[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 c5 9. c3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Rac1
Qb6 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Ng4 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxb7 $2 19... Rb8
20. Be4 f5 21. Bc2 fxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd6 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Qe4 Ng6 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. g3
a5 27. Re2 Rb4 28. Bc4 a4 29. b3 Rb6 30. Rce1 Rf6 31. Qa8+ Rb8 32. Qa7 Rc8 33.
Bd3 axb3 34. axb3 Ne7 35. Be4 h6 36. Rd1 Nd5 37. Rc2 Nc3 38. Re1 Nxe4 39. Rxc8+
Bxc8 40. Rxe4 Qc6 41. d5 exd5 42. Re7 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.08.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 e4 5. d4 Bf8 6. Nd2 c6 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 a6 14. O-O Be7 15.
f3 O-O 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Bg5 20. Rae1 g6 21. Nxe4
f5 22. Qxg5 Rxe4 23. Rxf5 Qxg5 24. Rxg5 Rae8 25. d5 Nb4 26. d6 b6 27. Nd2 R4e6
28. Nc4 b5 29. d7 Rd8 30. Re5 Kf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. Nb6 Nxa2 34.
Rf4 Kd6 35. Rf6+ Kc5 36. e4 Nb4 37. e5 Nc6 38. e6 Ne7 39. Rf7 Kd6 40. Rxh7 Kxe6
41. h4 a5 42. Kf2 a4 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Rg7 Nc6 45. Rxg6+ Kc5 46. Nc8 Rxd7 47. h5
Ne5 48. Rg5 Kd4 49. h6 Rc7 50. Nd6 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Rxb2 52. h7 Rb1+ 53. Kc2 Rh1
54. Nxb5+ Kd5 55. Nc7+ Ke4 56. Ne8 Kf4 57. Rg7 Kf5 58. Kc3 Ke6 59. g3 Nf7 60. Rg6+ Ke5 61. Rg7 Ke6 62. g4 Ke7 63. g5
Kxe8 64. g6 Nd6 65. Ra7 Rh3+ 66. Kc2 Nf5 67. g7 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shliperman"]
[Black "Fedorowicz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. f4 Ned7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 c6 10. O-O Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Ra3 cxd5 14. exd5
Rc8 15. Bd4 Bh6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb3 Qc5 18. Nd4 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bf3
Qc5 21. Rxb7 Rfd8 22. f5 Bg5 23. c3 Bf6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4
Qc4 27. Qf3 Rc5 28. Re1 Re5 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rf1 Re3 32. Qf4 Re4
33. Qf3 Re3 34. Qf4 Rc5 35. Rb5 Qd3 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Nb3 g5 38. Qf5 Qxf5
39. Rxf5 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Be5+ 41. g3 Re2+ 42. Kg1 f6 43. Rf2 Re3 44. g4 Rg3+
45. Rg2 Rxh3 46. Nxa5 Rd3 47. Nc4 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 Ra1 49. a5 Bc7 50. Rg1 Ra4
51. Re1 Kf8 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, D"]
[Black "Yermolinsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 a6
8. d5 Na7 9. Bg5 Nb5 10. Rd1 Bg7 11. Na4 Nd6 12. Qb3 Nfe4 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Bd4 Qe8 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb5 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 e6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20.
e3 Bd5 21. Nf3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. b3 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. Nf3
Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rad8 28. f4 c6 29. Rc2 Rd2 30. Rxd2 Bc3 31. Bh3 Rxd2 32. O-O
Rxa2 33. Rd1 Bf6 34. Bc8 b5 35. Rd6 Bh4 36. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 37. Kg2 Bxe3+ 38. Kf3
Bg1 39. Bxa6 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Rb2 41. Rc3 b4 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Bc4 Bxh2+ 44. Kf3
f5 45. Rc7+ Kh8 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. Rxh7 Rc2 50. Rb7
Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7+ Kh8 53. Bf7 Rc3+ 54. Ke2 Kg7 55. Bd5+ Kh6 56. Rxb4
Kh5 57. Rc4 Rxb3 58. Rc7 Rb4 59. Rc4 Rb5 60. Bc6 Rb6 61. Kf3 Kh4 62. Be8
Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kf1 Kg4 65. Bxg6 Rb5 66. Kg2 Bxf4 67. Bh5+ Kg5 68. Be2
Be5 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Finegold"]
[Black "Seirawan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 b6 11. Bd3 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bf4 e6 10. h4 d5 11. h5 Be4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 f5 15.
exf6 Qxf6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bg2 e5 18. Bxe4 exd4 19. Qxd4 h6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21.
Nf3 Nba6 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. Bf5 Bc5 24. Ne5 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Ng5 26. Rd4 Nc5 27.
Rhd1 Re8 28. Nd7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 Ne4 30. Bg6 Ng3+ 31. Kd3 Ref8 32. Rd2 b5 33.
Rxa7 Nf1 34. Re2 Ng3 35. Rd2 Nf1 36. Re2 Ng3 37. Rc2 b4 38. c5 Rd8+ 39. Kc4
Nf1 40. Re2 Rf3 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin"]
[Black "Serper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 b4 7. Na4 Bb7 8.
Bg2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb3 Qxa4 13. Nc5 Qc6 14.
Nxb7 Be5 15. Nd6+ Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Bxa8 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bc3
20. a3 a5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Be4 Ke7 23. Rfd1 d5 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. Bb5 Ne5 26.
Ba4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. Rd1 Bc3 30. Bb3 Kd6 31. f3 Kc5 32.
Kf2 Bd4+ 33. Ke2 e5 34. Rf1 f5 35. g4 f4 36. h4 Re8 37. Rh1 e4 38. Rd1 Ra8
39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Rd1 h6 41. h5 Rf6 42. Rf1 Kd6 43. Rb1 Ke5 44. Ba4 Bc3 45.
Rd1 Ra6 46. Be8 b3 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov"]
[Black "Ivanov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 Ba6 5. a3 b4 6. Qb3 bxa3 7. Nxa3 Be7 8.
Bg2 d5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nb5 Ne8 11. O-O Nd6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14.
Qxb6 axb6 15. c4 Bb7 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ra1 Bc6 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Rc1 g5 22. Be3 Na6 23. Nf3 f6 24. Ne1 Kf7 25. Nd3 Ke6 26. g4
Ra8 27. Kg2 Kd7 28. Bd2 Nc7 29. Nb4 h5 30. gxh5 Rh8 31. Rc6 b5 32. Rc1 Rxh5
33. Nc6 Ne6 34. Nb8+ Ke8 35. e3 g4 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Nc6 f5 38. Bb4 Bf8 39.
Nd8+ Nxd8 40. Rxd8 Be7 41. Rb8 Ke6 42. Rxb5 Rh8 43. Rb6 Rc8 44. Bc3 Rh8 45.
