43rd Annual American Open

(1) Aradhyula,V (2129) - Kretchetov,A (2320) [E91] American Open Los Angeles (1), 22.11.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Ng1 Bxe2 9.Ngxe2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Rc1 a6 12.b3 Qa5 13.d5 Na7 14.Qd2 Rfe8 15.Bh6 Bh8 16.f4 b5 17.f5 bxc4 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.bxc4 Ne5 20.Qg5 Qd8 21.Nf4 Qd7 22.h3 Bf6 23.Qg3 Kh7 24.Bg5 Bg7 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Rf8 27.Ne2 Rab8 28.Rf4 Kg8 29.Rh4 Rb2 30.Bh6 Bf6 31.Rg4 Rfb8 32.Nf4 Be5 33.Qf3 Qe8 34.Nd3 Bd4+ 35.Be3 Bxe3+ 36.Qxe3 Rb1 37.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 38.Kh2 e5 39.Rh4 Qd8 40.Qh6 Qf6 41.Nf2 Rf1 42.Ng4 Qf4+ 43.Qxf4 Rxf4 44.g3 Rf3 45.Kg2 Ra3 46.Nh6+ Kg7 47.Nxf7 Rxa2+ 48.Kf3 Ra3+ 49.Kf2 Kxf7 50.Rh7+ Kf6 51.Rxa7 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

(2) Haessel,D (2152) - Landaw,J (2250) [A56] American Open Los Angeles (1), 22.11.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bg2 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Ne1 Nh5 11.Be3 Qc8 12.Nb5 Bxb5 13.cxb5 Qe8 14.a4 f5 15.Nd3 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bg2 a6 18.bxa6 Nxa6 19.b4 e4 20.b5 Nc7 21.Nf4 Qe5 22.Bh3 Nfxd5 23.Ra3 Nxe3 24.Rxe3 b6 25.Qb3+ d5 26.Rd1 c4 27.Qc2 Kh8 28.f3 Bh6 29.fxe4 Bxf4 30.gxf4 Rxf4 31.Bg2 d4 32.Rg3 Qc5 33.Qd2 Ne6 34.e5 d3+ 35.Kh1 Rxa4 36.Bh3 Rf2 37.Qh6 Qxe5 38.Bg2 Ra1 0-1

(3) Ruggiero,P (2018) - Tredinnick,M (2168) [A14] American Open Los Angeles (1), 22.11.2007 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 dxc4 7.bxc4 e5 8.Bb2 e4 9.Ng5 Bf5 10.d3 exd3 11.Bxb7 dxe2 12.Qxe2 Bd3 13.Qf3 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nbd7 15.Bxa8 Qxa8 16.Nd2 Qxf3 17.Ngxf3 Rb8 18.Rb1 Kf8 19.Bc3 Rxb1+ 20.Nxb1 Ne4 21.Bd4 Bc5 22.Ke2 a6 23.Nbd2 Bxd4 24.Nxd4 Nc3+ 25.Kd3 Nxa2 26.Nc6 a5 27.Nxa5 Nb4+ 28.Kc3 Na6 29.Nc6 Nab8 30.Nxb8 Nxb8 31.Kd4 Ke7 32.Kd5 Kd7 33.Nf3 f6 34.Kc5 Nc6 35.g4 g6 36.h4 h6 37.g5 fxg5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Nxg5 Ne5 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.Kd4 1/2-1/2

(4) Simms,G (2165) - Bhat,V (2483) [A07] American Open Los Angeles (1), 22.11.2007 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.d3 Nd7 5.Nbd2 e5 6.0-0 Bd6 7.e4 Ne7 8.h3 Bh5 9.c3 f6 10.a3 a5 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Bf7 13.d4 Qb6 14.exd5 cxd5 15.dxe5 fxe5 16.c4 e4 17.Bd4 Qc7 18.Ng5 Nf5 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Be3 d4 21.Bxe4 dxe3 22.fxe3 Nxe3 23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Qh5 Nf6 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Bg6+ Rh7 27.Bxh7 Qxh7 28.Qf3 Qf5 29.Qxb7 Rg8 0-1

