24th Annual U.S. Amateur Team West

(1) Stein,J - Casella,M [E73] USAT West San Pedro (1), 17.02.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.f3 a5 10.h4 c6 11.Nh3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.0-0-0 b5 14.Bxb5 Bxb5 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Na3 Rab8 17.Nf2 Rfc8 18.Kb1 Na4 19.Nd3 Rc3 20.Be3 Qb7 21.Qf2 Rxa3 22.Ka1 Qb3 23.bxa3 Qc3+ 24.Nb2 Rxb2 25.Rc1 0-1

(2) Gertmenian,D - Peters,J [A48] USAT West San Pedro (1), 17.02.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.b4 Re8 9.a4 e4 10.Nd2 Nf8 11.Ba3 h5 12.Rc1 N8h7 13.b5 Bf5 14.a5 Ng4 15.a6 bxa6 16.bxa6 c6 17.Qa4 Rc8 18.Rb1 c5 19.Nb5 Bd7 20.h3 Nh6 21.dxc5 Qg5 22.cxd6 Bxh3 23.g3 h4 24.Kh2 Bd7 25.Rg1 hxg3+ 26.Rxg3 Be5 27.Nf1 Nf5 28.Kg2 Bxg3 29.Nxg3 Nxg3 30.fxg3 Qxe3 31.Rb2 Ng5 32.Qb3 Bh3+ 33.Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

(3) Miralaie,M - Yee,J [C40] USAT West San Pedro (1), 17.02.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.d4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Qf6 5.Bc4 Ne7 6.Bf7+ Kd8 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bxd5 Nxd5 9.Bg5 1-0

(4) Peters,J - Manukyan,G [B14] USAT West San Pedro (2), 17.02.2007 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.c5 0-0 9.Bb5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Ne5 Ba6 14.Qc2 Qb7 15.0-0-0 f6 16.Nc4 Qb4 17.b3 Rab8 18.Rhe1 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qxc4+ 20.bxc4 Rb4 21.Rxe4 Rxc4+ 22.Kd2 Rd8 23.Ke3 Kf7 24.Rd3 Ra4 25.Rb3 Rd7 26.a3 f5 27.Rh4 e5 28.Rxh7 Raxd4 29.Rh8 Rc4 30.Rhb8 a5 31.Rd3 Rxd3+ 32.Kxd3 Rxc5 33.h4 Rd5+ 34.Ke2 Rd4 35.g3 e4 36.Ra8 a4 37.f3 exf3+ 38.Kxf3 Ke6 39.Rg8 Rg4 40.Re8+ Kd5 41.Rf8 Ke6 42.Re8+ Kd6 43.Rf8 Ke5 44.Re8+ Kf6 45.Rf8+ Kg6 46.h5+ Kg5 47.Rf7 g6 48.hxg6 Kxg6 49.Rc7 Rc4 50.Ke3 c5 51.Rc6+ Kg5 52.Kf3 Rc3+ 53.Kf2 f4 54.gxf4+ Kxf4 55.Ke2 Ke4 56.Rh6 Rxa3 57.Rh4+ Kd5 58.Kd2 Kc6 59.Kc2 Kb5 60.Rg4 Rb3 61.Rg8 Rh3 62.Rg4 a3 63.Rf4 Rh2+ 64.Kb3 a2 65.Rf1 c4+ 66.Ka3 Kc5 67.Rg1 Re2 68.Rg5+ Kd4 69.Rg4+ Ke3 70.Rg1 c3 71.Kb3 Rb2+ 0-1

(5) Roth,J - Ludwinski,T [C35] USAT West San Pedro (2), 17.02.2007 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.0-0 d5 7.Bxd5 Nh6 8.d4 c6 9.Bb3 Bh3 10.Bxh6 Bxf1 11.Qxf1 0-0 12.Bf4 gxh2+ 13.Kh1 Qf6 14.Be5 Qh6 15.Nc3 Nd7 16.Rd1 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bf6 18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.e5 Kg8 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Kxh2 Re8 24.Rd2 Kf7 25.Ne2 Rg8 26.c4 Rg4 27.b3 a6 28.d5 cxd5 29.cxd5 h5 30.Ng3 Ke7 31.Nf5+ Kd7 32.d6 Rf4 33.Ne3 Re4 34.Nc4 b5 35.Nb6+ Kd8 36.Rg2 Rh4+ 37.Kg1 Rg4 38.Kf2 Rxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Ke8 40.Kh3 1-0

