41st American Open

(1) Casella,M - Cohen,E [C45] 41st American Open Los Angeles (1), 2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 Qh4 10.a3 Bc5 11.g3 Bxf2+ 12.Qxf2 Qe4+ 13.Kd1 Qxh1 14.Nd2 Nc3+ 15.Kc2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 17.Bd3 Qg4 18.Bf5 Qh5 19.h4 f6 20.exf6 0-0 21.Bb2 Qf7 22.Re1 Rfe8 23.fxg7 Re7 24.Qf3 Rae8 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qxf7 Rxf7 27.Rxe8 1-0

(2) Khachiyan,M - Pilnick,C [C18] 41st American Open Los Angeles (1), 24.11.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.Ne2 Qf7 10.dxc5 Nge7 11.Nd4 0-0 12.f4 a6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Rb1 Na5 15.Bd3 Rac8 16.0-0 Bc6 17.Rb4 Rfd8 18.Rfb1 Rd7 19.Qh3 Nc4 20.g4 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 g6 22.gxf5 Nxf5 23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Kf2 Kh8 25.Rg1 Rg8 26.Rbb1 Rdd8 27.Qh3 Rxg1 28.Rxg1 Rg8 29.Rxg8+ Kxg8 30.Qh6 Bd7 31.Ke3 Qe7 32.Kd2 Qxc5 33.Qg5+ Kf7 34.Qf6+ Ke8 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qxh7+ Kd8 37.Qg8+ Kc7 38.Qf7 Kc8 39.h4 1-0

(3) Lee,C - Wohl,A [A05] 41st American Open Los Angeles (1), 24.11.2005 1.Nf3 b5 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.a4 a6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.b3 Nd7 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.d4 b4 14.cxb4 Nxb4 15.Nc4 Bxe4 16.Nxd6 Bd5 17.Ne4 Rb8 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Rb1 Qf5 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 Qg6 22.Ba3 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 cxd4 24.Rc1 Nd3 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Rcc5 f6 27.Qxd3 Qxd3 28.Rxe6 Qxb3 29.Re7 Kh8 30.Rcc7 Rg8 31.h4 Qxa4 32.h5 h6 33.Rcd7 Qc6+ 34.Kg1 Rb8 0-1

(4) Manukyan,G - Cox,J [B52] 41st American Open Los Angeles (1), 24.11.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 a6 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.f4 0-0 11.g4 Nc5 12.Qf3 Rc8 13.g5 Ne8 14.Qg4 Nd7 15.Kh1 d5 16.exd5 Nb6 17.Rd1 exd5 18.Nf5 Bb4 19.Be3 Bc5 20.a5 1-0

(5) Pilnick,C - Hakobyan,S [A45] 41st American Open Los Angeles (1), 24.11.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 d5 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Nh3 Bd6 8.0-0 Bd7 9.Nf3 cxd4 10.exd4 0-0-0 11.Ne5 Be8 12.Qe2 h6 13.b4 Nd7 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bd2 Nb6 16.Nf2 Nc4 17.Ng4 Kb8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Be7 20.a4 f5 21.b5 Qd7 22.Rfb1 g5 23.b6 a6 24.Bxa6 bxa6 25.Qxa6 Qb7 26.Qd3 Rh7 27.a5 Bf8 28.a6 Qc6 29.Qc2 Rf7 30.Qa2 Rfd7 31.Qa5 Ka8 32.Rb3 Bf7 33.Rab1 Rb8 34.b7+ Ka7 35.Rb6 Qc7 36.Qb5 Qd8 37.Rc6 Be8 38.Rxe6 Rdxb7 39.Rxe8 Qxe8 40.axb7 Qxb5 41.Rxb5 Rxb7 42.Ra5+ Kb6 43.Rxd5 Kc6 44.Rd8 Ba3 45.e6 Rb2 46.Be1 Re2 47.Kf1 Rxe6 48.d5+ Kc7 49.Ra8 1-0

(6) Pleasants,A - Hansen,E [E61] 41st American Open Los Angeles (1), 24.11.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Qc7 8.h3 Rd8 9.e4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 d6 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Qe3 e6 13.Rac1 Ne5 14.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qe7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Ne4 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxf6 Qxf6 21.Nxf6+ Kg7 22.Ng4 e4 23.Rd1 f5 24.Ne3 Kf6 25.c5 Ke7 26.Nc4 Rb8 27.Nb6 e5 28.Bc4 f4 29.Rd5 1-0

