[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 cxd4 8.
Rd1 Bc5 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. Qe4
Bd6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh4 h5 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7
21. Nxh5+ gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qxh5+ Kg7 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Rd3 Ne5 26. Be4+ Ng6
27. Qf6 Bd7 28. Rad1 Rad8 29. Rd4 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 b6 32. Qf6 Rg8 33.
h4 Kh6 34. Qg5+ Kg7 35. h5 Kh8 36. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Litowsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Lee, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Bc5 11. c3 dxc3 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nxc3 c6 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Rad1+ Ke7 16. Rfe1+ Be6 17. Bxf6+ gxf6 18. a3 Rad8 19. Ne4 Bd4 20.
b4 f5 21. Ng3 Bc3 22. Re3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Rxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Nf1 b5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
g6 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Rad1 Bf8 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. b4 Qc8 15.
Qb3 Nc6 16. Bh3 Ne7 17. d5 Nf8 18. c5 Qd8 19. dxe6 f6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bf4 Qc8
22. Rc1 f5 23. Bxd6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Nd5 Rf7 27. Nxb6 Re8
28. exf5 Bxf3 29. Rxe6 Rd8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bg2 Bh5 32. Nd5 Bd4 33. Rf1 Kh8
34. h3 Bf3 35. Nf4 g5 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Rxg5 Bf6 39. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Brooks, Matthew"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 a6 10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Nd4 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 d5
15. b4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Bd3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Re1 Qc6 20. a3 Bf6 21. Rf3
Bd7 22. Ree3 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Rxe6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Bb2 27. a4
Rxf4 28. Re7+ Rf7 29. Re4 Raf8 30. Be2 Rf4 31. Re7+ R8f7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Snyder, Larry"]
[Black "Livschitz, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Nd5 Ba7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nce5
15. Be2 c6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. f4 c5 20. Qg1 Nc6 21. f5
Nge5 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. c3 Kh8 25. Rad1 Ng6 26. Bd3 Nce5 27. Bc2
Ne7 28. Qe3 Nc4 29. Qc1 Re8 30. b3 Ne5 31. Qd2 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qf7 33. c4 Rcd8
34. Rde1 Ng4 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Re1 Qh5 37. Qxa5 Rg8 38. Qc7 Qg5 39. Qe7 Qd2
40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Rxe2 Ne5 42. Bf5 Rf8 43. Kg1 g6 44. Be6 Kg7 45. Kf2 h5 46. Ke3
g5 47. Rf2 Re8 48. Bxe5 fxe5 49. Rf7+ Kg6 50. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 O-O
9. g4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nc3 e6 14. Be2 f5 15. Nh4 Ng3
16. Rg1 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 Nd4 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Rg3 b6 21. h4 b5 22. h5
b4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Ne2 fxe4 25. dxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxb4 Qb6 27. Rb3 e5 28. Ba3 Qc7
29. Rc1 exf4 30. Nxd4 Qa5+ 31. Kf1 Qxg5 32. Nf3 Qxh5 33. c4 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Rf5
35. Qe2 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grey, Peter"]
[Black "Oca, Homer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 h6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nd7 7. a4 Bb7 8. Re1 g5
9. Nc3 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. c3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. cxb4 axb4 14. Bd5 Qc7 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. b3 Bg7 17. Rb1 Ne7 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc1 Ng6 21. Nd3 e5
22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Nd2 Nb8 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Red1 g4 27. Nfe1 Nd7 28.
Nb2 Nf6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Nc4 Nf4 32. Nd6 Qe6 33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. Nd3
Ne6 35. Nxe5 Qc7 36. Nc4 Nd4 37. Qd3 Qf4 38. Qe3 Qxe4 39. Qxe4 Nxe4 40. a5 Nc3
41. a6 Ncb5 42. Ra1 Na7 43. Na5 Kf6 44. Rc1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Argishti, Dante"]
[Black "Macintyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 c5 6. dxc5 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nfd7 8.
h4 O-O 9. O-O-O h6 10. Ne4 Qe8 11. Qxc4 b5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. e3 Nxc5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Na6 16. Qxb5 Rc8+ 17. Kb1 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 hxg5 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20.
hxg5 Be2 21. Rd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rc7 25. b4 Kh7 26.
Kb2 Kg6 27. f4 f6 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. a4 Rc6 30. Kb3 a6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rb6
33. Kc4 e5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Rd8 Rb7 36. Rd6+ Kf7 37. b6 Ke7 38. Rh6 Rb8 39.
Kd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Livschitz, Louiza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. f3 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. Bd3 Nd7
9. Qd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 f5 12. Bh6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxh6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4
Qh4+ 16. Kd1 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bg4 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Kc2 Bxe2 21. Bxe2
Ne4 22. Qe3 Rae8 23. Raf1 Qf6 24. Qc1 Ng3 25. hxg3 Rxe2+ 26. Kd1 Rxb2 27. Qe3
Qd4+ 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. a4 Ra2 30. Re1 Bc3 31. Ref1 Re8 32. g4 Ree2 33. f5 Red2+
34. Kc1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Black "Allen, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Qe2 Bd7 8.
Rd1 Qe7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Mar, Henry"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 f5 14. Qe2
Rad8 15. c3 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rf6 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ng4 Rg6 20. Ne5 Rh6
21. Ng4 Rg6 22. Ne5 Rf6 23. Ng4 Rff8 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rc1 Qb4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rc1 Rd8 28. Qg5 Rf8 29. h3 Qxd4 30. Rc7 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6+ 32. Qe5 Qxe5+ 33.
Nxe5 Bd5 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. a3 a5 36. Kf1 b5 37. Nc6 Kf8 38. Ke1 h6 39. Ne5 b4 40.
Nd7+ Kg8 41. Rc5 Ra6 42. Ne5 Kh7 43. Nc4 bxa3 44. bxa3 a4 45. Ne3 Bb3 46. Kd2
Rd6+ 47. Ke1 Rd4 48. Ra5 Kg6 49. Rc5 Kf7 50. Nc2 Rd5 51. Rxd5 exd5 52. Nd4 Bc4
53. g3 Kf6 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Ke3 g5 56. h4 Ba6 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Nc6+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Afkham-Ebrahimi, Payam"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d3 Qe7 7. d4 Bd7 8. Ne5
Bc8 9. e3 O-O 10. c4 Nd8 11. c5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. e4 c6 14. Qg4 f6 15. exd5
exd5 16. Qh4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Nc3 Ne6 19. Kh1 Nxc5 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Rae1
Qd7 22. Qh5 Nd3 23. Nxd5 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 cxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Be4 Qh3 27. Qc5
Re8 28. Rc1 Bg4 29. Bg2 Qh5 30. Qxh5 Bxh5 31. Bc7 Re2 32. Bxb7 Rae8 33. a4 Re1+
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6+ Qxc6 7. Bb2 f6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Qe1 e6 11. e4 Bd6 12. e5 Bb8 13. Nbd2 f5 14. c4 d4 15. b4
b6 16. Nb3 Ba7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qa5 Nh6 19. h3 Kb8 20. Ba3 Rc8 21. Rab1 Ka8
22. Rb2 Nf7 23. Rfb1 Qa4 24. Kf2 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Rb8 26. Nb7 Rhc8 27. g4 fxg4 28.
hxg4 Rc7 29. Nd6 Rxb2+ 30. Rxb2 Nxd6 31. exd6 Rc6 32. Ne5 Rxd6 33. Re2 Be8 34.
Rb2 Rb6 35. Rb3 Rxb3 36. axb3 a5 37. Kf3 Kb7 38. Ke4 Kc7 39. Bc1 Kd6 40. Bd2
Bb6 41. Kf3 Bd8 42. Ke4 h6 43. f5 exf5+ 44. Kxf5 Bf6 45. Bf4 Ke7 46. Ng6+ Kf7
47. Ne5+ Ke7 48. Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Reyes, Edsel Delos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1360"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a6
9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Kh1 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Qd8 14. h5 h6 15. Ne2
Ne7 16. Rg1 f6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Bh3 e5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. f5 Qf7 21. Qxh6 d5 22.
Nc3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 b6 24. Rg4 Ne7 25. Ng3 Nd5 26. Qd2 Nf4 27. h6 Qd5+ 28. Ne4
Ra7 29. Rag1 Rff7 30. Qe1 Nd6 31. Bc1 Nxf5 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. hxg7 Nxg7 34. R1g2
Kf8 35. Rxf4 Rae7 36. Qh4 Qh5 37. Qxh5 Nxh5 38. Rh4 Rh7 39. Rf2 Ref7 40. Kg1
Rhg7+ 41. Kf1 Rh7 42. Rf5 Ng7 43. Rxh7 Nxf5 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. c3
Ke5 47. Kf3 {and White won a few moves later in mutual time pressure.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Cole, Tony"]
[Black "Russell, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 O-O 6. h4 d6 7. f3 a6 8. d3 b5
9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Ne7 11. f4 Nxd5 12. exd5 exf4 13. Bxf4 Re8+ 14. Kd2 Qf6
15. Qf3 Qxb2 16. Rac1 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qd4 18. Rhe1 Bb7 19. Be3 Qb4+ 20. c3 Bxe3+
21. Rxe3 Qa3 22. Ng5 Qxa2+ 23. Rc2 Qxd5 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Qh5 Qxg2+ 28. Kc1 Re1+ 29. Kb2 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rf2 Re5
33. d4 {remainder illegible; B won in 51 moves} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Black "Frank, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. a3 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg5 b5
9. Bb3 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15.
Nf5 Rg8 16. Qh5 Rg6 17. g4 Rf8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Ne7 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qb6+ 21.
Ke2 Rg5 22. Qh4 Qc5 23. c3 d5 24. Nxd5 Qd6 25. Rhf1 f5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. gxf5
f6 28. Rg1 c6 29. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nc1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nd3 Nc6 13. Ne4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qb6
15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nc3 e4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nf4 Qxb2 20. O-O Rxf4 21.
exf4 Qxc3 22. Qxe4 Bd5 23. Rf3 Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Periwal, Prashant"]
[Black "Liu, Chang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Bxe4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bd3 Qe5+ 14. Kf1 a6
15. Qa4+ b5 16. Qxb4 Bb7 17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18. Ba4 d4 19. Qxb7 Qc7 20. Bg5+ Qe7 21.
Bxe7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Star, Spencer"]
[Black "Farzaneh-Far, Ramin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ne3 b5 11. a3 d4 12. Ng4 e5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2
Rae8 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 Ng6 19. Qh5 Nxh4 20. Qg5+ Ng6 21. h4 f4
22. g4 Be7 23. Qh5 f3 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Bh3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Black "Miretsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e5 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. a3 Nbc6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Bd3 a5 15.
Nb5 Qd7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. g4 Nc8 21. Nxc8
Rxc8 22. Rac1 Raa8 23. Rc2 Rc7 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. Rc3 Ne7 26. Ng5 Rxc3 27. Rxc3
f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Qf4 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Nc6 31. Qf4 Re8 32. Qf6 Nd8 33. Rf3 Qf7
34. Qe5 Qe7 35. Qg3 Nf7 36. Bf4 Ng5 37. Bxg5 Qxg5 38. h4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb2 40.
Qf4 e5 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qxe8+ Kg7 43. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Black "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. h3 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2
a5 9. a3 O-O 10. Be3 Na6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Nd1 Ba6 14. Ne3 b3 15.
Bb1 Nfxe4 16. O-O d5 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 f5 20. Qf3 Nd2 21. Qh5
g6 22. Qd1 Nxf1 23. Nxf1 Bb5 24. b4 a4 25. Ba2 Kg7 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28.
fxe3 Bxd3 29. b3 Ra8 30. Rd1 Bc2 31. Rc1 axb3 32. Bb1 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 Rxa3 34.
Nd2 b2 35. Rxb2 Rxe3 36. Nb3 Rb8 37. Nc5 Rb5 38. Kf2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Chirila, Sergiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O
8. Nc3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Ne7 12. Rac1 Ng6 13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bxb7
Qxb7 15. Nb5 c6 16. Nd6 Qd7 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. a3 Ne4 19. Nce5 Rac8 20. Rc2 f6 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rdc1 Rc7 23. b4 g5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 g4 26. Qe2 f5 27. Qc4
Rfc8 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. g3 Kf7 30. Kg2 Kf6 31. h3 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 g5 33. Kg2 Kg6
34. Rh1 Rh7 35. Rxh7 Kxh7 36. g4 Kg6 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38. f3 Re8 39. Kf2 Re6 40.
Rc1 Rh6 41. Kg2 Re6 42. Kf2 Rh6 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nxd5 9. a4 Nb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. d5 Qa5 13. dxc6 b4 14. Bc4 e6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. h4 Nc7 17. f4 Nxc6 18. h5 O-O 19. h6 g6 20. Ke2 Rd8 21. Bd2 Qa8
22. f3 Nd5 23. Qa2 Qb7 24. b3 Nf6 25. Qb2 Nd4+ 26. exd4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qxe4+ 28.
Kf2 Qxh1 29. d5 Qxh6 30. dxe6 f6 31. Kg2 Qh5 32. Kg3 f5 33. Bxb4 Qg4+ 34. Kh2
Qxf4+ 35. Kh3 Qh4+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Bxe7 Qxe7 38. Qe5 Qg5+ 39. Kf3 Qg4+ 40. Kf2
Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Ke3 Qe1+ 43. Be2 Qd2+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Qxd4 Rxd4 46. Bc4
Kf8 47. Ke3 Re4+ 48. Kf3 Ke7 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lee, Andy"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qa4 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3 c4 13. Be2 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb3 15. O-O
Qb5 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bg5 Ng8 19. Nd2 Qxa3 20. Bxc4 Qf8 21. Bb5 Bxb5
22. Rxb5 Nc6 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Be3 Nge7 25. c4 f5 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. cxd5 Nxd4 28.
Rbb1 exd5 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxa7 Qxd2 31. Qd7+ {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Russell, Joe"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 f5 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3
d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rd1 c6 11. h3 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Bh2
Be6 16. Qb6 Nd7 17. Qb4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc4
22. Bd3 Na6 23. Qa3 b4 24. Qa1 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Ra8 26. Na4 Nc7 27. Qd1 Nd5 28. b3
Bf6 29. Qd2 Qa5 30. Qh6 Nc3 31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. Rc1 Rfc8 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bb5 Qd7 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4
Nf6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. c4 Kc7 13. cxd5 b5 14. dxc6 Qd6
15. Bb3 Qf6 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Qc1 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Bg4 19. Qa5+ Kd6 20. Qb4+ Kc7 21.
