
[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ng3 Nc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 a5 15. bxa5 Nc5 16. Bb5 Rxa5 17. Nf5 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 b5 19. c4 bxa4 20. Rxa4
Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Ne4 22. Qc6 g6 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Be3 Rb8 25. f3 Nc3 26. c5 dxc5
27. d6 Qe6 28. Qc7 Qc8 29. Bxc5 Nd5 30. Qxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na6 10. Ne1 Nc5 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Qa4 exd5 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qc4 Nf6 17. Qxc5 Re8 18. Qxa7 Rxe2 19. a4 Ne4 20.
Nd3 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qa7 Ra8 23. Qb7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+
Bxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8
14. Ne5 g6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rab8 18. Ba6 Rxb2 19. Rfb1 Rdb8
20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. h3 Nd7 22. a4 Ne5 23. Rc1 Rb6 24. Bb5 a6 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. a5
Rd6 27. Kf1 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. Rc2 Kf6 30. Rc3 h5 31. Rb3 Ke5 32. Ke2 Rd6
33. Rb7 f6 34. Rc7 Kd5 35. h4 Re6+ 36. Kd2 Rc6 37. Rd7+ Rd6 38. Rc7 Rc6 39.
Rd7+ Rd6 40. Rc7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b3 a6 14. Rac1
Rb8 15. Nd5 b5 16. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6
8. a3 Re8 9. b4 c6 10. Ra2 Nbd7 11. f3 a5 12. O-O axb4 13. axb4 Rxa2 14. Nxa2
Nf8 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qd2 h5 18. Re1 Ne6 19. Re2 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g3
b6 22. Bb2 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qc3 d4 25. exd4 cxb4 26. Qd2 Bb7 27. Rf2 Nd5
28. Qh6 Qf6 29. Qxh3 Ra8 30. Nc1 Nc3 31. Qg4 Nxd4 32. Nd2 Bc5 33. Ne4 Nxf3+ 34.
Kh1 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Bxf2 36. Bxa8 Qa6 37. Kg2 Ne5 38. Qxb4 Qxa8+ 39. Kxf2 Nd1+
40. Ke1 Nxb2 41. Qxb2 Qh1+ 42. Kd2 Qxh2+ 43. Ne2 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd1 Nd7 14. Rc1 a6
15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. b4 e6 19. Nf4 Bf8 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. h4
Rbc8 22. h5 g5 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Qe7
28. Rdc1 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Qd7 30. Rd1 Qa4 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Rb6 Bb5 33. Qf3 Rc8 34.
Qxf7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Be8 36. Qe7 Qxh5+ 37. Bh3 Bf7 38. Rb7 Kg8 39. Kg1 Bf8 40. Qf6
Bg7 41. Qxe6 Bxe6 42. Bxe6+ Kh8 43. Bxc8 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Bd4 45. Rb8 Kg7 46. Rb7+
Kh8 47. Rb8 Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Nf3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nc3 e6 9. d4 Qe7 10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d5 12. a4 Rd8 13. e3 c5 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Nf3 Rac8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ba3 Ne4 18. Rac1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Rd3 Qe4+ 22. f3 Qe6 23. Rfd1 Bf6 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Rd6 26. Kf2 a5 27.
Qc3 Rcd8 28. Qb2 Kf7 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Kg2 h5 32. h4 Qe5 33. Kf2 d4
34. exd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Qc6 f4 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. gxf4 Qxf4
40. Qd8 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qe5 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qd8 Kg7 46.
Qd7+ Kf6 47. Qd8+ Ke6 48. Qe8+ Kd6 49. Qb8+ Kd5 50. Qxb6 Qe2+ 51. Kg3 Qe1+ 52.
Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Na6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. a3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Nxe4 Qe6 12. f3 O-O 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14.
fxe4 Re8 15. e5 f6 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Qxc6 Bb7 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. O-O fxe5 20.
dxe5
Qxe5 21. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O
8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Na5 13. Bg5 Qc8 14.
Nd5 exd5 15. Qxa5 Qe6 16. Be3 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qxe4 18. h4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bf3 c6 21. h5 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Rhd1 h6 24. Rb3 b6 25. Kb1 Re6 26. Rc1 Rde8
27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rbc3 g5 29. Rc7 R6e7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Kc2 f5
33. Kd3 f4 34. Bd2 Rf7 35. f3 g4 36. fxg4 f3 37. Rc1 Re7 38. Rf1 Re4 39. Be3
Rxg4 40. Rxf3 Rh4 41. Rf5 Rh2 42. Rxd5 Rxb2 43. Rd7 Rxa2 44. d5 Kg8 45. d6 Ra5
46. Bf4 Rf5 47. Ke4 Rf7 48. Rc7 Bf8 49. Rc8 Kh7 50. Be5 Kg8 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b5 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nfe5 Qc7 14. Rc1
Rfd8 15. Qe1 Rac8 16. f3 Qb8 17. Na5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qg3 f5
21. f4 Nb6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Qf7 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Bc4 Nf6 26. Rfd1 Rd7 27. Qe1
Ne4 28. Qe2 Rc6 29. Rd3 h6 30. Rcd1 Kh7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Qh3 Qg6 33. Kf1 Rcd8
34. Ke2 Rc8 35. Rg1 h5 36. Rgd1 Rcd8 37. Rg1 Rc8 38. Rgd1 Rcd8 39. Kf1 Rc8 40.
Rc1 Rcd8 41. Rcd1 Re8 42. g3 Red8 43. Qh4 Re8 44. Rc1 Red8 45. Rdd1 Kh6 46. Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Bd3 b5 6. Nf3 b4 7. Nb1 Ng4 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. axb4 axb4 12. Bxb4 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bg7 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Nbd2 Bxd3 16. Rxa8 Ba6 17. Rxa6 Qxa6 18. b3 O-O 19. Qe2 Qa2 20. Qd3 Nbd7 21. O-O
Qa7 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Ra1 Nh5 24. g3 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qc4 Kh7
28. Ra6 Rc8 29. Qc5 Qd7 30. Kh2 Qe6 31. Ra7 f6 32. Re7 Qg8 33. Nc4 Kh8 34. Nd6
Ra8 35. Qxc6 Rf8 36. Qd7 Kh7 37. Ne8 Kh8 38. Bb4 Kh7 39. Nxg7 Nxg7 40. Rxg7+
Qxg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bxf8+ Kxf8 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Rb1 Kh8 10. b4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Ne7 14. Qb3 g5 15.
f4 Ng6 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. b6 c6 18. Nc7 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Bd2 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6
22. Bc3 Ra8 23. Qb2 Ra6 24. Rfd1 Kh7 25. Qb4 Rg8 26. d4 exf4 27. exf4 gxf4 28.
Nxf4 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Bf7 30. Kh1 Bf8 31. d5 c5 32. Qb2 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Bh3
Bg6 35. Rg1 Qh4 36. Rxg6 Kxg6 37. Rg1+ Kh5 38. Qxg7 Qxf4 39. Qg6+ Kh4 40. Qxf5
Qxf5 41. Bxf5 Rxb6 42. Rg4+ Kh3 43. Rf4# 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. b6 e6 7. Qb3 Qb4 8. e4
Bb7 9. Bg5 Qxb3 10. axb3 d6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 Ke7 13. Nge2 Bh6 14. f4 Nd7
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bd5 Rhb8 18. Ng3 Kf8 19. Nxf5 Bf4 20. O-O Be5 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nd5 Nxb6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxf6+ Kg7 25. Rxd6 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxb3 27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Rd1 Rab8 30. Rdd7 Re2 31. h3 Rxe4 32. Rg7+
Kf8 33. Rcf7+ Ke8 34. Ra7 Rf4 35. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1 e3 18. fxe3 a5 19. b5 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Kh1 Qc7 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. exf4 Rxf4 24. Rd4 d5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27.
Qd2 Rh4 28. h3 a4 29. Bb5 Rf4 30. Bd3 Qd6 31. Qe3 Rf6 32. Qd4 Rxe6 33. Rxe6
Qxe6 34. Qxa4 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5
15. Bc2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Qf3 a5 22. a3 Qc7 23. Nge3 g6 24. Bb3 axb4 25. axb4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Nf4 27. g3
Nh5 28. Nh2 Nf6 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. hxg4 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Bxa8 33. Qd3
Bc6 34. g5 Qe7 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. c4 Qxg5 37. cxb5 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Be8 39. Qd3 Qb2
40. b6 Bc6 41. Qc4 d5 42. Qxc6 Qxb3 43. Qd6 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6
8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Nc6 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Nd7
15 Bf3 Bb7 16. Qe2 b4 17. Na4 a5 18. c4 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Qf2
Nc5 22. Naxc5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxf4 25. Be3 Qe5 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. Rcd1
Qc7 28. Bb6 Qc8 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qf5 Nd4 31. Qxe5 Ne6 32. b3 a4 33. Be3 axb3 34.
axb3 Qd8 35. Rd5 Qe7 36. c5 Nc7 37. Qxe7 Rxe7 38. Rd4 Rae8 39. Bf4 Ne6 40. Rxb4
Nxf4 41. Rxf4 Rc8 42. Rb5 Bc6 43. Rb6 Re5 44. Rf5 Ree8 45. Rf2 Re5 46. Bh3 Rc7
47. Rb8+ Be8 48. c6 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 c5 8. d5
e6 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 Qb6 11. Ra3 e5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nh7 14. f4 f5 15. Qc2
Re8 16. Bd1 Ndf6 17. a5 Qd8 18. Qb1 Qe7 19. Na4 g5 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Bf2 e4 22.
Nb6 Rb8 23. Bg3 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Nxc8 Rexc8 26. Bxf4 b5 27. Re1 bxc4 28.
Nxc4 Rd8 29. Rg3 Kh8 30. Rh3 Rb4 31. b3 Qf7 32. Bxd6 Qxd5 33. Be7 Qd4+ 34. Kh1
Re8 35. Bxf6 Bxf6 36. Bh5 Re7 37. Bg6 Qf2 38. Bxe4 Kg7 39. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. g3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bc6 7. Ned2 Nd7
8. Bg2 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4
8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Rc1 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 d6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. d5 Ne7 14.
dxe6 fxe6 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. c5 e5 18. Nc2 Rb8 19. b3 Ke7 20. cxd6+
cxd6 21. O-O Rhf8 22. Rd1 a5 23. Ne3 d5 24. Rc5 a4 25. b4 a3 26. Nc2 Rfc8 27.
Rd3 Bf5 28. Rxa3 Bxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxb4 30. Ra7+ Kf6 31. Ra6 Kf5 32. f3 d4 33. Kf2
c5 34. g4+ Kf4 35. Ra7 e4 36. Rf7+ Kg5 37. Rf5+ Kg6 38. fxe4 c4 39. Kf3 c3 40.
h4 Rcb8 41. Rd5 Rb2 42. Rc1 Rb1 43. Rxb1 Rxb1 44. Rc5 Rf1+ 45. Kg3 Ra1 46. Kf3
Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. a4 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+
Bxf6 8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14.
Rd2 a6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qe4 Nc5 17. Qe3 Na4 18. Nxe5 Be6 19. Rd6 Rad8 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qb3 Rd5 23. Qxb7 Nc5 24. Qa8+ Kh7 25. Nf3 Qd7 26. b3 Qd6
27. Qe8 Qf6 28. Kb1 a5 29. Qe3 a4 30. b4 a3 31. Ne5 Qxh4 32. c4 Na4 33. cxd5
Qxb4+ 34. Kc2 Qb2+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Ke4 f6 37. Kf3 fxe5 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3
Ne5 8. d3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g6 10. h3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 Ng4 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14.
Qxe3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Kb1 Kh8 13. g4 b5 14.
Nxb5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Rab8 16. c4 a6 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. c5 e5 20. cxd6
Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxe5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rd1+ 24. Nxd1 Bxe4+ 25. Bd3 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.02.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7 8.
Nf3 Nd4 9. O-O Nec6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Ne1 Rb8 12. Nd1 Nb5 13. c3 Bd7 14. Nf3 b6
15. d4 Na5 16. b3 Rc8 17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21.
Ne3 Qc5 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Kh1 Be8 25. f5 Ne5 26. f6 Bc6 27. b4 Nxc4
28. Nxc4 Qh5 29. Nxd6 g5 30. e5 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rc7 32. Rc1 Rcd7 33. Rc2 g4 34.
Qe4 Qg5 35. Rfc1 h5 36. Rc8 h4 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rc4 Kf8 39. Qxg4 Qh6 40. Qxh4
1-0 

