 h5 43.Nxb7 Kh7 44.Nd6 Kh6 45.Nf7+ Kh7 46.Nd6 h4 47.Nc8 b5 
48.Nd6 bxc4 49.bxc4 Nb4 50.Ne4 Na6 51.Ke3 Kg8 52.Ba4 Kf7 53.Bb5 Nc7 54.Ba4
Na6 55.f4 exf4+ 56.Kxf4 g5+ 57.fxg6+ Kxg6 58.Bd7 Ne2+ 59.Kf3 Nd4+ 60.Ke3 
f5 61.gxf5+ Nxf5+ 62.Kf4 Ng3 63.Nd2 Nh5+ 64.Ke5 Nb4 65.Bf5+ Kh6 66.Be4 Ng3
67.Nb3 Nxe4 68.Kxe4 Na6 69.Kd5 Kg5 70.Nxc5 Nxc5 71.Kxc5 Kf4 72.Kd4 Kg3 73.
c5 Kxh3 74.c6 Kg2 75.c7 h3 76.c8=Q h2 77.Qc2+ Kg3 78.Qe4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Qa5 11.O-O-O Rfc8 12.h4 h5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 
15.fxg4 Nxg4 16.Nd5 Qxd2+ 17.Bxd2 Bf8 18.Rdf1 Ne5 19.Bg5 e6 20.Ne7+ Bxe7 
21.Bxe7 b5 22.Rd1 a5 23.a3 a4 24.Ba2 Raa6 25.Rh2 Rab6 26.Rhd2 b4 27.axb4 
Rxb4 28.Rd4 Rb7 29.Bxd6 Nf3 30.Rxa4 Nxh4 31.Be5 Rc8 32.Bf6 Ng2 33.Rd2 Ne3 
34.Rad4 Kh7 35.Rd8 Rbb8 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Bb3 Ng4 38.Rd7 Nxf6 39.Rxf7+ Kh6 
40.Rxf6 Kg5 41.e5 Rc5 42.Rxe6 h4 43.Rd6 Rxe5 44.Rd5 Kf4 45.Rxe5 Kxe5 46.
Bc4 g5 47.Kd2 h3 48.Bf1 g4 49.Ke3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
b5 9.f4 b4 10.Na4 Nxe4 11.Bf3 d5 12.f5 exf5 13.Nxf5 Be6 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.
Nc5 Qe5 16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.c3 f6 18.cxb4 Kf7 19.Qa4 Ne5 20.Rac1 Bd6 21.Nxd6+ 
Qxd6 22.Qb3+ Kg6 23.Bc5 Qd7 24.Qe3 Qd5 25.Rf4 f5 26.Rcf1 Qd3 27.Qf2 h5 28.
Kh1 Ng4 29.Qh4 Nh6 30.Qe7 Rhe8 31.Qb7 Rad8 32.h3 Re6 33.Re1 Qd2 34.Rff1 
Qxb2 35.Qc7 Rd3 36.Qc8 Qxa2 37.Ra1 Qc4 38.Rfc1 Qd5 39.Rxa6 Rd1+ 40.Rxd1 
Qxd1+ 41.Kh2 Rxa6 42.Qxa6+ Kh7 43.Qe6 Qd3 44.Qe5 Qa6 45.Be3 Nf7 46.Qxf5+ 
Qg6 47.Qc5 Nd6 48.Bf4 Nf5 49.b5 e3 50.Qc2 e2 51.Qxe2 Nd4 52.Qe5 Qd3 53.
Qxh5+ Kg8 54.Qd5+ Kh7 55.Qh5+ Kg8 56.Qd5+ Kh7 57.Be5 Qf1 58.Bxd4 Qf4+ 59.
Kh1 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 a6 8.b3 h6 
9.Bh4 Bb4 10.Bd3 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 f6 15.Bg3 
f5 16.Be5 Bd6 17.h4 g4 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.Nf4 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Kf7 21.g3 Qe7 22.O-O
Rfd8 23.Qc2 a5 24.Rfd1 Be8 25.Rd4 c5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Qc7
29.a4 Ke7 30.Qa1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.d5 Bxc3 12.Bc4 Nd7 13.Bf4 Bg7 14.e5 e6 15.dxe6 
fxe6 16.Bxe6+ Kh8 17.Qxd7 Qxd7 18.Bxd7 Rxf4 19.e6 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Bf6 21.Rfe1
Be7 22.Rbd1 Rd8 23.Kg2 Kg7 24.Re4 g5 25.Rd3 Kf6 26.Kg3 Rxe4 27.fxe4 Ke5 
28.f3 Rf8 29.Rd5+ Kf6 30.Rf5+ Kg6 31.Rd5 a6 32.a4 Rb8 33.h4 gxh4+ 34.Kg4 
b5 35.f4 h5+ 36.Rxh5 b4 37.e5 b3 38.Bc6 Rb4 39.Be8+ Kg7 40.Rg5+ Bxg5 41.
Kxg5 b2 42.Bg6 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Shiber, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Rd1 Rd8 10.h3 Qb4 11.cxd5 Qxb3 12.axb3 exd5 13.g4 Bd6 14.Ne1 Nf8 15.Nd3 
Ne6 16.Be3 Re8 17.f3 h6 18.Bf2 Nf4 19.e4 dxe4 20.fxe4 Bc7 21.Nxf4 Bxf4 22.
e5 Nh7 23.Ne4 f6 24.Nd6 Rd8 25.Nxc8 Rdxc8 26.e6 Bd6 27.d5 c5 28.h4 Rc7 29.
Be4 b6 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.Bg3 Nf8 32.Kf3 g6 33.Bxd6 Rxd6 34.Ke2 a5 35.Rd3 Re7 
36.Kd2 Kg7 37.Re1 Kg8 38.Kc3 Kg7 39.Kd2 Kg8 40.Rg1 Kg7 41.Bf3 Nh7 42.Kc3 
Rc7 43.Kc4 Re7 44.Re3 Nf8 45.Re2 Nh7 46.Be4 Nf8 47.h5 g5 48.Rg3 Rd8 49.Rf3
Rd6 50.Rd3 Kg8 51.Rf3 Kg7 52.Bd3 Rd8 53.Ref2 Nxe6 54.dxe6 Rxe6 55.Bf5 Rd4+
56.Kc3 Red6 57.Rd3 Rxd3+ 58.Bxd3 Rd4 59.Bf5 Kf7 60.Re2 Rf4 61.Rd2 Rf3+ 62.
Rd3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.c3 Nge7 5.d4 Qb6 6.Ba4 d5 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Be3 
Qa5 9.Nbd2 Bd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 h6 12.c4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Bc5 Bxc5 15.
Nxc5 Rd8 16.Qb3 Ncd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qa3 Bxa4 19.Qxa4+ b5 20.Na6 Qxh2+ 21.
Kxh2 bxa4 22.Rac1 Nc6 23.Nc7+ Kd7 24.Nb5 Rb8 25.Red1+ Ke7 26.Rd2 Rhd8 27.
Rcd1 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 a6 29.Nc7 Rb4 30.Nxa6 Rxc4 31.b3 axb3 32.axb3 Rc3 33.Rb2
Ne5 34.f3 Nd3 35.Rb1 Rc6 36.Rd1 Ne5 37.Ra1 Rc2 38.Kg3 Rb2 39.Nc5 Kf6 40.
Ra7 g5 41.Rb7 h5 42.Ne4+ Kg6 43.Rb5 h4+ 44.Kh3 f6 45.Rb6 Nd3 46.g3 hxg3 
47.Kxg3 Nf4 48.Nf2 f5 49.Rb8 Kf6 50.Rf8+ Ke5 51.Rb8 Nh5+ 52.Kg2 Kf4 53.
Rb4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Bennett, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Bb3 Ba7
9.Nc4 Kh8 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.h3 Nh6 13.d4 f5 14.exf5 exd4 15.Nxd4 
Nxf5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qd2 a5 18.Rfe1 Ra8 19.Ne3 Qg5 20.Nf1 Qf6 21.Re4 Bd7 
22.Rae1 c5 23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 a4 25.Bc2 Rab8 26.b3 axb3 27.Bxb3 h6 28.Qg3
Rbe8 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Ross, Laura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.c3 Be7 8.a3 O-O 
9.b4 Nd7 10.Rb1 b6 11.Qa4 Nce5 12.Bb2 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3 Bf5 14.Rfe1 c4 15.Nd4 
Bg6 16.Rbd1 Ne5 17.f4 Ng4 18.e4 cxd3 19.exd5 Qe8 20.Qxe8 Raxe8 21.dxe6 Bf6
22.f5 Bh5 23.h3 Ne3 24.Rxd3 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Nxg2 26.Kxg2 fxe6 27.fxe6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b5
9.O-O Qb6+ 10.Kh1 Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Be3 
Qc7 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.fxg5 Nc5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Rxf7 Qxf7 21.g6 
Qf1+ 22.Bg1 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Bxd5+ 24.Kh3 Rf3+ 25.Kg4 Rf4+ 26.Kh3 Rf3+ 27.Kg4
Rf4+ 28.Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esserman, Marc"]
[Black "Levina, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Nd2 c6 11.Ne4 Nd7 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rae8 14.Bb3 f5 15.
Ng3 h6 16.Bc1 Kh7 17.Rfe1 b5 18.Re2 Qd6 19.Rde1 e5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.dxe5 
Nxe5 22.Qf4 g5 23.Qd2 f4 24.Qc2+ Qg6 25.Qxg6+ Kxg6 26.Nf1 f3 27.Re3 fxg2 
28.Kxg2 Re7 29.b3 Rfe8 30.Ba3 Re6 31.Bc5 a6 32.Bd4 R6e7 33.Bc5 Re6 34.Nh2 
Kf7 35.Rd1 Ng6 36.Rf3+ Nf4+ 37.Kf1 Kg8 38.Be3 Ng6 39.Rxd5 Bxc3 40.Ng4 Nh4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Qxc4
a6 9.e3 b5 10.Qb3 c5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.a3 O-O 14.Rad1 Nd5 15.Bxe7 
Qxe7 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qb4 Qb7 19.Rc1 Nb3 20.Rcd1 Rc2 21.Bd3 
Rc5 22.e4 a5 23.Qe1 Bc4 24.Qe3 Rfc8 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.h3 a4 27.Rfe1 c3 28.
bxc3 Rxc3 29.Rd3 Rxd3 30.Qxd3 Qc6 31.e5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Be7 12.Bb3 b6 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.a3 Nh5 15.Bc2
g6 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qe3 Kg7 18.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nxd5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Qd3 g6 12.Rd1 Bf8 13.Qf3 b6 14.Be4 Nce7 15.
Bg5 Bb7 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.Bxe7 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe7 20.d5 exd5 21.
Rxd5 Qe6 22.h3 Rad8 23.Nc3 Bf6 24.Rad1 h5 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Nd5 Kg7 27.a4 
Qe5 28.b3 h4 29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Nxc3 Bf6 31.Nb5 Re7 32.Kf1 a6 33.Nd6 Bc3 34.
Nc4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.exd6 
cxd6 9.Bc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nc6 11.a4 Na5 12.Ba2 Rc8 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.Rad1 Qd7 15.
d5 Rxc3 16.bxc3 Ne4 17.Bd4 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Bxc3 19.Bb3 Bf6 20.Qe4 Rc8 21.Rfe1
Qf5 22.Qxf5 gxf5 23.Nd4 f4 24.Nf5 Kf8 25.Rd3 Rc5 26.g3 fxg3 27.fxg3 Nxb3 
28.cxb3 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Bxd5 30.Rc1 Ke8 31.b4 Kd7 32.Kf2 Bb3 33.a5 b5 34.Ne3 
d5 35.Rc5 a6 36.Rc1 e6 37.Ng4 Bg7 38.Kf3 f5 39.Ne3 d4 40.Rb1 Ba4 41.Nd1 d3
42.Ne3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 
exd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Ne2 Bb7 11.Nf4 c5 12.dxc5 Rd8 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.O-O d4 15.
Re1 dxe3 16.Rxe3 Qg5 17.Qf3 Rd4 18.Nh3 Qd8 19.Bxh7+ Kf8 20.Rce1 Qh4 21.Bg6
Qf6 22.Ng5 Rh4 23.Bxf7 Ne5 24.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O 
Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Qxd4 Bxd4 11.Nb5 Be5 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 O-O 14.Nxc7 
Rb8 15.Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.a5 Nc6 10.Nb3 Nd7 11.O-O b5 12.axb6 Nxb6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Na4 
Nd7 16.c4 Rfd8 17.Qe1 Nce5 18.f3 Rab8 19.Na5 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.b4 Bf6 
22.Nc3 Bb7 23.Rdc1 Be5 24.Nd5 exd5 25.cxd5 Nc5 26.Ra2 Rdc8 27.bxc5 dxc5 
28.g3 Qb6 29.Rb1 Qa7 30.Kg2 Bd4 31.Bf4 Ra8 32.Qa5 Re8 33.Bc4 Bc8 34.Qc7 h6
35.Qxa7 Rxa7 36.Ra5 Rb7 37.Rxb7 Bxb7 38.Bc7 Rc8 39.d6 Bc3 40.d7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 Nd4 7.Nce2 Ne7 8.c3 Nxe2
9.Nxe2 b6 10.Qd2 Ba6 11.Rd1 d5 12.Bh6 O-O 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.exd5 exd5 15.O-O
Qd6 16.d4 Rad8 17.Rfe1 Bc8 18.h3 c4 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kh6 21.h4 Rg8 22.Bf3
f6 23.Kg2 Rdf8 24.Rh1 Kg6 25.Rde1 h6 26.Bd1 Kf7 27.Bc2 Ng6 28.hxg5 hxg5 
29.Qd1 Rh8 30.Qf3 Rfg8 31.Bxg6+ Rxg6 32.g4 Rgh6 33.Rh3 Qd7 34.Nxf6 Rxh3 
35.Nxd7+ Rxf3 36.Ne5+ Kg7 37.Kxf3 Rh3+ 38.Kg2 Rh4 39.Rh1 Rxh1 40.Kxh1 Kf6 
41.Kg2 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 
Nxc3 9.bxc3 c5 10.Bb5+ Bc6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Qe2 Bb7 
15.Bf4 O-O 16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.h3 Rc3 18.e5 Ne8 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 
Qd5 22.f3 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Qxe5 24.Be7 Nf6 25.Bd6 Qh5 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Rac1 Nd5
28.Be4 Qe5 29.Qd4 Qd6 30.Qb4 Qg3 31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.Rd3 h6 33.Qe7 a5 34.Rdc3 
Qf4 35.Rc8 Rxc8 36.Rxc8+ Kh7 37.Qc7 Qf5 38.Qc2 Qxc2 39.Rxc2 a4 40.Kg1 Kg6 
41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Ke3 g5 43.g3 b5 44.Rc5 Bc4 45.g4 Kg6 46.f4 gxf4+ 47.Kxf4 f6 
48.Kg3 e5 49.Rc6 Bd5 50.Rb6 Bc4 51.h4 Kf7 52.Rb7+ Ke6 53.Rh7 Kd5 54.Rxh6 
b4 55.axb4 a3 56.Rh8 a2 57.Ra8 Ke6 58.h5 Kf7 59.Ra7+ Kg8 60.Kf3 Bd5+ 61.