Qc5 h6 22. Nxb5+ Kd8 23. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Black "Snyder, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qa4 c6 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd7
15. Nd6 Rf8 16. Qb3 h6 17. Ne4 Re8 18. f4 Qc8 19. O-O c5 20. Qd5 e6 21. Qc4 Qc6
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Rac8 25. Qd4 Qe4 26. Qd2 Qd3 27. Qe1 Qf5
28. Bd4 Ne4 29. a4 Red8 30. h3 Qh5 31. Rf3 f5 32. Kh2 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. h4
Qxh4+ 35. Qxh4 gxh4 36. Rh3 Nxc3 37. Rb4 Nd5 38. Rb3 Rd7 39. Rxh4 Rh7 40. Kh3
Rxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Kf7 42. a5 Rg8 43. axb6 axb6 44. g3 Rb8 45. Rb5 Ke7 46. g4 fxg4
47. Kxg4 Kd7 48. e4 Kc6 49. Rb1 Nc7 50. Be5 Kb7 51. Rc1 Rg8+ 52. Kf3 Na6 53.
Rb1 Kc6 54. Rd1 Nc5 55. Rd6+ Kb5 56. Bd4 Re8 57. Be3 Re7 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Periwal, Prashant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. N5c3 Bc5 7. Be2 h6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bf3 d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c3 O-O 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Bd7
15. Nd2 f5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Nxe5 Qxc3 18. Nxd7 Qxa1 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Qe2 Qf6
21. Bb2 Qf7 22. Bh5 g6 23. Bf3 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. Qxh6 Qh7 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Bxb7 a5 29. bxa5 Re6 30. g3 Re2 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. a6 g5 33. g4 Kg6
34. h3 Kf6 35. gxf5 Kxf5 36. Kg3 Rc4 37. a5 Ra4 38. Rd1 Rxa5 39. Bc8+ Ke4 40.
f3+ Ke3 41. Bb7 Bb8 42. Re1+ Kd4 43. Re8 Bc7 44. Kg4 Ra1 45. Kxg5 Rg1+ 46. Kf5
Rf1 47. a7 Rxf3+ 48. Kg4 Rf1 49. a8=Q Rg1+ 50. Kf5 Rc1 51. Re4+ Kc3 52. Qa3+
Kd2 53. Qe3+ Kd1 54. Qd3# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Farzaneh-Far, Ramin"]
[Black "Goins, Demetrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f3 O-O 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. g6 Rc8 17. h6 fxg6 18. hxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh2 Rh8 20. Bh6+ Kf7 21. f4
exf4 22. Qxf4+ Kg8 23. Nd4 Bf7 24. Rdf1 Ne5 25. Rhg1 Qb6 26. Nf5 Qd8 27. Bg7
Be6 28. Bxe5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 {B resigned} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Black "Argishti, Dante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g3 Rac8 13. c3 h6 14. Rd1
Rfe8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qe4 e5 20. Nf5 exf4
21. Qg2 g6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. Nh6 Rh8 25. Ng4+ Kg7 26. Rd5 Rce8 27.
Rad1 Re7 28. h3 Rhe8 29. b4 Ba7 30. Kh2 f3+ 31. Qg3 Qxc3 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8
Bb6 34. Rg8+ Kxg8 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Livschitz, Louiza"]
[Black "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 g6 8. Qd2
h5 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qc6+
Bd7 15. Qe4 Bxe5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Bb3 Rab8
21. Qd3 Kf8 22. Qd4 Kg8 23. Qe4 Kf8 24. Rhe1 Bc6 25. Qe3 hxg4 26. fxg4 e6 27.
Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rd3 a5 29. Rh3 f5 30. Qh8+ Kf7 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Oca, Homer"]
[Black "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. a3 e5 2. h3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. d5
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nge2 a6 11. a4 Bd6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Ba2 c4 15. a5
Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Nbxd5 17. Bxc4 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qb3 Nh5 21. Na4
Qxa5 22. Qf3 Bd4 23. f5 Re1 24. Bd2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxd2 26. Qxh5 Qb4 27. Qg4
Qxa4 28. f6 g6 29. Qf4 Qb5 30. Rf2 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 Qf5 32. Qb6 Re8 33. Qd6 Re1+
34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. g4 Re3 37. Kg2 b5 38. b4 Rb3 39. Kh2 Rxb4 40.
Kg3 g5 41. h4 Rb3+ {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Smith, Andrew"]
[Black "Traub, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5
9. g4 Nxg4 10. Ng2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 e5 13. Qf2 Bb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rg1
dxc4 16. Bxc4 exd4 17. exd4 Re8+ 18. Kf1 c5 19. Nf4 cxd4 20. Ncd5 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Bxf3 22. Qxd4 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Re4 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Rd1 Rexc4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6+ {
W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Black "Starr, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 b5 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. g3
Ne7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Nbc6 12. h4 d5 13. Nd2 d4 14. O-O f5 15. Qe2
Rf6 16. a4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rxa3 18. Bxa3 Qa8 19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Bb2 Qc8 21. Nc4 Qc7
22. c3 Nbc6 23. Nd6 Rg6 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Kh2 Qc7 26. Rc1 e5 27. Qf2 exf4 28.
Qxf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Rg4 30. Rf1 Rxh4+ 31. Kg3 Rh6 32. Ra1 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Rd6 34.
Ra6 dxc3 35. Bxc3 Nd4 36. Kf2 Nd5 37. Bxd5+ Rxd5 38. Rxb6 Nf5 39. Ke2 h5 40.
Be5 h4 41. Ra6 h3 42. Ra1 h2 43. Kf2 Rxd3 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kh3 Nd4 46. Rh1 Nf3
47. Bc7 Rb2 48. Bd6 Rxb3 49. Bxc5 Rb2 50. Bd6 Kf7 51. Kg3 Rb3 52. Kg2 Kg6 53.
f5+ {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Milliken, William"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. Bc3 a5
15. a3 Qb8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. f4 b5 20. f5 Bg5+ 21. Bd2
Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qxe5 23. Rxd7 Qxe2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxe2 e5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Kxd1 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Kd2 c5 30. Kd3 Kf8 31. Ke4 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Chirila, Sergiu"]
[Black "Somerville, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. a4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bf5 Bf4 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Qd3 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qf4 17. Bxg6 Qxg5 18. Bf5 h5 19. Re3 g6 20. Rg3 h4 21. Rg2
Rae8 22. Ne2 Re7 23. f4 Qh6 24. g5 Qh7 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Kh1 Rfe8 27. Rag1 Nh5
28. Bg4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Nxf4 31. Qe3 Ne6 32. Bg4 Ng7 33. Bc8 Nh5
34. Bxb7 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Qg7 36. Bxc6 Nf5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Bxd5 Qxd4 39. Qxf7+ {
B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Allen, Tom"]
[Black "Grey, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O a6 8. a4
Ne7 9. Qe2 Nbc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rac1 Ng6 13. Na2 b5 14. b4 Nxb4 15.
Nxb4 bxc4 16. Rxc4 a5 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. Rc2 Qa7 19. Qe1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 h6 21. Bd2
Rfb8 22. Bc3 e5 23. Bd2 Rb7 24. Rdc3 Rab8 25. Rc1 Rb2 26. R3c2 Nf4 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Qe2 Qb6 29. Ne1 Qb3 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Nd3 Rd2 33. Nxc5
dxc5 34. f3 Rd4 35. Rxc5 Rxa4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. h3 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 a4
40. Ra8 a3 41. Kg1 g5 42. Ra6 Kg7 43. Ra7 h5 44. Ra6 f6 45. Ra7+ Kg6 46. Kh2 g4
47. hxg4 hxg4 48. fxg4 f3 49. Kg1 Rxg2+ 50. Kf1 Ra2 51. Ra5 Ra1+ 52. Kf2 a2 53.
Ra8 Rh1 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Mar, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. g4 h6 15.
h4 Nbd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7 18. Rxh7 Kxh7 19. Rh1+ Kg8 20. Bd3 f5 21. g6
Rf6 22. Rh8+ Kxh8 23. Qh2+ {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Reyes, Edsel Delos"]
[Black "Litowsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1360"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. c3 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Nf3 Ng6
15. Bc2 Bf6 16. Rb1 c5 17. c4 Be6 18. b3 Qd7 19. g4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4
Bd4+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 f6 24. Qf3 Bf7 25. Qg3 a5 26. Qh4 Bg6 27. f5 Bf7
28. g5 fxg5 29. Qxg5 h6 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Qg4 Qf6 32. Rf1 a4 33. Qg2 axb3 34.
Bxb3 c6 35. Qe2 Re7 36. Qg2 Rbe8 37. Rd1 Kh7 38. Red3 Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Re1+ 40.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Qg3 Re2+ {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Cole, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e5 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bg4 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bc5 10. a3 Qd6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. b4 f5 14. Bg5 Qe6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Nd4 18. exd5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Nxg5
21. Rc4 Nf3 22. Re4 Nd4 23. Qg4 Qxd5 24. f3 Qc4 25. Kg2 Rae8 26. h4 Qe6 27. Qg5
Rf5 28. Qe3 Nb5 29. Qd3 Nd6 30. Ree1 Qg6 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. Kh2 b5 33. a4 a6 34.
a5 Nc4 35. Qd1 Ref8 36. Qd7 R5f7 37. Qd5 h5 38. Qd1 Qc6 39. Re4 Qd6 40. Kh3
Qe6+ 41. Kh2 Rd7 42. Qe1 Rd2+ 43. Re2 Qd5 44. Kh3 Qe6+ 45. Kh2 Rd3 46. Qc1
Rfxf3 47. Rxf3 Rxf3 48. Qg5 Qf7 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qg5 Rf2+ 51. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 52.
Kh3 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 g6 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Qf7 57. Qg5 Qf2+ 58. Kh1
Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Kh1 Qf3+ 61. Kh2 Qf6 62. Qc1 Qf3 63. Qg5 e4 64. Qe7+ Qf7
65. Qxe4 Nd6 66. Qe5+ Qf6 67. Qe2 Nf5 68. Qf3 Qd6 69. Qe2 -- {illegible} 70.
Qb2+ Kh7 71. Qb3 {and B won in a few more moves} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Frank, Robert"]
[Black "Brooks, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Qe4 Nf6 15.
Qf3 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. f3 Qg5 20. Kf2 Bd4+ 21. Kf1
Nf5 22. Ke1 Qh4+ 23. Kd1 Qf2 24. Rc2 Ne3+ 25. Kc1 Nxc2 26. Bxc2 Bxc3 27. bxc3
Qc5 28. Kb2 Qxc4 29. Bb3 Qe2+ 30. Bc2 Rae8 31. Kc1 Re3 32. Kb2 Qd2 {W resigns}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Livschitz, Jennifer"]
[Black "Star, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Bb3 c5
9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc5 e6 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Be3 Ne5
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nc4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxc4 g5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Bf2 Ba6 21.
Nd4 b4 22. Nc6 Ra8 23. Nxb4 Nd7 24. Nxa6 Rxa6 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Bd4 Na4 27. Nxa4
Rxa4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. a3 e5 30. Rd5 f6 31. Kb1 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Liu, Chang"]
[Black "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1155"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 c6 11. Nf4 dxc4 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Nfxd5 cxd5
15. d4 Qc7 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rfc8 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rb3 Rca8 21.
Qb2 Ba6 22. Rb1 Bc4 23. Rb4 Qa7 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Ra2 26. Qb4 Qa3 27. Bf1
Ra4 28. Qb3 Rd2 29. Rb2 Qxb3 30. R5xb3 Rd1 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ra2 33. Bb5
Nf6 34. Bd3 Ng4 35. Rxb6 g6 36. Bb1 Rd2 37. Rb3 Nxf2 38. Kg2 Ng4+ 39. Kg1 Rxh2
40. Rc3 Re2 41. Kf1 Rxe3 42. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 43. Ke2 Nf5 44. g4 Nxd4+ 45. Ke3 Nc6
46. Bd3 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Bb5 Ne7 49. Kd4 Kf7 50. Ke5 Ng6+ 51. Kd4 h5 52.
Ke3 h4 53. Bf1 e5 54. Kf3 d4 55. Ke2 e4 56. Bh3 Nf4+ 57. Kf1 Nxh3 58. Kg2 d3
59. Kf1 e3 60. Kg2 d2 61. Kxh3 d1=Q 62. Kg2 Qg4+ 63. Kh1 e2 64. Kh2 f4 65. Kh1
e1=Q+ 66. Kh2 Qeg1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Macintyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Qc2
c5 9. Re1 Nb6 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. a3 b5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. h3 Rd5 21.
Bb3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bd4 a5 25. f3 axb4 26. axb4 Nd5 27.
Nd3 Be7 28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Kf2 Nxb4 30. Ke2 Nd5 31. Nd3 Kf8 32. e4 Nb4 33. Nf4 Na6
34. Nd3 Ke8 35. Bxg7 Kd7 36. Ne5+ Ke8 37. Nxc6 Bg5 38. Bd4 Kd7 39. Ne5+ Ke7 40.
Kd3 f6 41. Ng4 h5 42. Nf2 Bf4 43. Be3 Bd6 44. f4 Nc5+ 45. Bxc5 Bxc5 46. Nd1 Kd6
47. Nc3 b4 48. Na2 e5 49. f5 Kc6 50. Kc4 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Miretsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Qb6 9. b3 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. e3 Rd8 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. a3 Rac8
15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Rb1 Qa7 18. Nb3 Ba4 19. Qd3 Bxb3 20. Rxb3 Nxb3 21.
Qxb3 Be7 22. a4 Rc4 23. Rb1 Rb4 24. Qc2 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 Rc8 26. Bf1 Ba3 27. Qb5
h6 28. Qd7 Qb8 29. Ne5 Rf8 30. Bh3 Qc8 31. Qb5 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qb2 33. Qd7 Qb4 34.
Nxf7 Rxf7 35. Bxe6 Qe7 36. Qxd5 Kf8 37. Bxf7 Qxf7 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qxe8+ Kxe8
40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke4 Bb4 42. f4 Be1 43. g4 Bf2 44. f5 Kd6 45. Kf3 Bh4 46. e4 Bg5
47. Ke2 Kc6 48. Kd3 b5 49. axb5+ Kxb5 50. e5 Kc6 51. Ke4 Be7 52. h3 Bb4 53. d5+
Kd7 54. Kd4 Be7 55. Kc4 Bg5 56. Kc5 Be3+ 57. Kc4 Bg5 58. d6 Kc6 59. Kd4 Bf4 60.
Ke4 Bh2 61. h4 Bg3 62. g5 Bxh4 63. gxh6 gxh6 64. f6 Kd7 65. Kf5 Bg3 66. f7 {
B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8.
Rb1 a6 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qc2 b6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Qe7
15. Nd2 Nh4 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nc4 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc5 20. Qe4 g6 21.
Bg4 Rae8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Rbe1 Qg7 24. Nc4 Rf5 25. Kg2 Ref8 26. f3 Bd6 27. Nb2
h5 28. Nd3 g5 29. a4 a5 30. Rf2 Qf7 31. h3 Qg7 32. Rff1 h4 33. g4 R5f7 34. Re3
Re7 35. Re2 Ref7 36. Qc4 Re7 37. Re4 Rfe8 38. Nb2 Qf7 39. Qd3 Bc5 40. Nc4 Bd6
41. Ne3 Qg6 42. Qb1 Kh7 43. Nf5 Rf7 44. Rc4 Rxf5 45. gxf5 Qf6 46. Rg4 Rf8 47.
Kf2 e4 48. Rxe4 Bg3+ 49. Kg2 Qxc3 50. Re2 $138 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Argishti, Dante"]
[Black "Lee, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Kg2 Ra6 13. Re1 Qa8 14. a3 Rb8
15. Re2 Ne8 16. Qd3 Rab6 17. Ra2 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Bg5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Rc2 Nc7 22. f3 f6 23. Bc1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb5 25. Rb3 Ra4 26. g4 Kf7 27. Kg3
Ke8 28. Bd2 Kd7 29. Ra1 Kc7 30. Re1 Kb6 31. g5 Rf8 32. gxf6 exf6 33. Bf4 Rd8
34. h4 Rc4 35. Bh6 Rd7 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Ka5 38. Re3 c4 39. Bd2+ Ka4 40.
Bb4 Rf7 41. f4 f5 42. e5 dxe5 43. Rxe5 Rd7 44. h5 Nd6 45. Bxd6 Rxd6 46. hxg6
hxg6 47. Re6 Rxd5 48. Rxg6 Rd3+ 49. Kh4 Rb3 50. Rg2 c3 51. bxc3 Rxc3 52. Kg5
Rc5 53. Rg3 Kb5 54. Re3 Kc6 55. Re5 Rc4 56. Kxf5 {
this is a theoretical win for W} Ra4 57. Re3 Kd7 58. Kg5 Rc4 59. f5 Rc1 60. Kg6
Rg1+ 61. Kf7 Rf1 62. f6 Rg1 63. Kf8 Rg2 64. f7 Rg1 65. a4 Ra1 66. Re4 Ra2 67.
Rd4+ Kc7 68. Ke7 Re2+ 69. Kf6 Rf2+ 70. Ke6 Rf1 71. Rd5 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Black "Livschitz, Louiza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxb5
axb5 15. Ndxb5 Qc6 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. e5 Be7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3
Nb6 21. a3 g6 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nd6 Nxf4 24. c4 Kg7 25. Rd4 Bg5 26. Kc2 Rhb8 27.