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nge2 f5 9. f3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nc1 Bd7 14. Rhf1 b5 15.
Qc2 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bb5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nd2 Rfb8 19. Ka1 Qc7 20. Rb1 Rb7 21. Rfc1
Rab8 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. b4 c4 24. Qd1 Ra8 25. Qe2 Ra3 26. Kb2 Ra8 27. Ka1
Qb8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxc4 Nd7 30. Ka2 Nb6 31. Qe2 Qf8 32. Nb5 Nec8 33. Nc7 Rab8
34. Na6 Ra8 35. Nc7 Rab8 36. Na6 Ra8 37. Nc7 Rab8 38. Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. e4 d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. h4 Bg4 11. Qd2 cxb4 12. axb4 d5 13. Nh2 Be6 14. Bh6 dxe4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bf3 Bd5 18. Qe2 b5 19. Na3 Qb6 20. h5 Rae8 21. O-O a6
22. Qd2 h6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. hxg6 Rf6 25. c4 bxc4 26. dxc4 Ndxb4 27. Qd7+ Re7
28. Qd1 Rxg6 29. Kg2 Nd4 30. Rb1 Qc5 31. Re1 Nbc6 32. Qa4 e4 33. Qxa6 Ne5 34.
Qa8 Nd3 35. Red1 Ne2 36. Rf1 Nef4+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Ndxf2 39. Rb7 Nf4+ 40.
Kg1 Rxg3# 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 Ne8 14. Rc1 Kh8 15.
Qc2 Ng8 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Ba5 Qf6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Bd2 g5 21. Rc2 h5
22. Rfc1 Bd7 23. Nf2 Nh6 24. h3 Qg6 25. Nc7 Nxc7 26. Rxc7 Bf6 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28.
Rxf7 Nxf7 29. Qxb5 g4 30. fxg4 Bh4 31. Qd7 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Ng5 33. gxh5 Nxe4+ 34.
Kg1 Qxh5 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Be1 Nf6 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qxd6 Qe2 40.
Bh4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qxd5 42. Qxf6+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Bf6 1-0