Ra6 Bg5 46. Bb4 Be7 47. Bc3 Bg5 48. Bd2 Bf6 49. Bb4 Be7 50. Ra1 Bg5 51. Bd2
Bf6 52. Bc3 Bg5 53. Rh1 Rh3 54. Bd2 Bf6 55. Re1 Kd7 56. b4 f4 57. exf4 Bxd4
58. Be3 Bc3 59. Rd1 Rh5 60. b5 d4 61. Bxd4 Rd5 62. Rd3 Ba1 63. Rd1 Bc3 64.
Rd3 Ba1 65. Rd1 {White forfeits on time} 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Kudrin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. d5 Nc6
14. Ke1 Na5 15. Bg5 Kf8 16. Bd3 f5 17. Ke2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Rhd1 Ba4
20. Rd2 Bb5+ 21. Ke1 Nc4 22. Rdd1 Nd6 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be3 a6
26. Ng5 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Kg8 28. Ne6 Bf6 29. Bd4 Rc4 30. g4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4
32. Nxd4 Ne4 33. Ne6 Nc3 34. a3 Nxd5 35. Nc5 b6 36. Nxa6 Kf7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38.
Kd3 Ke5 39. Kc4 g5 40. Kb5 Kf4 41. Kc6 Nc3 42. Kxb6 Kxg4 43. Kc5 Kh3 44. Kb4
Nd5+ 45. Kc5 Nc3 46. Kb4 Nd5+ 47. Kc5 {Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov"]
[Black "Shliperman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. O-O Nde7 13. Be3 Bg4 14.
Qc2 Qc8 15. Rfd1 Bh3 16. Bh1 Qc7 17. Nc5 Rad8 18. Qa4 b6 19. Ne4 Na5 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 h6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc2 f5 24. Nd2 Qc8 25. Nf1 Nc4 26.
Bc1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 e4 28. g4 Nd5 29. gxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Nxc3
32. Bc2 b5 33. Bb3 Kf8 34. Ke1 g5 35. Bd2 Nxd2 36. Kxd2 Ne4+ 37. Ke3 Nf6 38.
Kd4 Ng4 39. Kc5 Ke7 40. Kxb5 Kd6 41. Ka6 Nxf2 42. Kxa7 h5 43. Kb6 g4 44. Bf7
h4 45. Bh5 g3 46. hxg3 hxg3 47. Bf3 Ng4 48. a4 Ne5 49. Bh1 Nc4+ 50. Kb5 Ne3
51. a5 Kc7 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen"]
[Black "Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Ba2 Qc7 12. Ng3 b5 13. f4 Na5 14. f5 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bg5 Ra7 17. Rf4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Rc7 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Rd1 a5 21.
b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ng4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qg5 exf5 25. Nd5 Ra7 26. exf5 Nh6 27.
Rff1 f6 28. Qh5 Qb2 29. Qe2 Nf7 30. Qf2 Ra2 31. Nh5 Ng5 32. Qg3 Qe5 33.
Ndxf6+ gxf6 34. Qb3+ Be6 35. fxe6 Rb2 36. Qd3 Nxe6 37. Rf5 Qd4 38. Qe2 Qc4
39. Nxf6+ Kg7 40. Qf2 Qxc2 41. Nh5+ Kg6 42. Rf6+ Kxh5 43. Qf3+ {Black
resigns} 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serper"]
[Black "Finegold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. b3 Qa5 13. f3 Rfc8 14. h4 b5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. h5 Nxh5 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qf8
21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rxh5 Kg7 23. Kd2 Rc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rxc5
Rxa2+ 27. Rc2 Ra1 28. Kc3 Rb1 29. Rd2 Bc6 30. Kb4 f5 31. exf5 Kf6 32. Bd3
Ra1 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 34. Kxb5 Ra8 35. Rb2 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Gurevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan"]
[Black "Kaidanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Qxc4 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rfd1 Bf5 14.
Qxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Na5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5
20. Rd1 b6 21. Nc6 Rc8 22. Nxa7 Ra8 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Rc7 Bxb2 25. h3 Kf8
{Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzindzichashvi"]
[Black "Benjamin, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14.
Nxe2 f6 15. f4 c5 16. c3 Nc7 17. Nf3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20.
Rxf1 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, A"]
[Black "DeFirmian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Rb8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 13. Re2 O-O 14. b3
c5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qd3 Qc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qc3
f5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Rd7 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kg7 26.
Re1 h5 27. h4 f4 28. Rd3 fxg3 29. Rxg3+ Kf8 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. Re4 Ke7 32. Rf3
Qd8 33. Rd3 Qh8 34. a4 Qh7 35. Rc4 Qf5 36. Kf1 Qe5 37. Re3 Qd5 38. Ke2 f5
39. Rd3 Qe5+ 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Re3 Qd5 42. Ke2 e5 43. Rd3 Qe6 44. f3 f4 45.
Kd2 Kf7 46. Re4 Qe7 47. Kc3 Qe8 48. Kb2 Kf6 49. Rd6+ Kf5 50. Rh6 Qf7 51.
Rxa6 Qe7 52. Rc6 Qxh4 53. Rxc5 Qf6 54. a5 h4 55. Rcxe5+ Kg6 56. a6 h3 57. a7
Qh8 58. Re1 h2 59. c3 Qa8 60. R5e2 Qxa7 61. Rxh2 Qd7 62. Re4 Kg5 63. Rg2+
Kf5 64. Rd4 Qe6 65. Rgd2 Qe1 66. Rd5+ Kf6 67. b4 Qf1 68. R2d3 Qe2+ 69. Kb3
Qf1 70. b5 Ke7 71. Kb4 Qf2 72. c4 Qg1 73. R5d4 Qh1 74. Kc5 Qa1 75. Re4+ Kf6
76. Rxf4+ Ke5 77. Re4+ Kf5 78. Rd5+ Kf6 79. Rf4+ Ke6 80. Re4+ Kf6 81. Red4
Qa3+ 82. Kb6 Qxf3 83. c5 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.08.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nc4 Bd5 14. Rac1
Rfc8 15. Nfe5 b5 16. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.08.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. b3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Qd8 18. Nd5 b6 19. Bf1 Rab8 20. Qf2 Qf8 21.
Qh4 f6 22. a3 e6 23. Nc3 f5 24. Nb5 Bf6 25. Qh3 Rd8 26. exf5 exf5 27. Bf4 Be5
28. Bg5 Rd7 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne6 31. Bh6 Qf6 32. Rd3 g5 33. g3 g4 34. Qh4
Qxh4 35. gxh4 Bxf3+ 36. Bg2 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 b5 38. Rf1 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rb2+ 40.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 41. Bxd2 d5 42. c5 Nxc5 43. Rxf5 Nb3 44. Bh6 Rd8 45. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.08.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Qf3 d5 12. c4 Nc6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. cxd5 Nd4 15.
Qxe4 Nxb3 16. dxe6 Nxa1 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qb7+ {and Fritz says mate in 7} 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.08.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. a4 c4 12. axb5 Qxb5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Nc7 15

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[EventDate "1999.08.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6
8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 h5 13. f4 h4 14. Qd2
Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Rab1 Rc8 17. Bf3 Qc5 18. h3 b5 19. Rfc1 f5 20. exf5
Qxf5 21. Bg4 Qg6 22. f5 exf5 23. Bf3 O-O 24. Nd5 Bg5 25. Qd3 Rfe8 26. Rf1
Re5 27. Nb6 Rd8 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Bd5 Rde7 30. Rbd1 Be3 31. c4 b4 32. Bf3
Bc5 33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Qf4 Qg3 35. Qxg3+ hxg3 36. b3 Kg6 37. Rb1 Kg5 38. Rbc1
Re3 39. Rcd1 a5 40. Rb1 Rd3 41. Rb2 Ree3 42. Be2 Rd4 43. Bf3 Red3 44. Rfb1
Rd2 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1999.08.26"]
[ECO "D36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7
8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. a3 Ng6 14. b4
a5 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc5 f5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Reb1 Qa7 20. a4
Rf8 21. a5 Bc8 22. Rb6 h6 23. Qb3 Kh7 24. a6 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Rf6 26. Nd4 Ne5
27. Bxf5+ Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Qb1 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1999.08.26"]
[ECO "D86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Rad1 Na5 13. Bd3 e5 14.