Ree4 Ng2 28. f4 Bh4 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxh4 Nxh4 31. Rxh4 Ra5 32. Nb5 Re8 33. b4
Rxb5 34. cxb5 Rxe5 35. a4 Kf6 36. b6 Re8 37. a5 Ke5 38. Rc4 Kd5 39. Rc3 f4 40.
b7 f5 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Farzaneh-Far, Ramin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
h6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 c6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. a5 d5 14. b6 axb6 15. axb6
Qd6 16. Na4 Rfe8 17. Bb4 Qb8 18. Nc5 Nf5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Bh3 Re8 21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Nh4 Qc8 23. f3 f4 24. g4 Qd8 25. Be1 Qd7 26. Nf5 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Rad8 29. c5 Qe6 30. Bh4 Bf8 31. Rc1 Ra8 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Qb3 {draw agreed
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Snyder, Larry"]
[Black "Chirila, Sergiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. d5 Ne7 8. d6 Nc6
9. Nc3 f6 10. Bd3 Kf7 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5+ fxe5 13. Bxc5 g6 14. a4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 b6 16. Qf3+ Kg8 17. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Traub, Igor"]
[Black "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxe4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bd7 8.
Re1 e6 9. Nb5 d5 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Bf3 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Qb6+ 13. Kg3 Bc5 14. Qe2 O-O
15. c3 e5 16. Bg5 a6 17. b4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxe5 Nf5+ 20. Kf4 Qh6+ 21.
Kg4 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "de Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Milliken, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d5 9. f4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Bb6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. O-O a6
15. a4 Nc6 16. b4 Be6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. e5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf5 20. Qe3 Qc6 21. Nf3
Rfe8 22. Bxb6 Rd3 23. Qf2 cxb6 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxb6 Qd7 27. b5
axb5 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. axb5 Rxc3 30. Ra7 Rb8 31. Rd1 Rb3 32. Rxb7 Rb1 33. Rxb8#
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Litowsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. h3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a6
9. Ne2 Nh5 10. c3 Be6 11. Bb3 Bb6 12. d4 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Nh2 Rad8 16. Ng4 Qg6 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Rae1 Qg6 20. Qxb6 f5 21.
Ne3 f4 22. Ng4 f3 23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Kh2 Rdd3 25. Ng1 Rf7 26. Re3 Rd5 27. a4 Nf4
28. Rg3 Qd6 29. Qe3 h5 30. Nf3 hxg4 31. hxg4 e4 32. Ng1 Qh6+ 33. Nh3 Ne5 34. g5
Qxh3+ 35. Rxh3 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 {and W resigned} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Grey, Peter"]
[Black "Livschitz, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Ne3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc4 16. Bd3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxd5 Bb4 23. Rec1 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Be5
27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Nc6 Bf6 29. b3 Kf8 30. Bc5+ Ke8 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 g6 33.
f3 Ke7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. h4 f5 37. Ne2 Ke5 38. Nf4 Kf6 39. Kd4 Bd7
40. Nd5+ Kf7 41. b4 Be6 42. a3 f4 43. Nxf4 Bc4 44. Ke5 Bf1 45. g4 Kg7 46. g5
Kf7 47. Kd6 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. e4
d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 a5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Bd3 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc1 Rec8 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Na7 20. Nc4 Qd7 21. e5
dxe5 22. dxe5 Bd5 23. Ne3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nh3+ 25. gxh3 Bxf3 26. Ng2 Nc6 27. Qf4
Bd5 28. Ne3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Bg2 Ng6 31. Qg3 Ne7 32. h4 Rc5 33. h5 Qc7 34.
h6 Ng6 35. hxg7 Rc1 36. Bxd5 Rxd1+ 37. Nxd1 exd5 38. Ne3 d4 39. Nf5 Qc1+ 40.
Kg2 Qc6+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Qg1 Qf3 43. Nd6 d3 44. Qg5 Qh1+ {W resigned} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Bc4 Qxd4 6. Ngf3 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Rd1 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Bg5 Bb7
15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Bf1 Nd5 17. Qe4 f6 18. Bh4 Nc7 19. Qg4 Kf7 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Qh6
Ne8 22. b3 Qc7 23. Rd3 Ng7 24. Bg3 Qc8 25. Rad1 Nf5 26. Qh3 Bd5 27. Nh4 Nxg3
28. Qxg3 Qb7 29. Re3 Rad8 30. Bd3 Rhg8 31. Rde1 e5 32. f4 Bd6 33. Qf2 exf4 34.
Rh3 Be5 35. Qe2 Rde8 36. Qf1 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 Rxe1 38. Qxe1 f5 39. Qf1 Be3 40. Bxa6
Qe7 41. Bc4 Qe6 42. Bxd5 Qxd5 43. Nf3 h5 44. Ne1 Qd1 45. Rf3 Re8 46. Nd3 Qxc2
47. Nxf4 Bxf4 48. Rxf4 Qxb3 49. g4 hxg4 50. Rxg4 Rd8 {and B won} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Oca, Homer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 a6 2. f4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 f6 5. O-O Qe7 6. Nc3 c6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d4
Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. d5 c5 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 b5 14. Be2 Bf7 15. b4
cxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Rfb1 Qe7 18. Nxb5 Qd8 19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. Rxa5 Kd8 21. Na7
Ne7 22. Bxa6 Bg6 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. d6 Bxe4 25. dxe7+ Bxe7 26. Rab5 Bxb7 27. Rxb7
Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Bd6 29. Nc6+ Ke8 30. Ra7 Rf8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Kf2
h5 34. Ke2 g5 35. Nd2 Kg6 36. c4 f5 37. Nf3 Bd6 38. Nxg5 Ba3 39. Nf3 f4 40.
Ncxe5+ Nxe5 41. Nxe5+ Kf5 42. Bd4 Ke4 43. Bc3 Bc5 44. Nf3 Bb6 45. Nd2+ Kf5 46.
Kf3 Bg1 47. Ne4 Be3 48. Bd2 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Smelansky, Vadim"]
[Black "Macintyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. Qf3 e6 10. Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Qg3 d5 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. O-O e5 15.
Bg5 Qf7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f3 O-O 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Be2 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qe3 21. Qe1
e4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. Qe1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qf4 27. Qe6+
Kh8 28. Qxc6 Rf8 29. g3 Qd2 30. Bg2 Qxb2 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bxc3 33. Qa8+
Kg7 34. Qxa7+ Kh6 35. Qe3+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Bg7 38. Qc8 Bd4 39. Qh3+
Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qxd5 Qf2 42. Qg2 Qe3 43. h4 Be5 44. Kh2 Qd4 45. Kh3 Qc3
46. Be2 g5 47. h5 Qa3 48. Qf2 Qd6 49. Bg4 Qf6 50. Qxf6+ Bxf6 51. a4 Kg7 52. a5
Bd4 53. a6 h6 54. Bf3 Ba7 55. Kg4 Be3 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. Bd5+ Kg7 58. g4 Bd4 59.
Ke6 Kf8 60. Kd7 Ba7 61. Kc7 Ke7 62. Kb7 Bd4 63. a7 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 Re8 8. Bh6
Bh8 9. h4 e5 10. d5 a6 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Nge2 Nc5 13. Bc2 b6 14. O-O-O a5 15. h5
Qd7 16. Qg5 Ba6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. b3 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Ng3 Re7 21. Nf5 Rf7
22. Nh4 Qe7 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Rh2 Ba6 25. Rdh1 Rc8 26. Nh4 Qe7 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28.
Qxg6+ Bg7 29. Bxg7 {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Periwal, Prashant"]
[Black "Delaney, Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3
a5 9. g4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 f6 12. h4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qb6 14. Nf4 Ndxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Kg3 Nc6 17. Nh5 O-O 18. Bf4 g6 19. Bh6 Bd6+ 20. Kh3 Rf7 21.
Ng7 Nxd4 22. Bg2 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qa3+ 24. Bf3 Rxf3+ 25. Kg2 Rg3+ 26. Kf2 Bc5 27.
Rc1 Nb3+ 28. Kf1 Nxc1 29. Qa4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Miretsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 e6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. a4 a5 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O O-O
9. Bd2 b6 10. g4 Ba6 11. Nc3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nd7 13. c3 Qc7 14. Ng3 f6 15. Qe2
fxe5 16. fxe5 c5 17. Ng5 Qc6 18. Qb5 Rae8 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Qxb5 21. axb5
Bh6 22. Bf4 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Kg7 24. Be3 h6 25. h4 Rc8 26. Ne2 Ng8 27. Nf4 Nf8 28.
Ra1 c4 29. Kh2 g5 30. Nh5+ Kg6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rf1 Nh7 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Rh1
Ne7 35. Ng3 Rf7 36. Rb1 Nf8 37. Nh5 Nc8 38. b3 cxb3 39. Rxb3 Rc7 40. Nf6 Na7
41. Ne8 a4 42. Nxc7 axb3 43. Bc1 Kf7 44. Ba3 Ng6 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. Ke3 Ng2+ 47.
Kd2 Nf4 48. Kc1 Nd3+ 49. Kd2 Nf2 50. Kc1 Nxg4 51. Kb2 Ne3 52. Kxb3 g4 53. Bc1
Nf5 54. Bf4 g3 55. Kb4 g2 56. Bh2 Nh4 57. Bg1 Nf3 58. Be3 g1=Q 59. Bxg1 Nxg1
60. Na8 Nc8 61. c4 Ne2 62. c5 Nxd4 63. cxb6 Nxb6 64. Nxb6 Ke8 65. Kc5 Nb3+ 66.
Kd6 d4 67. Nc4 d3 68. b6 Na5 69. Nd2 Kd8 70. Kxe6 Kc8 71. Kd6 Nb7+ 72. Kc6 Nd8+
73. Kd6 Kb7 74. Kd7 Nc6 75. e6 Kxb6 76. e7 Nxe7 {a theoretical draw} 77. Kxe7
Kc5 78. Ke6 Kd4 79. Kf5 Ke3 80. Ne4 Kf3 81. Ke5 Ke3 82. Kf5 Kf3 83. Ke5 Ke3 {
draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 f6 5. b5 Be6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O c5
9. c4 d4 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nbd2 f5 12. a4 Nf6 13. a5 h6 14. a6 b6 15. h4 Qc7
16. Re1 Ng4 17. Nf1 Kd7 18. g3 Raf8 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxf2 21. Nxe6 Nxd1
22. Nxc7 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 Nc3 24. Nd5 Nexd5 25. cxd5 Nxb5 26. Bf3 Nd4 27. Rab1 Nc2
28. Re6 Re8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nd2 g5 31. g4 Ne1+ 32. Kf1 Nxf3 33. Nxf3 fxg4 34.
Nd2 gxh4 35. Ne4 Rf8+ 36. Kg2 Bd4 37. Rb4 Be5 38. d4 h3+ 39. Kg1 Bd6 40. Rb1
Rf3 41. Rf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 g3 43. Nf6+ Kd8 44. Ne4 Bf4 45. Nc3 g2+ {W resigns}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "O'Callaghan, Kevin"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bg7 7. Nc4 O-O 8. h4
Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. h5 e4 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bh6 exd3 13. cxd3 Bxh6 14. Rxh6 Nd4
15. Nc3 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 Ng4 17. Qd2 Nxh6 18. Qxh6 Qxd3 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. Rd1 Qf6
21. f3 Be6 22. b3 Rad8 23. Rc1 b6 24. Kf2 Rd2 25. Ng4 Qd4+ 26. Ke1 Qb2 27. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Bxg4 29. fxg4 Rf2 30. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Cole, Tony"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. Qh3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. f4 Qb6
15. b3 Qc7 16. Rf3 Rfd8 17. Re1 e5 18. Nde2 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21.
Nd5 Qxc2 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Nd4 Bd7 27.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Nf3 Ke7 29. h4 Bg3 30. Rd5 Bd7 31. Kg1 Bc6 32. Rd4 f6 33. Kf1
Bb5+ 34. Kg1 Kd7 35. a4 Bc6 36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Ke2 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ke3 d5 40.
Nd2 Bf4+ 41. Kd3 Bxd2 42. exd5+ Bxd5 43. Kxd2 Bxg2 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Rb4 f5 46.
Kf2 Be4 47. Kg3 f4+ 48. Kg4 f3 49. Kg3 Bd5 50. a5 Kf5 51. Rd4 Ke5 52. Rb4 Kf5
53. Rd4 Bc6 54. Rb4 Ke5 55. Rg4 Kf5 56. Rb4 Be4 57. Rc4 Ke5 58. Rc5+ Bd5 59.
Rc3 Kd4 60. Rc7 Ke3 61. Re7+ Be4 62. Rc7 Bd5 63. Re7+ Kd4 64. b4 Kc4 65. Re5
Bc6 66. Rxg5 Kxb4 67. Kf2 Kc3 68. Rc5+ Kd2 69. Rh5 Kc3 70. Rc5+ Kb4 71. Rh5 Kc4
72. Rg5 Bd5 73. Rf5 Kd4 74. Rh5 Ke4 75. Rg5 Kd4 76. Rh5 Be4 77. Rg5 Kd3 78. Rg4
Bd5 79. Rg5 Kc4 80. Re5 Bc6 81. Rh5 Kb4 82. Rf5 Ka4 83. Ke3 Kb4 84. Rh5 Bb5 85.
Rf5 Kxa5 86. Kxf3 Kb6 87. Rf6+ Bc6+ 88. Ke2 Kc5 89. Kd2 b5 90. Kc3 a5 91. Kb3
Bd5+ 92. Ka3 a4 93. Rf5 Kc6 94. Rf6+ Kc5 95. Rf5 Kd4 96. Kb4 Bc4 97. Rf4+ Ke3
98. Rxc4 bxc4 99. Kxc4 {drawn} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Seidov, Seid"]
[Black "Afkham-Ebrahimi, Payam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1226"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. d5 c6 8. O-O
cxd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd4 Nc7 11. b3 Qe8 12. Bb2 g5 13. Rc1 Qh5 14. Qc2 Ng4 15.
Nf3 Ne8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Somerville, Kenneth"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Bd3 Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qd5 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Bf4 Ngf6 9. Nd6+ Kd8 10. Nxb7+ {B resigned} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Star, Spencer"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. c4 d4 8. Nh4
O-O 9. e4 f4 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qd7 12. Bh3 Ne7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qc6
15. Qc2 b5 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bd2 b4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. f3 Qb6 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Qd3
c5 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Be1 Bf6 24. Rb1 Ng8 25. Bd2 Qd6 26. Rg2 Nh6 27. Rbg1 Rg8 28.
Re2 Nf7 29. Reg2 Ng5 30. Rxg5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Qh6 32. Rg3 Qd6 33. Rg4 Qa6 34. Qb1
Qh6 35. Rg3 g5 36. Rg2 Qxh3 37. Qg1 Qxf3 38. Qe1 Rde8 39. f6 Rxe4 40. Qg1 Rf8
41. h3 Rxf6 42. Kh2 Rh6 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Reyes, Edsel Delos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1360"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nf3 g5 13. Be2 g4 14. Nd2 Bh6
15. Nc4 Nxd4 16. Nb6 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. Nc3 f5 20. Ke2 Bg7
21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 b5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Kb3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rc6
27. Rd5 Rf6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kb4 Kg6 30. Ka5 Rc6 31. Kb4 Kf6 32. Rd4 Ke6 33. c4
Rxc4+ 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35. Kxc4 Kd6 36. Kd4 a5 37. a3 f6 38. Kc4 {draw agreed}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Black "Allen, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. Nbd2 h6 5. h3 e6 6. e3 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 Be7 10. Bc2 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 O-O 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qd1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7
15. Bh2 Qb6 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 cxd4 18. cxd5 dxe3 19. fxe3 Bb4 20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
Ke2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rf2+ 24. Kd3 Rcc2 25. g4 Rxh2 26. Rxh2 Rxh2
27. Rc1 Rxh3 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Rxb7 Nd5 30. Ra7 Rxe3+ 31. Kd4 Rg3 32. Rxa6 Rxg4+
33. Ke5 h5 34. Rxe6 Nf6 35. Kf5 Rg2 36. a4 h4 37. Re3 Kf7 38. Rh3 g6+ 39. Ke5
g5 40. a5 Kg6 41. b4 Rb2 42. a6 Rxb4 43. Ra3 Rb8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Ra6 Kh5 46.
Rxf6 Rxa7 {a theoretical win} 47. Ke4 Kg4 48. Ke3 Ra4 49. Ke2 Rf4 50. Rg6 h3
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Mar, Henry"]
[Black "Frank, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 c6 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nc3 d4 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bb4 15.
f3 Be6 16. f4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 exf4 19. Nf3 c5 20. e5 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Qb6 23. Rxf4 Nd5 24. Rg4 Kf8 25. Rh4 f6 26. Rf1 Qe6 27. Re4 f5 28.
