28th Annual Southern California Open

(1) Free,G - Akobian,V (2567) [B07] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (1), 02.09.2006 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0-0 Be7 8.h3 0-0 9.Be3 Re8 10.Qe1 Qc7 11.Kh1 Bf8 12.a4 b6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.f5 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Bxc5 16.g4 Bd4 17.g5 Nh5 18.Ne2 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Ba3 20.Bc4 Bc5 21.g6 hxg6 22.Ng5 gxf5 23.Bxf7+ Qxf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.exf5 Ba6 26.Rd1 Bxe2 27.Rd7+ Re7 28.Rxe7+ Bxe7 29.Rf2 Bh4 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Kh2 Rh8 32.Qg1 Bxf2 33.Qxf2 Rxh3+ 34.Kg1 Bc4 35.Qd2 Rg3+ 0-1

(2) Iotov,V (2493) - Stevens,L (2103) [A87] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (1), 02.09.2006 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.b4 0-0 7.Bb2 Ne4 8.0-0 Nd7 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 h6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.c5 g5 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.c6 bxc6 17.dxc6 Be6 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qf7 20.Qc5 f4 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 fxg3 23.hxg3 e6 24.Qe3 Rab8 25.a3 1-0

(3) Khachiyan,M (2463) - Tanaka,C (2039) [B16] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (1), 02.09.2006 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.g3 Qd5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Bg2 Na6 9.0-0 Qd7 10.c4 0-0-0 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxd7+ Rxd7 13.d5 Nb4 14.Bd2 e5 15.Rfc1 b6 16.Nh4 Rc7 17.Be4 Kb8 18.a3 Na6 19.Bf5 Bh5 20.Bh3 Bg6 21.f4 h5 22.Bc3 Bd6 23.f5 Bh7 24.Nf3 Rd7 25.Nd2 Nc7 26.Ne4 Ne8 27.b4 Ka8 28.Rab1 Be7 29.bxc5 Bxc5+ 30.Kf1 Rg8 31.Bb4 Bxb4 32.Rxb4 Rg5 33.Nxg5 fxg5 34.c5 bxc5 35.Rxc5 Nd6 36.f6 g4 37.Bg2 Bd3+ 38.Ke1 a6 39.h3 Ka7 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Rxg4 e4 42.Bf1 Bb1 43.Rc6 Ba2 44.Rxa6+ Kb7 45.Rg5 e3 46.Re5 Bc4 47.Rxd6 1-0

(4) Taylor,T (2328) - Gimeno,R [D78] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (1), 02.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nb6 12.b3 Bf5 13.Qh4 h5 14.Bb2 Nd7 15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.Bf1 Ne6 17.Ng5 Nxg5 18.Qxg5 c5 19.Bg2 Qd7 20.Rad1 cxd4 21.Bd5 Bf6 22.Qh6 e6 23.Bf3 Rad8 24.Bxh5 Bg7 25.Qg5 f6 26.Qh4 gxh5 27.Rxd4 Qf7 28.Rf4 Rd2 29.Bc3 Rd3 30.Bd4 Qg6 31.Bxa7 e5 later 0-1 0-1

(5) Baker,B (2077) - Kitagami,S [B90] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (1), 02.09.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Be7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kh1 Bc4 12.Bxc4 Rxc4 13.Qd3 b5 14.a4 exf4 15.Bxf4 0-0 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nxb5 Rxe4 18.Nc3 Ne5 19.Qb5 Rxf4 20.Rxf4 Nfg4 21.Qe2 f5 22.Nd5 Bg5 23.Rff1 Qe8 24.h3 Qh5 25.Nd4 Bh4 26.Ra3 Qh6 27.Nxf5 Qe6 28.Nxh4 Qxd5 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.hxg4 1-0

