2004 American Open










 


(1) Hanken,J (2200) - Yoshiharu,H (2386) [A14]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (1.3), 25.11.2004

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qb1 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 e5 12.d3 Bf5 13.Qb2 Re8 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Nd2 b5 16.Ne4 b4 17.Be1 Be7 18.Rac1 Qb6 19.Nd2 Bf6 20.Nc4 Qb8 21.Ne3 e4 22.Qb1 Nd4 23.Nxf5 Nxf5 24.dxe4 1/2-1/2












 


(2) Thompson,T (1914) - Sefton,D (1821) [B47]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (1.28), 25.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Nb3 b5 8.0-0 Bb7 9.a3 Nf6 10.Be3 d6 11.f4 Be7 12.Qe1 0-0 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Rad1 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Rd4 d5 17.e5 Ng8 18.Qh3 g6 19.Rxb4 Bxb4 20.Bd3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Bc8 22.g4 Ne7 23.Nd4 Rg8 24.Nf3 Rg7 25.Ng5 Ng8 26.Kh1 Qxc3 27.Nf3 d4 28.Bxd4 Qc6 29.Rg1 Bb7 30.Rg3 Qd7 31.f5 exf5 32.e6 Qxd4 0-1












 


(3) Neal,L (2011) - Lee,C (2108) [A00]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (1.14), 25.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.Bh6 Rc8 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.g4 Ne5 13.Be2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.h4 h5 16.g5 Nd7 17.0-0-0 b5 18.Nxb5 Qb6 19.N5d4 Rfc8 20.Kb1 Ne5 21.Rhf1 Bh3 22.Rf2 Bd7 23.f4 Nc6 24.f5 Rb8 25.f6+ exf6 26.gxf6+ Kh7 27.c3 Bg4 28.Re1 Ne5 29.Rg2 a5 30.Nc1 a4 31.Nd3 Rxd4 32.cxd4 Nf3 33.Qc3 Rc8 34.Qa3 Nxe1 35.Nxe1 Qxd4 36.Qd3 Qxf6 37.Rh2 d5 38.Qe3 dxe4 39.Rf2 Bf5 40.Ng2 Rd8 41.Kc1 Rd3 42.Qg5 Qd4 43.Rxf5 Rd1+ 0-1












 


(4) Serpik,I (2250) - Ortiz,E (2409) [B60]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (2.1), 25.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e5 0-1












 


(5) Furman,L (2132) - Vigorito,D (2372) [C65]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (2.2), 25.11.2004

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 0-0 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nbd2 c6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4 Ng6 12.Qb3 Nh5 13.Re1 Qf6 14.Bf1 Ngf4 15.Nc4 Be6 16.Qb4 Nxh3+ 17.gxh3 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxf3 19.Qe2 Qf6 20.Bg2 Rad8 21.Qf3 Qg6 22.Qg4 Rd6 23.Bg5 Nf6 24.Qg3 h6 25.Qxe5 Nd7 26.Qe7 hxg5 27.Rad1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Nc5 29.Rd6 Ne6 30.Qxb7 g4 31.hxg4 Qxg4 32.Qxc6 Qf4 0-1












 


(6) Djoric,Z (2000) - Pilnick,C (2100) [D02]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (1.16), 26.11.2004

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.c5 Qc7 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.Qd1 h6 13.0-0 0-0 14.b4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Qb3 Bf6 17.Bc3 Rfe8 18.Rfd1 Bg6 19.a4 Qe7 20.b5 e5 21.Rac1 exd4 22.Bxd4 Rad8 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qc3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Qd4 Qa5 28.g4 f5 29.Kg2 fxg4 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Bxg4 Qc7 32.h4 f5 33.Qf6 Qf7 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Be2 f4 36.exf4 Qg7 37.Kh2 e3 38.f3 Qf7 39.Qd4 Qe7 40.Kg3 Bf5 41.Qe5 Qf8 42.Bc4 a5 43.Qxe3 Qg7+ 44.Kf2 Qf6 45.Kg2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2












 


(7) Pace,C (1648) - Lazarus,B (1787) [D85]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX, 26.11.2004

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qa4 Nc6 10.0-0 cxd4 11.cxd4 0-0 12.Qd1 Nxd4 13.Rb1 Bxb5 14.Re1 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Bc6 17.Ba3 Bf6 18.Kg2 Rfd8 19.Kg3 e6 20.Bc5 b6 21.Be3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rc1 Bb5 24.f4 Rd3 25.h4 Bd4 26.Rc8+ Kg7 27.Rd8 Bxe3 28.Rxd3 Bxd3 29.fxe3 Bxe4 30.Kg4 h5+ 31.Kg3 Kf6 32.Kf2 Kf5 33.Kg3 b5 34.Kh3 a5 35.Kg3 b4 36.Kh3 a4 37.Kg3 b3 38.axb3 axb3 39.Kf2 b2 0-1












 


(8) Kreiman,B (2526) - Hanken,J (2200) [B06]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (2.3), 25.11.2004