(7) Alonso,F - Yanayt,E [A24] 41st American Open Los Angeles (2), 2005 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nh5 8.Ne1 c6 9.e3 f5 10.f4 Be6 11.Nf3 h6 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.b3 Rf7 14.Bb2 g5 15.d4 Nf8 16.d5 Bc8 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Nxe5 Rc7 19.Nxc6 Qe8 20.Nd4 Rb8 21.Nd5 Rf7 22.Rad1 Kh8 23.Rfe1 Bb7 24.Nb5 Rd8 25.Bxg7+ Nxg7 26.Nbc3 Nfe6 27.e4 Qf8 28.e5 gxf4 29.exd6 Qxd6 30.gxf4 Nh5 31.Qf2 Rg8 32.Kf1 Rfg7 33.Bf3 Nexf4 34.Bxh5 Nh3 35.Qd4 Qxh2 36.Rd2 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Ng1+ 38.Rxg1 Qxg1 39.Qxg1 Rxg1 40.Bf3 R1g5 41.Kf2 h5 42.Ne2 h4 43.Rd4 R8g6 44.Rxh4+ Kg7 45.Nef4 Rh6 46.Rxh6 Kxh6 47.b4 Bxd5 48.Nxd5 Kg7 49.c5 Kf7 50.a4 Ke8 51.b5 Kd8 52.a5 Rg6 53.c6 Rd6 54.Ke3 Re6+ 55.Kd4 Kc8 56.Kc5 Re1 57.Kd6 Kb8 58.c7+ Kc8 59.b6 axb6 60.Nxb6# 1-0

(8) Anchondo,F - De Silva,N [B72] 41st American Open Los Angeles (2), 2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.h3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Qe3 Rc8 16.f4 Nc4 17.Qe2 Na3 18.e5 Qxc3 19.Qd3 Ne4 20.Qxe4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Qd3 Qa1+ 23.Kd2 Qxd4 24.Qxd4 Rxd4+ 25.Ke3 Ra4 26.exd6 exd6 27.Rxd6 Bc6 28.Rg1 Rxa2 29.Rd2 Ra4 30.Rd4 Ra2 31.Rd2 Rb2 32.g4 a5 33.f5 Kg7 34.Rf1 g5 35.f6+ Kg6 36.Rf5 a4 37.h4 gxh4 38.Rd8 Rb5 39.Rg8+ Kh6 40.Rxb5 Bxb5 41.Kf4 a3 42.Rg7 a2 43.g5+ Kh5 44.Rxh7+ 1-0

(9) Del Pilar,R - Khachiyan,M [B31] 41st American Open Los Angeles (2), 24.11.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bb5 Bg7 5.0-0 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bg5 0-0 8.Qd2 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Bh6 f5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Ng5 Bg8 14.f4 h6 15.Nf3 fxe4 16.dxe4 exf4 17.Rad1 d5 18.Na4 Kh7 19.Nxc5 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bd5 22.Rfe1 Nf5 23.Qxf4 Qb8 24.Ne5 Ne7 25.Qg3 Rf5 26.Nf2 Qxb2 27.Neg4 Ng8 28.c4 Bxc4 29.Qc7+ Bf7 30.Rd7 Rf8 31.Ne4 Qb4 32.Re2 Qb5 33.Ng3 Kh8 34.Nxf5 Qxe2 35.Nfxh6 Nxh6 36.Nxh6 Qf1+ 37.Kh2 Kg7 38.Qe5+ Kxh6 39.Rd4 g5 40.h4 Bg6 41.Qxg5+ Kh7 42.h5 Bf5 43.Rd6 Kh8 44.Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

(10) Chase,P - Field,F [C63] 41st American Open Los Angeles (3), 25.11.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bxc6+ Bd7 10.Bxa8 Qxa8 11.Bg5 Qc6 12.0-0 Be7 13.dxe4 0-0 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.b3 Bc8 17.c4 Bb7 18.f3 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Qxe5 20.Re1 Qg5 21.Qd7 21...Rxf3 22.Rg1 Rf2 23.Qe6+ Kh8 24.Qh3 h6 25.Raf1 Rxa2 26.Rf8+ Kh7 27.Qg3 Qh5 28.Qxc7 Rxg2 29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Rxg2 Qe2 0-1