(6) Rocke,M - Gutierrez,J [D43] USAT West San Pedro (2), 17.02.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 h6 10.Bh4 Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Rc1 f5 13.a3 Rf7 14.Qe2 g5 15.Nd2 Ndf6 16.f3 Nd6 17.e4 fxe4 18.fxe4 Bg4 19.Qe1 dxe4 20.Ncxe4 Nfxe4 21.Rxf7 Kxf7 22.Nxe4 Kg7 23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.Qe4 Qe6 25.Qh7+ 1-0

(7) Manukyan,G - Liu,E [A04] USAT West San Pedro (3), 18.02.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 Nge7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.Nc4 d6 9.a4 0-0 10.Nfd2 f5 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 Be6 13.c3 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Nf3 h6 16.Be3 b6 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Bd2 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Qd7 20.Nfe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.fxe5 f4 23.Rf1 f3 24.e6 Qc6 25.Qe5 fxg2 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Bxh6 Rf1+ 28.Rxf1 gxf1Q+ 29.Kxf1 Nf5 30.e7 Bf7 31.Bg5 Kh7 32.Kf2 Qxa4 33.Qe2 Qd7 34.Qf3 Kg7 35.Qe4 Nd6 36.Qh4 Qf5+ 37.Kg1 Bd5 38.Bf4 Ne8 39.d4 cxd4 40.cxd4 Kf7 41.Be5 Qb1+ 42.Kf2 Qxb2+ 43.Ke1 Qc1+ 44.Ke2 Bc4+ 45.Kf2 Qd2+ 46.Kf3 Bd5+ 47.Kg4 Qg2+ 0-1

(8) Stein,J - Peters,J [E62] USAT West San Pedro (3), 18.02.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 Qc8 9.e4 Bh3 10.f3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nbd7 12.Be3 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Qe2 cxd5 15.cxd5 Nc4 16.Bg1 Bh6 17.Nd3 Qc7 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Rfe8 20.Rae1 Qa5 21.Bd4 Bg7 22.b3 Na3 23.Qb2 Rac8 24.Nf2 Qb4 25.Rd1 Nh5 26.Bxg7 Nxg7 27.Rd3 Nh5 28.Rf3 Nf6 29.Rd1 Nxe4 30.Ncxe4 Rxe4 31.Nxe4 Qxe4 32.Qf2 Rc2 33.Rd2 Rxd2 34.Qxd2 Nc2 35.Kf2 Nb4 36.f5 Nxd5 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Qg5 Qe5 39.Qxe5 dxe5 40.Rd3 Nb4 41.Rd7 Nxa2 1/2-1/2

(9) Ferguson,E - Freeland,J [A57] USAT West San Pedro (3), 18.02.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Nxb6 8.a4 Rb8 9.a5 Na8 10.f4 g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.e5 Ng8 13.Bc4 Rb4 14.Qe2 Nc7 15.0-0 Bg4 16.b3 Nh6 17.Ba3 Rb8 18.exd6 Bxc3 19.Bxc5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Bxa1 21.dxe7 Qd7 22.Rxa1 Nf5 23.Qc3 Rg8 24.Qe5 f6 25.Qxf6 Nxe7 26.Re1 Ne6 27.Rxe6 Rb7 28.Rxe7+ Qxe7 29.Bxe7 Rxe7 30.d6 1-0