Ke3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paschall, William"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qb3 
Bxb5 9.Qxb5+ Qd7 10.Ne5 Qxb5 11.Nxb5 Na6 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Rc1 Bxe5 14.dxe5 
Kd7 15.f3 Nxd2 16.Kxd2 Rhc8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.a3 Nc5 19.Nd4 Ne6 20.Rc1 Nxd4 
21.exd4 Rxc1 22.Kxc1 h5 23.Kd2 Ke6 24.g4 f6 25.exf6 Kxf6 26.h4 e5 27.Ke3 
Ke6 28.dxe5 Kxe5 29.f4+ Kf6 30.g5+ Kf5 31.Kd4 Kxf4 32.Kxd5 Kg4 33.Ke5 Kxh4
34.Kf6 Kg3 35.Kxg6 h4 36.Kf5 h3 37.g6 h2 38.g7 h1=Q 39.g8=Q+ Kf2 40.Qb3 
Qc6 41.Ke5 Ke2 42.Kd4 Qd6+ 43.Kc4 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Rg1 Qe7
9.g4 Ba3 10.g5 Nh5 11.Be2 g6 12.h4 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Qd6 14.d4 b6 15.O-O-O Bb7 
16.Kb1 c5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rd2 a6 19.Rgd1 c4 20.Ne5 b5 21.Bxh5 gxh5 22.Ne2 
Rfc8 23.Rc2 Rc7 24.Nf4 Rac8 25.Nxh5 c3 26.Qc1 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Rd4 f5 
29.Nf4 a5 30.a3 Qd6 31.Nd3 b4 32.axb4 Ba6 33.Nf4 axb4 34.Nxd5 Qe6 35.Ra2 
Ra7 36.Qc2 Bd3 37.Rxd3 Rxa2 38.Qxa2 Kh8 39.Qa7 c2+ 40.Kc1 Qe4 41.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.Re1 b6 8.e5 dxe5 
9.Nxe5 Bb7 10.Bf3 Qc8 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Qe2 c6 13.Rad1 Nd5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Qe3
Nc6 16.Ng4 f6 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Qf4 f5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qc6 21.Rd4 Ba6 22.
h4 Rac8 23.Re3 Qe8 24.h5 Rc4 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rxc4 Bxc4 27.Bg5 Rd7 28.Rh3 
Rh7 29.Rxh7 Kxh7 30.b3 Ba6 31.Qh4+ Kg8 32.Bf6 Bg7 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Qf6+ Kg8
35.a4 d4 36.Nb5 Bxb5 37.axb5 Kh7 38.Qh4+ Kg7 39.Qxd4 Qxb5 40.Qd6 Qe2 41.
Qxe6 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Qe3+ Be7 8.Ne5
Be6 9.d4 Nd7 10.Qb3 Nb6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Nd3 c6 14.a4 Rb8 15.Bf4 
Bd6 16.Rfc1 Bf5 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Ne5 Nbd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.a5 Bh3 21.Bh1 
Rfe8 22.e3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.b4 Nxb4 7.Bb2 Qc7 8.c3 Nc6
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Nge7 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Ba3 O-O 14.Bd6 b6 15.Qd2 
Bb7 16.Qf4 Nxd5 17.exd5 Na5 18.Re7 a6 19.Rxd7 axb5 20.Rxd8 Rfxd8 21.Be5 
Rxd5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Nxd4 Rad8 24.Nc2 Rd1+ 25.Ne1 Nc4 26.Rxd1 Rxd1 27.Kf1 
Be4 28.f3 Bd3+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+ 30.Kg3 Bf1 31.h3 Re2 32.Qd4+ f6 33.Qd7+ Kh6 34.
Qf7 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Re8 12.h3 Rb8 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Re1 Qe7 
16.Nb3 Nc4 17.Ra4 Nb6 18.Ra2 Nc4 19.Ra4 Nb6 20.Ra2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.h3 c5 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.c3 Be6 10.O-O Qb6 11.Qb1 Nd5 12.Bh2 Bf5 13.Qc1 Rac8 14.Nc4 Qd8 15.a4
Na5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Rfe1 Nb6 19.Bd3 Rfe8 20.Qe2 Qh5 21.a5 Nd5 
22.Qd1 Bh6 23.Be2 Qf5 24.Qb3 Nf4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Qxb7 Bc6 27.Qa6 g5 28.Bd3
Qd7 29.Be4 Bb5 30.Qb7 Rc7 31.Qd5 e6 32.Qb3 f5 33.Bc2 Kh8 34.g3 Bc6 35.Nh2 
Rb7 36.Qa2 h5 37.b4 h4 38.Nf1 Qf7 39.Ba4 Bxa4 40.Qxa4 Rc8 41.Qb3 d5 42.
gxf4 Qg6 43.Nh2 Rg7 44.Kh1 g4 45.hxg4 fxg4 46.Qb1 Qh6 47.f5 g3 48.Rxe6 Qf4
49.f6 Rg5 50.Re7 Rf5 51.Qc1 gxh2 52.Qxf4 Rxf4 53.f7 Rxc3 54.Rxa7 Kg7 55.a6
Rxf2 56.f8=Q+ Kxf8 57.Rh7 Kg8 58.Rxh4 Rfc2 59.b5 Rc1+ 60.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 61.
Kxh2 Ra1 62.Rh6 Ra5 63.Rb6 Kf7 64.Rb7+ Ke6 65.a7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O b6 
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.e4 dxc4 13.Qa4 b5 14.Qxa7 Qb6 15.Qxb6 
Nxb6 16.a3 Ra8 17.Rac1 Na4 18.Nxa4 Rxa4 19.Nd2 c5 20.e5 Nd5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 
22.Ne4 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Rb8 25.Bc6 Bf8 26.Kg2 Ra6 27.Be4 Ra7 28.
Rc2 g6 29.Kf3 Rc8 30.Ke2 Bh6 31.Kf3 f5 32.exf6 Rf7 33.Rcd2 Rcf8 34.Rd8 
Rxf6 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8 36.Bc6 Rxf4+ 37.Ke2 Rf5 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Rb8 Rc5 40.Bxb5 
c3 41.bxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4
Nce4 9.Qb2 d5 10.c5 h6 11.Be3 O-O 12.f3 Ng5 13.Bd4 Ne8 14.h4 Nh7 15.e3 
Nhf6 16.g4 Nd7 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.O-O-O e5 20.f4 exf4 21.Nh3 Qh6 
22.Bd3 fxe3 23.Ng5 Qxg5 24.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Ne5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Bf4 
Nd7 9.f3 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bd6 11.Bg3 exf3 12.gxf3 c5 13.c3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Be7 
15.O-O-O Qxd4 16.exd4 Bd7 17.Bd3 Bc6 18.Be4 Rfd8 19.Rhe1 Bf6 20.a3 g6 21.
b4 a6 22.Kb2 Rd7 23.Kb3 Rc8 24.a4 h5 25.Re2 Kg7 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Be5 Rcd8 
28.Rde1 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Rd5 30.Kc4 Kf6 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Re5 Ke7 33.Rxd5 exd5+ 
34.Kc5 Kd7 35.Kb6 g5 36.Kxa6 f5 37.Kb7 g4 38.fxg4 hxg4 39.a5 f4 40.a6 f3 
41.a7 f2 42.a8=Q f1=Q 43.Qc8+ Ke7 44.Qxc6 Qe2 45.Qc7+ Kf8 46.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.Be3 
d6 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.f3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Ne5 13.Nd5 e6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nd4
a6 16.b3 Qe7 17.Qd2 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Bf1 Nc5 20.b4 Nd7 21.Nb3 d5 22.
exd5 exd5 23.cxd5 Bxd5 24.Bxa6 Ra8 25.Bb5 Bxb3 26.axb3 Nc5 27.Qe1 Nxb3 28.
Rb1 Nd4 29.Bd3 Ra2 30.Kh1 Qd6 31.Bc4 Ra3 32.Bf2 Ra7 33.Rd3 Qc6 34.Rc1 Re7 
35.Qg1 Qd6 36.Rcd1 Red7 37.Bb5 Nxb5 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.Re1 Bc3 40.Rf1 Bd4 41.
h4 Bxf2 42.Qxf2 h5 43.g4 hxg4 44.fxg4 R8d7 45.h5 Nd4 46.Ra1 Kg7 47.Rd1 f6 
48.Qf4 f5 49.Qe5+ Kh7 50.hxg6+ Rxg6 51.Rxd4 Rxd4 52.Qxd4 fxg4 53.Qd7+ Kg8 
54.Kg2 g3 55.Qe7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.
Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 O-O 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Rc1 Ncb4 16.Nbd2 Nc2 17.e4 Nxa1 18.exf5 Nxb3 19.axb3 gxf5 20.Nd4 e6 21.Bf3
Rfd8 22.Nc4 Rac8 23.Re1 Nb4 24.Ne2 b5 25.Ne3 Rd2 26.Nf4 Rc3 27.Rb1 Kf8 28.
h3 Ke7 29.Bh5 Na2 30.Ne2 Rcd3 31.Nf1 Rd1 32.Rxd1 Rxd1 33.g3 Rd3 34.Ne3 
Rxb3 35.Kg2 Rd3 36.Bf3 b4 37.Nf4 Rd8 38.Bd1 Nc1 39.Bc2 a5 40.Kf1 b3 41.Bb1
a4 42.Nc4 Rd1+ 43.Kg2 Na2 44.Na3 Nc3 45.Bd3 b2 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.g4 Bb4 5.gxf5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 exf5 7.Qd3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.e3 O-O 11.Ne2 b6 12.Nf4 a5 13.Rg1 Ba6 14.c4 Qd6 15.
a3 Kh7 16.h4 a4 17.O-O-O Rae8 18.c5 Qxf4 19.exf4 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 b5 21.Kd2 
Na5 22.Rg3 Nc4+ 23.Kc3 Nxa3 24.Bf1 Rf7 25.Bd3 Nc4 26.Ra1 d5 27.h5 Re6 28.
Rag1 Kg8 29.Rg6 Ref6 30.Re1 Kf8 31.Re6 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 Rf6 33.Rxf6+ gxf6 34.
Bxf5 Ke7 35.Bd3 c6 36.Kb4 Kd7 37.Bxc4 dxc4 38.f5 Kc7 39.c3 Kb7 40.Ka3 Ka7 
41.Kb2 Ka6 42.Ka2 b4 43.Kb2 Kb5 44.Kc2 a3 45.f3 Ka5 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Bg2 Qa5 13.b3 Rxb3 14.axb3 Qxa1 
15.Bd2 Qa6 16.Nb5 Rb8 17.Bc3 d5 18.Nc7 Qa3 19.Nxe6 Rxb3 20.Bxd5 Rxc3 21.
Qd4 Bh8 22.Nd8 Nxd5 23.Qxd5 e6 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kf8 26.Qc8+ Kg7 27.
Rd1 Rc1 28.Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.f4 d6 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.Qg3 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Nxe4
dxe4 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Qc3 Bb7 18.b4 Bb6 19.Qxc7 Bxc7 20.Be3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8
22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.c4 Bc6 24.Kg1 f5 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Kf2 Bc7 27.g3 Kf7 28.
cxb5 Bxb5 29.Bh5+ Ke7 30.Bc5+ Kd7 31.Ke3 f5 32.Kd4 e5+ 33.fxe5 Ke6 34.Ke3 
Bxe5 35.Bd4 Bd6 36.Bc5 Be5 37.Bd4 Bd6 38.Bc5 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Qd2 a5 10.Bb5 Na7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bb5 Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 e6 5.f3 Be7 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Nb3 h6 14.Bh4 Ne5 15.
Rad1 Nc4 16.Qc1 Qc7 17.e4 Rfe8 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Nd4 b5 20.a3 Rcd8 21.g4 Qb6
22.Nce2 Bc8 23.c3 Bb7 24.Qe3 Nxg4 25.Qf4 Bxh4 26.Qxg4 Bf6 27.Rg1 Qc5 28.h4
Kh8 29.Nf4 Rg8 30.Ndxe6 fxe6 31.Nxe6 Qc8 32.Nxd8 Rxd8 33.Qxc8 Bxc8 34.h5 
Kg8 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.Kg3 Bb7 37.Rxd8 Bxd8 38.Kf4 Bf6 39.Rg6 a5 40.e5 Bg5+ 41.
Kg3 Bd8 42.Rd6 Ke8 43.a4 Bc7 44.Rd1 bxa4 45.Kf4 Bd8 46.Ke3 Bb6+ 47.Ke2 Bc5
48.e6 Bc6 49.f4 Ke7 50.f5 Kf6 51.Rd8 a3 52.bxa3 Bxa3 53.Rc8 Bd5 54.Rc7 
Kxf5 55.Rxg7 Bxe6 56.Ra7 Ke4 57.Ra6 Bg4+ 58.Kd2 Be7 59.Rxa5 Bg5+ 60.Kc2 
Bxh5 61.Rc5 Bf7 62.Rc7 Be6 63.Rg7 Ke3 64.Kb2 Bf5 65.Rc7 Bd3 66.Rc5 Kf4 67.
Kc1 Kf3+ 68.Kd1 Be2+ 69.Ke1 Bd3 70.Rd5 Bf4 71.Rc5 Ke3 72.Rc8 Bg3+ 73.Kd1 
h5 74.Re8+ Kf2 75.Rf8+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shiber, Julia"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.f3 Be6 8.Nge2 d4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.fxe4 Be7 11.O-O g5 12.Kh1 Nc6 13.Ng1 h5 14.a3 h4 15.g4 h3 
16.Nxh3 Ne5 17.Rf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Qc7 19.Nxg5 Nxg4 20.Kg1 Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Ne3+ 
22.Bxe3 dxe3 23.Ne4 Rh4 24.Qe2 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ross, Laura"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bb7 
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.c3 h5 13.Nf1 Ng4 14.Ne3 Bxe3 15.
Bxe3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 f5 17.exf5 d5 18.e4 dxe4 19.Be6+ Kb8 20.Rxe4 Qc5+ 21.Kh1
Rd6 22.Qe2 Rhd8 23.Nxe5 Ne7 24.d4 Qb6 25.Rh4 Rxe6 26.fxe6 Qxe6 27.Rxh5 Nd5
28.Qg4 Qe7 29.Qh4 Qf8 30.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Levina, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 Nf6 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Qxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4 7.Na3 e5 8.Be3
N8a6 9.Nf3 f6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nb5 Bd7 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.cxd6 Bb5 14.a3 b6 
15.O-O-O Kd7 16.Ne1 Rac8+ 17.Kb1 Rc6 18.Nd3 Rxd6 19.Nc1 Rc8 20.Rxd6+ Kxd6 
21.Rd1+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Be2 
O-O 9.O-O d5 10.Bc3 c6 11.b4 Nd7 12.Rc1 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 b5 14.cxb5 cxb5 15.
Be2 a6 16.a4 Qb6 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.f3 Rfb8 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 
Ne8 22.Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Na5 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Nd4 Rfd8 15.