(11) Tatum,K - Sevillano,E [A65] 41st American Open Los Angeles (3), 2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.Nge2 0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.f3 Re8 12.Kh1 Ne5 13.Bc2 Rb8 14.b3 b5 15.Rb1 b4 16.Na2 a5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Ba6 19.Re1 Nh5 20.Qd2 Qf6 21.Nac1 21...Nxf3 22.gxf3 Qxf3+ 23.Kg1 Rxe4 24.Bxe4 Qxe4 25.Na2 Bxe2 26.Qxe2 Re8 27.Rbd1 Bd4 28.Bxd4 Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Rxe2 30.Nc3 Rb2 31.Nb5 cxd4 32.Rxd4 Rxb3 33.Nxd6 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 b3 35.Rc4 b2 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Rb8 Rh1 0-1

(12) Landaw,J - Saidy,A [B24] 41st American Open Los Angeles (4), 2005 [Hillery,John] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 Nge7 8.Nf3 Nd4 9.0-0 0-0 10.e5 Nef5 11.Bf2 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd4 13.Qd1 dxe5 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15.Ne4 f5 16.Nxc5 Qc7 17.b4 Bg7 18.c3 Nb5 19.Qb3 Nxc3 20.Rae1 Kh8 21.Nxe6 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Rad8 23.Kh1 Rxd3 24.Bc5 Rfd8 25.Re7 R3d7 26.Rxg7 Kxg7 27.Qxc3+ Kg8 28.Qc4+ Kg7 29.Bd5(+) 1-0

(13) Hanken,J - Djoric,Z [A36] 41st American Open Los Angeles (5), 26.11.2005 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e3 c5 6.Nge2 e6 7.Nf4 Nc6 8.0-0 d6 9.d3 Rb8 10.Rb1 a6 11.a3 Qc7 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 b5 14.Ba3 Rd8 15.Qe2 Nh5 16.Nxh5 Bxc3 17.Rfc1 Bxb4 18.Nf6+ Kg7 19.Bb2 Ne5 20.cxb5 Qa5 21.Ng4 Kg8 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Bxe5 Rxb5 24.Bc7 1-0

(14) Hansen,E - Vardanyan,G [B73] 41st American Open Los Angeles (5), 2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Kh1 Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxa7 Qa5 13.Bd4 Rb8 14.Rb1 Be6 15.f5 Bd7 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.Bc4 Bg4 18.Qd3 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Bb3 Ne5 21.Qg3 Rh8 22.Rf4 f5 23.exf5 g5 24.Rxg4 Rxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Rh8+ 26.Kg1 Qc5+ 27.Kf1 Nxg4 28.Qxg4 Qe3 29.f6+ exf6 30.Qd7+ Kg6 31.Bf7+ Kg7 32.Bc4+ Kg6 33.Bd3+ f5 34.Qxf5+ Kg7 35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Bc4+ Kh7 38.Qf7+ Kh6 39.Qe6+ 1-0

(15) Manukyan,G - Kreiman,B [A04] 41st American Open Los Angeles (5), 2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 Nge7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Re1 d6 9.Nf1 e5 10.c3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ne3 Nde7 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Be3 b6 15.Nfxe5 Be6 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Qa4 Rac8 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Nd6 Rc7 20.Nxf7 b5 21.Qxb5 Rb8 22.Qxc5 Bf8 23.Nh6+ Kg7 24.Qe3 Re8 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 26.Ng4 Bd6 27.Qh6+ 1-0

(16) Matikozyan,A - Pleasants,A [B06] 41st American Open Los Angeles (5), 2005 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.0-0 e6 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Qd2 h6 10.a4 a5 11.h3 Nf8 12.f4 f5 13.Rae1 d5 14.e5 c6 15.b3 Nd7 16.g4 Ba6 17.Rf3 Qc7 18.Bf2 b5 19.Ng3 b4 20.Nce2 c5 21.c3 Rb8 22.dxc5 bxc3 23.Rxc3 Nc6 24.Nd4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Qc6 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Nxf5 exf5 28.Rg3 Rh7 29.e6 Nxc5 30.Bxg7 Ne4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Be5 Rc8 33.Bd6 1-0

