2006 Pacific Southwest Open

(1) Casella,M (2290) - Walls,J (2056) [C10] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (1), 2006 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Qe4 Re8 11.c4 Nf8 12.c5 Be7 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Ne5 Rad8 15.Rad1 a6 16.Rfe1 Bb5 17.Bc2 Qh4 18.Qf3 Nd7 19.Nxf7 Bc6 20.d5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 exd5 22.Qxd5 Nf6 23.Nxh6+ Kh8 24.Qg8+ 1-0

(2) De Sa,C (2181) - Pleasants,A (2130) [A50] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (1), 2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d6 5.Bf4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 9.h3 Bd7 10.Bh2 a6 11.0-0 Qe7 12.Rc1 Rad8 13.Qb3 Bc8 14.Rfd1 Nb8 15.Qa2 b6 16.b4 Nbd7 17.c5 Bb7 18.Na4 Bd5 19.Qc2 dxc5 20.bxc5 b5 21.Nc3 Rc8 22.Nd2 Ba8 23.a4 b4 24.Na2 e5 25.Bxa6 Rb8 26.c6 exd4 27.cxd7 Qxd7 28.Nb3 Qxa4 29.Bc4 Be4 30.Qe2 dxe3 31.fxe3 Re7 32.Nc5 Qa7 33.Na6 Rbe8 34.Nxc7 Rxc7 35.Bxc7 Qxc7 36.Bb5 1-0

(3) Snyder,L (2033) - Peters,J (2440) [B22] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (1), 2006 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Na3 Nf6 6.Nb5 Qd8 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.Bxb8 Rxb8 9.Nxa7 Bd7 10.a4 Qb6 11.Nb5 cxd4 12.a5 Qd8 13.Nxd4 Ra8 14.Nb3 Bd6 15.Nf3 0-0 16.Be2 Qc7 17.0-0 Rfd8 18.h3 Nf4 19.Nfd4 e5 20.Nc2 Bc6 21.Ne3 Bc5 22.Qe1 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Nxg2 24.Qg3 Rd6 25.Bh5 Rf8 26.Rad1 Rh6 27.Rf5 f6 28.Nc5 Qe7 29.b4 g5 30.Be2 Nh4 31.Rf2 f5 32.Kh2 Kh8 33.e4 f4 34.Qg4 f3 35.Bc4 Re8 36.Rg1 Rg6 37.Qh5 Qf8 38.Rg4 Qf6 39.Ne6 Rxe6 40.Bxe6 Qxe6 41.Rxg5 Rh6 42.Rxe5 Qd6 43.Qg5 Re6 44.Qxh4 Qxe5+ 45.Qg3 Qxe4 0-1

(4) Chen,F - Stevens,L (2103) [B76] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (2), 2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.Kb1 Re8 12.g4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bf2 d4 15.Ne2 Be6 16.Nc1 Qc7 17.Bg3 Rec8 18.Qf2 Bh6 19.Nb3 Be3 20.Qg2 Nd7 21.h4 Nc5 22.Qh2 Nxb3 23.axb3 f6 24.g5 a5 25.Bb5 Qc5 26.h5 Bxg5 27.hxg6 h6 28.Bh4 Bxh4 29.Bc4 Bxc4 30.Qxh4 Qf8 31.bxc4 Rxc4 32.g7 Qc5 33.Qxh6 Kf7 34.Qh7 Rg8 35.Rdg1 Qc8 36.Rh6 Rc6 37.Qg6+ Ke7 38.Rgh1 Qe8 39.Qg3 Qf7 40.Rg6 Qc4 41.Qg2 b5 42.Rh8 Rcc8 43.Rxg8 Rxg8 44.f4 d3 45.c3 b4 46.cxb4 Qxb4 47.fxe5 Qe1+ 48.Ka2 d2 49.Qf3 d1Q 50.Qxf6+ Kd7 51.Qf7+ 1-0

