[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chen, Howard"]
[Black "Guo, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Bc5 14. Qc2 Bd6
15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfe1 Kf7 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. Qe4 Bxe2
21. Rxe2 Rhd8 22. Red2 Qe6 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Rxd5 Rf8 25. R5d4 Qxc4 26. Qxf8+
Rxf8 27. Rxc4 Nc6 28. Re4 g6 29. Rd7 Rb8 30. f4 a5 31. g4 b5 32. Kg2 a4 33. Rc7
Na5 34. Ree7 Rd8 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 38. Kh4 Kg8 39. Rcg7+
({Or} 39. Rhg7+ {it's not clear which rook}) 39... Kf8 40. Rd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7
Nc4 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chen, Howard"]
[Black "Xing, Kerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Ng3 Rae8
15. Ne5 Bc8 16. Kh1 g6 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. f4 Qg7 19. a3 Ne7 20. a4 Nf5 21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Ba3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Qe7 24. Ra2 b6 25. Rc2 Ba6 26. Rf3 Rc8 27. Nc6 Qd7
28. Rfc3 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bc4 30. R2xc4 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Rc8 32. h3 Nd5 33. Qf3 Nf6
34. Qc3 Rxc4 35. bxc4 Kf7 36. Qa1 Qc7 37. Qc1 Qd7 38. Qd1 Qc7 39. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dietsch, Kris"]
[Black "Mathews, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 b6 2. d3 Bb7 3. f4 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. Qc4 Nc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. a3 Nd7 12. e5 Nc5 13. Be4 Na5 14. Qe2 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Qd5 16. Ned2 Nc6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd8 19. O-O-O Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne6
21. Be3 Rad8 22. f4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rg1 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Ne6 28. f5 Nd4 29. Ne3 Nf3 30. Nd5 Nxe5 31. Nxc7 Nc4 32. b3 Ne3+ 33.
Kd2 Nxf5 34. Nb5 a5 35. Kd3 Kf8 36. Nc7 Nd6 37. c3 f5 38. a4 h6 39. h4 Kf7 40.
b4 axb4 41. cxb4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 Nc8 45. Nb5 Ke6 46. a6
g4 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. a7 Nxa7 49. Nxa7 f4+ 50. Kf2 Ke4 51. Nb5 g3+ 52. Kf1 f3 53.
Nc3+ Kd3 54. Nd1 Kd2 55. Nf2 Ke3 56. Nd1+ Kf4 57. Kg1 Ke4 58. Nf2+ Ke3 59. Nh3
Ke2 60. Nf4+ Ke1 61. Ng2+ Ke2 62. Nf4+ Ke3 63. Ng2+ Ke4 64. Nh4 Ke3 65. Nxf3
Kxf3 66. Kf1 Kg4 67. Kg2 Kh4 68. Kg1 Kh3 69. Kh1 Kg4 70. Kg2 Kf4 71. Kg1 Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dietsch, Kris"]
[Black "Watts, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nh4 h6 8. f5 g5
9. Nf3 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. d4 c5 12. c3 Qb6 13. g4 e6 14. f6 Nexf6 15. exf6 Nxf6
16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Be3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Nd2 b6 22.
O-O-O Ba6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Rad8 25. Qe2 f5 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Qc4+ Kg7 28.
Qa6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rf7 30. Qc8 f4 31. Bg1 f3 32. Rd7 Qf4+ 33. Kd1 e3 34. Rxf7+
Kxf7 35. Qd7+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Ke6 37. Qe8+ Kd5 38. Qxe3 Qxe3 39. Bxe3 Ke4 40. Kd2
h5 41. Bxg5 f2 42. Ke2 f1=Q+ 43. Kxf1 Kd3 44. Bf6 Kc2 45. b4 c4 46. a4 a5 47.
bxa5 bxa5 48. Ke2 Kb3 49. Ke3 Kxa4 50. Bd8 Kb5 51. Kd4 a4 52. Be7 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guo, Alex"]
[Black "Dietsch, Kris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. d4 Be7 6. e4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Bf4
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Nxd6 Qa5 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. Ne2
Bf6 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 Na6 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. Rd2 Be5 20. c5 Nc7
21. Kc2 Nb5 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh5 Bc3 24. Rd3 Re2+ 25. Kb3 Rb2+ 26. Kc4 Rxa2 27.
Rxc3 Nxc3 28. Kxc3 Rxf2 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. g4 Rf3+ 32. Kd2 Rg8 33. a4
Rb3 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Re5 b6 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Rf6+ Ke8 39. Rh6 Rg6
40. Rxh7 bxc5 41. Ng7+ Kd8 42. Nf5 Ra3 43. Rxa7 Ra2+ 44. Kc3 Ra3+ 45. Kc4 Re6
46. Kxc5 Rc3+ 47. Kb6 Re2 48. Be7+ Kc8 49. Rc7+ Kb8 50. Bd6 Rb3+ 51. Ka6 Re8
52. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kelley, Dereque"]
[Black "Xing, Casey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
a6 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Rc1 Ba3 12. b4 Bxb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15.
Rxc3 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Re8 17. e4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Re8 21. f5
Ng4 22. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mathews, Dan"]
[Black "McMillan, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Re1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nd1 Nd5 14. h3
Be6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. e3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Bh6 18. Kf2 Nf6 19. Nc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3
Ne4+ 21. Kg1 Nxc3 22. Nd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Bxc1 24. Bxb7 (24. Rxc1 Ne2+) 24...
Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bb2 26. Rxa7 Ne2+ 27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. Be4 f5 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. c4 Nc6
31. Rc7 Ne5 32. Be2 Bd4 33. c5 Bd5+ 34. Kh2 Bc6 35. Bc4+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mathews, Dan"]
[Black "Xing, Casey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
d4 Ngf6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd4 Qe7 11. b4 Ncd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Ne5
Rfd8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qc5 Qxc5+ 17. bxc5 Nd7 18. Rb1 Nxc5 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Nd3
Nxd3 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. cxd3 b6 23. Rb3 Rd7 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. Ke3 Rc2 26. Rf2 Rxf2
27. Kxf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Rd5 29. g4 Kd7 30. d4 Ra5 31. a3 Kd6 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. gxf5
exf5+ 34. Kf3 Kd5 35. Ke3 b5 36. Rc3 a6 37. Rc5+ Kd6 38. Rc3 Ra4 39. Kd3 a5 40.
Rb3 Kc6 41. Rc3+ Kd5 42. Rc5+ Kd6 43. Rxb5 Rxa3+ 44. Kc4 Ra4+ 45. Kd3 Ra2 46.
h4 Rh2 47. Rxa5 Rxh4 48. Ra6+ Kd5 49. Ra5+ Kc6 50. d5+ Kd6 51. Ke3 Rh1 52. Kd4
Rd1+ 53. Kc4 Rc1+ 54. Kd4 Rd1+ 55. Kc4 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Monahan, Darby"]
[Black "Kelley, Dereque"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Bb3 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. f4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Nxc5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Nxg3 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. Kf2 Nxh1+ 16. Qxh1 Qxc5+ 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qg2 Nc6 19. c3 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Qxf4+ 22. Kg1 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. Kf2 Rae8 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Rg1 Bxc4
27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rxf8+ {(29.Rg7+ is illegal)} Rxf8+ 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez, Ignacio"]
[Black "Harrison, Drayton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. b3 b4 13. Na4 c3 14. Bd3 h6 15.
Bh4 Re8 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nf8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nh4 Rc8 21. Bc2 c5
22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Nf3 a5 25. Qd4 Qc7 26. h4 Ng6 27. h5 Ngf4 28.
Qe4 f5 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Qe5 Nh3+ 31. gxh3 Bxf3 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Rd6 Bxh5 34.
Re5 Kf7 35. Rxa5 Ke7 36. Rd4 Nd5 37. Raxd5 exd5 38. Rxb4 Kd6 39. Rb6+ Ke5 40.
Kg2 d4 41. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sang, Tian"]
[Black "Dietsch, Kris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nc3 exf4 6. Nf3 Bc5 $2 {
"lost tempo" - Dietsch} 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Nxd6+
Qxd6 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. c3 Qd5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Bxf4 Qd7 17. Qb3
Qb7 18. Qxf7 Ng6 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. Bg3 Rd7 21. Rae1 Rc8 22. h4 Kb6 23. Rf5 Nf8
24. Ref1 Ne6 25. Rf7 Rcd8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Re1 Nc7 28. Bxc7+ Kxc7 29. Kf2 Rf7+
30. Ke2 Rf4 31. g3 Rf7 32. Rf1 Re7+ 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. b4 a6 35. a4 Rb7 36. Kc4
Re7 37. Rf3 h6 38. Kd3 Rb7 39. g4 a5 40. bxa5 c5 41. Rf5 cxd4 42. Kxd4 Ke6 43.
Rb5 Rd7+ 44. Kc4 Rf7 45. Rf5 Ra7 46. Kb5 g6 47. Rc5 Kd6 48. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sang, Tian"]
[Black "Ummel, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Be7 17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Be3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6
21. Qg6 Nd5 22. Qe4 e5 23. f5 Qa5 24. Bc1 Qb5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Nb4 27. Ne4
Nxd3 28. f6 gxf6 29. Nxf6 Re6 30. Ne4 Nf4 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. g3 Nd5 33. Rf1 Ke8
34. Kc2 b6 35. a3 Ke7 36. Kd3 Nf6 37. Nxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Ke4 Ke6 40.
Bd2 Bg7 41. Be3 Bf8 42. g4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Ke4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sang, Tian"]
[Black "Wang, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f3 Ne5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f4 Ng6 13. Nf3 b5 14. h4 Rd8 15.
h5 Nf8 16. h6 g6 17. Qd4 f6 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Qxd5+ Ne6 20. Qxa8 Bb7 21. Qa7 Nc5
22. Qb6 Bxe4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Rc8 25. Kb1 Nc6 26. d4 Nb4 27. Rhe1 Qf7 28.
d5 Qd7 29. Nd4 Nxd5 30. Qa5 Nxf4 31. Qd2 Nfd3 32. Rf1 Qg4 33. Nc2 Qc4 34. Rf3
Ne5 35. Rc3 Ne4 36. Rxc4 Nxd2+ 37. Rxd2 Nxc4 38. Rd4 Rd8 39. Nb4 a5 40. Nc6 Re8
41. b3 Re1+ 42. Kc2 Ne5 43. Nxa5 Re2+ 44. Rd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 b4 46. Nb7 d5 47.
