42nd Annual American Open

(1) Conrad,B - O'Brien,M [B07] American Open Los Angeles (1), 23.11.2006 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.h3 c6 6.Qd2 0-0 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nc5 13.Ng5 Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Re8 15.0-0 e6 16.Nce4 1-0

(2) Gallegos,P - Khachiyan,M [B21] American Open Los Angeles (1), 24.11.2006 1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.d4 Qb6 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.b4 Qb6 9.Qxd5 f6 10.Na3 Bg4 11.Bb5 1/2-1/2

(3) Hakobyan,S - Mulyar,M [C18] American Open Los Angeles (1), 23.11.2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Qa5 13.Qd2 Nbc6 14.Nf3 Nf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.0-0 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Bd7 19.Rab1 b6 20.c3 e5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rxe5 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 1/2-1/2

(4) Iwamoto,T - Yermolinsky,A [A50] American Open Los Angeles (1), 23.11.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bd2 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7 9.0-0-0 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.e3 a5 12.h3 Re8 13.g4 Nd7 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Ne4 Nb4 16.axb4 axb4 17.Bg2 Ra1+ 18.Kd2 b3 19.Rxa1 bxc2 20.Kxc2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Be6 22.b3 b6 23.Rhd1 Qh4 24.Rd2 Qxh3 25.Rh1 Qxg4 26.f3 Qg5 27.Bc6 Rb8 28.f4 exf4 29.Rg2 Bg4 0-1

(5) Pahud,C - Bradford,J [C01] American Open Los Angeles (1), 23.11.2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nce2 Nf6 8.c3 0-0 9.Ng3 Re8 10.N1e2 Bf8 11.f3 a5 12.a4 b6 13.0-0 Nb8 14.Nf5 c5 15.Bg5 Nbd7 16.Bb5 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Re1 Qc7 19.Qd2 Raa8 20.Bh4 h6 21.Kh1 Qc6 22.b3 c4 23.bxc4 Qxc4 24.Bg3 Qc6 25.Ne3 Rac8 26.Reb1 Qe6 27.Bf2 Bd6 28.Rb5 g6 29.Re1 Bc7 30.Bg1 h5 31.Qa2 Kg7 32.Nxd5 h4 33.c4 Nxd5 34.Rxd5 h3 35.Qd2 hxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Nf6 37.Nf4 Qxe1 0-1

(6) Rogers,I - Brownell,L [C11] American Open Los Angeles (1), 23.11.2006 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 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rae1 Rae8 14.Kh1 a6 15.Bg3 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bc6 17.f4 Qf7 18.a3 Qh5 19.b4 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 Bb6 21.Bd4 Bc7 22.Kg1 Nd7 23.c3 e5 24.fxe5 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Nxe5 26.Nf4 Nxd3 27.Nxd3 Bb5 28.Rd1 Bxd3 29.Rxd3 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Ra1 31.h3 Rxa3 32.Re3 Ra2+ 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Rf3+ Kg6 35.Re3 Ra1+ 36.Ke2 Ra2+ 37.Kf1 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

(7) Sharavdorj,D - Chen,F [D37] American Open Los Angeles (1), 23.11.2006 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0-0 c5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Qf3 cxd4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.exd4 Re8 14.Nb5 Rf8 15.Bc7 Qe8 16.Nd6 Qd7 17.Nf5 Ne4 18.Rac1 Rfe8 19.Be5 f6 20.Qg4 Bf8 21.Bxe4 fxe5 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Qxd7 Bxd7 24.Nf7+ Kg8 25.Bxd5 1-0

(8) Taylor,T - Medina Beltran,J [A80] American Open Los Angeles (1), 23.11.2006 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.g4 Bd7 9.gxf5 gxf5 10.Rg1 Qe7 11.c3 0-0-0 12.Qa4 Kb8 13.Qa3 Rhg8 14.0-0-0 Bh8 15.Bb3 Rxg1 16.Rxg1 Re8 17.Nc4 Ne4 18.Bc2 Bf6 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Nxd6 exf3 21.Nxe8 Qxe8 22.Rg3 Be7 23.Qb3 Qh5 24.Rg8+ Bd8 25.Qc4 Kc8 26.Qf1 e5 27.dxe5 Qf7 28.Bg3 Qxa2 29.Qd3 Na5 30.Rg7 Nb3+ 31.Kd1 Qa1+ 32.Kc2 Ba4 33.Rxc7+ 1/2-1/2