(5) Landaw,J (2140) - Matikozyan,A (2461) [B25] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (2), 01.07.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Nd4 10.e5 Nef5 11.Bf2 d5 12.Ne2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 b6 14.a3 f6 15.g4 Ne7 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.d4 Qd6 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.c4 Rb8 21.Rab1 d4 22.Ng3 Bg7 23.Ne4 Qe7 24.Bg3 Rb3 25.Ng5 Nd8 26.Qc2 Rb6 27.Rbe1 Bb7 28.Re2 Bxf3 29.Nxf3 Nf7 30.Rfe1 Qd7 31.Qd3 Qb7 32.Nd2 Rxb2 33.Rxe6 Qd7 34.h3 Qa4 35.Re7 Ra2 36.Ne4 Rxa3 37.Qd1 Qc6 38.Qc1 Rb3 39.f5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Bh6 41.Qc2 Re3 42.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 43.Kh2 Ng5 44.Nxg5 Bxg5 45.f6 Rf7 46.Qf5 Bxf6 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 48.Qxh7+ Ke6 49.Qg8+ Ke7 50.Qh7+ Ke6 51.Qg8+ Kf5 52.Qg4# 1-0

(6) Peters,J (2440) - Aradhyula,V (2134) [B47] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (2), 2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rad1 e5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.f4 0-0 16.Qd6 Qa5 17.f5 Bc4 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.Nd5 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Bxd5 22.exd5 b5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Rc1 e4 25.Rxc4 e3 26.Re2 Nxd5 27.a3 Nf6 28.Rxc5 Rd1+ 29.Bf1 Ng4 30.Kg2 Nxh2 31.Kxh2 Rxf1 32.Kg2 Rd1 33.Rc6 a5 34.Rc5 a4 35.Rc4 Rd2 36.Kf3 Rd5 37.g4 Ra8 38.Rxe3 Rb5 39.Re2 Rab8 40.Rxa4 Rxb2 41.Rxb2 Rxb2 42.Ke4 Kf8 43.Ke5 Re2+ 44.Re4 Ra2 45.a4 Ke7 46.Rb4 Re2+ 47.Kf4 Rf2+ 48.Ke5 Re2+ 49.Re4 Ra2 50.f6+ gxf6+ 51.Kf5+ Kd6 52.Kxf6 Rf2+ 53.Kg7 f5 54.gxf5 Rxf5 55.Kxh6 Kc5 56.Kg6 1/2-1/2

(7) Fritchle,G (2107) - Pleasants,A (2130) [B06] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (3), 2006 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 Ba6 8.Nd1 c5 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.c4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 b4 12.e5 Nc6 13.Qe4 Nge7 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Bf6 0-0 16.h4 Bb7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qf4 Nf5 19.h5 Rad8 20.Ne3 Qe7 21.Ng4 Ncd4 22.hxg6 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 hxg6 24.Nf6 Rh8 25.Rxh8 Rxh8 26.0-0-0 Nd4 27.Qg5 Bxf3 28.Re1 Qb7 29.Ba4 b3 30.Nd7 Qb4 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

(8) Yee,V - Peters,J (2440) [B33] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (3), 2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.a3 d6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Be2 Be7 10.Qd2 a6 11.0-0 b5 12.Rad1 0-0 13.Bg5 Rd8 14.f4 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.f5 b4 17.axb4 Nxb4 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rxf6 gxf6 20.e5 Bb7 21.exf6 Qh7 22.Bh5 Qxc2 23.f7+ Kh7 24.Nd4 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Bc8 26.Rf2 Kg7 27.Ne4 e5 28.Rf3 exd4 29.Rg3+ Kh8 30.Nf6 Be6 31.Rg6 Bxf7 32.Rxh6+ Kg7 33.Rh7+ Kxf6 34.Rxf7+ Ke6 0-1