Qe2 e6 16.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.h4 cxd4 
9.cxd4 Qb6 10.Nb3 h6 11.Be3 a5 12.a4 Ndb8 13.h5 g5 14.O-O Nb4 15.Be2 N8c6 
16.Nh2 Bd7 17.Ng4 O-O-O 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 Kb8 20.Qd2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nc3 a5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Be4 Qd8 15.Ne1 
Nd7 16.Nd3 Qb8 17.h4 Rc8 18.Rfe1 c5 19.dxc5 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Qb7 21.Rf4 e6 22.
b4 axb4 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Rxb4 Qc6 25.Qb3 Rb8 26.Bd4 Bf8 27.Qc3 Rc8 28.Qb3 
Bxc5 29.Nxc5 Nxc5 30.Bxc5 Qxc5 31.Rxb5 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qa1 33.Qb4 Qf1 34.Rb8 
Rxb8 35.Qxb8+ Kg7 36.Qb2 Qc4 37.g3 h6 38.f3 Qf1 39.Qg2 Qe1 40.Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nd7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Re8 13.e3 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16.Ne1 Nf8 17.Qb3 cxd4 18.exd4 Ne6 19.Nf3 Rc4 20.Qe3 Rc2 21.Rd2 
Rec8 22.h4 Qf5 23.Rad1 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Qb1+ 25.Kh2 Rc1 26.Ne5 Rc2 27.Qd3 Rxb2
28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Qf5 Nxd4 30.Qxf7+ Kh7 31.Nd7 Nb5 32.h5 Kh8 33.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Bd2 Re8 12.b3 Qc7 13.Rae1 a6 14.Kh1 Qc5 
15.Be3 Qa5 16.Bd2 Qc5 17.Nf3 Bf8 18.h3 Qh5 19.a4 Nc5 20.b4 Ncd7 21.a5 Rc7 
22.Bf4 Rec8 23.c5 e5 24.Bh2 dxc5 25.b5 c4 26.Rb1 Rc5 27.bxa6 bxa6 28.Qa2 
Nb8 29.Rb4 Nc6 30.Rxc4 Nb4 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Qd2 Nc6 33.Rb1 Qg6 34.Rb7 Nxe4 
35.Nxe4 Qxe4 36.Ng5 Qd5 37.Qxd5 Rxd5 38.g4 Nxa5 39.Ra7 f6 40.Ne6 Rd6 41.
Nc7 Nb3 42.Nxa6 Nd2 43.Kg2 Ne4 44.Bg1 Rd2 45.Rc7 Ra2 46.Rc6 Kf7 47.h4 Bd6 
48.Rb6 Be7 49.Nb4 Rd2 50.Nc6 Bc5 51.Rb7+ Kf8 52.Rb8+ Kf7 53.Rb7+ Ke6 54.
Rxg7 Nxf2 55.Bxf2 Rxf2+ 56.Kg3 Rd2 57.Kf3 Rd6 58.Re7+ Kd5 59.Na5 Ra6 60.
Rd7+ Ke6 61.Nb3 Ra3 62.Rd3 Bd6 63.Re3 Ra4 64.Re4 Ra3 65.Re3 Ra4 66.Re4 Ra2
67.Nd4+ Kd5 68.Nb5 Rh2 69.Nxd6 Kxd6 70.h5 Rh3+ 71.Kf2 f5 72.Ra4 f4 73.Ra6+
Kd5 74.Ra5+ Ke4 75.Ra4+ Kd5 76.Ra5+ Ke6 77.Ra6+ Kf7 78.Ra7+ Kf6 79.Rxh7 e4
80.Rh8 e3+ 81.Ke2 Rh2+ 82.Kd1 Kg5 83.Rg8+ Kh4 84.g5 f3 85.h6 e2+ 86.Kd2 
Rh1 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O a5
9.Rc1 Na6 10.Re1 d6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Qe2 c6 8.h4 h5 9.
g5 Nfd7 10.Bh3 Be7 11.Qe3 Na6 12.a3 d5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.exd5 exd5 15.O-O-O 
Re8 16.Rhe1 Nc7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Ne6 19.f4 Bc5 20.Qg3 Nd4 21.Na4 Bf8 
22.Ba5 Qxa5 23.Rxd4 c5 24.Rxd5 Qxa4 25.f5 Rad8 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Red1 Rxd5 
28.Rxd5 Qc4 29.Rd7 Kh7 30.e6 Qa2 31.c3 b5 32.Qe3 Be7 33.Bf1 Qa1+ 34.Kc2 
Qxf1 35.Rxa7 Qf5+ 36.Qd3 Qxe6 37.Qxb5 Bd6 38.Rb7 Rf8 39.Kb1 Qd5 40.a4 Qe4+
41.Ka2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 
O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.e5 Nd5 11.g3 d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Bg2 Be5 14.Na4 Qc7 15.O-O 
Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Qe4 Bf6 18.c4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Qxb6 20.Rab1 Rd8 21.Be3 Qb3 
22.c5 a5 23.Rfc1 g6 24.Qf4 Kg7 25.Qf3 g5 26.h4 h6 27.Qh5 Rh8 28.Rd1 a4 29.
Rd2 Qb5 30.Rd6 Qe8 31.Rbd1 Ra6 32.Rxa6 bxa6 33.Rd6 Qb5 34.Rb6 Qd3 35.Rb4 
a5 36.Be4 Qd8 37.Rb6 Qc7 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Qg4 Qe5 40.Rd6 Qxb2 41.Bxg5 Kf8 
42.Rd1 Bd4 43.Qf4 Kg7 44.Bh4 Bf6 45.Bxf6+ Qxf6 46.Qg4+ Kf8 47.Bg2 Ke7 48.
Qxa4 Qc3 49.Qc6 Kf6 50.a4 Qb3 51.Bf3 Qc3 52.Kg2 Kg7 53.Qd6 e5 54.Be4 Bh3+ 
55.Kg1 Bg4 56.Qd2 Qxd2 57.Rxd2 f5 58.f3 fxe4 59.fxg4 Kf7 60.c6 Rb8 61.Rc2 
e3 62.c7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Be3 
d6 9.Qd3 O-O 10.Nb3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Rad1 Nbd7 14.f4 Rfd8 15.
Bf3 Rab8 16.Kh1 Nb6 17.Na5 Ba8 18.b4 Nc4 19.Nxc4 Qxc4 20.Rd3 Rbc8 21.Rfd1 
Qc7 22.h3 h6 23.R1d2 Ne8 24.Qf2 Qb8 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Bf3 Ne8 27.Ne2 Rc4 28.
Ng3 Rdc8 29.f5 Qc7 30.fxe6 fxe6 31.Bh5 Bxe4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Bg6 Re5 34.Re3
Nf6 35.Rxe5 dxe5 36.Qf3 Rf8 37.Qg3 Nd5 38.Be4 Rf1+ 39.Kh2 Nf6 40.Bf3 Qc3 
41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Rd7 Ng4+ 43.Qxg4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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.Bg5 h6 17.Be3 Bg7 18.Qd2 Kh7 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Nh2 c5 21.d5 c4 22.b4 a5 
23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Ra2 25.Rf1 Rea8 26.Qc1 R2a3 27.Ne2 g5 28.Bd2 Kg8 29.h4 
gxh4 30.Nf3 Kh7 31.Nxh4 Ng8 32.Nf5 Ndf6 33.f3 Bc8 34.Neg3 Ra2 35.Kf2 Qa7+ 
36.Ke2 Bxf5 37.Nxf5 Qa3 38.Nxd6 Bf8 39.Nf5 Rb2 40.Rh1 h5 41.Rdg1 Bxb4 42.
cxb4 c3 43.Bg5 Qxb4 44.Ne3 Raa2 45.Kf2 Qa4 46.Kg3 Rxc2 47.Nxc2 Rxc2 48.Qe3
b4 49.Bxf6 Nxf6 50.Qg5 Qa6 51.Qxe5 Rd2 52.Qf5+ Kg7 53.Ra1 Qe2 54.Qg5+ Kh7 
55.Qxf6 Qxg2+ 56.Kf4 Qg6 57.Qxg6+ fxg6 58.Ke3 b3 59.Ra3 Rb2 60.d6 c2 61.d7
Rb1 62.d8=Q Rxh1 63.Ra7+ Kh6 64.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Bxf6 
Bxf6 9.cxd5 Nb8 10.h3 O-O 11.Bc4 Na6 12.O-O Nc7 13.a4 Ne8 14.Re1 Nd6 15.
Bb3 a5 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 b6 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Ng4 Bg7 20.Re2 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 
Qxd5 22.Rxe7 Rad8 23.Qe2 Qxd4 24.Ne5 Bf6 25.Nc6 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Bxb2 27.Rb1 
Rd2 28.Rb7 Re8 29.Rxb6 Ree2 30.Rf1 Kg7 31.Nxa5 Bd4 32.Rb7 Bxf2+ 33.Kh1 Ra2
34.Nc6 Rxa4 35.Ne5 Rxe5 36.Rxf2 Rf5 37.Rxf5 gxf5 38.Kh2 Ra3 39.Kg1 h5 40.
Kf2 Kg6 41.Rb4 Kg5 42.h4+ Kg6 43.g3 Rc3 44.Rb6+ Kg7 45.Rb5 Kg6 46.Rb6+ f6 
47.Rb4 Rd3 48.Ra4 Kf7 49.Ra7+ Ke6 50.Rh7 f4 51.gxf4 Kf5 52.Rxh5+ Kxf4 53.
Rh6 f5 54.Kg2 Rd2+ 55.Kh3 Rd3+ 56.Kg2 Rg3+ 57.Kf2 Rg8 58.Ra6 Kg4 59.Ra4+ 
f4 60.Ra7 Rb8 61.Rg7+ Kf5 62.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d5 Ne4 8.dxc6 
Nxc3 9.Qd2 Qb4 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qxb4 cxb4 12.Ne1 f5 13.cxd7+ Bxd7 14.Nd3 a5 
15.a3 b3 16.f3 Nd6 17.c5 Nc4 18.a4 Be6 19.Kf2 O-O 20.f4 Rab8 21.Rb1 Rfd8 
22.c6 bxc6 23.Bxc6 Rbc8 24.Bb7 Rc7 25.Ba6 Bd4+ 26.Ke1 Bd5 27.Bd2 Nxd2 28.
Kxd2 Rc2+ 29.Kd1 Be3 30.Bb5 Bg2 31.Ke1 Kg7 32.Rd1 Be4 33.Ra1 Rdc8 34.Rb1 
Rd2 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Kxd1 Bg2 37.Ke1 Rc2 38.Bd7 Kf6 39.g4 fxg4 40.Bxg4 Bxf1
41.Kxf1 Bd4 42.Bf3 e6 43.Be4 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Paschall, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 
Qc7 9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bb3 b5 11.Kb1 Nxb3 12.cxb3 b4 13.Na4 Nxe4 14.Rc1 Nc5 
15.Nf5 Qb7 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Rhd1 Bd7 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qxg2 20.Qd3 Bc6 
21.Qd6 Be4+ 22.Ka1 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.b4 O-O 7.Bb2 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
dxe4 9.Nd2 f5 10.g4 e5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Qb3 Nxe5 13.c5+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Qe7 15.
gxf5 Bxf5 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Qc2 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Bxb2+ 20.Kxb2 Rxf2+ 
21.Kb1 Qe5 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 a5 24.h4 axb4 25.Rxb4 Rfxa2 26.Rh3 R2a5 27.
h5 g5 28.Rxe4 Rxc5 29.h6 Rg8 30.Re7 g4 31.Rg3 Rh5 32.Rxb7 Rxh6 33.Rb4 Rhg6
34.Rf4 h5 35.Rf5 Rg5 36.Rf6 R8g6 37.Rf1 h4 38.Rh1 h3 39.Kc2 Kg7 40.Kd3 Kh6
0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 
O-O 9.a3 a5 10.b3 f5 11.Bb2 Bf6 12.Rc1 Qd6 13.Rc2 Bd7 14.Qa1 Rae8 15.Rd1 
Rf7 16.Bc3 Nd5 17.Bb2 Nb6 18.Bc3 Be6 19.Bb2 Bc8 20.Bc3 Qf8 21.e3 Rd7 22.
Ne1 Nd5 23.Bb2 f4 24.Bxd5+ Rxd5 25.Ne4 Be7 26.exf4 exf4 27.Ng2 f3 28.Ne3 
Rb5 29.Rxc6 bxc6 30.Qc1 Rxb3 31.Bd4 Bd7 32.Bc5 Rb5 33.d4 Bxc5 34.Nxc5 Bh3 
35.Nd3 Qd6 36.Nf4 Be6 37.h4 Bf7 38.Kh2 h6 39.Nc4 Qf6 40.Ne5 g5 41.hxg5 
hxg5 42.Nh3 Kg7 43.Qxg5+ Qxg5 44.Nxg5 Rh8+ 45.Kg1 Bd5 46.Ngxf3 Rb3 47.Nh4 
Rxa3 48.Re1 a4 49.f3 Rb3 50.Nd7 Rxh4 51.gxh4 a3 52.Nc5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9.Ng4 Bd4 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Nf4 Qg5 12.Nh3 Qd8 13.b3 f5 14.Bb2 Bd4 15.
Bxd4 Nxd4 16.Ne5 b6 17.Qh5 Bb7 18.Ng5 h6 19.h4 Ne6 20.Nxe6 dxe6 21.Re3 Ne4
22.Rae1 Qd6 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Nc4 Qd4 25.c3 Qf6 26.d3 Bd5 27.Ne5 f4 28.R3e2 
Rad8 29.f3 c5 30.Kf1 Bb7 31.Qg4 Qf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.g3 fxg3+ 
35.Kxg3 Rdf8 36.Re3 g5 37.hxg5 Rxg5+ 38.Kf2 Rh5 39.Rg1 Rff5 40.Nc4 Rh2+ 
41.Rg2 Rxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.g3 a5 7.Bg2 Na6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.
O-O Nc5 10.Be3 O-O 11.h3 Nce4 12.Nd4 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qd3
c6 16.Nxf5 Rxf5 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rf6 19.b4 d5 20.Qd4 Qd7 21.Bg5 c5 22.
Qd2 Re6 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rac1 Qd6 26.Rfd1 d4 27.e3 Rd8 28.exd4
cxd4 29.Qxa5 d3 30.Qc5 Qxc5 31.Rxc5 d2 32.Kf1 Rd3 33.Rc2 Ra7 34.Rdxd2 Rxd2
35.Rxd2 Rxa3 36.Rd7 h5 37.Kg2 Kh7 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Kg6 40.f4 Kf6 41.Rd5 
Rb3 42.Re5 Ra3 43.Kf2 Rb3 44.g5+ Kg6 45.Re3 Rb1 46.Kf3 Kf5 47.Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Bennett, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 c5 6.cxd5 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.a3 
Nxd5 9.Nf3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Bf6 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.e3 Nc6 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Qe2 Na5 15.
Nd2 Ba4 16.O-O Bc2 17.Bxc2 Rxc2 18.Qb5 Rxd2 19.Bxd2 Qxd2 20.Rad1 a6 21.Qh5
g6 22.Rxd2 gxh5 23.b4 Nc4 24.Rd7 Rb8 25.Rc1 b5 26.Rc2 Bb2 27.Rd3 Bxa3 28.
Rxc4 bxc4 29.Rxa3 Rxb4 30.Kf1 Rb6 31.Ke1 Rc6 32.Ra5 c3 33.Kd1 Rd6+ 34.Kc2 
Rd2+ 35.Kxc3 Rxf2 36.Rg5+ Kh8 37.h4 Rf5 38.Rg3 Rf6 39.Kb4 Rg6 40.Rf3 Kg7 
41.g3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 
Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 Bf6 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 h6 13.Qe2 Qd5 14.Rb1 a6 15.c4 
Qh5 16.Qe4 Kf8 17.Re1 Ne7 18.Bd2 Qf5 19.Qe3 Qh5 20.Qf4 Ng6 21.Qc7 Kg8 22.
Be4 Kh7 23.Qxf7 Rd8 24.Be3 Rd7 25.Qe8 Re7 26.Qa4 Bd7 27.Qd1 Be8 28.Ng5+ 
1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.dxc5 Bc6 13.Rab1 Nd7 14.Rb4 Qe7 15.Qf4
Nxc5 16.Nd4 Qg5 17.Qxg5 hxg5 18.h3 a5 19.Rbb1 O-O-O 20.f3 Kc7 21.Rhe1 Rh4 
22.Re3 Rdh8 23.Bf1 Nd7 24.Rbe1 Nb6 25.Bd3 Re8 26.Rb1 Nd7 27.Ree1 Rg8 28.