(17) Banawa,J - Stein,A [C69] 41st American Open Los Angeles (6), 27.11.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Nbc3 0-0-0 11.f3 Ne7 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Ne5 14.b3 c4 15.Rd2 Ba3 16.Rad1 Rhe8 17.Kf2 Bf8 18.Ng3 Be6 19.h3 Nf7 20.Nh5 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.g4 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 Bxc2 24.bxc4 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Ne5 26.c5 Nc6 27.f4 Re4 28.Rd5 Nb4 29.Rf5 Re8 30.Rf7 Nc2 31.Bc1 Bxc5+ 32.Kg3 Re1 33.Bb2 Re2 34.Bxg7 Ne1 35.Kh4 Nf3+ 36.Kg3 Re3 37.Kg2 Nh4+ 38.Kf1 Rxh3 39.Be5 Bb6 40.Nf6 Kb8 41.Rxh7 Rf3+ 42.Ke1 Re3+ 43.Kd1 Nf3 44.Re7 Re1+ 45.Kc2 Re2+ 46.Kd3 Rxa2 47.g5 Rg2 48.Nd7+ Ka7 49.Bf6 Nh4 50.Rh7 Ng6 51.f5 Rg3+ 52.Kc4 Rg4+ 53.Kd5 Nf4+ 54.Ke5 Be3 55.Ke4 Bc1 56.Kf3 Rg2 57.Rh1 Bd2 58.Rh4 Re2 59.Rxf4 Re3+ 60.Kg4 1-0

(18) Langer,M - Hansen,E [C06] 41st American Open Los Angeles (6), 26.11.2005 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.Nf4 Nxd4 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.exf6+ Nxf6 12.Ng6+ hxg6 13.Qxh8 Kf7 14.b3 e5 15.Bb2 Nc6 16.0-0-0 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.f4 e4 19.Bxe4 Qa5 20.Bc2 Nd4 21.Nf3 Nxf3 22.gxf3 Rc8 23.Kb1 23...Rxc2 24.Kxc2 Bf5+ 25.Rd3 Qc5+ 26.Kb1 Bxd3+ 27.Ka1 Nh5 28.Rc1 Qe7 29.Be5 Bf5 30.Rc7 Bd7 31.Rxb7 a5 32.Rb8 Qc5 33.Qxf8+ Qxf8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.a4 Ke7 36.Bc7 Ke6 37.Kb2 Kf5 38.Kc3 Nxf4 39.Bxa5 Ne6 40.Bb6 Kf4 41.a5 Bb5 42.Kb4 Ba6 43.Kc3 Kxf3 44.Ba7 Ke4 45.b4 d4+ 46.Kd2 Kd5 47.Bb8 Kc4 48.Bd6 Bb5 49.Kd1 Kd3 50.Be5 Kc3 0-1

(19) Polizoti,G - Pleasants,A [B06] 41st American Open Los Angeles (6), 26.11.2005 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nd7 8.Bc4 e6 9.Qg3 Nb6 10.Be2 Ne7 11.h4 h5 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Ne2 0-0-0 14.0-0 e5 15.a4 Kb8 16.a5 Nd7 17.f4 Rhf8 18.Qf2 Nc8 19.b4 Nf6 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Bc5 Ng4 22.Bxf8 Nxf2 23.Bxg7 Nxd3 24.cxd3 exf4 25.d4 Qe7 26.Be5+ Ka8 27.a6 bxa6 28.Rxa6 Kb7 29.Raa1 f6 30.Bxf4 Qxe4 31.Rfe1 Re8 32.Bg3 Qg4 33.Kf2 Nb6 34.Nf4 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 Nd5 36.Nxd5 cxd5 37.Re7+ Ka6 38.Bd6 Qxd4+ 39.Ke1 Kb5 0-1

(20) Wojtkiewicz,A - Taylor,T [A96] 41st American Open Los Angeles (6), 2005 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d4 e6 5.c4 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qd3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd5+ Kh8 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Be3 Bd3 15.Rfe1 Bf6 16.Nd2 a6 17.Ne4 Qxd5 18.cxd5 Na5 19.Bc5 Rfe8 20.d6 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 cxd6 22.Bxd6 Nc4 23.Bb4 a5 24.Bc5 Rac8 25.Ba7 Nd6 26.Bb6 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxc3 28.Bxa5 Rc2 29.a4 Ra8 30.Be1 Kg8 31.Rb1 Ra2 32.a5 Bd8 33.Bc3 Bxa5 34.Bxe5 b6 35.Bc7 Rf8 1/2-1/2

