6th Annual Western Pacific Open

(1) Khachiyan,M (2520) - Richardson,R (2068) [B23] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (1), 29.03.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.f4 Ne7 6.Nf3 Ng6 7.d3 Nh4 8.0-0 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.Be3 b6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.d4 cxd4 13.Bxd4 f6 14.e5 f5 15.Nb5 cxb5 16.Qxa8 0-0 17.Qf3 Bb7 18.Qc3 Bc6 19.Be3 Qb7 20.Qb3 Kf7 21.Rf2 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Bxd8 23.Bd2 a5 24.Be3 Qd7 25.Rd2 Bd5 26.c4 bxc4 27.Qxc4 b5 28.Qe2 g6 29.b3 Be7 30.Rc2 a4 31.bxa4 bxa4 32.h3 Be4 33.Rc1 Ba3 34.Rc3 Be7 35.Bb6 Qd5 36.Rc7 Kf8 37.Qa6 Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Qd2 39.Qc8+ Bd8 40.Bc5+ Kg8 41.Qxe6+ Kh8 42.Qe8# 1-0

(2) Hall,S - Taylor,T (2326) [A30] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (1), 29.03.2008 1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Be7 4.Nf3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 d5 8.d3 c5 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.a3 Re8 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rac1 Rc7 13.Rfd1 Rd7 14.h3 Qa8 15.Bf1 Red8 16.Qb1 Ne8 17.Bc3 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.b4 dxc4 20.Nxc4 cxb4 21.axb4 b5 22.Nce5 Rc7 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Ne5 Rdc8 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 26.Be2 h6 27.Bf3 Nd5 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Rxc6 Qxc6 30.Qb3 Qd6 31.Ra1 d4 32.exd4 Qxd4 33.Re1 Rc7 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Re1 Kg6 36.Re3 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Rg3+ Kh7 39.Qb2 g6 40.Qe2 Rb1 41.Qe3 Rxb4 42.Qxf4 Rxf4 43.Kg1 a5 44.Kf1 a4 45.Ke2 a3 46.d4 b4 47.Rd3 a2 48.Rd1 0-1

(3) Sevillano,E (2526) - Kurosaki,T (2111) [B22] 6th Western Pacific Open G/75 Los Angeles (1), 29.03.2008 1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qb3 Bg7 8.a4 0-0 9.Bc4 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Bxe6+ Bxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 13.Nge2 Nc6 14.0-0 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4 16.Be3 Qh4 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Qd6 Ng4 19.Bd4 Ne5 20.Qb6 Rf5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.g3 Qh3 23.Rd8 Rxd8 24.Qxd8+ Kg7 25.Qd7+ Kh6 26.Ne4 Qg4 27.f3 Qh5 28.Qd2+ 1-0

(4) Sevillano,E (2526) - Kurosaki,T (2111) [B22] 6th Western Pacific Open G/75 Los Angeles (1), 29.03.2008 1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qb3 Bg7 8.a4 0-0 9.Bc4 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Bxe6+ Bxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 13.Nge2 Nc6 14.0-0 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4 16.Be3 Qh4 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Qd6 Ng4 19.Bd4 Ne5 20.Qb6 Rf5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.g3 Qh3 23.Rd8 Rxd8 24.Qxd8+ Kg7 25.Qd7+ Kh6 26.Ne4 Qg4 27.f3 Qh5 28.Qd2+ 1-0

(5) Bruno,R (2209) - Khachiyan,M (2520) [C63] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (2), 29.03.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d4 Bg7 9.dxe5 0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e6 Re8 12.Nd4 c5 13.Nf5 Rxe6 14.Be3 Bf8 15.0-0-0 Re5 16.g4 d4 17.f4 Rxe3 18.Qxe3 Bb7 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Rhg1 Bd5 21.Qa6 Rb8 22.Rde1 Rb6 23.Qa4 Bc6 24.Qc4 Bd5 25.Qe2 Be6 26.Qe4 Qc8 27.Rg3 Bf7 28.Ne7 Qe6 29.Qxe6 Bxe6 30.Nf5 Kg8 31.Rh3 a5 32.a4 Bd7 33.Ne7+ Kg7 34.Rh5 Bxg4 35.Rg1 Bxe7 36.Rxg4+ Kf8 37.Rxh7 Re6 38.Rh8+ Kf7 39.f5 Re5 40.Rh7+ Kf8 41.Rh8+ Kf7 42.Rgh4 Bf8 43.R4h7+ Bg7 44.Rc8 1-0