Rb2 Rh5 29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Rh4 31.c3 Rd8 32.Bb5 Rhh8 33.Kc2 Rb8 34.Rbb1 
Rhd8 35.c4 Nb6 36.Rbd1 Rd7 37.Re3 Rdd8 38.Rd2 Nd7 39.Rd1 Nc5 40.Bxc6 bxc6 
41.Nb3 Rxd1 42.Kxd1 Nxb3 43.axb3 Rb4 44.Kc2 a4 45.bxa4 Rxa4 46.Kb3 Ra5 47.
Re4 Kb6 48.Kb4 Rc5 49.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.g3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 O-O
9.Bg2 a6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Qe2 b4 14.cxb4 Nxb4 15.d4 
Nc6 16.d5 Nd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Qd3 Nd7 19.Qxd4 f6 20.Rab1 Rae8 21.f4 Rf7 
22.Bf3 Qf8 23.Rf2 Rfe7 24.Re2 Qf7 25.Rbe1 Qg6 26.Kh2 Nc5 27.h4 Qf7 28.Kg2 
g6 29.Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.Bf1 Rc8 11.Nd5 a5 12.a4 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb4 14.c4 Nd7 15.Nd4
Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nc2 17.Qc3 Nxe1 18.Bh6 Nf3+ 19.gxf3 Nf6 20.Bh3 Rc5 21.Re1 Re8
22.f4 e5 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Kf7 25.Qe3 Rh5 26.Bg5 Rxh3 27.Rxe8 Qxe8 28.
Qxh3 Qxa4 29.Qd3 Qa1+ 30.Kg2 Qxb2 31.Bxf6 Qxf6 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Qxb7+ Qf7 
34.Qb2+ Kh6 35.Qd2 Qxc4 36.Qxd6 Qe4+ 37.Kg3 Qf5 38.Qd4 Kh5 39.h3 Kh6 40.
Kg2 Kh5 41.Kg3 Kh6 42.Kg2 Qb5 43.Qf6 Qc5 44.Kg3 a4 45.f5 a3 46.fxg6 hxg6 
47.f4 Qe3+ 48.Kg4 Qe8 49.Qg5+ Kh7 50.Qd5 Qc8+ 51.Kg3 Qc3+ 52.Kg4 Qc8+ 53.
Kg3 Qc3+ 54.Kg4 Qf6 55.Kg3 Qg7 56.Kf3 Qf6 57.Kg3 Kg7 58.Qc4 Qb2 59.Qe6 
Qc3+ 60.Kg4 Qf6 61.Qc4 Kh6 62.Qg8 Qb2 63.Qf8+ Kh7 64.Qe7+ Kg8 65.Kg5 Qb5+ 
66.Kxg6 Qc6+ 67.Kh5 Qd5+ 68.Kh6 Qc6+ 69.Kh5 Qd5+ 70.Kh6 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.f4 b4 
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.Ned4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Nxc6 dxc6 15.e5 
Nd7 16.Be4 g6 17.Qf3 Rac8 18.Be3 a5 19.Rfd1 a4 20.Na5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Qxa5 
22.Rd7 Rc7 23.Rxe7 f5 24.exf6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.Bb3 b5 7.Re1 Bb7 8.c3 c4 9.
Bc2 cxd3 10.Bxd3 Nbd7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Qxa4 Be7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 O-O 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Qc2 h6 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Nc5 19.Qc2 Qd3 20.Na3 Rfd8 21.Be3 
Rac8 22.h3 a5 23.Red1 Qxc2 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Nxc2 Nb3 26.Re1 e5 27.g3 f5 
28.Kg2 Kf7 29.Na1 a4 30.Nxb3 axb3 31.Ra1 g5 32.Ra7 Ke6 33.Ra6+ Rd6 34.Ra7 
Rd7 35.Ra6+ Kd5 36.Kf3 Kc4 37.Ke2 f4 38.Bc1 f3+ 39.Kxf3 Kd3 40.Rxh6 Kc2 
41.Rb6 Rd1 42.Rb7 Bd8 43.Rb8 Rxc1 44.Rxd8 Kxb2 45.Kg4 Rxc3 46.Kxg5 Kc2 47.
Rb8 b2 48.Rxb2+ Kxb2 49.Kf5 Rc5 50.f4 Kc3 51.Ke4 exf4 52.gxf4 Kc4 53.f5 
Rc8 54.Ke5 Kc5 55.f6 Re8+ 56.Kf5 Kd5 57.f7 Rh8 58.Kg6 Ke6 59.Kg7 Ra8 60.
f8=Q Rxf8 61.Kxf8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ross, Laura"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.e5 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 Nd5 7.Ng5 f6 8.exf6
Nxf6 9.O-O e6 10.d4 Qb6 11.a4 a6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Be7 16.Be3 Qc6 17.Qd3 d5 18.Nc3 Bf6 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.f4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 
Bd7 22.Bd4 Be8 23.f5 exf5 24.Qxf5 Qg6 25.Qxg6 Bxg6 26.Rdb1 Rd7 27.Rb2 Re8 
28.Rab1 Ree7 29.a5 Bh5 30.Rb6 Be2 31.Bc5 Re4 32.Rxb7 Rxb7 33.Rxb7 Bc4 34.
Re7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Shiber, Julia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 
h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Bb4 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.g4 Nf8 15.g5
h5 16.a3 Bd6 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Bg3 Bg4 19.Nh4 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Ree8 21.Rde1 g6 
22.Nf4 Qd8 23.f3 Bd7 24.g4 hxg4 25.Nhxg6 fxg6 26.Nxg6 Qxg5 27.Ne5 Re7 28.
fxg4 Be8 29.Ref1 Rxe5 30.dxe5 Bg6 31.Rf5 Qxg4 32.Rhf1 Bxf5 33.Rxf5 Qe4 34.
Qxe4 dxe4 35.Rf4 Re8 36.Rxe4 Kf7 37.Kc2 Ke6 38.Kc3 Nd7 39.Ra4 a6 40.Rb4 
Rb8 41.Rh4 Nxe5 42.e4 Rf8 43.Rh6+ Rf6 44.Rh7 Nd7 45.a4 Rf7 46.Rh4 Ke5 47.
b4 Nf6 48.Kc4 Rd7 49.Rh8 Rd4+ 50.Kb3 Kxe4 51.Rb8 Rd7 52.b5 axb5 53.axb5 
Kd4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levina, Anna"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 c5 8.Nxe5
Qd4 9.Nf3 Qxe4 10.Qxe4 Nxe4 11.Re1 Nd6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.d4 c4 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 O-O-O 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rxe6 Nf5 18.d5 Rd7 19.Re4 b5 20.g3 Rhd8 21.a4 
b4 22.Ne2 Re7 23.Rxe7 Nxe7 24.Rd1 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Nxd5 26.Kg2 Kd7 27.Kf3 c5 
28.Nf4 Nb6 29.b3 cxb3 30.cxb3 c4 31.bxc4 b3 32.Nd3 Nxa4 33.Ke3 b2 34.Nxb2 
Nxb2 35.Kd4 Kc6 36.f4 a5 37.g4 a4 38.Kc3 a3 39.f5 Nxc4 40.Kb3 Kd5 41.Ka2 
Ke5 42.Kb3 Kf4 43.h3 h6 44.Ka2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.h3 O-O 8.Bb3 Ba7 
9.O-O Ne7 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Nf1 Nh5 12.d4 Nhf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Qd2 Qf6 15.N1h2
Be6 16.Bc2 c5 17.Rad1 Rac8 18.b3 Bb6 19.Re2 Rfd8 20.Qe1 h6 21.d5 Bd7 22.e5
Nxe5 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.Rxe5 Re8 25.Ng4 Qd6 26.Qe4 Rxe5 27.Nxe5 g6 28.Qxf4 
Qe7 29.d6 Qe6 30.Nxd7 Qxd7 31.Qxh6 Re8 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.Qxg6+ Kh8 34.Rd5 
1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.d5 Na6 9.
Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 Nh6 13.f3 Bd7 14.Nd3 g5 15.Bf2 f5 16.
Rb1 g4 17.fxg4 Nxg4 18.exf5 Nxf2 19.Nxf2 Bxf5 20.Bd3 Nc7 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.
Qb3 Rb8 23.Nfe4 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 b5 25.cxb5 a6 26.b6 Nb5 27.Nxb5 axb5 28.Qh3 
h6 29.Qe6+ Kh7 30.Rf7 Qh4 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.g3 Qxe4 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qxe4 
Rxb6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 d5 11.exd5 Na5 12.Ba2 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Ng3 Rfe8 15.Re1 
Bf8 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.b3 Nc6 18.Nf5 f6 19.Bd2 Nc5 20.Ng3 Rad8 21.Qe2 Qf7 22.
Rad1 Ne6 23.Bc1 a5 24.Bb2 Bc5 25.Qe4 Qd7 26.Qc4 Kh8 27.Re4 Bb6 28.Rde1 
Ned4 29.Nxd4 Nxd4 30.Kf1 Ne6 31.Bc1 Bd4 32.Bd2 Nc5 33.R4e2 Nb7 34.Be3 Nd6 
35.Qd5 Bxe3 36.fxe3 Ra8 37.Kg1 Ra6 38.Rf1 Qc6 39.Qxc6 Rxc6 40.Nf5 Nxf5 41.
Rxf5 g6 42.Rf1 e4 43.d4 Kg7 44.g4 Rc3 45.Kg2 c5 46.dxc5 Rxc5 47.Rd1 Rec8 
48.Rd7+ Kh6 49.Kg3 g5 50.Re7 Rxc2 51.Rxc2 Rxc2 52.Rxe4 Rc3 53.Re6 Kg6 54.
Kf3 Rxb3 55.Ra6 h5 56.gxh5+ Kxh5 57.Rxa5 Rb2 58.Ra8 Kg6 59.h3 Rh2 60.Kg3 
Re2 61.Kf3 Rh2 62.Kg3 Ra2 63.a5 Kf5 64.a6 b3 65.Kf3 b2 66.Rb8 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.O-O d6
9.Qe2 Nc6 10.a4 b6 11.c3 Nf6 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Bc2 Qc7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.f4 Ned7 
16.f5 e5 17.N4f3 Bb7 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Ng5 Rae8 20.Rd1 Nh5 21.Ndf3 Nf4 22.
Bxf4 exf4 23.Kh1 Nf6 24.Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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.e4 a5 14.Ne2 a4 15.
Rc2 Qa1+ 16.Rc1 Qb2 17.Rc2 Qa1+ 18.Nc1 Na6 19.Be3 Qb1 20.Ba2 Qb4 21.f3 
Qxd2+ 22.Kxd2 Nb4 23.Rc4 Nxa2 24.Nxa2 e6 25.d6 Bb2 26.Rb1 a3 27.Rb4 e5 28.
R4xb2 axb2 29.Rxb2 Bd7 30.Nb4 Bc6 31.Nxc6 bxc6 32.Rb6 Rac8 33.Bh6 Rfd8 34.
Bg5 Rd7 35.Bf6 Kf8 36.Bxe5 Ke8 37.Ke3 Ra7 38.Kf4 Kd7 39.Kg5 Ke6 40.Bd4 h6+
41.Kf4 Ra4 42.Ke3 Ra3+ 43.Ke2 Ra2+ 44.Kd3 Ra3+ 45.Bc3 Ra7 46.g4 f5 47.
gxf5+ gxf5 48.Kd4 Ra4+ 49.Bb4 fxe4 50.Kxe4 Rf8 51.f4 h5 52.h4 Re8 53.Kd4 
Rf8 54.Ke4 Re8 55.Kd4 Rg8 56.Kc4 Rc8 57.Rb7 Ra2 58.Re7+ Kf5 59.Kb3 Ra1 60.
Kb2 Ra4 61.Kb3 Ra1 62.Kb2 Ra4 63.Kb3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.e3 c5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.d5 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qa5 15.Qb2 
Nb4 16.Ng5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 b5 18.a3 Nd3 19.Qc2 bxc4 20.bxc4 Ne5 21.f4 Nd7 22.
e4 Rab8 23.Rfe1 Rb7 24.Re2 Rfb8 25.Ra2 Nb6 26.e5 Qa4 27.Qxa4 Nxa4 28.Ne4 
Rb3 29.Rac2 Rd8 30.g4 dxe5 31.fxe5 Rxa3 32.Ra2 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Nb6 34.Rxa7 
Nxc4 35.Rxe7 Ne3+ 36.Kf3 Nxd5 37.Ra7 c4 38.Ra5 Nb4 39.Rc5 Nd3 40.Rb5 Rc8 
41.e6 fxe6 42.Rb7 Rf8+ 43.Ke3 h6 44.h4 Ne5 45.g5 Ng4+ 46.Kd4 h5 47.Re7 Rf4
48.Rxe6 Nf2 49.Ke3 Rxe4+ 50.Rxe4 Nxe4 51.Kxe4 Kf7 52.Kd4 Ke6 53.Kxc4 Kd6 
54.Kd4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.a3 
Ne7 9.h4 Nc8 10.Nf4 Bf7 11.h5 c6 12.Rh4 Nd6 13.g4 O-O-O 14.gxf5 Nxf5 15.
Rh1 Re8 16.Kd2 Nd6 17.Qf3 f5 18.Rag1 Ne4+ 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qh3 Rg8 21.Kc1 
g6 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Qh4 Be7 24.Qh7 Bf6 25.Nxg6 Bxg6 26.Qxd7+ Kxd7 27.Rh6 
Bxd4 28.Rd1 Ke7 29.Rxd4 Bf7 30.b3 Rh8 31.Rhd6 Bd5 32.Rg6 Bf7 33.Rgd6 Bd5 
34.Rg6 Bf7 35.Rgd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Ne7 8.Nxd4 
cxd4 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ba4 d5 11.e5 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.Bd2 Kh8 15.
Ng3 a5 16.a3 Qc7 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.Qg4 Qb6 19.a4 Rf8 20.Qe2 Rf7 21.Kh1 Raf8 
22.Qe1 Nc6 23.Rf3 Bg7 24.Qe2 Qd8 25.Rcf1 Bc8 26.h3 Ne7 27.Kh2 Qc7 28.Qf2 
h5 29.Kg1 e5 30.Qe1 b6 31.fxe5 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 Rxf3 33.gxf3 Bxe5 34.Bg5 Ng8 
35.Kg2 Bf6 36.Bxf6+ Nxf6 37.Qd2 Kh7 38.Qg5 Qf7 39.Ne4 Nxe4 40.dxe4 Qd7 41.
exd5 Qxh3+ 42.Kf2 Qh2+ 43.Ke1 Qh1+ 44.Kf2 Qh2+ 45.Ke1 Qh1+ 46.Kf2 Qh2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bd7 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7 
9.O-O O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 b6 11.Rfd1 Bb7 12.Rac1 e6 13.Be2 Qe7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Ne5 
Rac8 16.Bf3 Rfd8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Be5 Qe7 19.Bc3 d4 20.exd4 cxd4 21.Ba5 Re8
22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.c5 Qc6 24.b4 e5 25.Nc4 Re6 26.Nb6 Rce8 27.Qc4 e4 28.Qxd4 
e3 29.f3 e2 30.Re1 Bh6 31.Rc3 Be3+ 32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.Nc4 R3e6 34.Nd6 Rb8 35.
Qf4 Rf8 36.Qd2 Qd5 37.Rxe2 Rxe2 38.Qxe2 Qd4+ 39.Qf2 Qa1+ 40.Qf1 Qxa2 41.
