2006 Los Angeles Open

(1) Walls,J (2039) - Yotov,V (2503) [B48] LA Open Los Angeles (1), 06.10.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Nc3 a6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.Qe2 b5 10.f4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Qxc4 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.Qxc4 bxc4 14.e5 Ng4 15.Bd2 Bc5 16.Nce2 f6 17.c3 Nxe5 18.fxe5 fxe5 19.Kh1 exd4 20.cxd4 Be7 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.b3 cxb3 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.axb3 Bb7 25.Kg1 Bc6 26.Ra1 0-0 27.Nc3 Bf6 28.Be3 Rb8 29.Ra3 Be7 30.Rxa6 Rxb3 31.Bd2 Bb4 32.Rb6 Bxc3 33.Rxb3 Bxd2 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Rh3 h6 36.Rd3 Bg5 37.g3 h5 38.Ra3 Kg6 39.Ra5 Bd8 40.Ra2 Bb6 41.Ke3 e5 42.h3 Bxd4+ 43.Ke2 Kf5 44.Ra5 Ke4 45.Ra3 Bb5+ 46.Ke1 d5 47.Ra8 Kd3 48.Rb8 Bc4 49.Rh8 e4 50.g4 e3 51.Re8 Bc3+ 0-1

(2) Banawa,J (2282) - Yee,M [A45] LA Open Los Angeles (1), 06.10.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Ne2 0-0 6.h4 b6 7.h5 Ba6 8.Nf4 Bb7 9.Qg4 Qe7 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Bc4 Be4 12.Nxg6 Bxg6 13.Qxg6 Rd8 14.Bxf7+ Qxf7 15.Rh8+ Kxh8 16.Qxf7 Rf8 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.Qd5+ 1-0

(3) Lucas,M - Rieb,K [D07] LA Open Los Angeles (1), 06.10.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.dxc6 Bxc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4 Bb4 8.f3 Qd7 9.Be2 0-0-0 10.Be3 f5 11.0-0 Nf6 12.d5 exd5 13.Qd4 Bxc3 14.Qxa7 Qe6 15.bxc3 fxe4 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Rf7 1-0

(4) Taylor,T (2331) - Bayati,R [E73] LA Open G/60 Los Angeles (1), 07.10.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 c6 6.f4 0-0 7.Nf3 a5 8.0-0 Na6 9.e5 Nd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qe1 Rb8 12.Ng5 Nb6 13.Qh4 h6 14.Nge4 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Nc3 Qd8 18.f5 g5 19.Qg3 Nb4 20.f6 Bh8 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Qxg5+ 1-0

(5) Yotov,V (2503) - Kurosaki,T (2114) [A44] LA Open Los Angeles (2), 07.10.2006 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 Be7 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.g3 a6 8.a4 Rb8 9.Bg2 0-0 10.Nge2 Ne8 11.0-0 Nc7 12.Qd3 Bf6 13.Be3 Re8 14.Rab1 a5 15.Qd2 Nf8 16.f4 b6 17.f5 h6 18.h4 Bd7 19.Kh2 Nh7 20.Bh3 Kf8 21.Ng1 Ke7 22.Nf3 h5 23.Ng5 Rh8 24.Rf2 Kf8 25.Rg1 Be7 26.b3 Ne8 27.Ne6+ Bxe6 28.fxe6 Nhf6 29.Nb5 Rb7 30.Qe2 Nc7 31.Nxc7 Rxc7 32.Qf3 Qe8 33.exf7 Qxf7 34.Be6 Qg6 35.g4 hxg4 36.Rxg4 Qh5 37.Qg3 Bd8 38.Bg5 Ke8 39.Bxf6 Bxf6 40.Rf5 Qh6 41.h5 g5 42.Rgxg5 Bxg5 43.Rxg5 Rhh7 44.Rg8+ Ke7 45.Qh4+ Qf6 46.Re8+ Kxe8 47.Qxf6 Rxh5+ 48.Kg3 Rch7 49.Bf5 1-0

(6) Casella,M (2313) - Alonso,F (2073) [B07] LA Open Los Angeles (2), 07.10.2006 1.e4 d6 2.d4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 fxe4 6.Nxe4 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nxd4 9.Nxf6+ exf6 10.Qxb7 Qc8 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Be3 Qxe4 13.Bxe4 d5 14.Bxd5 Nxc2+ 15.Kd2 0-0-0 16.Kxc2 Rxd5 17.Bxa7 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5+ 19.Kb3 Kd7 20.Rhd1+ Kc6 21.a4 Rb8+ 22.Ka3 Rc2 23.b3 Re8 24.Rdc1 Ree2 25.Ra2 Rxc1 26.Rxe2 Kd6 27.b4 h5 28.Kb2 Rd1 29.Rc2 c6 30.Kb3 Rd3+ 31.Rc3 Rd2 32.Rc2 Rd3+ 33.Kb2 g5 34.a5 Rd4 35.Kc3 Re4 36.a6 Re7 37.b5 cxb5 38.Kb4 Re1 39.Ka5 b4 40.Kb6 Ra1 1-0

