5th Annual Western Pacific Open

(1) Taylor,T (2322) - He,T [D80] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (1), 19.10.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Na5 9.Qc2 Bf5 10.e4 Bg4 11.Be3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 b6 13.0-0-0 c6 14.h4 b5 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.d5 Qc7 17.d6 exd6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Rfc8 20.Rhd1 Nb7 21.R6d2 a6 22.Kb1 Re8 23.Bb6 Bh6 24.Rc2 Rac8 25.a4 Re6 26.Bf1 Ra8 27.Bh3 Rd6 28.e5 Rxd1+ 29.Nxd1 Nd5 30.Rxc6 bxa4 31.Bc8 Nxb6 32.Bxb7 Rd8 33.Nc3 Nd7 34.Rd6 Bf8 35.Rd1 Be7 36.Nd5 Bxh4 37.Nf6+ Bxf6 38.exf6 Kf8 39.Bxa6 a3 40.b4 a2+ 41.Ka1 h5 42.Bb5 Ke8 43.f4 h4 44.Rd3 Kf8 45.Rxd7 Rc8 46.Bc6 Kg8 47.b5 h3 48.Rd3 1-0

(2) Alonso,F (2082) - Bryant,J (2193) [A00] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (1), 19.10.2007 1.b4 a5 2.b5 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.0-0 a4 9.a3 Bd6 10.d4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.c4 Bb8 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Re1 Nb6 15.cxd5 Qh2+ 16.Kf1 exd5 17.Ra2 0-0 18.Bc1 Re8 19.Qd3 Bc7 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Rb2 Nc4 22.Rb4 Ba5 23.Rxc4 dxc4 24.Qxc4 Nd5 25.Bd2 Nf4 26.g3 Nxh3 27.Bg2 Qg1+ 28.Ke2 Qxf2+ 29.Kd1 Qxg2 30.Rf1 Nf2+ 31.Ke1 Bxc3 0-1

(3) Tanaka,C (2166) - Taylor,T (2322) [A99] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (2), 20.10.2007 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 Qh5 9.Qc2 a5 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bb2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nc6 14.Rfe1 Bf5 15.Bxe5 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Rxf3 18.Bxf3 Qxe5 19.Qxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxb7 Rd8 21.Bd5+ Kf8 22.f4 Bc5+ 23.Kg2 Ng4 24.h3 Ne3+ 25.Kf3 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Ke7 27.Rd1 Kd6 28.Ke4 g6 0-1

(4) Stevens,L (2076) - Borgen,R (2160) [B07] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (2), 20.10.2007 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.a4 b4 8.Nce2 a5 9.Nf3 e5 10.0-0 Bg7 11.Bh6 0-0 12.Ng3 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Ng4 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Rad1 c5 17.h3 Ngf6 18.dxe5 Ne8 19.Qf4 Qe7 20.exd6 Nxd6 21.e5 Ne8 22.Qc4 Re6 23.Qb5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxa5 Nc7 26.b3 h5 27.f3 Nd5 28.Rd2 f5 29.Qa6 Kg7 30.Qb5 h4 31.Ne2 f4 32.Rfd1 Rff5 33.Nxf4 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Qd6 1-0 time 1-0

(5) Taylor,T (2322) - Stevens,L (2076) [A80] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (3), 20.10.2007 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 Qb6 4.e3 d6 5.Nbd2 Nd7 6.Bd3 g6 7.e4 Ndf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Ncxe5 Be6 11.Qe2 Bd5 12.0-0 0-0-0 13.c4 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Bh6 15.h3 Qd7 16.d5 Kb8 17.Ne5 Qe8 18.Bxh6 Nxh6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Qf3 Kb7 21.c5 Nd5 22.b4 Nf7 23.Nxf7 Qxf7 24.b5 e5 25.Rab1 Rb8 26.Bc4 1-0

(6) Bryant,J (2193) - Khachiyan,M (2506) [C41] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (3), 20.10.2007 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 Qc7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.Ba2 Nf8 12.Qd3 Bg4 13.Bg3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Ne6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Qc4 Kf7 19.Rad1 Qa5 20.Qb3 b6 21.Qc4 Bc5 22.Ne2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rb1 Qd2 25.h3 Bd6 26.Nc3 Qxc2 27.Rd1 Nh5 28.Bxe5 Bc5 29.Bd4 Nf4 30.Kf1 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Qc1+ 0-1

(7) Khachiyan,M (2506) - Taylor,T (2322) [B00] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (4), 21.10.2007 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.d3 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 e6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.f4 h6 13.Nf3 Rb8 14.Qe2 0-0 15.Be3 Ne8 16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 Bh7 18.0-0-0 Nf6 19.Nd4 Rb6 20.Qf3 d5 21.Nb3 Rbb8 22.Rde1 Rfe8 23.Na5 Rxb2 24.Kxb2 Qd6 25.Nxc6 Qa3+ 26.Kb1 Qxa4 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.Bd4 Rd7 29.Rh2 c5 30.Rb2 1-0