Qxa6 Nd5 42.Qd3 Qa1+ 43.Qf1 Qd4+ 44.Qf2 Qa1+ 45.Qf1 Qd4+ 46.Qf2 Ne3 47.Kh1
h5 48.h4 f5 49.Qe1 f4 50.Qc1 Qf6 51.Ne4 Qxh4+ 52.Kg1 Nf5 53.b5 Ng3 54.Qc4+
Kh7 55.Nxg3 Qxg3 56.Bc3 Qg5 57.c6 h4 58.Qd4 Qe7 59.b6 h3 60.Qd7 Qxd7 61.
cxd7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Bf6 11.Na4 Re8 12.Rc1 b6 13.dxc5 Bxb2 14.Nxb2 Nb4 15.
a3 Na2 16.Rc2 Ba6 17.Na4 b5 18.Qa1 bxa4 19.Qxa2 axb3 20.Qxb3 Bc4 21.Qb2 
Nxc5 22.Ne5 Rb8 23.Qa1 Nb3 24.Qc3 Qd6 25.Nxc4 dxc4 26.Qxc4 Nd4 27.Ra2 Rbc8
28.Qb4 Qe6 29.Rd2 Nxe2+ 30.Kh1 Nc3 31.Qd6 Qc4 32.Qb4 g6 33.h4 Ne4 34.Qxc4 
Rxc4 35.Rd3 Kg7 36.Kg1 Nf6 37.Bf3 Re5 38.Rb1 Rec5 39.Kg2 h5 40.Rb4 Rxb4 
41.axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.Bg2 a6 
9.a4 b4 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.O-O a5 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Nc4 
O-O 16.Nfe5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qc7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Kg1 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Nc5 21.Qe3 
Rfd8 22.b3 Rd5 23.Be5 Qd8 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Nb2 Ne6 26.Nd3 h6 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 
28.Qa7 Bd8 29.Nf4 Nxf4 30.Bxf4 h5 31.Qe3 Bf6 32.Qd3 Qe6 33.Bc7 h4 34.Bxa5 
Be7 35.Bc7 h3 36.Bf4 Bc5 37.Qc2 Bb6 38.Bc1 g6 39.Bb2 Kh7 40.Qd3 Kg8 41.Qf3
f5 42.Kf1 d4 43.a5 Bc5 44.a6 Kh7 45.a7 Bxa7 46.Qb7+ Kh6 47.Qxa7 Qe4 48.
Bc1+ g5 49.Qa6+ Kg7 50.f3 Qc2 51.Bxg5 Qd1+ 52.Kf2 d3 53.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e4 a6 4.c3 d5 5.e5 Bd7 6.a3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb5 8.Bxb5+ 
axb5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nc3 b4 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Qd3 bxa3 13.bxa3 Na7 14.Rb1 Nxb5 
15.Rxb5 Ne7 16.Qb3 Ra7 17.Bd2 Nc6 18.a4 Be7 19.Rb1 Nd8 20.a5 O-O 21.Rb6 f5
22.Ne1 Rf7 23.Nd3 Bf8 24.Bb4 Bxb4 25.Qxb4 Nc6 26.Qc3 Qc8 27.a6 Rxa6 28.
Rxa6 bxa6 29.Rc1 Rc7 30.Nb4 h6 31.Nxc6 Kh7 32.Qc5 a5 33.Qb5 Rb7 34.Qa4 Rc7
35.h3 Qa6 36.Kh2 Qe2 37.Rc2 Qd1 38.Qa2 Rb7 39.Rd2 Qe1 40.Nd8 Rb6 41.Qc2 a4
42.Rd1 Qb4 43.Qc5 Qb3 44.Ra1 Qb2 45.Ra3 h5 46.Rf3 h4 47.Nf7 Kg6 48.Nd6 Rb3
49.Nxf5 Rxf3 50.Nxh4+ Kh7 51.Nxf3 a3 52.Ne1 Kg8 53.Qc8+ Kf7 54.Qd7+ Kf8 
55.Qxe6 a2 56.Qd6+ Ke8 57.e6 Qb7 58.Nc2 g5 59.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 
Nxe7 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.b3 cxb3 11.Nxb3 O-O 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Rac1 h6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 
15.dxe5 Qc7 16.Nc5 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Ba8 18.f4 Nd5 19.Qb3 Nb6 20.Qe3 Nc4 21.Qf2
Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rd4 Nb6 24.e4 Na4 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Nxa4 Qd1+ 27.Bf1 
Qxa4 28.Qd2 Qa3 29.Qd8+ Qf8 30.Qd7 a6 31.Bd3 Kh7 32.Kg2 c5 33.Kh3 c4 34.
Bc2 b4 35.Qd4 Qc8 36.Qb6 Qb7 37.Qe3 Qb5 38.Qd4 b3 39.axb3 cxb3 40.Bd3 Qb7 
41.Kh4 b2 42.Bb1 Qb3 43.Kg4 Bc6 44.f5 Bb5 45.Kf4 Be2 46.Qe3 Qd1 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Be3 Na5 13.c5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 exd4 15.
cxd4 dxc5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Rfd1 Nb3 20.Rxd8+ 
Rxd8 21.Ra2 Rd3 22.Rc2 Nd2 23.Ng3 h5 24.Kf2 h4 25.Ke2 Rxa3 26.Kxd2 hxg3 
27.hxg3 Rxg3 28.Rxc5 Rxg2+ 29.Ke3 Ra2 30.Rxc7 g6 31.f5 gxf5 32.exf5 Kg7 
33.Kf4 a5 34.Ra7 a4 35.Kg5 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.g4 Nbd7 13.h4 a5 14.Nb5 Qc6 15.h5 a4 
16.Na1 d5 17.g5 d4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Qb6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Be2 Rc7 22.
gxf6 Bxf6 23.c4 Nc5 24.a3 Rc6 25.h6 Rd8 26.Qc2 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Nd3 28.hxg7 
Rxc4 29.Qg2 Rc1+ 30.Ka2 Qxb2+ 31.Qxb2 Nxb2 32.e5 Nxd1 33.Rh5 Bxg7 34.f4 
Ne3 35.Rh2 Rg1 36.Nc2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bc2 Bb7 7.O-O g5 8.d4 g4 9.
Ne1 cxd4 10.Qxg4 Nf6 11.Qh4 Be7 12.Bg5 Rg8 13.Nf3 d6 14.Rd1 Ne5 15.Nxd4 
Ng6 16.Qh6 Ng4 17.Qh5 Nxf2 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Kxf2 Nf4 20.Qh6 Rxg2+ 21.Kf1 
Rg4 22.Nf3 Ng6 23.Nbd2 Qf6 24.Kf2 Rg2+ 25.Kxg2 Nf4+ 26.Qxf4 Qxf4 27.Kf2 
Rc8 28.Rg1 Ke7 29.a3 Rc5 30.h3 h5 31.Rg8 d5 32.Re1 a5 33.Bd3 b4 34.axb4 
axb4 35.cxb4 Rc7 36.Rg5 dxe4 37.Bxe4 Rd7 38.Bxb7 Rxd2+ 39.Re2 Rxe2+ 40.
Kxe2 Qxb4 41.Ba6 Qxb2+ 42.Nd2 f5 43.Bc4 Kf6 44.Rxh5 Kg6 45.Rh4 e5 46.Bd3 
Qb7 47.Rg4+ Kf6 48.Rg3 e4 49.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paschall, William"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6 8.h3 b5 9.
Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Re8 
16.Qd2 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.g4 Nhf6 19.Rad1 Bb7 20.Qf4 h6 21.Ne2 Nh7 22.Ng3
Ng5 23.Bf1 Rac8 24.Nd2 Nh7 25.Nf3 Qf6 26.Qxf6+ Nhxf6 27.Nd2 c4 28.a4 Nc5 
29.axb5 axb5 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.f3 Nfd7 32.Ne2 Nd3 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.Rb1 Ba6 35.
b3 cxb3 36.Nd4 N3c5 37.N2xb3 b4 38.Ra1 Nb6 39.Bxa6 Rxa6 40.Rxa6 Nxa6 41.
Kf2 Nc5 42.Nd2 Kf6 43.h4 h5 44.gxh5 gxh5 45.Ke3 Kg6 46.Nb5 Nb7 47.Nd4 Nc5 
48.f4 f5 49.Nxf5 Nxd5+ 50.Kd4 Nxe4 51.Nxe4 Kxf5 52.Kxd5 Kxf4 53.Nxd6 b3 
54.Nc4 Kg4 55.Ke4 Kxh4 56.Kf4 Kh3 57.Kf3 h4 58.Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Ba2 Bb7 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Rd1 Qb8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bxh2+ 15.
Kh1 Be5 16.Bb2 Ncd7 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Bb1 Qb7 20.f4 Bc7 21.Rf1 e5 
22.Rcd1 exf4 23.exf4 Re8 24.Qf2 Nf8 25.Ba2 Bb6 26.Qc2 Re3 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.
Bxd5 Qe7 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 Rae8 32.Rd3 Re1 33.Rf3 Qf6 34.Qd3
Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rc8 36.Bb3 h6 37.Qd5 Rc3 38.f5 Nh7 39.Qa8+ Nf8 40.Qd5 Nd7 
41.Re1 Nf8 42.Rf1 Rc8 43.Rd1 Re8 44.Qd6 Re3 45.Qxf6 gxf6 46.Rb1 Nd7 47.a4 
Ne5 48.Bd5 bxa4 49.Ra1 a3 50.Bb7 Kf8 51.Bxa6 Ke7 52.Kf2 Ng4+ 53.Kf1 Kd6 
54.Be2 Ne5 55.Ke1 Nc6 56.Kd2 Nxb4 57.Bc4 Rg3 58.Be2 Rb3 59.Bc4 Rg3 60.Be2 
a2 61.Bf3 Kc5 62.Kc3 Rg5 63.Rc1 Rxf5 64.Be2 Rf2 65.Kb3+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 e5 
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Qc2 a5 13.b3 Qc7 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Rfe1 
Rad8 16.f4 Bc8 17.Bf2 Re7 18.Nde2 Nfd7 19.Qd2 Re6 20.e5 Bf8 21.Nd4 Ree8 
22.exd6 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Qb8 24.Nf3 Bxd6 25.Ng5 Nf6 26.Bd4 Nh5 27.Nce4 Nxe4 
28.Nxe4 Bb4 29.Be5 Qa7+ 30.Kh2 Re8 31.Qf1 Bf5 32.Nd6 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Qe3 34.
Qf3 Qxf3 35.Bxf3 Ng7 36.g4 Be6 37.Kg3 h5 38.a4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Ra8 40.Bf6 Kh7
41.Rd8 Rc8 42.Rxc8 Bxc8 43.Bd8 Ne6 44.Bxa5 Nc5 45.Bd1 Ne4+ 46.Kf3 Nf6 47.
Kg3 Ne4+ 48.Kg2 Nf6 49.g5 Ne4 50.Kf3 Bf5 51.Ke3 Nd6 52.Kd4 Kg7 53.Bc7 Ne8 
54.Be5+ f6 55.gxf6+ Kf7 56.Kc5 Nxf6 57.Bxf6 Kxf6 58.Kb6 Be4 59.Kxb7 Kf5 
60.c5 Kxf4 61.a5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 e5 
16.Nf5 Ncxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Re1 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Be2 d6 6.d3 Bg4 7.O-O Qd7 8.Nd5 
Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxd5 10.Bg4 Qe7 11.cxd5 Nd4 12.Be3 O-O 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.Rc1 a5 
15.Bh3 c6 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Qa4 Qb7 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxc6 Qxb2 20.a4 Qa3 21.
Qc4 Ra7 22.Rb1 Qc5 23.Qxc5 Bxc5 24.Kg1 g6 25.Rfc1 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Kf1 
Kg7 28.Rc2 e4 29.Rb5 Kg6 30.g3 h5 31.Bg2 exd3 32.Rd2 f4 33.Be4+ Kh6 34.Kg2
Raf7 35.f3 fxg3 36.h3 h4 37.Rxd3 Rf4 38.Rd2 Re8 39.Rb7 Rexe4 40.fxe4 Rxe4 
41.Ra2 Kg6 42.Rb5 Bb4 43.Kf3 Re1 44.Re2 Ra1 45.Kg4 g2 46.Rg5+ Kf6 47.Rf5+ 
Kg6 48.Rg5+ Kf6 49.Rf5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 
Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qh3 h6 14.a4 g5 15.Qg4
Qf7 16.h4 gxh4 17.Bxh6 Ne7 18.Nxh4 Nf5 19.Bc1 Nxh4 20.Qxh4 Qg6 21.Ba3 Re8 
22.Ra2 Bd7 23.Bd6 Qf5 24.f4 Qh7 25.Qg5 Qf5 26.Qh4 Qh7 27.Qg5 Qf5 28.Qxf5 
exf5 29.a5 Bc6 30.Rb2 Rad8 31.Rfb1 Rd7 32.Bc5 a6 33.Kf2 Re6 34.Rh1 g6 35.
Rbb1 Rh7 36.g4 Rxh1 37.Rxh1 fxg4 38.Kg3 Bd7 39.Kh4 Kg7 40.Bd6 Kf7 41.Kg3 
Kg8 42.Rh4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qg4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf6 13.Ba3 Bxe5 14.Qh3 h6 15.
dxe5 Re8 16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Bb5 Bc6 19.Ba6 Rb8 20.Bd6 Ra8 21.Bc4 
Qc8 22.Rd4 Nf8 23.Rg4 Ng6 24.Qg3 Bd5 25.Bd3 Rd8 26.c4 Bc6 27.Rxg6 fxg6 28.
Qxg6 Rxd6 29.exd6 Qe8 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Bg6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Bennett, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 
Qxd5 9.Bd3 c5 10.Qc2 cxd4 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Be4 Qa5+ 13.Kd1 d3 14.Qc4 Ba6 
15.Qd4 Bf6 16.Be5 Nd7 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.h4 Rc8 20.h5 Qc5 21.
Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Rc1 Ra5 23.a3 Ne4 24.Ke1 Rf5 25.Rh4 d2+ 26.Nxd2 Nxf2 27.Rc7 
Nd3+ 28.Kd1 Rf2 29.Rxa7 Nxb2+ 30.Kc2 Nc4 31.Rxa6 Nxd2 32.Rf4 Rxg2 33.Rxf7 
Ne4+ 34.Kc1 Rg1+ 35.Kc2 Rg2+ 36.Kd1 Nc3+ 37.Ke1 Re2+ 38.Kf1 Rxe3 39.h6 Rg3
40.Rxb6 gxh6 41.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Qh5 cxd4 7.exd4 e6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9.Nge2 Bd7 10.g4 Qe7 11.Bg2 O-O-O 12.f4 Na5 13.Rd3 Kb8 14.f5 Rc8
15.Rf1 Nc4 16.Qh6 Rhf8 17.h4 Ka8 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rdf3 Rc7 20.Nb1 Bb5 21.
Rxf6 Rfc8 22.c3 Nxb2 23.Rxe6 Qd7 24.Kxb2 Bxe2 25.Rxe2 Qb5 26.Rc2 Bf8+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Ross, Laura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e5 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd5 7.Qb3 Nc7 8.Bc4 
Ne6 9.Bxe6 dxe6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Na3 Qxb3 14.axb3 b6 
15.c3 Bb7 16.b4 a6 17.Rad1 b5 18.Rd7 Rab8 19.Red1 Rfd8 20.Kf1 Kf8 21.Nc2 
Rxd7 22.Rxd7 Ke8 23.Rd2 h6 24.h3 a5 25.Nfd4 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 a4 27.h4 Rc8 28.