(5) Taylor,T (2322) - Young,G (2194) [A80] American Open Los Angeles (1), 22.11.2007 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ exf6 7.Be3 d5 8.h4 Bf5 9.g4 Be6 10.Nh3 Qe7 11.Nf4 Bf7 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.0-0-0 0-0-0 14.Qa5 Kb8 15.Nxd5 Qe4 16.Qxc7+ Ka8 17.Nc3 Qxh1 18.Bb5 Qxh4 19.Bxd7 Bh6 20.Nb5 Bd5 21.Qc5 Bxe3+ 22.fxe3 b6 23.Qxd5+ Kb8 24.Qd6+ Kb7 25.Qc7+ Ka6 26.Qxa7# 1-0

(6) Yermolinsky,A (2512) - Hanken,J (1944) [B06] American Open Los Angeles (1), 22.11.2007 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 b5 5.Nf3 b4 6.Na4 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.a3 a5 9.c4 Nc7 10.Nb6 Ra6 11.c5 Nb5 12.a4 Nc7 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.Bxa6 Nbxa6 15.Be3 Nd5 16.0-0 Nac7 17.Qd2 h6 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.Qd3 Kg8 20.h4 Qe8 21.Nd2 f5 22.Nc4 Qa8 23.h5 f4 24.Qxg6 fxe3 25.fxe3 Qe8 26.Qxe8+ Nxe8 27.Rf1 Bf8 28.Rf3 Ndc7 29.Nxa5 Ne6 30.Nc4 Ng5 31.Rff1 d6 32.a5 dxc5 33.a6 Nc7 34.a7 cxd4 35.exd4 Na8 36.Ra6 c5 37.Nb6 Nc7 38.a8Q Nxa8 39.Rxa8 1-0

(7) Bhat,V (2483) - Rubsamen,C (2172) [E94] American Open Los Angeles (2), 22.11.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 Nf6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd2 c6 14.Bg3 Qe7 15.a3 Nc7 16.b4 a5 17.c5 Rd8 18.Qc2 Nfe8 19.Nc4 axb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Ne6 22.Bf1 Nd4 23.Qb2 h5 24.h3 h4 25.Bh2 Qg5 26.Kh1 Be6 27.Na5 Bc8 28.Nc4 Be6 29.Na5 Bc8 30.b5 Qe7 31.bxc6 bxc6 32.Qb6 Be6 33.Ba6 Qc7 34.Bb7 Bd7 35.Na4 Rb8 36.Rd1 Bc8 37.Rxd4 Rxb7 38.Nxb7 Qxb6 39.cxb6 exd4 40.Nbc5 Nf6 41.Kg1 Kf8 42.Kf1 Ke7 43.Ke2 g5 44.Kd3 g4 45.b7 Bxb7 46.Nxb7 gxh3 47.gxh3 Nd7 48.Nac5 Be5 49.f4 1-0

(8) Iwamoto,T (2309) - Yermolinsky,A (2512) [A30] American Open Los Angeles (2), 22.11.2007 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 a6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.f4 0-0 13.Rc1 h5 14.h3 Rac8 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nh7 18.Qxh5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nxe5 20.Nd5 exd5 21.Bf4 Bf6 22.cxd5 Qd7 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 0-1

(9) Khachiyan,M (2506) - Hansen,E (2132) [B43] American Open Los Angeles (2), 22.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.Be3 0-0 12.a4 b6 13.a5 b5 14.e5 Bb7 15.exf6 Bxf3 16.fxe7 Rfe8 17.Rxf3 Rxe7 18.f5 d5 19.Rg3 Qd6 20.Rf1 g6 21.Bg5 Ree8 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Bh6 Rac8 24.Nd1 e5 25.c3 b4 26.Bb1 bxc3 27.Nxc3 e4 28.Ba2 Ne5 29.Nd2 Kh8 30.Nxd5 Qc5+ 31.Be3 Qxa5 32.Bb3 Rf8 33.Bd4 Rxf1+ 34.Nxf1 Re8 35.Rg5 Kg7 36.Bxe5+ 1-0