(8) Matikozyan,A (2480) - Landaw,J (2250) [A08] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (4), 21.10.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 b5 8.Re1 a5 9.h4 Ba6 10.a3 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qb6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Qe4 c4 15.c3 Bc5 16.Re2 Nce7 17.h5 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Qc2 b3 20.Qe4 Nf5 21.Qg4 Nde7 22.Ne4 Bb5 23.h6 Rg8 24.hxg7 Rd1+ 25.Kh2 Rxg7 26.Ra8+ Kd7 27.Bg5 Bc6 28.Rh8 h6 29.Nxc5+ Qxc5 30.Bxe7 Kxe7 31.Qf4 Rd3 32.g4 Kd7 33.Ne1 Bxg2 34.Nxd3 cxd3 35.Rd2 Bf1 36.gxf5 Kc7 37.Qa4 Qxe5+ 38.f4 Qc5 39.Qd4 Qxd4 40.cxd4 Rg2+ 41.Rxg2 Bxg2 42.fxe6 fxe6 0-1

(9) Yee,M - Hermansen,R (2250) [E21] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (4), 21.10.2007 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Nf6 6.g3 Bxf3 7.exf3 0-0 8.a3 Be7 9.Be3 d5 10.b3 c5 11.Ne2 dxc4 12.bxc4 Nbd7 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.Nc3 Qe7 16.Qb3 Bd4 17.Rc1 Qc5 18.Rc2 Rfd8 19.Nb5 Rac8 20.Qb4 a6 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Qb1 Qc5 23.Qc1 Qa5+ 24.Ke2 Rc5 25.Bh3 Re5+ 26.Kf1 Rd3 27.Kg2 g5 28.Rd1 Qxa3 29.Rxd3 Qxd3 30.Rd2 Qg6 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Qa3 Qb1 33.Qf8+ Kg6 34.Qh8 Re1 35.Rg8+ Nxg8 36.Qxg8+ Kf6 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qxg5+ Qg6 39.Qd2 Rb1 40.Qd4+ Qf6 41.Qg4+ Kf8 42.Qe4 Qa1 43.Qa8+ Kg7 44.Bg4 Rg1+ 45.Kh3 Qf6 46.Bh5 Qg5 47.g4 Qf4 48.Qe4 Qxe4 49.fxe4 a5 0-1

(10) Kretchetov,A (2320) - Khachiyan,M (2506) [D86] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (5), 21.10.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.0-0 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.Bd3 c5 12.c4 b6 13.a4 Nb7 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Qe2 a5 16.Be3 Nd6 17.Rab1 f5 18.f3 f4 19.Bf2 Bf6 20.Rb2 Ra6 21.Rfb1 Qc7 22.Qc2 Bc8 23.Bf1 Bd8 24.Kh1 Qg7 25.Rb3 g5 26.Qd3 Bd7 27.Ra3 h5 28.Ne2 Kh7 29.Nc1 g4 30.Nb3 gxf3 31.gxf3 Rg8 32.Nxc5 Bh4 33.Qe2 Bxf2 34.Qxf2 bxc5 35.Qxc5 Nxc4 36.Ra2 Rc8 0-1

(11) He,T - Hermansen,R (2250) [B06] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (5), 21.10.2007 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.a4 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Nd2 Ne7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rad1 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Ba2 Re8 15.Qf3 Nf6 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.h3 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.c3 Rae8 20.Be3 a5 21.Bb1 R4e6 22.Bd3 Bc6 23.Ra1 Qd7 24.Bc2 Bb7 25.Bd3 Qc8 26.Rfc1 c5 27.Qd1 Rxe3 28.fxe3 Bh6 29.Rc2 Qb8 30.Qg4 Rxe3 31.Bf1 Rg3 32.Qd7 Re3 33.Rf2 f5 34.Re2 Qg3 35.Qxb7 Rxe2 36.Qxd5+ Kf8 37.Bxe2 Be3+ 38.Kh1 Bf4 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Qe7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

(12) Stevens,L (2076) - Kudryavtsev,V (2174) [B22] 5th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (5), 21.10.2007 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 Nde7 9.g3 Ng6 10.Bg2 Qc7 11.Bf4 Nxf4 12.gxf4 Be7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Nbd2 b6 15.Rfd1 a5 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Ba6 18.Qe3 Rac8 19.Nb3 Bb7 20.Rac1 Qb8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.d5 a4 23.dxe6 dxe6 24.Rd7 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Qc1 Qd7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Nd4 Qd5 29.Qc7 Bc5 30.Nc6 h6 31.Ne7+ Bxe7 32.Qxe7 b5 33.a3 Kh7 34.h4 Qd1+ 35.Kg2 Qd5+ 36.Kg1 Qc6 37.Qb4 Qd7 38.Qd6 Qe8 39.Kf1 Kg6 40.Qd1 Qc6 41.Kg1 Kf7 42.Qd8 Kg6 43.Qe7 Qc8 44.Kg2 Qc6+ 45.Kg3 Qd5 46.Qe8+ Kh7 47.h5 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2