[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. b3 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bf4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qe7 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 h6 20. Nge4 e5
21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Be3 Qxc4 23. Qf5 Qc6+ 24. f3 Qb7 25. Kf2 Rc6 26. Nb5 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Qa6 28. Qb1 Nd5 29. Nc7 Nxc7 30. Rxc7 Nf6 31. Qb3 Qa5 32. Re7 e4 33.
Bd4 Qh5 34. h4 exf3 35. exf3 Rd8 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Qc3 Qf5 38. Qc4 Rd5 39. g4
Qd3 40. Qxd3 Rxd3 41. Rxa7 Kg7 42. Kg3 b5 43. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 e4 8.
Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 c6 10. d5 Nbd7 11. b3 Ne5 12. f3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bd8 14. Nf4 g5 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Bb6+ 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. fxe4 Neg4 19. exf5 Nh5 20. e4 Qe5 21. Rf3
Rxe6 22. Bb2 Ree8 23. Re1 Bd4 24. Nd1 Bxb2 25. Nxb2 d5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rff1
Nxh2 28. Kxh2 Nxg3 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. exd5 Nxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Re2 32. Nc4 Rd8 33. f6
Rxd5 34. Re1 Rxa2 35. Kg1 Rf5 36. Re8+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
e3 e5 9. f3 Qe7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qb1 g5 12. Bg3 Kd8 13. Ne2 Kc7 14. a4 a5 15.
Ra2 Nb6 16. Bf2 e4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. O-O h5 19. Nd4 h4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nb5+ Kb8
22. Be2 Nbd7 23. Rb2 Ra6 24. Nd4 Ka7 25. Nf5 Qd8 26. Kh1 Nb6 27. Rb5 Bxf5 28.
exf5 f6 29. Qb3 Qc7 30. Rb1 Rh7 31. Bg1 Nc8 32. Bh2 b6 33. Qd1 Re7 34. Bf1 Qd7
35. e4 Qe8 36. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. a5 Nd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Na4 Rae8
15. Bb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Qd2 Bf6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Re3 Qe8 21.
Rd3 h6 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. f4 Be7 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. h4 f5 26. exf5 exf5 27. Re3 Qg6
28. h5 Qf7 29. Bd5 Re8 30. Rdd3 Re4 31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. Re3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Re8 34.
b4 Re7 35. Qd1 Be8 36. Qd4 Bc6 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Qxd6 Re6 39. Qd8 Rd6 40. Qc8
Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6
8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. e5
dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Qe3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. h4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5
21. h5 Qd5 22. Rde1 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. b4 Rcd5 25. a3 Bf8 26. hxg6 hxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bxa3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 Re8 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rfb1 Bf8 14. Bc1 h6
15. Nd2 a6 16. Qb6 Qc8 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Be7 19. Ba3 Bg4 20. Ra2 Bd8 21.
Qe3 Qd7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Bxd6 Bf5 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3
Bg7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc5 10. Qa3 Nce4 11. O-O Nd6 12. d3 a6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne4 b5 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Be3 b4 20. Bxb6 bxa3
21. Bc7 axb2 22. Rab1 Rbc8 23. Bxd6 Rfe8 24. Red1 Bg4 25. f3 Bd7 26. Kf1 Bf5
27. Bc4 Bc3 28. Ba3 Rb8 29. d6 a5 30. Bb3 Bd7 31. Bc5 h5 32. Bf2 a4 33. Bc2 a3
34. Bc5 Ra8 35. Bb3 Reb8 36. Bd5 Ra5 37. d4 Bb5+ 38. Kf2 Ba4 39. Be4 Bxd1 40.
Rxd1 Bb4 41. d7 Bxc5 42. dxc5 Rd8 43. c6 Rc5 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 f5 46. gxf5
gxf5 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc4
Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 e6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14.
Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. d6 Qa5
15. Bxe5 Nbd7 16. Bg3 Rab8 17. Re1 Qb4 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. h3 c4 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8
21. Rd1 Nef6 22. Na2 Qc5 23. b4 Qc8 24. Nc3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 Qe8 27.
Bc6 Nh5 28. Bh2 Qd8 29. Re1 Rb6 30. Nd5 Rb8 31. Nc7 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5
Qxd6 34. Qe4 Qxc7 35. Bxb5 Nf6 36. Qe2 Qd6 37. Rc5 Ra8 38. g3 c3 39. Rxc3 Qd4
40. Rc4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. f3 Qf5 43. Rc2 Nd5 44. Bd3 Qd7 45. b5 Qa7 46. b6
Nxb6 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. d5 Nh5 11. g4 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 a6
15. g5 Bh3 16. Rg1 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. f4 Ng4 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. f5 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nd2 d5 7. Nh3 O-O 8.
Nf4 Na6 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. h4 Ne4 11. h5 g5 12. h6 Bf6 13. Nh5 Ne6 14. Ne5 Nd6 15.
Qc2 Qe8 16. Bd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc4 18. O-O-O Nxe5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Rdf1 gxf4 21.
gxf4 Nxh6 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. Ng3 Rf6 24. Rh3 Nf8 25. Be3 Ng4 26. Bd4 e5 27. fxe5
Nxe5 28. Bh5 Nfg6 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. Rfh1 h6 31. Nxf5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Bb5 Bb4 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nge2 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ng3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qxc3 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qb1 Ke8 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qc7 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd2 Bb7 8.
Rc1 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb1 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5
Bxc5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Bh3 Bc6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Bb5 25. Qd4 Qc6 26. Nd2 Qc1+
27. Kf2 Qd1 28. Qxf6 Qxd2+ 29. Kf3 Qe2+ 30. Ke4 Bd3+ 31. Kd5 Qxe3 32. Qd4 Qxd4+
33. Kxd4 Bb1 34. a3 Kf8 35. b4 Ba2 36. g3 Ke7 37. Ke5 f6+ 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Bg2
Bb3 40. Bf3 Be6 41. Be2 Bd5 42. Bd3 Bf7 43. Bb5 h6 44. Ba4 g5 45. Ke4 Bg6+ 46.
Kd4 Bb1 47. Bd1 Ba2 48. Bc2 Bd5 49. Bd3 Ke6 50. Bh7 Bb7 51. Bd3 f5 52. Bc4+ Kf6
53. a4 f4 54. Bd3 fxg3 55. hxg3 h5 56. a5 Bg2 57. axb6 axb6 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Kf2
Bd5 60. Ke3 h4 61. gxh4 gxh4 62. Bf1 Be6 63. Bg2 h3 64. Bf3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. b4 Be7 13. b5 Bb7 14. a5 bxa5
15. Re1 e5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nxa5 Nd7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Ra6 Nb6 20. Qb3 O-O 21.
Bh3 Rfb8 22. Qa2 Qc7 23. Bf1 Rb7 24. Be3 h6 25. h4 Bd8 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. c5 dxc5
28. Rxc5 Bc7 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Rxa7 Rdb8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Qa6 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. c4 Bb7
15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bd4 Bf6
21. Re2 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qa5 23. a3 Rbc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Kg2 Qb5 26. Re5 Rd8 27.
a4 Qc6 28. b3 h6 29. Re3 a5 30. h4 h5 31. Rc3 Qe6 32. Rd3 Qc6 33. Kh2 g6 34.
Rc3 Qd6 35. Re3 Qb4 36. Qf6 Rb8 37. Rf3 Rf8 38. Rd3 Qc5 39. Kg2 Rb8 40. Qg5 Qc6
41. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 42. Rxd5 Rxb3 43. Rxa5 Ra3 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. a5 Kf6 46. Ra7 Ke6
47. Kf1 Ra2 48. Kg2 Ra3 49. a6 Kf6 50. Ra8 Ke7 51. f3 Kf6 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. g4
hxg4 54. fxg4 Ra4 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Ra4 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Ba7
15. Qf3 Re6 16. Be3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. a4 Ra8 20. Qg4 Qe7 21.
d4 d6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Re3 c6 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rg3 Qg5 27. Qd7
Qe7 28. dxc6 Qxd7 29. cxd7 Rd8 30. Re3 e4 31. c4 bxc4 32. Ba4 Bd5 33. Re1 Kf8
34. f3 f5 35. fxe4 Bxe4 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. g4 g6 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Rd1+ Ke7 40. Rd4
Bd3 41. b3 Bf1 42. bxc4 Bxh3 43. c5 Rb8 44. c6 Kd8 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Kf4 Kc7
47. Ke5 h5 48. Kf6 Rh8 49. Rb4 Kd6 50. Rd4+ Kc7 51. Rb4 Kd6 52. Rb2 Bg4 53. Kg7
Rd8 54. Kf6 Rh8 55. Rb1 Bf3 56. Rc1 Kc7 57. Kxf5 h4 58. Re1 Bxc6 59. Rc1 Kxd7
60. Rxc6 Ke7 61. Re6+ Kd8 62. Re2 h3 63. Rh2 Rf8+ 64. Kg4 Rg8+ 65. Kf3 Rf8+ 66.
Ke3 Rh8 67. Bc2 Rh6 68. Kf4 Ke7 69. Bf5 Kf6 70. Bxh3 Rh4+ 71. Kg3 Kg5 72. Rd2
Rc4 73. Rd5+ Kf6 74. Bf5 Rc1 75. Be4 Ke6 76. Ra5 Rf1 77. Bf3 Kd6 78. Kf4 Re1
79. Ra6+ Kc5 80. Be4 Rd1 81. Rc6+ Kb5 82. Ke5 Rd8 83. Rc2 Rd1 84. Bd5 Kb4 85.
Rc4+ Ka3 86. Ke4 Rd2 87. Bg8 Rg2 88. Rc8 Kb4 89. Bd5 Rd2 90. Ke5 Rh2 91. Rc1 Rd2
92. Kd6 Rh2 93. Rc4+ Ka3 94. Kc5 Rh8 95. Rg4 Rc8+ 96. Kd4 Kb2 97. Rg7 Rc1 98.
Bc4 Rc2 99. Bd3 Rc8 100. Rb7+ Kc1 101. Ke3 Kd1 102. Rb6 Re8+ 103. Be4 Rc8 104.
Rb1+ Rc1 105. Rb8 Rc7 106. Rh8 Kc1 107. Rh1+ Kb2 108. Rb1+ Ka3 109. Kd4 Rc8 110.
Bd5 Rh8 111. Be6 Rh4+ 112. Kc3 Ka4 113. Bc4 Ka5 114. Rb5+ Ka4 115. Rb6 Rh3+
116. Bd3 Rh5 117. Ra6+ Ra5 118. Rh6 Rc5+ 119. Bc4 Rg5 120. Ra6+ Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8.
Bd2 Nbc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 O-O 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qxe5 17. Bxc5 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxd5 Rab8 20.
Qe5 Rfc8 21. c4 Qb4 22. Re4 Rb7 23. Rd1 Qa4 24. Red4 h6 25. Rg4 g5 26. h4 Qxc2
27. Rgd4 Kh7 28. R1d3 Rbc7 29. Qe4+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Qf6 Qb2 32. Rd2 Qb1+
33. Rd1 Qf5 34. Qxf5+ exf5 35. hxg5 Rxc4 36. Rd7 R8c7 37. gxh6 Kxh6 38. R7d6+
Kg7 39. R1d5 R4c5 40. g3 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. h4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Nce4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf6 16. Be5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bd6 19. Qg4 Bxe5 20.
dxe5 Qe7 21. Qc4 a5 22. Rd4 Rad8 23. Rhd1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 h5 25. g3 Rd8 26. Qd3
Rxd4 27. Qxd4 a4 28. c3 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Qd7 30. Qc4 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Kc2 Kg7
33. b3 axb3+ 34. Kxb3 Qd1+ 35. Qc2 Qd5+ 36. Kb2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "232"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rd1 Bg6 13. Qb5 Bc2 14. Rd2
a6 15. Qxb7 Na5 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Rxc2 Ne4 18. Bd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Bb4 20. Rad1
Nc4 21. Rd4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nb6 23. Rb4 Rb8 24. Rdb1 Nd7 25. Rxb8+ Nxb8 26. Rb6
g6 27. a4 a5 28. Nd4 Nd7 29. Ra6 Qd8 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Rxd5 Nc5 32. Nb5 Qe7 33.
Bd1 Ne4 34. Bc2 Qh4 35. Bxe4 Qxe4 36. Rd4 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kh2
Qc2 40. Kg3 h5 41. h4 Kg7 42. Rf4 f6 43. Nd4 Qxc3 44. Nf3 Qb2 45. Rd4 Kh6 46.
Nd2 Qb8+ 47. Kh3 g5 48. g3 Qc8+ 49. Kh2 Qc7 50. Nf3 Qc2 51. Nd2 Qb2 52. Kg1
Qa1+ 53. Kg2 Qc1 54. Rd6 Kg7 55. Ne4 Qc4 56. Nxf6 gxh4 57. Nxh5+ Kf7 58. Rd4
Qc6+ 59. Kh2 hxg3+ 60. Nxg3 Qh6+ 61. Kg1 Qc6 62. Ne4 Qc1+ 63. Kg2 Qc6 64. Kg3
Qg6+ 65. Kf4 Ke7 66. Kf3 Qh5+ 67. Kg2 Qg6+ 68. Kf1 Qg4 69. Ke1 Qg1+ 70. Ke2 Qg2
71. Nd2 Qg6 72. f3 Qg2+ 73. Kd3 Qg6+ 74. e4 Qa6+ 75. Ke3 Qg6 76. Rd5 Qc6 77.
Rb5 Qc2 78. Nb3 Qc3+ 79. Kf4 Qf6+ 80. Kg4 Qg6+ 81. Kh3 Qh6+ 82. Kg2 Qg7+ 83.
Kf1 Qc3 84. Ke2 Qc2+ 85. Ke3 Qc3+ 86. Kf4 Qf6+ 87. Kg3 Qg7+ 88. Kf2 Qb2+ 89.
Ke1 Qc3+ 90. Ke2 Qc2+ 91. Kf1 Qb1+ 92. Kg2 Qb2+ 93. Kh3 Qf6 94. Rb7+ Ke8 95.
Kg4 Qg6+ 96. Kf4 Qf6+ 97. Kg3 Qe5+ 98. Kh3 Qc3 99. Kg2 Qb2+ 100. Kf1 Qb1+ 101.
Ke2 Qa2+ 102. Ke3 Qxa4 103. Nxa5 Qxa5 104. Rb3 Qe1+ 105. Kf4 Qc1+ 106. Kf5 Qd1
107. Rb8+ Kd7 108. Kg4 Qg1+ 109. Kh3 Qe3 110. Rb7+ Kc6 111. Rb4 Qxf3+ 112. Kh4
Kc5 113. Ra4 Kb5 114. Ra2 Qxe4+ 115. Kg3 Qe5+ 116. Kh4 Qh8+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 Qc7 6. b4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qe5 8.
Be3 Qxe4 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bd3 Qb7 11. Ng5 bxc5 12. bxc5 f5 13. O-O Qc6 14. Bd4 Bb7
15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3 Rg8 17. Be4 fxe4 18. Qxh7 Rg7 19. Bxg7 Qxc5 20. Bf6 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