Bh6+ Qxh6 29. Rxf5+ Ke7 30. e6 Nf6 31. Ref4 Bd2 32. Qxd2 Kxe6 33. Rxf6+ Qxf6
34. Rxf6+ Kxf6 35. Qf4+ Ke6 36. Qe4+ Kf6 37. Qxb7 Kg5 38. Qd5+ Kf4 39. Qf3+ Ke5
40. Qe4+ Kd6 41. Qf4+ Re5 42. Qf6+ Re6 43. Qf3 Rae8 44. c4 dxc3 45. bxc3 Re1+
46. Kh2 Rb1 47. Qf4+ Ke6 48. Qg4+ {B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Black "Argishti, Dante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

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. f4 b6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Nc3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Nh6
15. Nb5 O-O 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qd3 Nf7 18. g4 a6 19. gxf5 axb5 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21.
f5 Qe8 22. O-O-O Ra4 23. f6 g6 24. Rf4 Qe6 25. Rg1 Rfa8 26. Rh4 Rxa3 27. Rxg6+
Kf8 28. Rg8+ Kxg8 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Qg7 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4
Bb4 9. Qb3 a5 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Nxf4 12. exf5 exf5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bxc3
15. Rxc3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rg3 Nd7 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Rd1 b5 21.
axb5 cxb5 22. Be2 a4 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. h4 Qe7 25. Re3 Qxh4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Qxb5 Nf6 28. Bf3 Qf4 29. Qxa4 g5 30. Bc6 Re2 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Bf3 Rxb2 33. g3
Qc7 34. d5 g4 35. Bg2 f4 36. d6 Qc2 37. Rf1 f3 38. Bxf3 gxf3 39. Qxf3 Rb3 40.
Qh1+ Kg6 41. Qh4 Qe4 42. Qh8 Nd7 43. Qc8 Ne5 44. d7 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Ne1+ 46. Kh3
Qg2+ 47. Kg4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Qb8
15. Bd6 Qb6 16. c4 Rfd8 17. c5 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Nd5 20. Ba6 Rd7 21. Rd3
Nf4 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. g3 Ne6 24. Kb1 Nxc5 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bxe4 27. fxe4
Rad8 28. Rhd1 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Bc5 Rd7 32. g4 f6 33. Kc2 Kf7
34. b4 Ke6 35. a4 f5 36. gxf5+ gxf5 37. exf5+ Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Farzaneh-Far, Ramin"]
[Black "Snyder, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Re1 e6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bb3 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 a6 14. g4 Bh7 15.
h4 c5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. a4 Bxc2 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Bxc2
Bxh4 22. Qd3 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Be4 Nxg4 26. Bxc5 Bxf2+ 27. Bxf2
Rxf2 28. Bxg6 Rxb2 29. Rac1 Rb6 30. Bf5 Nf6 31. Rc7 Re8 32. Rec1 Rb4 33. a5 Rb5
34. Bd3 Rb4 35. Bf5 Rf4 36. Bd3 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rb4 38. Kg1 h5 39. Bf5 Rb5 40. Bd3
Rxa5 41. Rxb7 Rg5+ 42. Kf1 a5 43. Bc4+ Kh7 44. Bf7 Ra8 45. Rc6 a4 46. Re7 Rf8
47. Ra6 Nd5 48. Rd7 Rf5+ 49. Ke2 R8xf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Russell, Joe"]
[Black "de Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Rf7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nd3
Ng6 16. b5 Bf8 17. Qb3 g4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. b6 a6 20. Rac1 Rg7 21. Rc2 h5 22.
Nb4 h4 23. fxg4 Nxg4 24. Nc6 Qg5 25. Na7 h3 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. g3 Bf3 28. Nd1
Bxe4 29. Rc7 Ne7 30. Nc3 fxg3 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Ng3 g6 15. Be3
Bg7 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. b3 Qf6 18. Nd2 a5 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nd7 21. a4 Ba6 22.
Ne2 Rfc8 23. Nc3 c6 24. Rc1 h5 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Rcc8 28. Ne4
Qe7 29. Bd3 f5 30. Bg5 Qf8 31. Nd2 Nc5 32. Bf1 Rab8 33. g4 Bh6 34. Bxh6 Qxh6
35. Re3 Kh8 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rg3 h4 38. Rg2 Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 40. Kh1 Qg6
41. Nf3 e4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O Qxe5 11. Re1 Qb8 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. g3 Ne7 14. Nf4 Ng6
15. Nh5 O-O 16. Bh6 Be5 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxg7 Rd8 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Bc3 e5 21.
Qe3 Qd6 22. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Delaney, Will"]
[Black "Grey, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Qc2 d5 5. h3 O-O 6. Bf4 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. a4 cxd4
15. exd4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Qb7 17. g4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Qc7 20. Rf1 e6 21.
Rf3 Nf6 22. Raf1 Qc6 23. Re3 h5 24. g5 Ng8 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Nh4 Qd6 27. Ref3 Nf5
28. Ng2 Rac8 29. Qe2 Re7 30. Qe5+ Qxe5 31. fxe5 Rc4 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Livschitz, Louiza"]
[Black "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Bd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Be6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. gxh5 Bg7 20. Rh2 Kh7 21.
hxg6+ fxg6 22. h5 g5 23. Kb1 Be5 24. Rg2 Bf4 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Nd4 Qc4 27. Qe4
Rf7 28. Qe6 Rh7 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. Rdg1 b4 31. Nh4 Rg7 32. Ng6+ Kh7 33. Nxf4 g4
34. Qf5+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Black "Smelansky, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. g3 Qh6 12. Ne5 Qh3 13. Bf3 g5 14. Bg2 Qh6 15. f3
Nef6 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Re1
Nh6 22. Qf2 Ng4 23. Qd2 dxc4 24. Bh3 Nh6 25. Nxg5 Nf7 26. Rf1 Kg8 27. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Black "O'Callaghan, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf4 Bg4 7. Be2 O-O-O
8. c3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bc4 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Qh5 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14.
Qc2 Ng4 15. Qf5+ Qxf5 16. Rxf5 Ne3 17. Rxf7 d5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Rxe7 Nxe7 20.
Re1 N7f5 21. Nf3 Nd6 22. Bd3 Nec4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Re7 g6 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nf7 Nxf7
27. Rxf7 g5 28. Bf5+ Kb8 29. Kf2 a5 30. Ke2 a4 31. Kd3 h5 32. c4 dxc4+ 33. bxc4
Nc8 34. c5 Na7 35. d5 g4 36. Be6 a3 37. Kc4 Nc8 38. Kb4 b6 39. cxb6 Nxb6 40.
Kxa3 Nc4+ 41. Kb4 Ne5 42. Rf5 Nd3+ 43. Kc4 Nb2+ 44. Kc5 Kc7 45. d6+ Kd8 46. Kc6
Nd3 47. Rb5 Ne5+ 48. Rxe5 Ke8 49. Rb5 Kf8 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Traub, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bc4
c6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qh4 17. Bd4 e5 18. Re4 Qg5 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Qg5
f6 22. Qh4 Nd7 23. Rg4 g5 24. Qh5 Rfd8 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. h4 Rd5 $138 27. hxg5 f5
28. Rh4 e4 29. Be2 Bxc3 30. Qh6 Rad8 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. g6 Bg7 33. Qh5 Bf6 34.
Rh3 d4 35. Bh6 Nxg6 36. Qxf5 Qe5 37. Qg4 d3 38. Bd1 Ne7 39. Bf4 Qf5 40. Bd6 Rg8
41. Qh5 Bd4 42. Qxf5 Nxf5 43. Bf4 Rc8 44. Bd6 Kg7 45. Bg4 Nxd6 46. cxd6 Rc1+
47. Kh2 Be5+ 48. g3 Bxd6 49. Bf5 d2 50. Bg4 d1=Q 51. Bxd1 Rxd1 52. Rh4 Rd2 53.
Rxe4 Rxf2+ 54. Kh3 Rxa2 55. g4 Kf6 56. Re8 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Goins, Demetrius"]
[Black "Somerville, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
Qe8 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O b6 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Ba6 15.
Rfe1 Qc8 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qf5 Bb4 18. Nxd5 Bd6 19. Be7 Qb8 20. Qxd7 Bxe7 21.
Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Ne5 b5 23. Nf5 Rg8 24. Qxf7 {and W mated in a few moves} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Miretsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Afkham-Ebrahimi, Payam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nxg5 9. Nxg5 e5 10. Bd5+ Kh8 11. Nf7+ Rxf7 12. Bxf7 exd4 13. c4 c6 14. Qb3 Qd7
15. c5 d5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nf3 Na6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Nh4 Kh7 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. g4
Qxh4 22. Qd3 Bh6 23. e3 Qxg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 dxe3 26. Rc3 Re8 27. Qd4
exf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxc3 29. Kg2 Qxc5 30. Qf3 Re3 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Qf3
Qe5 34. Rd1 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Be3 36. Qxe3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Brooks, Matthew"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
Qe2 e6 9. f4 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. f5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Rb8 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Nf3 b4 16. Nd1 Rb5 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Qd2 e5 21. Nd3
Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qb7 23. Ng5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Bf6 25. Qe2 Qe7 26. Qh5 h6 27. Nh3 Be6
28. Bxh6 Bf7 29. Qg4 Be6 30. Qh5 Bxh3 31. Qxh3 gxh6 32. Qxh6 Bg7 33. Qg6 Rb8
34. Rf5 Rf8 35. h4 Rxf5 36. exf5 Kf8 37. h5 Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Bxf6 39. Kf2 Kg7 40.
Kf3 d5 41. g4 Kh6 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. Kf3 a5 44. Kg3 e4 45. dxe4 dxe4 46. h6 Bxb2
47. h7 Be5+ 48. Kf2 Kxg4 49. Ke3 Kxf5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Kf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Black "Cole, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Nc6 5. e3 a6 6. c4 Be6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. O-O e6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Qg4
Bf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qg7 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Qg5 18. Qxe6+ Kb8 19. Be2 h5 20. Bf3
f5 21. Bxc6 Rd6 22. Qe5 Rg8 23. Bf3 h4 24. h3 Qg6 25. Rac1 Re8 26. Qf4 Qf6 27.
Rc3 Kc8 28. Rfc1 Re7 29. Rc5 Kd8 30. Rxf5 Qe6 31. Rf8+ Re8 32. Qg5+ Qe7 33.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Rxc7 Kd8 36. Rxb7 Kc8 37. Rb3 Kc7 38. d5 Rh6 39.
e4 Rh7 40. e5 Rh6 41. d6+ Kd7 42. Bg4+ Ke8 43. d7+ Ke7 44. Rb8 Rh8 45. Rxh8 a5
46. d8=Q+ Kf7 47. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Milliken, William"]
[Black "Periwal, Prashant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bg4+ 9. f3 O-O-O+ 10. Ke1 Be6 11. Be3 Kb8 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bc4 Bc8 14. Ke2
Nf6 15. a4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. c4 Rd7 18. c5 a6 19. Nc3 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 exd4
21. Na2 Bxc5 22. Rhc1 Re7+ 23. Kf1 Ba7 24. Nb4 Rhe8 25. Re1 Be6 26. b3 Bc5 27.
Nd3 Bd6 28. Nc4 Bxh2 29. f4 Bg3 30. Re2 Bxc4 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Macintyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Litowsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bd2
Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qb3 e6 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Rc2 Nc4
15. b3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. Ne2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Bd6
21. h3 b5 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nh5 24. Nd4 Ng7 25. g4 Rc8 26. e4 Rxc2 27. Bxc2
Ne8 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kg3 f6 30. exd5 exd5 31. e6 Bc8 32. f4 Nd6 33. f5 g5 34.
Kf3 Bb7 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Ne2 a5 38. Kd4 a4 39. Kc5 axb3 40. axb3
Ne4+ 41. Kb6 Bc8 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Kxb5 Kd6 44. Nc3 e3 45. Kb6 Ke7 46. Nd5+ {
B resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Mar, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c5 6. e3 a6 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Rc1
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf4 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. b4 Bd6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. Rc4
Rac8 22. d5 Ne5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Ng6 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Ndf5
Ne5 28. Qd1 Ng6 29. Qc2 Qe5 30. Ng4 Qxd5 31. Rd1 Bb8 32. Qc1 Qe6 33. Nd4 Qb6
34. Qc2 Ba7 35. Nf3 Nf4 36. Kh1 Qg6 37. Qxg6 Nxg6 38. Kg1 Nf4 39. Kf1 Re7 40.
h4 h5 41. Ngh2 f6 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Rxd4 Ne2 45. Rd5 g6 46. g4 Nf4
47. Rd6 Kg7 48. gxh5 Nxh5 49. Nf3 Nf4 50. Nd4 Kf7 51. Nb3 Ne6 52. a4 Nc7 53.
Nc5 Ne6 54. Nd7 Kg7 55. f3 Kf7 56. Kg2 f5 57. Kg3 Ke8 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Nd5 f4+
60. Kg4 Rc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Livschitz, Jennifer"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1241"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Nc6 12. g4 Ne5 13. g5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Rg8 18. Rh2 Qe7 19. f4 Bxg5 20. Rxg5 h6 21. Rg1
f6 22. Rg6 Raf8 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Qd8 25. Rxh6+ gxh6 26. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. b5
c5 9. c4 d4 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nbd2 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. g3 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Re7 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Nh4 Rae8 19. Bf1 h6 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. a5
g5 22. Ng2 Qe8 23. a6 Bc8 24. Re1 Bf5 25. Bc1 Ng4 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. f3 Ne5 28.
Ne1 f6 29. g4 Bd7 30. h4 Ng6 31. h5 Bf4 32. Qd1 Bxc1 33. Qxc1 Nf4 34. Qd2 Qe5
35. Ng2 Nxg2 36. Qxg2 Kf7 37. Be2 Qe3+ 38. Qf2 Qe5 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Bf1 f5 41.
gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Ke5 44. Be2 Be8 45. Kg4 Bf7 46. Bf1 Be6+ 47.
Kg3 Bf5 48. Be2 Be6 49. Bf1 Bf7 50. Kg4 Be8 51. Bg2 Bd7+ 52. Kg3 Bf5 53. Bf1 {
draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Allen, Tom"]
[Black "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Nge7 9. e5 Ng6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Bc2 d6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
Bb4 Rc8 22. Re1 Rc4 23. exd6 Bf6 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. b3 Rc2 26. Qe3 Rxa2 27. Qe8+
Kh7 28. d7 Qc2 29. Rf1 Qxb3 30. Be7 Bc6 31. Bxf6 Bxd7 32. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Oca, Homer"]
[Black "Seidov, Seid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1226"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. a3 d5 2. h3 c6 3. e3 a6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nce2 e6 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Nd7 8. Bxh8 f6
9. g4 Be4 10. f3 Kf7 11. fxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Nh6 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nfh3 Nxg4 15. Qxg4
Kg8 16. h5 g5 17. Bxf6 {remainder illegible} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Smith, Andrew"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c5
Bc7 9. Re1 e5 10. Bc2 e4 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nef6 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nf3 Re8 16. Qd3 Ne4 17. g3 Ndf6 18. Kg2 Be6 19. h4 Bd5 20. Bd1 Nxc5 21. Qc2
Nce4 22. Kf1 Qd7 23. Ng1 Qf5 24. Nf3 Nxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Bxf3 27. Bd2
Bxg3 28. Rec1 Ng4 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Black "Reyes, Edsel Delos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1360"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Qe1
Nd7 9. c3 a6 10. d4 b5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Na7 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bb7 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Bc4 Nc8 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bb2 Nxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Qc2 Ne8
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qd8 24. Qf5 Bc8 25. Qf4 Ra7 26. h4 g6 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28.