(21) Alonso,F - Cox,J [A30] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 27.11.2005 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.0-0 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Rb1 d5 9.a3 a5 10.b3 f5 11.Ne1 d4 12.Nc2 Qd6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 cxb4 15.Nb3 e5 16.Bd2 Be6 17.c5 Qc7 18.Nxb4 Nxb4 19.Bxb4 Ra4 20.Nxd4 Ra6 21.Nxe6 Rxe6 22.Qb3 Rff6 23.Bd2 h6 24.Rfc1 b6 25.c6 Kh7 26.Qxb6 Qxb6 27.Rxb6 e4 28.Rb7 exd3 29.exd3 Nxc6 30.Bc3 Ne5 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Rcc7 Re1+ 33.Bf1 Ra1 34.Rxg7+ Kh8 35.Rh7+ Kg8 36.Rbg7+ Kf8 37.Ra7 1-0

(22) Khachiyan,M - Wojtkiewicz,A [B55] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Nf5 d5 8.exd5 a6 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Ne3 b5 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.0-0 b4 13.Ne4 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Be3 1/2-1/2

(23) Manukyan,G - Sevillano,E [A04] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nbd2 Nge7 7.0-0 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.Re1 b6 10.Nf1 a5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ba6 13.a3 d5 14.e5 b5 15.Bf4 a4 16.Ne3 Na5 17.Ng4 Nb3 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Rb1 Ng8 20.Ng4 Rc8 21.h4 h6 22.Bf1 Qb6 23.h5 g5 24.Be3 Rc7 25.Bd3 b4 26.axb4 Rb8 27.Kg2 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Qb5 29.Qd1 Qxb4 30.Rh1 Qc4 31.Bxg5 hxg5 32.h6 Bf8 33.Nxg5 Qxd4 34.h7 Nh6 35.Nxh6 Bxh6 36.Rxh6 Qxe5 37.Qh5 Qf5 38.Re1 Nc5 39.Re5 Qxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Nd3+ 41.Kg2 Nxe5 42.Nxe6 1-0

(24) Mezentsev,V - Manukyan,G [B10] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 27.11.2005 1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.g3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.d4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Rad8 14.c3 e5 15.Qe2 Bd6 16.Bg5 Rde8 17.Qc4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nb6 19.Qb3 Be7 20.Be3 Rd8 21.Rac1 Qb8 22.Rfe1 Rd7 23.h4 Qd8 24.a4 Kh8 25.a5 Nd5 26.a6 bxa6 27.Rxc6 Nxe3 28.Qxe3 Bf6 29.d5 Bxb2 30.Rxa6 f5 31.f4 31...Qc7 32.Kh2 Bf6 33.Rc1 Qb7 34.Qd3 Rfd8 35.Re6 Qb2 36.Rc2 Qd4 37.Qxf5 Rf7 38.Re4 Qd1 39.Rc8 Rff8 40.Rxd8 Rxd8 41.Rc4 Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kf8 43.Rc7 1-0

(25) Pilnick,C - Stein,J [A45] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 27.11.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.Bd3 e6 4.f4 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nd2 Be7 7.Ngf3 a6 8.0-0 b5 9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Qf3 Bb7 11.Kh1 h5 12.f5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 d4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 0-0-0 17.exd4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rxd4 19.Qa8+ Qb8 20.Qxa6+ Qb7 21.Qxb7+ Kxb7 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Be3 Re4 24.Rf7 Rxe3 25.Rxe7+ Kc6 26.Rxe6+ Kd7 27.Rd6+ Ke7 28.Rd5 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.h4 Rxe5 31.Rd1+ Kc7 32.Rd2 g5 33.hxg5 Rxg5 34.Kh2 b4 35.Rd4 Rb5 36.b3 Kc6 37.Kg3 Ra5 38.Rxb4 Rxa2 39.Rd4 Ra5 40.b4 Rg5+ 41.Kh3 Kb5 42.g3 Re5 43.Kh4 Rf5 44.Rd8 Kxb4 45.Rh8 Kc4 46.Rxh5 Rf1 47.Re5 Kd4 48.Re8 Rg1 49.g4 Kd5 50.Kg5 Kd6 51.Kf5 Kd7 52.Re4 Rg2 53.g5 Rf2+ 54.Kg6 Rg2 55.Kf6 Kd6 56.Rd4+ Kc7 57.g6 Rf2+ 58.Kg7 Rg2 59.Kf7 Rf2+ 60.Kg8 Rg2 61.g7 Kc6 62.Rh4 1-0