Na3 Bc6 29.Ke2 f6 30.Rd1 fxe5 31.Be3 e4 32.g3 e5 33.Ke1 Kf7 34.Rc1 Ke6 35.
c4 bxc4 36.b5 Bd5 37.Ba7 Kd7 38.b6 Kc6 39.Nxc4 Bxc4 40.Rxc4+ Kb7 41.Rxa4 
Rc5 42.Rxe4 Rb5 43.b4 e6 44.Rg4 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Rxg5 Bf8 47.Kf1 Bxb4 
48.g4 Bd2 49.Rg7+ Kc6 50.Rc7+ Kd6 51.Rf7 Kc6 52.Rc7+ Kd6 53.Rf7 Kc6 54.Kg2
e4 55.Rc7+ Kd6 56.Rc2 e3 57.Kf3 Rb3 58.Ke2 Ba5 59.Ra2 Bxb6 60.Bxb6 Rxb6 
61.Kxe3 e5 62.Ra4 Kd5 63.Kf3 Rb3+ 64.Kg2 e4 65.Ra5+ Ke6 66.Rf5 Rd3 67.Rf8 
Ke5 68.Rf5+ Ke6 69.Ra5 Kf6 70.Rb5 Ke6 71.Rf5 Ra3 72.Kf1 Ra2 73.Rf4 Ke5 74.
Rf8 Rb2 75.Kg2 e3 76.Re8+ Kf4 77.Rxe3 Kxg4 78.Re4+ Kf5 79.Ra4 Kg5 80.Kf3 
Rb3+ 81.Ke4 Rb2 82.Ra5+ Kf6 83.Ra6+ Ke7 84.f4 Kf7 85.Ra7+ Kf6 86.Ra6+ Kf7 
87.Rd6 Re2+ 88.Kf5 Ra2 89.Rf6+ Ke7 90.Rb6 Ra5+ 91.Kg6 Ra1 92.Rb7+ Ke6 93.
f5+ Ke5 94.Re7+ Kd6 95.Re3 Rf1 96.f6 Rg1+ 97.Kf7 Rf1 98.Kg7 Rg1+ 99.Kf8 
Rf1 100.f7 Kd7 101.Rd3+ Kc7 102.Rd4 Kc6 103.Ke7 Kc5 104.Re4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.d4 Qc7 15.d5 c4 16.
h3 Nb7 17.Nh2 Nc5 18.Re3 a5 19.Ng4 Nh7 20.Nh5 Kh8 21.Rg3 Qe7 22.Qf3 Ra7 
23.b4 cxb3 24.axb3 Qh4 25.Nxh6 gxh6 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Qxf7 Qxg3 28.Nxg3 Re7 
29.Qh5 Ra2 30.Bxh6 Bxh6 31.Qxh6 Nb7 32.Bd3 Rf7 33.f3 Rg7 34.Kh2 Bd7 35.b4 
Kg8 36.h4 Rf7 37.Nh5 Ra3 38.Qd2 Be8 39.Qb2 Ra8 40.Ng3 Rf4 41.Nf5 Bd7 42.g3
Rxf3 43.Qe2 Rxf5 44.exf5 Nf6 45.g4 Kf8 46.Bxb5 Bxb5 47.Qxb5 Nd8 48.Qc4 Ra1
49.g5 Nh5 50.Qc7 Ra2+ 51.Kg1 Ra1+ 52.Kf2 Nf7 53.g6 Nh6 54.Qd8+ Kg7 55.Qe7+
1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shiber, Julia"]
[Black "Levina, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 c6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.exd5 
cxd5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Bc2 Be7 
15.Qd3 g6 16.Nd4 Qd6 17.Rfe1 a6 18.h3 Bd7 19.Qf3 Ne4 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Bxe4 
dxe4 22.Qxe4 Qg5 23.Qe7 Qxe7 24.Rxe7 Bc6 25.Rae1 Bd5 26.b3 Rfd8 27.Rc7 
Rac8 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.c4 Bc6 30.Re7 b5 31.cxb5 Bxb5 32.Nxb5 axb5 33.Re2 b4 
34.Kh2 Rc3 35.f3 Kg7 36.Kg3 g5 37.Kf2 Rc6 38.Ke1 Kg6 39.Kd2 f5 40.Kd3 h5 
41.Kd4 g4 42.hxg4 fxg4 43.fxg4 hxg4 44.g3 Rc3 45.Re3 Rc2 46.Re4 Kf5 47.
Re5+ Kf6 48.Rb5 Rxa2 49.Ke4 Rf2 50.Rxb4 Rf3 51.Rb6+ Ke7 52.b4 Rxg3 53.Kf4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esserman, Marc"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.f4 O-O 10.Be3 Bd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Ne8 13.Qf3 Nc7 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.Ne4 
Bc6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Qg4 h5 18.Qf3 a5 19.Rd4 a4 20.Qxh5 axb3 21.Nf6+ Bxf6 
22.exf6 Qb6 23.fxg7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rd8 14.d5 Bd7 15.Nf1 
Rdc8 16.Re2 Nb7 17.Ng3 Nc5 18.Be3 b4 19.Rc1 Bb5 20.Re1 g6 21.Bb1 Nfd7 22.
Nh2 Qd8 23.Ng4 Bg5 24.Qd2 Bxe3 25.Rxe3 Qg5 26.Qxb4 h5 27.Nh2 h4 28.Ngf1 
Nf6 29.Rce1 Nh5 30.Nf3 Qe7 31.N1h2 Nf4 32.Qd2 a5 33.Kh1 a4 34.Ng1 Rab8 35.
g3 Nh5 36.Rc3 Ba6 37.Ree3 Rb4 38.b3 Qb7 39.Bc2 f5 40.exf5 Rd4 41.Qe1 Qxd5+
42.Nhf3 gxf5 43.Kh2 f4 44.Nxd4 Qxd4 45.Ne2 Bxe2 46.Rxe2 hxg3+ 47.fxg3 Rf8 
48.Be4 d5 49.Bxd5+ Kh8 50.Rxe5 fxg3+ 51.Rxg3 Nxg3 52.Qxg3 Qf2+ 53.Bg2 
Qxg3+ 54.Kxg3 Rc8 55.b4 Nd3 56.Rh5+ Kg7 57.b5 Kg6 58.Rd5 Nb4 59.Rd6+ Kf5 
60.b6 Ke5 61.Rd2 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 Re8 8.a3 Bd6
9.Qc2 a6 10.Rd1 h6 11.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.d3 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nxe5 Bd6 8.Bf4 
O-O 9.Nc4 dxc4 10.Bxd6 Re8 11.f3 cxd3 12.Bxd3 Qb6 13.Bb5 Rd8 14.e5 a6 15.
Be2 Ne8 16.Nd5 Qa5+ 17.b4 Qa3 18.Bxb8 Kh8 19.Bd6 Nxd6 20.exd6 Rxd6 21.Qd2 
Be6 22.Qe3 Qa4 23.Nc3 Qa3 24.O-O Rc8 25.Nd5 Qxe3+ 26.Nxe3 Rd2 27.Rfe1 Bxa2
28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Rd4 30.Nb6 Rcd8 31.Rab1 R4d6 32.Nc4 Rd4 33.Na5 R4d7 
34.Re2 Kg8 35.Kf2 f6 36.b5 Kf7 37.bxa6 bxa6 38.Rb6 Ra8 39.Ra2 Rd5 40.Nc4 
Rd7 41.Rbxa6 Rxa6 42.Rxa6 Ke7 43.g4 Kf7 44.Rb6 Ke7 45.h4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 
Na6 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.d6 exd6 12.Bxd6 Rd8 13.Ba3 Rxd4 14.Nf3 Rd8 
15.O-O Be6 16.Ng5 Nd5 17.Nxe6 Nxc3 18.Bxa6 fxe6 19.Bc4 Nd5 20.Rad1 Rac8 
21.Bb3 b5 22.Rfe1 b4 23.Bxb4 Nxb4 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Rd7 b5 27.
g3 Nc6 28.Rc1 Bxb2 29.Rc2 Be5 30.Rd5 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.Rc5 Bd6 33.Rxb5 
Ke7 34.a4 Ne6 35.Rb7+ Nc7 36.h4 Kd7 37.Rb8 Ne8 38.Rb7+ Bc7 39.Kg2 Nd6 40.
Rb1 Ne4 41.Rd1+ Nd6 42.Kf3 Ke6 43.Rc1 Bd8 44.Rc6 Kd7 45.Rc5 Bb6 46.Re5 Nc4
47.Re2 Nd6 48.Kg4 h6 49.h5 g5 50.f4 gxf4 51.gxf4 Bd8 52.Rd2 Ke6 53.f5+ Kd7
54.Rd5 Bg5 55.a5 Kc6 56.Re5 Nc4 57.Re6+ Kd7 58.a6 Ne3+ 59.Kh3 Nxf5 60.Re5 
1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 b6 8.h4 Qc7 
9.a3 a5 10.Rh3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.Nf1 b5 13.Be3 Nb6 14.dxc5 Nc4 15.b4 Be7
16.Bd4 O-O 17.N1d2 N6xe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Nd4 Rb8 20.Rc1 Ng6 21.h5 Nf4 22.
Rg3 Bh4 23.Rh3 Nxh3 24.gxh3 axb4 25.cxb4 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 d6 
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Nf1 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Ne3 Qc7 15.Qe2 
Nb6 16.b3 Rfe8 17.c4 bxc4 18.bxc4 Bf8 19.Bd2 Nc6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Nd4 
22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Bb3 Bd6 24.g3 a5 25.Bc4 f5 26.e5 Qf7 27.e6 Qe7 28.Rab1 a4 
29.Rb6 Ra7 30.Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Bf4 Qb6 32.d6 Qc6 33.f3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 
d6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.b4 c5 12.Ne2 cxd4 13.exd4 h6 14.Bh4 Ba6 15.Qb3 
d5 16.c5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 e5 18.O-O Re8 19.Bf2 exd4 20.cxb6 Ne5 21.Qb5 axb6 
22.Bxd4 Nc4 23.Ng3 Re6 24.a4 Ne8 25.a5 bxa5 26.bxa5 Rb8 27.Qa4 Ra6 28.Bc3 
Ned6 29.Rfb1 Rba8 30.Qd1 Qg5 31.Qd3 h5 32.Nf1 h4 33.h3 f6 34.Ra2 Qf5 35.
Qxf5 Nxf5 36.Rb5 d4 37.Be1 Re8 38.Bb4 Ng3 39.Rc5 Ne5 40.Rd2 Nc6 41.Kf2 
Nxb4 42.Rxd4 Re2+ 43.Kg1 Nc6 44.Rxh4 Nxf1 45.Kxf1 Re5 46.Rhc4 Rxc5 47.Rxc5
Nxa5 48.Rc8+ Kh7 49.h4 Nc6 50.Kf2 Ne7 51.Rc5 Ra2+ 52.Kg3 Rd2 53.Kh3 Nd5 
54.g3 Rd3 55.Kg2 Kg6 56.Ra5 Rd2+ 57.Kh3 Ne3 58.Ra3 Re2 59.Rb3 Nf1 60.Kg4 
Rg2 61.h5+ Kh6 62.f4 f5+ 63.Kxf5 Nxg3+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.f4 Nf6
9.c4 Qc7 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Rae1 Rd8 14.Bb1 O-O 15.e5 Ne8
16.Kh1 g6 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Nd4 Ndf6 19.b3 Nh5 20.Qf2 Bc5 21.Be3 Nef6 22.h3 
e5 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Nce2 Rfe8 25.Bc1 Qc7 26.Bb2 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Ng3+ 28.Kg1 
Rxd4 29.Re3 Nxf1 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.e5 Qb8
9.Bf4 Nge7 10.Qd2 Ng6 11.Bxg6 fxg6 12.h4 Bb4 13.h5 gxh5 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3
b4 16.axb4 Qxb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.Ra4 a5 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Nd4 O-O 21.f3 Rfc8 
22.Bxb4 axb4 23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Kd2 Rc5 25.Ra1 Bc6 26.Nxc6 dxc6 27.f4 Rd5+ 
28.Ke3 Rc5 29.Kd3 Rd5+ 30.Ke3 Rc5 31.Kd3 Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 c5 12.d5 f5 13.f4 Nf6 14.Qc2 e6 15.fxg5 hxg5
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.g4 Nd7 18.gxf5 Bxf5 19.Bd3 Bxc3 20.Bxf5 Bxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Rf6 
22.Be6+ Rxe6 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Rh7+ Kg6 26.Rg7+ Kf5 27.Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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.Bc4 Nd7 10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne7 12.O-O Nd5 13.h5 Qh4 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3
O-O-O 16.Qf3 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Bf4 Bc5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Rhe8 21.Qf3 
Rd5 22.g3 Qxh5 23.Qxh5 Rxh5 24.Rfe1 Bd4 25.c3 Bb6 26.Re2 Rd5 27.Rae1 Kd7 
28.Kg2 h5 29.Be3 Bxe3 30.Rxe3 Rd2 31.R3e2 Rxe2 32.Rxe2 Ke7 33.g4 g6 34.
gxh5 gxh5 35.Re5 Rg8+ 36.Kh3 Rf8 37.Kg2 Rh8 38.f4 Rd8 39.f5 Kf6 40.Rxe6+ 
Kxf5 41.Re2 Rd3 42.Rf2+ Kg4 43.Re2 Kf4 44.Rf2+ Ke3 45.Rf3+ Ke4 46.Rf2 h4 
47.Re2+ Re3 48.Rd2 c5 49.a3 b6 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Be7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 a5 12.b3 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Nc1 c5 15.Nd3 Rac8
16.Nfe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Nf4 Rfd8 19.Qg4 Nf8 20.Rd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Ng6 
22.h4 Qxd6 23.h5 Ne5 24.Qg3 g6 25.Qg5 Nxc4 26.bxc4 e5 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Nh5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.e6 fxe6 8.Ng5 Nf6 
9.dxc5 d5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Qe2 d4 12.Nce4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 e5 14.O-O O-O 15.Bc4+
Kh8 16.Ng5 Qe8 17.Bd2 h6 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.Bxe6 Rf6 20.Bb3 exf4 21.Bxf4 e5 
22.Bxh6 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Bxh6 24.Qf6+ Kh7 25.Bf7 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Qf8 27.Bxg6+ Kg8
28.Qe6+ Kg7 29.Bd3 Qf6 30.Qd7+ Qe7 31.Qf5 Qh4 32.g3 Qh6 33.Rf1 Kh8 34.Qd7 
Ne7 35.Qxb7 Qc6+ 36.Qxc6 Nxc6 37.a3 Kg7 38.b4 Ne7 39.Be4 Rc8 40.Kg2 Bd2 
41.Rb1 Ng8 42.Kf3 Nf6 43.Bf5 Rf8 44.Rb3 Bc3 45.g4 Re8 46.Be4 Rh8 47.g5 
Nxe4 48.Kxe4 Rxh2 49.Rxc3 dxc3 50.c6 Kf7 51.c7 Rh8 52.Kxe5 Ke7 53.g6 Kd7 
54.g7 Rc8 55.Kf6 Kxc7 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 Ne7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.Bg5 f6 9.
Bd2 dxe4 10.Nxe4 f5 11.Nc3 Nbc6 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Ne5 14.O-O Bb7 15.Bf4 
Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Qd7 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Rfd1 Nc8 19.Nb5 Nd6 20.Nd4 Rfe8 21.Ne6 Bf6
22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Rc2 Ba8 24.h3 Re7 25.a4 Ne4 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Nxc7 Qf5 28.