Qxg4 Qd7 29. Qf4 Ng7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Rae1 Qd8 33. Re3 Qxf6 34.
gxf6 h5 35. Rb1 Ra6 36. Rb7 Raa8 37. Ree7 Rae8 38. Rbd7 Rd8 39. Kf2 a4 40. Ke3
Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Rb8 42. Kf4 Rb2 43. Kg5 Rf2 44. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Frank, Robert"]
[Black "Liu, Chang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 d6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qa4
b6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. e4 Ne8 11. b4 Nb7 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 f5 14. Qc2 a4 15. Re1 f4
16. Nf1 g5 17. h3 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. N1h2 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. Ng5
Qe7 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. f3 h5 25. Qg2 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nd8 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Nxf7 Nxf7
29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Black "Star, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nd2 d6 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nd5 10. a3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. f5 d5 14. Nce5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. O-O Bxb2 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Rb1 Bxa3 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Rfd1 b6
21. Ng5 Bc5 22. Rb2 a5 23. Be2 a4 24. Qa2 e6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rb6
Ra6 28. Bxa6 Bxa6 29. Rxa6 Rf4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Qxa4 c4 32. Qc6 Kf7 33. Re1 g5
34. Rb1 Kg6 35. Rb7 Qf6 36. Qe8+ Kf5 37. Rf7 Qxf7 38. Qxf7+ Ke5 39. g3 c3 40.
Qg7+ Ke4 41. Qxc3 d4 42. Qc2+ Kd5 43. Qxh7 Kc4 44. Qe4 Kc3 45. Qe1+ Kd3 46. h4
gxh4 47. gxh4 Kc4 48. h5 d3 49. h6 e5 50. h7 Kb3 51. h8=Q Kc2 52. Qc8+ Kb3 53.
Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Argishti, Dante"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Nd5 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. e5 Be7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 O-O
15. Be7 Rfe8 16. Bd6 Qc8 17. f4 f5 18. Qb1 a6 19. g4 Nb6 20. a5 Nd5 21. Qc1 c5
22. Bxc5 Qc6 23. Bf3 fxg4 24. Be4 g6 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Bg2 Ne7 27. Rae1 Nf5 28.
Qe2 h5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Rad8 31. Kf2 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Re4 Kf7 34. Rg1
Rg8 35. Ba3 Ke8 36. Ree1 Kd7 37. Rd1 Kc6 38. h3 g3+ 39. Kf3 g5 40. fxg5 Rxg5
41. Bc1 Rg8 42. Ke4 h4 43. Ba3 g2 44. Rd2 Rg3 45. Bb4 Rd7 46. Rdxg2 Re3+ 47.
Kf4 Rxh3 48. Rg6 Kd5 49. Kg5 Rf7 50. Kg4 Rg3+ 51. Rxg3 hxg3 52. Kh3 Rh7+ 53.
Kg2 Rh2+ 54. Kg1 Rc2 55. Rg8 Ke4 56. d5 Kf3 {W time expired} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Snyder, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 Qd6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. a4 Re8 18. Ra3 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
Bf3 Qxc4 22. Bd5 Qa6 23. Rb3 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qd7 b6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rh3
Qc8 28. Qe4 Kg8 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rf3+ Bf6 31. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "de Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Livschitz, Louiza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. d4 a6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nf6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Qd4 Re8 14. b3
Qe7 15. Qc5 Bg4 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd4 Rxe3 18. h3 Re4 19. c3 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bb5
21. Nc5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd3 25. Re5 Kf8 26. Kf2 Rc8
27. Rc5 Be4 28. b4 g6 29. g4 Ke7 30. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Be2 O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Qc2 Bg4 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Rd7 21. Nf1
f5 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Rc1 h5 25. Rc2 g5 26. Rd2 Qe7 27. h3 Bf8 28. g4
Qc5+ 29. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kg2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bb4 32. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Qe2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Be4
g6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Rad1 f5 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. d4 b4 15.
d5 Qc8 16. Na4 Bxd5 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxc5+ Kd7 20. Bxb4 Re8 21.
Qd3 Nf6 22. c4 Qb6 23. Qa3 Re4 24. Bc5 Qb7 25. b4 Kc8 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Qxb5
28. Bd4 Kd7 29. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Bd3 h6 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bg6+ Kf8 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Qxe6 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7
15. O-O Kf6 16. Bc2 c6 17. a3 Na6 18. h4 Nc7 19. Rd1 Ne6 20. b4 b5 21. Bd2 Nb6
22. Ne2 Nc4 23. Bc3 Rhe8 24. Kf1 Nf4 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bc8 27. Rdd1 Bf5 28.
Nc1 Bc2 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Bf5 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Ke6 33. Ra6 Kd7 34. Nf3
Kc7 35. Ra2 Kb6 36. Ne5 a6 37. Kg1 Ra7 38. Ncd3 Bc8 39. g3 Re7 40. Kg2 g5 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Grey, Peter"]
[Black "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1
e6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ne4 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Qh4 Re8 14. g4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Rc8 16. Bf6 h6 17. g5 h5 18. Qf2 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Bxf6 21. gxf6
Nxd5 22. Qd2 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qh6 Qf8 25. Qd2 Rce8 26. Rad1 Ne3 27. -- {
unknown move} Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Re2 29. Qd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Goins, Demetrius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 exd5
15. exd5+ Kd8 16. Nc6+ Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nc5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Qa3 Ke7 20. g4 Kf8 21.
Qg3 Ne4 22. Qg2 Qxc6 23. Bf3 d5 24. Rh1 Qc5 25. Rd3 Qd6 26. Kb1 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Afkham-Ebrahimi, Payam"]
[Black "Farzaneh-Far, Ramin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. Nf3 dxe5 4. e4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nge7 12. Qd2 h5 13. O-O-O hxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4
15. Rdf1 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Rh5 17. Nd5 Rdh8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. Rhg1 Qh3
21. Bg3 Kb8 22. a3 Qd7 23. Qf2 Be8 24. Nh4 Nd4 25. c3 Nb5 26. Kb2 Nd6 27. Bb3
Bf7 28. Bd1 R5h6 29. Nf3 Qe6 30. Ka1 Nb5 31. c4 Nc3 32. Kb2 Nxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rd8
34. b5 g5 35. Qe3 Ng6 36. Rgf1 Rh3 37. Ng1 Rhh8 38. Ne2 Nf4 39. Nc3 Bh5 40. Rd2
Rhf8 41. Rh1 Bg6 42. Rh6 Rh8 43. Rxh8 Rxh8 44. Rh2 Rxh2+ 45. Bxh2 Qg4 46. Bg3
Nh5 47. Bf2 Nf4 48. Kc2 Qg2 49. Ne2 Nh3 50. Be1 Bh5 51. Kd2 Nf4 52. Qf2 Qxf2
53. Bxf2 Bxe2 54. Ke3 Bxd3 55. Bg3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Delaney, Will"]
[Black "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 c5 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf1 Ndf6
15. Ne5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Ne3 Bd5 22. c4 Bb7 23. Qh5 Rcf8 24. Qe5 Qb4 25. Re2 Ba6 26. b3 b5 27. Qxe4
bxc4 28. d5 Qa3 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 exd5 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Qc4 Qa5 33. g3
Qb6 34. Kg2 Rf3 35. Qe4 R3f7 36. Ng4 Kg8 37. Qc4 Qb7+ 38. Kh3 Qd7 39. Re6 Qc8
40. Rc6 Qf5 41. Rc5 Qd7 42. Kh4 Kh8 43. Ne5 g5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nd4 8.
Qh5 g6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. fxe5+ Kg7 11. Qd1 dxe5 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. c3 Ne6 14. Qf3
Nf4 15. Nxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Bd6 17. Qg5 Re8 18. d3 Re5 19. Qe3 Rh5 20. g3 Nf6
21. Qe1 Qh3 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qg2 Ng4 24. Qxh3 Rxh3 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Bf4 Bxf4
27. Rf1 Nxh2 28. Rxf4+ Ke7 29. Kg2 Rh5 30. e5 g5 31. Rc4 b6 32. b4 cxb4 33.
cxb4 Kd7 34. b5 Rh6 35. e6+ Kd8 36. Rd4+ Ke7 37. Rc4 Kd8 38. Rd4+ Ke7 39. Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Russell, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Nbc6 7. Be3 f5 8. g3 O-O
9. Be2 a6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 fxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 15. Ng5
Qd7 16. f3 Be6 17. Nxe6+ Qxe6 18. h5 Nd4 19. hxg6 Qxg6 20. O-O-O b4 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nxf3 23. Qc2 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. Bc4 a5 26. Rh5 Rf7 27. Rdh1 Kg8
28. Qc1 Qf6 29. Rf5 Qg6 30. Bd3 Rbf8 31. Rf1 Rxf5 32. exf5 Qg4 33. Ka1 e4 34.
Bb1 Rf7 35. Qe3 Re7 36. f6 Re5 37. Qa7 Qd7 38. Rh1 Ng5 39. Qxa5 Kf7 40. Qxb4
Kxf6 41. Qc3 Kg6 42. a3 Rxd5 43. Qh8 Qg7 44. Qe8+ Qf7 45. Bxe4+ Nxe4 46. Qxe4+
Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Smelansky, Vadim"]
[Black "Livschitz, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qe2 Bb6 14. Nd2
Qd4 15. c3 Qd3 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Nxe4 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 f6 19. Ng3 Bd3 20. Rd2 fxe5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxd3 Rae8 23. Kf1 Rf8 24. Rd2 h5 25. Re1 Ra5 26. b4 Rb5 27.
a4 Rd5 28. Ree2 a5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Nxh5 axb4 31. cxb4 g6 32. Ng3 Rf4 33. Rb2
Bd4 34. Ra2 Ba7 35. b5 d4 36. f3 g5 37. h3 Rf7 38. Ne4 Rf5 39. Ke2 Re5 40. Kd3
Kf7 41. Rc2 Bb6 42. Rc6 Kg7 43. Kc4 Kh7 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Ne4 Kh7 46. Kd3 Kg7
47. Rc2 Rd5 48. Re2 Kg6 49. Nd2 Kf5 50. g3 Rd6 51. Nc4 Rd5 52. Nxb6 cxb6 53.
Re4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Black "Oca, Homer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 h5 2. d4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9.
O-O h4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nh6 13. f5 Qf6 14. Qxh4 O-O-O 15. Rb1 Qe7
16. Qf2 Bf6 17. Nf3 gxf5 18. exf5 Rdg8 19. b4 Rh7 20. Ne1 Bh4 21. Qc2 Bxe1 22.
Rxe1 Rhg7 23. Bxh6 Rxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qf6 26. Be3 Qh4 27. Ne4 Kc7
28. Bg5 Bf3+ 29. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 30. Ng3 e4+ 31. Rxe4 Qh8 32. Re7 Qc3 33. Rb3 Qa1
34. bxc5 f6 35. Bf4 Kd8 36. cxd6 Nc5 37. Rbxb7 Nxb7 38. Rxb7 Qd4 39. Rb3 a5 40.
Be3 Qe5 41. Rb8+ Kd7 42. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Periwal, Prashant"]
[Black "Macintyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e6 6. Re1 Nge7 7. Na3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Nce7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bxd5 exd5
15. Qc2 Be6 16. Qc7 b5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rc7 Kf8 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Bxe7+ Rxe7
21. Rxa8+ Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Ng5 Ke7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Nc2 a5 26. Re3 b4
27. a3 Bh6 28. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Cole, Tony"]
[Black "Allen, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ne5 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
f3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. e5 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxe5 14.
Nf5 Bf6 15. g4 g6 16. Nh6 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Bxh6 18. Rxh6 Bc6 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f6 22. g5 O-O 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qc4 Qf7 25. Qe4 Qf4 26. Qxf4 exf4
27. Kc1 Rf7 28. Rh1 Re8 29. Rhd1 Kg7 30. R5d3 h5 31. b4 g5 32. Rg1 Rfe7 33. Kd1
Kf6 34. b5 g4 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Rh1 Re2 37. Rd2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Re7 39. Kd3 Kg5
40. c4 f3 41. gxf3 gxf3 42. Rg1+ Kf4 43. a4 f2 44. Rf1 Kf3 45. a5 Re1 46. Rxf2+
Kxf2 47. a6 bxa6 48. bxa6 Ra1 49. Kc3 Rxa6 50. Kb4 Rb6+ 51. Ka5 c5 52. Ka4 Ke3
53. Ka3 Kd3 54. Ka4 Kc3 55. Ka5 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Rettenmaier, Robert"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1057"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 O-O 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. a3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3
Bg6 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. O-O Qc7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rad8 19. Ne4 d5 20. Ng5 e4
21. Qe2 Qc8 22. c3 Qf5 23. Nh3 Ne5 24. Bd4 Bd6 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. g3 Qe6 27. Qh5
Rf5 28. Ng5 Qg8 29. Qg4 g6 30. f3 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 e3 32. Rd3 Qe8 33. Re1 Qb5 34.
Rdxe3 Bxe3 35. Rxe3 Qxb2+ 36. Kh3 Qd2 37. Qh4 h5 38. Ne6 Re8 39. Qd4+ Qxd4 40.
cxd4 Rf6 41. Re5 Rexe6 42. Rxd5 Rxf3 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Rf7 45. Rd8 Ree7 46.
Rc8 Rd7 47. Rc4 Rd5 48. Kh4 Rfd7 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2
c6 9. b3 Na6 10. a3 Rb8 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e3 e4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Rad1
Ng4 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. Nd1 Ncd3 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Nf4 Nxb2 20. Nxb2 Qxa3 21. Rfd1
Qe7 22. c5 Qf7 23. Kh1 g5 24. Ne2 Qh5 25. Ng1 Be6 26. Nc4 Ng4 27. h3 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bf1 Qf7 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Qe7 32. g4 Rbd8 33. gxf5 Rxd2 34.
Rxd2 Bf6 35. Rd6 Be5 36. Re6 Qxc5 37. Qxe4 Bg7 38. Re7 b5 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qd7
Qxf5 41. Rxg7 Qxd7 42. Rxd7 Rxf2 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Rxa7 Rb2 45. Nf3 h6 46. Nd4
Kg8 47. Rb7 b4 48. e4 h5 49. e5 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. e6 g3 52. e7 Kf7 53. Nf5
Re2 54. Nd6+ Kf6 55. e8=Q Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Somerville, Kenneth"]
[Black "Miretsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 g6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h4 b5
9. h5 a5 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ngf3 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Nf5 15.
Qh5 Nh6 16. Qg6 Rf7 17. Rxh6 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 Nd7 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Starr, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 b4 4. a3 a5 5. axb4 axb4 6. Rxa8 Bxa8 7. c3 e6 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 g6 12. Re1 c5 13. c4 d6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Ne5 Nbd7 16. Ndf3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. e5 Be7 20. Be4 Nb6 21. b3
Rd8 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Qd2 Bg7 25. Qg5 Nd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qe7 Qd8
28. Qd6 h6 29. h3 Qc8 30. Rd1 Ra7 31. Nd2 Ra6 32. Qe7 Nxe5 33. Ne4 Nc6 34. Qf6+
Kg8 35. Nxc5 Ra5 36. Ne4 Rf5 37. Qb2 Qc7 38. Nd6 Rf4 39. Ne8 Qe5 40. Qxe5 Nxe5
41. Nc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Litowsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Brooks, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be3 Ne8 8. a3 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 c6 16. Kb1 Qe7 17. h4 Nf6 18. f3 Bh6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nce4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Bf5 22. g4 Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Rac8 24. Rd3 Rf4 25. Qe3 Rxc4 26. Rhd1 d5 27. Re1 Bg7
28. Rf1 Rb8 29. Rd2 h6 30. Nh3 Qb7 31. Ka2 e4 32. Rff2 exf3 33. Qxf3 Rf8 34.
Qg3 Rxf2 35. Nxf2 Rc5 36. Nd3 Rb5 37. Qd6 Kh7 38. b4 Qc8 39. Rg2 Rb7 40. Nf4
Qe8 41. Re2 Qf7 42. Re6 Rd7 43. Qxc6 Qxf4 44. Qxd7 Qc4+ 45. Kb1 Qc3 46. Re2
Qd3+ 47. Rc2 Qd1+ 48. Rc1 Qb3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Black "Frank, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 c5 6. Bxf4 Qe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Bxe2 Bf5 9. Nc3 Bxc2 10. Nd5 Kd8 11. Ne5 Bg6 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. dxc5 Nfd7 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nc7 Na6 16. Nxa6 bxa6 17. c6 Rc8 18. Rxd7+ Ke8 19. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Mar, Henry"]
[Black "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bc4 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Bd5 Nf6 13. h3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6
15. Qd2 e4 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qh4 18. f4 f5 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. c3 Na5 21. Bd4
Qg6 22. b3 Nc6 23. Be3 d5 24. Rfd1 Rd7 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rad1 Qf6 27. Bd4 Nxd4
28. Rxd4 a6 29. Nf1 Rd6 30. Ne3 Bf7 31. Qd2 b5 32. Qf2 g5 33. Qg3 h5 34. h4 Rc6
35. c4 Rdc8 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 g4 38. Qf2 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. Rd6 Qe7
41. Rd7 Qc5 42. Rd8+ Rxd8 43. Rxd8+ Kf7 44. Qxc5 Rxc5 45. Rd2 Ke6 46. Kf2 Rc3
47. g3 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3
a6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. b3 Rfc8
15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Na4 Bxa4 17. Bb6 Qe5 18. Bd4 Qe6 19. bxa4 b5 20. a5 Rc6 21. Bb2
Nd5 22. Qb3 Nc3+ 23. Bxc3 Qxb3+ 24. cxb3 Rxc3 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Kxc2 Rc8+ 27.