Bh6 Rae8 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qh4 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Qf8 20.
Qh4 Kg7 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Qg3 exf4 24. Nxf4 Qe5 25. h4 Rd6 26.
Rde1 Kg8 27. Re3 c5 28. Ref3 c4 29. Bb1 Bc6 30. Qf2 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32.
e5 Rxe5 33. Nxg6 Rxg6 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Bxg6 Kxg6 36. R1f6+ Kg7 37. R8f7+
Kg8 38. Rxa7 Re2 39. Rxa5 Bxg2+ 40. Kg1 Bb7 41. Ra7 Bd5 42. Rd6 Bf7 43.
Rdd7 Bg6 44. Re7 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alex"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "1999.08.2608.05"]

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serper, G"]
[Black "de Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1999.08.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4
8. Bg2 b6 9. Nd4 Bb7 10. Ndb5 Na5 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qa4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Bf4 a6 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. Nb3 Nd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nd2 Be5 20.
Rdc1 Rfd8 21. Rc2 Qb8 22. Nde4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qb3 d5
26. Nc5 Bd6 27. a3 h6 28. Rac1 Ra7 29. Qe3 Qb6 30. Qb3 Rc7 31. Nd3 Rxc2 32.
Qxc2 b4 33. Qb3 Rb8 34. axb4 Kh7 35. Qc2 g6 36. Qa4 Bxb4 37. Rc6 Qd8 38.
Qc2 Rb7 39. Rc8 Qd7 40. h4 Bd6 41. h5 Rc7 42. hxg6+ fxg6 43. Rxc7 Qxc7 44.
Qa4 e5 45. e4 dxe4 46. Qxe4 h5 47. b4 Qb6 48. Qc4 Kg7 49. b5 e4 50. Qxe4
Bxg3 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Kg2 Bb8 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56.
Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Ne5 Bxe5 59. Qxe5+ Kf7 60. Qd5+ Ke7 61. Qe5+ Kd7
62. f4 Qe6 63. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "1999.08.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bb3 Be6 9. Nc4 Ba7 10. a4 h6 11. a5 Ne7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Be3 Bxc4 14. Bxc4
Bxe3 15. Rxe3 c6 16. d4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Nd2 cxd5 19. Bf1 Ne7 20. f3 Nf5
21. Re1 Re8 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Qd2 Nh4 26. Bf1 Rad8
27. Qf2 Ng6 28. Qf5 Nf6 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Qf2 Ned5 31. Nf5 g6 32. Ne3 Nxe3
33. Qxe3 Rd5 34. Be2 Kg7 35. b4 Rdd8 36. c4 Qd6 37. d5 Qxb4 38. Reb1 Qe7
39. Rb6 Qe5 40. Rf1 Ng8 41. Rxb7 Ne7 42. Qg3 Nf5 43. Qxe5+ Rxe5 44. g4 Re7
45. Rxe7 Nxe7 46. Rb1 Kf6 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. Rxa6 Nxd5 49. cxd5 Rxd5 50. Kf2
Rc5 51. h4 Rc2 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 Ra2 54. Ra7 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanov, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1999.08.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qe3 Ba6 11. a3 O-O 12. Nb3 b4 13. axb4 Qxb4+ 14.
Qd2 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 a4 17. Ne1 f6 18. Nd3 fxe5 19. dxe5 Kf7
20. f4 Ke7 21. h4 Rc8 22. Nbc5 Nb6 23. Ra2 N8d7 24. Rfa1 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Rcb8
26. b3 axb3 27. Ra7+ Ke8 28. cxb3 {and Black overstepped the time limit} 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Finegold, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[EventDate "1999.08.26"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 e6 8. Ba3
Re8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Qc3
Re8 15. Nf3 Nh5 16. Qc1 Nf4 17. exf4 Rxe2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Re4 20.
Nxf5+ gxf5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rd1 Qd6 23. g3 Rae8 24. Qc3+ d4 25. Qa5 Kg6
26. Qxa7 d3 27. Qxb7 d2 28. Kg2 Qd3 29. h4 Re1 30. Qc6+ R8e6 31. Qc4 Qd7
32. h5+ Kh6 33. Qc5 Qb7+ 34. f3 R1e2+ 35. Kh3 Qxf3 36. Qf8+ Kxh5 37. Qxf7+
Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.08.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. N1e2 e6 8. Nf4
Bh7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Nfh5 O-O 13. Bg5 e5 14. O-O-O hxg5
15. hxg5 Nd5 16. Qg4 exd4 17. Qh4 dxc3 18. Ne4 cxb2+ 19. Kd2 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Re8
21. f3 Nc3+ 22. Kf2 Nxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qb6+ 24. Kg3 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Bd6+
27. Kh1 Qxe4 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh3 Bf5 30. Qb3+ Be6 31. Rf1+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Marinello, Beatriz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.08.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e5 9.
fxe5 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. a5 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qc7 14. h4 Re8 15. Bh6
Bh8 16. h5 Nd7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qg2 Nf6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Bxh6 21. Rxh6 Qg7
22. Rh2 Bf5 23. O-O-O Bd7 24. Qd2 Rab8 25. Bh3 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxd7 Qxd7
28. Ne6 Qa4 29. Kb1 Re8 30. Rdh1 Re7 31. Qg2 Qxc4 32. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6
15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Re8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Qf5 Qd6 20. Ba4 a6 21.
Bb3 Rd8 22. Re1 g6 23. Qd3 Rde8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. Qd2
Ne6 28. a3 b5 29. Na2 Qb6 30. Rd1 a5 31. Nc3 Nc7 32. Qf4 Ne6 33. Qd2 Nc7 34.
Qd3 Bc6 35. Qd2 b4 36. Na4 Bxa4 37. Bxa4 bxa3 38. bxa3 Ne6 39. Qd3 Rb7 40. Bc2
Qb5 41. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.08.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 Re8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. c3 d6
15. Nd2 b5 16. a4 Bd7 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. c4 Bd7 19. Ra2 Qb6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. b4
Nb7 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qb1 Qe5 26. Qxb5 Qxd5 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Rb1 Nd8 29. Nc4 Qc6 30. Qb6 Qe4 31. Nd2 Qd5 32. h3 Nc6 33. Qb7 Rd8 34.
Rb6 Nd4 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. Nb3 Ne6 38. c6 Kg7 39. Rc8 Rd3 40. Nc5
Rxe3 41. fxe3 Nxc5 42. Rxf8 Na6 43. Ra8 Nc7 44. Ra7 Nb5 45. Rd7 1-0

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1999.08.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. g3 b4 7. Nce2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nbd7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nge5 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21.