(7) Chao,J - Dellaca,R (2046) [B23] LA Open Los Angeles (2), 07.10.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.f4 a6 5.a4 Nge7 6.Nf3 d5 7.Bb3 c4 8.Ba2 d4 9.Ne2 d3 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.cxd3 cxd3 13.Qf3 Nc6 14.b3 Nb4 15.Bb1 Bd7 16.Bb2 Bc6 17.Qe3 Bc5 18.Qxd4 Bxd4 19.a5 Rd8 20.Ba3 Nc2+ 21.Bxc2 dxc2 22.Bb2 Bxe4 23.Ke2 Bxg2 24.Rhc1 Be4 25.Ra4 Bf5 26.Ba3 Rd7 27.Rc4 Kd8 28.d3 Bxd3+ 29.Kxd3 Bc5+ 30.Kxc2 Bxa3 31.Rg1 Bf8 32.Na4 Rc7 33.Rd1+ Kc8 34.Nb6+ 1-0

(8) Miller,I (2051) - Taylor,T (2331) [A91] LA Open G/60 Los Angeles (2), 07.10.2006 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.e4 Nc6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Ng5 Nd4 12.Nge4 Qd7 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 c6 16.c5 Be7 17.Qa4 Bg4 18.Nd2 Be2 19.Be4 Bxc5 20.Rfe1 Bb5 21.Qd1 Qh3 22.Rc1 Bb4 23.a3 Bxd2 24.Bxd2 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 26.Bg2 Rf8+ 27.Bf4 exf4 28.Qxd4 fxg3+ 29.Ke3 Qxg2 30.Qg4 Qf2+ 31.Ke4 Re8+ 0-1

(9) Banawa,J (2282) - Yotov,V (2503) [E20] LA Open Los Angeles (3), 07.10.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.e4 Ba6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bf2 Na5 11.Qa4 Qe7 12.Bd3 0-0-0 13.e5 Ne8 14.Rd1 d6 15.exd6 cxd6 16.c5 Bxd3 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Rxd3 d5 19.Ne2 Nd6 20.Qb4 Kb7 21.0-0 Nc6 22.Qb3 Nc4 23.Ra1 Ra8 24.a4 Ra5 25.Rdd1 Rha8 26.Nc1 Kc8 27.Nd3 Qa7 28.Nb4 Nxb4 29.Qxb4 Kd7 30.Re1 Rxa4 31.Qb5+ Kd8 32.Rxa4 Qxa4 33.Qb1 Qa3 34.Qh7 Qf8 35.f4 gxf4 36.Bh4+ Kd7 37.Bf6 Qg8 38.Qxh6 f3 39.Bg7 Nd6 40.g4 Ne8 41.Be5 Qxg4+ 42.Bg3 Ra2 43.Rf1 Rc2 44.Qh7 Rg2+ 45.Kh1 Nd6 0-1

(10) Taylor,T (2331) - Casella,M (2313) [E77] LA Open Los Angeles (3), 07.10.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Bf5 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.g4 Bc8 14.f5 Nd7 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Qd3 Bf6 17.Ne6 Ne5 18.Nxd8 Nxd3 19.Rxf6 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 Rxd8 21.Rcf1 Rd7 22.h4 b5 23.h5 gxh5 24.gxh5 bxc4 25.R1f2 Bb7 26.Rg2+ Kf8 27.Bxc4 Ke7 28.Rgf2 Rf8 29.h6 Rdd8 30.h7 Bc8 1-0

(11) Ginzburg,M (2259) - Yang,S [C03] LA Open Los Angeles (3), 07.10.2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Bg4 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Nf1 Re8 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.c3 Bf8 13.Rxe8 Qxe8 14.Bf4 c6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Nd7 17.Bf4 f6 18.Be2 Qf7 19.Qb3 Nb6 20.a4 Re8 21.a5 Nc4 22.Bf1 h5 23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Qd1 Qd5 25.Nf1 1/2-1/2

(12) Clawitter,C (2139) - Sakurai,E [C24] LA Open Los Angeles (3), 07.10.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.0-0 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Re1 0-0 9.Rxe5 Be6 10.Qh5 Nf6 11.Qe2 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2 Ng4+ 13.Kf1 Qf6+ 0-1