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. Kb1 Rb8 11. Nb3 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14.
Bxa7 Ra8 15. Bb6 Bf5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Rd1 exf3 18. gxf3 Nd7 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Ne4
Be5 21. Ng3 Be6 22. f4 Bb8 23. Bd3 f5 24. Ne2 Nb4 25. Bb5 Nf6 26. c4 Na6 27.
Na5 Nc7 28. Ba4 Nce8 29. c5 Bd5 30. Nc3 Bf3 31. Bb3+ Kf8 32. Be6 Bxd1 33. Bxc8
Bf3 34. h3 Nh5 35. Bxb7 Bxb7 36. Nxb7 Nxf4 37. Bxf4 Bxf4 38. b4 g5 39. Nd5 Be5
40. Ne3 e6 41. b5 Bf4 42. Ng2 Bg3 43. b6 Nf6 44. a4 Nd7 45. Kc2 h5 46. Kd2 h4
47. a5 Nb8 48. Ne3 Ke7 49. c6 Na6 50. Ke2 Bf4 51. Kf3 Bg3 52. Nc2 e5 53. Ne3
e4+  54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Nc2 Be5 56. Ne3 Bf4 57. Nc2 Be5 58. Ke3 Bf4+ 59. Kd4 Be5+
60. Kc4 g4 61. Kb5 g3 62. Kxa6 g2 63. Nd8+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Qg3 Re8
15. Rae1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 b5 17. Bh6 g6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Bb7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Qd8 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Rd4 Ra7 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Bh6 Qe7 26. Qg3 Qc5 27.
Be3 Qf8 28. Rh4 Rc7 29. Bg5 Rec8 30. Qh3 h5 31. d4 Qg7 32. g4 Rc2 33. gxh5 gxh5
34. Rxh5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Rc1 36. Rh8+ Qxh8 37. Qxh8+ Kxh8 38. Bxc1 Rc5 39. Bg5
Kg7 40. Bf6+ Kh7 41. Rf2 Rc4 42. b3 Rd4 43. Rc2 Kg6 44. h4 Kf5 45. h5 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
a3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 a5 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qb7 Qd6 19. Qe4 h6 20. Rd2
Nf6 21. Qe3 Ng4 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qh4 Qf8 24. Rd3 Rd6 25. Red1 Red8 26. Ne5 g5
27. Qh3 Qg7 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Ng4 f5 30. Ne3 Ne5 31. dxe5 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33.
Qc6 Qd7 34. Qa8+ Qd8 35. Qf3 g4 36. Qe2 Rd2 37. Qe1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba2 Nf8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nc4 Ng6
15. Bh2 d5 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Na3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. c4 Red8 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. b3 d4 23. exd4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 cxd4 25. Bb1 Qc5 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27.
Qd3 e5 28. f3 Nh5 29. Kh2 Nf4 30. Qd2 Ra8 31. Re1 g5 32. g3 Ne6 33. Qd3 g6 34. Qe4
d3 35. Rcd1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxg3 37. Qxe5 Nf4 38. Rd2 Qxf3+ 39. Kh2 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1
Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Re8 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Ng3
e6 9. Bg5 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O c4 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Kh1 Qb6 15.
Bh6 a5 16. Nd1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qd4 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Nd1 Ba6 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Nxe3
Nb6 22. Rfc1 Rac8 23. Rab1 Nfd7 24. Nc2 b4 25. Nd4 Rc5 26. Kg1 Rec8 27. Nf1 Nb8
28. Ne3 c3 29. b3 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 N6d7 31. Nc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Kf2 Na6 34.
Ke3 Nac5 35. Rc2 Ne5 36. Rd1 a4 37. h3 Ned7 38. Rd4 Nb6 39. Rd1 Nbd7 40. Rb1
Ne5 41. Rd1 Kg7 42. Rb1 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. g3 Kf6 45. Rd1 Nb3 46. Nd4 Nxd4
47. Rxd4 b3 48. axb3 axb3 49. Rxc4 Nxc4+ 50. Kd3 bxc2 51. Kxc2 Nd2 52. Kxc3
Nxf3 53. Kd3 Ng5 54. h4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. a3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qe4 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nbd2 Rb8
15. Bc2 Nc7 16. Qg4 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nb5 18. Nb3 Nc7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. h4 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Kxf8 22. h5 Kg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rfe1 Qe7 25. Nh4 Rh8 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27.
Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Rd3 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf4 30. Rf5+ exf5 31. Qxf5+ Qf7 32. Qe5 Ne2+ 33.
Qxe2 Re8 34. Qd2 Qe7 35. Re3 Qg7 36. Qd6+ Re7 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Rxe7+ 1-0



[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bg5 13. Re1 h6 14. Bc2
g6 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. g3 Be4 20. Ng2 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Nf5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 g4 25. Bd1 f5 26. Qh6 Re8 27.
Be2 a6 28. Bf1 Rf8 29. Be2 Re8 30. Rc3 Bb1 31. Bf1 Be4 32. h3 gxh3 33. Bxh3 Bb1
34. Kh2 Be4 35. b4 b6 36. a4 Rf8 37. Kg1 f4 38. gxf4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Rg3
Ra8 41. Bg2 Bf5 42. Re3 Kf7 43. Qh7+ Kf6 44. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. Rb1 g5 9. b4 g4 10. Ne1 Nxb4 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. d4 f6 14. dxe5
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 fxe5 16. Nb4 Bf5 17. e4 Bxb4 18. Rxb4 Be6 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Rb2 Rf3
21. Nb1 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. Rb7 Nd6 24. Rxa7 Nxe4 25. Be3 Bd5 26. Nd2 Rxe3 27.
fxe3 Nxd2 28. a4 Kd7 29. Rb7 Ra8 30. Rb4 Ne4 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Rb7 Rxa4 33. Rxc7
Ng5 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qb4 Qd6 10. Qb3 Qe6 11. Qd1 Rd8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Bf4 c5 14. d5 Qb6
15. e4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Be3 Qb4 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bc1
Nxb2 22. Bxb2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Kh2 c4 25. Rac1 Qd3 26. Qb2 Rac8 27. Rc3
Qd4 28. Rfc1 Nc5 29. Qb4 Nd3 30. Rd1 a5 31. Qb2 b5 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Re1 Na6 13. b3 bxa5 14. Rxa5 Nc5
15. Qc2 Bd8 16. Ra2 Bb6 17. Bb2 a5 18. Raa1 e5 19. Nf5 Nfxe4 20. Bh3 Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 Qd8 22. Qd1 Ne4 23. Qg4 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 g6 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 gxf5 27.
Bxf5 Bd4 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qh5 Kg7 30. Bc1 Rg8 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Bh5
Bg7 15. Rf3 O-O 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Rf1 Ne7 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe1 Be6
21. Ne4 Qb2 22. Nxd6 Rxc2 23. Nxf7+ Bxf7 24. Qxe7 Rf2 25. Re1 Qe5 26. Kg1 Rxg2+
27. Rxg2 Qxh5 28. Qxb7 Bh6 29. Qxa6 Bd5 30. Qe2 Bf3 31. Qd3 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Bf4
33. Rh1 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Kf1 Qg4 36. Qe2 Qh3+ 37. Ke1 Qc3+ 38. Kf2 Be5 39.
Rc1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Kg2 d4 20. Bxd4
Qg5+ 21. Ng3 c5 22. Bf2 Rxf3 23. Kxf3 Bg4+ 24. Kg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 g6 26. a4
Re2 27. h4 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qxh4 29. Kg2 Qg5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Be4 Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c4 8.
Ne5 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. a4 Nd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Bxa8 15. b3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc5 18. bxc4 b4 19. Bg5 O-O 20. Bd8 b3
21. Bc7 b2 22. Bg4 Bc6 23. e6 f5 24. Be2 Bd4 25. h4 Ba4 26. Rxd4 b1=Q+ 27. Kh2
0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1
Nfd5 15. Bc1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Rd3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxd5
Qxd5 21. Qg4 f5 22. Qh3 b4 23. c4 Rxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Rg3 Bf6 26. Bb2 Bd5 27.
Qh5 Qc2 28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Re3 Qxe2 30. R3xe2 Kf7 31. Ra1 g5 32. Ra7+ Kg6 33. h3
h5 34. Ra1 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. f4 gxf3 37. gxf3 f4 38. Kg2 Kf5 39. Rh1 Rg8+
40. Kf2 Rg3 41. Re3 Rg8 42. Ree1 Rg3 43. Re3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Bg7 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nde5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3
Nxd3 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Nf5 Nc6 19. b4 Qe5 20. Nh6+
Kh8 21. Qe3 Qg7 22. b5 Nd4 23. Kh1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rfc1 e5 26. Qd2 Rf6 27.
b6 Qxh6 28. Qa5 Nc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. b7 Rb8 31. Qxa7 Rff8 32. a4 f4 33. f3
Qg6 34. Rb2 Qd3 35. a5 e4 36. fxe4 f3 37. a6 fxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Qxe4 39. Qb6 Rf1+
40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Rg3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8.
d5 Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5
Rxc3 15. bxa6 e5 16. Nb3 Bc6 17. Qxd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Ba3
Re8 21. Bb4 Rxa6 22. a3 Rc6 23. Rbc1 Rec8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rd2
Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. f3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ke3 Kc5 32. Kd3 Kb5
33. Nc4 Nd7 34. Kc3 Ka4 35. Kb2 Kb5 36. Kc3 Ka4 37. Kb2 Kb5 38. Kc3 Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. b6 Bb7 7. Bd2 Qxb6 8.
e4 e6 9. Bc4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nd6 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne5 Nf5
15. Bc2 Bf6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Qd3 d6 20. Bf4 Rd8 21.
Rad1 a4 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Qg3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Bxb8 a3 27. bxa3
Qxa3 28. Be5+ f6 29. Bc7 Qb2 30. Rb1 Qc2 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxb7+ Kg8 33. h4 f4
34. Qf3 Re8 35. d6 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40.
Qf8+ Kh5 41. g4+ Kxh4 42. Qh6+ Kxg4 43. Qh3+ Kg5 44. Qg2+ Kh6 45. Ne4 Kg7 46.
Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 Qd1 48. d7 f3 49. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Be6 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. f4 Nb6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. h3 Nc8 13. Ne5 Nd6 14. f5 Bc8 15.
O-O-O Bd7 16. Kb1 b5 17. g4 a5 18. Rhe1 a4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Kf8 23. Rc1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. dxc5 Rd8 26. c6 Qd5 27. Re2
Bd6 28. Be4 Qd4 29. Rd2 Qe5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. c7 Kg7 32. Bb7 Qe3 33. c8=Q Rxc8
34. Qxc8 a3 35. bxa3 Qxa3 36. Qc3 Qa7 37. Bc6 b4 38. Qc5 Qe7 39. Ba4 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8.
Qxh6 Qa5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nd2 Ng4
15. Qh4 h5 16. f4 Nb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Ra5 Bc6 21. Nd4
Nfd7 22. Kh1 Nc8 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. e5 Rb8 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Rfa1 Rb6 27. Qf2 e6
28. Bb5 Kf8 29. Rd1 Nb8 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Qf6+ Qxf6 33. exf6+ Kh7
34. Ng5+ 1-0