(6) Akobian,V (2567) - Arnold,J [D13] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (2), 02.09.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bg3 Nc6 8.e3 0-0 9.Bd3 h6 10.Rc1 Re8 11.0-0 Bxg3 12.hxg3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Be2 Neg4 15.Qd4 a6 16.Rfd1 Be6 17.Ne1 Qb8 18.Nd3 h5 19.Nf4 Qe5 20.Qxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxh5 Nxh5 22.Bxh5 Rac8 23.Bf3 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rc5 25.Ne2 Rec8 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Nd4 Kf8 28.g4 Ke7 29.Kg2 a5 30.Kg3 a4 31.a3 Bd7 32.f4 b5 33.f5 b4 34.axb4 Rc4 35.b5 Rb4 36.Ra1 Kd6 37.Ra3 Kc5 38.b3 axb3 39.Nxb3+ Kxb5 40.Nd4+ Kc5 41.Ra8 g6 42.Rf8 1-0

(7) Baker,B (2077) - Iotov,V (2493) [B85] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (2), 02.09.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.0-0 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Bf3 0-0 11.Nb3 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qe1 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Qf2 d5 16.Bb6 Qc8 17.exd5 Nfxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Bd4 Qc7 21.Nc1 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Kh1 Rfd8 24.Qe2 a5 25.Nd3 Rac8 26.Rf2 Rd4 27.Qe5 Qb6 28.Qe1 a4 29.Re2 h5 30.h3 Qd6 31.Qa5 Ne4 32.Kh2 Nc5 33.Nxc5 Rxc5 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Re4 Rxc2 36.Rxd4 Qxd4 37.Qxa4 Qxb2 38.Qe4+ g6 [ 38...f5-+ Khachiyan] 39.Ra7 Kg7 40.Rb7 Re2 41.Rxb2 Rxe4 42.Kg3 Re3+ 43.Kf2 Ra3 44.Rb7 h4 45.Rc7 Kf6 46.Rb7 Ra5 47.Kf3 Rf5 48.Kg4 g5 49.Rb4 Kg6 50.fxg5 Rxg5+ 51.Kf3 Rf5+ 52.Ke3 Rh5 53.Kf3 e5 54.Ke4 Rg5 55.Kf3 Rf5+ 56.Ke3 Rh5 57.Ke4 f6 58.Rb8 Rh7 59.Rg8+ Kf7 60.Ra8 Rh6 61.Ra7+ Kg6 62.Ra8 Kg5 63.Rb8 Rg6 64.Ra8 Rg7 65.Rb8 Kg6 66.Rh8 Ra7 67.Kf3 Ra3+ 68.Kf2 Ra4 69.Kf3 Kg5 70.Rg8+ Kf5 71.Rh8 e4+ 72.Kf2 Ra2+ 73.Kf1 Kg5 0-1

(8) Moussa,A (2203) - Khachiyan,M (2463) [D85] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (2), 02.09.2006 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 0-0 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.d5 b6 12.Bd3 e6 13.c4 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Na6 15.Rhd1 Nb4 16.Bb1 Bb2 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 exd5 19.exd5 Kf7 20.Rc3 Bxc3+ 21.Kxc3 Bg4 22.a3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Nc6 24.Bg3 Nd4 25.Rxd4 cxd4+ 26.Kxd4 Rac8 27.Bc2 b5 28.c5 Rxc5 29.Kxc5 Rc8+ 30.Kd6 Rxc2 31.Kd7 a5 32.Bc7 b4 0-1