(9) Casella,M (2290) - Banawa,J (2291) [B93] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (4), 2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Kh1 b6 12.Qe1 Bb7 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qg3 Qd6 16.Bc4 Rf8 17.Bh6 Nh5 18.Qf3 Qg6 19.Be3 Nf6 20.Rad1 Nxe4 21.Rd7 Nc5 22.Rxb7 e4 23.Bxf7+ Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Rxb6 Rc8 27.Kg1 Bf6 28.Nd5 Nd7 29.Rb7 Ke6 30.Rxd7 Kxd7 31.Nb6+ Kc7 32.Nxc8 Kxc8 33.c3 Kd7 34.Bd4 Bxd4+ 35.cxd4 Ke6 36.Kf2 a5 37.Ke3 Kd5 38.g4 g5 39.h3 h6 1-0

(10) Kerman,D (2199) - Dellaca,R (2051) [A15] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (4), 02.07.2006 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.e3 0-0 9.a4 f5 10.Rb1 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 Na5 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Ba3 Rf6 15.Bb4 a6 16.Bd3 Nb7 17.Ba3 Nbd6 18.f3 Ng5 19.Qe2 Qe8 20.Bc2 Nc4 21.Nxc4 dxc4 22.h4 Nf7 23.e4 fxe4 24.fxe4 b5 25.Bc1 Nh6 26.Bg5 Bg4 27.Qe3 Rb6 28.a5 Rd6 29.0-0 c6 30.Qf4 Qd7 31.e5 Re6 32.Rbe1 Bh5 33.Bxh6 Rxh6 34.Bf5 Qe7 35.g4 Bf7 36.g5 Rh5 37.Re2 Rf8 38.Qg4 g6 39.Be4 Bd5 40.Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.Rf2 Qe7 42.Bxd5+ cxd5 43.Rf6 Qc7 44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Qe8 1-0

(11) Landaw,M (2140) - Weinberger,T (2207) [A80] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (4), 02.07.2006 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 g6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.h4 d5 6.h5 Bh6 7.e3 c6 8.hxg6 hxg6 9.Bd3 Kf7 10.Qf3 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nf8 12.Nf4 Qd6 13.0-0-0 Bd7 14.Kb1 Bg7 15.Rxh8 Bxh8 16.Rh1 Bg7 17.Nce2 b5 18.Rh3 Rd8 19.Rg3 g5 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Ng6 Be8 22.Bxf5 Qc7 23.f4 Rd6 24.fxg5 fxg5 25.Rxg5 Qf7 26.Qh8+ Bxh8 27.Ne7# 1-0

(12) Miller,I (2061) - Stein,J (2073) [D17] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (4), 2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 0-0 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Ne3 Rfc8+ 20.Kb3 Nc5+ 21.Ka3 f5 22.Be2 Kf7 23.b4 Ne4 24.Rhc1 Kf6 25.Kb2 d4 26.Nd1 e5 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.a6 b6 29.Rc1 Rxc1 30.Kxc1 Nd6 31.Nb2 e4 32.Bc4 b5 33.Bd5 Ke5 34.Bc6 g5 35.Nd1 f4 36.Nf2 h5 37.h3 d3 38.Kd1 Kd4 39.Ke1 e3 40.Nd1 e2 41.Nf2 Ke3 0-1

(13) Peters,J (2440) - Perez-Marco,R [B81] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (4), 02.07.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7 9.h4 Nb6 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.0-0-0 a6 12.f4 Rc8 13.Qf2 Na8 14.h5 b5 15.Kb1 b4 16.Nce2 Na5 17.b3 Nc7 18.Bh3 Nb7 19.f5 Nc5 20.Qg2 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Bc1 Qc7 23.g6 Nf6 24.gxf7+ Kxf7 25.fxe6+ Nxe6 26.Bxe6+ Bxe6 27.Nxe6 Kxe6 28.Qxg7 Rhd8 29.Nf4+ Kf5 30.Qg2 Ne4 31.Rd5+ Rxd5 32.Qh3+ Kf6 33.Nxd5+ 1-0