(26) Pleasants,A - Liu,E [B24] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 27.11.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.a4 d6 7.Nh3 Nh6 8.Nf4 a6 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Re1 Nd4 13.Ncd5 e6 14.Ne3 e5 15.Nfd5 f5 16.c3 Ne6 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Qh5 f4 19.gxf4 Nxf4 20.Nxf4 Rxf4 21.Ng4 Rxg4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Qg5 Qc7 24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Qh4 1-0

(27) Taylor,T - Mezentsev,V [D04] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 27.11.2005 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.dxc5 e6 6.a3 Bxc5 7.b4 Be7 8.Bb2 0-0 9.c4 a6 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.Ng5 h6 15.h4 Rfc8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qh7+ Kf8 18.Nge4 Ke7 19.Nxf6 gxf6 20.Qxh6 Ne5 21.0-0 Rg8 22.e4 Rad8 23.Rc5 Qd6 24.Rfc1 Rd7 25.R1c2 Ng4 26.Bxg4 Rxg4 27.Qe3 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Rxe4 29.Nxe4 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qg4 31.Ng3 Qxh4+ 32.Kg1 Rd1+ 33.Nf1 Qd4 34.g3 Qa1 0-1

(28) Yanayt,E - Yermolinsky,A [B03] 41st American Open Los Angeles (7), 2005 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.exd6 cxd6 7.b3 e6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.a3 b6 14.b4 Bf6 15.Ne5 Bxe2 16.Nxc6 Bxd1 17.Nxd8 Bb3 18.Nc6 Ne7 19.Nxe7+ Bxe7 20.c6 Bc4 21.Rfe1 a6 22.Na4 Bd8 0-1

(29) Alonso,F - Iwamoto,T [A20] 41st American Open Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Rac1 Nxc3 12.bxc3 e4 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 exd3 15.e3 Be2 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bc6 Re6 18.Rfe1 Qf6 19.Bg2 Reb6 20.Rxc7 Qd8 21.Qc3 Qxc7 22.Qxc7 d2 23.Rf1 Bxf1 24.Bf3 Rb1 25.Bd1 Be2 26.Kg2 Bxd1 27.d5 Bg4 28.d6 d1Q 0-1

(30) Altounian,L - Wohl,A [D91] 41st American Open Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e3 0-0 10.b4 Bg4 11.Be2 a5 12.b5 Qd6 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Na4 Nxa4 16.Qxa4 Bd7 17.Rfc1 c6 18.Rab1 Rfc8 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Rc5 Qc7 21.Qd1 Bf8 22.Rc2 c5 23.Rcb2 c4 24.Rb7 Qd8 25.Ne5 Be6 26.Bg4 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Rc7 28.Qf3 c3 29.Nxf7 c2 30.Nxd8 Rxd8 31.g3 Ba3 32.Rc1 1-0

(31) Bruno,R - Pashayan,H [B10] 41st American Open Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.e4 c6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Nge2 Nd7 6.Bg2 Ne5 7.d4 Nxc4 8.a4 Nb6 9.a5 Nd7 10.0-0 e6 11.f4 Ne7 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Nf6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Nd4 d5 16.b4 0-0 17.Ba3 Bg4 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.Na4 Qd7 20.Rac1 Rfe8 21.Nb3 Bf5 22.Qf3 Bh3 23.Nac5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 Qc8 26.g4 f5 27.g5 d4 28.Rfe1 Nd5 29.Kg3 h5 30.b5 Qc7 31.bxc6 Nc3 32.Bb4 Rac8 33.Bxc3 dxc3 34.Qd5+ Kh7 35.Nd7 Rxe1 36.Rxe1 h4+ 37.Kf3 Qxc6 38.Qxc6 Rxc6 39.Rc1 c2 40.Nf6+ Bxf6 41.gxf6 Kg8 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.Kd2 Kxf6 44.h3 Rc4 45.Kd3 Rc7 46.Kd2 Rc5 47.a6 Rc6 48.Ke3 Ke6 49.Kd4 Kd6 50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Kd3 Rc4 52.Ke3 Rc3+ 53.Kd2 Kc4 54.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 55.Kxc2 Kb5 56.Kc3 Kxa6 0-1