Kd1 Bc3 28. Bd3 Bxa5 29. Bc2 Bb4 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Ke2 e5 32. h4 Kf6 33. g4 h6
34. Rf1 g5 35. h5 Ba3 36. Rb1 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Bxc1 38. Kd1 Ba3 39. Kc2 Bb4 40. Kb2
Ke6 41. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Liu, Chang"]
[Black "Seidov, Seid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1155"]
[BlackElo "1226"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. a3 d6 6. b4 Bd4 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. f3 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qh5 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. Be2 Qg6
15. g4 Ne5 16. O-O c5 17. f4 Bxg4 18. Kh1 Qxe4+ 19. Kg1 Bxe2 20. Qe1 Nf3+ 21.
Rxf3 Qxf3 22. Bd2 Rae8 23. Qg3 Re6 24. Re1 Rg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. bxc5 dxc5 27.
h3 Kf7 28. a4 Rh8 29. a5 Rxh3 30. Rxe2 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Kh1 Na5 12. Qe1 Nc4 13. Bc1 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rac8 17. g4 Nxb2 18. g5 Qxc3 19. Qxe7 Ne8 20. g6 Nf6 21.
Bxd6 Nc4 22. Bb4 Qxc2 23. Rac1 Qd3 24. Qxb7 Ne3 25. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "de Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 f6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Ng3 Qe8
15. Kh2 Rd8 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. Rf1 g6 18. Ng3 g5 19. Nxh5 Qxh5 20. Ng1 Qg6 21. Ne2
g4 22. f3 gxh3 23. g3 Kh8 24. f4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Bd6 27. Rg4 Qf7
28. Qf3 Be5 29. c3 c5 30. Rd1 Qd7 31. Rf4 Rg8 32. d4 Qd6 33. Rf1 Bxf4 34. Qxf4
Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Rg6 36. d5 Kg7 37. c4 Re8 38. Kxh3 b5 39. Bc3 b4 40. Bb2 a5 41.
a4 bxa3 42. Bxa3 Rb8 43. Rf3 a4 44. bxa4 Rb1 45. Bxc5 Ra1 46. Ba3 Rh6+ 47. Kg4
Rh2 48. Kf5 Kf7 49. Re3 Rf1+ 50. Kg4 h5# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Snyder, Larry"]
[Black "Argishti, Dante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f5 11. Ne2 Nf8 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Be7
15. Rc1 a6 16. a3 Qd8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qb6 19. Qc2 Ng6 20. b4 O-O 21. Be2
Rfc8 22. Rb1 Na7 23. a4 Qd8 24. Qb3 b5 25. a5 Nc6 26. h3 Ra7 27. Be3 Rac7 28.
Ne1 Nf8 29. Rbc1 Be8 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. R5c3 Ne7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34.
Nc5 Nxc5 35. dxc5 Nc6 36. Qc3 Qd8 37. Bd4 Bf7 38. Qd2 h6 39. Bf3 Kf8 40. Ke2
Qe8 41. Bc3 Bh5 42. Kf2 Bxf3 43. Kxf3 Qh5+ 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Qd3 Kd7 46. Qf3 Qg6
47. Qd3 Kc7 48. Qd2 Qe8 49. Bd4 Qd8 50. h4 Qe8 51. Bc3 Qh5 52. Qd3 g5 53. hxg5
hxg5 54. fxg5 Qxg5 55. Bd2 Qg4 56. Qe3 d4 57. Qh6 Qg8 58. Qf6 Qe8 59. Kf2 Qd7
60. Ke1 Ne7 61. Kd1 Nd5 62. Qh6 Ne3+ 63. Kc1 Qd5 64. Qf8 Qc4+ 65. Kb1 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Black "Goins, Demetrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 g6 9. Nf3 b6 10. b4 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. h3 Be6 15.
Rc1 Rb8 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qxb5 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Qh4 Nf5 21.
Qg5 h6 22. Nh5+ Kh7 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kh7 25. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Farzaneh-Far, Ramin"]
[Black "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
f3 Qb6 9. Bb3 Nxe4 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nc5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4
Re8 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4+ f6 17. O-O Rxe7 18. Rfe1 Rd7 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Bc4
Na4 21. Bb3 Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Nc5 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bf1 Na4 25. b4 Nb6 26. Rae1 Nd5
27. Re6 Bb7 28. Kf2 Rad8 29. g3 Nxc3 30. Re7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Black "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O c6 8. f4
O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. g4 e5 11. f5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nfd7 13. Be3 a6 14. Qd2 Rd8 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. f6 Bh8 17. Bh4 c5 18. Nde2 Ne5 19. Nd5 Nbc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Smelansky, Vadim"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Bg5 Qc5 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. Rfd1 Ng6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd4 Bc6 14. Qe3 b5
15. Rd2 Rb8 16. b4 e5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Be7 19. Bb2 O-O 20. g3 Qc4 21. a3
Rfc8 22. Re1 Qg4 23. Kh1 Rc4 24. Rde2 Rbc8 25. Qd3 Qh3 26. Ng1 Qd7 27. c3 f5
28. Rc2 Bf6 29. f3 Nf8 30. Ne2 g6 31. Nc1 Qg7 32. Re3 Bg5 33. Re1 Nd7 34. Nb3
Nb6 35. Na5 R4c7 36. Nc6 Qf7 37. Rd1 Qxd5 38. Nxe5 Qxe5 39. f4 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4
fxe4 41. fxg5 d5 42. Bc1 Rxc3 43. Rxc3 Rxc3 44. Bb2 Rd3 45. Re1 e3 46. Kg1 d4
47. Kf1 Kf7 48. Ba1 Rd2 49. h4 Nd5 50. Rc1 Ke6 51. Re1 Ke5 52. Kg1 Ke4 53. Rc1
Kf3 54. g4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Traub, Igor"]
[Black "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Kh1 O-O 8. a4
Bg4 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nc3 Rac8 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd4 13. Qd1 h6 14. Nh3 Qd7
15. b3 a6 16. Ra2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 b4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21.
Rf5 Bd6 22. Bxh6 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be3 Ra1+ 25. Ng1 Be7 26. h3 Qd6 27. g4
Nh7 28. Qf2 f6 29. h4 Nf8 30. Kg2 Ne6 31. h5 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Qd2 Qe6 34.
Ne2 Qa6 35. Rf1 Ra2 36. Ng3 Qa3 37. Rf2 Kh7 38. Nf5 Bf8 39. g5 Ra1 40. g6+ Kh8
41. h6 gxh6 42. Nxh6 Qc1 43. Qxc1 Rxc1 44. Nf5 Kg8 45. Kf3 Rh1 46. Kg2 Rh5 47.
Kg1 Rh3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Black "Allen, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 Bxb1 5. Rxb1 e6 6. Qb3 Na6 7. Qxb7 Nc5 8.
Qc6+ Nfd7 9. cxd5 Rb8 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. O-O Rb6 12. Qa4 Bc5 13. b4 O-O 14. Ba3
Be7 15. d4 Qc8 16. d5 Ra6 17. Qb3 Nd8 18. Bh3 Nb7 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. Nxd7 Rh6 21.
Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Grey, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nc2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7
15. Ne3 e4 16. Bc2 Qd7 17. Bb3 O-O 18. Qh5 f4 19. Ng4 Qf5 20. Nh6+ Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Qe5 22. O-O-O a5 23. Rhe1 Kh8 24. Rxe4 Nf5 25. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Rxf4 Ng7 27.
Bc2 Rac8 28. Rf6 Ne8 29. Rh6 f5 30. Rd3 Rf6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Rd2 b4 33. Bxf5
Rc5 34. Kd1 bxc3 35. bxc3 Nxd5 36. Be6 Nxc3+ 37. Kc2 Ne4+ 38. Kd3 Nxd2 39. Kxd2
Kg7 40. f4 Kf6 41. f5 h5 42. g3 Rb5 43. Kc2 Rb4 44. h3 h4 45. gxh4 Rxh4 46. Kb3
Rf4 47. Kc3 Kg5 48. Kd3 Rh4 49. Ke3 Rxh3+ 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Kd4 Rh2 52. Ke4 Rb2
53. Kd4 Rb5 54. Ke4 Re5+ 55. Kd4 Rxe6 56. fxe6 Kxe6 57. Ke4 d5+ 58. Kd4 Kd6 59.
Kd3 Kc5 60. Kc3 a4 61. a3 d4+ 62. Kd3 Kd5 63. Kd2 Kc4 64. Kc2 d3+ 65. Kd2 Kd4
66. Kd1 Kc3 67. Kc1 Kb3 68. Kd2 Kxa3 69. Kxd3 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Afkham-Ebrahimi, Payam"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 h5 5. d3 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. Nh4 Bc5+ 8. e3
Bh7 9. Nc3 a6 10. d4 Ba7 11. f5 Qd7 12. fxe6 Qxe6 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Bxd5 Qd7
15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. c4 Nb4 17. Nxf6 Qe7 18. Nxh7 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Qe4 20. Qxh5 Nf6
21. Nxf6 Rxh5 22. Nxe4 Rxf5 23. c5 Re8 24. Nf2 c6 25. e4 Rh5 26. g4 Rhh8 27. g5
Bb8 28. e5 Rh4 29. Be3 Kd7 30. Nd3 Reh8 31. Bf4 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kf5 33. Kf3 Rh3+
34. Bg3 Kxg5 35. Rf1 R3h7 36. Ke4 Kg6 37. b4 Re8 38. Rf6+ Kg7 39. Nf4 Bc7 40.
a4 Rh6 41. Rf5 Bd8 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Nh5+ Kg6 45. Nf6 Re6 46. Bf4
Bxf6 47. Bxh6 b4 48. Rxf6+ Rxf6 49. exf6 Kxf6 50. d5 Ke7 51. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Brooks, Matthew"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. h3 h5 10. cxd5 Nd7 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Re1
O-O-O 15. Qb3 N7b6 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Ne5 f5 18. Qc2 Rh5 19. Qxc6+ Qxc6 20. Nxc6
Rdh8 21. f4 Rh1+ 22. Kf2 g3+ 23. Kxg3 Rxe1 24. Kf2 Rhh1 25. Nxa7+ Kb7 26. Nb5
Nxf4 27. Bf3+ Nfd5 28. Nd6+ Kc6 29. Nxf5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1+ Rxc1 31. Ne7+ Kd6 32.
Nf5+ Kc7 33. Nxg7 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. Kh4 Rxa2 36. g4 Ne7 37. g5 Rd2 38. Ne6+
Kd6 39. Nf8 Rxd4+ 40. Kh5 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Russell, Joe"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 e6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nc6 13. a3 f6 14. h4 Kd7
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rhd1 Rad8 17. c4 Kc8 18. b4 Bb6 19. b5 Na5 20. cxd5 Rxd5 21.
Rac1+ Kd7 22. e4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1+ Kc8 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 e5 27.
Nd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Chirila, Sergiu"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 Rd8 11. Qe2 Qd3 12. Qxd3 Rxd3 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Be4
Rd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Re1 Be6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bf6 20. Rd1 g6
21. b3 Rc8 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Rac1 Bd8 24. Re1 f6 25. Ba3 Kf7 26. Ng2 g5 27. h4 h6
28. Rc3 Nd7 29. Rce3 Ba5 30. R1e2 Bb6 31. Bb2 Nb8 32. f4 Nc6 33. f5 Bd7 34.
Rxe8 Bxe8 35. Rd2 Ne5 36. Kh1 Ng4 37. a4 Bd7 38. Re2 Bxf5 39. Ne3 Be4+ 40. Kg1
Nxe3 41. Rxe3 Kg6 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Re1 Kh5 44. Kf2 Kg4 45. Rc1 h5 46. b4 a5
47. bxa5 Bxa5 48. Rc5 b6 49. Rc6 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Bc3 h3 52. Bxa5 bxa5 53.
Rh6 Bc2 54. Ra6 Bxa4 55. Rxa5 Bb3 56. Kg1 Bc4 57. Kh2 Kh4 58. Ra1 Bd3 59. Rg1
Be4 60. Rg3 Bg2 61. Rg7 Kh5 62. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Delaney, Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. a4 axb5
9. axb5 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Nbd7 11. d3 Qc7 12. O-O b6 13. Nbd2 e5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nc4 f6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 e4 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxd5
Ng6 22. Qc6 Qb8 23. d5 Nf4 24. Bd1 Rd8 25. Nc4 Bd7 26. Be5 Bxc6 27. Bxb8 Bxb5
28. Bxf4 Bxc4 29. Re1 Rxd5 30. g3 Bb4 31. Bb3 Bxb3 32. Rb1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bxd1
34. Kf1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Black "Somerville, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Re1 f6 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. h4 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxh4 15.
Qh5 h6 16. Qg6 Nxe5 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. dxe5 Ke8 19. Bg6+ Kd7 20. Qxg7+ Qe7 21.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bd3 Kd8 23. g3 Bg5 24. Be3 Bd7 25. Rac1 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 d4 27. Be4
d3 28. Bxd3 Bc6 29. Be4 Nd5 30. Bxh6 Rh8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Macintyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Rb1 d6 11. Ne1 Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Ba3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rad8
15. Nc2 Kh8 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 e5 18. d5 Rf7 19. Ne3 Rdf8 20. Nf5 Qd8 21. h3
g6 22. Nh6 Rg7 23. Qe3 Nh5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. g3 Nhf6 27. Qf3 Ng8
28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Ngf6 31. Bc2 Kg8 32. Re7 Kf8 33. Re6 Kf7
34. Bxd6 cxd6 35. Rxd6 Nc5 36. Rd8 Ke7 37. Rb8 Ne8 38. Ba4 Nd6 39. Bc6 Nd7 40.
Rg8 Bxc6 41. dxc6 Nf6 42. Rg7+ Kd8 43. Rxa7 Nfxe4 44. Rxh7 Nxc4 45. Kg2 Ne3+
46. Kg1 Nxg3 47. Rb7 Nc4 48. Rg7 Ne2+ 49. Kf2 Nf4 50. h4 e4 51. Rf7 e3+ 52. Ke1
Nd3+ 53. Ke2 Nde5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Oca, Homer"]
[Black "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. h3 d5 3. b4 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g4 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. b5 Nbd7
9. c4 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 O-O 12. d3 Rad8 13. Ne2 d4 14. e4 Ne5 15. f4 Ng6
16. O-O h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Nd2 f6 19. f5 Ne5 20. g6 Ng5 21. Nf4 Nxd3 22. Qxh5
Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qg5+ 26. Kf2 Qxh5 27. Bxh5 Bxe4 28.
Re1 Bxf5 29. Rxe7 Ra8 30. Bf3 Rfe8 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Rc7 Rad8 33. Bf7 Re3 34.
Bc1 Rxh3 35. Rxa7 d3 36. Bd2 Rh2+ 37. Ke1 Re2+ 38. Kd1 Rg2 39. Kc1 Bxg6 40. Bc4
Be4 41. a4 Rd4 42. Bb3 Bd5 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 44. a5 bxa5 45. b6 c4 46. b7 Rb5 47.