(10) Aeria,R - Gholmieh,R [A13] USAT West San Pedro (3), 18.02.2007 1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.d3 b5 9.Nbd2 bxc4 10.dxc4 e5 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.c5 Bc7 13.b4 Qe7 14.Nb3 Rfe8 15.b5 Rac8 16.a4 g6 17.Ba3 e4 18.Nfd4 Be5 19.Rfd1 Ng4 20.e3 Qg5 21.Qe2 Ndf6 22.h4 Qh5 23.Bh3 g5 24.Bxg4 Nxg4 25.Kg2 Kh8 26.Rh1 Rg8 27.Bb2 f6 28.hxg5 Qxg5 29.Rh3 Rce8 30.Rah1 Rg7 31.Rh5 Qg6 32.Nf5 Rc7 33.R1h4 Rg8 34.Nbd4 Bc8 35.b6 axb6 36.cxb6 Rb7 37.a5 c5 38.a6 Rd7 39.b7 Bxb7 40.axb7 Rxb7 41.Ba3 cxd4 42.exd4 Bxg3 43.fxg3 Nh6 44.Qf2 Nxf5 45.Rxf5 Rb3 46.Bd6 e3 1/2-1/2

(11) Miralaie,M - Salz,B [B08] USAT West San Pedro (3), 18.02.2007 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 0-0 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5 c6 8.Bd3 h6 9.h3 Bc8 10.Nf3 Kh7 11.g4 Ng8 12.0-0-0 Nd7 13.Kb1 b5 14.g5 h5 15.e5 Nb6 16.Qe2 f5 17.gxf6 exf6 18.Nh4 f5 19.Nxg6 Kxg6 20.Rhg1+ Kh7 21.Qxh5+ Nh6 22.Qg6+ 1-0

(12) Kesavaraju,A - Matson,D [D02] USAT West San Pedro (3), 18.02.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d5 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 c5 8.Nbd2 Rb8 9.c4 e6 10.e3 b5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 Nxe5 14.f4 Nf3+ 15.Nxf3 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Bc3 17.Qc2 b4 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Nc6 Rb6 20.e4 Re8 21.Rbd1 exd5 22.exd5 Bf5 23.Qf2 Qd6 24.Kh1 Rb7 25.h3 h5 26.Kh2 Rc7 27.Kh1 a5 28.Nxa5 Rce7 29.Nc4 Qf6 30.Qxc5 Re2 31.Qd6 Rxg2 32.Kxg2 Bxh3+ 33.Kh1 Qf5 34.Rf2 Bd4 35.Rfd2 Bf1 36.Ne5 Qh3+ 37.Rh2 Bg2# 0-1

(13) Maxwell,J - Bollig,P [D07] USAT West San Pedro (3), 18.02.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 e4 8.Ng1 Nf6 9.e3 Qg5 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.h3 Qh4 12.Qb1 Rb8 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Be2 0-0 15.c4 Rfe8 16.a4 Nxd4 17.exd4 e3 18.Bxe3 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Qxg3+ 20.Kd2 Re8 21.Qg1 Ne4+ 22.Kc2 Nf2 23.Rf1 Bxa4+ 24.Kb2 Qxe3 25.Qxf2 Qb3+ 26.Ka1 Qc3+ 27.Ka2 Bb3+ 28.Ka3 Bxc4+ 29.Ka4 Qb3+ 0-1

(14) Casella,M - Borgen,R [A37] USAT West San Pedro (4), 18.02.2007 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 a6 6.Rb1 Rb8 7.b4 cxb4 8.axb4 b5 9.cxb5 axb5 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.d4 d5 12.Ne5 Rb6 13.0-0 Bf5 14.Rb3 Ne4 15.Be3 Qd6 16.Nxc6 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rxc6 18.Rc5 e6 19.Rxb5 Bc2 20.Qd2 0-0 21.Rc5 Bb3 22.Rfc1 Rb6 23.Bf4 Qd7 24.e3 Qa4 25.Ra5 Qd7 26.Rc7 Qd8 27.Raa7 g5 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.dxe5 h6 30.Qd3 Bc4 31.Qg6+ 1-0