(6) Taylor,T (2326) - Small,G (2250) [D01] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (2), 29.03.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.h4 c5 8.Qd2 c4 9.Be2 Bb4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Bxd8 Nxd2 13.Kxd2 Rxd8 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Kc1 Bc6 16.Nb1 b5 17.Nd2 c3 18.Nf3 cxb2+ 19.Kxb2 Rdc8 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Rd3 a6 22.h5 h6 23.Rh4 Ba5 24.f4 Rc7 25.Ra3 Bb4 26.Rb3 Bc5 27.a3 Rac8 28.Bd3 f6 29.exf6 gxf6 30.Rg4+ Kf7 31.Rg6 Bf8 32.e4 dxe4 33.Bxe4 Rc4 34.Rd3 Be8 35.f5 e5 36.Bd5+ Ke7 37.Bxc4 bxc4 38.Re3 Rd8 39.Ne6 Rb8+ 40.Kc3 Bxg6 41.hxg6 1-0

(7) Nita III,M (2100) - Sevillano,E (2526) [A45] 6th Western Pacific Open G/75 Los Angeles (2), 29.03.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 Ne4 4.Bf4 e6 5.Nd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Bb5 0-0 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Bb5 15.Rfc1 f6 16.a4 Bc4 17.Rab1 b6 18.g3 Rfc8 19.Rc2 Rc7 20.Rbc1 Qd7 21.Ra1 Rac8 22.Ne1 Bb3 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.a5 Qe7 25.axb6 axb6 26.Rb1 Bc4 27.Ra1 Qe8 28.h3 Qg6 29.Ng2 Qe4 30.Kh2 e5 31.Ne1 Re8 32.f3 Qf5 33.g4 Qd7 34.Ng2 Qd6 35.dxe5 Qxe5+ 0-1

(8) Matikozyan,A (2464) - Bryant,J (2228) [B07] 6th Western Pacific Open G/75 Los Angeles (2), 29.03.2008 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Be3 Ngf6 7.h3 0-0 8.Nge2 exd4 9.Bxd4 c6 10.a4 b6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.f4 Bb7 13.g4 c5 14.Bf2 a6 15.Ng3 Kh8 16.g5 Ng8 17.f5 Be5 18.f6 d5 19.Qg4 d4 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.h4 c4 22.Ne2 d3 23.cxd3 cxd3 24.Nec3 Nc5 25.b4 Nb3 26.Rad1 d2 27.Nb1 h5 28.Qe2 Bxd5 29.exd5 Rac8 30.Qe3 Nd4 31.Nxd2 Nf5 32.Qxb6 Bh2+ 33.Kh1 Qf4 34.Ne4 Rc4 35.Rde1 Bg3 36.Nxg3 Nxg3+ 37.Kg1 later 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2

(9) Sevillano,E (2526) - Laylo,D (2508) [B01] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (3), 29.03.2008 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.c3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Ne5 0-0 10.Nxd7 1/2-1/2

(10) Bryant,J (2228) - Gutman,J (2097) [C00] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (3), 29.03.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bc5 7.Bg2 e5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 a5 10.c3 b6 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.b3 Qe7 13.Nh4 Rfd8 14.Nf5 Qd7 15.Qf3 Bxc4 16.bxc4 Qd3 17.Be3 Qxc4 18.Nxg7 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Kxg7 20.Qxf6+ Kg8 21.Qg5+ Kf8 22.Qh6+ Kg8 23.Rf6 Rd6 24.Rxd6 cxd6 25.Rf1 Re8 26.Bh3 Ne7 27.Bf5 Nxf5 28.exf5 f6 29.Qxf6 Qxc3 30.Qg5+ Kf7 31.Qh6 Rg8 32.Qe6+ Kf8 33.f6 Qxe3+ 34.Kg2 1-0

(11) Taylor,T (2326) - Bryant,J (2228) [E79] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (4), 30.03.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.f4 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxg4 12.Qxg4 Nxd4 13.Qd1 e5 14.0-0 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Nd5 Qd7 17.Qh5 Kh8 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Qh6 Rf7 21.Re3 f4 22.Re4 Re6 23.Qh5 Rf5 24.Qd1 Qg7 25.Nxf4 Ref6 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Qxd4 Ref5 28.g3 h5 29.Rf2 h4 30.Nh5 Rxf2 31.Nxg7 Rf1+ 32.Kg2 Kxg7 33.Qxa7 Rf7 34.Qd4+ Kg8 35.Qg4+ Kf8 36.Qxh4 R1f2+ 37.Kh3 Kg8 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.g4 R7f3+ 41.Kh4 Rxh2+ 42.Kg5 Rh7 43.Kg6 Rf8 44.b4 Re7 45.c5 Re6+ 46.Kh5 Rfe8 47.g5 Kf7 48.g6+ Kg8 49.Kh6 R8e7 50.b5 Re2 51.Qd8+ Re8 52.Qd5+ R8e6 53.Qxb7 Re7 54.Qa8+ Re8 55.Qd5+ R8e6 56.b6 Kf8 57.Qd8+ 1-0