(32) De Guzman,R - Kreiman,B [D02] 41st American Open Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nbd2 c6 7.c3 Na6 8.e3 Bf5 9.Re1 Qc8 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Nb3 Bg4 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Rec1 Qf5 14.h3 Bxh3 15.Bxh3 Qxh3 16.Qf1 Qf5 17.Kg2 Bf6 18.Qh1 h5 19.Be1 c5 20.Qh3 Qxh3+ 21.Kxh3 c4 22.Nbd2 Nd6 23.b3 b5 24.Kg2 Nc7 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Kf1 e6 27.Rab1 Rab8 28.Ng1 g5 29.f3 g4 30.f4 Be7 31.Ne2 Kg7 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 0-1

(33) Del Pilar,R - Abrahamyan,T [C19] 41st American Open Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.0-0 c4 11.a4 f6 12.Ba3 Ng6 13.Rfb1 Nd8 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Qh6 Nc6 16.Rxb7 Qxc3 17.Qc1 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Rab1 Nf4 20.Bf1 e5 21.g3 Qe4 22.Qb2 c3 23.Qb5 Nh3+ 24.Bxh3 Bxb5 25.R1xb5 Qe1+ 26.Bf1 Qd1 27.Re7+ Kd8 28.Rbb7 e4 29.Bb4 a5 30.Bc5 Qh5 31.Be2 Qe5 32.Bb6+ Kc8 33.Bg4+ f5 34.Rbc7+ Kb8 35.Rxe5 Ra6 36.Ree7 Rxb6 37.Bxf5 Rb4 38.Be6 d4 39.Bd5 d3 40.Ra7 1-0

(34) Yermolinsky,A - Manukyan,G [D36] 41st American Open Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.Nf3 c6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.0-0-0 Be6 14.Kb1 Rec8 15.g4 b5 16.Ne5 a6 17.g5 N6d7 18.f4 c5 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Qf2 b4 22.Ne2 Bf5 23.Nd4 Bxd3+ 24.Rxd3 Qe7 25.Qf3 a5 26.Rhd1 a4 27.Nf5 Qc7 28.Rxd5 Rc8 29.Rxc5 Qxc5 30.Qe4 Ne6 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Rd5 Qc6 33.Nf5 Rd7 34.Rd4 Qb5 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Qa8+ Nf8 37.Qd5 Qc7 38.Qd4 Ne6 39.Qxb4 Qd7 40.Nd4 Nc7 41.Qb8+ Ne8 42.a3 h6 43.gxh6 gxh6 44.Qb5 Qe7 45.Qe5 Qd7 46.h4 Nd6 47.f5 Qd8 48.f6 Ne8 49.Qe7 Qa8 50.e4 Nxf6 51.Qxf6 Qxe4+ 52.Kc1 Qe1+ 53.Kc2 Qe4+ 54.Kd2 Qg2+ 55.Kc3 1-0

(35) Banawa,J - Mezentsev,V [E20] 41st American Open G/60 Los Angeles (2), 25.11.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5 8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 0-0 10.Be2 Ne8 11.Nf3 Nd6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.Bf4 Re8 14.Bd3 g6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 f5 17.Rae1 Nd7 18.Qg3 Bh4 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.Qf3 Nf8 21.g4 fxg4 22.hxg4 Bf6 23.Bh6 Qe7 24.d6 Qxd6 25.g5 Bd4+ 26.Kg2 Ng7 27.Qf7+ Kh8 28.Ne4 Qd8 29.Nf6 Nfe6 30.Bxg7+ Nxg7 31.Rh1 Bxf6 32.gxf6 Qg8 33.Qxg6 1-0

(36) Kavutskiy,K - Pickering,A [B22] 41st American Open G/60 U1800, (4), 25.11.2005 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.h3 Bb7 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Nd2 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.f4 Qd7 16.g4 e5 17.f5 d5 18.Ba4 Qd6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Bd4 Qb8 22.e5 Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Qe1 Bb5 25.f6 Bc5 26.fxg7 Rfd8 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Qf2 Qc7 29.e6 fxe6 30.Qf8+ 1-0

(37) Binnix,D - Luchetta,R [D02] 41st American Open U1600 Los Angeles (5), 26.11.2005 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 g6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.h3 Bc8 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bd3 Nd5 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Qd2 h6 15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Be5 Nf6 17.0-0-0 h5 18.g4 hxg4 19.hxg4 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Bxg4 21.Qf4 Bh5 22.Re1 Kf8 23.Nd2 c5 24.Ne4 cxd4 25.Bxd4 Nxe4 26.Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.Bxe4 Rb8 28.f3 b6 29.Qg3 e6 30.Rh1 Kh6 31.Kb1 f5 32.Qf4+ g5 33.Qh2 Qe8 34.Bc6 Qg6 35.Qxb8 g4 36.Be8 1-0