(15) Jacobson,P - Peters,J [B23] USAT West San Pedro (4), 18.02.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nge2 d4 7.Nb1 e5 8.a4 Be7 9.Na3 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.h3 Ne8 13.f4 f6 14.f5 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.b3 Bd7 17.g4 Nd6 18.Ng3 Ra8 19.Be1 Ra7 20.c4 dxc3 21.Nc2 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 b4 23.Ne2 Nb5 24.Bf2 Be8 25.Rd1 Bf7 26.Qb1 Qa5 27.Nc1 Ra8 28.Re1 Na3 29.Nxa3 Qxa3 30.Bf3 Qb2 31.Ne2 Ra2 0-1

(16) Navarro,N - Schroeder,J [B54] USAT West San Pedro (4), 18.02.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 g6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.f3 h5 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.h4 b5 13.Nb3 Ne5 14.Nd4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 a5 17.f4 Ng4 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.Nc6 Qc7 20.Bd4 0-0 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rc1 Rfe8 23.c4 Qb6 24.Rhe1 Rxc6 25.dxc6 Qxc6 26.Qd4+ Kg8 27.Qd5 Qb6 28.c5 dxc5 29.Qxc5 Qf6 30.g3 Qa6 31.Qe3 a4 32.Rc7 a3 33.Ra7 Bf5+ 34.Ka1 axb2+ 35.Kxb2 Qf6+ 36.Qe5 Qb6 37.Qe3 Qf6+ 38.Kb3 Rd8 39.Qe5 Rd3+ 40.Kb2 Qc6 41.Rxe7 Rd2+ 42.Ka1 Rxa2+ 43.Kxa2 Qa4+ 0-1

(17) Soo Hoo,J - Vidal,A [B12] USAT West San Pedro (4), 18.02.2007 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Na6 7.c3 h5 8.Nbd2 h4 9.h3 Ne7 10.a3 Bg6 11.c4 Nf5 12.c5 Qc7 13.Bg5 Rh5 14.Bf4 Be7 15.b4 Bh7 16.Nb3 b5 17.Bd2 f6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Nb8 20.b5 fxe5 21.b6 Qd8 22.b7 Nd7 23.bxa8Q Qxa8 24.Be2 Bg6 25.Qa3 exd4 26.Rxa7 Qc8 27.Ra8 1-0

(18) Kretchetov,A - Liu,E [E61] USAT West San Pedro (5), 19.02.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Rc1 g4 11.Nh4 cxd4 12.exd4 f5 13.Ng6 Re8 14.d5 e5 15.dxe6 Qg5 16.Nd5 Qxg6 17.Nc7 Bxe6 18.Nxe8 Qxe8 19.Bxd6 Bxb2 20.Rc2 Bg7 21.0-0 Nc6 22.Rd2 Qg6 23.Bd3 Qg5 24.f4 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1

(19) Robson,R - Serpik,I [B78] USAT West San Pedro (5), 19.02.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rb8 11.h4 b5 12.Ndxb5 Ne5 13.Be2 Qa5 14.Nd4 Rfc8 15.Rde1 Be6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Bd4 Nc6 18.Bc4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Nd5 20.Qd2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qa3+ 0-1

(20) Peters,J - Zimbeck,D [B00] USAT West San Pedro (5), 19.02.2007 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 Ne7 5.0-0 g6 6.e5 Bg7 7.Nc3 d6 8.Ne4 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Bf4 h6 11.h4 Nc6 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qe2 0-0 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Qe3 Kh7 17.Rd4 Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Nc5 20.Qe3 Nb7 21.h5 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Rd8 23.hxg6+ fxg6 24.Bg3 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Qc5 26.Qe4 Qd5 27.Qxd5 exd5 28.e6 Kg8 29.Bxc7 Bxb2 30.Nh4 Kg7 31.e7 Kf7 32.Nxg6 b5 33.Nf4 Kxe7 34.Nxd5+ Ke6 35.Nf4+ Kd7 36.Nd3 Kxc7 37.Nxb2 Kc6 38.f3 Kc5 39.c3 b4 40.Nd3+ Kc4 41.Nxb4 a5 42.Nc6 a4 43.f4 Kxc3