Ke3 Nc6 48. Nd6 Kf8 49. Nb5 Ke7 50. a3 bxa3 51. Nxa3 Kd6 52. Nc2 Kc5 53. Kd3
Ne5+ 54. Kc3 Ng4 55. b4+ Kd6 56. Kd4 Nxh6 57. Ne3 Nf5+ 58. Nxf5+ gxf5 59. b5 f4
60. b6 f3 61. b7 Kc7 62. gxf3 h5 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Michael"]
[Black "Hadzic, Huso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Bg5 Qa5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxg5 10. e5 dxc6 11. exf6 Qe5+ 12. Be2 Qxc3+ 13. Kf1 Qxf6
14. c5 O-O 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Qc2 e5 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rb4 Rd5 20. Kf2
Rad8 21. Rc1 Bd3 22. Re1 Rxc5 23. Qb3 Bxe2 24. Rxb7 Qh4+ 25. Kxe2 Rcd5 26. Rd1
Rxd1 27. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Michael"]
[Black "Ummel, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Be6 8. d3
Bc5 9. h3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Kh2 c6 12. f4 d5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. d4 Bc7 15.
e5 Ne8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Be3 f6 19. Rf2 Rd8 20. Raf1 Rf7 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Bg5 Rdf8 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qe3
Bf7 28. Qf3 b5 29. Bf1 b4 30. Nd1 Bb6 31. Qf4 Qc7 32. Qg4+ Bg6 33. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Michael"]
[Black "Xing, Kerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. a3 Be6 11. O-O Qe7 12. e4 f4 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. f3 g5 15.
Nec3 Ne8 16. a4 Kh8 17. a5 a6 18. Ba3 Rg8 19. Bc5 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Be2 Nd4
22. Na4 Rd8 23. Nb2 c6 24. Nd3 cxd5 25. exd5 Qd6 26. dxe6 Nxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Qxd3
28. Qxe5+ Ng7 29. Rfe1 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 h6 32. b4 Rge8 33. e7 Rd7 34.
Rae1 Kg8 35. b5 axb5 36. cxb5 Kf7 37. a6 bxa6 38. bxa6 Ra7 39. Ra5 Rea8 40.
Rea1 Kxe7 41. Kf2 Ne6 42. g3 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rb8 44. h4 Rb6 45. hxg5 Nxg5 46.
Re1+ Kf7 47. Rea1 Rf6 48. R1a3 Kg6 49. Kg4 Ne6 50. Rb5 Nc7 51. Rb7 Raxa6 52.
Rxa6 Nxa6 53. Rb5 Nc7 54. Rc5 Ne6 55. Rc4 Rf5 56. Rb4 Rg5+ 57. Kh4 Rg1 58. Rb5
Nd4 59. Rb6+ Kf5 60. Kh3 Rg6 61. Rb4 {!} Nxf3 {??} 62. Rf4+ {!! =} Kg5 (62...
Kxf4 {stalemate}) 63. Rxf3 Ra6 64. Rb3 Ra5 65. Kg3 h5 66. Kh3 Rc5 67. Ra3 Rc1
68. Ra5+ Kf4 69. Ra4+ Kf3 70. Ra3+ Kf2 71. Ra2+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Warrier, Vishnu"]
[Black "Xing, Kerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

{Forfeit}  0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xing, Casey"]
[Black "Monahan, Darby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. N2f3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rac1
h6 15. Qb3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Qb6 Qc8 19. Nxe5 Be6 20. Bf3 Rb8
21. b3 Re8 22. Rdd1 Bf5 23. Nd3 Be4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. f3 Re6 26. Qd4 Ng5 27.
Nf4 Rf6 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. Nd5 Ne6 30. Qe5 Rg6 31. Ne7 Rg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Nxc8
Rxc8 34. b4 Kg8 35. Kg1 Kf8 36. Rd7 b5 37. c5 Ke8 38. Rd6 Ke7 39. Rxa6 Rb8 40.
Rb6 Rxb6 41. cxb6 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xing, Casey"]
[Black "Sang, Tian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. h4 Qe8 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rad1 Kh8 15.
f3 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. e3 Qg6 18. Kh2 Nxf4 19. exf4 Qd6 20. Ne2 Rae8 21. Qd3
Bf6 22. Qd2 Re7 23. Nc3 Rfe8 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qf2 h6 26. a3 g6 27. Na2 Qe2 28.
Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Nc1 Rxb2 30. Nd3 Rb3 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rxa3 33. Re1 Kg7 34.
e6 Be8 35. e7 Rd3 36. g4 Rxd4 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Kg3 a5 39. Bh3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xing, Kerry"]
[Black "Ummel, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bc4 Re8 15.
Rfe1 Ra7 16. Bf2 Bh6 17. Bh4 f6 18. Bg3 Ne5 19. Be2 Rae7 20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3
Bg7 22. Bh4 h6 23. Qd2 g5 24. Bg3 Rf8 25. f5 Kh7 26. Rf1 Qc7 27. b3 Bd7 28.
Rfc1 Qb8 29. Nd1 Rd8 30. a5 Bb5 31. Nb2 g4 32. Bxg4 Rxe4 33. Bf3 Rd4 34. Qf2
Nxd5 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Nc3 37. Rc1 Na2 38. Re1 Nb4 39. Bf4 bxa5 40. Qg3
Qa7 41. Qg6+ Kg8 42. Bxh6 d5 43. Kh1 c4 44. bxc4 dxc4 45. Nd1 Nd3 46. Re4 c3
47. Be3 c2 48. Bxa7 Ne5 49. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 50. Bxd1 cxd1=Q+ 51. Bg1 fxe5 52. f6 Qd7
53. fxg7 Qxg7 {Black offered a draw.} 54. Qe6+ Kh7 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. h3 a4 57.
Bh2 Bd7 58. Qe4 Bc8 59. Bxe5 Bb7 60. Qc4+ Qf7 61. Qg4+ Kf8 62. Bd6+ Ke8 63.