(14) Pleasants,A (2130) - Yee,V [A03] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (4), 2006 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 0-0 8.Bd3 Nfd7 9.0-0 Nc5 10.Nc3 Nxd3 11.cxd3 c5 12.f5 Nc6 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Qg4 d4 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Nd5 Bh4 17.Rxf8+ Qxf8 18.Rf1 Qd8 19.Rf7 Qg5 20.Qf5 Kg8 21.Qxg5 Bxg5 22.Rxb7 Rf8 23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nc6 Bxd2 27.Rb8 Be3+ 28.Kh1 Rxb8 29.Nxb8 Bd2 30.Nc6 Kg8 31.Nxa7 Kf7 32.Nc6 Be3 33.b4 Ke6 34.a4 Kd6 35.b5 Kc5 36.g4 g6 37.Kg2 g5 38.Kf3 Kd5 39.a5 Kc5 40.a6 1-0

(15) Matikozyan,A (2461) - Banawa,J (2260) [C86] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (5), 03.07.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.d3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ne3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.Nf5 Bc8 16.Ng3 Bb7 17.h3 g6 18.h4 h5 19.Bg5 Bg7 20.b4 cxb4 21.cxb4 Nc6 22.Bb3 Nd4 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Qf3 Qd6 25.Rac1 Bc8 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Bxd5 Bg4 28.Rc6 Qxc6 29.Bxc6 Bxf3 30.gxf3 Red8 31.Bxa8 Rxa8 32.Ne2 a5 33.bxa5 Rxa5 34.Rd2 Ra4 35.f4 Bxh4 36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Kf3 g5 38.fxg5 Bxg5 39.Rb2 Ra3 40.Rb3 Rxa2 41.Rxb5 Kg6 42.Nxd4 Rd2 43.Rb6+ Kh7 44.Rb3 Bh4 45.Ne2 Bg5 46.Ng1 h4 47.Nh3 Bf6 48.Kg4 Bd4 49.Ng5+ 1-0

(16) Peters,J (2440) - Casella,M (2290) [B33] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (5), 03.07.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 0-0 14.Nce3 Be6 15.g3 b4 16.Qa4 bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne7 18.Bc4 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 f5 21.0-0 f4 22.Rab1 Ra7 23.Rb6 Raf7 24.Qxa6 Qd7 25.Qb5 Qh3 26.Rb8 f3 27.Ne3 Bh6 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qb2 Kg8 30.c4 Bg5 31.a4 h5 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qe8 Kg7 0-1

(17) Stein,J (2073) - Serpik,I (2269) [A40] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (5), 03.07.2006 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.e4 Bb7 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.d5 e5 10.b4 Nd7 11.Be3 h6 12.Ne1 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.Rc1 g5 15.c5 Rf7 16.a4 Bc8 17.Nd3 f4 18.Bf2 Bf8 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nb5 Ng6 21.a5 g4 22.axb6 g3 23.hxg3 fxg3 24.Bxg3 Nh5 25.Bf2 axb6 26.Rc6 Qg5 27.Qe1 Bh3 28.g4 Ra2 29.Nc3 Rd2 30.Bxb6 Rxd3 31.Bxd3 Bxg4 32.fxg4 Qxg4+ 33.Kh2 Nhf4 34.Qg3 Qh5+ 35.Kg1 Nh3+ 36.Kg2 Rg7 37.Be2 Ngf4+ 38.Kh2 Qe8 39.Rg1 Rxg3 40.Rxg3+ Kh8 41.Rxh3 Nxh3 42.Kxh3 1/2-1/2

(18) Banawa,J (2291) - Peters,J (2440) [E99] Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles (6), 04.07.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nb5 b6 14.b4 Nf6 15.c5 g4 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Bh4 a6 18.Nc3 g3 19.hxg3 Ng6 20.gxf4 Nxh4 21.g3 Nh5 22.gxh4 Nxf4 23.Ng2 Bh3 24.Nxf4 exf4 25.Rc1 Qxh4 0-1