(10) Kretchetov,A (2320) - Small,G (2255) [B44] American Open Los Angeles (2), 22.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 e5 9.a3 Bc5 10.Qg3 d6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Rb8 13.b4 Bd4 14.Bh6 Ne8 15.Rac1 Kh8 16.Bd2 Nf6 17.Qh4 Ng8 18.Qg3 Nf6 19.Bd3 h6 20.Ne2 c5 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.c5 dxc5 23.Qxe5 Bb7 24.f3 cxb4 25.Bxb4 Re8 26.Qc7 Kg8 27.Rfd1 Re6 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Rc7 Ba6 30.Bxa6 Rxa6 31.Rc4 Nh7 32.Rdxd4 Ra8 33.Rc7 Ng5 34.Rdc4 Ne6 35.Rc8+ Rxc8 36.Rxc8+ Kh7 37.Kf2 Nf4 38.Rc3 Ne6 39.Ke3 Kg6 40.f4 f5 41.g4 1-0

(11) Adamson,R (2309) - Khachiyan,M (2506) [B83] American Open Los Angeles (3), 23.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.Kh1 e5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qc8 12.g4 Nd4 13.g5 Qc6+ 14.Bf3 Nxf3 15.Qxf3 Nd7 16.Be3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne5 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Ne4 f6 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Rad1 Rfd8 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Kg2 c5 25.Kf3 c4 26.Rb1 1/2-1/2

(12) Landaw,J (2250) - Miller,I (2050) [B25] American Open Los Angeles (3), 23.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.Rab1 b6 12.Ne2 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 d5 14.e5 d4 15.Bd2 Nd5 16.c4 dxc3 17.bxc3 Bb7 18.Ng5 Qc7 19.Qg4 Rfd8 20.Qh3 h6 21.Ne4 c4 22.d4 Bc6 23.g4 Qe7 24.f5 exf5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Qxf5 Qe6 27.Nd6 Qxf5 28.Rxf5 f6 29.Nxc4 Ne7 30.Rf2 fxe5 31.Re1 Bd5 32.Nxe5 Bxa2 33.Ra1 Bd5 34.Rxa7 Bxg2 35.Rxg2 Kf8 36.Ng6+ Nxg6 37.Rxg6 Bxd4+ 38.cxd4 Rxd4 39.Bxh6+ Ke8 40.Rg8# 1-0

(13) Taylor,T (2322) - Kretchetov,A (2320) [D00] American Open Los Angeles (3), 23.11.2007 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Bd3 0-0 6.h4 c5 7.h5 Nc6 8.hxg6 fxg6 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.0-0-0 Ng4 12.f3 e5 13.Bg3 e4 14.fxe4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Be6 16.Nf3 Nf5 17.Qf4 Nd4 18.Qd6 Qxd6 19.Bxd6 Nxf3 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Bxf3 Nf2 22.Rde1 Nxh1 23.Rxe6 b6 24.Re7 Bh6+ 25.Kd1 Ng3 26.Rxa7 Nf5 27.Nd5 Nd4 28.Ra3 Rd8 29.Rd3 Bg7 30.Nxb6 Rb8 31.Bd5+ Kh8 32.Nc4 Rb5 33.Be4 Rh5 34.Rh3 Rc5 35.b3 Nb5 36.Bxg6 Nc3+ 37.Ke1 Rg5 38.Bxh7 Bd4 39.g4 Nxa2 40.Bf5+ 1-0