(9) Gimeno,R - Kretchetov,A (2316) [C60] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (2), 02.09.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 d6 6.h3 Bd7 7.d4 Bg7 8.0-0 Nge7 9.Re1 0-0 10.Bb3 h6 11.Be3 Qe8 12.Nbd2 Kh8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bc5 b6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qe2 Nd8 17.Nf1 Ne6 18.Ne3 Nf4 19.Qc2 c6 20.Bc4 Qf6 21.Be2 b5 22.Kh2 h5 23.Ng1 Bh6 24.Bf1 Rad8 25.Rad1 Bc8 26.g3 Ne6 27.Ng2 Rfe8 28.Nh4 Bf8 29.Qe2 Bc5 30.Ngf3 Ng7 31.Ng2 Kg8 32.Ne3 Ne6 33.Bg2 Ng5 34.Nh4 Qe6 35.a3 a5 36.b4 Bb6 37.c4 bxc4 38.Nxc4 Ba6 39.Bf1 axb4 40.axb4 Bxc4 41.Qxc4 Bxf2 42.Rxd8 Rxd8 43.Qxe6 Nxe6 44.Re2 Bb6 45.Bg2 Rd1 46.g4 Bg1+ 47.Kg3 Nd4 48.Ra2 Rd3+ 49.Bf3 g5 50.Ra8+ Kh7 51.Nf5 Nxf3 52.gxh5 Nd4+ 53.Kg4 Nxf5 54.Kxf5 Rxh3 55.Kxg5 Rf3 56.Rc8 Be3+ 57.Kg4 Rf4+ 58.Kg3 Rf6 59.Kg4 Bd2 60.Re8 Bf4 0-1

(10) Small,G (2261) - Kurosaki,T (2115) [A36] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (2), 02.09.2006 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 e6 7.b4 Nge7 8.Nf3 Rb8 9.bxc5 dxc5 10.Bb2 b6 11.0-0 0-0 12.d3 Bb7 13.Ne1 Nd4 14.Nc2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qd7 16.a4 Nec6 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Ne4 f5 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Nd2 Bg7 21.Qb3 e5 22.Qb5 Qb7+ 23.Kg1 e4 24.dxe4 Bc3 25.Rbd1 fxe4 26.Qb3 Bb4 27.Qe3 Rbe8 28.Nb3 Qc6 29.Ra1 a5 30.Rfd1 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.h4 Qe6 33.Rc1 Ba3 34.Rc2 Bb4 35.Rc1 Ba3 36.Rc2 Bb4 37.Rc1 1/2-1/2

(11) Miller,I (2061) - Crisologo,R [E70] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (2), 02.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nge2 a6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.f4 Re8 10.0-0 e6 11.h3 exd5 12.cxd5 Qc7 13.Ng3 Rb8 14.Be3 c4 15.Bc2 Nc5 16.Qf3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.e5 Nfd7 19.Qf2 b4 20.Nce4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 dxe5 22.f5 f6 23.Qg3 Nb6 24.d6 Qf7 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Bxg6 Qg7 28.Rxf6 Be6 29.Ra7 Qxf6 30.Bxe8+ Kh8 31.Bg5 Qf5 32.Qh4+ Kg8 33.Bf6 1-0

(12) West,V (2104) - Taylor,T (2328) [B00] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (2), 02.09.2006 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bg4 5.c3 e6 6.d4 Be7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.h3 Bh5 9.0-0 d5 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 e5 12.g4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Ned2 exd4 15.cxd4 Bd6 16.Re1 f5 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Qd3 Rf6 19.Re6 Rxe6 20.Bxe6 Qf6 21.Qb3 Re8 22.Bd7 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 Re1+ 24.Nf1 Qh4 25.Bf4 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Bxf4 0-1

(13) Khachiyan,M (2463) - Akobian,V (2567) [B19] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (3), 03.09.2006 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.0-0-0 Ngf6 14.Qe2 0-0-0 15.Ne5 1/2-1/2

(14) Iotov,V (2493) - Banawa,J (2291) [E43] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (3), 03.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 f5 9.Ne1 0-0 10.f3 Ng5 11.a4 d6 12.a5 Nd7 13.a6 Bc8 14.e4 f4 15.h4 Nf7 16.Bxf4 Qxh4 17.g3 Qe7 18.Ng2 Ng5 19.Bd2 e5 20.Qe2 Ne6 21.f4 exd4 22.Nh4 dxc3 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.e5 dxe5 25.Bxc3 Nd4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Ne7+ Kf7 28.Rae1 Re8 29.Qh5+ Kf8 30.Ng6+ Qxg6 31.Bxg6 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Nf6 33.Qd5 1-0