(12) Sevillano,E (2526) - Small,G (2250) [C42] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (5), 30.03.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.c3 c6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nf1 Qc7 13.Ng3 d5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bd6 16.Rf1 g6 17.Bg5 Re6 18.c4 Rae8 19.c5 Bf8 20.Bf4 Qa5 21.Qd1 Qb4 22.Ne2 Qxb2 23.Rb1 Qxa2 24.Nc1 Qa5 25.Rxb7 Re1 26.Qc2 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Bg7 28.Nd3 Qa1 29.Rb4 Ne4 30.Be3 Nf8 31.Nf4 Qe1 32.Rb1 Qc3 33.Qa4 Nd2 34.Nxd5 cxd5 35.Bxd2 Qxd2 36.Rd1 Qxd1 37.Qxd1 Ne6 38.c6 Bxd4 39.Ba6 Bb6 40.Qxd5 Nc7 41.Qd7 Re1+ 42.Bf1 Rc1 43.h4 h5 44.g4 Rc2 45.gxh5 Rxf2 46.Qd8+ Kh7 47.Bd3 Ne6 48.Qxb6 axb6 49.Kxf2 Kg7 50.hxg6 fxg6 51.Ke3 Kf6 52.Ke4 Nc7 53.Kd4 Ne6+ 54.Kd5 Ke7 55.Be4 b5 56.Ke5 Nd8 57.Bd5 Nxc6+ 58.Bxc6 Kf7 59.Bxb5 later 1-0 1-0

(13) Matikozyan,A (2464) - Taylor,T (2326) [B00] 6th Western Pacific Open Los Angeles (5), 30.03.2008 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5 Bd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Re1 0-0 8.Nbd2 Ne5 9.Bxd7 Nxf3+ 10.Nxf3 Nxd7 11.d4 c5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rc8 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.Rad1 Nf6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e5 Bg7 19.e6 Qb6 20.exf7 Rxf7 21.Re6 Qb5 22.Rde1 Rc7 23.h3 Qd5 24.Qd3 Qf5 25.Qe3 Be5 26.Nxe5 Qxe6 27.Nxf7 Qxf7 28.b3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

(14) Kavoukjian,A - Oldham,D [C54] 6th Western Pacific Open U2000 Los Angeles (1), 28.03.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 0-0 7.h3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Re1 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Nf1 Qf6 13.Ng3 Bh7 14.Nh5 Qg6 15.Nh4 Qxd3 16.Qg4 g6 17.Bxh6 Kh8 18.Rad1 Qb5 19.Bg7+ Kg8 20.Nxg6 Qxb3 21.axb3 Bxg6 22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.f4 Bc2 24.Qg7+ Ke7 25.fxe5 Bc5+ 26.Kh1 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Nd7 28.Qg5+ Ke8 29.Ng7+ 1-0

(15) Kavoukjian,A - Portwood,D [C02] 6th Western Pacific Open U2000 Los Angeles (4), 30.03.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.g3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Na5 9.a4 Bc6 10.Bg2 Ne7 11.0-0 Nf5 12.g4 Ne7 13.Ne1 g5 14.f4 gxf4 15.Rxf4 Ng6 16.Rf2 0-0-0 17.Qf3 Be8 18.Nc2 Be7 19.Kh1 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Qxf6 Rf8 22.Qxf8 Nxf8 23.Rxf8 Qd6 24.Rf1 Bd7 25.Ne3 Rg8 26.Ra3 h5 27.gxh5 Rg5 28.Rf3 Rxh5 29.Nef1 e5 30.dxe5 Qxe5 31.b4 Qe1 32.Bb2 Nc6 33.Ra1 Qe2 34.Re3 Qf2 35.Rae1 Rg5 36.R1e2 Qf6 37.Nf3 Rh5 38.b5 Nd8 39.Ng3 Rh8 40.Nd4 Qg6 41.Bxd5 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Bh3+ 43.Kf2 Bg4 44.Nf3 Qa2 45.Re4 Bxf3 46.Kxf3 Rf8+ 47.Kg2 Qb1 48.Rxc4+ Kd7 49.Ba3 Rh8 50.Re7# 1-0