[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Rd8 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3
exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Rf1 f6
21. Qh3 Kg7 22. Rh4 Rh8 23. Be3 h5 24. Bxg6 Kxg6 25. Qf5+ Kf7 26. Rxh5 Rag8 27.
Rh7+ Rxh7 28. Qxh7+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Rg6 30. Qh7+ Rg7 31. Qh5+ Rg6 32. Qh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. dxc3 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O
8. b3 Qe8 9. Ne1 f5 10. e3 Kh8 11. Nc2 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qe2 Bf7 14. f4 Bh5
15 Bf3 Bg6 16. Qg2 e4 17. Be2 Bh5 18. Nd4 Rf6 19. Bd2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nd8 21.
Bc1 Rg6 22. Ba3 b6 23. Rad1 Nf7 24. Rf2 Nh6 25. Rg2 Qd7 26. Rd2 Ng4 27. Qe1 Rh6
28. h4 Ng8 29. Nc2 Qf7 30. Qe2 Ne7 31. Qd1 Qh5 32. Qe2 Rf8 33. Qd1 Qe8 34. Kf1
Rg6 35. Qe1 Nf6 36. Rg1 Nh5 37. Rdg2 Rg4 38. Nd4 Rf6 39. Ne2 Rfg6 40. Kf2 h6
41. Qc1 Kh7 42. Rd1 Qc8 43. Rdg1 Ng8 44. Qd2 Ngf6 45. Bc1 Nd7 46. Ba3 Nc5 47.
Bxc5 dxc5 48. Rd1 Rd6 49. Qc2 Rxd1 50. Qxd1 Rg6 51. Nc1 Nf6 52. Rg1 Ng4+ 53. Ke2
Nh2 54. Rg2 Nf3 55. Kf1 Rd6 56. Qc2 Qd7 57. Re2 Rd1+ 58. Kf2 Rh1 59. Na2 Qe8
60. Kg2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 h6 12. Nd2 c6 13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 c5 15.
Nb3 Kh7 16. Ba3 h5 17. Nb5 h4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxc5 Qf6 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Nxb7
Nc6 22. Nxd8 Nd4 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. d6 Bd7 25. Bb4 Rf8 26. Rb2 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Nf3+
28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. Bg2 Qf7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. c5 Bc6 32. Be1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 b6 8.
c3 Nxe2 9. Qxe2 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bf2 Qc7
15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Rfd1 Rab8 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 d5
21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Rd2 Rbd8 23. Rad1 Qd7 24. d4 c4 25. Re2 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Ra1
Rb8 28. Bd2 Rdb6 29. Qf3 Bg7 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Be3 R6b7 32. Rd1 Qd5 33. Bd2 Rd8
34. Rde1 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rd6 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Rae1 Kf7 38. Ra1 Bf6 39. Kg2 h6 40.
h4 Rb8 41. Kf3 Rb7 42. Kg2 Rd5 43. Rae1 Rb6 44. Ra1 Rd8 45. Kf3 Be7 46. Be3
Rb7 47. Bd2 Bf8 48. Rd1 Rd6 49. Ra1 Ra6 50. Be3 Rc6 51. Bd2 b4 52. axb4 axb4
53. Ra4 b3 54. Re5 Rcc7 55. Ra6 Re7 56. Rc5 Rbc7 57. Ra4 Red7 58. Rxc7 Rxc7 59.
Be3 Ke7 60. Ra6 Kf7 61. Ra5 Rc6 62. Ra7+ Be7 63. Ke2 Ke8 64. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Qd2 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Qa5 13. a3 b4 14. Na2 Rb8 15.
axb4 Qa4 16. Nec3 Qb3 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qe2 Rxb4 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. O-O Nc5 21. Be3
Nfd7 22. Bb5 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Na2 Qb3 25. Nc3 f4 26. Ra3 fxe3 27. Rxb3 Nxb3
28. Qxe3 Nd4 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Rf2 Rf6 31. f4 Bh6 32. Rg2+ Kf7 33. Ne2 Nb5 34.
Qf3 Be8 35. f5 Ke7 36. Qf2 a4 37. Qb6 Bd7 38. Rg8 Bf8 39. Kh2 Kf7 40. Rg2 Rh6
41. Kh3 Be7 42. Rg4 Be8 43. Qb8 a3 44. bxa3 Nxa3 45. Qc7 Rf6 46. Qc1 Nb5 47.
Rg2 Bf8 48. Qc8 Ke7 49. Ng3 Nd4 50. Ra2 Nb5 51. Ra8 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nbd7 7. e3 e5
8 dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 e4 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qc3 Re8 14. Rd1
Bg4 15. f3 exf3 16. gxf3 Bd7 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Kf2
Re7 21. Nc3 Rae8 22. e4 Kf8 23. h4 Bd7 24. Rd4 c6 25. Rhd1 Bc8 26. c5 Nh5 27.
Bc4 f5 28. Rd8 Nf6 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Ne2 Be6 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Nd4 Re5 33.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Nb3 Re6 35. Na5 b6 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Nc4 Nd5 38. Rd4 b5 39. Na5
Kd7 40. Nb3 Kd6 41. Rd2 Rh6 42. Kg3 Rg6+ 43. Kf2 Rf6 44. Kg3 Rh6 45. Rd1 Re6
46. Kf2 Rf6 47. Kg3 Rg6+ 48. Kf2 Rh6 49. Kg3 Rg6+ 50. Kf2 Rf6 51. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Kb1 O-O 15. f5 Rc4 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne2 Rc5 19. Nd4 Re5 20. Rhe1
Re8 21. Bg4 Bf8 22. Nf3 Rc5 23. Qb3 Qf7 24. Nd4 Re5 25. Qd3 Qg6 26. Qh3 Bxe4
27. Re2 d5 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bg4 Bc5 30. a3 h5 31. Nf3 Qxg4 32. Qxg4 hxg4 33.
Nxe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8.
d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. d5 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bg5 Nd7
15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 h6 17. Bc1 Qd8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf6 20. b3 Qd7 21. Qf3
O-O 22. Nd2 c6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6
14. Ne5 Qxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kb1
Qb4+ 20. Kc1 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