(15) Banawa,J (2260) - Sevillano,E (2481) [D46] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (3), 03.09.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Bc5 13.Qd1 Nb6 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.Qb3+ Be6 16.Ne5+ Ke7 17.Ng6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

(16) Kretchetov,A (2316) - Small,G (2261) [D27] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (3), 03.09.2006 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.0-0 c5 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 Bb7 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.dxc5 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Qb8 13.c6 Nc5 14.Bc2 Bxc6 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.e4 Be7 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nc3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 b4 20.cxb4 Qxb4 21.Be3 0-0 22.Rb1 Qc3 23.Rc1 Qb4 1/2-1/2

(17) Taylor,T (2328) - Williams,J (2164) [D36] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (3), 04.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Rab1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Be6 16.Rfc1 Rec8 17.Qc5 Qd8 18.Ne5 f6 19.Nf3 Bf7 20.Rb3 Ne6 21.Qc2 g6 22.Rc3 Qd6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Ra3 25.bxc6 Rxc3 26.Qxc3 Rxc6 27.Qb2 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Be8 29.Qb1 Qc6 30.h4 Kg7 31.h5 Kh6 32.Qb4 Qd7 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Bc2 Kg7 35.Bb3 Nd8 36.Ne1 Nc6 37.Qc5 Ne7 38.Nd3 Bf7 39.Nf4 g5 40.Ne2 Kf8 41.Nc3 Qc6 42.Qa5 Kg7 43.Bd1 Nc8 44.Bf3 b6 45.Qa3 Nd6 46.Ne2 Ne4 47.Qe7 b5 48.Bxe4 dxe4 49.Ng3 Qe6 50.Qxe6 Bxe6 51.Nxe4 b4 52.Nc5 Bc4 53.f3 f5 54.Kf2 Kf7 55.g3 b3 56.Na4 f4 57.gxf4 gxf4 58.e4 Kf6 59.Ke1 Kg5 60.Nb2 Bb5 61.d5 Be8 62.Nd3 Bh5 63.d6 Kf6 64.e5+ Kf7 65.Ke2 Bg6 66.Kd2 Bh5 67.e6+ Kxe6 68.Nxf4+ Kxd6 69.Nxh5 Ke5 70.Kc3 Kf5 71.Kxb3 Kg5 72.Kc4 Kxh5 73.Kd5 Kg5 74.Ke5 Kg6 75.f4 Kf7 76.Kf5 1-0

(18) Arnold,J - Tanaka,C (2039) [B13] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (3), 03.09.2006 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bb5 Nf6 9.h3 Bd7 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.Bf4 e6 12.a3 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Qxb5 14.Nc7 Qf5 15.Bh2 f6 16.Rc1 e5 17.d5 Kxc7 18.Nd4 Qe4 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Qa4 Kb7 21.Qb3+ Ka8 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.Qxe6 Bd6 24.Bg3 Qd5 25.Qg4 g6 26.Rfd1 Qf7 27.Rxc6 f5 28.Qa4 Bb8 29.f3 Qb7 30.Rdc1 Qxb2 31.Bf2 Rd2 32.Rc7 1-0

(19) Akobian,V (2567) - Iotov,V (2493) [E51] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (4), 03.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.e3 0-0 8.a4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc7 10.a5 Rd8 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Qa2 Ne4 13.Bd3 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 cxd4 15.exd4 e5 16.cxd5 exd4 17.c4 offer draw 17...Qe5+ 18.Kf1 Nb4 19.Nf3 Qf6 20.Qd2 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Bf5 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Nxd4 Bd3+ 24.Kg1 Rac8 25.a6 Rxc4 26.Nf3 bxa6 27.Ne5 Rc3 28.Nxd3 Rxd3 29.g3 Rd6 30.Kg2 R3xd5 31.Rhc1 g6 32.Rc7 Rd2 33.Ra3 Rf6 34.Rf3 Rxf3 35.Kxf3 a5 36.Rxa7 Rd5 37.g4 h5 38.h3 Kg7 39.Ke4 Rb5 40.f4 Rb4+ 41.Ke5 Rb5+ 42.Ke4 Rb4+ 43.Ke5 a4 44.gxh5 gxh5 45.h4 Rb5+ 46.Ke4 1/2-1/2