(9) Adamson,R - Zhong,M [C18] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Qa5 13.Bd2 Nbc6 14.Nf3 Qc7 15.dxc5 Rf8 16.Nd4 Qe5+ 17.Be3 Nf5 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.0-0 f4 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Bd4 Qg5 22.Re1 Rf5 23.h4 Qxh4 24.Re5 Rxe5 25.Bxe5 Qg5 26.Qd4 f3 27.Bg3 Ba6 28.Re1 Be2 29.gxf3 Bxf3 30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Bg4 32.c4 dxc4 33.Re4 Bf5 34.Rxc4 Rd8 35.Bd6 Kf7 36.Ra4 Rd7 37.f3 Bxc2 38.Ra6 Bb3 39.Kf2 Bd5 40.Bb8 Rb7 41.Rxa7 1/2-1/2

(10) Alonso,F - Zaloznyy,M [A14] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.a3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qd5 9.Qxd5 exd5 10.d3 Na5 11.Nbd2 c5 12.b3 b5 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Bh3 Rc6 16.Ne5 Rb6 17.e3 Rd8 18.f4 Ra6 19.g4 c4 20.g5 Ne8 21.b4 Nc6 22.Ndf3 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Bc8 24.Bg2 f6 25.dxc4 fxe5 26.Bxd5+ Be6 27.cxb5 Rad6 28.Bxe6+ Rxe6 29.Bxe5 Bxg5 30.Bd4 Bf6 31.Bxa7 Bb2 32.Rc6 Re7 33.Bc5 Rb7 34.a4 Ra8 35.Ra6 Rd8 36.b6 Nf6 37.Ra7 Rxa7 38.bxa7 Nd7 39.Rd1 Kf7 40.Rxd7+ Rxd7 41.a8Q Rd1+ 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 h5 44.Qf8+ Kg6 45.Qd6+ Rxd6 46.Bxd6 Bc1 47.Kf3 1-0

(11) Aradhyula,V - Taylor,T [A84] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 f5 5.0-0 Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 Qe8 9.Re1 Qh5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Nd2 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nc6 13.e3 Qh6 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Ne4 16.Qc2 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 Qxg3 19.Ke2 Qg4+ 20.Kd3 f4 21.Qd1 Qg6+ 22.e4 d5 23.Qf3 Rad8 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Kc2 dxe4 26.Qxe4 Nxd4+ 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.Qxg6 hxg6 29.Nf3 Rd5 30.Re5 Rxe5 31.Nxe5 g5 32.Rf1 Rf5 33.Nf3 Kf7 34.Nxg5+ Kf6 35.Ne4+ Ke5 36.Kd3 Rh5 37.Nf2 g5 38.Rc1 c5 39.Ke2 Rh2 40.Kf3 Kf5 41.Rg1 g4+ 42.Nxg4 Rh3+ 43.Kf2 Rxb3 44.Nh6+ Ke4 45.Re1+ Kd3 46.Rh1 c4 47.Nf5 Rb2+ 48.Kf3 c3 49.Kxf4 Rf2+ 50.Ke5 c2 51.Nd6 Rh2 52.Rg1 Rh5+ 53.Kf6 Rc5 54.Rg3+ Ke2 55.Rg2+ Kf3 56.Rxc2 Rxc2 57.Nb5 Ra2 58.Nxa7 Rxa3 59.Nb5 Ra5 60.Nc7 Rc5 61.Na6 Ke4 62.Ke6 Kd4 63.Nb4 Kc3 64.Na6 Kc4 65.Nb8 Rh5 66.Na6 Rb5 0-1

(12) Bradford,J - Yanayt,E [E97] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Ne8 10.Qb3 f5 11.c5 h6 12.a4 Kh8 13.Nd2 f4 14.Nb5 Rg8 15.Bb2 Bf8 16.Rac1 g5 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Nc4 Qd8 20.Nxe5 Kh7 21.Nf7 Qb6 22.d6 Nc6 23.Rfd1 Bd7 24.e5 Bf5 25.b5 Rg6 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Nd8 28.Nh8 Kxh8 29.Qxg6 Ng7 30.e6 1-0

(13) Kraai,J - Aigner,M [A80] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.Nf3 f5 2.b3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bb2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bc4 c6 7.a4 Ne4 8.0-0 Na6 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Nc7 11.Rfe1 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.e4 f4 14.c4 0-0 15.b4 Nc7 16.d5 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 e5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.c5 Rb8 20.Rad1 d5 21.b5 Re8 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Rxe5 Qf6 24.Rdxd5 1-0