Ra8+ Kh7 48. b8=Q Rxb8 49. Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Smith, Andrew"]
[Black "Cole, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. a3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Bg3 Be4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6 cxd6
15. f3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. fxe4 Na5 19. Qc3 Nc6 20. e5 Rc8 21. Qd3
Qg5 22. Rac1 f4 23. Nf3 Qh5 24. e4 g5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qb3 Nce7 27. Bc4 Qf7
28. Qxb7 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 g4 30. Nd2 f3 31. gxf3 Qf4 32. Rf2 gxf3 33. Qb3 Qg4+ 34.
Kh1 Qh4 35. Rxf3 Qe1+ 36. Nf1 Qe4 37. Rcc3 Kh8 38. Rcd3 Nf5 39. Qd1 Nh4 40. Nd2
Ne3 41. Nxe4 Rxf3 42. Qxf3 Nxf3 43. Rxe3 Nxd4 44. Nc5 Kg8 45. e6 Kf8 46. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1241"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. c3 e6 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. d4 O-O 8. e5 Nd5
9. Bd3 f5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Nc4 Be8 12. a4 Nce7 13. O-O b5 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Bd2
Nb6 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. Be1 d5 18. Bh4 h6 19. b3 Bb7 20. Ra5 c6 21. Rfa1 Nbc8 22.
Nd1 Qc7 23. Nb2 c5 24. Rxc5 Nc6 25. Be2 a5 26. Bb5 Rf7 27. Na4 Bf8 28. Qf2 Bxc5
29. Nxc5 Nd8 30. Bf6 Bc6 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. Bxc6 Raa7 33. Ba4 Qe7 34. Qh4 Nb6
35. Qxh6 Nxa4 36. Nxa4 Rg7 37. Qg5 Qe8 38. Nc5 Rh7 39. Qf6 Rae7 40. Rxa5 g5 41.
Nxg5 Qh5 42. Ra8+ Re8 43. Rxe8+ Qxe8 44. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Reyes, Edsel Delos"]
[Black "Miretsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1360"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. f3 Be6 14. g4 Rab8
15. b3 c5 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Nb2 a5 18. Qc3 Kg8 19. h4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Bc4
Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rfd8 23. Rd2 Ra8 24. Kb2 Ra6 25. e5 Ne8 26. Rf1 Rda8 27. Ra1 Nc7
28. exd6 exd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Nc4 Re8 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Rd2 Re1
34. Rh2 Nd5 35. Nd2 Nc3 36. a4 bxa3+ 37. Kxa3 Kf8 38. h5 Ke7 39. hxg6 hxg6 40.
b4 cxb4+ 41. Kxb4 Nd5+ 42. Kb3 Re3+ 43. Kc4 Nb6+ 44. Kd4 Re1 45. Kd3 Kf6 46.
Re2 Ra1 47. Ne4+ Kg7 48. c4 Ra3+ 49. Nc3 Na4 50. Rc2 Nc5+ 51. Kd4 Ne6+ 52. Kd5
Kf6 53. Ne4+ Ke7 54. Rc3 Ra8 55. c5 Rd8+ 56. Kc4 f5 57. gxf5 gxf5 58. Nd6 f4
59. Rd3 Ra8 60. Nf5+ Kf6 61. Nd4 Ra4+ 62. Kd5 Nxc5 63. Kxc5 Ra5+ 64. Kb4 Rd5
65. Kc4 Rd8 66. Ne2 Rxd3 67. Kxd3 Kf5 68. Kd4 Kg6 69. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Mar, Henry"]
[Black "Rettenmaier, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1057"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb4 9. Na3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxa3 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Kd1 Bg7 13. Bd3 d6 14. f4 O-O
15. a3 Qb6 16. Qc3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rd8 18. c5 Qb5 19. Kc2 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Frank, Robert"]
[Black "Litowsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. Qxc5
Qc7 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. b3 Rb5 17. Qa3 Bc8 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Bc5 Ra5 20. Qb4 Bg4 21.
Qc3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 e5 23. b4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Ra6 26. Rec1 Qe7 27. f4
Rb8 28. a3 Qe6 29. Kh1 h5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. fxe5 Re8 32. f4 Re6 33. Rc3 Kf8 34.
h4 Ra4 35. Rb1 a6 36. Kg2 f6 37. exf6 Kf7 38. Rbb3 Kxf6 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Rc5 Kf6
41. Rbc3 Kf5 42. Rb3 Kf6 43. Rbc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. h3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. b3 e6 7. e3 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O (9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 {was safer.}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 $1 (10...
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ {
offers White compensation for the pawn in the form of Black's displaced King.})
11. c4 Bc3 (11... O-O {was safer.}) 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5 {
is strongly met by} 13. Nc4) 13. Rc1 Bb2 (13... Bb4 {
was again safer but Michael is fearless. Now things start to heat up.}) 14. Rc5
a6 15. Bc4 $6 {
Ultimately this seems to fall short so attention should be focused on} (15. Nc4
{which after a long sequence (mostly forced) leads to an ending where White's
Bishops just about compensate for the pawn in the ending:} dxc4 16. Rxf5 cxb3
17. Qb1 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Re5+ Ne6 20. Qxb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 O-O 22. Be3 Rfd8
23. Bf3 Rab8 24. Rc1) 15... Nxd4 16. Re1+ Be6 17. Rc7 ({
Black a pawn up in the ending after} 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 O-O 19. Nc4 Nxf3+
20. Qxf3 Bxd5 21. Nxb6 Bxf3 22. Nxa8 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxa8 24. Re7 b5) 17... O-O
18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Qb1 Bc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Ng5 $2 {
The final mistake. More chances were offered by} (21. Be5 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rcc8
23. Bxf6 ({or} 23. Ng5 h6 24. Bxf6 hxg5 25. Qa1 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6
28. Bxc8 Rxc8) 23... gxf6 24. Bxh7+ Kg7 25. Bf5) 21... h6 22. Nh7 Nxh7 23.
Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Be5 Rfc8 25. Nf1 Rc1 26. Qd3 Rxe1 27. Bxd4 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Argishti, Dante"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Nc6 13. Bd5+ Kh8 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rfe1 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 h6
21. Bh4 Bh3 22. a3 Qf5 23. Be6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Kg8 26. b4 Nd4 27.
Re7 g5 28. Re4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxh4+ 30. gxh4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Kf3 Kf7 33.
Kxf4 Kf6 34. Ke4 c6 35. a4 Ke6 36. Kd4 a6 37. Ke4 d5+ 38. Kd4 b6 39. b5 axb5
40. axb5 c5+ 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. cxd5 Kxd5 43. Kc3 c4 44. Kb4 Kd4 45. Ka3 Kc3 46.
h5 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Black "de Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. Nf3 h5
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. g3 Bh6 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Ned4 Na4 20. Nb3 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 dxc5 22. c3 f5 23. Ne5 fxe4 24. Nxf7 Rxd3 25. Nxh6 Rgd8 26. Kc2 Rf8 27.
Rxd3 exd3+ 28. Kxd3 Rf6 29. Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Goins, Demetrius"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Qd2 d5
9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Qc3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Qd7 19. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Rhe1 Rd8 14. g4 Nxg4
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qg2 b4 17. Nd5 exd5 18. Qxg4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 O-O
21. Rg1 g6 22. f5 d5 23. Rf4 Rc8 24. f6 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 Nc6 26. Qg5 Qxh2 27. Rh4
Qf2 28. Rxh7 Qxg1+ 29. Qxg1 Rfe8 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Qh1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Black "Traub, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bh4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. g4 Be8 12. Qd2 e5 13. e4 Qb4 14. dxe5 fxe5 15.
Nxe5 d4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Qxd4 Nbc6 18. Nd3 Nxd4 19. Nxb4 c5 20. Nd3 Nxc2+ 21.
Kd2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Rf3 23. Rh1 Rd8 24. Ke2 Rf6 25. e5 Rh6 26. f4 Bc6 27. Rh2 Rd4
28. Bf7 c4 29. Nf2 Rxf4 30. e6 g5 31. Ke3 Nd5+ 32. Kd2 Nxc3 33. Kxc3 Kg7 34.
Kd2 b5 35. Ke3 b4 36. h4 Rf3+ 37. Kd4 Rxh4 38. Rxh4 gxh4 39. Nd1 Rd3+ 40. Kc5
Rxd1 41. Kxc6 c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Black "Snyder, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. c5 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. h3 Bf5 12. g4 Be4 13. Na4 Qb4 14. a3 Qd6 15. Nh2
h6 16. f3 Qg3+ 17. Kh1 Qxh3 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf4 g5 20. Rc1 Nxd4 21. Bc7 e5
22. Kg1 Qe3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Grey, Peter"]
[Black "Periwal, Prashant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Ndb4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ f6 11. O-O-O+ Kc7 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Na6 14. Bc4
Nc5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Nb5+ Kb8 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Ne6 Nd6 20. Bd5 Bxe6
21. Bxe6 Kc7 22. Kb2 Rd8 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Rhd1 Be7 25. Bd5 Rc8 26. f3 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Kb3 Kc7 30. a4 Nb7 31. Bxb7 Kxb7 32. Kc4 Kc6 33.
b5+ Kd6 34. a5 Bd8 35. a6 g5 36. g3 h5 37. f4 Ke6 38. f5+ Kd6 39. Bd2 g4 40.
Bb4+ Kd7 41. Kd5 Bc7 42. Bf8 Bb8 43. Bg7 Bd6 44. Bxf6 Bc5 45. Bxe5 Bg1 46. Bf6
Bxh2 47. Bh4 Bg1 48. e5 Bc5 49. e6+ Ke8 50. f6 Bf2 51. Kc6 Bd4 52. Kb7 Kd8 53.
e7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Livschitz, Louiza"]
[Black "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Qd3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5
15. a4 O-O 16. f4 g6 17. Qg3 c4 18. f5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 cxb3 20. cxb3 Rae8 21. Rf6
Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxa6 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rb8 25. a5 Rxb2 26. Rb6 Ree2 27. Rxb2
Rxb2 28. a6 Rb8 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. a7 Ra8 33. Ra6+ Kd7 34.
Kxd5 f5 35. h4 Kd8 36. Ke6 Ke8 37. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Delaney, Will"]
[Black "Afkham-Ebrahimi, Payam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. e4
fxe4 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Qb3 Nf3+ 12. Kh1 Nd4 13. Qd1 e5 14. Ngxe4 Bf5
15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Rae1 c5
21. Ng5 Bh6 22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Re5 24. b4 b6 25. b5 Rfe8 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Qf2 Bd3 28. Bh3 Qg7 29. Rc1 e4 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Qf6 e3 32. d6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Farzaneh-Far, Ramin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh3 14. Rf2 Rc8
15. Rh2 Qd7 16. Bh6 f5 17. Bxg7 fxe4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nxe4 Rxf3 20. Qh6 Qd4+
21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Rg1 Bg4 23. Qg5 Rxg3 24. Rxg3 Qb1+ 25. Kg2 Qxc2+ 26. Qd2 Qxd2+
27. Nxd2 h5 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Kg3 Nd5 30. Ne4 b6 31. Kxg4 Kg7 32. Kf3 Nf4 33.
Rd2 a6 34. Nd6 b5 35. Ke4 Kf6 36. Ne8+ Kg5 37. Kxe5 Kg4 38. Nf6+ Kf3 39. Ne4
Ke3 40. Nxc5 Kxd2 41. Kxf4 g5+ 42. Ke4 Kc3 43. Ne6 a5 44. d4 b4 45. d5 a4 46.
Nd4 Kb2 47. d6 b3 48. Nxb3 Kxa2 49. Nc1+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Black "Russell, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Qd2 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. h3 Nh6 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Kc2 Qe8 14. f3 f5 15. g4
fxe4 16. fxe4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Na4 18. Bg5 Nxc3 19. Kxc3 Nf7 20. Be3 b5 21. b3 c6
22. Rhf1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 c5 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 a4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rf1 Qe8
28. Qf2 axb3 29. axb3 Ra7 30. Bf6 Bh6 31. g5 Bf8 32. h4 Bb5 33. Qg2 Rb7 34. Qg4
Bxc4 35. bxc4 Qa4 36. Qe6+ Rf7 37. Bxe5 Qa3+ 38. Kc2 Qa2+ 39. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Chirila, Sergiu"]
[Black "Smelansky, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 dxe4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd2 Bxb5 8.
Nxb5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxe4
Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. h4 e5 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. Nd5 Qg4 20. Nxf6+ gxf6
21. Rh3 Kh8 22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Rd6 Nc6 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Nd2 Rad8 26. Ne4 Rxd6 27.
Nxd6 Qh5 28. Qd3+ Kh8 29. Nxb7 e4 30. Qd6 Kh7 31. a3 Rc8 32. Qxf6 Qd1+ 33. Ka2
Qd5+ 34. b3 Rg8 35. Rxg8 Kxg8 36. Qxh6 Nb4+ 37. axb4 Qxb7 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qc5+
Kg7 40. g4 f6 41. g5 fxg5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. c4 Qd7 44. Qe3 Kh5 45. Kb2 Qf5 46.
c5 Qe5+ 47. Kc2 Kg6 48. c6 Qd5 49. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Allen, Tom"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbc6 13. Ne4 Bd4 14. Qh5 Bxe5
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ dxe6 18. Rxd8 Raxd8 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Be3 Nxe3
21. Qxe3 Rf6 22. Rf1 Bd4 23. Qb3 Bb6 24. g3 Rd2 25. Kg2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Macintyre, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. a3 g6 7. h3 d6 8. Rb1 Bg7
9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Rc8 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O Nde5 13. Nh2 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. b3
Nf6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxd4 Nxg4 19. Ndf3 Nxh2 20. Nxh2 e6 21. d4 h5
22. Rbd1 Qc7 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rfe1 Kh7 25. Qd3 Ba6 26. a4 Rfd8 27. Nf3 Qe7 28.
Qe2 Rd7 29. Qd1 Bb7 30. Rc2 Rdc7 31. Qb1 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Qd1 Qf6 34. Rd2
Bb7 35. Rd3 Qf4 36. Qe2 Qd6 37. Ng5+ Kg8 38. Bxb7 Rxb7 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Ne4 Rd7
41. d5 exd5 42. cxd5 Rcd8 43. Kf1 Qh4 44. Qg2 Re7 45. d6 Red7 46. Rd5 Bf8 47.
Rxh5 Qf4 48. Rg5 Kg7 49. Rg4 Qf5 50. h4 Bxd6 51. h5 Bb4 52. hxg6 fxg6 53. Rb1
Rd1+ 54. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 55. Ke2 Re1+ 56. Kd3 Qd5+ 57. Kc2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Black "Brooks, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 Re8 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh2 Qd7 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Nf1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Rd7 16. Bb5 Qc5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxe5 Bxh3 19. Bd4 Be6 20. Ng3 Bd5 21. f3
Qd6 22. Kf2 c5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rh1 Qe7 25. Nhf5 Qe5 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Ng4 Qg5
28. e4 Be6 29. Nxf6 Rd2+ 30. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Livschitz, Jennifer"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 b5 6. Bc2 d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ba7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Ng6 15.
Bg3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bf5 19. Bb3+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Bh3 21.
Rfe1 Rxf3 22. Bd5 Raf8 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Nd5 c6 25. Nb4 c5 26. dxc5 dxc5 {
Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Black "Starr, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c4 g6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Bg5
Qxe2+ 9. Nxe2 Bg7 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. O-O-O f6 13. Bf4 a6 14. Nxd6 Nd7
15. h4 Ne5 16. Nxc8 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Rxc8 18. d6 Rc6 19. d7 Re6 20. d8=Q Rxe2 21.
Be3 f5 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 b6 24. Bh6 Nf6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Re1 Ne4 27. Qd7+
Rf7 28. Qc6 Nxf2 29. Re3 Ng4 30. Rd3 Ne5 31. Qd6 Nxd3+ 32. Qxd3 f4 33. b3 Kh6
34. Qd8 f3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Qxb6 Kh5 37. Qd8 Rh3 38. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Rettenmaier, Robert"]
[Black "Milliken, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1057"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qh5+ g6
8. Qe5+ Qe7 9. Qxh8 Nf6 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Reyes, Edsel Delos"]
[Black "Oca, Homer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1360"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 h6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 d6 8. O-O-O
b5 9. h4 Nd7 10. h5 g5 11. Nh2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 15.