Nxa8 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Qxf4 30.Qc8+ Kg7 31.d6 Rf7 32.Nc7 Kh6 33.Qg4 Qxg4 34.
hxg4 Rd7 35.b3 Kg7 36.Rd5 Kf7 37.Kf1 Be7 38.Nb5 Bf8 39.Ke2 a6 40.Nc3 Rxd6 
41.Rxd6 Bxd6 42.Nxe4 Be7 43.f4 Ke6 44.Kd3 h5 45.g5 Kf5 46.Ke3 Kg4 47.g3 
Bb4 48.Kd4 Kf5 49.Ke3 Kg4 50.Kf2 h4 51.Nf6+ Kf5 52.gxh4 Bd6 53.Kf3 Bxf4 
54.Nd5 Bd6 55.Nxb6 Bb4 56.Nd5 Be1 57.Ne3+ Ke5 58.Kg4 Ke4 59.Nc4 Bb4 60.Nb6
Bd6 61.Nd7 Kd5 62.h5 gxh5+ 63.Kf5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Kb1 b4 12.Na4 Bb7 13.Qe3 Ng4 14.Qf4 Bxg5 15.Qxg5
Nxf2 16.Rhf1 Nxe4 17.Nxe6 Nxg5 18.Nxc7 Ra7 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.h4 Ne6 21.h5 Rd8 
22.h6 a5 23.hxg7 Ncd4 24.g4 Nxb3 25.axb3 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Ra6 27.Rb5 Rc8 28.
Rb7 Rc7 29.Rb8+ Kxg7 30.Nb6 Nd4 31.Nd5 Rca7 32.Nf6 Ra8 33.Ne8+ Kg6 34.Rxa8
Rxa8 35.Nxd6 Ra7 36.Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Bd2 b6 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Qg4 g5 14.Qe4 c5 15.
Qe2 O-O-O 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qe2 g4 19.dxc5 gxf3 20.Qa6+ Qb7 21.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 22.cxd6 fxg2 23.Rhg1 Rhg8 24.f3 Rg6 25.Be1 Nd5 26.Bg3 h5 27.Rd2
Kc6 28.Rgxg2 Ne3 29.Rg1 Nf5 30.b3 Rdg8 31.d7 Rd8 32.Bf2 Rxg1+ 33.Bxg1 Nh4 
34.Rd3 Rxd7 35.Rc3+ Kb7 36.Bf2 Ng6 37.a4 Nf4 38.Rc4 Ng6 39.Bg3 f5 40.b4 a6
41.b5 axb5 42.axb5 Rd5 43.Rc7+ Ka8 44.c4 Rd4 45.Rc6 Nf4 46.Kc2 e5 47.Bf2 
Rd3 48.Bxb6 Rxf3 49.Rf6 Ng2 50.Bc5 Ne1+ 51.Kd2 Nd3 52.Rf8+ Kb7 53.Rf7+ Kc8
54.Bd6 Nb2 55.Kc2 Na4 56.Bxe5 Kd8 57.Bd4 Rf4 58.Kd3 Rf3+ 59.Ke2 Rb3 60.
Rxf5 Rb4 61.Kd3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ross, Laura"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Be3 
Ng4 9.O-O-O Nxe3 10.Qxe3 a6 11.Nb3 b5 12.f4 Be7 13.e5 d5 14.Qg3 Kf8 15.h4 
Qc7 16.Be2 b4 17.Nb1 a5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 a4 20.a3 bxa3 21.Nxa3 Qb6 22.
Rhd1 Rb8 23.Qc3 Bb4 24.Rxb4 Qxb4 25.Nb5 Qxc3 26.Nxc3 Bd7 27.Rd4 Ra8 28.f5 
Ke7 29.fxe6 fxe6 30.Rg4 Rhg8 31.h5 Be8 32.Rb4 Ra7 33.Rb6 Bd7 34.Bg4 Rc8 
35.Ne2 Rc4 36.Bf3 Rac7 37.c3 d4 38.Kc2 dxc3 39.bxc3 R4c5 40.Kd2 Rxe5 41.
Nf4 Ra5 42.Ng6+ Kf6 43.Rb8 Rc8 44.Rb4 Be8 45.Rf4+ Rf5 46.Rb4 a3 47.Rb1 a2 
48.Ra1 Bxg6 49.hxg6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 e6 6.Qa3 Nc6 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bd2 Qe7 
9.Qxe7+ Nxe7 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxd2 12.Kxd2 Bd7 13.Ke2 Bc6 14.b4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 O-O-O 16.Ng5 Be8 17.a4 Kb8 18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 Nc8 20.f4 Nb6 21.Bd3 
Rd7 22.Rc2 Re7 23.Ra1 h6 24.Nge4 g5 25.g3 Rg8 26.Rca2 f5 27.Ra7 gxf4 28.
gxf4 fxe4 29.Bxe4 c6 30.bxc6 Bxc6 31.Bxc6 Rc8 32.Rxb7+ Rxb7 33.Bxb7 Rxc3 
34.Be4 Bf8 35.Rg1 Nd5 36.Bd3 Bd6 37.Rg6 Bxf4 38.Rxe6 Bxe3 39.Rxe3 Nxe3 40.
Kxe3 Kc7 41.h4 Kd6 42.Ke4 Ra3 43.h5 Ra5 44.Be2 Rg5 45.Bf3 Kc6 46.Be2 Kb6 
47.Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Nbd2 d6 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ng3 h6 
9.Bb3 Ba7 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.d4 Qd7 14.h3 Rad8 15.Be3 
exd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe3 19.exf6 Ba7 20.e5 g6 21.b4 Kh7 
22.Rc1 Bb6 23.h4 a5 24.Qd3 axb4 25.h5 Qf7 26.Ne2 Ra8 27.Nf4 Rg8 28.Qb1 Ra3
29.Kf1 c5 30.Rcd1 Ba5 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.hxg6+ Rxg6 33.e6 Qxf6 34.e7 Qxf4 35.
e8=Q Qc4+ 36.Kg1 Rd3 37.Qf7+ Rg7 38.Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Qb6 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.Bc4 Qc5 13.Bb3 O-O-O 14.Kb1 Kb8 
15.f5 Na5 16.Nd4 Nxb3 17.cxb3 h5 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Na4 Qe5 20.Nb6 Qxe4+ 21.
Ka1 e5 22.Qf2 exd4 23.Qxf6 Be7 24.Nxd7+ Ka7 25.Qf2 Rxd7 26.Rxd4 Rf8 27.Qg1
Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Rg1 b5 7.g4 Bb7 8.Bg2 
Nfd7 9.Qe2 g6 10.e5 Bxg2 11.exd6 Bb7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxe7 Bxe7 14.Rg3 Kf8 15.
dxe7+ Qxe7 16.Re3 Qg5 17.O-O-O Nf6 18.f4 Qxf4 19.Ne6+ fxe6 20.Rf1 Qxf1+ 
21.Qxf1 Kf7 22.h4 g5 23.Qe2 Nbd7 24.Rxe6 Rhe8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Qf2 Ne5 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28.Qf5 Nf3 29.b4 Re3 30.Qc5 Nxg4 31.a4 Re1+ 32.Kb2 Nf6 33.axb5 
axb5 34.Nxb5 Bd5 35.Nc3 Be6 36.b5 Ne5 37.Qf2 Nc4+ 38.Kb3 Re3 39.Kb4 g4 40.
Qf4 Kg6 41.Qb8 g3 42.b6 Ne5 43.Qa8 Nf3 44.b7 g2 45.b8=Q g1=Q 46.Qc6 Rxc3 
47.Qbe8+ Nxe8 48.Qxe6+ Nf6 49.Kxc3 Qd4+ 50.Kb3 Nd2+ 51.Ka2 Nc4 52.Kb3 Qb2+
53.Ka4 Qa3+ 54.Kb5 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Watson, John"]
[Black "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.c5 c6 
9.Bd3 e5 10.dxe5 Ne8 11.h4 Nxc5 12.Bb1 Ne6 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bh6 N6g7 15.h5 Bf5
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Qa5+ 18.Bd2 Qd5 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Bc3 Ne6 21.Qe2 Nf4 22.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 23.Bxd2 Nd5 24.Nd4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Nec7 26.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Paschall, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Nb3 
a6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 Qc7 12.a5 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Kh8 14.f3 h6 15.Bxf6 
Bxf6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Rfd8 18.Na4 Be8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.c3 Nb8 21.Nac5 
Bc6 22.Kf2 Nd7 23.Nd3 Be7 24.Nd4 Nb8 25.Nxc6 Nxc6 26.Ke3 g5 27.g3 Bd6 28.
f4 Bb8 29.b4 Ba7+ 30.Kd2 gxf4 31.gxf4 e5 32.Rf1 Kg7 33.Kc2 exf4 34.Nxf4 
Bb8 35.Bc4 Bxf4 36.Rxf4 Ne5 37.Bd5 b6 38.axb6 Rd6 39.b7 Rb6 40.Rf5 f6 41.
Rxe5 fxe5 42.Kb3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 
a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 O-O 13.Nc2 Bg5 14.a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 a5 16.Bc4 Rb8 17.b3 Kh8 18.O-O f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Nce3 Bg6 21.Bd3 
Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Bxe3 23.Nxe3 Rxb3 24.g3 Nd4 25.Nd5 Qa8 26.Qe4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Shiber, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.e4 dxe4 
9.Bxe4 Qc7 10.Bc2 O-O 11.Re1 b6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.Be7 Re8 15.Ba3 Bb7
16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 a6 18.b3 c5 19.d5 e5 20.Nh4 Nf8 21.g3 f5 22.Nxg6 Nxg6 
23.Bxf5 Nf8 24.Ne4 Qf7 25.Bh3 Nf6 26.Bc1 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Rd6 28.Bb2 Kh8 29.
Qe2 Rdd8 30.Re1 Ng6 31.f4 Bc8 32.Bxc8 Rxc8 33.fxe5 Rf8 34.e6 Qe7 35.Rg4 
Bxb2 36.Qxb2+ Kh7 37.Qc2 Qf6 38.d6 Qf5 39.Qxf5 Rxf5 40.d7 Rd8 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Bg4 8.b4 
Bxf3 9.exf3 Nxe5 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.f4 Nc6 13.g3 b6 14.Bh3+ Kb8 
15.Bg2 Qd6 16.Qd3 Nf6 17.Qf3 a6 18.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 d6 8.O-O Nf6
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qf3 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Rae1 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Qg3 h4 
16.Qh3 O-O-O 17.Nd4 Kb8 18.b4 e5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bf8 21.Nb3 Bg7 22.a4 
exf4 23.Re7 Rhf8 24.Rxf4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Na5 Bh6 27.Qxh4 Bxf4 28.Bxf4 
Qb6+ 29.Be3 Qc7 30.Qd4 Rde8 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Bf4 bxc4 33.Bxc4 Ne5 34.Bb5 
Re7 35.Be3 Ba8 36.h3 f6 37.Kh2 g5 38.Bf2 f5 39.Nc6+ Nxc6 40.dxc6 Bxc6 41.
Bxc6 Qxc6 42.b5 Qc7 43.b6 Qd7 44.Qf6 Re2 45.Qd4 Qe7 46.Kg1 Ra2 47.Qc3 f4 
48.Qc4 Ra1+ 49.Kh2 Ra5 50.Bd4 Rf5 51.Qc6 Rf7 52.b7 Qd7 53.Qb6 Qxb7 54.Qd8+
Qc8 55.Qb6+ Ka8 56.Qa5+ Kb8 57.Qb6+ Ka8 58.Qa5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levina, Anna"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 
c5 9.Bb2 Bd6 10.a4 O-O 11.Na3 f6 12.Nh4 Re8 13.Nf5 Nf8 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.f4 
exf4 16.Rxf4 Ng6 17.Rf1 d5 18.d3 Qb6 19.Kh1 dxe4 20.dxe4 Qc6 21.Rd1 Bg4 
22.Rd5 Be2 23.Rff5 Rxe4 24.Qd2 Qe8 25.Rxc5 Bd3 26.Qxd3 Rd8 27.Rcd5 Re1+ 
28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Rxd5 30.h3 Qd7 31.Qc4 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Qc3 Rd1+ 34.
Kh2 Qd6+ 35.g3 Rd2+ 36.Kg1 Qb6+ 37.Kh1 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4
Rb8 9.c4 Qb4+ 10.Nd2 Nf4 11.Qe4 Ne6 12.Be2 d5 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Qxc6+ Bd7 
15.Qe4 O-O 16.O-O Nf4 17.Bd3 f5 18.Qf3 Bc8 19.c5 Qxc5 20.Nb3 Qe5 21.Bxf4 
Qxf4 22.Qxf4 Bxf4 23.Bc4+ Kh8 24.Rfe1 Bd6 25.Re2 f4 26.Nd4 Bg4 27.Nf3 Bxf3
28.gxf3 Rbe8 29.Rae1 Rxe2 30.Rxe2 g6 31.Kh2 Kg7 32.Kh3 Rb8 33.h5 gxh5 34.
Kh4 Rf8 35.Kxh5 Rf5+ 36.Kg4 Rc5 37.b3 h6 38.Re8 Rg5+ 39.Kh3 Rh5+ 40.Kg2 
Rg5+ 41.Kh3 Rh5+ 42.Kg2 Bc5 43.Re4 Rf5 44.Re6 Rg5+ 45.Kf1 h5 46.Re4 Rf5 
47.a4 h4 48.Kg2 Rg5+ 49.Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.
dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4
cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 O-O 13.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 
9.Bb2 Be7 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.Nc3 Rg8 14.g3 Bd7 15.Bc1 Rc8 
16.Ne2 a5 17.b5 Qxb5 18.Bg5 a4 19.Rb1 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Bxa3 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.Nf4 
Rh8 23.Kg2 b5 24.Bf6 Rh6 25.Re1 Qf8 26.Qe2 Be7 27.Bg5 Rh8 28.Rec1 Rb8 29.
Rab1 Bxg5 30.hxg5 Qa3 31.g6 fxg6 32.Nxe6 Bxe6 33.Rxc6 Qe7 34.Rxb5 Kf7 35.
Ng5+ Qxg5 36.Rc7+ Qe7 37.Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.Rc5 Rhc8 39.Qa6 Rxc5 40.Qa7+ Ke8 
41.dxc5 Rc8 42.Qxa4+ Bd7 43.Qd4 Be6 44.f4 Ke7 45.Qb4 Rc6 46.Kh3 Bd7 47.Kh4
Kf7 48.Kg5 Ke7 49.Qb3 Re6 50.Qxd5 Bc6 51.Qa2 Bd7 52.Kh6 Be8 53.Kg7 Bd7 54.
Qh2 Rc6 55.Qh4+ Ke8 56.Qf6 Rxf6 57.exf6 Be6 58.c6 g5 59.fxg5 f4 60.g6 fxg3
61.f7+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6 5.e3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.a3 Bf6 10.Qc2 Bxb2 11.Qxb2 b6 12.Nc3 Qf6 13.Rfb1 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxc3 
15.dxc3 Bb7 16.b4 cxb4 17.axb4 Rfc8 18.h3 Kf8 19.c4 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.
Rxa5 Nxa5 22.Ne5 Ke7 23.Rxb6 f6 24.Rb5 Ra8 25.Nf3 Bc6 26.Rb4 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 
Rc8 28.Be2 Rc5 29.f4 Kd6 30.Kf2 Kc7 31.h4 Nb7 32.Bd3 h6 33.Ra4 Rh5 34.Be2 
Rc5 35.Ra8 Kd6 36.Ra6+ Kd7 37.Bg4 f5 38.Bf3 Rc7 39.Bxb7 Rxb7 40.Kf3 Rc7 
41.Ra4 h5 42.e4 fxe4+ 43.Kxe4 Rb7 44.Ra5 g6 45.Rg5 Rb1 46.Rxg6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.e4 e5 
9.b3 Qb6 10.d5 Nc5 11.Be3 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Qa6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Bxc5
Rfc8 16.b4 b6 17.a4 bxc5 18.b5 Qa5 19.Nd2 c4 20.Nxc4 Qc7 21.Rfc1 Bh6 22.
Ne3 Qa5 23.Qb3 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Rb8 26.Bf1 Qb6 27.Qa3 Rf8 28.a5 
Qb8 29.Qb4 f5 30.exf5 gxf5 31.b6 axb6 32.Qxb6 Qe8 33.Qxd6 f4 34.Qh6 f3 35.