Nd5 Bf8 22. b4 Qxa2 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Ra1 Bb5 25. Qd2 Qb3 26. Ra3 Qc4 27. Rc3
Qe2 28. Qxe2 Bxe2 29. Nf4 Bb5 30. Rc7 Ne5 31. Bh3 Nf3 32. Bg4 Ne5 33. Bh3 Nd3
34. Nxd3 Bxd3 35. Bg2 Rb8 36. Ba3 g6 37. Kg1 Bh6 38. Bf1 Bxe4 39. Bxa6 Bd2 40.
b5 Ba5 41. Rc8+ Rxc8 42. Bxc8 Bc7 43. b6 Bb8 44. Bb2 e5 45. Bc1 Kg7 46. Kf1 Kf6
47. Ke2 Bc6 48. Kd3 Ke7 49. Kc4 Kd8 50. Bh3 f5 51. f4 Kd7 52. fxe5 dxe5 53. Bg5
Bd6 54. Be3 Bf3 55. Kb5 Be2+ 56. Ka5 Kc6 57. Bg2+ e4 58. Bh3 Be5 59. Kb4 Bf6
60. Bg2 g5 61. Bh3 g4 62. Bg2 h5 63. Bf2 Bg5 64. Bg1 Bd2+ 65. Kb3 Bd3 66. Bd4
Ba5 67. Kb2 Bxb6 68. Be5 Kd5 69. Bf4 Kc4 70. Kc1 Bg1 71. h3 e3 72. hxg4 hxg4
73. Kd1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. a3 Be7 8. d4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. e4 c5 14. Bf4 Rc8 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Nh7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Ng5 19. Bf5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Ra8 21. d6
Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Kg2 g6 25. Re7 gxf5 26. Rxb7 Rfb8 27. Rc7
Rc8 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. f4 g4 30. Re7 Re8 31. f3 Kf6 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. fxg4 fxg4
34. Kg3 Ke6 35. Re1+ Kd7 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Kxg4 b5 38. h4 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qb4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Bg5 b4 7. Ne4 Be7 8. Nxf6+
Bxf6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Nd4
15. Qxc5 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qf6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qd5 Rce8 20. Rd2
Re5 21. Qd3 Rxg5 22. Qxe2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Rc5 24. b3 d6 25. Rfd1 Re5 26. Qf1 Re6
27. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. O-O a6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15.
Bg5 b5 16. Nh1 b4 17. Nd1 h4 18. Bxh4 Nxe4 19. Qh6 Ng3 20. hxg3 Qc7 21. Qd2 f5
22. Ndf2 Qh7 23. Nh3 Nf7 24. Bc4 f4 25. Rae1 Bxh3 26. gxh3 g5 27. Re6 Ne5 28.
Bb3 Bg7 29. Bc2 Qh5 30. Qg2 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Nc4 32. Re1 Ne3 33. Rxe3 fxe3 34.
Bxg5 e2 35. Bd2 Qe5 36. Be1 Qxe6 37. f4 d5 38. f5 Qe5 39. Qf3 Rf8 40. Kg2 c4
41. b3 cxb3 42. Bxb3 Rxf5 43. Qd3 a5 44. g4 Rf1 45. Bxd5+ Kh8 46. Be4 Qd4 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Rhe1 Qa4 20. g3 Bf8
21. Re2 b5 22. Be3 R5c7 23. Bd4 Nd7 24. h5 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qf5 Bd6 27.
Be4 Kf8 28. Rf2 Ke8 29. Qh7 Rd7 30. Bg6 Qg4 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Rdf1 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Bxd1 exf3 11. Bxf3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. cxb4 Nd5 16. Bd2 f6 17. b3 Ne7 18. Ra2 Rd3 19. b5 Bd5 20. bxa6 Rxb3
21. Ra3 Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Kd7 23. Nc2 Nc6 24. f4 Ra8 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Bc3 Rxa6 27.
Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Bc6 29. Nd4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bf2 Re8 13. Nde2 Rc8 14. a3 Bf8 15.
Re1 Ne5 16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Rxe8 Bxe8 18. Rb1 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Rxc3 20. Rxb7 Qc8 21.
Rb1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rxc2 24. Nd3 Qc3 25. Nb4 Rb2 26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27.
Qd3 a5 28. Nc2 28... Bb5 {Lost on time} 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. Qxf5 Nxf5 10. Bxd8 Kxd8 11. e3 Bb4 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. Ke2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7
15. a4 a5 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. f3 Re8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Rhf1
fxe4 22. Rf7 Nd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. Raf1 Nc2 25. Nb3 Re7 26. Rf8+ Re8 27. R1f7 b6
28. c5 Ra6 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Rb7 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Kd2 a4 33. Kxc2 axb3+
34. Kxb3 e3 35. Kc2 Ra2+ 36. Kd1 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rxd4 38. Rxb5 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4
Be6 9. O-O-O h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. Na4 b6 15.
Ba6 Rd8 16. Qb4 Bh3 17. Rhg1 Nf8 18. Be5 c5 19. Qa3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21. f4
Ne6 22. Nc3 d4 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. exd4 Bg4 25. d5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. h3 Rd8
28. Nd6 exd6 29. hxg4 dxe5 30. c4 Qd2+ 31. Kb1 exf4 32. gxh5 Qe2 33. Rc1 Qe4+
34. Ka1 Nd4 35. Qa4 Nc2+ 36. Kb1 Nb4+ 37. Ka1 Nxa6 38. Qxa6 Qc2 39. Rb1 Rd1 40.
Qc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Qe2 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. f5 Qd7 14. Bb2 Rfe8
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qh3 e5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Qh4 Kh8 20. Ba3 Qe6 21.
Nb5 Nxe4 22. Nc7 Qg6 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Ng3 Nc3 25. Rd2 h6 26. Qh5 Qxh5 27. Nxh5
Ne4 28. Re2 Kg8 29. Ng3 Ng5 30. Nf5 Re6 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. Re3 g6 33. Ng3 Nxg3 34.
Rxg3 e4 35. Kf2 Be7 36. Ke2 h5 37. Bc1 b5 38. Bg5 Bf8 39. cxb5 d5 40. Be3 Bd6
41. Rg5 Bb8 42. g4 hxg4 43. Rxg4 a6 44. h4 Kf7 45. Rf1+ Ke8 46. h5 Be5 47. hxg6
Bg7 48. Rf7 Re7 49. Rgf4 1-0

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marinello, Beatriz"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nc4 16. a4 Qd7 17. Bg5 Nxb2 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 Nc4 20. Nh5 Qc6 21. Qf3
Re6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxf6 Qxc3 27.
Bb1 Bxe4 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. h3 Qb3 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33.
Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennifer"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. f4 Nge7 8. Nh3
Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. c3 Ndc6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bh6 fxe4 15.
dxe4 Be6 16. Qg5 Ng6 17. Qh5 f6 18. Ne3 Qe8 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5
Nge7 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Nf2 d5 24. Nd3 c4 25. Nc5 Kh8 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Qh4 Rf7
28. g4 b4 29. Ne6 Rd6 30. Qh5 Nd8 31. Nc7 Qc6 32. Ne6 Kg8 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Kh1
bxc3 35. bxc3 Rg7 36. h4 Qe8 37. Qxe8+ Rxe8 38. g5 Rf8 39. Bxd5+ Nxd5 40. Rxd5
fxg5 41. hxg5 Rxg5 42. Rxe5 Rf6 43. Rf2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon Ellen"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Nge2 e6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd1 Qa5 14. O-O
Be7 15. Rc2 O-O 16. Nc1 Rfc8 17. Nb3 Qd8 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Rfc1 Nd6 20. Bxd6 Bxd6
21. Nd2 Rc7 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. h3 Qf6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qf4 27.
Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Qxf4 Bxf4 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 f6 33.
Nd2 Kd7 34. Ne4 b6 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. a4 b5+ 37. axb5+ axb5+ 38. Kd3 e5 39. dxe5
Bxe5 40. b3 Kd5 41. g4 g6 42. f3 f5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Nd2 Bf4 45. Nf1 Kc5 46.
Kc3 h6 47. b4+ Kd5 48. Kd3 h5 49. Kc3 Bd6 50. Kd3 Ke5 51. Ng3 h4 52. Ne2 Bxb4
53. Nd4 Bc5 54. Nxb5 Kf4 55. Ke2 Kg3 56. Nc3 Kxh3 57. Kf1 Kg3 58. f4 h3 59.
Ne2+ Kf3 60. Ng1+ Bxg1 61. Kxg1 Kxf4 62. Kh2 Kg4 63. Kh1 Kg3 64. Kg1 f4 65. Kh1
f3 66. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bd7 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Re1 c4 11. Bc2 Re8 12. a3 Na6 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Bd4 Qd8 19. b4 cxb3 20. Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. b3 Re8 14. Bh3 Rc7 15.
Bh6 Qa8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 Rc5 18. f3 Rh5 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. e4 Rc5 21. Nd5
e6 22. Ne3 f5 23. b4 Rc7 24. exf5 Ne5 25. f4 Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 Bxf3 27. Qxd6 Rf7
28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. fxe6 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rfe7 31. Ng4 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qc7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rae8
15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nh2 Qa6 18. Qb2 Bh6 19. Nf1 Qb5 20. Qb3 Qc6 21.
Ne3 Be6 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Rf1 Bf4 24. Bc1 f6 25. exf6 exf6 26. Ba3 Rf7 27. Rfe1
Kg7 28. Nf1 Qc6 29. Qb4 b6 30. g3 Bb8 31. h4 h5 32. Bc1 Rfe7 33. c4 Bd6 34. Qd2
Bf7 35. Ne3 dxc4 36. d5 Qc5 37. Bb2 Be5 38. Bc3 a5 39. a4 Bxc3 40. Qxc3 Qb4 41.
Qc2 Re5 42. Rd1 c3 43. Rb1 Qe4 44. Qxe4 Rxe4 45. Rxb6 Rb4 46. Rc6 Rb1+ 47. Kh2
Bxd5 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. g4 hxg4 50. Rc2 Bf3 51. Ng2 Rb2 52. R7xc3 Rxc2 53. Rxc2
Re4 54. Rc8+ Kg7 55. Ne3 Rxa4 56. Rc7+ Kh6 57. Nc4 Ra1 58. Nd6 g5 59. hxg5+
Kxg5 60. Rc5+ f5 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serper, Gregory"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Ne2 Rc7 14. a3 a6
15. h3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Be3 Nbd7
8. Ne2 a5 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Ncd7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Nd2 Nfd7 14. Kf2
a4 15. b4 axb3 16. cxb3 Ke7 17. a4 Nc5 18. a5 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Rhb1 Rhd8
21. Nxe5 Nxb3 22. a6 Kd6 23. f4 bxa6 24. Rd1+ Kc5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxa6 Rd6
27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. Nf3 d5 29. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 exf5 13. O-O Be6 14. exf5
Bxb3 15. axb3 Rfe8 16. Qd3 d5 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ne4 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxe4
Red8 21. Qg4 f6 22. c3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rde1 Re5 25. h3 Rd2 26. Rxe5 Qxe5
27. Qc4+ Qd5 28. Qxd5+ Rxd5 29. Rf4 h5 30. Kg1 Rd1+ 31. Rf1 Rd5 32. b4 Kf7 33.
Rf2 Ke7 34. Kh2 Rd3 35. Rf4 Rd2 36. Re4+ Kd6 37. Rh4 Rxb2 38. Rxh5 Ke7 39. Rh7
Kf7 40. Rh8 Rf2 41. Rb8 b5 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Rb6 Ra2 44. Rc6 Kh7 45. Rc5 Kh6 46.
h4 Ra3 47. g3 Kh7 48. Kh3 Kh6 49. Kg4 a5 50. Rxb5 a4 51. c4 Rb3 52. c5 a3 53.
Kh3 Kh7 54. c6 a2 55. Ra5 Rxb4 56. Rxa2 Rc4 57. Ra6 Rc3 58. Kg4 Rc4+ 59. Kf3
Rc3+ 60. Kf4 g6 61. Ra7+ Kh6 62. c7 Rc4+ 63. Ke3 gxf5 64. Kd3 Rc1 65. Kd4 Kh5
66. Kd5 f4 67. gxf4 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DeFirmian, Nick"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4
a5 16. h5 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Ra8 Qb7 21. Rha1 Kg8
22. Bd1 Rb2 23. Qa3 Kh7 24. Kc1 Rb6 25. c3 Re8 26. Ba4 Kg8 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28.
Qc5 Bd7 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Ra8 Kf8 32. Nh4 Rb3 33. Kc2 Rb7 34. f4
Ke7 35. f5 Bc6 36. fxe6 Kxe6 37. g4 Rc7 38. Rd8 Bd7 39. Nf5 f6 40. Nxg7+ Ke7
41. Rh8 fxe5 42. dxe5 Bxg4 43. Rxh6 Kf7 44. Ne6 Re7 45. Nd8+ Kg8 46. Rg6+ Rg7
47. Kd2 Rxg6 48. hxg6 Kg7 49. Ke3 Kxg6 50. Kd4 Kf5 51. Kxd5 Bf3+ 52. Kd4 Bh5
53. Nb7 1-0

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennifer"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Bg5 e6 10. f4 Na5 11. Nf3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. O-O Be7 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 g6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.
Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Ke7 24. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne3 Ne8
15. Kh1 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Nc4 Nf6 18. Bd2 Nh5 19. Ba5 Qe8 20. Be1 Rb8 21. Bd3
Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rc1 Qg6 24. Qa4 Rg5 25. Qc2 Qf7 26. Na5 Bf8 27. Bh4 Rg6
28. Qd2 Rh6 29. Nc6 Rb5 30. Rfd1 g5 31. Bxg5 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Rh5 33. Nd8 Qa7+ 34.
Qf2 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nxc1 37. Rxc1 Rxb2+ 38. Kf1 Rxg5 39. Ne6 Rf5
0-1

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 f5 8. gxf5
gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. f4 Nf6 11. Qf3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qf3 e4
15. Qf2 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa5+ 20. Kd1 Rg8 21.
Ne2 Qb6 22. b3 c5 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. Ng3 Rf8 25. Qc3 Bg4+ 26. Be2 Bxe2+ 27. Kxe2
Rxf4 28. Raf1 Ng6 29. Nh5 Rf3 30. Qg7 d5 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6
dxc4 34. bxc4 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 Rxa2 36. Kxe4 Rd2 37. Ra1 Rd4+ 38. Ke3 Rxc4 39. Rxa7
Rh4 40. Rb6 Rh3+ 41. Ke4 Rh4+ 42. Kd5 Ne7+ 43. Kxc5 Rh5+ 44. Kd4 Rxh2 45. Kd3
Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Rh2+ 47. Kf3 Rh3+ 48. Kg4 Re3 49. Rh6 Ng8 50. Rh1 Re7 51. Ra8+ Kf7
52. Kf5 Nf6 53. Rh6 Ne8 54. Rxh7+ Ng7+ 55. Kg5 Rb7 56. Ra5 Rc7 57. Rh6 Ne6+ 58.
Kf5 Ng7+ 59. Ke5 Re7+ 60. Kf4 Ne6+ 61. Kg4 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchana"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c3 O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4
Rfe8 15. Rb1 Nxd5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nc4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qe7 20. Qd2
Nc7 21. Re1 Ne6 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Qc1 Qg5 24. Qc4 Qd2 25. Bc3 Qd5 26. Qh4 Nd4 27.
Ng4 Qd6 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qh3 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Ng4 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 Bxc3 33.
Rc1 Bd4 34. Rc2 Kg7 35. Ne3 f5 36. Ng2 Kf6 37. Kf1 b6 38. Nf4 Be5 39. Ne2 Rd3
40. Kg2 Ke6 41. Ng3 Rd1 42. Nf1 Re1 43. Ne3 Bd4 44. Nc4 Kd5 45. Rd2 Kc6 46. f4
Kb5 47. Kf3 Kc6 48. Na3 b5 49. Nc2 Re4 50. a3 Bg7 51. Rd8 Re7 52. Rc8+ Rc7 53.
Rd8 Bf6 54. Rf8 Bc3 55. h4 Bg7 56. Re8 Rd7 57. Rc8+ Kd5 58. Rb8 a6 59. Rb6 Bd4
60. Rxa6 c4 61. Nb4+ Kc5 62. Rc6# 1-0

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marinello, Beatriz"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1999.08.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. h4 Be6 12. Qg5 b5 13. Qxb5 Qc7 14. e5
Rab8 15. exd6 exd6 16. Qa4 Qb7 17. b3 a5 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Qc6 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Rfc8
21. Qa6 d5 22. Kb1 Ra8 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. Be5 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Qxc3 26. Bxe4 Kxg7 27.
Re3 Qc7 28. Bd3 Rab8 29. Qa4 Rb4 30. Qa3 d4 31. Qb2 Kg8 32. Re4 Qc5 33. a3 Rb6
34. Rxd4 Rcb8 35. Bc4 Qe7 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. g3 Re1 38. a4 Rc8 39. Qc1 Re2 40.
R4d2 Re4 41. Rd7 Qf6 42. Qb2 Qxf2 43. Rd8+ Re8 44. Rxe8+ Rxe8 45. Qc3 Qf5 46.
Qd3 Qe5 47. Qb5 Qe3 48. Qd7 h5 49. Qc7 Qf3 50. Rd8 Rxd8 51. Qxd8+ Kh7 52. Qd6
Qc3 53. Qd3 Qe1+ 54. Kb2 Qf2 55. Qc3 Qg1 56. Qe5 Qg2 57. Qf4 Qb7 58. c4 Qe7 59.
Qf2 Qe5+ 60. Ka2 f6 61. c5 Qd5 62. Qc2 Qc6 63. Qc3 Qc7 64. c6 Kg7 65. Qc5 Kf7
66. Qd5+ Ke7 67. Qe4+ Qe5 68. Qxg6 Kd6 69. Qd3+ Kxc6 70. Qa6+ Kc7 71. Qd3 Kc6
72. Kb1 Kb6 73. Qd8+ Kc6 74. Qd3 Kb6 75. Kc2 Qc5+ 76. Qc3 Qf2+ 77. Kb1 Qf1+ 78.
Kb2 Qe2+ 79. Ka3 Qe7+ 80. b4 Qd6 81. Qe3+ Ka6 82. Qe2+ Ka7 83. Qe3+ Ka6 84. Qb3
axb4+ 85. Qxb4 Qxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qf5 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Nd5 Qd6 15. O-O c6 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2
Re8 21. h3 g6 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. a3 Qe6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 f6 26. Qd3 Re7 27.
Qd8 Rf7 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. b4 a6 30. c5 Qe6 31. Kh2 Qe7 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Kf8
34. g4 Ke7 35. Kg3 Rf8 36. f4 exf4+ 37. Kxf4 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. e4 Ke7 40.
e5 h6 41. h4 Ke6 42. exf6 Kxf6 43. g5+ hxg5+ 44. hxg5+ Ke6 45. Ke4 Kd7 46. Ke5
Ke7 47. a4 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2
d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. e4 Nd7 12. Ne1 a5 13. b3 g6 14. Nc2 Bf6 15. Qd2
Qe7 16. Rae1 Bg7 17. f4 Rad8 18. f5 Nf6 19. h4 h5 20. Bh3 Kh7 21. Qe2 Bh6 22.
Rf2 g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rh2 Kg7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Reh1 Rdg8 27. Ne1 Kf8 28. Nf3
Bh6 29. Be1 Rh7 30. Kf1 Rhg7 31. Rg2 Qd8 32. Qd3 Ke7 33. Ke2 c6 34. Bf2 cxd5
35. cxd5 Qa8 36. Nd2 b5 37. Rgg1 Rc8 38. Bg2 Ba6 39. Bf3 Bxd2 40. Qxd2 b4+ 41.
Ke1 Rc3 42. Be3 Rd3 43. Qc1 Rc3 44. Qd2 Rg8 45. Rh4 Rd3 46. Qf2 Qc8 47. Bd2 Qc7
48. Bd1 Rd4 49. Qe3 Bd3 50. Bf3 Qc2 51. Rg2 Qb1+ 52. Kf2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 a6
8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bg5 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. O-O b6 13. Qe5 Bb7 14. Qxc5
Bxc5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Be5 b5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rac8
21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Ne4 23. Rfe1 Nc5 24. Kf1 Na4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rb1 f6
27. Ke2 e5 28. Nd2 Kf7 29. Kd1 f5 30. Kc2 Ke6 31. f3 h5 32. h4 Kf6 33. Nf1 g5
34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Re1 Kf6 36. g3 Nc5 37. Re2 Ne6 38. Rh2 Kg6 39. Re2 Kf6 40.
Rh2 Kg6 41. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. c3 Nd7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Re1 Nf4 10. Nf1 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Be7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nh2 c5 15.
Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nb8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. a4 Qa6 20. Qg4 Qc4 21. Nf3 Bc5
22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh2 d4 24. Nh4 Ne7 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. cxd4 Qxd4
28. Ra3 Qxb2 29. Rg3 Qb4 30. Ree3 Qe7 31. f5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Qxe5 33. Qg4 Qf4 34.
Qe2 Kh8 35. Nf2 Rad8 36. Ref3 Qe5 37. Qc4 Qd5 38. Qc3 Kh7 39. Nd3 Qd4 40. Qb3
Qd5 41. Qb2 b6 42. Nf4 Qd6 43. Nh5 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Nxe5 45. Rxg7+ Kh8 46. Rf6 Ng6
47. Rfxf7 Rxf7 48. Rxf7 a6 49. Rf6 Kh7 50. Rxb6 a5 51. Rb7+ Kh8 52. Nf6 Nf8 53.
Rf7 Rc8 54. g4 Rb8 55. Kg3 Rc8 56. Kh4 Ng6+ 57. Kh5 Rc5+ 58. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. h3 Bb7
9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. c4 Bb7 15. a5
d5 16. b3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. Rfc1 e5 19. d5 Nc5 20. Rab1 e4 21. Nh2 b5 22.
cxb5 Nd3 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. b6 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Bb7 26. f3 Qe6 27. fxe4 Nb2 28. Re1
Bxe4 29. Bxa6 Qb3 30. Qf2 Bc3 31. Bd2 Nd1 32. Bc4 Nxf2 33. Bxb3 Bxd2 34. Re2
Bxa5 35. Rxf2 Re7 36. Kh1 Bxb6 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. Nf3 f5 39. Ng5 Bb7 40. Nf3 Re3
41. Rb1 Bc5 42. Bd1 Be4 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. Ra1 Bg3 45. Rc1 Kf6 46. Ra1 g5 47. Ra6+
Ke7 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Ra6+ Kc5 50. Bb3 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "US Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.01"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Nb3 b4 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. axb4 Qxb4+
15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 a4 17. Nc1 c5 18. Nd3 Rc8 19. Ra2 c4 20. Nb4 c3+ 21.
bxc3 Ra5 22. Nd3 Nb6 23. Nc5 Nc4+ 24. Kd3 a3 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. Nb7 Ra7 27. Nd6
Nxd6 28. exd6 f6 29. Nd2 e5 30. Rb5 Kf7 31. Nb3 Ke6 32. d7 Kxd7 33. Rxd5+ Ke7
34. Rb5 Ra4 35. Rb7+ Kd6 36. Nc5 Ra7 37. Rxa7 Nxa7 38. Rxa3 Nc6 39. Rb3 exd4
40. cxd4 Ra8 41. Rb7 Ra3+ 42. c3 Ne5+ 43. dxe5+ Kxc5 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Rxh7 Ra2
46. Rh5+ Kd6 47. Rf5 1-0

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Black "Marinello, Beatriz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. h4 Qd7 7. h5 h6 8. f4 Ne7
9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbc6 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. g4 Nb4 14. Qd1 Ng3 15.
Rh2 Ne4 16. a3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Qd3 Na5 19. g5 Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2
O-O-O 22. a4 Kb8 23. a5 Be7 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Rg2 Rdg8 27. Qf3
Qb5 28. Bc1 Bh4+ 29. Kd1 Kb7 30. Be3 Qb2 31. Rc1 Qxc3 32. Ke2 Be7 33. Bd2 Qc4+
34. Kd1 Qxd4 35. c4 Bb4 36. cxd5 exd5 37. f5 Rxg2 38. Qxg2 Rg8 39. Qe2 Bxd2 40.
Qxd2 Rg4 41. Ke1 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15.
Na5 Qc7 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qc2 Nbc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Ne4 Ne5 21. Ra2
Bb5 22. Rea1 Rab8 23. Bd2 Bc4 24. f4 Bxa2 25. fxe5 Bxd5 26. exd6 Qc6 27. d7
Qxd7 28. Nc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nb6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 Qe8 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. a3 Be6 16. Bc4 Ra5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. b4 Raa8 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 h6 21.
Be4 Bd5 22. h3 Rd7 23. Nh2 Rad8 24. f4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd4 26. Qf3 Rd3 27. Qh5
Nd4 28. Rac1 Qd7 29. Ng4 Nf5 30. Kh2 Ng3 31. Qh4 Qd4 32. Rxc7 h5 33. Nf6+ gxf6
34. Qxf6 Rf8 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. f5 Qd8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. f6 Nf5 40.
Qg5+ Kh8 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "US Women's Champs"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon Ellen"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.08.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Qc2 Ngf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5 12. e5 Ne8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.
Rac1 Nc7 16. Qb1 Rfd8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 h6 19. h4 a5 20. Bf1 Nb4 21. Nfd2
Ba8 22. Bg2 b5 23. a3 Nd5 24. Qa1 b4 25. Nc4 bxa3 26. Nxa3 Rb8 27. Nc4 Rxb3 28.
Nxa5 Rb5 29. Nc4 Rdb8 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Ba3 Qa7 32. Nd6 Ra5 33. Nc4 Nb3 34. Qb1
Nxc1 35. Qxc1 Rc8 36. Bd6 Ra4 37. Bf1 Nb6 38. Bc5 Qb7 39. f3 Qxf3 40. Qe3 Qxe3+
41. Bxe3 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "USChamps - Semifinal 2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Serper, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Qa3 Rac8 14.
Be2 Nxc5 15. O-O Ne4 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Rd1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc5 20. Rad1
Ra5 21. Qb2 Rc5 22. Ne2 Rfc8 23. Rd4 Qg5 24. Rc1 Qe5 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. h3 Qc6 27.
Rd1 Qc7 28. Rc1 Qc6 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1999.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbd7 8.
Qd3 e5 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. a4 c5 14. d5 Nf8 15.
Nf1 Ng6 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. a5 Nf8 21. axb6
axb6 22. Ra6 Ra8 23. Rea1 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 Rb8 25. Kg2 Qe7 26. Qb1 Qb7 27. Qb5 Nd7
28. Qa4 Nf6 29. Ra7 Qc8 30. f3 g6 31. Ne3 h5 32. Qc6 Qd8 33. h4 Rc8 34. Qb7 Qf8
35. Nd1 Rb8 36. Qc6 Rc8 37. Qb7 Rb8 38. Qc6 Rc8 39. Qxb6 Rb8 40. Qc7 Rc8 41.
Qb7 Rb8 42. Qc7 Rc8 43. Qa5 Qd8 44. Qxd8+ Rxd8 45. Kf2 Kf8 46. Ke2 Rd7 47. Ra6
Ke7 48. Kd2 Rb7 49. Kc2 Ne8 50. Ne3 Nf6 51. Nf1 Nd7 52. Nd2 Nb8 53. Ra1 Kd8 54.
g4 hxg4 55. fxg4 Ke7 56. Nb3 Kf6 57. Ra8 Nd7 58. Na5 Rb8 59. g5+ Kg7 60. Rxb8
Nxb8 61. Nb7 f5 62. exf5 gxf5 63. h5 f4 64. Nxd6 Nd7 65. Kd3 1-0

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1999.09.03"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 exf5 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Bg5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nc6 11. Nc1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14.
Bd3 f4 15. Bf2 Nf6 16. Nb3 a5 17. O-O-O Ba6 18. Rhe1 Rde8 19. Nd2 Rxe1 20.
