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