Kf2 Rf7 36.d6 Kh8 37.Bc4 Qb8 38.Bxf7 Qb2+ 39.Kxf3 Bc6+ 40.e4 Bxe4+ 41.Kxe4
Qg2+ 42.Kf5 Qf3+ 43.Ke6 Qb3+ 44.Ke7 Qb7+ 45.Rc7 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.a4 e6 8.Bg5 
f6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.d5 e5 11.Nd2 Be7 12.a5 O-O 13.O-O b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.f4 
exf4 16.Bxf4 Bb7 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Nc4 Rae8 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qg3 Rf6 21.exf5 Bxd5 
22.Ne3 Bc6 23.Nc3 Qb7 24.Ng4 d5 25.Rae1 d4 26.Nd1 Rff8 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.Bd6
Nf6 29.Bxe7 Qxe7 30.Re1 Qd7 31.Ne5 Qd5 32.Nxc6 Qxc6 33.b3 Re8 34.Re5 h6 
35.Nb2 Ne4 36.Qf4 Nc3 37.Kf2 Nd5 38.Qe4 Rxe5 39.Qxe5 Ne3 40.Qe6+ Qxe6 41.
fxe6 Kf8 42.Na4 c4 43.bxc4 Nxc2 44.Kf3 d3 45.Nc5 a5 46.Nxd3 Ke7 47.Nc5 
Nd4+ 48.Ke4 Nxe6 49.Na4 Kd6 50.Kf5 Nf8 51.h4 Kc6 52.g3 Kd6 53.g4 Kc6 54.g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be3 
Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.d5 Rd8 14.Ke1 Nb4 
15.Bd2 Na6 16.Bg5 Kf8 17.Bc4 Nc5 18.Nd2 b6 19.Be3 Na4 20.f3 Nb2 21.Rc2 
Nxc4 22.Nxc4 e6 23.dxe6 Bxe6 24.Ke2 f5 25.Nd2 Rd7 26.Rhc1 Re8 27.h3 fxe4 
28.fxe4 Bd4 29.Rc7 Be5 30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Nf3 Bb2 32.Rc2 Bf6 33.e5 Bxe5 34.
Nxe5 Rxe5 35.Rc7 Re7 36.Kd2 Be6 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.a3 Kf6 39.h4 Kf5 40.g3 Ke4
41.Bf4 b5 42.Kc3 a5 43.Bb8 Ke3 44.Bc7 Kf3 45.Bb8 h6 46.Bc7 g5 47.hxg5 hxg5
48.Bb8 a4 49.Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 
Bh5 9.Be3 e6 10.Nf4 Bg6 11.Nc3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nb4 13.Qe2 Be7 14.Ne4 N4d5 15.
Nh5 g6 16.Nhg3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Nd5 18.Qb3 O-O 19.O-O c6 20.Qxb7 Rb8 21.Qxa7 
Rxb2 22.Rf2 Rb5 23.a4 Ra5 24.Qb7 Qa8 25.Qb3 Qa7 26.Qd1 Ra8 27.Rfa2 Nb4 28.
Ra3 Rxe5 29.Kh1 Rd5 30.a5 Rxd4 31.Qc1 Rad8 32.h3 Nd3 33.Qh6 f5 34.Nh5 Bxa3
35.Nef6+ Kh8 36.Rxa3 gxh5 37.Nxh5 Qf7 38.a6 Qg6 39.Qe3 Qxh5 40.a7 e5 41.
a8=Q Rxa8 42.Rxa8+ Kg7 43.f4 Qh4 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Be2 d5 6.d4 e4 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.cxd5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Bxe5 10.Nxe4 Nxd5 11.f4 Bc7 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Nxc5 Qc6 
15.Qa4 b5 16.Qe4+ Kf8 17.Nd3 Re8 18.Ne5 Qe6 19.O-O Bxe5 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qd3 Ne7 22.Bd2 f6 23.Rad1 Kf7 24.Bc3 Qe6 25.Qxb5 Rd8 26.Qh5+ Ng6 27.Rde1 
Rd5 28.Qe2 Re8 29.e4 Rd7 30.a3 Kg8 31.Kh1 Red8 32.h3 Rd3 33.Rf3 R3d7 34.
Qb5 a6 35.Qf5 Qc6 36.Rfe3 Re8 37.Qf1 Rde7 38.Bb4 Re6 39.Rc3 Qb7 40.Qc4 Kh8
41.Qc7 Qa8 42.Qd7 Ne5 43.Qd5 h6 44.Rc7 Qb8 45.Rec1 Qb6 46.Qd2 Qb5 47.Rd1 
Rc6 48.Ra7 Qc4 49.Bc3 Qxe4 50.Re1 Qg6 51.Qd5 Rce6 52.Qb7 Nf3 53.Rf1 Nh4 
54.Rxa6 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.b3 a6 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 
Be7 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O e5 13.Na4 Bg4 14.Be3 Rae8 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16.Bc5 Bh3 17.Rd2 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 e4 20.Rd4 Qf5 21.Nxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.Ne2 Qxc5 10.Qb3 Qh5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Ng3 Qh4 13.Nd4 Nd7 14.Bxa6 bxa6 
15.Nge2 e5 16.Bg3 Qf6 17.Nc6 Re8 18.O-O Nb6 19.Rfd1 Bd7 20.Qc3 Rac8 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Nxe5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Bxe5 25.b3 Kf8 26.f3 Ke7 27.
Kf2 Kd6 28.e4 f6 29.Ke3 a5 30.f4 Bb2 31.Rc2 Ba3 32.Kd4 a4 33.e5+ fxe5+ 34.
fxe5+ Ke7 35.Nf4 axb3 36.axb3 a5 37.g3 a4 38.bxa4 Bxa4 39.Rc7+ Bd7 40.Rb7 
g5 41.Rxb6 gxf4 42.gxf4 Bf5 43.Kd5 Bc1 44.Rb7+ Ke8 45.e6 h5 46.Ke5 Bg4 47.
f5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
Qc7 9.Nh4 g5 10.Nhf3 f6 11.d4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.exd5 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Na5 7.e4 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.
Bd3 e5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 a6 12.a3 Bd7 13.Nd2 b6 14.b4 Nb7 15.Rb1 Nh5 16.g3 
Nf4 17.Bf1 f5 18.bxc5 Nxc5 19.Qc2 Nh5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Be2 Nf6 22.g4 fxg4 
23.hxg4 Nxg4 24.Bxg4 Bxg4 25.Nde4 h5 26.Kd2 Nxe4+ 27.Nxe4 b5 28.Rbg1 Qa5+ 
29.Nc3 e4 30.Rxh5 Bxh5 31.Bd4 e3+ 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 
a5 9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Nxe5 11.exf5 Ned7 12.Qb3 Nf6 13.Be3 g6 14.d5 Nbxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bd4 e5 17.Bc3 Bb4 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Bc4 Bxc3+ 20.bxc3 Qh4+ 21.
g3 Qg5 22.O-O Qe3+ 23.Kh1 Qd2 24.h4 Qg5 25.Qxb7 Rxh4+ 26.gxh4 Qxh4+ 27.Kg1
Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 
Nd7 9.Qd2 Re8 10.O-O e5 11.Nh2 h5 12.Kh1 Qe7 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Nf3
Nxf3 16.Rxf3 f5 17.Re1 Qd8 18.Bg5 Qb6 19.e5 Qxb2 20.Bf6 Kh7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 
22.d4 cxd4 23.Qg5 dxc3 24.Qf6+ Kh6 25.Rg3 Rg8 26.Rxg6+ Rxg6 27.Qh8+ Kg5 
28.Qd8+ Kh6 29.Qh8+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Bg5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 Bg7 6.Nc3 a6 7.e4 O-O 8.a4 e6 9.
e5 Ng4 10.Bf4 d6 11.exd6 Re8 12.Be2 axb5 13.Bxb5 Nd7 14.O-O e5 15.Bg5 f6 
16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 f5 18.h3 Nh6 19.h4 Bf6 20.hxg5 Bxg5 21.Bxd7 Bxd7 22.Nxe5 
f4 23.Nxd7 fxg3 24.Qh5 gxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Be3 26.Qxe8+ Qxe8 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.
Nxe8+ Rxe8 29.Re1 Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Rd8 31.Re7+ Kf8 32.Ne4 Nf7 33.Re6 c4 34.
Ke3 Rb8 35.d7 Rb3+ 36.Kd4 Rxb2 37.Re8+ Kg7 38.Re7 Rb8 39.Nd6 c3 40.Rxf7+ 
Kg6 41.Kxc3 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Rc8 12.g5 Nh5 13.h4 Nd7 14.Qf2 b5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.Rxd5 Ng3 17.Rg1 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 a5 19.Kd1 a4 20.Nc1 b4 21.Qd2 Ra6 22.Rf2 
Nb6 23.Bxb6 Rxb6 24.b3 axb3 25.axb3 Qa7 26.Nd3 Qa1+ 27.Qc1 Qc3 28.Qd2 Qa1+
29.Qc1 Qc3 30.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "23"]

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.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paschall, William"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne5 8.
e3 h6 9.Bh4 Ng6 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Ne5 13.f4 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 d6 
15.Kf2 a6 16.Rh4 Qf6 17.Nf3 Be6 18.e4 g5 19.fxg5 hxg5 20.Rxh8+ Qxh8 21.Qd4
O-O-O 22.Nxg5 Qh6 23.Nf3 f5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Re1 Kb8 26.Qh4 Qf8 27.Qf4 Bd3 
28.Qd4 Bg6 29.Re6 Bf7 30.Re4 d5 31.Rf4 Qe7 32.Ne5 Bg8 33.c5 Re8 34.Rf5 Be6
35.Rf3 Bg4 36.Re3 Rf8+ 37.Kg1 Qf6 38.Nxg4 Qf1+ 39.Kh2 Rf5 40.Re8+ Ka7 41.
c6+ b6 42.Qh8 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 
9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bc4 Ne5 14.Bg3 Nbc6 15.
gxh6 Rh7 16.O-O+ Kg8 17.Bb3 Kh8 18.Qh3 Bg5 19.Bf4 Rxh6 20.Qe3 Rg6 21.Rad1 
Be7 22.Ne2 Qg8 23.Bg3 Qg7 24.Nf4 Rh6 25.Rd2 b5 26.c3 Rb8 27.Qe2 Bd7 28.Nd3
Rg8 29.Nf4 Qh7 30.Qe3 Ng4 31.Qb6 Nxh2 32.Bxh2 Rxh2 33.Qe3 Ne5 34.Qd4 Qh4 
0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Watson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 
c5 9.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Enhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 
9.Rc1 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Ng3 c5 12.Be2 h5 13.O-O Bd7 14.b3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 
16.h3 Nh7 17.Be3 b4 18.Nd1 e6 19.Bf4 h4 20.Nh1 e5 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Nhf2 Bg5 
23.Ra1 f5 24.Qc1 Rf8 25.Bd3 Rc8 26.Nb2 Ra8 27.Re1 Qf6 28.Bxg5 Nxg5 29.Qc2 
Nb7 30.Nc4 Nd8 31.Nb6 Ra7 32.a3 Rb7 33.Nxd7 Rxd7 34.axb4 cxb4 35.Ra4 Ndf7 
36.exf5 Nxf3+ 37.gxf3 Ng5 38.Ng4 Nxf3+ 39.Kf2 Qg5 40.Kxf3 gxf5 41.Bxf5 
Rxf5+ 42.Ke2 Rf4 43.Rg1 Kg7 44.Qb1 Kf8 45.Ra8+ Ke7 46.Qh7+ Rf7 47.Qh8 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Nde2 b6 8.Bg2 
Ba6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.c3 O-O 12.Re1 Nde5 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Nd3 15.
Bf1 e6 16.Bxd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 exd5 18.exd5 Qf6 19.Be3 Qf3 20.Qb3 Qf5 21.Rac1
Rfe8 22.Red1 h5 23.Rc6 Bf8 24.h4 Re4 25.Bf4 Rae8 26.Bxd6 Bxd6 27.Rxd6 Re1+
28.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29.Kg2 Qe4+ 30.Qf3 Rg1+ 31.Kxg1 Qxf3 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.d6 Qd1+ 
34.Kg2 Qxd4 35.d7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 f5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 d6 8.g3 c5
9.Bg2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Ne5 11.Bd5 dxc5 12.Nf4 g5 13.Nd3 Qa5 14.O-O Be6 15.Nxe5 
Bxe5 16.Qh5 Qd8 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rd7 Rf7 20.Rxf7 Qxf7 21.Qxg5+ 
Kh8 22.Rd1 Bc7 23.Kf1 Rg8 24.Qh6 Be5 25.Rd2 Bg7 26.Qh4 Bf6 27.Qf4 b6 28.
Qf3 Qg7 29.Rd3 Rc8 30.Kg2 Qc7 31.e4 Rf8 32.exf5 Bxc3 33.Rxc3 exf5 34.Rd3 
f4 35.g4 Qe5 36.b3 Rf7 37.Qd5 Qg7 38.h3 h6 39.Qe6 Qf8 40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Qd6 
Qg7 42.Qe6 Qg5 43.h4 Qxh4 44.Rd7 f3+ 45.Kg1 Qf6 46.Qxf7+ Qxf7 47.Rxf7 Kxf7
48.Kh2 Kf6 49.Kg3 Ke5 50.Kxf3 Kd4 51.Ke2 a5 52.f4 a4 53.f5 axb3 54.axb3 
Ke5 55.Ke3 h5 56.gxh5 Kxf5 57.h6 Kg6 58.Ke4 Kxh6 59.Kd5 Kg5 60.Kc6 Kf4 61.
Kxb6 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shiber, Julia"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 Bd7 
9.O-O b4 10.Nd1 h5 11.h3 Qc8 12.Kh2 Nf6 13.f3 Qa6 14.Nf2 Rb5 15.f4 Ra5 16.
d4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 O-O 19.Rfe1 e5 20.Be3 Be6 21.Nd3 Rb8 22.Nxb4 
Rxb4 23.Qxb4 Ra4 24.Qb8+ Kh7 25.b3 Rxa2 26.Rxa2 Qxa2 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Qc7 
h4 29.g4 a5 30.Qc3 Qa3 31.Bc5 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Esserman, Marc"]
[Black "Bennett, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.c3 d3 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qxd3 Be7 8.Bb3 
O-O 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Qe2 Bf6 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nb3 d5 13.Re1 Nf8 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Bf5 16.Qb5 Bxe4 17.Qxb7 Bxc2 18.Qxc6 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bxb3 20.axb3 Ne7 
21.Qxc7 Nf5 22.Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.Bc7 Rc8 24.Be5 Kf8 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.g4 Ne7 27.
Ra1 Nc6 28.b4 Rc7 29.h3 Ke7 30.Nh4 f5 31.Nxf5+ Kf6 32.b5 Ne5 33.f4 Nd3 34.
Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "48th USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levina, Anna"]
[Black "Ross, Laura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Nh6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nbc3 Nf5 10.Bxf5 Bxf5 11.Nf4 Qa5 12.Be3 Rad8 13.Qb3 Rd7 14.Na4 b6 15.
Rac1 Nxe5 16.dxe5 d4 17.e6 Rdd8 18.exf7+ Kh8 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.Rc4 Rxc4 21.
Qxc4 b5 22.Qd5 Qxa4 23.Ne6 Bxe6 24.Qxe6 Qc4 25.Qxe7 Qxf7 26.Qb4 Qxa2 27.
Qxb5 Qxb2 28.Qc5 Qb6 29.Qa3 Rxf2 0-1