(20) Kurosaki,T (2115) - Khachiyan,M (2463) [A36] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (4), 03.09.2006 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.e4 Nge7 7.Nge2 d6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Nec6 11.Bh6 Ne5 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne2 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Nxd3 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Qxd4 Nc6 17.Qc3 e5 18.h3 Be6 19.b3 Rc8 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Qxa5 Nxa5 23.Rd2 b5 24.cxb5 Bd7 25.a4 Be6 26.b4 Nc4 1/2-1/2

(21) Moussa,A (2203) - Taylor,T (2328) [A96] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (4), 03.09.2006 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Bf6 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Qc1 e4 15.Ba3 exf3 16.Bxe7 fxg2 17.Bxf8 gxf1Q+ 18.Kxf1 Kxf8 19.Qf4 Be5 20.Qh4 Be6 21.Qxh7 Kf7 22.Rd3 Ne7 23.e4 Bf6 24.Rf3 fxe4 25.Qxe4 Rd8 26.g4 Bd7 27.Qf4 Bc6 28.g5 Ng6 29.Qg3 Nh4 30.Rxf6+ gxf6 31.Qxh4 Bf3 32.g6+ Ke8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qh7+ Kd6 35.g7 Kc6 36.Qc2 f5 37.h4 Be4 38.Qc1 Bf3 39.Kg1 Rg8 40.Qg5 Be4 41.Qf6+ Kd7 42.Qf7+ 1-0

(22) Iotov,V (2493) - Sevillano,E (2481) [D37] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (5), 04.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.g3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Bg2 Nd7 8.Qa4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qxc4 c5 11.a4 Nb6 12.Qa2 Nd5 13.Bd2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Nb3 Nf6 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Qb3 Ng4 19.Be1 e5 20.c4 a5 21.Qb5 Qc7 22.Bc3 f6 23.Rab1 Kh8 24.c5 Qf7 25.h3 Nh6 26.Bxb7 Bxb7 27.Qxb7 Qc4 28.c6 Qxc3 29.c7 Ng8 30.Rdc1 Qa3 31.c8Q Raxc8 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Qxc8 Qxa4 34.Qe6 1-0

(23) Banawa,J (2260) - Akobian,V (2567) [E25] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (5), 04.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.e4 Nc7 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qb4 Nc6 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Bd2 0-0-0 15.c4 Nc6 16.Ne2 Be8 17.Nc3 Na6 18.Be3 Nd4 19.Nb5 Nc2+ 20.Kf2 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 Kb8 22.Be2 Nxc5 23.Nc3 Bc6 24.h4 a6 25.Rhc1 Rhf8 26.g3 Rd7 27.Rd1 Kc7 28.Rxd7+ Bxd7 29.f4 Bc6 30.Rd1 Rf7 31.g4 h6 32.h5 Rd7 33.Rg1 Nb3 34.g5 fxg5 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Rxg5 b6 37.Bg4 Re7 38.e5 Nc5 39.Ne2 Be4 1/2-1/2

(24) Khachiyan,M (2463) - Small,G (2260) [A08] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (5), 03.09.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9.e5 Ne8 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 b4 12.N1h2 Nc7 13.a4 bxa3 14.Rxa3 Ba6 15.Ra1 Qd7 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nh3 Rfb8 18.Nf4 Bf8 19.Ng4 Ne8 20.Nh5 Qd8 21.c3 Ra7 22.Ra4 Ne7 23.Nxg7 Bxg7 24.Nxh6+ Kf8 25.Qh5 Ng8 26.Bg5 Qb6 27.Rf4 Nxh6 draw offer 28.Bxh6 Bxd3 29.Re3 Bh7 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Qh6 Ng7 33.Rg4 Rg8 34.Bxd5 Qd8 35.Be4 Nf5 36.Bxf5 exf5 37.Rd3 Qe7 38.Rxg8+ Kxg8 39.Qd2 Bg6 40.Rd5 a4 41.Qe3 a3 42.bxa3 Rxa3 43.Qxc5 Ra1+ 44.Kh2 Qb7 45.Qb5 Qa8 46.Qc5 Bh5 47.g4 Bxg4 48.Kg3 Rg1+ 49.Kf4 Qa1 50.Rd8+ Kh7 51.Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