(14) Lau,R - Rogers,I [B35] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 f5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Nxc8 Rdxc8 16.Rb1 fxe4 17.fxe4 Rb4 18.0-0 Rxe4 19.Rfe1 Ra4 20.a3 Rb8 21.c3 Rb5 22.Kf2 Kf7 23.Ke2 Rh4 24.h3 a4 25.Kd3 Bf6 26.Bf2 Rd5+ 27.Kc2 Rc4 28.Re2 Rg5 29.Bg1 h5 30.Rf1 Rh4 31.Rfe1 Rf5 32.Re4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Rf1 34.Bb6 Rh1 35.Rxa4 Rh2 36.Kb3 Rxg2 37.Re4 Bg5 38.Re1 Bh4 39.Rf1+ Ke8 40.a4 Rg5 41.Kc4 Bg3 42.b4 Kd7 43.Rf8 Bc7 44.Bc5 Bd6 45.Bb6 Bc7 46.Bd4 Be5 47.a5 1/2-1/2

(15) Yermolinsky,A - Casella,M [E97] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.bxa5 c5 11.a4 Nh5 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bf1 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Rb1 Qc8 16.Qb3 Ra7 17.Bd2 Rd8 18.Qb6 Qb8 19.a6 Be8 20.axb7 1-0

(16) del Pilar,R - Sharavdorj,D [C19] American Open Los Angeles (2), 23.11.2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Ng5 Ng6 12.Qh5 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qc3 14.Be3 Nc7 15.Rab1 h6 16.Rb3 Qxc2 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.Rbb1 Qf5 19.Qe2 h5 20.Rbc1 Rhc8 21.f3 Ne7 22.h4 Kg8 23.Bg5 Qf7 24.g4 Ne8 25.Qa6 Nc6 26.gxh5 Rc7 27.Qa4 b5 28.Qd1 Qxh5 29.Rc2 Rac8 30.Rg2 Ne7 31.Qd3 Nf5 32.Rg4 Rc3 33.Qxb5 Rxf3 34.Rf4 Rg3+ 35.Kh1 Rxg5 36.Qd7 Ng3+ 37.Kg2 Nxf1+ 38.hxg5 Qh2+ 0-1

(17) Bradford,J - Kraai,J [A04] American Open Los Angeles (3), 24.11.2006 1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Re1 c5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Rb1 d5 10.b4 cxb4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.axb4 e5 14.d3 Nd4 15.Bb2 Rfc8 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nh4 Qd7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Nf3 1/2-1/2

(18) Pruess,D - Brownell,L [C15] American Open Los Angeles (3), 25.11.2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne7 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Nf3 Nbc6 9.0-0 Qxc3 10.Rb1 Qxc5 11.Re1 d4 12.Rb5 Qd6 13.e5 Qc7 14.Ng5 a6 15.Rc5 b6 16.Rxc6 Nxc6 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qf3 Bb7 19.Qf6 Rg8 20.Nxh7 Ne7 21.Bg5 Nd5 22.Qf3 Rg7 23.Nf6+ Nxf6 24.Qxf6 Rh7 25.Rb1 b5 26.Rb4 Bd5 27.Rxd4 Qc5 28.h4 Kd7 29.Rb4 Qf8 30.c4 bxc4 31.Bxc4 a5 32.Bxd5 axb4 33.Bxa8 Qxa8 34.Qe7+ Kc8 35.Qf8+ Kb7 36.Qxb4+ Kc7 37.Qd6+ Kb7 38.Qd7+ Kb8 39.Be7 Qb7 40.Bd6+ Ka7 41.Qa4+ Kb6 42.Qd4+ Kc6 43.Qe4+ Kb6 44.Bc5+ Kc7 45.Bd6+ Kb6 46.Qd4+ Kc6 47.a4 Rh8 48.Qe4+ Kb6 49.Qb4+ Kc6 50.Qc4+ Kd7 51.Qf4 Kc6 52.Kh2 Ra8 53.g4 Ra5 54.h5 gxh5 55.gxh5 Qa7 56.Qf3+ Kb6 57.h6 Rxa4 58.Qe3+ Kc6 59.Qxa7 Rxa7 60.Bf8 f5 61.exf6 Ra5 62.Bg7 1-0

(19) Sharavdorj,D - Yermolinsky,A [E12] American Open Los Angeles (3), 24.11.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e4 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 Qc8 12.Qa2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qe2 Qb7 16.Bb2 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.h4 Nb8 19.h5 h6 20.Ne5 Nd7 21.Ng4 Nf6 22.d5 exd5 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Qg4+ Kh8 26.Qf4 Kg7 27.Qg4+ Kh8 28.Qf5 Qe7 29.exd5 Qe5 30.Qf3 Rd6 31.Rd3 Rg8 32.Rfd1 Rg5 33.Re3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

(20) Taylor,T - Higgins,S [B14] American Open Los Angeles (3), 24.11.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3