Qxa4+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caspi, Aviv"]
[Black "Feng, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Rb1 c6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. d3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Nf3 Bc6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rfc1
Rfe8 15. c4 d4 16. Bb4 a5 17. Be1 Nc5 18. Qd2 b6 19. Rb2 Nfd7 20. Qg5 Ne6 21.
Qh5 Qd6 22. Ra1 e4 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 exd3 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. exd3 Re5 27.
Qf4 Rce8 28. Rbb1 Nc5 29. Qd2 Qf3 30. Rb5 Re2 31. Qd1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 33.
Rxe1 g6 34. Rxb6 Nxd3 35. Rf1 Ne5 36. c5 d3 37. Rd6 Nc4 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. c6
Qxc6 40. Rxd3 Qe4 41. Rc3 Nd2 42. Re3 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Qd5 44. Rb1 Nd2+ 45. Kg1
Nxb1 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chang, Evangeline"]
[Black "Janko, Imre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 a6 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. a3 Qd7 13. Qd2 Bh3 14. Rab1 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. N4c3 Nd5 19. Rfd1 b4 20. Na2 bxa3 21.
Bxa3 Qe4+ 22. f3 Qe3 23. Nac1 Rfe8 24. Rb2 Qxd2 25. Rdxd2 Re3 26. Rbc2 Rb6 27.
Nf4 Nxf4+ 28. gxf4 Bh6 29. Kg3 Re1 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Kg3 Nb4 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33.
Rc4 Rb5 34. Rdc2 Rf5 35. Rxc7 Bxf4+ 36. Kg2 Rg5+ 37. Kf2 Be3+ 38. Kf1 Rg1+ 39.
Ke2 Bxc1+ 40. Rxe7 Rg2+ 41. Kd1 Rg1+ 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Kxe1 Bf4 44. b4 Kf8 45.
Re2 d5 46. b5 Bd6 47. b6 Bf4 48. b7 Bb8 49. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chang, Evangeline"]
[Black "Tsemekhman, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]
[BlackElo "938"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. b3 Ne5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Bxa8 Ba6 12. Bg2 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1
Qa6+ 15. Kg1 Nd3 16. Bf1 Nb4 17. Bxa6 Nxc2 18. Rb1 Nb4 19. Be2 Rd8 20. d4 c5
21. dxc5 bxc5 22. e4 Nd3 23. Be3 h5 (23... h5 24. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Feng, Roland"]
[Black "Gelb, Nicolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1298"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. e4 Bc5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Ne8 15.
Na4 Rb8 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Qa5 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. Rxd6
Ne8 22. Rdd1 Nef6 23. c6 Rb3 24. cxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc5 Rbb8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7
Nxd7 28. Bxa6 Kf8 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Nf6 31. f3 Ne8 32. Bc5+ Kg8 33. a4 f6
34. Be6+ Kh8 35. a5 Nc7 36. Bc4 g6 37. Bb6 Ne8 38. a6 Nd6 39. a7 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Feng, Roland"]
[Black "Nill, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Nd5 5. Bg3 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Rc1 a6 10. O-O Nh5 11. a3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. d5 Nb8 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
Nd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 Qe8 19. Rfe1 c5 20. Nde2 Rb8 21. Qd5+
Kh8 22. Qd2 Bf6 23. Nf4 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Bc6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rb7 29. Rec1 Qb8 30. Rc6 Rc8 31. Rxa6 g6 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Rxd6
cxd6 34. Qxc8+ Qxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. f4 h6 39. Ke2 g5
40. Kf3 g4+ 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. e4 fxe4 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Kxe4 Re7+ 45. Kd3 Rd7 46.
Kd4 Kf5 47. Rc8 Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Rf8+ Kg6 50. Re8 h5 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Re6
Rd8 53. Kf5 Ra8 54. Rxd6 Ra3 55. Re6 Rxg3 56. Re2 Rd3 57. Ke4 Rd1 58. g3 Kf6
59. Re3 Rd2 60. Rd3 Re2+ 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. d6 Ke6 63. Re3+ Rxe3 64. Kxe3 Kxd6 65.
Ke4 Ke6 66. f5+ Kf7 67. Kf4 Kf6 68. Ke4 Kf7 69. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fisher, Thayer"]
[Black "Tsemekhman, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1098"]
[BlackElo "938"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

{Forfeit}  0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelb, Nicolo"]
[Black "Ambler, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1298"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Qf5 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. b4 h5 14. c5 Bc7
15. a4 Nf6 16. b5 Rxd4 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa6+ Kd7 19. Qxa7 Qc2 20. Nb5 cxb5 21.
c6+ Kxc6 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. axb5+ Kxb5 24. Qa7 Nd5 25. Qa6+ Kc5 26. Be3+ Nxe3 27.
Rfc1 Kd5 28. Rxc2 Nxc2 29. Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelb, Nicolo"]
[Black "Lainson, Clay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1298"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. Kh1
Bd6 9. f4 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 h5 13. Bxb5 Be7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Bf3
Ng4 16. Bg1 Qxf4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 hxg4 19. Rf4 Bd6 20. Rxg4 g6 21. Na5 f5
22. Rxg6 Kf7 23. exf5 Bf4 24. Rg4 Be5 25. fxe6+ Kxe6 26. Nxb7 Nc6 27. Nc5+ Ke7
28. Re1 d6 29. Nd3 Kf6 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Nd5+ Kf5 32. h3 Rab8 33. Nb4 Ne7 34.
Bh2 Ng6 35. Rf1+ Nf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Rgxf4+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ Kd7 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40.