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.h4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.d6 f5 6.exf5 gxf5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.h5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Qf6 12.Nxe4 Qe5 13.Qg4 Kh8 14.h6 Bf6 15.Rh5 1-0












 


(9) Tillmon,A (2011) - Pilnick,C (2200) [D02]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (3.17), 26.11.2004

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 f5 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nd2 Bd6 7.Ndf3 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 c5 11.c4 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.cxd5 Ngxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Be2 Ng4 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Rc1 Qe7 19.Qc2 b6 20.Rcd1 Rf7 21.Rd2 h5 22.Qe4 Re8 23.Qg6 h4 24.Rfd1 Bf5 25.Qh5 h3 26.gxh3 gxh3 27.Rd5 Qe4 28.f3 Qxe3+ 29.Kh1 Qe1+ 0-1












 


(10) Good,G (1315) - Otero,P (1343) [C44]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (1.134), 26.11.2004

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.d5 Nb8 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.h3 c6 9.c4 cxd5 10.cxd5 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Be2 Qd8 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Rc1 Be7 16.a4 f5 17.Nfd2 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Bf5 19.Bd3 Nxd5 20.Ng3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Nf4 22.Qe4 Qd7 23.Rfd1 Rad8 24.Nxe5 Qe6 25.Qc4 d5 26.Qd4 Bh4 27.Nf3 Bxg3 28.fxg3 Ne2+ 1-0












 


(11) Alonso,F (2028) - Djoric,Z (2000) [A11]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX, 26.11.2004

1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Qc2 e5 5.d3 Bd6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nf3 Be6 9.Nbd2 d4 10.0-0 Nd7 11.e3 dxe3 12.fxe3 f5 13.Rae1 Nf6 14.d4 e4 15.Nh4 Qd7 16.Bh3 Qc7 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Bxg3 19.Nxe4 Bxe1 20.Nxf6+ Kf8 21.Re5 Rd8 22.Nh7+ Rxh7 23.Qxh7 1-0












 


(12) Alonso,F (2028) - He,E (1714) [A15]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX, 26.11.2004

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.0-0 0-0 6.Na3 c5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Bd2 e5 9.Rb1 a6 10.b4 cxb4 11.Bxb4 Nxb4 12.Rxb4 Qd6 13.Nc2 e4 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.Qb1 b6 16.c5 Qxc5 17.Rc1 Qe7 18.Rxb6 Rxb6 19.Qxb6 Rd8 20.Nb4 Nd7 21.Qc7 Rf8 22.Nxd5 Qg5 23.Nxe4 Qg4 24.Qxc8 f5 25.Qxd7 Qxe2 26.Rc7 1-0












 


(13) Iwamoto,T (2215) - Kreiman,B (2520) [A56]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (1.1), 25.11.2004

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 Qa5+ 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Ne4 6.Qa4 Qxa4 7.Nxa4 Nxc5 8.Nxc5 Bxc5 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd2 b6 11.Bc3 Bb7 12.Nf3 0-0 13.Be2 d6 14.0-0 Nd7 15.b4 Rac8 16.Rac1 Rc7 17.Rfd1 Rfc8 18.Bb2 Ba6 19.Nd2 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rc2 d5 22.Rdc1 Nd7 23.f4 Kf8 24.Bd3 dxc4 25.Bxc4 Nf6 26.Bd3 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Rxc2 28.Bxc2 Ng4 29.e4 e5 30.f5 Ke7 31.h3 Nf6 32.Kf2 Ne8 33.Ke3 Nd6 34.Bb3 Bb7 35.a4 g6 36.fxg6 hxg6 37.Bc2 Bc6 38.h4 f5 39.b5 f4+ 40.Kd3 Bd7 41.Bb3 Nb7 42.Ke2 Nc5 43.Bc2 Ne6 44.Kf2 Nd4 45.Bd3 Be6 46.g3 fxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Bb3 48.Nxb3 Nxb3 49.Kg4 Kf6 50.Bb1 Nc5 51.Bc2 Ne6 52.Bb3 Nf4 53.Ba2 Nh5 54.Bb3 Kg7 55.Kg5 Nf6 56.Bc2 Nh7+ 57.Kg4 Kh6 58.Bd3 Nf6+ 59.Kg3 g5 60.hxg5+ Kxg5 61.Bb1 Nh5+ 62.Kf3 Nf4 63.Kg3 Ne6 64.Bd3 Kf6 65.Kg4 Nc5 66.Bc2 Ne6 67.Kh5 Nc5 68.Kh6 Ne6 69.Kh5 Nf4+ 70.Kh6 Ne2 71.Kh5 Nd4 72.Bd1 Ne6 73.Bb3 Nc5 74.Bc2 a6 75.bxa6 Nxa6 76.Kh6 Nb4 77.Bb3 Nd3 78.Bc2 Nc5 79.Kh5 Ne6 80.Kh6 Nd8 81.Kh5 Nc6 82.Bb3 Nb4 83.Kh6 Nd3 84.Bc2 Ne1 85.Bb3 Nf3 86.Bd1 Nd4 87.Kh5 Nc6 88.Bb3 Nb4 89.Kh6 1/2-1/2