(38) He,S - Klein,A [B45] 41st American Open U1600 Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Qa5 9.Qd4 Ne4 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Kxd2 Qd5 12.Qxd5 cxd5 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4 Bb6 15.f4 d6 16.exd6 Kd7 17.Bb5+ Kxd6 18.Rad1 a5 19.Na4 Ba7 20.c4 axb4 21.axb4 dxc4 22.Kc3+ Ke7 23.Kxc4 Kf6 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Kxc5 Bb7 26.Bc6 Bxc6 27.Kxc6 Rab8 28.Rb1 Rhc8+ 29.Kd6 Rc4 30.b5 Rd8# 0-1

(39) Samuelian,A - Heussenstamm,N [C50] 41st American Open U1600 Los Angeles (8), 27.11.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d3 Be7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.Nf1 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Ng3 Na5 10.Bb5 a6 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bc2 Bf6 13.0-0 c5 14.Re1 Nc6 15.Nh5 Bb7 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bg5 Qd6 18.Bh4 Nf4 19.Bg3 Rfe8 20.Qd2 Qf6 21.Qe3 Re6 22.Qxc5 Nh3+ 23.Kf1 Rae8 24.Qe3 Qf5 25.Nh4 Qg4 26.Bd1 Qg5 27.gxh3 Qd8 28.Bf3 Qd7 29.Bg4 Qd5 30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.Nf3 32...Nd4 33.Nxe5 Rxe5 34.Qxe5 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

(40) Bashi,P - Zalecki,C [B50] 41st American Open U1800 Los Angeles (5), 2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.Bg5 Bg7 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Rc1 b5 9.0-0 a5 10.a3 a4 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Nf1 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.h3 Nf4 16.Ne3 e6 17.Bf1 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.b4 Ne5 20.bxc5 Nxh3+ 21.Kh2 f4 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.gxh3 fxe3 24.Bxe5 Rxf2+ 25.Kg1 dxe5 26.Rxe3 Qf6 27.d4 Qf4 0-1

(41) Slupik,S - Jeffreys,M [D10] 41st American Open U1800 Los Angeles (6), 26.11.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 e6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Nd2 Rfc8 14.Na4 Nd7 15.Nb3 Rc7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Nc3 Qb4 18.Rc2 Na5 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.Rfc1 b5 21.b4 Qxb4 22.Nxd5 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Qb1+ 24.Qf1 Qxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Rxc2 26.Ke1 exd5 0-1

(42) Anderson,J - Engler,R [B23] 41st American Open U2000 Los Angeles (3), 25.11.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 a6 6.a4 Nf6 7.d3 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Ba2 Bg4 10.0-0 Be7 11.Qd2 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 0-0 13.Ne2 b5 14.b3 d4 15.Ng3 Qd5 16.b4 c4 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 d3 19.Rxd3 cxd3 20.Qxe7 Qd4+ 0-1

(43) Kiplinger,W - Luke,G [A00] 41st American Open U2000 Los Angeles (5), 26.11.2005 1.b4 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c4 Na6 8.b5 Nc5 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qc2 axb5 11.cxb5 Ra5 12.d4 Nce4 13.Nd2 Qa8 14.f3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bh6 16.Bc4 Nd5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rfc1 18...Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qxf3 20.Re1 c6 21.Qg2 Bxe3+ 0-1

(44) MacKinnon,K - Henderson,R [C42] 41st American Open U2000 Los Angeles (7), 27.11.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c3 0-0 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Rxe4 f5 12.Re1 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Qf6 14.Qb3+ Kh8 15.Qxb7 Rab8 16.Qa6 Nxd4 17.Qd3 Ne6 18.b3 Rbd8 19.Qc2 Nc5 20.Bb2 Nd3 21.Rf1 Rfe8 22.Rab1 Re2 23.Nd4 Qh6 24.g3 Rxd2 25.Bc1 Rxc2 26.Bxh6 Rxa2 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Ne6+ Kf6 29.Nxd8 Bf3 30.Ra1 Rc2 31.Rxa7 Nxf2 32.Rfa1 Ng4 33.R7a6 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Ne3+ 0-1