Nc6 Rxb2 41. Re7# 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goodfellow, Robert"]
[Black "Nill, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 Qe7 5. Qc2 e3 6. dxe3 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Bg7 11. a3 O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 15.
Bf4 Nh5 16. e3 g5 17. Bc7 Nf6 18. Be5 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf5 h5 21. h3 Nh6
22. Qe5+ Qxe5 23. dxe5 Rae8 24. Rad1 Re7 25. f4 Nf5 26. Rd3 gxf4 27. exf4 d6
28. exd6 Re6 29. Kf3 Nxd6 30. b3 Rfe8 31. Rf2 Ne4 32. Re2 f5 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34.
Nxe4+ fxe4+ 35. Ke3 R8e7 36. Red2 Kf5 37. Rd8 Rg7 38. Rf8+ Rf6 39. Rxf6+ Kxf6
40. Rg2 Kf5 41. g4+ Kf6 42. Kxe4 Re7+ 43. Kf3 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 Re1 45. g5+ Kg6
46. Kg4 Rf1 47. b4 a5 48. c5 axb4 49. cxb6 bxa3 50. b7 Rb1 51. f5+ Kg7 52. Kh5
Rxb7 53. f6+ Kg8 54. g6 Rb2 55. Rg1 a2 56. Rd1 Rh2+ 57. Kg4 Rg2+ 58. Kf5 Rf2+
59. Ke6 Re2+ 60. Kd7 Rg2 61. Ke8 Re2+ 62. Kd7 Rg2 63. Ke7 Re2+ 64. Kd8 Rg2 65.
Rh1 Rxg6 66. Ke7 Rh6 67. f7+ Kh7 68. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "He, Samuel"]
[Black "Wade, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "1394"]
[BlackElo "1093"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. g4 Nf7 13. Bg3 a5 14. h4 Nc5 15. Qc2
a4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Kf2 h6 18. Rag1 b6 19. Qb1 Qe7 20. Nf1 Rfb8 21. Ne3 Kh7 22.
g5 h5 23. Rg2 Rf8 24. f4 fxg5 25. fxe5 Nxe5+ 26. Ke1 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. Bf2
Re8 $19 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janko, Imre"]
[Black "Mathews, Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rac1 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Na5 14. Bxb7
Nxb7 15. Ne5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 f6 18. Re3 Nd6 19. Rh3 Nf5 20. Be3 Qe7
21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rad8 23. Re1 Rd5 24. f4 Rd6 25. b4 c6 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qe2
c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. dxc5 Rc6 30. Re5 Kf7 31. Rd1 {
remaining moves indecipherable} 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Janko, Imre"]
[Black "Wang, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. d4
Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Rf8 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bb7 15. Bg5+ Kd7 16. Bh4 Bxd5 17. Rd1 Ke6 18. Re1 Rf5 19. Nd2 Raf8 20. Re2
h5 21. Bg3 Re8 22. Rae1 Kd6 23. b3 g5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bxh4 Rg8 26. Ne4+ Ke6 27.
Ng3 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rf8+ 30. Kg1 Rf4 31. Bd8 Rg4 32. Bxc7 Rxg3 33.
Rxe5+ Kd7 34. Rxd5+ Kxc7 35. Rxh5 Rxc3 36. Rf5 Rc1+ 37. Rf1 Rc3 38. Rf2 a5 39.
Kh2 a4 40. bxa4 bxa4 41. Rf4 Ra3 42. Rc4+ Kd6 43. Rc2 Ke5 44. g3 Kf5 45. Kh3
Kg5 46. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lee, Boas"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. d3 c6 8. Bg5
a5 9. a4 Qb6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. d4 Ng4 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15.
Qxg4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Ng4 17. f3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Ne2 h6 20. Nh3 e5 21. c3 Be6
22. b4 Reb8 23. f4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bf7 25. Nf2 axb4 26. Rxb4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 c5 28.
Rd2 Rxa4 29. Red1 Rd8 30. f5 g5 31. Ng4 Kg7 32. e5 Rxg4 33. e6 Be8 34. f6+ Kxf6
35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. e7 Rd7 37. Qe6 Rf4 38. Rxf4 gxf4 39. Qg4+ Kf7 40. Qxf4+ Kxe7
41. Qh4+ Kf8 42. Rf2+ Kg8 43. Qxh6 {remaining moves not recorded} (43. Qxh6 Rf7
$19 {the only move}) 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mathews, Dan"]
[Black "Chang, Evangeline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1288"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Qc7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Ne4 d6 13. Na3 a6 14. Nxf6
gxf6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. f3 h5 20. Rac1 f5 21.
c4 Qb6 22. Kh1 Rag8 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 bxc4 26. Rdxc4 Rc8 27.
Rc7+ Kf6 28. R1c3 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rb8 30. b3 d5 31. Kg1 d4 32. Nc4 Bd5 33. f4 Rb7
34. Rc5 Rb5 35. Rxb5 axb5 36. Nb6 Bb7 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Ba6 39. Kf2 Ke7 40.
a5 Kd6 41. Na4 Kc6 42. Nb2 Kc5 43. Ke1 Kb4 44. Kd2 Kxa5 45. e3 dxe3+ 46. Kxe3
Kb6 47. Kd4 f6 48. Na4+ Kc6 49. Nc3 Kd6 50. Nd1 Be2 51. Nf2 e5+ 52. Ke3 Bb5 53.
fxe5+ fxe5 54. Nh3 Kd5 55. Ng5 Be8 56. Nf3 Bg6 57. Nh4 Bh7 58. Ng2 Bg6 59. Ne1
Bh7 60. Nd3 Bg6 61. Nb4+ Kc5 62. Na6+ Kc4 63. Nc7 Bf7 64. Na6 Bg6 65. Nb8 Be8
66. Na6 Bg6 67. h4 Bf7 68. Nc7 Kc5 69. Na6+ Kd5 70. Nc7+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mathews, Dan"]
[Black "Lee, Boas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. d3 h6 10. Ne4 O-O 11. O-O Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qf6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qe1 Nb7
15. Nc3 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. Ba6 Nd6 18. Bxc8 Rdxc8 19. b4 Bc7 20. Qe2 Qg6 21.
Bc5 Rd8 22. Rad1 f5 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Ne4 Bf8 27.