 


(14) Taylor,T (2393) - Carreto,D (2372) [A03]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (5.6), 27.11.2004
[Timothy Taylor]

1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.c3 0-0 8.Qe1 Rb8 9.a4 a6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.e4 b4 13.e5 Nh5 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.c4 dxc4 16.dxc4 f6 17.Be3 fxe5 18.Bxc5 Qc7 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Ra7 Bb7 21.Nfd4 Nd7 22.Ne6 Qc6 23.Bf3 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Nxc5 25.Nbxc5 Qb6 [ 25...Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Bxc5 27.Qe5 Bxa7 28.Qxb8+!!+- ] 26.Rxb7 Rxb7 27.Qe5 Bf6 28.Qd5 Ra7 29.g4 Ng7 30.Ng5+ Resigns (in view of 30...e6, 31. Rf6!). 30...Ne6 1-0












 


(15) Kreiman,B (2526) - Ortiz,E (2409) [B65]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (4.1), 26.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Kb1 h6 12.h4 Rd8 13.Be2 Bd7 14.g4 Rac8 15.Rh3 e5 16.Qg1 Be6?? 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Bxh3 21.Rg1 g6 22.f5 Rxc3 23.fxg6 f6 24.Qh6 Qc7 25.g7 1-0












 


(16) Deng,K (2519) - Khachian,M (2548) [A28]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (3), 26.11.2004

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 0-0 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.Bg2 c6 11.0-0 a6 12.Kh1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.f4 Nd7 15.Ne2 Bc5 16.g4 Nxe2 17.Qxe2 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Rac1 Bd4 20.a3 c5 21.Rc2 Qb6 22.h4 b4 23.axb4 Qxb4 24.h5 Ra2 25.h6 Rxb2 26.hxg7 Kxg7 27.Rxb2 Qxb2 28.Bxe5+ Bxe5 29.Qe3 h6 30.Qf3 Qd2 31.Rf2 Qg5 32.Bh3 Qg6 33.Bf1 Ra8 34.Be2 Ra7 35.Kg2 Gamescore unclear after move 35. Black won in time scramble. 0-1












 


(17) Pilnick,C (2100) - Alonso,F (2028) [B00]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (4.16), 26.11.2004

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 d6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Be3 g6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Bg7 11.Rd1 0-0 12.Be2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qf4 g5 15.Qg3 h6 16.c5 Nbc4 17.0-0 Rc8 18.cxd6 Nxb2 19.Rd5 Rxc3 20.Rxe5 Nd3 21.Rb5 Nf4 22.Bf3 a6 23.Rf5 Ng6 24.Rc5 Ra3 25.Be4 Nf4 26.Qg4 Qxd6 27.Rd1 Qe6 28.Bf5 Qxa2 29.Bxf4 gxf4 30.Rc7 Qb2 31.Be4 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5 34.Qf5 f3+ 35.g3 Qxf5 36.Bxf5 Bd4 37.Rxb7 Bxf2 38.Rb3 Bc5 39.Rxf3 a5 40.Rc3 Bb4 41.Rc2 a4 42.Bd7 Ra8 43.Bc6 Ra7 44.Bd5 a3 45.Kg2 Bd6 46.Ba2 Kg7 47.Kf3 Be5 48.Ke4 Re7 49.Kf3 Bb2 50.Kf2 Bd4+ 51.Kf3 Re3+ 52.Kf4 Re1 53.Kg4 Ra1 54.Bb3 Rg1 55.Rc7 Rxg3+ 56.Kf4 Rxb3 *












 


(18) Yoshiharu,H (2386) - Kreiman,B (2526) [B88]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (3.2), 26.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.exd6 Qg5 17.Rf2 Rad8 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Rd1 Kh8 21.Qd2 Rg8 22.Qxg5 Rxg5 23.d7 Kg7 24.Rd6 Rc5 25.Rfd2 Bc6 26.R2d3 Kf8 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Bb7 29.c4 bxc4 30.Bxc4 Ke7 31.Rb6 Rxd7 32.Bd3 f5 33.Kf2 Be4 34.Ke3 Bxg2 35.Rxa6 Be4 36.Bxe4 fxe4 37.Kxe4 Rd2 38.c4 f5+ 39.Ke5 Re2+ 40.Kd4 f4 41.Ra7+ Kf6 42.Rxh7 f3 43.Kd3 e5 0-1












 


(19) Zaloznyy,M (2139) - Aradhyula,V (1996) [A25]
40th American Open 2004 Renaissance Hotel, LAX (3.13), 26.11.2004

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nd5 a5 5.Bg2 Nge7 6.a3 Bc5 7.Qa4 0-0 8.e3 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Ne7 10.b4 Bb6 11.Bb2 d6 12.Ne2 Bf5 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.d4 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1+ 16.Bxa1 Ra8 17.0-0 Qa4 18.Qb2 Bd3 19.dxe5 Qa2