(25) Banawa,J (2291) - Kurosaki,T (2115) [A44] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (5), 04.09.2006 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.g3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bg2 b5 6.Ne2 Be7 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.a4 b4 9.h3 0-0 10.Qd3 a5 11.c4 Ne8 12.b3 Ra7 13.Bb2 Bf6 14.Nd2 g6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.gxf4 Qg7 18.Nf3 Nb6 19.Rae1 Rc7 20.Nc1 Qh6 21.Nd2 f6 22.Qg3 f5 23.Nd3 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Qg7 25.Qf2 Bf5 26.Nexc5 dxc5 27.Nxc5 Nc8 later 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2

(26) Taylor,T (2328) - Kitagami,S [D36] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (5), 04.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 0-0 10.Nge2 Re8 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 Nb6 14.b5 Nd6 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.Na4 Nbc4 17.Nc5 Na3 18.Qc1 Ndc4 19.e4 Bg4 20.Nc3 Qf6 21.e5 Qg5 22.f4 Qh4 23.f5 Bh5 24.Rf4 Qg5 25.f6 Rab8 26.N3e4 dxe4 27.Nxe4 Qg6 28.fxg7 Qe6 29.Nf6+ Kxg7 30.Nxh5+ Kf8 31.Nf6 Red8 32.Bf5 Qe7 33.Rh4 Qb4 34.Qxh6+ Ke7 35.Nd5+ 1-0

(27) Arnold,J - Moussa,A (2203) [D40] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (5), 04.09.2006 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.a3 Be7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rc1 b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Bb1 Na5 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Qd3 Nc4 17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Qe3 Qb6 19.Be5 h6 20.Qg3 Rfd8 21.Na4 Qc6 22.Nc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

(28) Iotov,V (2493) - Banawa,J (2260) [E94] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (6), 04.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3 1/2-1/2

(29) Moussa,A (2203) - Akobian,V (2567) [E16] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (6), 04.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Rc1 d6 11.Qd3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 f5 13.Qe3 Qd7 14.Rd1 Na6 15.c5 Nb4 16.Rc4 Bd5 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 g5! [ 18...g5! 19.Bxg5 Nd5-+ ] 0-1

(30) Sevillano,E (2481) - Arnold,J [C02] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (6), 04.09.2006 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 a5 9.a4 Nge7 10.Qe2 Ng6 11.h4 0-0-0 12.h5 Nge7 13.Na3 Nf5 14.Bf4 h6 15.g4 Nfe7 16.Nb5 Rdf8 17.b4 axb4 18.a5 Qd8 19.cxb4 Bxb4 20.a6 Kb8 21.axb7 Kxb7 22.Rfb1 g5 23.Bd2 1-0

(31) Bryant,J - Khachiyan,M (2463) [B22] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (6), 04.09.2006 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Qb3 Ng6 8.a4 Be7 9.Na3 0-0 10.Nc4 Nh5 11.Ne3 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.g3 Bg5 14.h4 Bh6 15.Bd2 g6 16.0-0-0 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Nxf5 Bxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.g4 Rf4 22.gxh5 Qd7 23.Rg1+ Kh8 24.f3 Rxa4 25.Kb1 b5 26.Rdg2 Rxh4 27.Rg5 Rh2 28.Qd1 Qf7 29.Qd3 c4 30.Qf5 Qxf5+ 31.Rxf5 Rg8 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Rf6 Rxh5 34.Rxd6 Rf5 35.Rd7 Rf7 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rb8 a6 38.Rb6 Rxf3 39.Rxa6 Rd3 40.d6 e4 41.Ra7+ Kg6 42.Re7 Kf5 43.Rxh7 Rxd6 44.Kc2 e3 45.Rh8 Rd2+ 46.Kc1 Rg2 47.Rb8 Rg1+ 48.Kc2 0-1