Ng3 Qg6 28. Rd3 Rac8 29. Rfd1 Re8 30. Qe4 Qf7 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33.
Qxe5 Rf8 34. Ne4 Bg5 35. Rf1 Bf4 36. Qc3 Re8 37. Ng3 Be5 38. Qxc6 Bd4 39. c4
Re1 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. Nxf5 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Bb2 44. a4 Ba3 45. b5
Bc5 46. Ng3 Kg6 47. Ne4 Bb6 48. c5 Ba5 49. Nd6 Kf6 50. Nc4 Bc7 51. b6 axb6 52.
cxb6 Bxh2 53. g3 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nill, Matthew"]
[Black "Caspi, Aviv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 {Forfeit; Black had a bye and was paired by mistake.} 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nill, Matthew"]
[Black "Chang, Evangeline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1288"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. a3 Bc5 8. Be3
Ba7 9. g3 Nge7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Nce2 b5 12. c3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. O-O d5 17. e5 Nf5 18. Qd2 Qb6+ 19. Nd4 Raa8 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Rac8 23. Rac1 Bb7 24. Rc5 Rc6 25. Rfc1 Rdc8 26. b4 h6 27. h4
h5 28. f5 g6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Bh3 Kf7 31. Rf1+ Kg7 32. Rf6 Re8 33. Rxc6 Bxc6
34. Bxe6 Re7 35. Bc8 Bb7 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxa6 Rc7 38. Rd6 Ra7 39. Rxd5 Rxa3
40. Kg2 Rd3 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. e6 Rb3 43. d5 Rxb4 44. d6 Re4 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. e7
b4 47. e8=Q Rxe8 48. Rxe8 b3 49. Rb8 b2 50. d7 Kf7 51. d8=Q b1=Q 52. Rxb1 Ke6
53. Re1+ Kf7 54. Re8 Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kh6 56. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nill, Matthew"]
[Black "Tokareva, Kate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exf4 5. Bxf4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 g6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bf8 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Bh4 Qd7 15.
Nh2 Nh5 16. g4 Rf8 17. Qg2 Kh8 18. gxh5 gxh5 19. Qf3 f6 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Rxf5
Ne7 22. Rxh5 Kg8 23. Kf2 Ng6 24. Ke3 Kf7 25. Nf1 Rae8 26. Bc4+ Ke7 27. Rxh7
Nxh4 28. Rxg7+ Kd8 29. Nd2 f5 30. Rf1 fxe4 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rg8 Rxg8 33. Bxg8
Ng6 34. Nxe4 d5 35. Bxd5 c6 36. Be6 Ke7 37. Bc8 b6 38. Ng5 Kf6 39. Ne6 Ke7 40.
Ng7 Kf6 41. Nf5 Kg5 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. h4 Kf7 44. h5 Nh8 45. Ke5 Ke8 46. Kd6 Kd8
47. Be6 c5 48. dxc5 bxc5 49. Kxc5 Kc7 50. Nd6 Kd8 51. Nf7+ Nxf7 52. Bxf7 Ke7
53. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Phan, James"]
[Black "Feng, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qg4 e5 14. f5 Nf6 15.
Qf3 h5 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. h4 d5 19. Rae1 a5 20. exd5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 e4
22. Qh3 exd3 23. Qxh5 cxd5 24. Nd1 dxc2 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. g6 fxg6 27. fxg6 Rxf1+
28. Rxf1 Nxf1 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh4+ Kd6 32. Qf4+ Kc6 33. b5+ Kb6
34. Qf2+ Qc5 35. Qh4 c1=Q 36. a4 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Q1g1+ 38. Kh3 Bc8+ 39. Qg4 Bxg4+
40. Kxg3 Qce3+ 41. Kh4 Rh8+ 42. Kxg4 Qxg2+ 43. Kf5 Rf8# 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Phan, James"]
[Black "Mathews, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. f3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Qe2
Bd7 15. Kb1 a6 16. h4 b5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 c5 19. Nb3 b4 20. Nd5 Bb5 21. Qe1
Nc4 22. Bc1 a5 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Qb6 25. Qd2 a4 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Nc1 Rad8
28. h5 Re5 29. Qd2 g5 30. Qxb4 cxb4 31. Bxb6 Rd7 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Rb5 34.
Be3 h6 35. Rhd1 Bf8 36. Rd5 Rdb7 37. Bf2 b3 38. cxb3 axb3 39. a3 Rxd5 40. Rxd5
Rc7 41. Rd2 Kg7 42. Bd4 Kf7 43. Bc3 Ke6 44. g4 Rc5 45. Bb4 Rb5 46. Rd3 Bg7 47.
Rxd6+ Ke5 48. Rd3 Kf4 (48... Kf4 49. Bd6+) 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sankrithi, Siva"]
[Black "Lainson, Clay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1159"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Re1
Qxc4 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rad1 h6 14. Qe2 g5 15.