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. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. c5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc2
15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. c4 Be6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Bd3 f5 20. g3 g6 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Rfc1 Bf7 24. Ne1 Rfe8 25. Ng2 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 Bxd4 27.
Re1 Re8 28. Kf1 Bxe3 29. Qb3 Qxc5 30. Qxb7 Qd4 31. Rbd1 Qg4 32. Kg2 d4 33. Bb5
Re7 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Bc6 Rc7 36. Bf3 Qg5 37. Re2 f4 38. Qb8 Rd7 39. Qa8 fxg3
40. h4 Qxh4 41. Rh1 Qf4 42. Rb2 h5 43. Rb7 Rxb7 44. Qxb7 Qf5 45. Rf1 h4 46. Qe7
Qc2+ 47. Kh3 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 g2 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5
c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. a3
Qb8 15. b4 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Bd8 17. Rc2 Ne5 18. Na4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. c5 b5 21.
Nb6 Bxb6 22. cxb6 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Re6 27.
Rd8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Bc5 f6 30. Nd4 Kf7 31. Kf2 g6 32. g4 Ng7 33. f4
h5 34. gxh5 Nxh5 35. f5 Nf4 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd2 Nf4 39. Bd6
Nd5 40. Bc5 Nf4 41. h4 Ba8 42. Be7 f5 43. Bd8 Kf7 44. Nxf5 Ke6 45. Ng3 Kd7 46.
Bc7 Nd5 47. h5 Nf6 48. h6 Bd5 49. Be5 Nh7 50. Ke3 Kc6 51. Bd4 Bf7 52. Ne4 Bg6
53. Bc5 Kb7 54. Kd4 Bh5 55. Nd6+ Kb8 56. Ne4 Kb7 57. Kd5 Bf7+ 58. Ke5 Bh5 59.
Nf6 Bg6 60. Nxh7 Bxh7 61. Bd4 c3 62. Kf6 c2 63. Be3 Bd3 64. Kg7 c1=Q 65. Bxc1
Kxb6 66. h7 Bxh7 67. Kxh7 Kc6 68. Kg6 a5 69. Kf7 Kd5 70. Ke7 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bf4 Nd7 8.
Be2 e5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5+
Kh8 15. Nh4 f4 16. Bc1 Bf6 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Nh2 Nb4 19. Qf3 Nc2 20. Rb1 Nc5 21.
Be3 Ne6 22. Qe4 Nb4 23. c5 Nc6 24. Ng4 Ng5 25. Nxf6 Nxe4 26. Nxe8 Nxc3 27. bxc3
Bxh3 28. Kh2 Bxg2 29. Rg1 Raxe8 30. Rxg2 fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7
8. Be3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 exd5 19. exd5 b6 20. Rfd1
Re8 21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Qb2 Bg7 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Qb2 Bg7 25. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Re1 h6 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 g5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nhf3 g4 14. Nc4 gxf3
15. Qxf3 Nb6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. Qxh6 Bf5 20. Bg5 Nd7
21. Rad1 Qf8 22. Qh5 Qg7 23. h4 Qh7 24. Qe2 f6 25. Bf4 e5 26. Qb5 Rb8 27. a4 a6
28. Qc4 Qf7 29. Bd5 Qg7 30. Bxg8 Ne7 31. Be6 Nb6 32. Qxc5 Bxe6 33. Qxb6 Bg4 34.
Qd6 Rc8 35. Rd2 exf4 36. Qxf4 Kf8 37. Qd6 Re8 38. Rd4 Bf3 39. Rf4 Bc6 40. Rxf6+
Kg8 41. Re5 Qh7 42. Rg5+ Kh8 43. Rh6 Ng6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Qc7+ Re7 46. Qxe7+
Nxe7 47. a5 Bb5 48. Kg2 Nc6 49. b4 Ne7 50. Kh3 Bc4 51. Rc5 Be6+ 52. g4 Nc6 53.
f4 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Qc2 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 a6 14. a4 b6
15. Na2 Qd6 16. Qb4 Qb8 17. Rc2 Re8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. Qb3 Bb7 20. a5 b5 21. Rc7
Rd8 22. h4 Bd6 23. R7c2 Nf6 24. Nb4 Ra7 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Ke2 Nd7 27. h5 g5 28.
Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 f5 30. Qc2 Rf8 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Nb3 Nxh5 33. Rb6 Qd8 34. Qc6
Bc7 35. Nc5 Rf6 36. Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Qxe6 Bxb6 38. axb6 Rb7 39. Rc6 Nf6 40. Bxf5
a5 41. Rd6 Qf8 42. Qc8 Qe7 43. Rc6 Ne8 44. Re6 Qf7 45. Rxe8 Rxb6 46. Rh8 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4
8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Rc1
Rfd8 15. a4 Qa5 16. Ra1 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Nxc4
Rxc4 21. Bd3 Rc7 22. e4 Ba6 23. d5 Ne8 24. Re3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Rcd7 26. Qh5 exd5
27. Rad1 Qxa4 28. exd5 Qc2 29. Qe5 f6 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Ba1 Nc7 32. Qe1 Qc5 33.
Bd4 Qb5 34. Bxa7 Nxd5 35. Bd4 h6 36. Bb2 Ne7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rc1 Qb7 39. h3
Rd8 40. Qe6 Qd7 41. Qb3 Qd6 42. Re1 Nc6 43. h4 Qd2 44. Qe6 Ne5 45. Rxe5 fxe5
46. Bxe5 Rf8 47. Kh2 Rxf2 48. Qg6 Qd7 49. Qxh6+ Kg8 50. Qb6 Re2 51. Qb8+ Kh7
52. Kg3 Qd3+ 53. Kh2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Nge2 O-O 14. f3 Re8
15. O-O Nc7 16. h3 Ne6 17. Bh4 Nf8 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. e4 Nh5 20. e5 Nhf4 21. Nxf4
Nxf4 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. f4 f5 24. Ne2 Rf8 25. Be3 Qe8 26. Kh2 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Rg1
Qd7 29. Rg2 Qe6 30. Qe1 Kf7 31. Bf2 Rh8 32. Bh4 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 h5 34. g5 Qe8 35.
Qg3 Ne6 36. Qe3 Qd8 37. Nc3 a4 38. Rd2 Qb6 39. Nd1 Ra5 40. Nc3 Qb3 41. Qf2 Re8
42. Ne2 Qb6 43. Nc3 Qb3 44. Ne2 Qb6 45. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6
8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 Qd5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 e6 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Qe2 Rhd8 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Qg4 h5 20.
Qh4+ f6 21. Nf3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qf5 23. Bxc5+ Rxc5 24. Qg3 Kf7 25. Qb8 Qc2 26.
Qxb7+ Kg8 27. Re1 Qxb2 28. Qxa7 Rxc3 29. Qe7 e5 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32.
Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe6 Rc1 34. h3 Rxe1+ 35. Nxe1 Qb1 36. Kh2 Na4 37. Nf3 Nc3 38. a3
Qb2 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Nh4 Qxa3 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qf7
Qc1 45. Qg6+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Ng6 Kh6 50. g4 Qg5
51. Ne7 Qf4+ 52. Kg1 Ne2+ 53. Kf1 Ng3+ 54. Kg2 Kh7 55. Qg8+ Kh6 56. Qh8+ Kg5
57. Qxg7+ Kh4 58. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1997.08.31"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14.
Rc1 h6 15. Be3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Bf8
8. d3 h6 9. b3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Nd2 c6 12. Ne4 cxd5 13. Nc3 d6 14. e3 Nc6
15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bd5 Bc6 21.
Qf3 Rc8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Rc4 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Bg5 25. Kf2 Rc5 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. h4
Bf6 28. Qe4 Qd6 29. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp 1)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.08.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Qb5 Nb4 13. Bg5 Bd7 14.
Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qb7 Rb8 17. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Qd2 a6
15. a4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Be3 g5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.08.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 c5 7. c3 Ne7 8. Nf3
Nec6 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 c4 12. Bc2 b4 13. Ba4 Qc7 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15.
a3 Nd3 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. b3 Be7 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. d5 exd5 21. Nd4
Kc8 22. f4 Rb8 23. Rab1 Rb6 24. Kh1 Bc5 25. N2f3 Kb7 26. e6 Ka8 27. f5 Rhb8 28.
Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Qa4 f6 30. h3 c3 31. Qa5 Ne5 32. Re1 Nxf3 33. Nxf3 Bxe3 34.
Qxd5+ Rb7 35. Nd4 Qg3 36. Nf3 Qc7 37. Nd4 c2 38. Nxc2 Bc5 39. Nb4 Bxb4 40. axb4
Qe7 41. Rd1 Bb5 42. Qf3 Kb8 43. Qf4+ Rc7 44. Rd6 Kc8 45. Qd2 Rc4 46. Qd5 Rc1+
47. Kh2 Kc7 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1997.08.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. e5 axb5 7. exf6 Nc6
8. fxe7 Qxe7+ 9. Qe3 b4 10. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Gp. 2)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 d5
8. exf5 exf5 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Qd6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. b4 Rae8 13. Qc2 g6 14. b5
Nd8 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nbd2 c5 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. a4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Bxe8 21. g3 Na5 22. Bb5 Bf7 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Qe3 Nb7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc5
27. Nf3 a6 28. e6 Bxe6 29. Bxa6 Bf7 30. Bb5 Ne4 31. Kg2 Nxc3 32. Nd4 Ne4 33.
Bc6 Qd6 34. f3 Nf6 35. Qb3 Qc5 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Qb3 Qd8 38. Qe3 Ne8 39. Bb5 Nd6
40. Nc6 Qc7 41. Qd4 Nc4 42. h4 Qd6 43. h5 gxh5 44. Qh4 Kf8 45. Qd4 f4 46. Nb8
Ne3+ 47. Kf2 Nf5 48. Qh8+ Bg8 49. Nd7+ Kf7 50. gxf4 Ng7 51. Ne5+ Kf8 52. Nd7+
Kf7 53. Ne5+ Kf8 54. Bd3 Qb4 55. Nd7+ Kf7 56. Ne5+ Kf8 57. Bxh7 Qd2+ 58. Kf1
Qd1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf1 Qd1+ 61. Kg2 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3
Qb6 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Bg5 Rad8 14.
Qf3 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nd3 Qb5 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. a4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 c5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8
15. h3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. Qf1 h6 18. g4 a5 19. Nd2 Ne4 20. a4 cxd4 21. exd4
Bh4 22. f3 Nf2 23. Nb5 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb8 25. Qg2 Ba6 26. Bf5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qd6
28. Nf1 Rc7 29. Bc1 Nf8 30. f4 Rce7 31. g5 hxg5 32. fxg5 Re2 33. Qg4 Bf2+ 34.
Kh1 Ng6 35. Bxg6 Qxg6 36. Ne3 R2xe3 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 Kh8 11. Nd2 Ng8 12. a4 f5 13. Ba3 Nh6 14. Nc4 f4 15.
b5 Rf6 16. a5 Nf7 17. b6 axb6 18. axb6 dxc5 19. bxc7 Nxc7 20. Bxc5 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 f3 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Bh3 24. Kh1 Na6 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Nd2 Bxf1 27. Nxf1
Nd6 28. Nd2 h5 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Qc1 Bf6 31. Ne2 Qe7 32. Nc4 Nb5 33. Qb2 Nd6 34.
Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxb7+ Bg7 36. Qc6 Bf8 37. f4 Nb4 38. Qxd6 Bxd6 39. fxe5 Bxe5 40.
Bd2 Nd3 41. f4 Bc7 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Nd4 Kf6 44. Ne6 Bb8 45. Ke3 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3
Nc6 8 c3 Qe7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Rhe1 g6 13. Kb1 Rhe8 14.
Qb3 Qg7 15. Qa3 Kb8 16. Bf1 g5 17. h3 h5 18. Qb3 Ka8 19. Nfd2 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4
21. Ka1 Be7 22. f4 gxf3 23. Nxf3 Bf6 24. Bd3 Rh8 25. Rg1 e5 26. d5 Ne7 27. c4
Bg4 28. c5 dxc5 29. Nxc5 Bc8 30. Be4 Rd6 31. Rc1 Ng6 32. Nd2 Bg5 33. Rc2 Rb6
34. Qg3 Qh6 35. Nf3 Be7 36. Rgc1 Nf4 37. Na4 Bd6 38. Nxb6+ axb6 39. Nd2 Ne2 40.
Qe1 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 a6 6. a4 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nh2 Qd7 19. Bg4 Re7 20. Rab1 Rae8 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Ng4 Nd8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qh4 Qe7 26. Ne3 Qd6 27. a5
h5 28. Rb6 Nc6 29. Rxb7 Nxa5 30. Ra7 Qb8 31. Rd7 Nc6 32. g4 Qf4 33. Rxd5 a5
34. Rb5 a4 35. d5 Ne5 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. fxg3 Ra6 38. Rb2 hxg4 39. Nxg4 Nxg4 40.
hxg4 a3 41. Ra2 Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Kd4 Ra4 45. Ke4 Ra5 46. g5
f5+ 47. Ke3 Kxd5 48. Kf4 Ra8 49. Kf3 Kc5 50. Ke3 Kb5 51. Kd4 Rd8+ 52. Ke5 Ka4
53. Kf6 Rd6+ 54. Kf7 Rb6 55. Ra1 Rb2 56. Kxg6 Rxc2 57. Kxf5 Rxc3 58. g4 Rf3+
59. Ke6 Rf4 60. Rg1 a2 61. g6 Rxg4 62. Rxg4 a1=Q 63. g7 Qe1+ 64. Kf5 Qf1+ 65.
Rf4 Qh3+ 66. Kg5 Qg2+ 67. Rg4 Qd5+ 68. Kh6 Qe6+ 69. Rg6 Qg8 70. Rf6 c3 71. Rf8
Qe6+ 72. Kh7 c2 73. Ra8+ Kb5 74. Ra1 Qf5+ 75. Kh6 Qf6+ 76. Kh7 0-1