(13) Yotov,V (2503) - Taylor,T (2331) [A96] LA Open Los Angeles (4), 08.10.2006 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Bf6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 e5 12.e3 a5 13.Qd2 e4 14.Ne1 Bd7 15.f3 Qe7 16.fxe4 fxe4 17.Rf4 g5 18.Rxe4 Qg7 19.g4 Be8 20.Nf3 Bg6 21.Re6 Nd8 22.Rxf6 Qxf6 23.d5 Qe7 24.Re1 Be4 25.Qd4 Bxf3 26.Rf1 Qe5 27.Qxe5 dxe5 28.Bxf3 Nf7 29.c5 a4 30.b4 Rae8 31.Bd1 Nh6 32.Re1 a3 33.Ba4 Ra8 34.Bd7 Nf7 35.Be6 Kg7 36.Rf1 Rae8 37.b5 Kg6 38.Rf5 c6 39.bxc6 bxc6 40.e4 Rb8 41.dxc6 Rb1+ 42.Kg2 Rb2+ 43.Bxb2 axb2 44.Rf1 Nd8 45.Bf5+ Kg7 46.c7 Ne6 47.c8Q Rxc8 48.Bxe6 Rxc5 49.Rb1 Rc2+ 50.Kg3 Rc3+ 51.Kf2 Rc2+ 52.Ke3 Rxh2 53.Kd3 Kf6 54.Bf5 h5 55.gxh5 Rxh5 56.Rxb2 1-0

(14) Sakurai,E - Banawa,J (2282) [A61] LA Open Los Angeles (4), 08.10.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 0-0 9.Bg5 Re8 10.e3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Be2 Qc7 13.Bf4 Bf8 14.Bf3 Nbd7 15.0-0 Rb8 16.h3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Na5 b4 19.Ne2 Ra8 20.Nc6 Bb7 21.Qc2 Nxd5 22.Rxa8 Bxa8 23.Bxd5 Bxc6 24.Bb3 Qb7 25.f3 d5 26.Ba4 Bxa4 27.Qxa4 Bg7 28.Qc2 Qb5 29.Rd1 Nb6 30.b3 c4 31.Nd4 Qc5 32.Kh1 Rc8 33.bxc4 dxc4 34.Nb3 cxb3 35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.Rd8+ Bf8 37.Bd6 0-1

(15) Yotov,V (2503) - Matikozyan,A (2468) [E91] LA Open Los Angeles (5), 08.10.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Na6 7.0-0 e5 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.c5 exd4 11.Nd5 dxc5 12.Bxa6 bxa6 13.Nxc7 Qxe4 14.Nxa8 Bb7 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Re1 Qd5 17.Nc7 1/2-1/2

(16) Taylor,T (2331) - Kitagami,S [A44] LA Open Los Angeles (5), 08.10.2006 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nd2 Na6 9.Nc4 Rb8 10.a4 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nb5 Bf8 14.Nxa7 Qd8 15.Nb5 Nc7 16.Nb6 Bd7 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Bb5 Qe7 20.Bxe8 Qxe8 21.Qd3 Bg7 22.c3 Qf8 23.b4 f5 24.bxc5 dxc5 25.Rfd1 f4 26.d6 Qf6 27.f3 1-0

(17) Sterin,I (2250) - Richardson,R [B34] LA Open Los Angeles (5), 08.10.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Nd7 11.f4 e6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.c3 c5 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Qc7 16.Bxc5 Re8 17.Bd4 a5 18.a4 Bd7 19.b5 Bf8 20.b6 Qb7 21.Qd2 Rec8 22.Qe3 Be7 23.g4 Bd8 24.f5 Be7 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Rf6 Bxf6 27.exf6 Rf8 28.f7+ 1-0

(18) Ginzburg,M (2259) - Sakurai,E [C95] LA Open Los Angeles (5), 08.10.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bd2 Bg7 17.a4 c5 18.d5 c4 19.Nh2 Nc5 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Qd7 23.f3 Rab8 24.Kf2 Ba8 25.a5 Rec8 26.Rh1 Qa7 27.Qd2 Rb7 28.Kf1 Qb8 29.Bxh6 Bf6 30.Nf5 gxf5 31.gxf5 b4 32.Qf2 Bg7 33.f6 1-0

(19) Clawitter,C (2139) - Hough,R (2053) [B90] LA Open Los Angeles (5), 08.10.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.f4 Qc7 10.b3 exf4 11.Bb2 Qc5+ 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.Qe1 Qh5 14.h3 f3 15.Nf4 Qh6 16.Rxf3 Nde5 17.Rf1 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Be7 19.Ncd5 Rc8 20.Rc1 Ne5 21.Nxe7 Kxe7 22.Qb4 Rxc1 23.Qxb7+ Nd7 24.Bxc1 g5 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Rf7+ Kxf7 27.Qxd7+ Kg8 28.Qe8+ Kg7 29.Qe7+ Kg8 30.Bxg5 Qg7 31.Qe8+ Qf8 32.Qxe6+ Qf7 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qc3+ Kg8 35.Bf6 h6 36.Qc8+ 1-0