(14) Yermolinsky,A (2512) - Bhat,V (2483) [D43] American Open Los Angeles (3), 23.11.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 dxc4 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Nxc4 e5 10.d5 Be7 11.g3 Nb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Bg2 0-0 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Qb3 b5 16.Rac1 Qg6 17.Nd1 Bg5 18.Ne3 Be4 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Rc3 Rfd8 22.Rfc1 Rd2 23.h4 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Qd4 25.Rc2 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Rb1 27.Rd3 Qe4+ 28.Rf3 Ra7 29.Qd3 Qg4 30.Rxc6 Rxb2 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Rc8 Rxe2 33.h5 1-0

(15) Khachiyan,M (2506) - Aradhyula,V (2129) [B31] American Open Los Angeles (4), 23.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.h3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.Qd2 h6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a4 Nf8 12.a5 Ne6 13.Na4 Nd4 14.Nh2 Be6 15.Kh1 c4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.f4 0-0-0 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Bd5 20.Ng4 Qh4 21.Kg1 1/2-1/2

(16) Kretchetov,A (2320) - Kislik,E [E61] American Open Los Angeles (4), 23.11.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.0-0 e5 10.Rfd1 Qe7 11.Rab1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Nd2 Ndf6 16.b4 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Be6 18.Bd3 Ne8 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Nd6 21.Qc2 f5 22.c5 Nb5 23.g4 1/2-1/2

(17) Landaw,J (2250) - Adamson,R (2309) [B25] American Open Los Angeles (4), 23.11.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Nd4 10.e5 Bd7 11.Ne4 Nef5 12.Bf2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bc6 14.g4 Nd4 15.Bxd4 Bxe4 16.Bf2 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 b6 18.Rae1 dxe5 19.fxe5 Qd5 20.Qxd5 exd5 21.Bh4 Rfe8 22.Bf6 Re6 23.g5 Rae8 24.Kf2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

(18) Taylor,T (2322) - Yermolinsky,A (2512) [A03] American Open Los Angeles (4), 23.11.2007 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 c5 5.0-0 Nc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.fxe5 Nd7 9.d4 0-0 10.Nc3 e6 1/2-1/2

(19) Tredinnick,M (2168) - Small,G (2255) [A16] American Open Los Angeles (4), 23.11.2007 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.d3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nge2 e5 8.0-0 a6 9.b4 a5 10.Rb1 axb4 11.Rxb4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Bd2 c6 14.Rbb1 Be6 15.e4 Qd7 16.Rb2 Bh3 17.Rfb1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qc7 19.f3 Nfd7 20.Be3 Reb8 21.Qd2 Ne6 22.Bh6 Bh8 23.h4 Ndc5 24.Rc2 Ra3 25.Nc1 Rba8 26.Rcb2 f5 27.Be3 Rb8 28.Nb3 Nd7 29.Bf2 fxe4 30.dxe4 Bf6 31.Be3 Be7 32.Na1 Ndc5 33.Nc2 Raa8 34.Nb4 Bf6 35.Nd3 Nd7 36.Nf2 Bg7 37.Rd1 Nd4 38.Ne2 c5 39.Nc3 Rf8 40.Nd5 Qd8 41.Bxd4 exd4 42.Nd3 b6 43.Qg5 Ra4 44.Qxd8 Rxd8 45.Rc1 Rda8 46.Rcc2 Ra3 47.Rd2 R8a4 48.Rbc2 b5 49.Nb2 d3 50.Nxd3 bxc4 51.N3f4 c3 52.Re2 Bd4 53.Ne6 Ra8 54.Ne3 Nb6 55.Nc7 R8a5 56.Ne8 Rb5 57.Nxd6 Rb2 58.Ndc4 Nxc4 59.Nxc4 Raxa2 60.Nxb2 cxb2 0-1

(20) Haessel,D (2152) - Khachiyan,M (2320) [D23] American Open Los Angeles (5), 24.11.2007 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Bf4 e6 8.Nh4 Nb6 9.Qb3 Qxd4 10.e3 Qc5 11.Rd1 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.g4 g5 14.gxh5 gxf4 15.exf4 Qxh5 16.Ng2 Qxf3 17.a4 Bc5 18.Rd2 Ne4 0-1