(32) Williams,J (2164) - Kretchetov,A (2316) [C28] 27th So. Cal. Open Temecula (6), 04.09.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bd2 0-0 7.Nf3 d6 8.a3 Bc5 9.h3 a6 10.g4 Nh7 11.Nd5 Be6 12.c3 Ne7 13.Ne3 Bxe3 14.Bxe3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Qe2 Re8 17.0-0-0 b5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Rhg1 Rad8 20.h4 Nf8 21.Ne1 Ng6 22.g5 h5 23.Qxh5 Bf5 24.Qf3 Nxh4 25.Qxd5 Rxd5 26.Rh1 Ng6 27.c4 Rd7 28.b3 Red8 29.Kc2 Nf8 30.Kc3 Ne6 31.Rg1 c5 0-1

(33) Escobedo,E - Leeds-Tilley,K [A48] 27th So. Cal. Open U2000 Temecula (1), 02.09.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Qe2 a6 9.Bd3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Rd1 Qe8 13.0-0 Nh5 14.Bc4 Kh8 15.Rfe1 f5 16.Nb3 f4 17.f3 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bf2 g4 20.fxg4 f3 21.gxf3 Nf4 22.Qf1 h5 23.Bg3 hxg4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Qf2 gxf3 26.Re3 Qg6+ 27.Kh1 Bc6 28.Rg1 Rg4 29.Rxg4 Qxg4 30.Nd2 Bh6 31.Rxf3 Bxd2 32.Rf8+ Rxf8 33.Qxf8+ Kh7 34.Qe7+ Qg7 35.Qh4+ Bh6 36.Be6 Qg5 37.Bf5+ Kh8 38.Qe1 Qc1 0-1

(34) de Leon,A - Milton,C [A28] 27th So. Cal. Open U2000 Temecula (5), 04.09.2006 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.Bd2 Bg4 7.Be2 0-0 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.a3 Bc5 11.0-0 c6 12.Rb1 a5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Bb6 15.g3 Ra3 16.Bg2 Nd7 17.Kh2 f5 18.h4 f4 19.Be1 fxg3+ 20.fxg3 Rxf1 21.Bxf1 Qf6 22.Bg2 Qg6 23.Rb2 Nf6 24.Kh1 Nh5 25.Na4 Ba7 26.b5 Nxg3+ 27.Kh2 Nf1+ 28.Bxf1 Ra1 29.Qxa1 Nf3+ 30.Kh3 Ng1+ 31.Kh2 Nf3+ 32.Kh3 h5 33.Bg3 Qg4+ 34.Kg2 Nxh4+ 35.Kh1 Qxg3 36.b6 Nf3 0-1

(35) Leeds-Tilley,K - Collins,D [B17] 27th So. Cal. Open U2000 Temecula (5), 04.09.2006 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Be2 e6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Bf4 0-0 12.h3 Bh5 13.Re1 Qb6 14.c4 c5 15.d5 exd5 16.cxd5 Bd6 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Nd2 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 Ne5 20.f4 c4+ 21.Kf1 f6 22.fxe5 fxg5+ 23.Nf3 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qxb2 25.Rxg5 h6 26.Rg4 c3 27.Qc1 Qb5+ 28.Kg1 Rac8 29.Qc2 Qxd5 30.Qb3 Qxb3 31.axb3 b5 32.Rxa7 Rf7 33.Ra1 c2 34.Rc1 Rd7 35.Nd4 Rc5 36.Rxc2 Rxc2 37.Nxc2 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Rd2 39.Nd4 Rd3 40.Kg1 Kf7 1-0