Rxe1 Re8 21. Rh1 Kd8 22. Kc2 d6 23. g4 Ke7 24. h4 Kf7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Ne4
Rg8 27. a4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Ne7 29. Kb3 c6 30. Rh7+ Rg7 31. Rh6 d5 32. Bd3 Ng6
33. Be1 Rg8 34. Bd2 Nh4 35. Bxf4 Nxf3 36. Bc1 Re8 37. Rxc6 Re1 38. Kc2 Ke7
39. Ba3+ Ke8 40. Bg6+ Kd7 41. cxd5 Re2+ 42. Kc1 Re1+ 43. Kb2 Re2+ 44. Ka1
Re1+ 45. Ka2 Re2+ 46. Bb2 Nd2 47. Bf5+ Kd8 48. Bc1 Bc4+ 49. Ka3 b5 50. axb5
Bxb5 51. Bxd2 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "USChamps - Semifinal 2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[White "Serper, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1999.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 5. e4 c3 6. bxc3 g6 7. c4 d6 8. Bb2
Bg7 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. Bxa6
Nxa6 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. a3 Nc7 18. Nc4 Nb5 19. h3 a6 20. Rbd1
Rec8 21. a4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Re8 24. Nc6 Rb7 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. e5
Qd7 27. exf6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bxf6 29. Qc5 Rb2 30. d6 Rd2 31. Ne5 Qxd6 32.
Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Nf3 Kf8 34. Rc1 Bd8 35. g4 Bb6 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Rc8 h5 38. Rb8
hxg4 39. hxg4 f6 40. g5 Kd7 41. Rg8 fxg5 42. Nxg5 Kc6 43. Ne4 Re6 44. Ng5
Rd6 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bd2 Rc8 11. Rac1 Ba6 12. Nb5 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 d5 14.
cxd5 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USChamps - Semifinal 2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Serper, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Nf6
8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nf3 c4 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Qd6 14.
O-O b5 15. e4 Be6 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. f4
{Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1999.09.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Bc5 8.
d3 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 d6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nc4 a6 13. b3 Ne7 14. Bb2 b5
15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Bb6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Re1 Bb7 19. Qh5 Qd7 20. Re2 f5
21. Rae1 g6 22. Qg5 Nxd5 23. g4 Rxe2 {Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "USChamps - Semifinal 2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serper, Gregory"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1999.09.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qd2 Qc8 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2
Nf6 21. Nf3 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Kf8 23. Qe3 Rd8 24. Rd3
{Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "P1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1999.09.06"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8
8. d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 h6 12. d5 d6 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Re1
Nh7 15. Qd2 b6 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Qf2 f5 19. Rf1 Rf8 20. Bh3 Qh5
21. Bg2 Nf6 22. h3 Qg6 23. Kh2 Qh5 24. Qf3 Qg6 25. Bd4 Rf7 26. a3
{Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "P2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1999.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7
8. e3 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 Nhf6 14. b4
Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Bf5 18. f4 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Nd2
Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Bd5 22. f5 a5 23. bxa5 Ra7 24. Rf1 Rea8 25. f6 gxf6 26. Qb4
Qd8 27. Qb1 Rxa5 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxa3 30. Rab1 Qe8 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32.
e4 Qd8 33. e5 Rd3 34. Qf5 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 Kg8 36. Qxf6 Rf8 37. Rxb7 Rd1 38.
Rb1 Rxb1 39. Rxb1 Re8 40. h3 Qxe5 41. Qxh6 Qe6 42. Qf4 Qe4 43. Qf1 Re7 44.
Rc1 Kg7 45. Qf2 Re6 46. Rc5 Qe1+ 47. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 48. Kh2 Re6 49. Kg3
{Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "P3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1999.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Bc6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Red1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Ne4
Rac8 21. Ba6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ba8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Bb8 25. Qc2 Rd8 26. Rc8
Qf8 27. Nd2 Rxc8 28. Qxc8 Qxc8 29. Bxc8 Kf8 30. Ba6 Kg8
{Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Champs - Semi final 1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "P4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1999.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc2
Ndf6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. b3 Bxc4 20.
bxc4 g6 21. h3 Qe5 22. Ne2 Rb8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nf4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26.
Qxb1 Kg7 27. Ne2 h5 28. a4 Qd6 29. Nc3 Qe6 30. Qb3 a6 31. a5 h4 32. Na4 Qd6
33. Qc2 g5 34. Nb6 Qe5 35. Qc1 g4 36. Na4 Qg5 37. hxg4 Qxg4 38. Nxc5 h3 39.
Qf1 h2+ 40. Kh1 Qf5 41. Nb3 Ng4 42. Nd2 Nxf2+ 43. Kxh2 Ng4+ 44. Kg1 Qxa5 45.
Qf4 f5 46. Nf1 Qc5 47. Qg5+ Kf7 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qh7+ Kd8 50. Qg8+ Kc7 51.
Qf7+ Kb6 52. Qe6+ Ka5 53. Kh1 Qe5 54. Qc6 Qf6 55. Qd5+ Kb4 56. c5 Qh4+
{White resigns}
0-1

[Event "USChamps - Semifinal 2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "P1"]
[White "Serper, Gregory"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1999.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Be2 b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Qe8 12. Nd2 c5 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 h6 18. Bh4 Nh7 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. c6 Ndf6
21. Be5 Ne8 22. Qd3 f6 23. Bg3 Nc7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Nf3 Rfe8 26. Nd4 e5 27.
Nb5 Qd8 28. Rc5 d4 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. c7 Qd7 31. Rd5 Qe6 32. Nd6 Ng5 33. Nxe8
Qxe8 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Qc6 Qg6 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rxc8 Nh3+ 38. Kf1 Nf4 39. Rh8+
Kxh8 40. c8=Q+ Kh7 41. Qf3 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "USChamps - Semifinal 2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "P2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Serper, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1999.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb2 12. Rxc7 Na6 13. Rc2 Bxd4 14.
h4 Bf5 15. Nb3 Bxc2 16. Qxd4 Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qe5+ Kf8 20.
e3 d4 21. Bb5 f6 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rd8 24. Bc4 Rg7 25. d5 Re7+ 26. Kf1
Rh7 27. Rxh7 Bxh7 28. d6 Nc5 29. Nb3 Nxb3 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "US Champs - Finals"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serper, Gregory"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1999.09.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1
Qe8 15. Ne5 Ncd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. f3
Rfc8 21. b4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Kh8 24. Bd5 Qxc1 25. Bxb7 Qxa3 26.
Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qc4 Bxb4 28. Qxe6 Qxe3+ 29. Bf2 Qe2 30. Qd5 Rf8 31. Bxb6 Be1
32. h3 Rf1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd1 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "US Champs - Finals"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Serper, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1999.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4
8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 Bc6 14.
Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 f5 16. f3 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Bd7 19. f4 c6 20. e4 Nxd4
21. Qxd4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf6 23. Rd1 cxb5 24. cxb5 a6 25. b6 Bc6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6
27. Re7 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Rc1 Re8 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Kf3 Re1
33. Rxb7 Ra1 34. Rb8 Kf7 35. Ra8 Rb1 36. Rxa6 d5 37. a4 Rb3+ 38. Ke2
{Black resigns}
1-0

[Event "US Champs - Finals"]
[Site "Salt Lake City, Utah"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serper, Gregory"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 Bxc5
8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rfc8 18. Qd3 Qc5 19. b3 d5
{Game drawn by mutual agreement. Gulko wins the match 2.5 - 0.5}
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