Qxd7+ Qxd7 16. Bxd7+ Kf8 17. Rd3 Bd4 18. Ne2 Be5 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Rhd1 Rb8 21.
c3 Kg8 22. Ba4 Kh7 23. Bc2 Nc6 24. Rd6 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rd7 Kg7 27. Bb3
Rhe8 28. Kc2 Rb6 29. Nc1 Reb8 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. e5 Bf8 32. c4 a5 33. Ba4 Kg8 34.
b3 Bg7 35. Rc7 Rd8 36. Rxc5 Rd4 37. g3 Rb8 38. Rxa5 Rbd8 39. Nb2 Rxd1 40. Nxd1
Rd4 41. c5 Bxe5 42. c6 Re4 43. Bb5 f6 44. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Somerville, Kenneth"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bc4
Bg7 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxg5 11. Ndb5 Qd8 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Ncb5 Be5 14. Nxc8+
Rxc8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Rad1 a6 17. Qa3+ Qc5 18. Na7 Rc7 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Bb3 Qxa7
21. Kh1 Ng4 22. h3 Nxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Rf1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Kh2 Rhc8
27. Rd1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Miretsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Nd7 8.
Be3 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14.
c4 Bf4 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rde8 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. h3 e5 19. Ne2 Rh5 20. h4 Ka8
21. Ng3 Rhh8 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nbd7 25. Qa4 c5 26. Nc3 a6 27.
Nb5 Qc6 28. Rd6 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 Kb8 30. Nc3 Qe5 31. Rhd1 Rxh4 32. g3 Rhh8 33. Bf4
Qxd6 34. Bxd6+ Kc8 35. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Cole, Tony"]
[Black "Star, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Ng5 O-O 7. h4 h6 8. Nf3 a6
9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. c4 Re8 14. g4 e4 15. dxe4
Rxe4 16. Nd2 Rxg4 17. h5 bxc4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Ng3 Kh7 21. Be3
Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 c3 24. Bc1 Qa5 25. Qc2 Qd8 26. Nf5 Qe8+ 27. Re7 Qf8
28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Qxc3 Re4+ 30. Be3 {and W won in a few moves} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Mar, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. a3
Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Ba2 Ne5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 b5 16. O-O Qb7 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. c3 f5 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 Nc6 23. Qe1 Ne5 24. Bb1 Nc6 25. f4 Rf6 26. Bd4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qb7 28.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. d5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qxd5 31. b4 Kh8 32. Qf2 Qb7 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Rc1
Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Qf1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bh3 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bxc3 14.
Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bd4 f6 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Qd4
Bf7 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. f3 Rac8 23. e3 Rc6 24. Bc5 Qc7 25. b4 Qb7 26. a4 Rec8 27.
Re2 Re6 28. Rec2 Be8 29. a5 Bb5 30. Rd2 Bc6 31. Bb6 Rce8 32. Rdc2 Qd7 33. Rc3
h6 34. Kf2 Kh8 35. R1c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Traub, Igor"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Be7 3. Nc3 d5 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 b6 6. Qd2 Bb7 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4 c5
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. h4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 a6 14. g4 b5 15. f5
h6 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. Rhf1 Rc7 21. Rf7 Nb6
22. Rxc7 Kxc7 23. a3 Nc4 24. Nxd5+ Bxd5 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. axb4 Rf8 27. b3 Nb6
28. Bc5 Rf4 29. Rd4 Rf1+ 30. Kb2 Nd7 31. Bd6+ Kb7 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. e6 Nf6 34.
g5 Ng8 35. Bf7 Kc6 36. Bc5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rf5 38. Bxg8 Rxg5 39. Bf7 Re5 40. e7
Kd7 41. e8=Q+ Rxe8 42. Bxe8+ Kxe8 43. Kc3 Kd7 44. Be3 Ke6 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. Bf4+
Ke6 47. Be5 g5 48. Bg3 g4 49. c3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Argishti, Dante"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Be4 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6
15. Nh3 Qb7+ 16. f3 e5 17. e4 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. b5 Rbd8 20. Bc3 Rfe8 21. Qb2
Qc7 22. Nf2 Re7 23. Rd3 Rde8 24. Nd1 Nf8 25. Ne3 Rd7 26. Rfd1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Ng6
28. Qd2 h5 29. h4 Kh7 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 f6 32. Rd7 Qb8 33. Qd5 Rf8 34. f4
Qa8 35. f5 Nh8 36. Qd3 Nf7 37. Bd2 Rd8 38. Kf3 Rxd7 39. Qxd7 Qd8 40. Qxf7 Qd3+
41. Be3 Qf1+ 42. Bf2 Qd3+ 43. Kg2 Qxe4+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qxc4+
47. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 e5 7. Bc4 Na5 8. d3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 a6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Rd1 Bf8 12. b3 Qc7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nf6
15. Qd3 Qc6 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. a4 Nf8 20. g3 Ne6 21. c3 Bg5
22. Rad1 O-O-O 23. Nh2 Qd7 24. h4 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 h5 26. Red1 Kc7 27. Nf3 f6 28.
Qe3 Qe7 29. a5 Rhf8 30. b4 f5 31. Rd5 f4 32. Qd3 fxg3 33. fxg3 g5 34. Nxg5 Nxg5
35. hxg5 cxb4 36. cxb4 h4 37. gxh4 Rf4 38. Qh3 Qd7 39. Qxd7+ Rxd7 40. R1d2 Rxh4
41. c5 Rxe4 42. cxd6+ Kb8 43. g6 Kc8 44. Rg2 Rg7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Goins, Demetrius"]
[Black "de Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Livschitz, Louiza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. b4 c6 8. a4 O-O
9. Nbd2 f5 10. Ba3 b6 11. b5 Bb7 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Rf6 14. a5 Rc8 15. axb6
axb6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ra7 Ba8 18. c5 bxc5 19. Na5 Rff8 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. bxc6
Qxg5 22. cxd7 Rb8 23. Qe6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Nc6 Rb6 26. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Snyder, Larry"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4 Rg8 17. Bh6+ Kxh6 18. Qxf6+ Rg6 19. Qh4+ Kg7 20. g3
Bd7 21. Qd4+ e5 22. Rxe5 Bc6+ 23. Kxh2 Rd8 24. Qc3 Bf3 25. Qxf3 Qxe5 26. Qxf7+
Kh8 27. Qf3 Qc5 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Qe2 Qc6+ 30. f3 Qd6 31. Qf2 Rd8 32. Re1 a5 33.
a4 Qb4 34. Qe3 Qd2+ 35. Re2 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Rd2+ 37. Kh3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Afkham-Ebrahimi, Payam"]
[Black "Grey, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Bg4 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3
Bxd4 15. Ba1 Qd8 16. Qh6 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Nd4 18. Bd1 e5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Ne6
21. Qg3 Qf6 22. e5 Qf4 23. Bb3 Nd4 24. Qxf4 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nxf4+ 26. Kg3 Nd3 27.
f4 Rad8 28. Rad1 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Rf3 Nc5 31. Rc1 b6 32. Bc4 Ne4+ 33. Kg2 Nd2
34. Rf2 Rd4 35. Bb5 Ne4 36. Re2 Nc5 37. Kf3 Rfd8 38. a3 Ne6 39. Re4 Rxe4 40.
Kxe4 Rd4+ 41. Ke3 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Black "Chirila, Sergiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. e5 Nfd7 8. c3 e6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 d5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Kh1 Rc8 15.
Qd2 c5 16. Rae1 c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. g4 Ra8 19. Rg1 Qb6 20. f5 Nc6 21. Bh6 Rfc8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f6+ Nxf6 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. Qh6 Rh8 26. Ng5 Ke7 27. Qg7 Raf8
28. Nxe6 Rfg8 29. Nc5+ Kd8 30. Qxf7 Qc7 31. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Black "Periwal, Prashant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 a6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qa4 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. dxc5 Qxd3 14. c6 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. f4 b4 20. Kf2 Bf6 21.
Ke3 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. h4 Rd6 24. Rc5 Re8 25. g4 h6 26. Rac1 f6 27. Ra5 Bc8
28. Ra8 Kf7 29. Ra7 Re7 30. Ba1 Bxg4 31. Nb5 Rde6 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Nxc7 Rxe4+
34. Kf2 Re2+ 35. Kg1 Kg6 36. Rc4 Bh3 37. Rxb4 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Smith, Andrew"]
[Black "Delaney, Will"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Nge5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Rac1 Bd7
15. b3 h6 16. Bh4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Nxb5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxb5 21.
Qd2 Qd7 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Qd3 Qa7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"]
[Black "Livschitz, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nh3 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Ng5 b5 10. Ngxe4 b4 11. d6 Qe6 12. f5 Qe5 13. d4 Qxd4 14. Nxf6+
Kd8 15. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. Rac1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Brooks, Matthew"]
[Black "Reyes, Edsel Delos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1360"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nc5 9. e5 Ng8 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Rad1 Nf5 14. Bxc5
Bxc5 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb2 20. Ng5
Bxg5 21. Qxg5 g6 22. Qe7 f5 23. Rf4 Qg7 24. Qd6 b5 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Qb4 Bb7 27.
g4 Qc6 28. Qd2 Rad8 29. Qe2 Rfe8 30. Rf2 Bc8 31. h4 fxg4 32. Qxg4 e5 33. Qe2
Qc7 34. Ref1 Rf8 35. h5 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 g5 37. Qf1 Qg7 38. Rf6 Qe7 39. Bxh7+ Kh8
40. Rf7 Rd1 41. Qxd1 Qxf7 42. Bg6 Qd7 43. Qf3 Qe7 44. Qc6 Bb7 45. Qc3 Kg7 46.
Kh2 Qd6 47. Qg3 Qf6 48. Qg4 Qf4+ 49. Qxf4 gxf4 50. a3 a5 51. c3 Bc6 52. Kg1 b4
53. cxb4 axb4 54. axb4 Bb5 55. Kf2 Kf6 56. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Russell, Joe"]
[Black "Rettenmaier, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1057"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. a3 Nh5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8. hxg3
e5 9. dxe5 dxc4 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxe5 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxc4
a6 15. O-O-O Ne5 16. Be2 g6 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bc4 Bg7 19. Ne4 Na5 20. Ba2 O-O 21.
Rd7 Rac8 22. Ng5 c5 23. Bd5 h6 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxg6 Rc6 27.
Rf7+ Kg8 28. f5 Rd6 29. Rc7 Rb6 30. Rd1 Bxb2+ 31. Kc2 Bf6 32. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Allen, Tom"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Be3 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Nge2 Bb4 8. O-O
Ne7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Rad1 Nc7 16. Qe3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. b3 Rc8 20. Rd2 Qc6 21.
Nd1 Nb5 22. a4 Nc3 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Qe2 Rec7 25. Rc1 Qb2 26. Qd1 Qxb3 27. cxb3
Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kf2 f6 30. Rd3 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Kf7 32. h4 Ke7 33. f4 Kd6
34. Kf3 h5 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 e5 37. fxe5+ fxe5 38. dxe5+ Kxe5 39. Re3+ Kd4
40. Re7 Kc3 41. Rxa7 d4 42. Kf3 d3 43. Ke3 d2 44. Rc7+ Kxb3 45. Rd7 Kxa4 46.
Rxd2 Rxd2 47. Kxd2 g6 48. Kc2 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Litowsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. b5 Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. c4 Re8 11. a4 c6 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. g3 Rad8 15. Nxc5
Bxc5 16. d4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg4 18. Be2 Bh3 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Nd2 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nd5
22. a6 c5 23. Rc1 bxa6 24. bxa6 Qa5 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. Bb2 Nc3 27. Qc2 Nxe2+ 28.
Rxe2 Qc6 29. e4 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxe4 32. f4 Qf3 33. Qf2 Qd3 34.
Qxc5 Re2 35. Qd4 Rg2+ 36. Kh1 Qf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Bf5 4. e3 h6 5. Be2 e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nb3 Bh7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Qe1 Bd6 11. Nh4 Qe7 12. Na5 Nd8 13. Kh1 b6 14. Nb3 Nb7 15.
Nd4 Qd7 16. Ndf3 O-O-O 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ne8 19. Bb4 g5 20. Nf3 Kb8 21. Nd2
c5 22. Ba3 Bg6 23. c4 Qc7 24. d4 cxd4 25. exd4 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxd4 27. Rc1 Qd8
28. Qb4 Ka7 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Bxe7 Nc7 31. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Nd5 33. Bd6 Rc8
34. Kg1 h5 35. Kf2 g4 36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Bf1 a5 38. Kg3 Nd5 39. Nc4 h4+ 40. Kxg4
Rxc4+ 41. Bxc4 Ne3+ 42. Kxh4 Nxd1 43. Kg5 Ne3 44. b3 Nxg2 45. h4 Ne3 46. h5 Bh7
47. Kf6 Bg8 48. Kg7 Nd8 49. Kxg8 Nf5 50. Bd3 Nh6+ 51. Kg7 Ng4 52. Be7 Nc6 53.
Kxf7 Ncxe5+ 54. Kxe6 Nxd3 55. Kf5 Nh6+ 56. Kg6 Ng4 57. a3 Kb7 58. Kg5 Ngf2 59.
Bd6 {W time expired} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Frank, Robert"]
[Black "Cole, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 b6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5 Qd6 9. a3 a6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O f5 13. b4 Qxc3 14. Ra2 Qb3
15. Rd2 O-O-O 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bb2 Qc4 18. Rd3 Qc6 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. f3 g5 21. e4
Nf4 22. Qc2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Bg7 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Qe3 Bf4 26. Qxe6+ Kb8 27. Rc6 Rd6
28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. d5 Be5 30. Bxe5 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 Rd8 32. Bf6 Rc8 33. Bxg5 Rc2 34.
Qg8+ Rc8 35. Qxh7 Rf8 36. Be7 Qc7 37. Qg7 Re8 38. Bf6 Qc1 39. Qd7 Qf4+ 40. g3
Qd2+ 41. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "O'Callaghan, Kevin"]
[Black "Somerville, Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h3 Be6 7. d4 Bd6 8.
Ng5 Qe7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 h6 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bg4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Qxg4 14.
hxg4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Nf6 16. f3 Rde8 17. Nf1 Kd7 18. Bd2 Re2 19. Ne3 Bf4 20.
Rde1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 g6 22. Nf1 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 h5 24. g5 Ne8 25. Kd3 Nd6 26. Nd2
Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. c4 dxc4+ 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Kxc4 Kd7 31. d5 Kd6 32. dxc6
Kxc6 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Ke4 b5 35. b4 Ke6 36. f4 a6 37. g3 f5+ 38. gxf6 Kxf6 39.
a3 g5 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Kg2 Ke4 43. Kh3 Kf3 44. Kh4 Kg2 45. Kxh5
Kxg3 46. Kg5 Kf3 47. Kf5 Ke3 48. Ke5 Kd3 49. Kd5 Kc3 50. Kc5 Kb3 51. Kb6 Kxa3
52. Kxa6 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Lassiter, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxf6 Nxd4 8.
Bxd8 Nxf3+ 9. exf3 Kxd8 10. cxd5 Bb4 11. dxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxe6 13. O-O-O+
Ke7 14. Kb2 Rhd8 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 b5 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8
20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Kb3 Kc7 22. c4 Kb6 23. cxb5 Kxb5 24. a4+ Kb6 25. Kb4 a5+ 26.
Kc4 h5 27. h4 g6 28. f4 Kc6 29. f3 Kb6 30. Kd4 Kc6 31. Kc4 Kb6 32. g3 Kc6 33.
g4 Kb6 34. Kd4 Kc6 35. Ke5 Kc5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Kxe6 Kb4 38. f5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Irving Chernev TNM; 30/90, SD"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Star, Spencer"]
[Black "Mar, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. h3 c5 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. N1h2 Rae8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 Nh7 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Bc1 f5 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. gxh4 f4 18. f3 Qd8 19. Re2 Qxh4 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. Bf1
Ndf6 22. Ng4 Nh5 23. Rg2 Ng3 24. Rxg3 fxg3 25. Qxg3 Kh8 26. c4 Ng5 27. Be2 Rf7
28. h4 Ne6 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Kf2 Ref8 32. Rf1 Bc8 33. Nh2 Rxh4 34.
Ke1 Rh3 35. Qg2 Qh4+ 0-1