[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Qf5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 Bc5 11. dxe6 Nc6 12. Na4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rd1
c5 15. Be3 Qxe6 16. Qd3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 b6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Nc3
Rfe8 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. b3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
Rd1 b5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. e4 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 Qb6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15.
Rad1 Bb4 16. Qc1 c5 17. e5 Nh7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Ndf8 21. Ng5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 Qe7 25. Re4 f5 26. exf6 Qxf6 27.
Qh5 Re7 28. Rg4 Rg7 29. Ne4 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf4+ Ke7 32. Nxc5 Nf6 33.
Re1 Nd5 34. Rf3 Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rc1 Ra3 37. Ne4 Ke7 38. h5 Nh7 39. Kg2
Nhf6 40. Nxf6 Kxf6 41. h6 Nxc3 42. Rh1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e4 Qc7 8.
Re1 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 g5 14. Be3 g4 15.
N3d2 h5 16. f4 Rdg8 17. f5 exf5 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. e6 Nf8 20. exf7 Rg7 21. Be5 Bf6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxd5 Nd8 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qg2+ Kb8 26. dxc5 Rxf7 27. Re8
Rhh7 28. Rae1 bxc5 29. Qd5 Rd7 30. Qxc5 Rhf7 31. Nc4 Rc7 32. Qb4+ Rb7 33. Qa5
Rfd7 34. Ne5 Rd6 35. Ne3 Nfe6 36. N3c4 Rd2 37. Nc6+ Kc8 38. Nxd2 Qf7 39. Rxd8+
Nxd8 40. Qxd8# 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
e3 Qe7 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 e5 11. e4 h5 12. h4 g4 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. f3 Nf8 15.
Kd2 Ng6 16. Qg1 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qh2 Kd8 19. Bf2 Ne8 20. Be3 Kc8 21. Ng3 Nf4
22. Bc2 gxf3 23. gxf3 Qf6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qh6 26. Rhg1 Nf6 27. Rg5 Kc7
28. Rbg1 Rbe8 29. Rg7 Rh7 30. R1g6 Qxg7 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Qh1 Rg2+ 33. Kc1 Reg8
34. Kb2 Re2 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Kb3 Rgg2 37. Bb1 Rb2+ 38. Ka3 Nd7 39. Qd1 Ne5 40.
Qf1 Rge2 41. Qg1 Nxc4+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2
d6 8  O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Na6 14. Nd3 Re8
15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Kh1 Ndc5 17. Rae1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qd4 f6 20. b3 Bd7 21.
Re3 Rad8 22. Rg3 Rf8 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. a3 b6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Na6
28. Qc3 Rb8 29. Nb3 Rbe8 30. Ra1 Bc8 31. Nd2 Qd8 32. Bh5 g6 33. Bd1 Rgf8 34.
Ba4 Re7 35. Bb5 Nb8 36. Ra8 Bb7 37. Ra7 c6 38. dxc6 Bxc6 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Bxc6
Nxc6 41. Rd3 Rb8 42. b5 Nd8 43. Qd4 Nf7 44. Nb1 g5 45. fxg5 Nxg5 46. Nc3
Rc8 47. h4 Ne6 48. Qxd6 Qxd6 49. Rxd6 Rxc4 50. Rxe6 Rxc3 51. Rxb6 Rh3+ 52. Kg2
Rxh4 53. Re6 Kg7 54. b6 Kf7 55. Re8 Kxe8 56. b7 Rxe4 57. b8=Q+ Kf7 58. Kf3 Re5
59. Qb3+ Kg7 60. Qb7+ Kg6 61. Qb1+ Kg7 62. Kf4 h5 63. Qb7+ Kg8 64. Qd7 Kf8 65.
Qh7 Rg5 66. Kf3 Ke8 67. Qe4+ Kf7 68. Qc4+ Ke7 69. Qc7+ Ke6 70. Qh7 Re5 71. Qg8+
Ke7 72. Qg7+ Ke6 73. Qf8 Rf5+ 74. Ke4 Re5+ 75. Kd4 Rd5+ 76. Kc4 Rg5 77. Qe8+
Kf5 78. Qf7 h4 79. Qd7+ Kg6 80. Kd4 Re5 81. Qg4+ Kf7 82. Qxh4 Rg5 83. Qh7+ Kf8
84. Ke4 Re5+ 85. Kf4 Rg5 86. Qh3 Kf7 87. Qd7+ Kf8 88. Qe6 Kg7 89. Qe7+ Kg6 90.
Qf8 Rf5+ 91. Ke4 Re5+ 92. Kd4 Kf5 93. Qg8 Ra5 94. Ke3 Ra3+ 95. Kf2 Ra5 96. Ke2
Rc5 97. Ke3 Ra5 98. Qd8 Re5+ 99. Kf3 Kg6 100. Qg8+ Kh6 101. Qf7 Rf5+ 102. Kg4
Rg5+ 103. Kh4 Rf5 104. Qf8+ Kg6 105. Qg8+ Kh6 106. Qf7 Rf4+ 107. Kg3 Rf5 108.
Qe8 Rg5+ 109. Kf4 Kg7 110. Qe7+ Kg6 111. Qf8 Rf5+ 112. Ke4 Re5+ 113. Kd4 Rg5
114. Qg8+ Kh6 115. Qf7 Rf5 116. Kd3 Rf3+ 117. Ke4 Rf1 118. Qf8+ Kh7 119. Kd5
Rd1+ 120. Ke6 Re1+ 121. Kf7 Rg1 122. Qa3 Rg6 123. Qd3 f5 124. Qxf5 Kh8 125. Qh5+
1-0

[Event "US Championship  (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8.
Nd5 Na5 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe2 Kg7 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. c3 Nxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. d4 f6 21. Qd3
c6 22. f3 Bf7 23. Rfd1 Rfb8 24. Bf2 Be6 25. b4 a4 26. Qe2 Qc7 27. Be3 Nc4 28.
Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rd2 Bb3 31. h4 Rg8 32. dxe5 fxe5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qg3
Kf7 35. Kf2 Rg7 36. Rh1 Qf6 37. Rh5 Rag8 38. Bb6 Ke8 39. Kg1 Qf4 40. Qxf4 gxf4
41. g4 d5 42. Rxe5+ Re7 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Rd4 Kd7 45. e5 Rf8 46. e6+ Kxe6 47.
Bc7 Re8 48. Bxf4 Kf6 49. Kf2 Rh8 50. Rd2 Rh1 51. Be3 d4 52. Bxd4+ Kg6 53. Kg3
Bd5 54. f4 Re1 55. Rh2 Rd1 56. f5+ Kf7 57. g5 Rf1 58. Rf2 Rg1+ 59. Kf4 Re1 60.
g6+ Ke7 61. f6+ Ke6 62. f7 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. a3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. e3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Nb6
15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Bg4 17. h3 Rbd8 18. Qc2 Bh5 19. Nh4 c6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Rad1 Na8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. g5 Nfe8 27.
Ne4 Ne6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Qd3 Nf5 30. Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 Ne6 32. Bf3 Kf8 33. Bg4
Ke7 34. h4 Nd6 35. Kf3 Nxe4 36. Kxe4 Nc7 37. Kd3 Ne6 38. Bh3 Nc7 39. Bc8 b5 40.
Kc3 bxa4 41. bxa4 Ne8 42. Bg4 Nc7 43. e4 Na8 44. e5 Nb6 45. Kb3 Na8 46. Kc3 Nb6
47. Bd1 Nd7 48. Bf3 Nb8 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Be4 Ke7 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Kg4
Kf8 54. h5 gxh5+ 55. Kxh5 Ke7 56. Bf3 Kf8 57. g6 Ke7 58. gxf7 Kxf7 59. Kg5 Nd7
60. Bxc6 Nf8 61. Bd5+ Ke7 62. Kf5 Kd7 63. Bg8 Ke7 64. e6 Kd6 65. Kg5 1-0

[Event "US Championship  (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Ned2 a5
15. Rfd1 Nh5 16. Be3 Nhf6 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Nb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd5 20. Nbd2 Qb6
21. Be4 Rac8 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Ne5 Bd6 25. Qf5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxe5
27. Qxe5 Re8 28. Qc7 Qa6 29. Nf1 h5 30. Qc6 Qe2 31. Qc2 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 33.
Kh1 Qxd4 34. Rf1 h4 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 cxd4 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Qg4 g6
14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Re1 f5 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. Re6 Qd7 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 19. Be3 d4 20.
Bg5 Re6 21. h3 Rae8 22. Rd1 Qg7 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. f4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxd4
Nb6 27. c4 Kg7 28. c5 Re1+ 29. Kh2 R1e4 30. Rd1 Re1 31. Rxe1 Rxe1 32. cxb6 axb6
33. g4 fxg4 34. Nxg4 h5 35. Ne5 Re2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Ke4 Rd2 39.
h4 b5 40. Nd3 Kf7 41. Ke3 Rg2 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Nc5+ Kf7 44. Nd3 1/2-1/2


[Event "US Championship  (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5
8. Qc6 Ra7 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Qc1 c5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nb6 13. dxc5 Nd5 14.
Qd2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Rc1 Rc7 18. O-O Qxb2 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. c6
O-O 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Nb3 Bd8 23. Rd3 Re7 24. Rbd1 Bc7 25. Nc5 Qxa2 26. Nd7 Rfe8
27. Qg5 h6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qh4 gxf6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rd4 f5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33.
Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qf6 Be5 36. Qxe5 f6 37. Qxf6+ Rf7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39.
Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Rd8 Rfe7 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
e6 9. Nge2 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Qe7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd2 Rac8
15. Rab1 Rfe8 16. Bf2 Ne5 17. a4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Bh6 19. Qxh6 Nxd3 20. Rd4 Nxf2
21. Rxf2 Rc5 22. Qd2 Rec8 23. Rf1 bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rc2 25. Qd3 Nxd5 26. Rb1 Qe5
27. exd5 Rxe2 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Rc7 30. Rd1 Bc8 31. Nb6 Rc3 32. Qd4 Rc1 33.
Qd2 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Bb7 35. Qa4 Qc3 0-1