Bc1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. a3 Be7 21. Qe2
Bxa3 22. Nb5 axb5 23. Qxb5+ Bc6 24. Qa6 Bc5 25. h3 Nxe4 26. Kf1 Bxf2 27. b4 Bd4
28. b5 Nxg3+ 29. Ke1 Bb7 30. Qa3 Qxc2 31. Rd2 Qe4+ 32. Kd1 Qh1+ 33. Kc2 Be4+
34. Kb3 Qf3+ 35. Ka4 Qxa3+ 36. Bxa3 f5 37. Rd1 Bc2+ 38. Kb4 Bxd1 39. h4 Bc5+
40. Kc3 Ne4+ 41. Kb2 Bd4+ 42. Kc1 Ba4 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kb1 Bb3 45. Bb2 Rh1+
46. Bc1 Nc3+ 47. Kb2 Rxc1 48. Kxc1 g4 49. Kb2 g3 50. Kc1 g2 51. Kd2 Ne4+ 52.
Ke2 g1=Q 53. Kd3 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tokareva, Kate"]
[Black "Janko, Imre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1506"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. Nf1 e6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Bg5 Rf8 14. Ng3 Ne8
15. Be7 Qc7 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Rad1 b5 18. h3 a5 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rc1 b4 21. cxb4
cxb4 22. Red1 {remaining moves unclear} 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tokareva, Kate"]
[Black "Sankrithi, Siva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1159"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. c3 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Re1 O-O-O 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Rxe2 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Qd7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Re1
Rhe8 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Be3 a6 18. c4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. c5 Bf4
21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Re1 g5 24. Re2 g4 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Rd2 Re4 27. Kf1
f6 28. f3 gxf3 29. Nxf3 c6 30. Kf2 Rf4 31. Ke3 Re4+ 32. Kd3 f5 33. Ne5 Ne6 34.
Kc3 a5 35. Nf7 Re3+ 36. Kc2 Kd7 37. Nxh6 f4 38. Nf5 Re4 39. Kc3 Kc7 40. Kd3 b6
41. cxb6+ Kxb6 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 c5 44. dxc5+ Kxc5 45. Kd3 Ng5 46. h4 f3
47. gxf3 Nxf3 48. h5 Ne5+ 49. Kc2 Nf7 50. h6 Ng5 51. Kd3 a4 52. a3 Nh7 53. Nd4
Kd6 54. Kc3 Kc5 55. Ne6+ Kd6 56. Ng7 Ke5 57. Kd3 d4 58. Ne8 Kd5 59. Nc7+ Ke5
60. Nb5 Kf6 {remaining moves unclear} 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsemekhman, Ilya"]
[Black "He, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "938"]
[BlackElo "1394"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Bf4 e6 8.
Qd3 Ndf6 9. Bg5 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14.
Rae1 c5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. c3 Rd8 18. Kd3 Ng4 19. Re2 e5 20. b4 Bb6
21. h3 Nxf2+ 22. Rxf2 exd4 23. Kc2 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Veen, Kerry"]
[Black "Sankrithi, Siva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1631"]
[BlackElo "1159"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. e4 d6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Qxf3 15. gxf3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd1 c5 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Kh1 f5 20. Re1
fxe4 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vanmane, Amith"]
[Black "Varner, Murlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. Be3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bg4 12. d4 Bb6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe7
15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Nf5 Qg5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. Nxg3 c5 19. Nf5 Bc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Rf1 a6 22. h4 Rd7 23. dxc5 Ne7 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. cxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 f6 27. Rfd1
Ree8 28. Rd7 b5 29. Bb3 Ra8 30. Rb7 Rad8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ra7 h6 33. Rxa6 Rd2
34. Rb6 Rxb2 35. Rxb5 Re2 36. a4 Rxe3 37. Bd5 Rxc3 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. a5 Ra3 40.
Ra8 Kg6 41. a6 Kh5 42. Bc4 Kxh4 43. Kh2 g5 44. Rf8 Ra4 45. g3+ Kh5 46. Be2+ Kg6
47. Rb8 Ra2 48. Kg1 h5 49. Bc4 Ra4 50. Bb5 Ra3 51. Kf2 Kf7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. a7
Kd6 54. Rb6+ Kc5 55. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Varner, Murlin"]
[Black "Fisher, Thayer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1098"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Na4 b6 12. c3 Bd7 13. Nb2 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Qc2 Ng5 16. dxc5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 bxc5 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21.
Bxd3 g6 22. Qe2 e5 23. c4 d4 24. Qg4 Bb7 25. Rde1 Rf4 26. Qxf4 exf4 27. Rxe7
Bc6 28. Rfe1 f3 29. gxf3 Bxf3 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Re5 Kf6 33. Rxc5
1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Varner, Murlin"]
[Black "Lee, Boas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. h3
Qe7 9. Ne2 g5 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. Nbc3 O-O-O 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. O-O-O a6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Be5 17. Rhe1 f6 18. Qb4 Qf7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Be4 Bb5 21.
Kb1 f5 22. a4 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxf2 25. Rf1 Qc5 26. Qxe5 Rde8 27.