[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+
Bxf6 8. Qe2 c5 9. d5 Nb6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Bxb2 14.
Rad1 Qf6 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Kg8 17. f4 h5 18. Qe4 g6 19. a4 Rb8 20. a5 a6 21.
Be2 Bf5 22. Qe3 Na4 23. Qb3 b5 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Rd6 Bxc2 26. Qa2 Qe7 27. Rxb6
Rxb6 28. Qxc2 Kg7 29. Bc4 Rf8 30. Qf2 Qd6 31. h3 a5 32. Kh2 a4 33. Qg3 Qd4 34.
Rf3 Rf6 35. Qg5 a3 36. Rxa3 Qxf4+ 37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. Ra7 Rf5 39. Nf3 Rf4 40. Ne5
Rf5 41. Nxg6 Kxg6 42. Bd3 Rd8 43. Bxf5+ Kxf5 44. Rxf7+ Ke4 45. Rc7 Kd4 46. h4
c4 47. g4 Rd5 48. g5 Kd3 49. g6 Rd4 50. Kh3 c3 51. g7 Rg4 52. Rd7+ Ke3 53.
Re7+ Kd2 54. Rd7+ Ke2 55. Rc7 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.09.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+
Bxf6 8. Qe2 c5 9. d5 Nb6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Bxb2 14.
Rad1 Qf6 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Kg8 17. f4 h5 18. Qe4 g6 19. a4 Rb8 20. a5 a6 21.
Be2 Bf5 22. Qe3 Na4 23. Qb3 b5 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Rd6 Bxc2 26. Qa2 Qe7 27. Rxb6
Rxb6 28. Qxc2 Kg7 29. Bc4 Rf8 30. Qf2 Qd6 31. h3 a5 32. Kh2 a4 33. Qg3 Qd4 34.
Rf3 Rf6 35. Qg5 a3 36. Rxa3 Qxf4+ 37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. Ra7 Rf5 39. Nf3 Rf4 40. Ne5
Rf5 41. Nxg6 Kxg6 42. Bd3 Rd8 43. Bxf5+ Kxf5 44. Rxf7+ Ke4 45. Rc7 Kd4 46. h4
c4 47. g4 Rd5 48. g5 Kd3 49. g6 Rd4 50. Kh3 c3 51. g7 Rg4 52. Rd7+ Ke3 53.
Re7+ Kd2 54. Rd7+ Ke2 55. Rc7 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final, G/25)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8.
Re1 Qc7 9. a5 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. b3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nfd7 14. Be3 Bf6
15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Nd4 Ng6 17. f3 d5 18. exd5 Bxh3 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. b4 Na6 21. dxc6
Bxc6 22. b5 Bxf3 23. bxa6 Rad8 24. Ncb5 Qb8 25. gxf3 bxa6 26. Nc6 Rxd2 27.
Nxb8 Rxc2 28. Bxa7 Rec8 29. Na3 Rb2 30. Rac1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ne5 32. Rc2 Rb3 33.
Nc4 Nxf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. Nd7 Bh4+ 37. Ke2 Ng3+ 38. Kf2 Ne4+ 39.
Kg2 Rg3+ 40. Kh2 Rg6 41. Bg2 Bg3+ 42. Kg1 Bf4 43. Nce5 Rg5 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45.
Nf8+ Kg8 46. Ne6+ Kh7 47. Nxg5+ Nxg5 48. Nd3 Be5 49. Nxe5 f5 50. Bd5 h5 51. Be3
f4 52. Bd2 Nh3+ 53. Kh2 Nf2 54. Bg8+ Kh8 55. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final, G/25)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8.
Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be3 c4 13. g3 b5 14. h4 Nb6 15.
Ng5 a5 16. Kg2 b4 17. Rh1 a4 18. a3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Bg4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Rf8
22. Qc2 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qc7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Kd7 26. Rh7 Rg8 27. f4 Kc6 28.
f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Kb5 30. Rf2 Raf8 31. Bf4 Qe7 32. Ra2 Na8 33. e6 Nb6 34. Re2
fxe6 35. Qxe6 Qxe6 36. Bxe6 Re8 37. Re5 Rgf8 38. Rxg7 Kc6 39. Rg6 Kb5 40. Bxd5
Rxe5 41. Bc6+ Ka5 42. dxe5 Nc8 43. e6 Ne7 44. Rg5+ Kb6 45. Bxa4 Ra8 46. Rb5+ Kc6
47. Ra5+ Kb7 48. Rxa8 Kxa8 49. Bb5 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final, G/15)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 c6 8. Bd3
b5 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. Rfd1 bxc4
15. Bxc4 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Na4 Ned7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 a5 21.
Bf2 Rb8 22. Nc3 Ne5 23. Ra6 Qc7 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 a4 26. Ra7 Qc2 27. Rxa4
Bf6 28. Qd2 Qc6 29. Ra6 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qxf3 31. Bg2 Qf5 32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Qd5 Re5
34. Qf3 Qc2 35. Ra8 Ree8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Bg3 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Rf8 39. Qd5 Qe7 40.
Bd6 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Semi-Final, G/15)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. c4
b6 15. Bc3 Bb7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd7 20. Rac1
Rad8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rc3 Qg5 23. g3 Qc5 24. a3 Qc6 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. Be4 Qc7
27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Rxc5 Rd4 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Rxc7 R8d7
33. Rec1 a5 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Rb7 37. Rb1 Kf8 38. b5 Ke7 39.
Kg2 Kd6 40. Kh3 Ke7 41. Kh4 Kf8 42. Kh5 Kg7 43. Kg4 Kf8 44. b6 Kg7 45. Kf4 Kf8
46. Kg4 Kg7 47. Kh5 Kh7 48. Rb4 Kg7 49. g4 Kh7 50. Kh4 Kg7 51. Kg3 Kf8 52. f4
Kg7 53. h4 Kf8 54. h5 Kg8 55. Kh4 Kg7 56. Rb5 Kh7 57. Rb1 Kg7 58. Rb2 Kh7 59.
g5 fxg5+ 60. fxg5 Kg7 61. Kg4 hxg5 62. Kxg5 f6+ 63. Kg4 Kh6 64. Rb5 Kh7 65.
Kf4 Kh6 66. Ke4 Kh7 67. Kd4 Kh6 68. Kc5 e5 69. Kc6 Rb8 70. Kc7 Rg8 71. b7 Kxh5
72. b8=Q Rxb8 73. Rxb8 e4 74. Rg8 e3 75. Kd6 e2 76. Rg1 Kh4 77. Ke6 1-0



[Event "US Championship (S/F G/5 Playoff)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4
8. Bf4 O-O 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. O-O d6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. e4 Nd7 13. h3 a6 14. Rc1 c6
15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 e5 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Qe2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 a5 21. b3
f5 22. f3 Ra7 23. a3 f4 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rfc1 Rac7 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Na4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qc4 Qa7 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Kh2 b5 34. Nb3
Qf2 35. Na5 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Nc3 38. Qa8 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Nd1 40. Qa7 Ne3
0-1

[Event "US Championship (S/F G/5 Playoff)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6
8. Na3 Be6 9. O-O Bxb3 10. axb3 Qd3 11. Re1 e6 12. Re3 Qd7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14.
bxc4 Rd8 15. d4 Be7 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Re4 Qd1+ 20.
Qf1 a6 21. Be3 Qb3 22. c5 O-O 23. h3 Rd7 24. c6 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Qxb2 26. Rc4 Rfd8
27. Rxc6 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 Qd5 31. f3 Qxf3 32. Rc8+ Bd8
33. Bg1 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (S/F G/5 Playoff)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. e4 Re8 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qd4+ 19. Kh2 Na5 20. e5 Bf5 21.
Rad1 Qc4 22. Qf2 Nb3 23. Bf1 Qb4 24. g4 Bc2 25. Qxc2 Qxf4+ 26. Kh1 Nd4 27. Qh2
Qxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Nf3+ 29. Kg3 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. g5 Kf8 33. a5
Rb8 34. Bc4 b5 35. axb6 Rxb6 36. b3 f5 37. gxf6 Rxf6 38. Ne4 Rf4 39. Nxc5 Ke7
40. Nxa6 h5 41. Nc5 g5 42. Ne6 h4+ 43. Kg2 Re4 44. Nxg5 Re3 45. Nf3 e4 46. Nxh4
Re1 47. Kf2 Rh1 48. Bf1 e3+ 49. Kg2 e2 50. Bxe2 Rb1 51. Bc4 Kd6 52. Ng6 Ra1 53.
h4 Kc5 54. h5 Ra2+ 55. Kg3 {...Incomplete...} 1-0

[Event "US Championship (S/F G/5 Playoff)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 Ne7 8.
Nbd2 Bh7 9. Nf1 Nf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Ng3 Nh4 12. Bxg6 Nxg6 13. Nh5 Nh4 14. g3
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 g6 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. exf6 Qc7 18. b3 O-O-O 19. a4 Bd6 20. c4 Bb4
21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Red1 h5 23. h4 Rd7 24. Rac1 Rhd8 25. c5 Re8 26. Be5 Rdd8 27.
Kg2 Kd7 28. Rb1 b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Rbc1 Kc8 31. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship (S/F G/5 Playoff)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. e4 Ng4 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bf4 g5 16. Bc1 Nde5 17. a5 Qa7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Na4 b5 20. axb6 Qb8 21. f4 Ng4
22. e5 dxe5 23. h3 Bd7 24. fxg5 e4 25. hxg4 Qxg3 26. Qf2 Qxg4 27. Nxc5 Bb5 28.
b7 Rad8 29. Nxe4 Rxd5 30. Be3 Bc6 31. Qf4 Rxg5 32. Qxg4 Rxg4 33. Bf2 Bxb7 34.
Ng3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Bxb2 37. Kf3 Rg6 38. Nf5 Re6 39. Rg1+ Kh7 40.
Be3 a5 41. Rb1 Bg7 42. Rb3 Rf6 43. Ke4 Re6+ 44. Kd5 Re5+ 45. Kc4 Rxf5 46. Rb7
h5 47. Rb3 h4 48. Rb1 h3 49. Kb3 Rh5 50. Bf4 h2 51. Rh1 Be5 52. Bxe5 Rxe5 53.
Rxh2+ Kg6 {...incomplete...} 0-1

[Event "US Championship (S/F G/5 Playoff)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. c4 b4 10. Nc2 a5 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. O-O O-O
15. b3 Be6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 g6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Kg7 21.
Rd2 a4 22. Rad1 Ra8 23. Bg4 f6 24. Qe3 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qe7 26. Qb6 axb3 27. axb3
Rac8 28. Nxb4 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Nc6 Rxc6 31. Qxc6 d5 32. Rxd4 dxe4 33. Rxd8
Qxd8 34. Qxe4 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb3 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qe3+ 1-0
 




