Qf5+ Kb8 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Qg6 Qd6 30. Qh5 Rxf3 31. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varner, Murlin"]
[Black "Zhu, Bryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1028"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 h6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Qc1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Rc8 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. f4 Be7 20. Ne4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
a5 22. a3 Rd8 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. g4 f6 26. h4 Qf7 27. Kf2 g5 28. h5
f5 29. fxg5 f4 30. Qe5 hxg5 31. Qxg5+ Qg7 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qe7 Bc8 34. Qxg7+
Kxg7 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Rxd7+ Kh6 37. Rd6 Kg7 38. Rxe6 axb4 39. axb4 c3 40. Bd1
Kf7 41. Rxc6 Kg7 42. h6+ Kh7 43. Bc2+ Kg8 44. h7+ Kh8 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. h8=Q+
Kf7 47. Rc6 f3 48. Qh7+ Ke8 49. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wade, James"]
[Black "Ambler, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1093"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c3 e5 5. Be3 exd4 6. Bxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4
8. cxd4 Bf5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Nf3 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 Ne4 13. Rd1 O-O 14.
O-O Rad8 15. a3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Ba5 17. Nf3 Bb6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Be4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Ng5 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Re1 g6 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Ng3 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd1+
27. Nf1 Rb1 28. Rd2 Kf6 29. g3 Ke5 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. b4 Rb3 32. Ra2 Bb2 33. Nd2
$18 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wade, James"]
[Black "Piper, August"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "1093"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Nc3
c5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bd2 a5 15.
Rac1 Bd5 16. Rc2 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. Bd3 Qa8 19. Be2 Be4 20. Bd3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Qxf3 22. Nxa5 Ng4 23. Be1 Bd6 24. e4 Bxh2+ 25. Kf1 Bf4 26. e5 Nh2+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+
28. Kh1 Nf3 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qd3+ g6 31. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Kg7
0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Patrick"]
[Black "Lainson, Clay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. a3 e6 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. O-O Bd6 10. f4 Bc5 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Qf2 Nf6 13. b4 Ng4 14. bxc5 Qxc5 15.
Ndxb5 Qxe3 16. Qxe3 Nxe3 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Nxf1 19. Rb1 Ne3 20. Rxb7 Kc8
21. Ra7 Rd8 22. Rc7# 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Patrick"]
[Black "Rajkumar, Johnny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O Na6 12. Be2 Nc7 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Bc4 a6
15. Bb6 Rd7 16. Rad1 Nce8 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Be3 b5 19. Bb3 b4 20. Ne2 Rc8 21.
Bc4 a5 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. g4 Ke7 25. f3 Nd6 26. Ba2 f6 27. Nc1 Bf8 28.
Nd3 c5 29. Bd5 c4 30. Nc1 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Bg8 h6 33. Rd5 Rxd5 34. Bxd5 g5
35. Ne2 Kd7 36. Kf2 Kc7 37. Ng3 Kb6 38. c3 Kc5 39. Nf5 Nc8 40. Bf7 Nd6 41. Be6
Nxf5 42. gxf5 h5 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Patrick"]
[Black "Varner, Murlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. d4 Bg6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Bg5
Nc6 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bf7 g5 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Qf3 Ng8
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Qxf6 Re6 24. Qxg5+ Rg6 25. Qe3 Qc6 26. d5 Qd7
27. Re1 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qf3+ Kg8 30. Re6 Rg7 31. Qh5 Kf8 32. Rf6+ Kg8 33.
Qf5 Qe8 34. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhu, Bryan"]
[Black "Ambler, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1028"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. c4 Ng6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. h3 a6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Ne2 Nh4 12. Nh2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rf1 Qf6 15.
Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Ng4 Qg6 17. Qd3 e4 18. Qxe4 Rae8 19. Qd3 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Nfg3 21.
Qd1 Nxf1 22. Qxf1 Qc2 23. b3 Bd4 24. Be3 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27.
Bd4 Rf7 28. Qb2 Rxf2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. a4 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rb1 32. g4 Rxb3 33. h4
Rb4 34. Ke3 Rxc4 35. a5 Ra4 36. Ke4 Rxa5 37. g5 Kf7 38. h5 c6 39. dxc6 bxc6 40.
Kf4 Ra4 41. Ke4 c5 42. Kd3 Rxd4+ 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. g6 h6 45. Ke2 a5 46. Ke3 a4
47. Ke2 a3 48. Ke3 a2 49. Ke2 a1=Q 50. Ke3 Qc3+ 51. Ke2 Rd2+ 52. Ke1 Qc1# 0-1

[Event "Challengers - Reserve Section"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhu, Bryan"]
[Black "Piper, August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1028"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 Qc7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. d4 cxd3 10. Bxd3 e5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. c4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. cxb5 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 axb5 16. Qxb5+ Bc6 17. Qd3 Be7 18. a3 Bb7 19. b4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. b5
O-O 22. a4 Bd8 23. Ba3 Ba5 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Re3 Ng4 26. Rd3 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5
28. Ne4 Nxf2 29. Nxf2 Bb6 30. Rxd5 Rdc8 31. R5d2 R2c3 32. Bb2 Rc2 33. Nxe5 f6
34. Nc6 Re8 35. Kf1 Rc4 36. a5 Be3 37. Re2 Kf7 38. Rde1 Bxf2 39. Rxe8 Bxe1 40.
Rxe1 1-0

[Event "Challengers - Cross Section Pairing"]
[Site "Seattle CC"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watts, Peter"]
[Black "Lee, Boas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.12.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
b3 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. e4 Rad8 13. Nc2 Ne7 14. Qd2 Bc6
15. Ne3 Qg6 16. Qc2 b6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Qh7 19. f5 g6 20. Ng4 Qh8 21. fxg6
Nxg6 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rae1 Qg7 25. Qf2 Ne5 26. Qf6 Nd7 27. Qxg7+
Kxg7 28. Rf5 Re5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Bh3 Nf6 31. Bf5 Bd7 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Kf2 c5
34. Rd1 Nf6 {remaining moves not recorded} 1-0

